biography of Henry Martin GASSER (1909-1981)

Birth place: Newark, NJ

Death place: South Orange, NJ

Addresses: South Orange, NJ

Profession: Painter, writer, designer

Studied: Newark School Fine & Indust. Art, certificate; Grand Central School Art; ASL, with Robert Brackman & John R. Grabach.

Exhibited: Montclair Art Mus., 1939, 1940 (prize), 1941 (prize), 1942, 1943 (prize), 1944 (prize), 1945, 1946 (prize), 1951 (prize), 1952 (prize), 1964 (prize); Smithsonian Inst., 1941 (prize); Guatemala Nat. Fair, 1942; Baltimore WCC, 1942 (prize); Denver Art Mus., 1942-44; Springfield, MA, 1943 (Steiger Award)-1945, (prizes); Albany Inst. Hist. & Art, 1943, 1944; Texas Int. Exhib., 1943; CI, 1944, 1945; NAD, 1942-45, 1943 (Julius Hallgarten Prize), 1944 (prize), 1971; AWCS, 1941-43 (Zabriskie Prize), 1944 (Osborne Prize), 1945-46, 1969 (award), 1971; Phila. WCC, 1940-46, 1945 (prize); AIC, 1942, 1946, 1949; Wash. WCC, 1940-44, 1945 (prize), 1946 (prize); Allied Artists Am., 1943-45; Santa Barbara, CA, 1944; Laguna Beach, CA, 1943, 1945; SFMA, 1944-45; Audubon Artists, 1945; CPLH, 1946; Mississippi AA, 1943-46; Alabama WCS, 1943 (prize), 1944, 1945 (prize), 1946 (prize); Oakland Art Gal., 1941-43 (prize), 1944-45; Mint Mus. Art, 1943, 1944 (prize), 1945-46; New Haven PCC, 1940-43,1944 (prize), 1945,1946; New Orleans AA, 1944, 1945 (prize), 1946 (prize); High Mus. Art, 1946; Piedmont (NC) Art Fest, 1945 (prize); State Teachers College, Indiana, PA, 1946 (prize); SSAL, 1946 (prize); American Traditional Artists of the 20th Century, Columbus Mus., GA, 1963; Twentieth Century Realists, Fine Arts Gallery San Diego, 1966.

Member: NAD (rec. secretary, 1960-67); AWCS (vice-pres., 1953); Audubon Artists; Phila. WCC; Wash. WCC; New Jersey WCC; Baltimore WCC; SC; Allied Artists Am.; Mississippi AA; New Jersey AA; New Haven PCC; SSAL; AAPL; Springfield AL; Asbury Park Soc. FA; Irvington Art & Mus. Assn.; NSAA (1949-72); Rockport AA

Work: MMA; PMA; BMFA; Newark (NJ) Mus.; Hist. Properties Section, Dept. War, Wash., DC.

Comments: Contributor: American Artist magazine. Positions: director, Newark School Fine & Indust. Art, 1946-55. Author: Oil Painting Methods, 1953; How to Draw and Paint, 1955; Techniques of Painting, 1958; Picture making 1962; Guide to Painting, 1964. Teaching: ASL.

Sources: WW73; Artists of the Rockport Art Assn (1956); add'l info. courtesy North Shore AA; and, Edwin Hooker, NJ.