Birger Sandzen

Blue Valley Farm (Kansas)

1929-48

"Silver Mine, Russell Gulch (12/25)" is a captivating black and white lithograph by American artist Arnold Ronnebeck. The piece features a mining scene in Russell Gulch, Colorado, wi...

This rare 1933 lithograph by renowned modernist artist Arnold Rönnebeck captures a dramatic black-and-white winter scene of a Colorado mountain mine, blanketed in snow. The bold cont...

This vintage 1930s black and white lithograph by Arnold Ronnebeck (1885-1947), a prominent Colorado artist from the WPA era, beautifully captures the Grand Lake...

This original lithograph by renowned modernist Arnold Ronnebeck (1885-1947) depicts a charming home in Gregory Point, near Central City, Colorado. Created during the 1930s, this piec...

Biographical information on Maurice Robert Dey is hard to find. He was born on 1899 (or maybe 1900), in Switzerland. As an adult he lived and worked in Woodstock, the NY artists' c...

The only mention I can find of Evelyn G. Schultz is that she was a charter member of the San Diego Watercolor Society. But the medium of the linocut (here on tan paper) was frequentl...

Original French poster. Linen-backed KARTING HAFA motor oil KARTING poster estimated to be in the late 1950s—early 60s. It is in excellent condition and ready to frame. COUPE d´ E...

Caroline Durieux's image captures a lone figure in her garden in this southern plantation in Louisiana. "Plantation Garden" is a lithograph created by Durieux in 1946 in an edition of 20. It is signed in pencil. Durieux shared her feeling about this piece with these reflections. “The spectrum analysis of satire runs from the red of invective at one end to the violet of the most delicate irony at the other.” David Worcester 16, "The Art of Satire". The feeling expressed in Plantation Garden is that of a dirge with ironic overtones; it is sad, nostalgic yet satirical. The bent figure of the old lady, the ancient trees, the static moss, all seem to belong to the past; even the lady is old. For contrast, a ray of late afternoon sun lights up the only young note in the picture: perennials in the foreground. When “we are satirical and we are friendly at the same time, the consciousness of the friendship gives a regretful and tender touch to the satire, and the sting of the satire makes the friendship a trifle humble and sad.” George Santayna 255, "The Sense of Beauty". This concept of satire mixed with friendship comes closer to humor because there is less censure involved. In "Plantation Garden", the satire is tempered by a feeling of empathy. Caroline Durieux (American, 1896 – 1989) Printmaker, painter, satirist, innovator, social activist, Caroline Durieux was born in New Orleans and was already making sketches by the age of four. Her formal art training was at Newcomb College (1912-1917) and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1918-1920). Carl Zigrosser of the Philadelphia Museum of Art encouraged Durieux to try lithography. While living in Mexico, she learned lithography from Emilio Amero...