| 词条 | Philip von Saltza |
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Early lifePhilip Wenceslaus von Saltza was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, Carl Frederick von Saltza (1858–1905) and Wilhemina Stoopendall von Saltza (1863–1905) during 1891. His father was a portrait painter and professor at Columbia University in New York City. At the age of 14, Philip von Saltza was enrolled in the Horace Mann School in New York and entered Columbia University in 1904, where he played varsity football until it was abolished. He also captained the eight-man crew rowing team. He graduated in 1909 with a degree in mining engineering. [2]CareerAfter his graduation, he pursued his career as an engineer at mines in Oregon and Colorado . During the First World War, von Saltza served in the 306th Field Artillery, and was captured by German forces during the Battle of Argonne Forest in September 1918; he remained a prisoner of war until the end of the war. After the war ended, von Saltza emerged as a professional painter.[3] Post office muralsDuring the Great Depression, he painted several United States Post Office murals. Art critic Jay McHale described them as "being like Gershwin tunes". These are located in: Saint Albans, Vermont (Haying and Sugaring Off); Milford, New Hampshire (Lumberman Log-Rolling); Schuyler, Nebraska (Wild Horses by Moonlight); and Williamston, North Carolina (First Flight of the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk).[4] He corresponded with one of the Wright Brothers while working on the latter. In 1939, he exhibited at the New York World's Fair.[3] A selection of his photographs are located at the Archives of American Art in Washington, D.C.[5] Personal lifeIn 1910, he married Katherine Warren Hardenbergh. They were divorced in 1922. In 1925, he married Bertha Jane Miller. He was the father of five children.[6] References1. ^Opitz, Glenn B, Editor, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers, Apollo Book, Poughkeepsie NY, 1986 {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:von Saltza, Philip}}2. ^{{cite web|url= http://runeberg.org/adelskal/1923/1035.html|title= Von Saltza|publisher= Sveriges Ridderskaps och Adels Kalender |date= 1923 |accessdate= December 10, 2015}} 3. ^1 {{cite book|author=Anita Price Davis|title=New Deal Art in North Carolina: The Murals, Sculptures, Reliefs, Paintings, Oils and Frescoes and Their Creators|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yff7WOyNRy8C&pg=PA196|date=29 October 2008|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-3779-5|pages=196–199}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Artist: Philip von Saltza|url=http://livingnewdeal.org/artists/philip-von-saltza/|website=livingnewdeal.org|accessdate=31 March 2015}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Philip von Saltza photographs, 1926-1939|url=http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/philip-von-saltza-photographs-8542|website=aaa.si.edu|accessdate=31 March 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web|url= https://www.adelsvapen.com/genealogi/Von_Saltza_nr_142#TAB6/|title= Von Saltza|author= Gustaf Elgenstierna |accessdate= December 10, 2015}} 13 : 1885 births|1980 deaths|Modern painters|20th-century American painters|American male painters|American muralists|Section of Painting and Sculpture artists|Artists from Stockholm|Swedish emigrants to the United States|Horace Mann School alumni|Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni|American military personnel of World War I|1939 New York World's Fair artists |
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