Samuel Chamberlain
The Capitol, The Williamsburg Series
1940

Name: The Capitol, The Williamsburg Series
Brand: Samuel Chamberlain
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$400

£303.28

€354.06

CA$571.96

A$580.78

CHF 331.54

MX$7,017.73

NOK 3,894.48

SEK 3,883.85

DKK 2,646.89

About the Item

This artwork titled "The Capitol, Williamsburg Series" 1940 is an original etching on paper by noted American artist Samuel V. Chamberlain, 1895-1975 It is hand signed and numbered 40/100 in pencil by the artist. The plate mark (image) size is 9.65 x 14.10 inches, sheet size is 12 x 16.5 inches. It is in very good condition. About the artist. Samuel V. Chamberlain was born in Cresco, IA on October 28, 1895 and died in Marblehead, MA in 1975. He was an accomplished etcher, lithographer, writer, teacher, and lecturer. Chamberlain taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and lectured on various graphic techniques such as etching, drypoint, and soft ground etching. From 1929 to 1934 he lived in France. Chamberlain's education took place at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA; and the Royal College of Art in London. He was a pupil of Edouard Henri Léon (1873-?) in Paris and Malcolm Osborne (1880-1963) in London. Chamberlain was a member of the National Academy of Design in New York City; the Society of American Etchers in Brooklyn, NY; the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; the Chicago Society of Etchers; Associate member of the National Academy of Design, 1939; the Northwest Printmakers; the Société de la Gravure Originale Noir in Paris; and a Guggenheim Fellow, 1926. Exhibitions and awards include an honorable mention at the Paris Salon in 1925; medaille de Bronze at the Paris Salon in 1925; a gold medal at the Boston Tercentenary in 1930; a prize at the Society of American Etchers in 1933; the National Academy of Design, annually; and the Salons of America. Chamberlain was the author and illustrator of "France Will Live Again," 1940; "Fair is Our Land," 1942; "Sketches of Northern Spanish Architecture," 1928; "Domestic Architecture in Rural France," 1928; "Tudor Homes of England," 1929; "Through France with a Sketch Book," 1929; and French Provincial Houses," 1932. Collections representing Chamberlain include the Whistler House Museum of Art in Lowell, MA; the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City; the Museum of Fine Art in Boston, MA; the Victoria and Albert Museum in England; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Mobile Museum of Art in Mobile, AL; the San Diego Museum of Art in CA; the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville, FL; the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens, GA; the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, MA; the University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor, MI; the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis, MN; the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, MO; the Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH; and the Sheldon Swope Art Museum in Terre Haut, IN.

Creator:
Samuel Chamberlain (1895-1975, American)
Creation Year:
1940
Dimensions:
Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 16.5 in (41.91 cm)Depth: 0.01 in (0.26 mm)
Medium:
Etching
Movement & Style:
Realist
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Condition:
The artwork is in very good condition, paper is slightly toned by age. The frame is in good condition, matting is toned, has some light discoloration and is dirty. Matting will need to be replaced as well as backing. Not examined out of the frame.
Gallery Location:
San Francisco, CA
Reference Number:
Seller: cham/cap/011stDibs: LU66633327423

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Samuel Chamberlain

Samuel V. Chamberlain, printmaker, photographer, author, lecturer, and teacher was born in Cresco, Iowa on October 28, 1895. His family moved to Aberdeen, Washington in 1901 and, in 1913, Chamberlain enrolled in the University of Washington in Seattle where he studied architecture under Carl Gould. By 1915, he was enrolled in the School of Architecture of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston. With the United States' involvement in the First World War, Chamberlain sailed to France where he volunteered in the American Field Service. In 1918, he was transferred to the United States Army to complete his tour of duty. After the war, he returned to Boston and resumed his architectural studies, which he eventually discontinued and tried for a few years to work as a commercial artist. Chamberlain received the American Field Service Scholarship in 1923, which he used to travel in Spain, North Africa, and Italy. In 1924 he was living in Paris and in the spring he studied lithography with Gaston Dorfinant and in the autumn and winter months, he studied etching and drypoint with Edouard LÃ©on. He published his first etching the following year. In 1927, he studied drypoint with Malcolm Osborne at the Royal College of Art in London. He taught part-time at the School of Architecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and the School of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology between his travels abroad. Chamberlain eventually settled for a dozen years in France. He authored and sometimes co-authored, with his wife Narcissa, Domestic Architecture of Rural France, Clementine in the Kitchen, New England Rooms 1639-1863, and Charleston Interiors. Chamberlain was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Institute of Architects, the American Society of the French Legion of Honor, the Boston Camera Club, the Boston Printmakers, the Chicago Society of Etchers, Photographic Society of America, the Print Club of Albany, the Society of American Etchers, and was elected an Academician in the National Academy of Design. His work is represented in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Library of Congress, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the National Academy Museum, the Harvard Art Museums, the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Samuel V. Chamberlain died in Marblehead, Massachusetts on January 10, 1975.