Charles Stanley Reinhart
Charles Stanley Reinhart
American , 1844 – 1896
One of Harper ’ s greatest illustrators , Charles Stanley Reinhart was born in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , in 1844 . Following the start of the Civil War , Reinhart worked for several years in Virginia on the military railroad and thereafter at a steel factory in his hometown . By 1867 , he had saved enough money to travel to Europe and pursue his dream of becoming an artist , despite his mother ’ s disapproval . He studied first at the Académie Suisse in Paris and in 1868 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Professors Streyhüber and Otto . In 1870 , Reinhart received the offer from Harper ’ s . Under Charles Parsons , head of the art department , Reinhart worked with fellow Tile Club members Edwin Austin Abbey and Arthur Burdett Frost as well as with illustrators Robert Blum and Howard Pyle . During the 1880s , Reinhart spent several years in Paris , exhibiting at the Salons and the Paris Exposition of 1889 . He also exhibited at the National Academy of Design in New York , and in 1888 , he received the Temple Gold Medal from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for his painting , Washed Ashore ( 1887 ). At the end of Reinhart ’ s life , the painter and author Arthur Hoeber wrote : “… to those who knew him well there remains the added satisfaction that the charm of his splendid personality will ever linger as a delightful , ineffaceable memory ” ( Hoeber , 203 ). Reinhart was an exceptional draftsman and storyteller , and he made a significant contribution to America ’ s golden age of illustration .
William Sergeant Kendall ( American , 1869 – 1938 ), Charles Stanley Reinhart , 1896 , color halftone poster , 15 7 / 16 x 11 1/2 in ., National Portrait Gallery , Smithsonian Institution , gift of Leslie and Alice Schreyer , S / NPG . 84.435
REFERENCES : “ Charles S . Reinhart Dead .” The Milwaukee Sentinel , August 31 ,
1896 , 1 . Hoeber , Arthur . “ Charles Stanley Reinhart .” The Illustrated
American 21 , no . 7 ( February 6 , 1897 ): 202 – 203 .
Montgomery , Walter , ed . American Art and American Art Collections : Essays on Artistic Subjects by the Best Art Writers , Fully Illustrated with Etchings , Photoetchings , Photogravures , Phototypes , and Engravings on Steel and Wood by the Most Celebrated Artists . Vol . II . Boston : E . W . Walker & Co ., 1889 .
“ Obituary Record : Charles Stanley Reinhart .” The New York Times , August 31 , 1896 , 5 .
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