Featured 19th Century Painter: William Samuel Horton (American 1865 – 1936)
- March 15, 2021 09:27
We believe this painting of Teddy Roosevelt was painted by American Impressionist painter William Samuel Horton. We estimate this painting was completed circa 1909 in Red Wing Minnesota. At this time, Roosevelt was in Red Wing to sign the Presidential Proclamation #848 establishing the Superior National Forest. Artist William Samuel Horton was born in Michigan and lived in New York and France. He was a member of the New York Watercolor Club, Salmagund Club, American Federation of Arts, Society International, Salon d’Automone and other art clubs. Horton was a wealthy man and was reportedly friends with such famous Impressionists as Monet, Degas, Derain and others.
_-Closing-the-Distance_100x100_c.jpg "Lot 204: Bob Kuhn (1920–2007),Closing the Distance, 1977, acrylic on masonite, 24 x 48 in, Sold: $409,500")
