| LC control no. | no 99085175 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Becher, Arthur E., 1877-1960 |
| Variant(s) | Becher, A. E. (Arthur E.) |
| Located | Ardsley (N.Y.) Milwaukee (Wis.) |
| Birth date | 1877 |
| Death date | 1960-11-04 |
| Place of birth | Freiburg (Germany) |
| Place of death | Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) |
| Profession or occupation | Illustrators Painters |
| Found in | Robert Burns, 1902: t.p. (A.E. Becher) The works of Edgar Allan Poe, 1904: t.p. (illus. by Arthur E. Becher) OCLC, Nov 24, 1999 (hdg.: Becher, Arthur E.; Becher, A. E.; Arthur E. Becher; A.E. Becher) AskArt, WWW site, February 3, 2016 (Arthur Ernst Becher (1877-1960); Arthur Ernst Becher (Beecher); illustrator of books and magazines and fine-art painter known for rural New York landscapes and historical scenes including Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. His specialty was horses. He was born in Freiburg, Germany and trained in Munich and with Howard Pyle at the Brandywine School) <http://www.askart.com/artist_bio/Arthur_Ernst_Becher/20759/Arthur_Ernst_Becher.aspx> "My merry Rockhurst", 1907: plate facing page 364 (signed: Arthur E. Becher) Obituary in: The Milwaukee Journal. Saturday, Nov. 5, 1960: page 5 (Arthur E. Becher, New York artist and magazine illustrator who started his career in Milwaukee as a youth, died Friday [Nov. 4, 1960] at a hospital in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. He was 83. Mr. Becher had been living at Ardsley, N.Y. with his wife Frieda; left Milwaukee around 1903 to become one of the nation's most famous illustrators) <https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1499&dat=19601105&id=JB1RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8SUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7209,2257275&hl=en> |
 |  |  |
View this record in: MARCXML | LC Authorities & Vocabularies | VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
