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Daniel Garber (American, 1880-1958) Portrait of Elsa

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Daniel Garber (American, 1880-1958) Portrait of Elsa Laubach, ca. late 1910s; Charcoal on paper (framed); 21 1/2" x 15 1/4" (sheet); Literature: Humphries, Lance, Daniel Garber: Catalogue Raisonne (Volume II), New York: Hollis Taggart Galleries, 2006, pg. 337, cat. no. D 168; Provenance: The artist; Estate of the artist (until 1958); Collection of John Franklin Garber; Collection of descendant of the artist, Pennsylvania (acquired ca. 1973) This exceptionally rare and large drawing is a portrait of Elsa Laubach, ca. 1910. It epitomizes the superb draftsmanship and lyrical style for which Daniel Garber is known and admired. Miss Laubach was a student of Garber’s at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (said to be a favorite) and a recipient of its Emlin T. Cresson Award. She went on to a successful career as an artist in the American West under her married name, Elsa Jemne. Daniel Garber (1880-1958) was born in North Manchester, Indiana, the youngest son of a Mennonite family. He studied with Frank Duveneck at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and later at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Thomas Anschutz, J. Alden Weir, William Merritt Chase and Cecilia Beaux. In 1905 he traveled to England on a Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts fellowship, returning to America in 1907 and establishing a studio in Bucks County, just north of Philadelphia. In the years that followed, Garber became a central figure in the New Hope art community, a mainstay of the Pennsylvania Impressionist group of painters and one of the most significant and decorated artists of his generation. He also became a renowned teacher of drawing at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, loved and respected by generations of students. His drawings are used as teaching tools to this day. Those in private collections are closely held and rarely come to market. Portrait of Elsa Laubach is being sold in support of the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, PA and its Centennial Campaign to fund critical capital improvements.

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