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John Edward CostiganJohn Edward Costigan Painting, circa 1950's - Carnivalcirca 1950s
circa 1950s
$15,000
£11,283.60
€13,071.52
CA$21,146.90
A$23,516.76
CHF 12,340.87
MX$286,775.55
NOK 155,992.99
SEK 146,249.64
DKK 97,564.28
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John Costigan (1888-1972) oil on canvas, circa: 1950s. In excellent condition.
Exciting Expressionist Painting of a lively Carnival Scene. Signed lower right: ''J.E. Costigan",
Titled: ''Carnival''. Measures: 28" H x 35" W. Frame: 36" H x 43" W.
A native of Providence, Rhode Island, John Costigan was a skilled landscape and figure painter who disdained portraits. He was orphaned and raised in New York by his aunt and uncle, the parents of songwriter, George M. Cohan. Mainly self-taught, Costigan studied briefly at the Art Students League and worked as a lithographer of theater posters. He began making his name in the Fine arts in 1920, and throughout the decade, reaped numerous important prizes for work.
In the late 1960s, he enjoyed a revival of interest in his Fine arts talents when more than 50 pieces were borrowed from museums and private collections to be toured nationally in a Smithsonian-sponsored Costigan retrospective.
- Creator:John Edward Costigan (1888 - 1972, American)
- Creation Year:circa 1950s
- Dimensions:Height: 36 in (91.44 cm)Width: 43 in (109.22 cm)Depth: 3 in (7.62 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Phoenix, AZ
- Reference Number:Seller: p26081stDibs: LU2749214653712
John Edward Costigan
An American Painter Compositional painter of figures and country animals; watercolor painter Costigan was a largely self-taught artist. He moved from Providence, Rhode Island to New York City as an orphaned teenager in 1904 to work for a commercial poster company. It was here that he learned the rudiments of drawing and painting, skills he furthered with informal study at New York's Kit Kat Club, a popular artists' hangout. Costigan achieved national fame as a painter and printmaker in the1920s and 30s. He won numerous prestigious awards and, despite his lack of formal artistic training, was elected a full member of the National Academy of Design. In 1937 the Smithsonian Institution held a one-person exhibition of his graphic works. Famed American printmaker John Taylor Arms praised Costigan as "a brilliant etcher, particularly noted for his interpretation of life on the American farmstead." Today prints by Costigan can be found in private and public collections around the nation, including the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress in Washington, which owns twenty-two. The Swope exhibition is the largest devoted to Costigan's work since the late 1960s. Many of the forty-five prints in the exhibition are from the Swope's own extensive holdings of Costigan's works. Other are being lent by private collectors from around the country.
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