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Horatio Nelson Poole
(1884-1949)
Horatio Poole was known as an accomplished painter and muralist. He worked on many commissioned projects and was also a teacher for many years.
Poole was born in Haddonfield, New Jersey on January 16, 1884. He and his family relocated to Pennsylvania when he was ten years old. Poole lived in Philadelphia and studied at the local School of Industrial Design. He went on to attend classes at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Art for six years as a pupil of Thomas Anshutz.
In 1914, he moved to Hawaii where he was able to support himself working as a newspaper illustrator,"Pacific Commercial Advertiser". For the opening night exhibit of the 1917 opening night exhibition of the Hawaiian Society of Artists, he both exhibited his etchings and did the promotional sketch for the newspaper.
In 1921 he left Hawaii to relocate in San Francisco, California, where he worked as a teacher at the California School of Fine Arts and the University of California, Berkeley.
Poole served as the president of the California Society of Etchers for three years and remained involved in the club. During the 1930s he did work for the Public Works Administration painting murals, including one he did for the Roosevelt Junior High School in San Francisco. He died in San Francisco, California on July 4, 1949.
Member: California Society of Etchers; SFAA; Chicago Society of Etchers; California Bookplate Society.
Exhibited: Hawaiian Society of Artists, 1917; SFAA, 1921-1949 (awards); California Society of Etchers, 1926 (1st prize); Galerie Beaux Arts, San Francisco, 1929; San Francisco Museum of Art, 1935; GGIE, 1939;
Works Held: De Young Museum; Mills College (Oakland); Shasta State Historical Museum; Orange County Museum; SFMA.
Source:
Hughes, Edan M. Artists In California 1786-1940. 3rd ed. Vol. 1. Sacramento: Crocker, Art Museum, 2002. N. pag. 2 vols. Print.
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