Lawrence Beall Smith

Lawrence Beall Smith, Seaside Nomads

1946

Mostly known linocuts that combine social subjects with a modernist figure-ground style, Jacobi proves that 'artists have hands.' By that my old boss Sylvan Cole meant that even if they have a preferred medium, like Jacobi with linocut, they could do just about anything. And here the artist has made a New Jersey subject shine. The Raritan Bridge of course goes over the Raritan River that flows from the inland mountains (well, hills) of New Jersey to the Raritan Bay and then into the Atlantic Ocean. It was stolen from the Lenape by the Dutch and fought over by the English. It's role in American Industrial History is the stuff of legends. With the addition of a canal it transported anthracite coal from Pennsylvania helping to make the this part of New Jersey into a financial powerhouse. Sadly industry also polluted the entire region but now there is on-going restoration. Of course the bridge is also known to riders of the New Jersey Coast Line and drivers on the Garden State Parkway -- both take travelers 'down the shore,' This twist of heavy industry...

Originally from Illinois, Ann Michalov worked in Spokane, Seattle and Portland, where she finally settled. This lithograph however really looks very like New York City's Central Park...

Lawrence Beall Smith draws four men in a park, each with his back to a giant, strong tree. The year is 1938 and the country is coming out of the Depression but World War II is alread...

Gregory often worked in lithography, probably learned at the Art Students League in New York City. In all likelihood this is a New York scene but he also often drew New England subje...

This print was made in an edition of 25 for the California WPA. It is signed and titled in pencil. The artist's full name was Marguerite Redmond Dorgeloh and that is the way this pri...

This lithograph shows the Obelisk (Cleopatra’s Needle), 1425 BCE, in Central Park, New York City, just behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art, on Greywacke Knoll. (This makes it a double example of ‘art about art.’) Carved from a single piece of granite from Aswan, it was gifted to this country by the Khedive Ismail Pasha...

Irish Fair Lithograph, 1923 Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist (see photo) Titled "Irish Fair" by the artist in pencil Edition: 84 Housed in an archival frame with acid free...

Coney Island Beach #1. 1939. Engraving. Sasowsky catalog 191 state ii. 9 3/4 x 12 (sheet 11 1/2 x 13 7/8). Edition of 17-lifetime impressions printed by Marsh in 1939 as noted by Sas...

Le Jour se Lève is an original colored lithograph on cream-colored paper print realized by Martine Goeyens in the 2000's. The contemporary artwork, representing a wonderful natural ...

The Storm is an original lithograph on cream-colored paper realized by Martine Goeyens in 2002. This contemporary artwork, representing a seascape upset by a strong wind, with harmo...

The Old Pier at Littlehampton is an original modern artwork realized by John Cousen in the middle of the XIX Century. Original colored print on paper. Inscripted on the lower margi...

Port is an original modern artwork realized by the French artist Pierre Frachon-Forcade in the middle of the XX Century. Original Lithograph on paper. Just below the image is Wri...