Stephen Longstreet

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Ragtime Piano Collage, 1969 Signed and dated '69 lower right Address stamp verso Provenance: Acquired from the artist Joseph M. Erdelac, friend and patron of the artist Stephen Longstreet (1907-2002) The artist’s own grandchildren attempt to fathom the real life and nature of Stephen Longstreet, prolific author, artist, screenplay writer, and jazz aficionado. Born Chauncy Weiner (sometimes spelled Wiener) in New York City in 1907, Longstreet reinvented himself on a regular basis. Changing his name first to “Henry,” then “Henri,” he started his career as a commercial artist for a department store. In various public biographies he claimed to have studied in New York, London, and Paris, and said he was a student of cartoonist Ralph Barton (1891-1931). Facts that can be documented are that he was art editor for Golfer and Sportsman magazines, and was a contributor to various other magazines including The New Yorker, Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, Life, and Hooey, among others. He wrote sketches for NBC radio and the Rudy Vallee Show. In the 1930s, Longstreet worked and wrote under the names Thomas Burton, David Ormsbee, and Paul Haggard before settling on the name Stephen Longstreet in 1939. He wrote 12 novels under this name as well as numerous screen plays, most notably The Jolson Story, The Greatest Show on Earth, and The Helen Morgan Story. Longstreet claimed to have been introduced to ragtime and jazz by no less a legend than singer Paul Robeson while Robeson was an All-American football player at Rutgers University. However it happened, the world of jazz was a constant theme throughout Longstreet’s life. He drew and painted such notables as Count Basie, Sarah Vaughan...

Signed in image lower left; Label verso #196 From Lenz's House of Farnam "First Day" Cover Series Painter, illustrator and commercial artist Norbert Lenz was born in Norwalk, Ohio...

Collage with tissue paper and gold foil on Fabriano paper Signed and dated in ink, lower right Provenance: Estate of the artist Note: Created while the artist was living...

Untitled (Musical notes abstraction) Mixed media on paper, 1991 Signed lower right center Condition: Very good Archival framing with conservation glass Provenance: ...

Untitled Collage of small oil on canvas fragments, c. 2006 Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the artist Image size: 15 x 9 7/16 inches Sheet size:: 17 x 14 inches Peter Marks (1935 -2...

La grande incognita (The great unknown) Collage elements with paint, paint and paper foil, 1964 1964 Created while the artist was studying at the Accademia d'Arte, Florence Signed an...

Oil and gold leaf on canvas Sold as a Diptych, and also available individually For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer...

While Stuart Disston is better known as an accomplished architect and senior partner at Austin Paterson Disston Architects, he is also a fine artist with a rich history in the craft....

While Stuart Disston is better known as an accomplished architect and senior partner at Austin Paterson Disston Architects, he is also a fine artist wit...

While Stuart Disston is better known as an accomplished architect and senior partner at Austin Paterson Disston Architects, he is also a fine artist with a rich history in the craft....

While Stuart Disston is better known as an accomplished architect and senior partner at Austin Paterson Disston Architects, he is also a fine artist with a rich history in the craft....

While Stuart Disston is better known as an accomplished architect and senior partner at Austin Paterson Disston Architects, he is also a fine artist wit...