Gerrit Albertus Beneker was born on January 26, 1882, at Grand Rapids, Michigan. He studied with John Vanderpoel, Frederick Richardson, F. V. DuMond, Henry Reuterdahl and Charles W. Hawthorne. He was a member of the Provincetown Art Association and the Beachcombers Club. Beneker exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1913–32 and in the Scarab Club, Detroit, in 1916, the Cleveland Museum in 1919, the Corcoran Gallery from 1919–32 and the Detroit Institute of Art in 1930. He had worked in institutions like Provincetown Art Association, Butler Institute of American Art, Grand Rapids Art Gallery and Victory Liberty Loan poster. He also worked as a painter of magazine covers for Leslie's Weekly, The Reader, Scribner's Magazine, The Christian Herald and Harper's Weekly. In 1919, he was a painter in residence for The Hydraulic Steel Company in Cleveland, where for two years he painted the steelworkers of America. He died on October 23, 1934, at Truro, Massachusetts.
$450
Original 1918, Sure! We'll Finish the Job, Victory Liberty Loan, vintage poster
By Gerrit Beneker
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1918 Gerrit A. Beneker "Sure! We'll Finish the Job" Victory Liberty Loan Poster, archival linen-backed in good condition, ready to frame. Grade B+ An iconic and authentic ...
Lithograph
$45,000
WWI American Scene Ashcan Modern 20th Century Historical Realism Industrial WPA
By Gerrit Beneker
Located in New York, NY
WWI American Scene Ashcan Modern 20th Century Historical Realism Industrial WPA Gerrit Beneker (1882-1934) "Constant Driving Will Win the War" 30 x 40 inches Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1918 lower right In 1905, Gerrit Beneker began his art career as an illustrator. He married Flora Judd, his high school sweetheart from Grand Rapids and they moved to Brooklyn, NY. Gerrit's early passion was to create an art that would inspire and provide honor to the workingman. As such, he had no interest in painting portraits of pretty women, which were so often seen on the magazine covers of the day. Rather he wanted to seek out workingmen on the bridges, tunnels and skyscrapers of NYC, and paint them in their environments. He completed over 150 magazine covers, numerous ads including many for Ivory Soap...
Canvas, Oil
$1,880Sale Price|46% Off
H 38 in W 27.75 in
Mr. Unpopular (Funk Art, Conceptual Humor, Postwar American Art, ~46% OFF)
By William T. Wiley
Located in Kansas City, MO
William T. Wiley Mr. Unpopular Original Color Lithograph Year: 1980 Edition: L.P. Impression outside and edition of 35 Publisher: Landfall Press, Chicago, IL, United States Paper Si...
Lithograph
Portrait of James McBey.
By Walter Tittle
Located in Plano, TX
James McBey. 1931. Drypoint. 8 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 11 1/2 x 9 ). An extremely rich impression with drypoint burr, printed by the artist on cream wove paper. Signed in the plate lower ...
Drypoint, Etching
$1,800
H 25.5 in W 19 in
Large George Grosz 1923 Lithograph Die Rauber German Expressionism WPA Realism
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
From The robbers. lithographs by George Grosz for the drama of the same name. photolithography on watermarked paper. 19 X 25.5 inches (sheet size). This is not hand signed or numbe...
Lithograph
Norman Rockwell "Family Tree" Lithograph
By Norman Rockwell
Located in New York, NY
Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978) Family Tree Original painting produced 1959, this print published 1959 in Japan by The Curtis Publishing Company Lithograph Sight: 19 1/4 x 13 3...
Lithograph
$3,205
H 18.12 in W 21.66 in D 1.97 in
Change of paradigm #1 - Hélène Duclos, Contemporary figurative painting
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on canvas Signed Unique work 1 / Hélène DUCLOS, 2016 – Artist Statement “Questioning the human condition and the position of being alive – What is i...
Canvas, Oil
$5,813
H 45.67 in W 35.04 in
By the sea Hélène Duclos Contemporary art painting blue landscape sky
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint on canvas Unique work Hand-signed by the artist The red necklace of the naked Queens “My artistic research has expanded over the years, crossing paths already traveled a...
Canvas, Oil
Lucille Fink, Girl with Flowers
By Lucille Fink
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Fink creates densely drawn compositions, often a little off-beat. Signed and titled. Dated on the reverse.
Lithograph
$750
H 12 in W 9 in
Lucille Fine, Sunday Afternoon, mid-century life in the neighborhood
By Lucille Fink
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Fink creates slightly bizarre, densely drawn spaces. Signed, titled, and numbered '19,' in pencil. Annotated on the reverse, "June, 1932, week of 6-10-32, last wk of school."...
Lithograph
$700
H 26 in W 19.75 in
Pulitzer Prize Winner Norman Mailer Portrait Etching Line Drawing
By Knox Martin
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed. Numbered line etching Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film-maker, actor, and libera...
Etching
$8,500
H 40 in W 50.5 in
Robert Blackburn, Contemporary Figurative Lithograph by Ron Adams
Located in Long Island City, NY
This lithograph by artist Ron Adams depicts the renowned printer Robert Blackburn in his workshop in NYC. Blackburn was involved with every major player of the Harlem Renaissance alo...
Lithograph
$1,800
H 25.5 in W 19 in
Large George Grosz 1923 Lithograph Die Rauber German Expressionism WPA Realism
By George Grosz
Located in Surfside, FL
From The robbers. lithographs by George Grosz for the drama of the same name. photolithography on laid paper. 19 X 25.5 inches (sheet size). This is not hand signed or numbered in ...
Lithograph
$6,169
H 44.89 in W 57.49 in D 1.97 in
The archipelago of milky volcanoes Hélène Duclos 21st Century painting landscape
By Hélène Duclos
Located in Paris, FR
This painting is part of the current exhibition entitled "The fantastic story of the liquid mountain" at Claire Corcia Gallery in Paris. The liquid mountain is populated by living beings with a vegetable heart. They roam freely (it seems to us *) between the earth and the air in search of their roots. They bathe and transform in liquid crystal...
Canvas, Oil
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H 25.5 in W 21.5 in
"Wellfleet, Cape Cod, " Gerrit Beneker, American Impressionism, Provincetown
By Gerrit Beneker
Located in New York, NY
Gerrit Beneker (1882 - 1934) Wellfleet, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, New England, 1926 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches Signed, titled, and dated lower left Provenance: Louis H. Barnett, Fort Worth, Texas In 1905, Gerrit Beneker began his art career as an illustrator. He married Flora Judd, his high school sweetheart from Grand Rapids and they moved to Brooklyn, NY. Gerrit's early passion was to create an art that would inspire and provide honor to the workingman. As such, he had no interest in painting portraits of pretty women, which were so often seen on the magazine covers of the day. Rather he wanted to seek out workingmen on the bridges, tunnels and skyscrapers of NYC, and paint them in their environments. He completed over 150 magazine covers, numerous ads including many for Ivory Soap...
Canvas, Oil
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H 17 in W 14 in
"Riveting the Post" WPA Modernism Provincetown Early 20th Century Industrial Art
By Gerrit Beneker
Located in New York, NY
"Riveting the Post" WPA Modernism Provincetown Early 20th Century Industrial Art Gerrit Beneker (American 1882 – 1934) "Riveting the Post," 10 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches - image, 11 ¼ x 9 ¼ - sheet. c. 1920s. Mixed media on heavy stock paper. Signed lower left. Signed on the verso: Gerrit A Beneker 61 Poplar Street Brooklyn NY phone 2214 Main. Gerrit Albertus Beneker, born 1882 in Grand Rapids, MI. died in 1934 in Truro, MA. He studied with John Vanderpoel, Frederick Richardson, F. V. DuMond, Henry Reuterdahl...
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache