William Meyerowitz

William Meyerowitz (1887–1981)
William Meyerowitz and his father emigrated from the Ukraine to the U.S. in 1908. As a fine painter, and extraordinary etcher and printmaker, he was a vital presence in the culture of New York and Massachusetts for more than seventy years. He and fellow artist Theresa Bernstein were married in 1919. Gloucester, Massachusetts was their summer home from 1917 until his death in 1981.

“Through the 1970s, he was a distinctive, highly regarded, and very successful painter of portraits, the New England landscape, and subjects reflecting his continuing affinity for the performing art.” Jonathan Bober, The Etchings of William Meyerowitz, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of Texas Austin 1996.

“Still fabled among collectors, scholars, and printmakers, these etchings are among the highest technical achievements of the inter-war period, and among the most beautiful color intaglios ever produced.” Jonathan Bober, supra.

String Trio, ca 1940s

Overture, Late 1920s–Early 1930s, Etching in color, 8x10 inches
Exhibited and reproduced in catalog, Sharyn R. Udall, Sensory Crossovers, Synesthesia in American Art, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM and The Burchfield-Penny Museum, Buffalo, NY in 2011

Three Dancers, 1959, Oil on canvas, 44 x 36 inches

Building the Road, 1922, Oil on canvas, 36x42 inches

Fruit Baskets, 1939, Oil on canvas, 30x35 inches

Western Horses, 1965, Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches

Cellist, mid 1930s, Etching in color 9¾ x 7¾ inches

Sonata-Allegro, circa 1920s–early 1930s, Etching in color, 10¾ x 7¾ inches
2019 Gift to Houston MFA

Five Sharps, Etching-in-color, 10x12 inches
Exhibited and reproduced in catalog, Sharyn R. Udall, Sensory Crossovers, Synesthesia in American Art, The Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque, NM and The Burchfield-Penny Museum, Buffalo, NY in 2011

Crucifixion, 1925, Etching in color, 11¾ x 9¾ inches

Sonata, circa late 1920s–early 1930s, Etching in color, 8x10 inches

Folly Cove, Cape Ann, 1919, Etching in color, 6 x 7½ inches
2019 Gift to Houston MFA

Fruit and Pitcher, 1923, Etching in color, 9¾ x 7¾ inches

Counterpoint, late 1930s, Etching in color, 10 7/8 x 7 5/8 inches

Ridgefield Trees, 1918, Etching in color, 6 x 7¼ inches

The Embrace, 1924, Etching in color, 10 x 7¾ inches

Two Horses, 1923, Etching in color, 7¾ x 9¼ inches

Good Harbor Beach, Gloucester, 1919, Etching in color, 6 x 7¾ inches
2019 Gift to Houston MFA

Folly Cove, 1919, Watercolor, 8 x 10½ inches

Ridgefield, N.J., 1918, Etching in color, 6 x 7¼ inches

Flower & Fruit, 1927, Watercolor, 15x22¼ inches

Mending the Nets, 1928, Watercolor, 15 x 22¼ inches

Tulips, 1923, Watercolor, 19½ x 12½ inches

Trees & Houses, 1925, Watercolor, 15x22¼ inches

Gloucester, 1918, Etching, 8 x 9¾ inches

Gloucester Harbor, 1922, Etching, 8½x 11 inches

Inner Harbor, circa 1930, Etching, 6¼ x 8¼ inches

Image reproduced in Joanthan Bober, The Etchings of William Meyerowitz, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, College of Fine Arts, University of Texas Austin 1996, p. 31.