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Period: Early 20th Century
Soldier, Orientalist Bronze Sculpture by Franz Bergmann
Located in Long Island City, NY
Franz Bergmann, Austrian (1861 -1936) - Soldier, Year: circa 1900, Medium: Cold painted Bronze sculpture, Size: 5.5 x 3 x 2 in. (13.97 x 7.62 x 5.08 cm)
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Romantic Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Bronze

Standard Oil Building.
Located in Storrs, CT
Standard Oil Building. 1923. Etching. Wuerth 817. 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 (sheet 13 1/2 x 10 1/16). Edition probably 50. A glowing impression, printed by the artist on antique cream wove paper. Signed and annotated 'imp' in pencil. Housed in a 20 x 16-inch archival mat proof printed by the artist. $875. 26 Broadway" is the home of the Standard Oil...
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American Modern Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Etching

Vintage French Oil Painting Of Brown Horses In Open Field Path
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: signed oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed. dated 1966 Size: painting: 1...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Art

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Oil

A 1926 Ink on Paper Drawing of a Cedar Tree & Lake by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1926 ink on paper drawing of a Cedar tree and northern lake by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 12" x 9". Archivally matted to 14" x 16". Harold Emerson Haydon was born in F...
Category

American Modern Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

'Portrait of a Fashion Designer', Berlin National Gallery, Weimar, Jewish, 20's
By Georg Rössner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Georg W. Rössner' for Georg Walter Rössner (German, 1885-1972), titled 'Bildnis Lieselotte Friedländer' and painted circa 1926; original artist card verso. A substantial, Modernist portrait of the German fashion designer and feminist icon, Lieselotte Friedländer, shown seated in a chromed-steel Bauhaus chair with a view beyond to a sunlit, woodland grove. Georg Rössner first studied in Berlin and, later, in Paris with Lovis Corinth. Rössner was a member of both the Berlin and Munich Sezession committees and, in 1920, was appointed professor at Berlin’s Staatliche Kunstschule. Over the course of a long career, Rössner exhibited internationally with success including at the 1929 Paris Exhibition des Peintres-Graveurs Allemands. His work is held in prominent private and public collections including the permanent collection of the National Gallery in Berlin.  Born in 1898, Lieselotte Friedländer moved to Berlin with her family in 1909. By the mid-1920s, she had established herself as the Weimar Republic...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Study of female nude and a couple - Pencil drawing - circa 1914
Located in Paris, IDF
Georges CONRAD (1874-1936) Study of female nude and a couple Original pencil drawing Signed with the stamp of atelier On paper 26.5 x 20 cm (c. 10,4 x 7.8 in) Good condition, paper...
Category

Academic Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Pencil

VAN BIESBROECK Jules. Snake charmer. Oil on panel. Signed.
Located in Paris, FR
Algerian women in an interior. Oil on panel. Signed. This work will be recorded in the catalogue raisonné of the work of the artist currently in preparation. Jules Van Biesbroeck...
Category

Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Eggs, natural history chromolithograph, circa 1900
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Eggs' Antique English natural history chromolithograph. Key to eggs below the image. Tiny numbers in the margins to identify the eggs. Sheet 19cm by 12.5cm, image 13cm by 9.5cm.
Category

Naturalistic Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

'Hostellerie des Chiens du Guet' — British Impressionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Sybil Andrews, 'Hostellerie des Chiens du Guet', color monotype, c. 1925; edition 2, proof 1. Signed 'Sybil Andrews pinx et imp' and titled in pencil. A superb, painterly impression, with fresh colors, on heavy cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (5/8 to 1 3/4 inches). Printed by the artist. The artist’s original archival mounting tape remains in the four sheet corners, recto (well away from the image), in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. A unique impression. Image size 8 15/16 x 11 15/16 inches (227 x 303 mm); sheet size 12 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches (311 x 394 mm). ABOUT THIS WORK In addition to her almost 80 celebrated modernist color linocuts, Sybil Andrews also worked in the monotype technique. She typically produced two or three impressions (or pulls) from each hand-painted plate, each proof unique in its qualities of color values and vibrancy. In 1933, Sybil Andrews and Cyril Power had an exhibition of their color monotypes and linocuts at the Redfern Gallery. Most of Andrews' monotypes were destroyed by a fire in an Ottawa gallery in 1959, and they now rarely come to the market. ABOUT THE IMAGE The Hostellerie des Chiens du Guet is a small hotel at the edge of...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Monotype

"Buste de Jeune Femme, " a Conte Crayon Drawing by Georges D'Espagnat
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Buste de Jeune Femme" or "Bust of a Young Woman" is an original conte crayon drawing by Georges d'Espagnat. It is initialed in the lower right. ...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Conté

Study for Saturday Evening Post Cover 'Boy with Lantern'
Located in Fort Washington, PA
This is a study for the 1926 Christmas issue of The Saturday Evening Post. December 25, 1926 Joseph Christian Leyendecker’s illustrations and advertisements fueled a collective visu...
Category

Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Charles Gruppe Painting Salmagundi Rock Port American Impressionist Farm w Cow
By Charles P Gruppe
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Charles P Gruppe 1860-1940 Harvest Time, Farm Scene with Cow oil panel 8x10 unframed, 11.5 x 13.5 framed Colors are fresh and vibrant as the painting was recently cleaned by Penns...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Art Deco French Portrait of a Lady
Located in Cotignac, FR
1920s portrait in oil of a lady of quality by Paul Hercule Hogg. The painting is signed bottom right and is resigned and annotated to the back of the panel. The painting has been var...
Category

Art Deco Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Board

Hungarian Harvest Courtship 1920s
Located in Soquel, CA
Hungarian Harvest Courtship 1920s Well executed impressionist painting of a Hungarian countryside courtship vignette by a 19th-20th century Hungarian artist Pal Szlavik. some minor s...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Illustration Board

Symbolist British Painting Prophet woman Peasants Art nouveau 20th
Located in PARIS, FR
ROBERTSON 20th Oil on canvas 60 x 73 cm (69 x 82 cm with frame) Signed and dated lower left "RBTSN / 1909" Very good condition Beautiful black frame with black edging This symbolist...
Category

Symbolist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Fine American Impressionist Interior and Portrait Painting, 1922, Boston area
Located in Baltimore, MD
Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1891, John Gilmore Wolcott graduated from Harvard in 1914 and continued studies in art with Charles Woodbury. He was active in the Boston art scen...
Category

American Impressionist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

'After the Storm' — Coastal Brittany, Post-Impressionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hayley Lever, 'After the Storm', also 'Sunny Afternoon', watercolor on watercolor paper, the full sheet, the image extending to the sheet edges; in very good condition. Signed 'Hayle...
Category

Impressionist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Watercolor

Figure of a Woman - Original Pencil Drawing by Jean Bernard - 1910 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Figure of a woman is a pencil drawing realized by Jean Bernard on 1910 ca. In good condition, worn paper on the marginal line, and traces of old scotch on the back. Atelier's stamp...
Category

Modern Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Pencil

La Negresse (The Negress)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
La Negresse (The Negress) Etching & drypoint, 1909 Unsigned (as issued in the portfolio) From the album "Les Bars" (8 plates plus cover illustration) Editi...
Category

Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Etching

Early Twentieth Century Newlyn School Marine Pure Seas Oil Painting
Located in ludlow, GB
Early Twentieth Century Newlyn School Marine Pure Seas Oil Painting, entitled Cornish Blue by the artist, most likely a view of the sea around Newlyn and Penzance. It is a study in l...
Category

Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Gil Blas Illustrated, Art Nouveau Lithograph by Theophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Theophile Alexandre Steinlen, French/Swiss (1859 - 1923) - Gil Blas Illustrated, Medium: Double Sided Lithograph, Size: 15 x 10.25 in. (38.1 x 26.04 cm), Description: From the colle...
Category

Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

Italian Impressionist, Woodland Walk and A Fauvist Village Scene (Double Sided)
Located in Cotignac, FR
Early 20th century Impressionist oil on canvas view of a woodland walk by Italian artist Mario Menin. The painting is signed on the back stretcher and there is also a Fauvist village...
Category

Impressionist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Eggs, natural history chromolithograph, circa 1900
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Eggs' Antique English natural history chromolithograph. Key to eggs below the image. Tiny numbers in the margins to identify the eggs. Sheet 19cm by 12.5cm, image 13cm by 9.5cm.
Category

Naturalistic Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

Fine Antique British Botanical Painting Red Erythrina Flower
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very fine original antique English botanical watercolour paintings depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, Eng...
Category

Victorian Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Watercolor

The Old Virginian, Bronze of a Horse and Rider with Dogs by Charles Rumsey
Located in Brookville, NY
From the estate of the Artist Charles Cary Rumsey The Artist, Charles Rumsey, was a child prodigy sent to Paris as a young boy to study sculpture. He later was a world class sports...
Category

American Impressionist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Bronze

Ballet und Pantomime "Scherzo II", plate #15.
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell o...
Category

Art Deco Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Paper

Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Flowers" by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century) signed bottom right watercolour on paper, unframed painting: 11 x 8.25 inches Delightful early 20th century F...
Category

Impressionist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Watercolor

Miss Taylor
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Miss Taylor Drypoint, c. 1900 Signed in pencil lower left (see photo) Small edition, about 10 Very rich impression, full of burr Condition: Excellent Image size: 21-1/4 x 13-1/4" She...
Category

Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Drypoint

Picasso, Composition (Hodorisch B2), Le manuscrit trouvé dans un chapeau (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin des papeteries Lafúma paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Le manuscrit trouvé dans un chapeau, orné de dessins a la ...
Category

Modern Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

Works in The Champs Elysées Paris, Silver Gelatin Black and White Photography
Located in Atlanta, GA
An original silver gelatin black and white photograph by Press Agency ROL, Paris, August 1928. Construction works in the Champs Elysées, Paris. Features: Original silver gelatin prin...
Category

Modern Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

The European Macabre Dance N.8 - Lithograph by A. Martini - 1915
Located in Roma, IT
The European Macabre Dance N.8 is a hand-colored lithograph, from the Series "La Danza Macabra Europea" illustrated by Alberto Martini (Oderzo, 1876 – Milan, 1954) in 1915. Signed ...
Category

Symbolist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

A Winter River Scene. Antique oil painting on canvas
By Gaston Balande
Located in St. Albans, GB
Gaston BALANDE (1880-1971) Picture Size: 21 x 29" (52.5 x 72.5cm) Outside Frame Size: 29 x 37" (72.5 x 92.5cm) Antique oil painting on canvas A wonderful example of Balande's work ...
Category

Impressionist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Linen Cloth Judaica with linen napkins
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Linen Serviette 12 pieces / 1 plain white, 11 white with blue embroided, size 40x40 cm, Linen table cloth white and blue, linen, size 150x260 cm. Jud...
Category

Other Art Style Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Textile, Linen

"Derby Spectator" by Topical Press Agency
Located in London, GB
"Derby Spectator" by Topical Press Agency A spectator looking through binoculars at the Derby horse races, Epsom, Surrey, June 1923. Unframed Paper S...
Category

Modern Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Black and White

Early 1900's French Impressionist Signed Flower Watercolour by Marie Carreau
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Flowers" by Marie-Amelie Chautard-Carreau (French, 19th/20th century) signed bottom right watercolour on paper, unframed painting: 6 x 9.25 inches Delightful early 20th century Fr...
Category

Impressionist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Watercolor

Colonial Dames
By Clark Hobart
Located in Santa Monica, CA
CLARK HOBART (1868 – 1948) COLONIAL DAMES Monotype signed and titled in pencil Hobart was an early 20 c. California painter. He was on the forefront ...
Category

American Impressionist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Monotype

Lucien Mathelin (1905-1981), Self-portrait, 1925, oil on canvas mounted on panel
Located in PARIS, FR
Lucien MATHELIN (1905-1981) Self-portrait with straw hat, 1925 Oil on canvas mounted on panel Signed and dated “1925” lower left Oval 60 × 48 cm A French painter of Belgian origin, ...
Category

Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Les Arcades, Dieppe France (the arches along coastline of a town in Normandy)
Located in New Orleans, LA
The image show a panoramic view of the architectural arches and the boats in the harbor of Dieppe in Normandy France. Dieppe was occupied by German naval and army forces after the f...
Category

Modern Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Fifth Avenue Critics.
Located in Storrs, CT
Fifth Avenue Critics. 1909. Etching. Morse 128.x/xi. 6 x 8 (sheet 9 3/4 x 12 1/4). Edition 100 in this state (few proofs in earlier states, and a large unsigned edition printed for t...
Category

American Modern Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Etching

St. Austrell, Cornwall, England
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
A turn of the century view of the town of St. Austrell, Cornwall, in the morning mist of southern England. A beautifully subtle work, in muted earth tones, on buff wove drawing paper...
Category

Impressionist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Watercolor

"Post Queue" by Fox Photos
Located in London, GB
"Post Queue" by Fox Photos December 1926: Schoolchildren posting letters in the playground of the Red Lion Street School. Unframed Paper Size: 20" x 24'' (...
Category

Modern Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Black and White

Still-Life With Roses and China Jewel Box
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Hortense DURY-VASSELON (1860-1924) Still Life with Roses and China Jewel Box Oil on canvas signed and dated 1905 low left DIm canvas : 63 X 50 cm Di...
Category

Academic Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Anna Cervin (1878-1972) - 1935 Oil, Tofta
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame. On board.
Category

Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Woman reading
Located in Genève, GE
Illegible signature Work on canvas Golden wooden frame 46.5 x 41.5 x 5.5 cm
Category

Modern Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Original Oil on Canvas. Walter J. Hall, "The Maize Barge, Woodbridge"
Located in Mere, GB
Walter J. Hall. (1866 - 1947). Son of a Nantwich historian, painter of local Bury and East Anglian views, exhibitor at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. Represented Bury and Nantw...
Category

Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Noémie (Marguérite).
Located in Storrs, CT
Noémie (Marguérite). 1926. Etching. Fletcher catalog 57 state vi 7 1/8 x 4 3/16 (sheet 10 15/16 x 8 7/16). Edition 111 in this state (total 132 impressions). A fine impression print...
Category

Modern Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Etching

1901 original poster Société la Française Marque Diamant Paris-Brest-Paris Cycle
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1901 original poster by the artist Brun for "Société la Française Marque Diamant Paris-Brest-Paris, Maurice Garin 1er en 52h11" stands as a testament ...
Category

Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper, Linen

Cat - Original woodcut, Handsigned and Numbered /160 - Buisson #27-03
Located in Paris, IDF
Leonard Tsuguharu FOUJITA Cat, 1927 Original woodcut Handsigned with ink Numbered /160 Bears the blind stamp of the editor (Lugt 1140a) On Vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 inch) R...
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Modern Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Woodcut

Landscape - Woodcut Print on Paper by Mino Maccari - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original modern artwork realized by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989). Original woodcut on Ivory paper. Excellent conditions. Cat. Electa....
Category

Surrealist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Woodcut

Lavandieres - Barbizon Figurative Landscape Pastel by Leon Lhermitte
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in riverscape oil on canvas by French Barbizon painter Leon Augustin Lhermitte. The piece depicts a rural landscape with washerwomen in traditional Breton clothing was...
Category

Barbizon School Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wheelbarrow Race
Located in Storrs, CT
1925-26. Drypoint. Appleby 114. 8 9/16 x 12 (sheet 12 x 17). Edition 100, #10. An excellent impression with burr, printed with plate tone on the full sheet of 'VGI' laid paper with ...
Category

Modern Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Frosty Dawn, Upstate New York, 20th century American modern watercolor
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) Frosty Dawn, Upstate New York, c. 1916 Watercolor and gouache on board Signed lower right 21 x 30 inches Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters". In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art...
Category

American Modern Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

New York 1911, Fine Portrait of a Lady oval format, signed & dated oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated 1911 Title: A Belle Maman, New York Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed. framed: 27.5 x 18.5 inches canvas: 25.75 x 16.7...
Category

American Impressionist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

Spring Landscape with house and figure
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Spring Landscape with house and figure A preliminary watercolor for a color aquatint, illustrated on line, title unknown Signed lower left in block letters (see photo) Watercolor and...
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American Impressionist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Watercolor

Nebulae, antique astronomy science diagram illustration print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Nebulae. Antique lithograph by W & AK Johnston, famous Scottish cartographers. Central vertical fold as issued. From Thomas Heath's 'The Twentieth Centur...
Category

Victorian Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

Fine Antique British Botannical Watercolour Painting, circa 1900's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
A very fine original antique English botanical watercolour painting depicting this beautiful depiction of a flower/ plant. The work came to us from a private collection in Surrey, En...
Category

Victorian Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Watercolor

Post-Impressionist Painting By Dick Beer, Stormy Weather in St.Arnoult, 1917
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dick Beer (b. London 1893 - d. Stockholm 1938) Title: Stormy Weather in St.Arnoult Dick Beer was born in London in 1893. His father, John Beer (1853-1906), was a Swedish painter from Stockholm who had a career mainly as a watercolour painter with motifs of horses from racetracks and fox hunts from the countryside. Barely fifteen years old, Dick Beer became an orphan and came to Sweden in 1907. Already in 1908-1909, he started at Althin's painting school in Stockholm. And later, at the Royal Academy of Arts from 1910-1912. His teachers were, among others, Gustaf Cederström, Oscar Björk and Alfred...
Category

Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

VAN BIESBROECK Jules. Algerian women in an interior. Oil on panel. Signed.
Located in Paris, FR
Algerian women in an interior. Oil on panel. Signed. This work will be recorded in the catalogue raisonné of the work of the artist currently in preparation. Jules Van Biesbroeck w...
Category

Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

ACAPULCO
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JOSEPH PENNELL (1857 - 1926) ACAPULCO 1901-08. Colored pastel and gouache drawing on blue paper. Signed and titled in pencil in his early signature. Image 10 x 14 inches to just ab...
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American Impressionist Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Pastel, Gouache

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Subway Construction
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our exhibition American Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s Subway Construction, c. 1928, oil on board, 19 x 15 ¾ inches, signed upper left, artist and title verso; exhibited: 1) 12th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists, The Waldorf Astoria, New York NY, from March 9 to April 1, 1928, no. 864 (original price $250) (see Death Prevailing Theme of Artists in Weird Exhibits, The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada), March 8, 1928); 2) Boston Tercentenary Exhibition Fine Arts and Crafts Exhibition, Horticultural Hall, Boston MA, July, 1930, no. 108 (honorable mention - noted verso); 3) 38th Annual Exhibition of American Art, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH, June, 1931 (see Alexander, Mary, The Week in Art Circles, The Cincinnati Enquirer, June 7, 1931); and 4) National Art Week Exhibition [Group Show], Montross Gallery, New York, New York, December, 1940 (see Devree, Howard, Brief Comment on Some Recently Opened Exhibitions in the Galleries, The New York Times, December 1, 1940) About the Painting Ernest Stock’s Subway Construction depicts the excavation of New York’s 8th Avenue line, which was the first completed section of the city-operated Independent Subway System (IND). The groundbreaking ceremony was in 1925, but the line did not open until 1932, placing Stock’s painting in the middle of the construction effort. The 8th Avenue line was primarily constructed using the “cut and cover” method in which the streets above the line were dug up, infrastructure was built from the surface level down, the resulting holes were filled, and the streets reconstructed. While many artists of the 1920s were fascinated with the upward thrust of New York’s exploding skyline as architects and developers sought to erect ever higher buildings, Stock turned his attention to the engineering marvels which were taking place below ground. In Subway Construction, Stock depicts workers removing the earth beneath the street and building scaffolding and other support structures to allow concrete to be poured. Light and shadow fall across the x-shaped grid pattern formed by the wooden beams and planks. It is no surprise that critics reviewing the painting commented on Stock’s use of an “interesting pattern” to form a painting that is “clever and well designed.” About the Artist Ernest Richard Stock was an award-winning painter, print maker, muralist, and commercial artist. He was born in Bristol, England and was educated at the prestigious Bristol Grammar School. During World War I, Stock joined the British Royal Air Flying Corps in Canada and served in France as a pilot where he was wounded. After the war, he immigrated to the United States and joined the firm of Mack, Jenny, and Tyler, where he further honed his architectural and decorative painting skills. During the 1920s, Stock often traveled back and forth between the US and Europe. He was twice married, including to the American author, Katherine Anne Porter. Starting in the mid-1920s, Stock began to exhibit his artwork professionally, including at London’s Beaux Arts Gallery, the Society of Independent Artists, the Salons of America, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Whitney Studio and various locations in the Northeast. Critics often praised the strong design sensibility in Stock’s paintings. Stock was a commercial illustrator for a handful of published books and during World War II, he worked in the Stratford Connecticut...
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American Modern Early 20th Century Art

Materials

Oil

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