ARTIST: Martin B Leisser (Pennsylvania, California, 1846 - 1940)
NAME: Seascape
MEDIUM: watercolor on paper
CONDITION: Some age toning. Framed under glass.
SIGHT SIZE: 12 x 18 inches / 30 x 45 cm
FRAME SIZE: 20 x 26 inches / 50 x 66 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
SKU#: 116641
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BIOGRAPHY:
An art teacher and painter who preferred landscapes but also did portraits and still lifes, Martin Leisser was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he had his studio for over fifty years.
He taught at the School of Design for women, was headmaster of the Pittsburgh Art School, and founder of the Pittsburgh Art Society, which sponsored art exhibitions. His friendship with Andrew Carnegie was influential in Carnegie's including an art school in the Carnegie Institute of Technology.
He studied with George Hetzel at the Pittsburgh Art School, at the Academie Julian in Paris, and at the Royal Academy in in Munich. Although he settled in Pittsburgh, he traveled widely for subject matter.