Jerome Myers Art

Jerome Myers (American, 1867-1940) Untitled (Sleeping Children), c. 1915 Engraving on paper Sight: 6 3/4 x 10 in. Framed: 12 3/4 x 15 7/8 x 1/2 in. Signed lower left and stamped with artist monogram Signed lower right in plate Born in Petersburg, Virginia in 1867, Myers became an important painter of urban realism, starting with a series of images of ghetto life in 1887, the year he began studying at the Cooper Union. One of his earliest works is Backyard from that year, in a private collection, which already shows a raw, unidealized view of New York City. Thus he actually anticipated the productions of the Ash Can School. Myers continued his studies at the Art Students League where his teacher was George de Forest Brush...

Jerome Myers (1867 - 1940) Street Scene, Paris, France, 1914 Black crayon and gray wash on paper on card stock 14 x 10 1/8 inches Signed, titled and dated lower left Provenance: Private Collection, New York Born in Petersburg, Virginia in 1867, Myers became an important painter of urban realism, starting with a series of images of ghetto life in 1887, the year he began studying at the Cooper Union.  One of his earliest works is Backyard from that year, in a private collection, which already shows a raw, unidealized view of New York City.  Thus he actually anticipated the productions of the Ashcan School.  Myers continued his studies at the Art Students League where his teacher was George de Forest Brush, the academic painter of idealized Native Americans. Brush's classicism did not rub off on Myers, who had no patience for careful drawing - he was even disturbed by the presence of a studio model, so he completed a series of self-portrait drawings to satisfy the faculty's requirements.  For Myers, the academic experience was too imitative, however he stayed around for eight years.  Like artists of the Ashcan School, Myers went directly to the streets of New York for inspiration.  He carried a 9" x 11" sketch pad wherever he went, like a "day and night prowler...

Besides being one of the organizers of the famous Armory Show of 1913, Jerome Myers was a wonderful interpreter of New York City life -- it's children included. The charmingly named 'Sand Circle...

Jerome Myers (1867 - 1940) East Side Corner, New York City, 1934 Oil on board 20 x 16 inches Signed lower right Provenance: Collection of G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh George David Thompson (1899 – 1965) was an American investment banker, industrialist, and modern art collector, based in Pittsburgh. He started as a banker, but by 1945 was running four steel mills. In 1959 Pittsburgh's Carnegie Museum of Art rejected his offer of over 600 artworks, unwilling to build a gallery bearing his name, and he gradually sold much of his collection, although he left the Carnegie Museum over 100 artworks when he died in 1965. In May 1961, New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum held an exhibition entitled One Hundred Paintings from the G. David Thompson Collection, with works by Cézanne, Monet, Degas, Josef Albers, Braque, Klee, Legér, Matisse, Miró, and Mondrian, with Picasso being the most represented, with 12 works. Born in Petersburg, Virginia in 1867, Myers became an important painter of urban realism, starting with a series of images of ghetto life in 1887, the year he began studying at the Cooper Union.  One of his earliest works is Backyard from that year, in a private collection, which already shows a raw, unidealized view of New York City.  Thus he actually anticipated the productions of the Ashcan School.  Myers continued his studies at the Art Students League where his teacher was George de Forest Brush, the academic painter of idealized Native Americans. Brush's classicism did not rub off on Myers, who had no patience for careful drawing - he was even disturbed by the presence of a studio model, so he completed a series of self-portrait drawings to satisfy the faculty's requirements.  For Myers, the academic experience was too imitative, however he stayed around for eight years.  Like artists of the Ashcan School, Myers went directly to the streets of New York for inspiration.  He carried a 9" x 11" sketch pad wherever he went, like a "day and night prowler...