Englehart was born on June 14, 1867, in Chicago, Illinois, and died on April 14, 1915, in Oakland, California.

"The wealth generated (in California) by the Gold Rush, the railroads, the Comstock Lode, banking, and commerce, created a very favorable climate for artists.

People like the Stanfords, the Crockers, the Hopkins, and the rest of San Francisco society were buying art.

By 1910 Englehart had returned to the Bay Area, where he resided in Alameda near Oakland, until his death on April 14, 1915.

Englehart's landscape compositions had a goal to bring the viewer closer to an actual experience of 'being there.'