Anthony Roaland

The Boy at the Sea - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1980

1980

The boy at the sea is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1980. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin. The artist represents the f...

The boy at the sea is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1980. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin. In the foreground the boy...

The boy at the sea is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1980. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin. The boy is depicted with a ...

The boy at the sea is a drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1980. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin. The artwork represents a fresh and be...

Graphite and charcoal on paper signed by the artist. 7.38" x 8.63" 16.75" x 15.5" frame Framed to conservation standards. Float mounted on 100% cotton matboard and glazed in UF5 Plexiglass that filters 99% of UV Rays to ensure the preservation of the piece. All housed in a bold miter jointed bevel frame in distressed silver finish with reflective accents. Francesco J. Spicuzza, born in Sicily on July 23, 1883, came to America at the age of 8. He supported himself as a fruit peddler until a newspaperman gave him $4 a week to go to school. He attended classes at the Milwaukee Art Students League, where he studied under Alexander Mueller. There he learned to paint in the then-fashionable "Munich School" technique, with detailed realism in heavy browns and grayed-out hues. Spicuzza completed eight grades in four years, and then in 1911, three businessmen advanced him enough money to allow him to study in New York under artist and teacher John Carlson. It was during this time that Spicuzza changed his style of painting, developing an impressionistic use of color, form and atmospheric renditions. After a period of grinding poverty, one of Spicuzza's pictures won a major New York competition. It was the first of 60 wins, both in the U.S. and Paris. He became a fashionable painter, and many of the leading collections have his work. Spicuzza's typical works were beach scenes, still life, landscapes and portraits done in pastels, oils, ink, charcoal and watercolors. Much of his work traced the history of Milwaukee in the early 1900s. He was probably best known for his scenes of women and children splashing in the waves...

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Original gouache and oil pastel figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California impressionist landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Nude woman laying sideways with washes of tea...