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Arthur Meltzer

Biography

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Arthur Meltzer

 

       
 

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHY

Education and Training
Minneapolis School of Fine Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1911-1917
Apprentice, the Ford & McNutt Stained Glass Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1911-1917
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1919-1923
Studied abroad in England, France, Spain, Italy and Holland on a Cresson Traveling Scholarship, 1921

Teachers and Influences
Robert Koehler, Joseph T. Pearson, Daniel Garber, Robert Vonnoh, Philip Hale, Arthur B. Carles, Hugh H. Breckenridge

Connection to Bucks County
Arthur Meltzer moved to Bucks County with his wife, fellow teacher and painter, Paulette Van Roekens.

   
 
 


They lived in Langhorne and Trevose between the years 1927 and 1952, and raised two children. Meltzer exhibited widely in New Hope, Doylestown, and the surrounding area.

He studied with Bucks County painter Daniel Garber and is considered a member of the New Hope School. He contributed illustrations to Bucks Cooks.

Colleagues and Affiliations
His wife, Paulette Van Roekens Meltzer, Daniel Garber, sculptor George, and his wife, writer Helen Papashvily, and painter Ben Solowey.
Arthur Meltzer exhibited at the Phillip's Mill Community Association.

 
           
                       
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