ERNEST HASKELL ~ AMERICAN ETCHER AND ARTIST
ERNEST HASKELL (1876-1925) was an American artist and illustrator, internationally famous in his lifetime and remembered for his superlative etchings, as well as engravings, pen-and-inks, lithographs and watercolors. He was a pioneer in the field of theatrical posters. He created many portraits and caricatures of luminaries of the day. During World War I he was commissioned by the U.S. Army to develop camouflage painting. Mr. Haskell's etchings and intaglio prints are considered by critics and scholars to be his most important contribution.
Sources: Ernest Haskell, His Life and Work
by Nathaniel Pousette-Dart and John Marin, T.Spencer Hutson-New York c.1931
How He Was to His Talents, the Work of Ernest Haskell
by Katrina E. Greene, Amherst College c. 2011
American Archives of Art/Library of Congress, the Ernest Haskell Papers
New York Public Library, newspapers and periodicals on microfilm
Associated American Artists, Ernest Haskell Retrospective of Prints
Catalogue, Sylvan Cole, Jr.
Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons c.1931
Museums with Ernest Haskell works in their collections (partial list):
Library of Congress, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Art Institute of Chicago, Honolulu Museum of Art, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, Museum of the City of New York
Subjects of Ernest Haskell portraits and/or caricatures (partial list):
James MacNeill Whistler, Helen Hayes, Ethel Barrymore, Mary Baker Eddy, Minnie Maddern Fiske, Grace George, Yvette Guilbert, Maude Adams, Lillian Russell, Leslie Carter, Bessie Clayton, Dorothea Lange, Frank Jewett Mather, Madame Bertha Kalish, Cissie Loftus, Loie Fuller