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Emerson Everett Glass (1916-1987) Oil on Board

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Emerson Everett Glass (1916-1987) Oil on Board
Emerson Everett Glass (1916-1987) Oil on Board, "Sunrise", 9" x 12", signed lower right.

Born in poverty and died in poverty, Emerson Glass never sold a painting. Glass's father was a foreman on a cotton plantation in the deep south, near the town of Clinton, Louisiana. At the age of seven, a fire destroyed the boy's home and his father and mother died in the blaze. Emerson himself was badly burned and scarred for life on the left side of his face and upper body... leaving him scarred in more ways than one.
He met Birger Sandzen in Lindsborg, Kansas during a brief stopover when he was around 30 years old. By invitation, he stayed briefly to study with the artist before continuing west. Glass did not attend Bethany College, but found a compassionate and understanding friend in the older artist. Emerson always spoke of Sandzen in the most affectionate of terms, as he was one of the few people who ever treated him with dignity and respect. Sandzen's influence on him went deep, far beyond the teaching of artistic techniques and methods. This influence is quite evident in his work, despite the fact that Glass had a demanding eye for detail and was a careful draftsman. From the day they met, Emerson Glass and Birger Sandzen were linked together in vision and purpose. Spurce: Askart.com (excerpted).