Winter Night
by Henry Martin Gasser (1909–1981)14 x 21½ inches (sight size)
Signed lower left: H. GASSER
Provenance
Private collection, Florida
Sale, Freeman’s, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December 5, 2023, lot 46
Related Works
The Old Green House, oil on canvas, 31 x 36 inches, signed lower right; Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington
Gloucester Street, 1944–1945, watercolor on paper, 19¾ x 24¼ inches, signed lower left; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
Artist Biography
An influential teacher, accomplished author, and talented artist recognized for his powerful watercolor portrayals of urban life in his hometown of Newark and throughout New Jersey during the twentieth century.
By Alison Kowalski
I. Biography
II. Chronology
III. Collections
IV. Exhibitions
V. Memberships
VI. Notes
VII. Suggested Resources
VIII. Titles by Henry Gasser
IX. Artist Files
I. Biography
Henry Martin Gasser was an American painter in every sense. From his working-class industrial town, he sought out the greatest artists in the area in order to study from them, and he found inspiration in his backyard. Through persistence and a spirit of originality, Gasser turned humble scenes of urban American life in the