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Wharton Esherick was born on July 15, 1887, in Philadelphia. He studied painting at the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art (later the University of the Arts); and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, however he left in 1910 and did not graduate.
The Wharton Esherick Studio was the studio and home of Wharton Esherick (1887-1970), an artistic polymath who is best known for his modernist sculpture and sculptural wood furniture. Built into the south slope of Valley Forge Mountain in Malvern, Pennsylvania , the Studio was a forty year project for Esherick, who constructed, expanded, and ...
By 1926, having moved into sculpture and furniture making, he built himself a new workspace (now known as the Wharton Esherick Studio) that was a short walk uphill from the family home. In the late 1920s and through the 30s, amidst his and Letty's protracted marital separation, Wharton gradually made the Studio his full-time residence.
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Wharton Esherick (1887–1970) sculptor, woodworker, painter, printmaker [85] Frank Gasparro (attended 1930s), Chief Engraver of the United States Mint; Charles Grafly (1862–1929) sculptor of portrait busts, known for stone work [8] Walker Hancock (1901–1998) sculptor, teacher; taught from from 1929 to 1967 [86]
It served as Wharton Esherick's painting studio for four years during the 1920s and hosted meetings of the local 4H Club and other groups during the 1940s. [2] The Wharton Esherick Museum has managed the property since 2019. [3] [7] The schoolhouse was reportedly visited by Abraham Lincoln in the 1860s. [8]
Wharton Esherick Studio; Wharton Esherick Museum This page was last edited on 17 December 2016, at 00:24 (UTC). Text ...
Esherick may refer to: Craig Esherick (born 1956), basketball coach; Joseph Esherick (architect) (1914–1998), American architect; Joseph W. Esherick (born 1942), historian of Chinese history; Wharton Esherick (1887–1970), American woodcarver and printmaker; Esherick House, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania