Background
Otto Henry Bacher was born on March 31, 1856 in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Henry and Charlotte Bacher.
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With Whistler in Venice (Classic Reprint)
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Otto Henry Bacher
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He began his art studies under De Scott Evans, but in 1878, in company with Willis S. Adams and Sion L. Wenban, he went to Munich. Later he studied under Carolus Duran, Boulanger, and Lefebvre.
Career
He came also under the influence of Whistler, to whom he pays warm tribute in his With Whistler in Venice (1908), drawing a sympathetic picture of the famous artist making etchings and pastels from the windows of Bacher's quarters and using the younger man's press. In Venice, Duveneck and others of the group took up monotype, painting upon a plate with burnt sienna or ivory black, and printing on Bacher's press; the product they called "Bachertype. "
At the first exhibition of the Royal Society of Painter Etchers, London, 1881, Bacher was represented by seventeen etchings. Late in 1883 he left Venice for America, via London and Paris; in 1885-86 he revisited London. His life thenceforth was passed in New York City and in Bronxville, where he settled in October 1896. At the Pan-American Exposition (Buffalo, 1901) he was awarded honorable mention, and at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis, 1904) a silver medal. He drew many illustrations, especially of still life for Harper's and the Century.
He died in Bronxville, 1909, leaving a widow and four sons.
Achievements
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Bacher was an important printmaker and illustrator. He produced a number of etchings, and also worked as a commercial illustrator, both for magazines, such as The Century, and he produced images for several illustrated books. He received his greatest recognition in 1904, when he won a Silver Medal for his etchings at the St. Louis Exposition.
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With Whistler in Venice (Classic Reprint)
(Excerpt from With Whistler in Venice Miss Birnie Philip,...)
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With Whistler in Venice (Classic Reprint)
Membership
He was a member of the Royal Society of Painter Etchers (London), the New York Etching Club, the Society of Illustrators, and the Society of American Artists where he occasionally exhibited a painting; in 1906 he became an associate of the National Academy of Design.
Connections
He was married to Mary Holland in Cleveland, 1888.
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