William Starkweather

I just went to a lecture about the artist William Starkweather, a largely unacknowledged illustrator of many books during this era. Are any of you collectors of his work? I couldn't find any when I searched LT.

I found a website dedicated to him, with the owner stating the intention of writing a book about Starkweather. There is a pretty good list of books he's illustrated, and I do have one of them, so I added him and a few biographical details.

It doesn't touchstone yet.

He seems to have worked primarily for one publishing company - R. F. Fenno and Company, and that company appears to have re-published many popular works, possibly without paying royalties to authors. Which would contribute to his obscurity. He doesn't even have a Wikipedia entry yet, that I could find.

I'll bet he's got a page in The Art of American Book Covers: 1875-1930, as he also designed covers and bindings, and his monogram is quite distinctive.

You can find his author page through the title I own - The Choir Invisible.

That website you mentioned is owned by the guy I heard lecture last night. He's very passionate about Starkweather and has an extensive collection of his art. His name was Peter..... I'm not at home but will come back with his name shortly. I'll be first in line for his book when it comes out.

Peter Falotico! A real tragedy is the fate of the Fenno company. He told us that when they folded, two buildings of original art, manuscripts etc. were destroyed.

Ow!!

William Starkweather

it works!

He is listed in the Book Cover book, his signature initials are quite distinctive; but there are no examples of his work.

I wish I had written down some of the titles from the books on display at the lecture. They were apparently very popular at the turn of the last century, but didn't age well.

All of the books in the exhibition at the Hickory Museum are listed on the William Starkweather web page: http://www.williamstarkweather.com/id5.html
There are also a few images from the exhibition:
http://www.williamstarkweather.com/id15.html
Marie Corelli books were very popular and E.D.E.N. Southworth were two of the most popular authors of the time.

Varielle,

Please join the group http://www.librarything.com/groups/tatteredbutstilllove
and post about the exhibition again.

There are several members who might be interested.
We'd love to have you there too!

The 80 rare book exhibition, "Hidden Treasures" at the Hickory Museum in N.C. has been extended to July 11, 2013.
I believe there will be a walk through lecture and presentation about the artist, author and illustrator William E.B. Starkweather. For those interested in purchasing a book illustrated or designed by William Starkweather, be very careful. Fenno, Buckles and Grosset and Dunlap produced many versions of the exact same book. Not all of them contain Starkweather art. An example woulf be The Wages of Sin by Malet, published by Fenno or the Barrie book, A Window in Thrums, also published by Fenno. The Choir Invisible is another good example.
Look at the William Starkweather page: http://www.williamstarkweather.com/id5.html

oops. Sorry for the confusion. I didn't see you come in the room StonyBrook.
Welcome to LT.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emile Gaboriau, A. Conan Doyle, w. Russell Clark, Charles Kingsley, G.M.A. Hewett, Florence Warden, Marie Corelli, Rudyard Kipling, E.D.E.N. Southworth, H. Beecher Stowe, Ian Macclaren, Fred White, J.M. Barrie, Charles King, I.K. Marvel are some of the authors Starkweather created covers for or illustrated their books. He was also known for a pine cone pen and ink drawing for the front and rear endpapers in many books published in 1902 by R.F. Fenno and Co..

The Golden Age Illustrator, William E.B.Starkweather was also an author of many articles and a few books. From 1919 to 1926 he wrote scholarly articles for The Mentor Magazine which can be found inexpensively on ebay or in antiquarian bookstores:
The Mentor, Volume 7, No. 10, July 1, 1919, Spanish Painting.
The Mentor, Volume 9, No. 11, Dec., 1921, Mother and Child.
The Mentor, Volume 10, No. 12, Jan. 1923, Leonardo Da Vinci.
The Mentor, Volume 12, No. 3, April 1924, Alma-Tadema.
The Mentor, Volume 12, No. 6, July 1924, Sorolla.
The Mentor, Volume 12, No. 9, Oct. 1924, John Singer Sargent.
The Mentor, Volume 12, No. 12, Jan. 1925, Anthony Van Dyck.
The Mentor, Volume 13, No. 3, April 1925, Italian Lakes.
The Mentor, Volume 13, No. 6, July 1925, Winslow Homer.
The Mentor, Volume 14, No. 1, Feb. 1926, Archer Huntington.
The Mentor, Volume 14, No. 4, May, 1926, Swiss Lakes.

His biography was published in the May 1926 edition, along with a photo of him from his trip to Siena, Italy.
http://www.williamstarkweather.com/id4.html

The book he wrote was: Paintings and Drawings by Francisco Goya", collection of The Hispanic Society of America, N.Y., 1916
and it is still being quoted by historians today for its insight into the artist and the times.

Does anyone know of a suitable location for the "Hidden Treasures" Exhibition of books from the Golden Age of Book Illustration by William E.B. Starkweather? http://www.williamstarkweather.com/id15.html currently in the Hickory Museum of N.C. until mid July?
I am willing to offer a workshop, slide presentation about the artist William E.B. Starkweather and walk through of the book exhibition as well as to loan the collection of 84 books, http://www.williamstarkweather.com/id5.html and 11 magazines from The Mentor, http://www.williamstarkweather.com/id4.html as mentioned above for the duration of the exhibition and transport the collection to and from the location.

On July 11, 2013 there will be a "walk through lecture" about the 80 books on display in the Hickory Museum of Art, N.C. illustrated or designed by the artist William Starkweather during the Golden Age of Book Illustration. In addition, the Museum is publishing a catalog on the exhibition and will have the catalog for sale along with a signing of the catalog that same day.

The Traditional Fine Arts Organization (TFAOI) has listed the "Hidden Treasures" catalog from the Hickory Museum of Art, N.C. in its database:
http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/10aa/10aa254.htm
The catalog is the only listing ever complied of all of the more than 80 (currently known) books ever designed or illustrated by William Edward Bloomfield Starkweather during the Golden Age of Book Illustration in America. There will be an exhibition of the books, paintings and ephemera of William Starkweather. opening September 15, 2015 in the Hickory Museum with a book to accompany the exhibition. Researchers are asking for information about the Starkweather Museum that was in Endless Caverns Virginia from 1948 through 1976: http://williamstarkweather.com/id6.html
In addition any information about the Starkweather paintings, as cited in Who's Who, that were in the Randolph Macon College Collection would also be appreciated.

ok, not sure if its too late to turn this topic up again
I'd like to know if he is also the illustrator of famous "uncle wiggily in wonderland" ?
Indeed I can not find any wikipedia of him.