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Ethel Magafan "Evening Moon" Pen and Ink Drawing
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Ethel Magafan (1916-1993) pen and ink sketch drawing entitled "Evening Mood". Signed lower right. Circa 1950. This piece comes from the Estate of Anton Otto Fischer after Magafan moved to Woodstock, NY where his home and studio were.
Good overall condition. Wear consistent with age and not being framed. There is obvious darkening of the paper surface due to the piece originally having an old matte surrounding the sight opening. No visible rips, tears or restorations. Soft corners and edges.
Approximately 8" wide x 6" high.
Bio:
After World War II, many people in the US were on the move, and on the advice of older artist friends in Los Angeles, Arnold Blanche and Fletcher Martin, Ethel and Jenne were advised that if they were serious about being professional artists, they needed to live near New York City. The charming artists' colony of Woodstock, New York, they were told, was perfectly located only 100 miles from the vital art scene of New York City. So they permanently relocated to Woodstock, New York in 1945.
Between 1951 and 1952, the twins and their husbands were away from Woodstock on a year-long trip. Edward had a Fulbright Scholarship to Italy, and Ethel had a Fulbright Scholarship to Greece. "The two couples lived separately and visited one another only once or twice during that year." (Currie) Upon their return in 1952, Jenne died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage, a loss that Ethel mourned deeply. She said that the death of her sister "was a tragedy from which I never fully recovered. She later named her daughter and only child, Jenne. Shortly after the death of Jenne, Ethel began making yearly trips to Colorado. The landscape paintings following her sister's death became quite abstract, “seeking out the feelings of a scene rather than an exact representation.”
Ethel and her husband "lived out the remainder of their lives in Woodstock. They lived on a paved road only one and a half miles from the village of Woodstock up a gentle hill. The couple kept very strict working hours, each having their own separate studio on the premises." (Currie) When their daughter Jenne was born in 1956, Ethel continued to paint around the schedule of a growing child.
Ethel Magafan Currie died April 24, 1993 at age 76 in Woodstock, New York after a series of strokes. Unlike her sister, Ethel lived long enough to enjoy national recognition including election to the National Academy of Design where she received the Academy’s first Hallgarten Prize and its Altman Prize. She was also elected second Vice President of the Academy. In 1971, the United States Department of Interior requested that she travel and draw sketches throughout the Western U.S. These sketches were later exhibited at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C. and then sent on a national tour by the Smithsonian Institution.
- Creator:Ethel Magafan (Artist)
- Dimensions:Height: 6 in (15.24 cm)Width: 8 in (20.32 cm)Depth: 0.07 in (1.78 mm)
- Style:Rustic (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:Circa 1950
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Minor fading. Good overall condition. Wear consistent with age and not being framed. There is obvious darkening of the paper surface due to the piece originally having an old matte surrounding the sight opening. No visible rips, tears or restorations.
- Seller Location:Garnerville, NY
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Ethel Magafan
Ethel Magafan Born Illinois, 1916
Died New York, 1993 Jenne and Ethel Magafan were identical twins, born in Chicago to a Greek immigrant father and a Polish mother. Due to health concerns about their father, the family moved to Colorado, living first in Colorado Springs and then in Denver. He was a proud supporter of their artistic ambitions but died suddenly 1932, a heavy blow to both of them. They attended East High School in Denver, where they found a mentor in their art teacher Helen Perry. She had studied at the Art Institute of Chicago but had later abandoned a career as an artist, making her all the more determined to help the Magafan twins succeed artistically. While still in high school, the twins impressed artist Frank Mechau, and Helen Perry paid for their lessons with him. He subsequently invited them to apprentice with him at his Redstone studio. In 1936, Jenne won the Carter Memorial Art Scholarship and shared it with her sister so that they both could attend the Broadmoor Art Academy in Colorado Springs. Once they ran out of money, Mechau, now teaching there, hired them as assistants. Through their involvement at the Academy, the twins entered into careers as muralists, working at first with Mechau and then with Peppino Mangravite. From 1937 to 1943, Ethel was commissioned to paint her first of seven government sponsored murals. Located in the US Post Office in Auburn, Nebraska, this commission made Ethel (at age 26) the youngest artist in America to receive such an honor. Denver Art Museum director Donald J. Bear once commented that “[Ethel and Jenne's] study of local detail makes them appear as little Bruegels of ranch genre – natural and unforced.” As mural painting commissions diminished, Ethel began to do more easel painting for which she used a palette knife and tempera paints to great effect. After settling in California for five years, the twins permanently relocated to Woodstock, New York in 1945, where the sisters lived apart for the first time. Ethel developed an increasing focus within her work, particularly for horses and abstract landscapes. She met fellow artist Bruce Currie at an artist’s party, and the two were married in 1946. The twins and their husbands went to Greece and Italy for a year when Jenne’s husband and Ethel were granted Fulbright Scholarships. Upon their return, Jenne died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage — a loss that Ethel would mourn deeply. With her sister gone, her landscapes became much more abstract, as she sought out the feeling of the scene rather than an exact representation. During the mid-fifties, she began to make annual trips to Colorado. Her stature within the art world was solidified in 1971 when the United States ©David Cook Galleries, LLC
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