Born in Petersburg, Virginia in 1867, Jerome 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 9x11 inch sketch pad wherever he went, like a "day and night prowler in and out of the crowds," explained Guy Pène du Bois. By 1895, Myers found a position in the New-York Tribune's art department. Probably because of academic indoctrination, Myers thought it was necessary to travel to Paris. There, he shared a room with Solon Borglum and noted the pathetic ruins of American students who had lingered too long. Myers realized the trip was not really that helpful and returned to America. "I asked myself what Paris could give, and the answer was 'Nothing’" Later in a newspaper article, Myers was extolled as "the only artist of consequence in the United States, possibly, who had no European training." He met the influential art dealer William Macbeth, who agreed to exhibit his art and the painter noted ". . . almost overnight, I had become a professional artist," thanks to this encounter. This led to various exhibitions, including the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904, where his painting Night Concert won a bronze medal. In 1908, Macbeth gave Myers his first one-man show in January, a month before the famous exhibition of Robert Henri's group The Eight. In many respects, the style of Myers paralleled the gritty urban realism of Henri, George Luks, John Sloan, Everett Shinn, Theresa Bernstein and William Glackens. Although Myers was a friend of Henri, he was not part of the group because Henri regarded Myers's art as too sentimental. Sloan thought it was more a question of Myers being roughly the same age as Henri and thus could not have been a disciple. Myers did, however, participate in the "Exhibition of Independent Artists" in 1910, which Henri and his colleagues organized. Then Myers hosted a group in his studio that was to become the American Association of Painters and Sculptors (AAPS), the group responsible for the Armory Show in 1913. Myers, who exhibited two paintings there along with fifteen drawings, was dismayed that the European art in the show attracted the most attention. In addition, the work turned out to be radical modernist-oriented, excluding the contemporary realists entirely. Myers returned to the streets of New York, especially the places where immigrants gathered on the Lower East Side. He noted, when the immigrants "merge here with New York, something happens that gives vibrancy I didn't get in any other place." He also depicted the moment of leisure, for example, at the East River Pier and night concerts in the parks. Myers relished in the outdoor activities of New Yorkers, and at the end of his life, he regretted a new distrusting atmosphere in which people tended to stay more at home: "Something is gone. Something is missing." I say to myself, "It is the warmth of human contact. New Yorkers no longer live in the open." Myers continued to exhibit and win prizes, five at the National Academy of Design. His works are to be found in major American museums.
UNTITLED (STREET SCENE WITH PUSHCART)
By Jerome Myers
Located in Portland, ME
Myers, Jerome. UNTILED (STREET SCENE WITH PUSHCART). Etching with hand-coloring, not dated, but about 1910. Edition of 50. Signed in pencil and numbered 32/50. 7 3/8 x 9 3/4 inches, ...
Etching
MOTHER AND CHILD RESTING #1
By Jerome Myers
Located in Portland, ME
Myers, Jerome (American. 1867-1940). MOTHER AND CHILD RESTING #1 Softground etching, not dated. Signed in pencil, lower right and also in the plate. 5 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (plate), 12 ...
Etching
At the Show
By Jerome Myers
Located in New York, NY
Jerome Myers (1867-1940), At the Show, etching and drypoint, c. 1920, signed in pencil lower right. In good condition, with margins (paper losses upper corners), faint ink marks and ...
Drypoint, Etching
Morning on the East Side
By Jerome Myers
Located in New York, NY
Jerome Myers (1867-1940), Morning on the East Side, c. 1910, colored etching, signed in pencil lower right and annotated “imp.”; numbered and titled (twice) lower left. In very good ...
Color, Etching
Children in Mulberry Street
By Jerome Myers
Located in New York, NY
Jerome Myers (1867-1940), Children in Mulberry Street, c. 1910, soft ground etching and plate tone, signed in pencil lower right. In good condition (apart from weakening at platemark...
Etching
Children Playing on The Slide, Ashcan School - Lower East Side
By Jerome Myers
Located in Miami, FL
Immigrant children from New York's Lower East Side are joyfully captured whizzing down on a slide. From the window of a tenement building, a lone adult with child witnesses the foli...
Canvas, Oil
RUNNING THE RAPIDS
By Frank Benson
Located in Portland, ME
Benson, Frank. RUNNING THE RAPIDS. Paff 269. Etching, 1927. Edition of 150. Signed in pencil. Printed on Whatman paper. 5 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches (plate), 8 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches (sheet). A...
Etching
Fireside Christmas
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Fireside Christmas" c. 1985 is an original color etching by American artist Scott Fitzgerald. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 158/250 in pencil by the artist. Published and printed by the artist. The image (plate mark) size is 11.5 x 17.65 inches, sheet size is 19.25 x 25.25 inches. it is in excellent condition, has never been framed. About the artist: Scott Fitzgerald received his Master’s Degree in Arts from California State University Fullerton, and went on to teach drawing and printmaking for 2 years at the university. During his college years, he focused his study in contemporary art and photography, creating mixed media works often with social comments. It was not until the sophomore year, he discovered the traditional art of etching in his printmaking class. Immediately, he embraced the complex and difficult technical process of making prints from etching on copper plates. Scott Fitzgerald established himself as a prominent printmaker in the next few years. With a strong interest in history, he accepted a commission to produce a series of etching depicting 15 Orange County historical landmarks. Besides producing very intricate prints in various sizes, he has engaged in many special projects. He worked with renowned English printer John Randle to produce a group of etchings...
Etching
$902Sale Price|76% Off
H 28.75 in W 23.63 in D 0.79 in
Royal Meoxit Cat Pop Art - Chut les Barbizons! Ready to Hang French School
Located in Zofingen, AG
Portrait Royal Meoxit Cat Portrait closeup of a cat with Royal cloak painted during Brexit Technique: oil, acrylics and ink on canvas 73x60cm ■■ 28,7x23,6inch ⏩》R E A D Y -- T O...
Gesso, Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Unavailable|$6,500
H 23.25 in W 15.25 in
"A Tesuque Indian and Baby, New Mexico" Alice Coutts, Native American Southwest
Located in New York, NY
Alice Coutts A Tesuque Indian and Baby, New Mexico, circa 1910 Signed lower left Oil on canvas 20 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches Provenance Scott Tevis, Santa Barbara, California A native of...
Canvas, Oil
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 10.38 in W 13.88 in
'The Elevated, East 42nd Street, New York' — 1910 American Realism
By William Monk
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
William Monk, 'The Elevated, East 42nd Street, New York', etching, 1910. Signed in pencil and titled in the bottom right sheet corner. Signed in the plate, lower right. A superb, ric...
Etching
'Tree, Manhattan' — Classic American Realism
By Martin Lewis
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Martin Lewis, 'Tree, Manhattan', drypoint, 1930, edition 91 (including 10 trial proofs), McCarron 87. Signed in pencil. A superb, atmospheric impression, in warm black ink, on cream...
Drypoint
Bowling Green, New York
By Louis Conrad Rosenberg
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Louis Conrad Rosenberg, 'Bowling Green, New York', etching, 1940. Signed in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, with all the fine lines printing c...
Drypoint
$1,263Sale Price|25% Off
H 27.56 in W 23.63 in D 0.04 in
Venus de la Constellaciones con Picador - Attr. to S.Dalì - 1975
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Roma, IT
Venus de la Constellaciones con Picador is an Contemporary Artwork realized in 1975. Etching and Drypoint on Rives Paper. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right: Dalì; inscribed EA in pencil on the lower left. One of the 25 Artist's Proof aside of the edition of 75 specimens on Rives Paper. The edition was composed of other 75+25 proofs on Arches paper, 75x25 proofs on Lana Paper, 75+25 proofs on Richard de Bas and 75+25 proofs on Japanese paper. The work was dedicated to Luis Romero...
Drypoint, Etching
$818
H 8.67 in W 6.5 in D 0.04 in
Sex Theme - Etching by Charkes Laborde - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Etching hand colored by Chas Laborde, realized to illustrate "Les Chansons Erotiqies" by Pierre-Jean Beranger. Realized in the early 20th Century. Very good condition.
Etching
$8,500
H 24.5 in W 20.5 in
"Harvest" Samuel S. Carr, American Pastoral Scene, Child in Wheat Field
By Samuel S. Carr
Located in New York, NY
Samuel S. Carr Harvest Signed lower left Oil on canvas 16 x 12 inches Samuel S. Carr was an American pastoral and landscape painter. Originally from England, he trained at the Roy...
Canvas, Oil
$9,500
H 39.75 in W 32 in D 2.5 in
“Portrait of a Lady in White, c. 1905-10” Impressionist Edwardian Belle Époque
Located in Yardley, PA
“Portrait of a Lady in White, c. 1905-10” by Joseph Oppenheimer (1876-1966). An exceptional portrait by Oppenheimer of a spirited young woman turned in half-profile. This work exemp...
Canvas, Oil
Winter Tracery (Milford Connecticut)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled 'Winter Tracery (Milford Connecticut)" is an original drypoint etching by noted American artist Philip Kappel, 1901-1981. It is hand signed and titled in pencil by the artist. The plate mark (Image) size is 9 x 12 inches, framed size is 17.25 x 21.25 inches. Custom framed in a wooden light grey frame, with light grey matting and black color fillet. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Philip Kappel — painter, illustrator, printer, writer, and lecturer — was born on February 10, 1901 in Hartford, CT and died in 1981. Kappel is best remembered for his landscapes, portraits, figures, marine, lithography, and etching. He held a teaching position with H. B. Snell, Boothbay, ME Studios, 1923 and 1924. His addresses in 1929 were 500 Fifth Avenue in New York City and, for the summer, care of Philip Little, 10 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA; and in 1935, Sarasota, FL. Kappel was a pupil of the Pratt Institute Art School in Brooklyn, NY and Philip Little (1857-1942) and held memberships with the North Shore Artists Association in Gloucester, MA; the Marblehead...
Drypoint, Etching
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H 12.75 in W 15.875 in D 0.5 in
Signed Jerome Myers Engraving of Sleeping Children
By Jerome Myers
Located in New York, NY
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...
Engraving
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H 14 in W 10.13 in
"Street Scene, Paris, France" Jerome Myers, Ashcan School Drawing
By Jerome Myers
Located in New York, NY
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...
Crayon, Ink, Cardboard
Sand Circle
By Jerome Myers
Located in New York, NY
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...
Etching
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H 26.5 in W 22.5 in
"East Side Corner, New York City" Jerome Myers Ashcan Cityscape, Market Scene
By Jerome Myers
Located in New York, NY
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...
Oil, Board