Stencil Landscape Prints

Emil Ganso, 'Skaters', pochoir (color stencil) with hand painting, edition c. 50, 1938, Smith S-6. Signed in the image, lower right. A rich, painterly impression, with fresh colors, on buff wove paper; the full sheet with margins (7/8 to 1 7/8 inches), in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 11 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches; sheet size 18 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches. An impression of this work is in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST Born in Germany, Emil Ganso (1895-1941) came to the United States with his family in 1912. After settling in New York City, he found night work in a bakery and concentrated on his art in the daytime—mostly self-taught at this time, he studied only briefly at the National Academy of Design. In 1924, Ganso showed his drawings to Carl Zigrosser, who organized the artist’s first solo exhibition, at the Weyhe Gallery. Soon afterward, Ganso enrolled in Eugene Fitsch’s printmaking class at the Art Students League. Although he considered himself primarily a painter, Ganso made prints in all media, including relief and stencil prints and complex intaglios, and even experimented with color lithography in the late 1920s. He also developed, with an engineer, the design and fabrication of an innovative etching press. In 1926, Ganso attended the Art Students League summer session in Woodstock, New York. There, he met Jules Pascin, and the two artists began a close friendship, briefly sharing a studio. Ganso followed Pascin to Europe in 1928. In 1929, Ganso returned to New York and showed his work regularly in group exhibitions. He continued working in Woodstock in the summer months, often printing lithographs for other artists. The Cleveland Print Club...

Emil Ganso, 'Autumn', color pochoir (stencil), c. 1930s, edition 50, Smith S-2. Signed in pencil, in the image border, lower right. Annotated '7 Stencil Print ED 50' in pencil, in the image border, lower left. A rich, painterly impression, with fresh colors, on buff wove paper, with full margins (1 1/2 to 1 3/4 inches). Slight rippling at the top and bottom sheet edges; overall toning verso not affecting the image; otherwise in good condition. Image size 10 3/4 x 14 7/8 inches; sheet size 13 3/4 x 18 1/4 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed. An impression of this work is in the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST Born in Germany, Emil Ganso (1895-1941) came to the United States with his family in 1912. After settling in New York City, he found night work in a bakery and concentrated on his art in the daytime. Mostly self-taught, he studied briefly at the National Academy of Design. In 1924 Ganso showed his drawings to Carl Zigrosser at the Weyhe Gallery, who organized the artist’s first solo exhibition. Soon after that, Ganso enrolled in Eugene Fitsch’s printmaking class at the Art Students League. Ganso produced prints in many mediums, including relief, pochoir (stencil), lithography, and intaglio. His expressionist approach to printmaking was that of a painter, rather than a draftsman, but many of his graphic works exhibited technical sophistication. He also began experimenting with color lithography in the late 1920s, and he collaborated with an engineer to design and fabricate an innovative etching press. In 1926 Ganso attended the summer session of the Art Students League in Woodstock, New York, where he met Jules Pascin. The two artists began a close friendship briefly sharing a studio, and Ganso followed Pascin to Europe in 1928, where he was exposed to progressive European art movements and advanced printmaking techniques. Ganso returned to New York in 1926 and his work was shown regularly in group exhibitions. In the summer months, he continued to work in Woodstock, where he frequently printed lithographs for other artists. The Cleveland Print Club...

Paul CEZANNE (after) Bathers in a Landscape and Studies Lithograph and Stencil watercolor (printed in Jacomet workshop) After a watercolor painted c. 1900 On heavy paper 20 x 24 cm ...