Frederick Shane Paintings

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

Artist: Frederick Shane

Frederick ShaneFrederick Shane Twilight of History 1947 Surrealist Oil Painting Rocket Scene, 1947

$3,750

Frederick Shane Twilight of History 1947 Surrealist Oil Painting Rocket Scene

By Frederick Shane

Located in Denver, CO

“Twilight of History” is a dramatic and highly symbolic 1947 oil painting on board by American modernist Frederick Shane. Created in the immediate aftermath of World War II, the pain...

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1940s Surrealist Frederick Shane Paintings

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Board, Oil

Frederick ShaneFrederick Shane Artists Sketching California 1940s Modernist Gouache, 1949

$3,000Sale Price|61% Off

Frederick Shane Artists Sketching California 1940s Modernist Gouache

By Frederick Shane

Located in Denver, CO

A striking 1940s modernist gouache painting by Frederick Shane titled Artists Sketching (California), depicting three artists working outdoors against a sweeping mountainous landscap...

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1940s American Modern Frederick Shane Paintings

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Gouache

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 Paintings

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Archival Paper, Watercolor

Rudolph PenA Large, Dynamic Mid-Century Modern Figurative Landscape Painting by Rudolph Pen, circa 1960

$2,800

H 36 in W 50 in D 2 in

A Large, Dynamic Mid-Century Modern Figurative Landscape Painting by Rudolph Pen

Located in Chicago, IL

A large, dynamic Mid-Century Modern summer landscape painting with standing female bathers by notable Chicago artist, Rudolph T. Pen. A wonderful example of the artist's uniquely ex...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Frederick Shane Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Russell TrippMid Century San Francisco Nocturnal Surrealist Oil Painting, 1961

$2,000Sale Price|20% Off

H 20.5 in W 28 in D 1.25 in

Mid Century San Francisco Nocturnal Surrealist Oil Painting

By Russell Tripp

Located in Soquel, CA

Mid Century Nocturnal Surrealist Oil Painting--San Francisco Unreal Dreams by Russell Tripp Dramatic and atmospheric San Francisco surrealist figurative painting by Russell R. Tripp...

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1960s Surrealist Frederick Shane Paintings

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Oil, Board

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 Paintings

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Oil

Annieo KlaasHeld Inside a Shaft of Light (Window, Skyscape, Warm, Dreamy, ~29% OFF), 2023

$1,777Sale Price|28% Off

H 30 in W 40 in D 1.5 in

Held Inside a Shaft of Light (Window, Skyscape, Warm, Dreamy, ~29% OFF)

By Annieo Klaas

Located in Kansas City, MO

Annieo Klaas Held Inside a Shaft of Light 2023 Oil on Canvas 40 x 30 inches (101.6 x 30.48 cm) Signed lower right COA provided *On stretcher frame - gallery wrapped - ready to hang ...

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2010s Surrealist Frederick Shane Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

John OpperNinth Avenue El (New York City), Mid 20th Century Cityscape Oil painting, c. 1935

$12,000

H 30.125 in W 24 in

Ninth Avenue El (New York City), Mid 20th Century Cityscape Oil painting

By John Opper

Located in Beachwood, OH

John Opper (American, 1908-1994) Ninth Avenue El (New York City), c. 1935 Oil on canvas Signed lower left and verso 30.125 x 24 inches The Ninth Avenue El was the first elevated rai...

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1930s American Modern Frederick Shane Paintings

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Oil

Ora ColtmanHouse in Hudson, Ohio, Late 19th Century Painting by Cleveland School Artist

$6,250

H 27.5 in W 31.5 in

House in Hudson, Ohio, Late 19th Century Painting by Cleveland School Artist

Located in Beachwood, OH

Ora Coltman (American, 1858-1940) House in Hudson, OH Oil on canvas Signed lower left 22 x 26 inches 27.5 x 31.5 inches, framed 21 Aurora Street is locally known as the Isham-Beebe ...

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Late 19th Century American Modern Frederick Shane Paintings

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Oil

Foussa ItayaLarge Surrealist French Japanese European Cityscape Oil painting Foussa Itaya, c.1950's

$2,800

H 23.5 in W 28.5 in

Large Surrealist French Japanese European Cityscape Oil painting Foussa Itaya

Located in Surfside, FL

Foussa Itaya (Japan, France, 1919-1972) Oil on canvas. View of rooftops, European town cityscape Hand signed lower left Dimensions: H 23.5" x W 28.5" Born in Fukuoka, Foussa Itay...

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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Frederick Shane Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Milton Derr"Spring" Milton Derr, Lyrical Modernist Landscape, Bright Green and Blue Hues, 1982

$5,000

H 26 in W 28 in

"Spring" Milton Derr, Lyrical Modernist Landscape, Bright Green and Blue Hues

Located in New York, NY

Milton Derr Spring, 1982 Signed lower right; titled and dated verso Oil on canvas 26 x 28 inches Provenance Acquired by descent from the artist to the present owner Milton Derr wa...

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1980s American Modern Frederick Shane Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Francis ChapinEarly Mexican City Scene by Chicago Artist Francis Chapin, San Miguel de Allende, circa 1940

$950

H 13.75 in W 21.25 in D 1.5 in

Early Mexican City Scene by Chicago Artist Francis Chapin, San Miguel de Allende

By Francis Chapin

Located in Chicago, IL

A charming, vibrant, early Mexican city street scene by famed Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Depicting a quiet, picturesque view of the rooftops and cathedral...

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1940s American Modern Frederick Shane Paintings

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Oil, Masonite

Marguerite BlasingameSurrealist Nocturnal Hawaiian Figurative Landscape w. Blue Skirted Woman & Moon, c.1940s

$15,000

H 30 in W 60 in D 1.5 in

Surrealist Nocturnal Hawaiian Figurative Landscape w. Blue Skirted Woman & Moon

By Marguerite Blasingame

Located in Soquel, CA

Surrealist Nocturnal Hawaiian Figurative Landscape w. Blue Skirted Woman & Moon by Marguerite Louis Blasingame Striking mid century modern Hawaiian noct...

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1940s Surrealist Frederick Shane Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Harold HaydonA Charming, Diminutive 1945 Street Scene Painting of Navy Sailors in Hanover, NH, 1945

$850

H 9.5 in W 10.75 in

A Charming, Diminutive 1945 Street Scene Painting of Navy Sailors in Hanover, NH

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A charming, diminutive 1945 city street scene painting of Navy sailors standing beside a store front in Hanover, NH by famed Chicago artist Harold Haydon. Image size: 4 1/2" x 6". ...

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1940s American Modern Frederick Shane Paintings

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Oil, Board

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