Arthur Hoeber (1854 - 1915) Oil on canvas painting depicting a late afternoon New Jersey landscape. Signed lower left. Sight size: 19 x 29.5 inches. Hoeber became a noted landscape artist in Tonalist style, with simple composition, broad skyscapes, and serene, quiet, poetic views often inspired by coastal scenery of Cape Cod and Long Island. Hoeber went to France, where he spent five years as a student of Jean Leon Gerome, one of the foremost historical painters of his era and a renowned teacher at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Hoeber also studied privately with Gustave Courtois. From 1882 to 1885, he exhibited at the Paris Salon and spent his summers painting in the countryside including at Pont Aven and Concarneau. Returning to New York City, he began to paint almost exclusively landscape subjects. In 1892, he moved to Nutley, New Jersey, close to New York, and did canvases reflecting the many tital wetlands of the area. He also spent time painting in Hyannisport, Massachusetts. In the United States, exhibition venues included The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. For many years he wrote art criticism for Harper's Weekly, The New York Times, and New York Globe.