Eric Denker, Exhibition Curator at Stanford University in Washington

Ernest David Roth and his Friends: Printmaking in New York, 1910-1950

Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 1:30 pm

Hybrid in-person and online program via Zoom

Largely forgotten today, Ernest David Roth (1879-1964) was at the epicenter of printmaking in New York City from the time he graduated from the National Academy of Design in 1904 until he left NY in the 1950s. Roth's prints of Venice, Florence and other Italian, French, and Spanish cities set the standard for views of medieval European sites. With the onset of the great Depression, he turned his sights on the burgeoning skyline of New York city. He was not only an extraordinary draftsman and printmaker, but his studio was frequented by many American artists who are better known today, including George Bellows, Childe Hassam, John Sloan, John Taylor Arms, and the Scots James McBey and Muirhead Bone. He was in demand as a printer for many artists, and was frequently hired by commercial concerns for prestigious art journals and institutions. He was one of the organizers of the Brooklyn Society of Etchers, that eventually became the Society of American Graphic Artists, the most important printmaking organization in America today. He was their president and vice president for many years, and frequently won awards from the Society and other art organizations. This lecture explores why Roth is not better known today despite his prominence in the great years of printmaking in New York.

$15 fee for guests and subscribers (no fee for members)

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