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Emlen Etting

Hyde Park London, 1944

Ink and graphite on paper

7 x 5 in
Emlen Etting

Untitled

Pen and ink on paper

8.75 x 11.5 in
Emlen Etting

Untitled

colored pencil and ink on paper

9.75 x 8 in
Emlen Etting

Piccadilly

Black Ink on Paper

5 x 7 in
Emlen Etting

Orpheus

Ink and watercolor on paper

5 x 7 in
Emlen Etting

L'Auberge Francaise

Ink and graphite on paper

5 x 7.25 in
Emlen Etting

Listening To The Recordings- Studio A

Graphite on paper

6.75 x 8.75 in
Emlen Etting

German Announcer

Ink, watercolor and graphite on paper

5 x 7 in

About the artist

Emlen Etting

American

1905-1993

Emlen Etting was born in 1905 to a wealthy family in the Philadelphia area. After he graduated from Harvard, he moved to Paris to study painting. He would return to the United States to marry his wife, Gloria. His life was spent hopping back and forth between continents as he would return to Europe during World War II. Many of his works are from that time, a number of them depicting sailors in uniform. He dabbled in many mediums, including film.

Additional Artworks

Hyde Park London, 1944

Untitled

Untitled

Piccadilly

Orpheus

L'Auberge Francaise

Listening To The Recordings- Studio A

German Announcer

About the artist

Emlen Etting