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Artist: Louis Schanker
Untitled
By Louis Schanker
Located in Lawrence, NY
Louis Schanker was an important early American modernist painter. He was best known for his work of the 30's and 40's done in a semi-abstract mode that was influenced by European m...
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1930s Abstract Louis Schanker Art
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Oil
St. George & the Dragon
By Louis Schanker
Located in Raleigh, NC
An American modernist depiction of St. George slaying the dragon in blue. There is also another version in yellow on a black background.
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1940s American Modern Louis Schanker Art
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Woodcut
CAFE NO. 1
By Louis Schanker
Located in Portland, ME
Schanker, Louis (American 1903-1981). CAFE NO.1. Johnson 14. Woodcut in colors, 1938. Edition of 35. Titled, numbered 8/35 and signed in pencil. 9 x 5 1/2 inches (image), plus marg...
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1930s Louis Schanker Art
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FIGURE NO. 1
By Louis Schanker
Located in Portland, ME
Schanker, Louis (American 1903-1981). FIGURE NO.1. Johnson 99. Wood etching in colors, 1949. Edition of 6. Titled and signed in pencil. 25 1/2 X 13 3/8 inches (image). Framed to 33...
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1940s Louis Schanker Art
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Woodcut
Interior Scene with Figures
By Louis Schanker
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Interior Scene with Figures
Ink and watercolor on paper, c. 1930's
Signed with the Estate stamp lower center
Condition: Loss upper right corner; two small tears lower margin
Colors very fresh and vibrant
Provenance: Jem Hom Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Martin Dimanond Fine Arts, NYC (?)
Louis Schanker (1903–1981)[1] was an American abstract artist.
"He grew up in an Orthodox Jewish environment in the Bronx, New York. His parents, Sam, a tailor, and Fannie Schanker, were of Romanian descent.[2] He had five siblings.[3] At an early age he had an interest in both art and music He took art courses at Cooper Union, The Educational Alliance and The Art Students League with Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko and Milton Avery amongst others. During this time he shared a coldwater studio with the Soyer brothers, Chaim Gross and Adolph Gottlieb. In 1920 he traveled across the country. He lived the hobo life, joined the Sparks and then Barnum and Bailey circuses, later working as a thresher in the wheat fields of the Great Plains. There are elements in his works such as the circus murals...
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1930s American Modern Louis Schanker Art
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Watercolor
Cows in a Field (Recto) Two Figures in an Interior (Verso)
By Louis Schanker
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cows in a Field (Recto)
Two Figures in an Interior (Verso)
Watercolor on heavy textured paper, 1938
Signed in ink verso image of Two Figures, unsigned ...
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1930s American Modern Louis Schanker Art
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GIRL WITH LUTE
By Louis Schanker
Located in Portland, ME
Schanker, Louis (American 1903-1981). GIRL WITH LUTE. Johnson 18. Linocut in colors, 1938. Edition of 10. Titled, numbered 6/10 and signed in pencil. 5 1/2 x...
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1930s Louis Schanker Art
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CIRCLE IMAGE NO. 25
By Louis Schanker
Located in Portland, ME
Schanker, Louis. CIRCLE IMAGE NO. 25. Relief Print in color, 1954-1955. Edition of 210 published by IGAS. Signed and numbered 17/200 (the edition included 10 artist's proofs). 14 x 1...
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1950s Abstract Louis Schanker Art
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Woodcut
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CYCLONE, CONEY ISLAND ca 1933
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LOUIS SCHANKER (1903 – 1981)
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Lithograph 10 7/8 x 12 ½” signed, and with no. 1/10. Rare thus!
Annotation: Coney Island. ...
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