Lester george hornby biography of williams

An exhibition of prints, paintings, & drawings including all of his WWI etchings to mark the opening of the fall term, 1989.

Introduction:

Lester G. Hornby (1882-1956) is one of the surprising number of early 20^th century American artists who achieved great acclaim during their vital years and yet lived to see their works, during the ensuing decades, largely neglected.  That condition is now being reversed for many of them.

In Hornby’s case, during the past five years a catalogue of his prints has been published and a number of exhibitions of his work have been mounted.  Georgetown’s exhibition, which features a complete set of his World War I etchings of 1918, includes some of Hornby’s best.

Hornby received his early training at the Rhode Island School of Design and the Art Students League in New York.  He then journeyed to Paris where he developed his technique further at the major art academies there.  Hornby’s progress was rapid; he received his first international recognition in Paris in the prestigious Salon d’Automne of 1907.

Completely captivated by Paris and the French countryside, Hornby spent most of his productive years in France, returning intermittently to America.  In his l

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