£4,950.00
GBP Pound SterlingCountry of origin: United States
Medium: Oil on canvas
Signed: Signed lower right / original artists label verso
Dated: c. 1920
Condition: Very good original condition
Size: 25.00" x 31.00" (63.5cm x 78.7cm)
Provenance: Original artists label verso
Artists wax seal to stretcher verso
Exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists (Bourlet submission labels verso)
Born 16 November 1865, in Grand Rapids; died 1936.
Painter, pastellist, draughtsman, illustrator. History painting, genre scenes, landscapes, mountainscapes, waterscapes, still-lifes.
William Samuel Horton trained at the Art Students League (ASL) and National Academy, New York; under J.P. Laurens in Paris and under Benjamin-Constant at the Académie Julian. He occupied Winterhalter's former studio in Paris. He travelled to Europe and took refuge in England in 1914, returning to the USA in 1919. He was awarded medals at several exhibitions in the French provinces. He was a member of the Société du Salon d'Automne.
At the age of 14 Horton drew Indian reservations for the North West Magazines
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