Arthur Hoeber

(American, 1854–1915)

Born in Nutley, New Jersey, Arthur Hoeber was a Tonalist landscape painter celebrated for his views of coastal scenery in Cape Cod and Long Island. Luminism was a part of his painting style, with reflected bright lights often appearing in his dramatic, panoramic cloud-filled skies. He also painted figures and rural genre scenes during his time in France, capturing peasants at work in the countryside.

Hoeber studied at Cooper Union and the Art Students League in New York, and later in Europe under Sir John Millais, Jean-Léon Gérôme, and Gustave Courtois. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1882 to 1885, spending summers painting in Pont-Aven and Concarneau. After returning to the U.S., he focused largely on landscapes, eventually settling in Nutley and later painting in Hyannisport, Massachusetts.

In addition to painting, Hoeber was an influential art critic, writing for Harper’s Weekly, The New York Times, and New York Globe. He published The Barbizon Painters: Being the Story of the Men of Thirty in 1912, sharing his admiration for traditional landscapes and his skepticism of modernist trends.