Ernest Roth, American (1879 - 1964)

Ernest David Roth was born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1879 and, at the age of five, immigrated with his parents to the United States. He studied painting at the National Academy of Design under George Maynard and Edgar Ward and at the New York School of Art under F. Luis Mora.

Roth was a regular contributor to shows at the National Academy and the Pennsylvania Academy. In his painting and etching, Roth concentrated on simple architectural views, rarely including people in his scenes.

He has received awards from the Salmagundi Club in 1911, 1912, 1915, 1917 and 1918, from the Chicago Society of Etchers in 1914 and 1936, from the Society of American Etchers in 1935 and from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1930. He received a silver medal for etching and a bronze medal for painting at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915.

Selected Collections
Burchfield-Penney Art Center
Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, FL
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, MN
Mattatuck Museum, CT
Michael C. Carlos Museum, GA
Mobile Museum of Art, AL
National Academy of Design
Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO
San Diego Museum of Art
University of Michigan
Wright Museum of Art, WI