1920s Art

A beautiful landscape drawing depicting Quebec, by well listed Ashcan School artist Alexander Oscar Levy. Alexander Oscar Levy (1881-1947) was a painter, illustrator, printmaker, and designer. He was one of the few American painters who worked primarily in the Art Deco style. Outside of a short sojourn in New York City, he spent his entire career in Buffalo, New York. Born in 1881 in Bonn, Germany, Levy was brought to Cincinnati, Ohio at the age of three. He was a child prodigy; at age eight he won a citywide art prize awarded by a local newspaper; at twelve, he turned down a scholarship to study the violin in Europe. In his teens, Levy studied at the Cincinnati School of Music and the Cincinnati Art School under the artist Frank Duveneck. His career began by preparing Spanish-American War snapshots for publication in the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain. Between 1902 and 1908 he attended the New York School of Fine and Applied Art. Levy took art classes from William Merritt Chase and Robert Henri which gave him a foundation for portrait painting; their influence can be felt in his later work. He also studied with landscape painter Ossip Linde. Levy moved to Buffalo in 1909 to become art director for the Matthews-Northrup Company. His illustrative work appeared in popular magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post, Saint Nicholas Magazine and The Century. He worked as an art director at the Larkin Soap...

Impressionist watercolor painting of figures eating under the starts by Alexander Oscar Levy (1881-1947). Watercolor on paper, circa 1928. Signed lower left, "Alexander O. Levy". ...

An original gouache and charcoal drawing by American Ashcan School artist Alexander Oscar Levy.

An important Art Deco painting by American Ashcan School artist Alexander O. Levy depicting a yearly event for the Buffalo Society of Artists, the Beaux Arts Ball which took place at...

An original 1920's oil on board impressionist landscape by American Ash Can School painter Alexander Oscar Levy.

An original early 20th Century impressionist oil on wood painting by American Ashcan School artist Alexander Oscar Levy.

An original oil painting by American Ashcan school artist Alexander Levy depicting a beautiful young woman examining her pet inside its cage. This work comes directly from the fam...

Alexander O. Levy was a painter, illustrator, printmaker and designer who was born in 1881 in Bonn, Germany. He died in 1946 in Buffalo, New York. At age three, he was brought to ...

An original graphite drawing by Ashcan School artist Alexander O. Levy depicting the model from his most famous work "The Rumba Dancer", posed nude.

A beautiful art deco portrait of a young woman in period dress by well listed Ashcan School artist Alexander Oscar Levy.

Alexander O. Levy was a painter, illustrator, printmaker and designer who was born in 1881 in Bonn, Germany. He died in 1946 in Buffalo, New York. At age three, he was brought to ...

Alexander O. Levy was a painter, illustrator, printmaker and designer who was born in 1881 in Bonn, Germany. He died in 1946 in Buffalo, New York. At age three, he was brought to ...