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Henry Adolphus Lavender Culmer Art

American, 1854-1914
Henry Lavender Adolphus (known simply as "Harry") Culmer played a significant role in the promotion and early economic progress of the West as an entrepreneur, developer of natural resources, civic leader, descriptive writer and landscape painter. He liked to hike and explore unknown regions of the mountains and deserts. Like Thomas Moran and other Rocky Mountain artists, he would not allow danger or discomfort to dissuade him in his quest for panoramic vistas and scenic splendors. Culmer was the first artist to see and depict the area of the natural bridges in southern Utah and also the interior of Alaska. Born in Darrington, Kent, England, Culmer arrived in America in 1868 at the age of fourteen. Having served an apprenticeship in a London print shop, Culmer further developed his skills in Utah: building, masonry, geology, bookkeeping, local government, and electrical lighting, as well as watercolor and oil painting. In Salt Lake, by 1872, he attended the University of Deseret, possibly studying art there under Dan Weggeland. With lessons from Alfred Lambourne and Reuben Kirkham, Culmer developed a great interest in landscape painting, and he and Lambourne eventually traveled a large part of the Wasatch Mountains together in search of grandiose subject matter. Depicting landscape "to please the public"-- his own statement -- Harry Culmer became Utah's most popular painter. Large in view and depicting authentically felt enthusiasm for the grand expanses of the western land, Culmer's artwork was often purchased immediately upon completion. Several of his works were included as illustrations in National Geographic magazine.
(Biography provided by Anthony's Fine Art)
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Artist: Henry Adolphus Lavender Culmer
Grand Canyon of the Colorado in Arizona by H.L.A. Culmer
By Henry Adolphus Lavender Culmer
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Henry Lavender Adolphus Culmer (Kent, England, 1856 - 1914, Salt Lake City). H.L.A. Culmer was the first artist to see and paint Utah’s southern regions. An explorer, civic leader, writer, and entrepreneur, he used art to promote knowledge and development of Utah. Preceding the establishment of the United States National Parks Department in 1905, this painting, Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, was made by Culmer as a result of his exploration of Southern Utah and subsequently displayed at the St. Louis World’s Fair...
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