Well-Drilling

Aaron W. Mountz (1872-1949)

Studio portrait of the four Mountz brothers, John, Harvey, Ira and Aaron, dressed in three piece suits.

Aaron William Mountz was a laborer, a carpenter, a well-driller, and a lifelong resident of Cumberland County – and he was a woodcarver. While his work had started to be appreciated by private collectors toward the end of his life, he died not knowing that his hobby of carving small wood animals would make him known in the art world nationwide, with his work held in museums such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Museum of Folk Art.