Untitled;Untitled
20th United States of America painting
Crosby High School
Crosby High School
circa 1940 (Date manufactured/created)
circa 1940 (Date manufactured/created)
circa 1940 (Date manufactured/created)
acrylic, acrylic
masonite, masonite, painting, painting
Untitled painting by Balthazar ca. 1940 and signed lower right. Crosby High School was a yellow brick building at the intersection of East Main St and North Elm Street. It has since been torn down and a new building by the same name built on the east side of town on Pierpont Road. There is a police station at the old Main Street location of the school. In this image teh school is on the far right and Waterbury Clock Company can be seen at the end of the street. Balthazar was a lawyer by profession, he is perhaps best remembered as an artist who depicted his native town with uncommon technical skills and attention to detail. His interest in art began at an early age, and he studied in Waterbury with Hugo Possner, George Davidson, and Minnie Rogers Steele, He also studied in New York City with "ash-can" artist George Bellows. Balthazar, a graduate of Yale Law School, was more interested in his growth as an artist than in what he considered a "humdrum law practice". He was one of the fuonders of the Waterbury Arts School. Notes on Balthazar, according to Charles Monagan: The painting "From Library Park" hangs on my sister's wall. I think the piece titled "South Main Street," which I have, is actually Mill Street. I have one of William/Benjamin Howland with the writing utensil in his left hand. One the back, my father has written: "Presented to JSM by Ridge and Lucy Hall after Ridge Jr. worked in JSM's office. This is Benjamin Howland, an old Yankee title searcher who used to work in the Town Clerk's office (vault). He did work for the Engineer's and privately. He was very old and bent and didn't talk much to anyone, but just went about his work. He had most of the city titles in his head. Ed Balthazar did two etchings. One had the pencil in the left hand and one in the right. Artists do this. Delvaux did it in the lithograph I have. I remember Howland very well, although I never did more than say "hello." He didn't encourage familiarity." Curious that my father calls him Benjamin, but he was never very good with names. There's one Balthazar did of the Immaculate Conception Church as seen from the Green, which my mother has and which the Museum no doubt has. The artist told my mother that the woman seen on the Green is meant to be pregnant, a reflection of Mary, for whom the church is named.
Untitled painting by Balthazar ca. 1940 and signed lower right. Crosby High School was a yellow brick building at the intersection of East Main St and North Elm Street. It has since been torn down and a new building by the same name built on the east side of town on Pierpont Road. There is a police station at the old Main Street location of the school. In this image teh school is on the far right and Waterbury Clock Company can be seen at the end of the street. Balthazar was a lawyer by profession, he is perhaps best remembered as an artist who depicted his native town with uncommon technical skills and attention to detail. His interest in art began at an early age, and he studied in Waterbury with Hugo Possner, George Davidson, and Minnie Rogers Steele, He also studied in New York City with "ash-can" artist George Bellows. Balthazar, a graduate of Yale Law School, was more interested in his growth as an artist than in what he considered a "humdrum law practice". He was one of the fuonders of the Waterbury Arts School. Notes on Balthazar, according to Charles Monagan: The painting "From Library Park" hangs on my sister's wall. I think the piece titled "South Main Street," which I have, is actually Mill Street. I have one of William/Benjamin Howland with the writing utensil in his left hand. One the back, my father has written: "Presented to JSM by Ridge and Lucy Hall after Ridge Jr. worked in JSM's office. This is Benjamin Howland, an old Yankee title searcher who used to work in the Town Clerk's office (vault). He did work for the Engineer's and privately. He was very old and bent and didn't talk much to anyone, but just went about his work. He had most of the city titles in his head. Ed Balthazar did two etchings. One had the pencil in the left hand and one in the right. Artists do this. Delvaux did it in the lithograph I have. I remember Howland very well, although I never did more than say "hello." He didn't encourage familiarity." Curious that my father calls him Benjamin, but he was never very good with names. There's one Balthazar did of the Immaculate Conception Church as seen from the Green, which my mother has and which the Museum no doubt has. The artist told my mother that the woman seen on the Green is meant to be pregnant, a reflection of Mary, for whom the church is named.
Untitled painting by Balthazar ca. 1940 and signed lower right. Crosby High School was a yellow brick building at the intersection of East Main St and North Elm Street. It has since been torn down and a new building by the same name built on the east side of town on Pierpont Road. There is a police station at the old Main Street location of the school. In this image teh school is on the far right and Waterbury Clock Company can be seen at the end of the street. Balthazar was a lawyer by profession, he is perhaps best remembered as an artist who depicted his native town with uncommon technical skills and attention to detail. His interest in art began at an early age, and he studied in Waterbury with Hugo Possner, George Davidson, and Minnie Rogers Steele, He also studied in New York City with "ash-can" artist George Bellows. Balthazar, a graduate of Yale Law School, was more interested in his growth as an artist than in what he considered a "humdrum law practice". He was one of the fuonders of the Waterbury Arts School. Notes on Balthazar, according to Charles Monagan: The painting "From Library Park" hangs on my sister's wall. I think the piece titled "South Main Street," which I have, is actually Mill Street. I have one of William/Benjamin Howland with the writing utensil in his left hand. One the back, my father has written: "Presented to JSM by Ridge and Lucy Hall after Ridge Jr. worked in JSM's office. This is Benjamin Howland, an old Yankee title searcher who used to work in the Town Clerk's office (vault). He did work for the Engineer's and privately. He was very old and bent and didn't talk much to anyone, but just went about his work. He had most of the city titles in his head. Ed Balthazar did two etchings. One had the pencil in the left hand and one in the right. Artists do this. Delvaux did it in the lithograph I have. I remember Howland very well, although I never did more than say "hello." He didn't encourage familiarity." Curious that my father calls him Benjamin, but he was never very good with names. There's one Balthazar did of the Immaculate Conception Church as seen from the Green, which my mother has and which the Museum no doubt has. The artist told my mother that the woman seen on the Green is meant to be pregnant, a reflection of Mary, for whom the church is named.
Gift of Benjamin & Vera Robin, 1989
Gift of Benjamin & Vera Robin, 1989
Gift of Benjamin & Vera Robin, 1989
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