John Begg Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
American, 1903-1974
John Alfred Begg was born in New Smyrna Beach, Florida on June 23, 1903. He studied art at Columbia University (BS), with Arthur Wesley Dow, with Charles Martin, and studied sculpture with Jose De Creeft and Ossip Zadkine. He was a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the Typophiles, and the Yonkers Art Association (chairman from 1972-1973).
He worked as an art editor and book designer at the American Book Company, New York 1932-1937, as Art Director at Oxford University Press, New York 1939-1968, and as vice-president 1960-1968, as an art director at Art In America 1957-1959 where he won the Readerscope Award in 1945 for a bronze work. He also taught art and lectured on basic design at New York University from 1950 to 1958.
He exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum 1935, 1937; at the Wakefield Gallery 1942, 1943, 1945; the Nierendorf Gallery 1945; at the Buchholz Gallery 1943, 1945; at the Whitney Museum of American Art 1945, 1950; at the Worcester Art Museum 1948; and at the Hudson River Museum 1962, 1967.
Begg won first prize for sculptor at the Yonkers Art Association 1958, 1959, 1964, and the purchase prize award in 1970, and won first prize for sculpture at the Greenburgh Arts & Cultural Committee 1971.
John Begg's work is represented at the Indiana Museum of Modern Art, the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover Massachusetts, the Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York, and the New York Public Library.
John Alfred Begg died in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York in December of 1974.(Biography provided by BLUE IRIS / IRIS BLEU)
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Artist: John Begg
Cubist Nude Study Pastel Painting by John Begg
By John Begg, 1903
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elegant pastel painting on paper was created by John Alfred Begg (1903 - 1974). This piece features a striking cubist nude study in a blue-gray color with contrasting black lines. There is no visible signature.
This artwork comes from the artist's estate.
Newly reframed in an elegant blue-silver textured wood frame with black matte and acrylic glass protection.
Measurements:
With frame: 15 in wide (38 cm) x 19.69 in high (50 cm).
Opening view: 7.32 in wide (18.5 cm) x 12 in (30.5 cm).
(The last two pictures show the piece of art before framing).
Biography:
John Alfred Begg was born in New Smyrna Beach...
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1950s Cubist John Begg Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Cubist Nude Study Pastel Painting by John Begg
By John Begg, 1903
Located in Atlanta, GA
This lovely pastel painting on paper by John Alfred Begg (1903 - 1974) is a striking cubist nude study in blue, purple, and orange-rust colors with contrasting black lines. The artwork is signed in the bottom right corner.
Provenance: From the estate of the artist.
Newly reframed in an elegant deep-textured wood frame with orange, black, and gilded colors, original beige jute matte, and glass protection.
Measurements:
With frame: 17.13 in wide (43.5 cm) x 24.41 in high (62 cm).
Opening view: 6.50 in wide (16.5 cm) x 12.44 in (31.5 cm).
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John Alfred Begg was born in New Smyrna Beach...
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1950s Cubist John Begg Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Brutalist Nude Study Pastel Painting by John Begg
By John Begg, 1903
Located in Atlanta, GA
John Alfred Begg (1903 - 1974) designed this brutalist pastel painting on paper. The striking cubist nude study design boasts green, orange, and rust colors with contrasting black lines. No signature is visible on the front, but the piece can be signed at the back, like many of the artist's works.
Provenance: From the estate of the artist.
Newly reframed in an elegant deep-textured wood frame with orange, black, and gilded colors, original beige jute matte, and glass protection.
Measurements:
With frame: 17.32 in wide (44 cm) x 23.03 in high (58.5 cm).
Opening view: 9.45 in wide (24 cm) x 13.19 in (33.5 cm).
Note: John Alfred Begg was born in New Smyrna Beach...
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Reclining Nude in black ink on buff paper
By John Begg, 1903
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1950s American Modern John Begg Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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By John Begg, 1903
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A nude viewed from behind, with black hair , inscribed on the lower right by the artist John Begg "Mature Nude" c.1953 Outlined in black ink and with som...
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