Biografie von George William SOTTER (1879-1953)

Birth place: Pittsburg, PA

Death place: Holicong, PA

Addresses: Holicong, PA

Profession: Craftsman, painter

Studied: PAFA; & with Henry Keller; William Chase; Anshutz, Redfield, Lathrop

Exhibited: PAFA Ann., 1903-25, 1931, 1937; Corcoran Gal biennials, 1912-23 (4 times); San Francisco, 1915 (medal); Pittsburgh AA, 1917 (prize); Pittsburgh Art Soc., 1920 (prize); CAFA, 1921 (prize), 1923 (prize); CI, 1903-25; AIC; Venice, Italy; Toledo, Ohio (solo); Rochester, NY (solo); Pittsburgh, Reading. PA (solo); Bianco Gal., Buckingham, PA, 1993 (retrospective)

Member: Liturgical Art Soc.; Pittsburgh AA; Stained Glass AA; Alliance Phillips Mill Assn.; CAFA.

Work: NJ State Mus., Trenton; Reading MA; State College, PA; stained glass: churches in NYC, Pittsburgh (PA), St. Louis (MO), St. Paul (MN), Wheeling (WV), Salt Lake City (UT), Harrisburg (PA), Scranton (PA), Cleveland (OH), Union City (NJ), Doylestown (PA), Cincinnati (OH), Los Angeles (CA), Phila. (PA).

Comments: He created stained glass windows for many churches, cathedrals and monasteries in his own studio, where he employed approximately 10 craftsmen. He was also noted for his night snow scenes of Buck County, as well as seascapes of Rockport, MA. He married Alice E. Bennett in 1907, and they both studied and painted in Europe on an extended honeymoon trip. Positions: teacher, Carnegie Inst. of Technology; teacher, Phila. School Des.

Sources: WW53; WW47; 300 Years of American Art, 757; catalogue raisonnÈ by Bianco Gal. (Buckingham, PA, c.1997); Falk, Exh. Record Series.