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About the Artist
Born in New York City in 1903, Hugh Pearce Botts was an accomplished American artist. He studied at Plainfield High School in New Jersey and Rutgers University and later received his formal art training at the National Academy of Design. His teachers included Roy Hilton, Charles Curran, Charles W. Hawthorne, Ivan G. Olinsky, and William Auerbach-Levy, whose diverse approaches, from impressionism to portraiture to caricature, shaped Bott’s development as a painter and printmaker. Botts went on to work with various institutions, including the Carnegie Institution, Queens College, Princeton University, Pennsylvania State University, Syracuse University, and the American Museum of Natural History. His professional work ranged from landscapes, cityscapes, and industrial architecture to portraits of working-class subjects. He also created prints that depicted scenes of home life, often using cartoon-like facial features to express emotion and concentration. This expressive quality is especially visible in his self-portrait, painted in oil on canvas. 94 works and sketches at Memorial Art Gallery. 18 works at Newark Museum of Art. 3 works at Syracuse University Art Museum. 2 works at Smithsonian American Art Museum. 8 images at FAP.
Born in New York City in 1903, Hugh Pearce Botts was an accomplished American artist. He studied at Plainfield High School in New Jersey and Rutgers University and later received his formal art training at the National Academy of Design. His teachers included Roy Hilton, Charles Curran, Charles W. Hawthorne, Ivan G. Olinsky, and William Auerbach-Levy, whose diverse approaches, from impressionism to portraiture to caricature, shaped Bott’s development as a painter and printmaker. Botts went on to work with various institutions, including the Carnegie Institution, Queens College, Princeton University, Pennsylvania State University, Syracuse University, and the American Museum of Natural History. His professional work ranged from landscapes, cityscapes, and industrial architecture to portraits of working-class subjects. He also created prints that depicted scenes of home life, often using cartoon-like facial features to express emotion and concentration. This expressive quality is especially visible in his self-portrait, painted in oil on canvas. 94 works and sketches at Memorial Art Gallery. 18 works at Newark Museum of Art. 3 works at Syracuse University Art Museum. 2 works at Smithsonian American Art Museum. 8 images at FAP.
Creator
Botts, Hugh Pearce (1903 - 1964)
Publisher
Date
Contributor
Buffone, Jasmine (biography)
Helquist, Morgan (photography)
Helquist, Morgan (photography)
Source
New Deal Museum, Mount Morris NY
Object #FA
Object #FA
Format
jpeg, 1.9 MB
jpeg 708 KB
jpeg 708 KB
Type
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Aquatint on paper
Physical Dimensions
Print: 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.
Framed: 15 1/4 x 18 1/4 in.
Framed: 15 1/4 x 18 1/4 in.