Jean Jacques Pfister

Background

Pfister, Jean Jacques was born on July 10, 1878 in Hasle, Switzerland. Son of Jacob and Anna (Mosemann) Pfister.

Education

Came to America, 1898, naturalized, 1927. Student Hopkins School of Fine Art, San Francisco, 1903-1906, Art Students League, 1922-1923, with Wayman Adams, 1923-1924, Art School, Bremen, Germany, 1912, 13, also 1916-1920.

Career

Head of art department, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, 1931-1934;-professor art, Mission Harris’ College Preparatory School, Miami. Best known work, “ ‘We’ at Daybreak,” recording Colonel Lindbergh’s transport-Atlantic flight, and reproduced in various publications. (portraits) Doctor Thomas R. Baker, Doctor Edwin P. Hooker, Oliver Cromwell Morse, Loring C. Chase, Review Robert Ray Kendall, Doctor C. M. Bingham, Mission Louise M. Abbott, Mistress West. C. Comstock, in Rollins College Library, Dean Charles Atwood Campbell, Knowles Memorial Chapel, Winter Park, Florida.

Doctor William Hornell, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio.

Anne Lynch Botta, Vermont History Museum, Old Bennington. Vermont; Mistress Jeannette Hinsdill Palmer, Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Governor Frank L. Emerson, Normal School, Lander, Wyoming. Mary Baker Eddy, New York World’s Fair, and Golden Gate Exposition, San Francisco, 1939-1940.

Also portraits of Mistress Eddy for The Principia (Saint Louis), Principia College (Elsa, Illinois), Christian Science Benevolent Association (San Francisco), Administration Building of Christian Science (Boston), Longyear Foundation (Brookline, Massachusetts).

Landscapes in Vermont History Museum, Columbia University Chapel, Palm Beach Woman’s Club (West Palm Beach, Florida), Elk Temple (Passaic, New Jersey), also series of 8 pictures in Montanans, Incorporated., Helena, Montana. Setting of the Rising Sun, Okinawa, Coral Gables Youth Center. Received 1st prize for best portrait, also “outstanding work” award (landscape), Palm Beach Art League, 1938.

Best landscape and “outstanding work” (2 awards) Palm Beach Art League, 1940.

1st award, The Royal Poincianna. Poincianna Festival, Miami, Florida, 1942 and 1947.

Best Florida landscape, Saint John River, Florida, Federation Art, 1944. Member American Water Color Society, Laguna Beach Art Association, Carmel Art Association, Yonkers Art Association, New Rochelle Art Association, Palm Beach Art League and Tampa Art Students Club (Florida), Swiss Club of New York, The Palm Beach Art League (Palm Beach).

Achievements

• Jean Jacques Pfister has been listed as a notable painter. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Water Color Society, Laguna Beach Art Association, Carmel Art Association, Yonkers Art Association, New Rochelle Art Association, Palm Beach Art League and Tampa Art Students. Clubs: National Arts, Salmagundi (New York). Studio: 614 Aledo Avenue, Coral Gables, Florida

Connections

Married Elizabeth L. Holt, December, 1922.

Father:

Jacob Pfister

Mother:

Anna (Mosemann) Pfister

Spouse:

Elizabeth L. Holt