William Constable Adam

"Women at the Well" - Tucson, Arizona Southwestern Figurative Landscape

c.1920

Desert Mountain Landscape in Oil on Canvas Vertical landscape in soft, muted tones and thick impasto, giving texture to the foreground and accentuating the sense of depth, by Cecil ...

Figurative painting by an unknown artist (20th Century). A woman is leaning over a washing barrel, holding a pole-agitator. She is looking back over her shoulder at something outside...

This artwork "Native Woman at the Well" 1948 is a oil painting on canvas board by American artist Joseph Earl Schrack, 1890-1973. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork is 21 x 16.65 inches, framed size is 28.5 x 24 inches. Framed in original mahogany and gold frame, with light grey liner. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Joseph Earl Schrack American (1890-1973) Born in Pottstown, PA on Feb. 26, 1890. Joseph Schrack studied at the AIC, Art Students League of NYC under Robert Henri. He later continued his studies at the John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, the University of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Art Institute of Chicago, and courses with the Hans Hoffman School in Munich Germany. While he was in Europe in the early 1930's he also traveled to Capri, Italy. In 1934 he travelled to San Diego, CA and continued to paint at the Balboa University and Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego. His illustrations appeared in Liberty, McCalls, and Century magazines. He taught at the San Diego Fine Arts Gallery for many years before his demise there on July 16, 1973. Member: Men's Art Inst. (San Diego); San Diego FA Society; La Jola AA. Exh: AIC, 1913 (prize); Audubon Artists, 1944, 1945; Carlsbad (CA) AA, 1954. Murals: First Federal Savings Bank (San Diego); First Nat'l Bank (El Cajon); La Jolla Art...

Stella Texas Elmendorf Tylor (1885-1980) San Antonio / Austin / Denton Artist Image Size: 18 x 24 Frame Size: 21 1/4 x 27 1/4 Medium: Oil on Masonite "WashDay" Bio: Born Stella Elmendorf in San Antonio, Texas on December 17, 1885, she studied with Robert Henri at the Art Students League in New York City in 1910-1911. She took part in the Armory Show of 1910. She added the initial T. as a middle name at that time, as she was known by her fellow art students as "Texas". She married Dr. W. Russell Tylor in Madison, Wisconsin in September, 1919. They had one daughter, born May 2, 1925 in Chicago. From 1927 on until her husband's death in 1945, she lived and worked in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. Thereafter, she returned to her hometown of San Antonio, Texas, where she continued to be active until about 1975. She won numerous awards over her long career, including, among others, first prize at All Illinois Society of Fine Arts, Chicago and purchase prize at the Witte Museum, San Antonio, and was exhibited in New York City, San Francisco, Wilmington, Austin, and San Antonio, Texas. Mrs. Tylor passed away in New Braunfels...