Luther Emerson VAN GORDER
1861–1931, USA
Biography
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Born in Warren, Ohio, Luther Van Gorder along with Edmund H. Osthaus (1858-1928) and Wilder Darling (1856-1933), were among the most distinguished painters of the Toledo area during the late 19th and early 20th Century. He is best known for his views of Parisian flower markets. While young, Luther Van Gorder worked for a Toledo newspaper, and then went on to study art in New York City, and then Paris from 1894 to 1896. Van Gorder worked in a more conservative way than most Impressionst painters, emphasizing a muted, somewhat Tonalist palette, and demonstrating care with perspective.
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