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Early 20th Century Harbor Scene Seascape/Landscape Painting
Early 20th Century Harbor Scene Seascape/Landscape Painting

Early 20th Century Harbor Scene Seascape/Landscape Painting

By Abel Warshawsky

Located in Beachwood, OH

an accomplished painter in his own right. Warshawsky graduated from the Cleveland School of Art in

Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Harry Hutchinson Shaw Spanish Port City Scene Oil on Canvas
Harry Hutchinson Shaw Spanish Port City Scene Oil on Canvas

Harry Hutchinson Shaw Spanish Port City Scene Oil on Canvas

$2,450 / item

H 22.75 in W 26.75 in D 3 in

Harry Hutchinson Shaw Spanish Port City Scene Oil on Canvas

Located in Sarasota, FL

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1897. He attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Cleveland School of

Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Untitled (Hot Air Baloon Ascent and Spectators)
Untitled (Hot Air Baloon Ascent and Spectators)

Untitled (Hot Air Baloon Ascent and Spectators)

By Joseph O'Sickey

Located in Fairlawn, OH

High School in Cleveland from 1934-1937 while also attending Saturday morning classes at the Cleveland

Category

1980s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

"Cedar Hill"

George William Sotter"Cedar Hill", Circa 1921

$343,750

H 46 in W 50 in D 2 in

"Cedar Hill"

By George William Sotter

Located in Lambertville, NJ

academies. Keller, known for his superb, atmospheric watercolors, taught at the Cleveland School of Art but

Category

20th Century Abstract Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

untitled abstraction (Electrical Wires)
untitled abstraction (Electrical Wires)

untitled abstraction (Electrical Wires)

By Raphael Gleitsman

Located in Fairlawn, OH

came from Miss Calvin at Central High School and Paul Travis at the Cleveland School of Art. Although

Category

1960s American Modern Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"The Neighbors"
"The Neighbors"

"The Neighbors"

By George William Sotter

Located in Lambertville, NJ

watercolors, taught at the Cleveland School of Art but Sotter studied with him in Pittsburgh. Later Sotter

Category

20th Century American Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Elm Tree
Elm Tree

Raphael GleitsmanElm Tree, 1965-66

$700

H 11.5 in W 8.25 in

Elm Tree

By Raphael Gleitsman

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Travis at the Cleveland School of Art. Although he favored oil painting, he also worked in watercolor

Category

1960s American Modern Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Still Life with bottle and newspaper
Still Life with bottle and newspaper

Still Life with bottle and newspaper

By Raphael Gleitsman

Located in Fairlawn, OH

" training came from Miss Calvin at Central High School and Paul Travis at the Cleveland School of Art

Category

1950s American Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Modernist Nude — Atelier 17
Modernist Nude — Atelier 17

Modernist Nude — Atelier 17

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

, illustrator, and teacher. He briefly attended the Cleveland School of Art, then became an apprentice in a

Category

1930s American Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Etching

Spanish Beauty (Portrait of the Artist's Wife)
Spanish Beauty (Portrait of the Artist's Wife)

Spanish Beauty (Portrait of the Artist's Wife)

By Abel Warshawsky

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Frederick Gottwald at the Cleveland School of Art, 1900–05. After graduating, he attended the Art Students

Category

1940s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Chrysanthemums and Tiger Lilies
Chrysanthemums and Tiger Lilies

Chrysanthemums and Tiger Lilies

By Clarence Holbrook Carter

Located in Fairlawn, OH

beginning with his childhood. From 1923 to 1927, he enrolled in the Cleveland School of Art and earned key

Category

1930s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Nude, arms raised
Nude, arms raised

William SommerNude, arms raised, c. 1925

$3,500

H 22.125 in W 16.625 in

Nude, arms raised

By William Sommer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

acknowledged leader of the "Cleveland School," a group of Cleveland-based artists who were active from the

Category

1920s Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Village Scene, Crickets in November, New Albany, Ohio
Village Scene, Crickets in November, New Albany, Ohio

Village Scene, Crickets in November, New Albany, Ohio

By Charles E. Burchfield

Located in Missouri, MO

of woodland sounds and noises. In 1912, he decided to become a painter and enrolled in the Cleveland

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Blizzard in Woods
Blizzard in Woods

Blizzard in Woods

By Charles E. Burchfield

Located in Fairlawn, OH

enrolled in the Cleveland School of Art where his most influential teacher was Henry Keller. Another major

Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

American Tonalist Impressionist Painting “Midsummer” by Cullen Yates
American Tonalist Impressionist Painting “Midsummer” by Cullen Yates

American Tonalist Impressionist Painting “Midsummer” by Cullen Yates

By Cullen Yates

Located in Shippensburg, PA

child where he studied at the Cleveland School of Art. He decided it would be important to study art in

Category

20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Untitled
Untitled

John OpperUntitled, 1957

$25,000

H 62.25 in W 56.25 in

Untitled

By John Opper

Located in Austin, TX

Born in 1908 in Chicago, John Opper moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1916. In high school

Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Plum Branches and Flowers
Plum Branches and Flowers

Plum Branches and Flowers

By Joseph O'Sickey

Located in Fairlawn, OH

John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Institute, and Saturday classes at the Cleveland School (later the

Category

1980s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Barn, New Hampshire
Barn, New Hampshire

Barn, New Hampshire

Located in Sheffield, MA

. Studied: Worcester Museum School Cleveland Woodward illustrator with Eldon Rowland, Well Fleet, MA New

Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Seated Nude Leaning on her arm, facing right
Seated Nude Leaning on her arm, facing right

Seated Nude Leaning on her arm, facing right

By William Sommer

Located in Fairlawn, OH

at Brandywine, about 30 miles south of Cleveland and made a school house into a studio. They devoted

Category

1920s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Booth

Mark S. KornbluthBooth, 2020

$20,000

H 48 in W 70 in

Booth

By Mark S. Kornbluth

Located in Greenwich, CT

, Mark Stephen Kornbluth was raised in Montreal, then Cleveland. Since graduating high school, Mark has

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Metal

Broadway

Mark S. KornbluthBroadway, 2021

$17,500

H 66 in W 48 in

Broadway

By Mark S. Kornbluth

Located in Greenwich, CT

, Mark Stephen Kornbluth was raised in Montreal, then Cleveland. Since graduating high school, Mark has

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Metal

New Orleans
New Orleans

Joseph JichaNew Orleans

$1,770

H 29 in W 38 in

New Orleans

By Joseph Jicha

Located in Indianapolis, IN

. Museum. He taught summer school at the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1950. Two years later, Jicha and

Category

20th Century Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Shubert Side View

Shubert Side View

By Mark S. Kornbluth

Located in Greenwich, CT

1966, Mark Stephen Kornbluth was raised in Montreal, then Cleveland. Since graduating high school, Mark

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Metal

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