Illyria

Book Description

circa 1920. Etching. Number 14 from an edition of 50. Titled, annotated and signed by the artist in pencil. Excellent condition. 9 x 12 inches. 10 15/16 x 14 3/4 inches. A finely rendered landscape by one of the key figures of late American Impressionism. Born in North Manchester, Indiana, the painter and printmaker Daniel Garber was one of the most prominent and innovative members of the Pennsylvania School of Impressionism, a group of painters based in New Hope, Pennsylvania that depicted the picturesque landscapes of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The group included Edward Willis Redfield, Walter Elmer Schofield, and John Fulton Folinsbee. After training at the Art Academy of Cincinnati with Frank Duveneck, Gerber studied with J. Alden Weir and Thomas Anschutz at the Pennsylvania Academy, which awarded him a grant to study abroad in 1905. Two years later, he returned to Pennsylvania, where he set up a studio in Lumbersville, Bucks County and became an active figure in the New Hope art community. Garber's oeuvre includes several figure paintings and innumerable landscapes, the most famous of which is a series of works of the quarries in Byram, New Jersey from 1917. During his career, he painted in two distinct styles. His impressionistic works, which he began painting in England during his fellowship, are characterized by an avid attention to detail and shape. He later developed a more romantic, lyrical style that is distinguishable by its more decorative nature and a concern with the atmospheric effects created by nuances of light and shadow. Garber exhibited at several venues including the National Academy of Design and the Woodmere Art Museum and became a tremendously influential and much loved teacher at his alma mater, the Pennsylvania Academy, in 1919.

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