The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Hoeber, Arthur
HOEBER, Arthur, American artist: b.
New York, 23 July 1854; d. Nutley, N. J., 29
April 1915. He studied under Beckwith at the
Art Students' League in New York, and under
Gérôme at the École des Beaux Arts,
exhibited for the first time at the Salon in 1882
and was a contributor to most American
exhibitions. He was art critic of the New York
Times for three years, associate editor of the
Illustrated American for one year and later
became art critic of the New York Globe and
Commercial Advertiser. He was also known as
a lecturer on art. He was elected an associate of
the National Academy. Among his writings are
‘Treasures of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art’ (1892); and ‘Painting in the 19th
Century in France, Belgium, Spain and Italy.’ His
Salon picture in 1882 was ‘Sur la Grande
Route’ and in 1885 ‘Le Pain Quotidien.’