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Outside the Deck by Joseph Yeager
Outside the Deck by Joseph Yeager

Outside the Deck by Joseph Yeager

By Joseph Yeager

Located in Soquel, CA

He also taught advanced perspective at the Cleveland School of Art.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Hospitalities Long Past, 1940s Oil Painting of Store Front
Hospitalities Long Past, 1940s Oil Painting of Store Front

Hospitalities Long Past, 1940s Oil Painting of Store Front

By Clarence Holbrook Carter

Located in Beachwood, OH

-Clarence Holbrook Carter, "Clarence Carter: The Portsmouth Collection," The Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center, 1984 Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national art...

Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Amaryllis Blossom Watercolor
Mid Century Amaryllis Blossom Watercolor

Mid Century Amaryllis Blossom Watercolor

By Joseph Yeager

Located in Soquel, CA

He also taught advanced perspective at the Cleveland School of Art.

Category

1940s American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Waves Crashing on the Rocks Landscape
Waves Crashing on the Rocks Landscape

Waves Crashing on the Rocks Landscape

By Joseph Yeager

Located in Soquel, CA

He also taught advanced perspective at the Cleveland School of Art.

Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Walter DuBois Richards, The Lobster Float
Walter DuBois Richards, The Lobster Float

Walter DuBois Richards, The Lobster Float

By Walter DuBois Richards

Located in New York, NY

Ohio-born Walter DuBois Richards (1907-2006) was educated at the Cleveland School of Art. He re-located to New York around 1933 where he had a successful career as a commercial artist.

Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Gloucester, Modernist New England Landscape, Student of Henry Keller
Gloucester, Modernist New England Landscape, Student of Henry Keller

Gloucester, Modernist New England Landscape, Student of Henry Keller

By Clara Deike

Located in Grand Rapids, MI

In 1912, Deike co-founded the Women's Art Club of Cleveland. From 1921 to 1923, she studied with Hugh Breckenridge in Gloucester, and also at the Cleveland School of Art.

Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Edward Winter Pair of Modern Abstract Design Copper Enamel Trays
Edward Winter Pair of Modern Abstract Design Copper Enamel Trays

Edward Winter Pair of Modern Abstract Design Copper Enamel Trays

By Edward Winter

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Edward Winter (1908-1976), abstract designer, was a very important figure in the history and art of enameling in the United States. He studied at the Cleveland School of Art, graduat...

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern More Furniture and Collecti...

Materials

Copper, Enamel

Robert E Woide Untitled Landscape Signed Original Watercolor Framed
Robert E Woide Untitled Landscape Signed Original Watercolor Framed

Robert E Woide Untitled Landscape Signed Original Watercolor Framed

Located in Keego Harbor, MI

He was an art instructor and director of fine arts in the Cleveland School District from 1952 to 1985; the supervisor of the education department at the Cleveland Museum of Art from ...

Category

20th Century Paintings

Materials

Paper

Mid-Century Portrait of an Elegant Woman (unfinished)
Mid-Century Portrait of an Elegant Woman (unfinished)

Mid-Century Portrait of an Elegant Woman (unfinished)

By Joseph Yeager

Located in Soquel, CA

He also taught advanced perspective at the Cleveland School of Art. He studied and painted art in Mexico City in the 1950s.

Category

1960s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Mid Century Portrait of a Young Mexican Girl
Mid Century Portrait of a Young Mexican Girl

Mid Century Portrait of a Young Mexican Girl

By Joseph Yeager

Located in Soquel, CA

He also taught advanced perspective at the Cleveland School of Art. He studied and painted art in Mexico City in the 1950s.

Category

1960s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Ocean Path Through Sand Dunes - Florida Landscape
Ocean Path Through Sand Dunes - Florida Landscape

Ocean Path Through Sand Dunes - Florida Landscape

By Joseph Yeager

Located in Soquel, CA

He also taught advanced perspective at the Cleveland School of Art.

Category

1970s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Waylande Gregory for Cowan Pottery Coral Flamingo Centerpiece Planter Set 1929
Waylande Gregory for Cowan Pottery Coral Flamingo Centerpiece Planter Set 1929

Waylande Gregory for Cowan Pottery Coral Flamingo Centerpiece Planter Set 1929

By Cowan Pottery, Waylande Gregory

Located in Brooklyn, NY

During its two decades of operation, a number of well-known Cleveland School artists worked with Cowan at the studio: Elizabeth Anderson, Arthur Eugene Baggs, Alexander Blazys, Paul ...

Category

Early 20th Century American Art Deco Planters and Jardinieres

Materials

Ceramic

Bridge in the Cleveland Flats, Late 20th Century Architectural Painting
Bridge in the Cleveland Flats, Late 20th Century Architectural Painting

Bridge in the Cleveland Flats, Late 20th Century Architectural Painting

Located in Beachwood, OH

Bill grew up in Lakewood and Shaker Heights, and often took drawing classes at the then Cleveland School of Art, but he enrolled in the pre-med track at the University of Michigan in...

Category

1990s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Watercolor Painting of Cows Mid Century Modernism Signed, 1940s WILLIAM C GRAUER
Watercolor Painting of Cows Mid Century Modernism Signed, 1940s WILLIAM C GRAUER

Watercolor Painting of Cows Mid Century Modernism Signed, 1940s WILLIAM C GRAUER

By William C. Grauer

Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA

This small 7 x 10–inch watercolor from the 1940s by Cleveland School artist William Grauer is a compact demonstration of how mid century modernism could be fused with a keen eye for ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Cubist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Old Tree and September Wind Clouds, Conté on Paper, 1961, Signed
Old Tree and September Wind Clouds, Conté on Paper, 1961, Signed

Old Tree and September Wind Clouds, Conté on Paper, 1961, Signed

By Charles E. Burchfield

Located in New York, NY

Old Tree and September Wind Clouds, 1961, by Charles Burchfield (1893-1967) Conte crayon on paper 13 ½ x 19 ½ inches unframed (34.29 x 49.53 cm) 19 ¾ x 25 ½ inches framed (50.165 x 6...

Category

1960s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Conté

“Figure on a Country Lane, Brittany”
“Figure on a Country Lane, Brittany”

“Figure on a Country Lane, Brittany”

Located in Southampton, NY

ALEXANDER WARSHAWSKY American, 1887–1945 The younger brother of artist Abel George Warshawsky, Alexander Warshawsky was born in Cleveland, Ohio on March 29, 1887. He studied painting...

Category

1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Villa Giardino, 20th Century Charcoal Italian Landscape Drawing
Villa Giardino, 20th Century Charcoal Italian Landscape Drawing

Villa Giardino, 20th Century Charcoal Italian Landscape Drawing

By Clara Deike

Located in Beachwood, OH

Clara Deike (American, 1881-1964) Villa Giardino Charcoal on paper Signed and titled verso 17.75 x 12.5 inches A graduate of the Cleveland School of Art in 1912, Clara Deike was pa...

Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Brutalist Bronze Figurative Sculpture by Davis David, 1993
Brutalist Bronze Figurative Sculpture by Davis David, 1993

Brutalist Bronze Figurative Sculpture by Davis David, 1993

Located in Miami, FL

He studied art at the Cleveland School of Art (now the Cleveland Institute of Art) and, after service in World War II, studied at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris and later earned a M...

Category

1990s North American Brutalist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Honoring the Pony Express (1860-1960)
Honoring the Pony Express (1860-1960)

Honoring the Pony Express (1860-1960)

By Norbert Lenz

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Signed in image lower left; Label verso #196 From Lenz's House of Farnam "First Day" Cover Series Painter, illustrator and commercial artist Norbert Lenz was born in Norwalk, Ohio...

Category

20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Burning Bush Signed 1978 Signed Limited Edition Screenprint
Burning Bush Signed 1978 Signed Limited Edition Screenprint

Burning Bush Signed 1978 Signed Limited Edition Screenprint

By Clarence Holbrook Carter

Located in Rochester Hills, MI

Artist Name: Clarence Holbrook Carter Title: Burning Bush Year: 1978 Medium Type: Screenprint Size-Width Size-Height: 35 " x 25.5" inches Edition Size: Signed and numbered in pencil...

Category

1970s Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Tulip 1978 Signed Limited Edition Screenprint
Tulip 1978 Signed Limited Edition Screenprint

Tulip 1978 Signed Limited Edition Screenprint

By Clarence Holbrook Carter

Located in Rochester Hills, MI

Artist Name: Clarence Holbrook Carter Title: Tulip Year: 1978 Medium Type: Screenprint Size-Width Size-Height: 35 " x 25.5" inches Edition Size: Signed and numbered in pencil 194/ ...

Category

1970s Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Abstract Minimalist Geometric Sculpture
Abstract Minimalist Geometric Sculpture

Abstract Minimalist Geometric Sculpture

By Adolph Dioda

Located in Surfside, FL

& Jenkintown, PA Profession: Sculptor, educator Studied: Carnegie Inst Technol; Cleveland School of Art; Barnes Fnd., Art Student League New York, NY; also with John B Flannagan...

Category

1970s Minimalist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Marble

Blue Horizon (near Sante Fe, New Mexico)
Blue Horizon (near Sante Fe, New Mexico)

Blue Horizon (near Sante Fe, New Mexico)

By Elmer Ladislaw Novotny

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Housed in the original frame from the artist Elmer Novotny (1909-1997) Education: Slade School University of London, England (1930/31) Academy of Art, Zagreb, Yugoslavia (1930/31) Y...

Category

1970s Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Trees and Fields, Print Club of Cleveland
Trees and Fields, Print Club of Cleveland

Trees and Fields, Print Club of Cleveland

By Peter Takal

Located in Berlin, MD

“Trees and Fields” lithograph commissioned for the Print Club of Cleveland by Peter Takal Peter Takal’s original lithograph “Trees and Fields” is an accomplished work of art created ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Hudson River School Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Stevan Dohanos Original Watercolor, 1934 - Farmhouse and Sunflowers
Stevan Dohanos Original Watercolor, 1934 - Farmhouse and Sunflowers

Stevan Dohanos Original Watercolor, 1934 - Farmhouse and Sunflowers

By Stevan Dohanos

Located in Phoenix, AZ

Dohanos was a founder of the Famous Artists School in Westport, Connecticut. Stevan Dohanos (1907-1994) was born in the steel mill town of Lorain, Ohio and studied at the Cleveland ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper

Harry Hutchinson Shaw, Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, U.S.A., circa 1950's
Harry Hutchinson Shaw, Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, U.S.A., circa 1950's

Harry Hutchinson Shaw, Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, U.S.A., circa 1950's

Located in Chatham, ON

Born in Philadelphia, he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts private art school, the Cleveland School of the Arts and Ohio University where he earned his Master's Degree.

Category

Mid-20th Century American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

"People" - Mid-Century Ovoid Geometrical Abstract Black & White Drawing
"People" - Mid-Century Ovoid Geometrical Abstract Black & White Drawing

"People" - Mid-Century Ovoid Geometrical Abstract Black & White Drawing

By Clarence Holbrook Carter

Located in Beachwood, OH

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) People, 1964 Ink and crayon on paper Signed and dated upper right 36.5 x 24 inches Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of nation...

Category

1960s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Ink

Untitled (seated female nude)
Untitled (seated female nude)

Untitled (seated female nude)

By Henry Keller

Located in Fairlawn, OH

He joined the teaching staff at Cleveland School of Art (see CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART), serving until 1945.

Category

1920s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Quadratic, Mid-Century Ovoid Figural Abstract Acrylic & Collage with faces
Quadratic, Mid-Century Ovoid Figural Abstract Acrylic & Collage with faces

Quadratic, Mid-Century Ovoid Figural Abstract Acrylic & Collage with faces

By Clarence Holbrook Carter

Located in Beachwood, OH

Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York ...

Category

1970s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Sailing, Large Abstract Expressionist Mid-Century Oil, Cleveland Artist
Sailing, Large Abstract Expressionist Mid-Century Oil, Cleveland Artist

Sailing, Large Abstract Expressionist Mid-Century Oil, Cleveland Artist

By Richard Andres

Located in Beachwood, OH

More importantly the painting was exhibited at the Carnegie Institute Galleries, which resulted in his winning a national scholarship to the Cleveland School of Art (The Cleveland Ar...

Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vetriculus, Surrealist Ovoid acrylic painting, Figural Abstract work on paper
Vetriculus, Surrealist Ovoid acrylic painting, Figural Abstract work on paper

Vetriculus, Surrealist Ovoid acrylic painting, Figural Abstract work on paper

By Clarence Holbrook Carter

Located in Beachwood, OH

Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York ...

Category

1970s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

#90 Strange Creature
#90 Strange Creature

#90 Strange Creature

By Norbert Lenz

Located in Fairlawn, OH

#90 Strange Creature Oil and pencil on board, 1932 Signed and dated in the image lower right (see photo) Provenance: Joseph M. Erdelac, Cleveland, OH Condition: excellent ...

Category

1930s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rose Mallow Ephemeral, Contemporary Floral Still Life
Rose Mallow Ephemeral, Contemporary Floral Still Life

Rose Mallow Ephemeral, Contemporary Floral Still Life

By Dean Drahos

Located in Beachwood, OH

Dean Drahos (American, 1937-2010) Rose Mallow Ephemeral, 1997 Acrylic on canvas Signed and dated on right side panel, titled in stencil on both sides of panels of canvas 16 x 16 inch...

Category

1990s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

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