Edward Timothy Hurley | |
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![]() Self-portrait,
aquatint, 1934 | |
Born | 10 October 1869
Cincinnati, Ohio, US |
Died | 29 November 1950 Cincinnati, Ohio, US |
Occupation(s) | Artist, ceramic decorator |
Edward Timothy Hurley (10 October 1869, Cincinnati - 29 November 1950, Cincinnati) was an American artist who worked as a decorator for the Rookwood Pottery Company from 1896 to 1948. Among Rookwood's most prolific artists, [1] Hurley worked in many other media during his free time, including oil painting, etching, bronze casting, watercolor, and pastels.
Born in Cincinnati in 1869 to Irish immigrants [2] Timothy Hurley (1830-1887) and Johanna D. Hurley (1834-1903), [3] Hurley graduated from Xavier University in 1887. [4] For several years he worked at a tea company and as a salesman, [5] before a visit to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago inspired him to attend night classes at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. [2] There between 1893 and 1898 he studied under prominent local artist Frank Duveneck, who he came to idolize. [4]
Hurley married Irene Bishop, a fellow Rookwood decorator, in 1907. She died in 1925. [6] Hurley died on November 29th, 1950 and was buried in New St. Joseph Cemetery, Cincinnati. [3]
Edward Timothy Hurley | |
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![]() Self-portrait,
aquatint, 1934 | |
Born | 10 October 1869
Cincinnati, Ohio, US |
Died | 29 November 1950 Cincinnati, Ohio, US |
Occupation(s) | Artist, ceramic decorator |
Edward Timothy Hurley (10 October 1869, Cincinnati - 29 November 1950, Cincinnati) was an American artist who worked as a decorator for the Rookwood Pottery Company from 1896 to 1948. Among Rookwood's most prolific artists, [1] Hurley worked in many other media during his free time, including oil painting, etching, bronze casting, watercolor, and pastels.
Born in Cincinnati in 1869 to Irish immigrants [2] Timothy Hurley (1830-1887) and Johanna D. Hurley (1834-1903), [3] Hurley graduated from Xavier University in 1887. [4] For several years he worked at a tea company and as a salesman, [5] before a visit to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago inspired him to attend night classes at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. [2] There between 1893 and 1898 he studied under prominent local artist Frank Duveneck, who he came to idolize. [4]
Hurley married Irene Bishop, a fellow Rookwood decorator, in 1907. She died in 1925. [6] Hurley died on November 29th, 1950 and was buried in New St. Joseph Cemetery, Cincinnati. [3]