Alexander Theobald Van Laer

Alexander Theobald Van Laer (1857–1920) was an American painter, born at Auburn, New York. He studied at the Art Students League of New York and in the Netherlands under George Poggenbeek. He often exhibited with Adelaide Deming and Emily Vanderpoel.Van Laer was a member of the Salmagundi Club New York from 1892 until his death and three times served as its president, from 1897 to 1898, 1889 to 1900 and again from 1905 to 1908. Examples of his landscapes include: Winter Landscape (c. 1907) February Snow (Brooklyn Museum) Connecticut Hillside (National Gallery, Washington, D.C.) On the Brandywine (Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis).