Frederick Shane Figurative 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.
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Artist: Frederick Shane
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 Figurative Paintings
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"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 Figurative Paintings
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