Frederick Shane Art

American, 1906-1992

Painter and printmaker, Missouri regionalist Frederick E. Shane specialized in genre scenes, landscapes, seascapes and portraits executed in a variety of media: oil, watercolor, mixed media, gouache, tempera and lithography. Fundamentally a realist, his work also contains some abstraction, expressionism and surrealism used in treating his subject matter. In the summers of 1925-26 Shane studied with Randall Davey at the recently-founded Broadmoor Academy in Colorado Springs. The Academy was established in 1919 by Spencer and Julie Penrose, prominent philanthropists and art patrons, who donated their family residence for the creation of a local art institution. In the 1940s and early 1950s Shane maintained his contact with Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (the successor institution to the Broadmoor Academy in 1936). He participated in a number of its annual Artists West of the Mississippi exhibitions and also became a close friend of Boardman Robinson, the Center’s director, and visiting artist Adolph Dehn whose graphic work and warm-hearted satire he admired. His Colorado sketching trips with Dehn and Yasuo Kuniyoshi resulted in drawings whose imagery appeared in some of Shane’s prints and paintings, such as his lithograph, Farm in the Rockies (1945/46, aka Hayfield in the Rockies), and his oil on canvas, Owen’s Bookstore, Victor, Colorado (1942). Some of his most notable paintings of the 1940s depict Colorado subjects in his consummate regionalist style. One of them in tempera, Chalk Cliffs, Mt. Princeton, Colorado, View from Old Hotel Antero (1944) presents a commanding panoramic view of a small cabin and grazing horses dominated by tall, craggy peaks. After the death of his first wife in 1967, he married Dorothy March Henley, a widow, three years later. He had known her since they both were sixteen and she also had studied with Randall Davey at the Broadmoor Art Academy. He moved out to her home in Beverly Hills, California, where he installed a painting for himself and where he spent the balance of his life after retiring from the University of Missouri in 1971. ©David Cook Galleries, LLC

Frederick ShaneArtists Sketching, California, 1940s Large Modernist Gouache Painting, Landscape, 1949

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Artists Sketching, California, 1940s Large Modernist Gouache Painting, Landscape

By Frederick Shane

Located in Denver, CO

This original 1940s American Modernist gouache on archival paper painting, "Artists Sketching (California)," captures a dynamic scene of three artists at work against a majestic mountain backdrop. With expressive brushwork and a rich color palette, the piece embodies Frederick E. Shane’s signature blend of realism and modernist abstraction. Signed, titled, and dated by the artist in the lower margin, this remarkable artwork reflects the era’s Regionalist influence and the artist’s keen eye for capturing creative moments in the natural landscape. The painting is professionally housed in a custom archival frame, ensuring long-term preservation. Frame dimensions: 25.5 x 37.5 x 1.5 inches. Image size: 20.25 x 29.75 inches. Provenance: Estate of the Artist, Frederick Shane About the Artist: Frederick E. Shane (1906-1992) A celebrated Missouri Regionalist painter and printmaker, Frederick E. Shane was known for his compelling genre scenes, landscapes, seascapes, and portraits in a variety of media, including oil, watercolor, gouache, tempera, and lithography. While fundamentally a realist, Shane often incorporated elements of abstraction, expressionism, and surrealism, adding depth and emotion to his compositions. During the summers of 1925-26, Shane studied under Randall Davey at the Broadmoor Academy in Colorado Springs, an institution founded in 1919 by philanthropists Spencer and Julie Penrose. Shane remained closely connected to the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, the Academy’s successor, throughout the 1940s and early 1950s, participating in Artists West of the Mississippi exhibitions and forming lasting friendships with key figures like Boardman Robinson and Adolph Dehn...

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1940s American Modern Frederick Shane Art

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Gouache

Frederick ShaneFrederick Shane “Twilight of History” 1947 Surrealist Oil Painting, Signed, 1947

$3,750

Frederick Shane “Twilight of History” 1947 Surrealist Oil Painting, Signed

By Frederick Shane

Located in Denver, CO

"Twilight of History" is a powerful and evocative original oil painting on board by renowned American artist Frederick Shane (1906–1992), created in 1947. This deeply symbolic work e...

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1940s American Modern Frederick Shane Art

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Oil, Board

Bernard Von EichmanSummer Afternoon Stroll Watercolor Lower Eastside - Urban Modernist 1936 Signed, 1936

$7,595

H 28 in W 22 in D 0.25 in

Summer Afternoon Stroll Watercolor Lower Eastside - Urban Modernist 1936 Signed

By Bernard Von Eichman

Located in Soquel, CA

Summer Afternoon Stroll Watercolor Lower Eastside - Urban Modernist 1936 Signed Stunning New York City urban modernist watercolor titled "Summer Afternoon Stroll" by Society of Six...

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1930s American Modern Frederick Shane Art

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Archival Paper, Watercolor

George AdomeitCoastal Scene, 20th Century Seascape, Cleveland School Artist

$4,000

H 19 in W 23 in

Coastal Scene, 20th Century Seascape, Cleveland School Artist

By George Adomeit

Located in Beachwood, OH

George Gustav Adomeit (American, 1879-1967) Coastal Scene Oil on canvas Signed lower left 19 x 23 inches 21.5 x 25.5 inches, framed A major painter of American scene subjects, Georg...

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20th Century American Modern Frederick Shane Art

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Oil

Albert Heckman"Woodstock Landscape" Albert Heckman, American Modernist, Atmospheric Valley, circa 1940s

$3,000

H 10 in W 8 in

"Woodstock Landscape" Albert Heckman, American Modernist, Atmospheric Valley

By Albert Heckman

Located in New York, NY

Albert Heckman Woodstock Landscape Oil on board 10 x 8 inches Albert Heckman was born in Meadville, Western Pennsylvania, 1893. He went to New York City to try his hand at the art ...

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1940s American Modern Frederick Shane Art

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Oil, Board

Sam ThalCityscape Mid-20th Century Modern Social Realism American Scene Regionalism WPA, c. 1940s

$6,500

H 20 in W 24 in

Cityscape Mid-20th Century Modern Social Realism American Scene Regionalism WPA

Located in New York, NY

Cityscape Mid-20th Century Modern Social Realism American Scene Regionalism WPA Samuel Thal (1903 to 1964) "Cityscene" 12 x 16 inches Oil on board, c. 1940s Signed verso Framed: 19...

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1940s American Modern Frederick Shane Art

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Oil, Board

Robert Smullyan Sloan“Central Park in Winter, 1949” Manhattan New York City Snow Day Sleds Children, 1949

$5,500

H 29.75 in W 35.75 in D 2 in

“Central Park in Winter, 1949” Manhattan New York City Snow Day Sleds Children

Located in Yardley, PA

With a studied hand, Sloan captures the human theater of a snow-covered Central Park filled with bundled-up New Yorkers, sledding, walking, chatting, and caring for children. The exp...

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1940s American Modern Frederick Shane Art

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Tempera, Oil, Masonite

Charles E. WilletteConey Island, Fourth of July, c. 1940s

$4,500

H 26 in W 21.5 in D 2 in

Coney Island, Fourth of July

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Coney Island, Fourth of July, c. 1940s, oil on canvas applied to Masonite, signed upper right, 26 x 21 1/2 inches, presented in its original frame During the 1930s and 40s, Coney I...

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1940s American Modern Frederick Shane Art

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Gunnar AndersonAmerican West Mountainscape by Gunnar Anderson, c. 20th Century

$2,300

H 20.5 in W 24.5 in D 1.25 in

American West Mountainscape by Gunnar Anderson

Located in New York, NY

Gunnar Donald Anderson (American, 1927-2022) Untitled, c. 20th Century Oil on board Sight: 11 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. Framed: 20 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 1 1/4 i...

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20th Century American Modern Frederick Shane Art

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Oil, Board

Albert Heckman"Woodstock Landscape" Albert Heckman, Modernist, Bright Landscape, circa 1940s

$3,000

H 8.5 in W 10.5 in

"Woodstock Landscape" Albert Heckman, Modernist, Bright Landscape

By Albert Heckman

Located in New York, NY

Albert Heckman Woodstock Landscape Oil on board 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches Albert Heckman was born in Meadville, Western Pennsylvania, 1893. He went to New York City to try his hand at ...

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1940s American Modern Frederick Shane Art

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Oil, Board

J MirendaNight Life in the City - Figurative Cityscape, 1960s

$750

H 16 in W 20 in D 0.13 in

Night Life in the City - Figurative Cityscape

Located in Soquel, CA

Night Life in the City - Figurative Cityscape Mid 1960s cityscape by an unknown artist. Oil on artists board. Image, 16"H x 20"W

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1960s American Modern Frederick Shane Art

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Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board

Aaron Bohrod"Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century, 1931

$16,000

H 27 in W 23 in

"Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century

By Aaron Bohrod

Located in New York, NY

"Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century Aaron Bohrod (American 1907 – 1992) Industrial Cityscape 20 x 16 inches Oil on board Signed lower ri...

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1930s American Modern Frederick Shane Art

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Oil, Board

George Adomeit20th Century Landscape of a Barn with Haystacks, Cleveland School Artist

$4,500

H 16 in W 20 in

20th Century Landscape of a Barn with Haystacks, Cleveland School Artist

By George Adomeit

Located in Beachwood, OH

George Gustav Adomeit (American, 1879-1964) Barn Scene Oil on canvas mounted to masonite Signed lower right 16 x 20 inches 21.5 x 25.5 inches, framed A major painter of American sce...

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Early 20th Century American Modern Frederick Shane Art

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Oil

Robert Dash“Evening, 1971” Madoo Conservancy Gardens Sagaponack Hamptons American Modernist, 1971

$12,500

H 61.5 in W 61.5 in D 2 in

“Evening, 1971” Madoo Conservancy Gardens Sagaponack Hamptons American Modernist

By Robert Dash

Located in Yardley, PA

“Evening, 1971” by Robert Dash (American, 1931-2013) In 1967, Dash purchased an old barn on a small field in Sagaponack, NY. Over the next several decades, he turned the feral groun...

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1970s American Modern Frederick Shane Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Previously Available Items

Frederick ShaneFarm in the Rockies (Colorado), Lithograph, Colorado Mountain Landscape, 1938

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H 20.5 in W 24.75 in D 1.25 in

Farm in the Rockies (Colorado), Lithograph, Colorado Mountain Landscape

By Frederick Shane

Located in Denver, CO

Farm in the Rockies by Fred Shane (1906-1992), an original vintage 1938 WPA-era lithograph depicting hay harvesting on a farm in the rocky mountains of Colorado, pencil signed by the...

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1930s American Modern Frederick Shane Art

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Lithograph

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