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Eugene Speicher
The Buffalo Roots and New York Arrival Buffalo, New York, holds the beginning of Eugene Speicher’s story. In 1883, a life begins that will eventually find its center in the studios of Manhattan and the quietude of Woodstock. The early years are shaped by the Albright Art School, where the foundations of draftsmanship take hold. A scholarship provides the bridge to the Art Students League in New York City, a move that places him directly
into the orbit of the era's most vital energies. The year 1908 marks a sudden, sharp moment of recognition. At the League, Speicher captures the likeness of a fellow student, Georgia O’Keeffe, winning the Kelley Prize. It is a collision of two futures. He moves into the orbit of Robert Henri, a mentor whose influence dictates much of his approach to the human form. Through Henri, the connections tighten with George Bellows and others…