Philip Kappel (1901 - 1981) "The Homestead"

Philip Kappel (1901 - 1981) "The Homestead"
Philip Kappel (1901 - 1981) Etching on wove paper, Signed lower right "Phillip Kappel", dedicated and dated 1948 on bottom left, measures 8 x 10.5 and 16 x 18.5 inches w/ frame. Philip Kappel — painter, illustrator, printer, writer, and lecturer — was born on February 10, 1901 in Hartford, CT and died in 1981. Kappel is best remembered for his landscapes, portraits, figures, marine, lithography, and etching. He held a teaching position with H. B. Snell, Boothbay, ME Studios, 1923 and 1924. His addresses in 1929 were 500 Fifth Avenue in New York City and, for the summer, care of Philip Little, 10 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA; and in 1935, Sarasota, FL.Kappel was a pupil of the Pratt Institute Art School in Brooklyn, NY and Philip Little (1857-1942) and held memberships with the North Shore Artists Association in Gloucester, MA; the Marblehead Art Association in Marblehead, MA; the Chicago Society of Etchers; the MacDowell Club in New York City; the Society of American Etchers in Brooklyn, NY;
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