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John Edward Costigan Figurative Prints

American, 1888-1972
An American Painter Compositional painter of figures and country animals; watercolor painter Costigan was a largely self-taught artist. He moved from Providence, Rhode Island to New York City as an orphaned teenager in 1904 to work for a commercial poster company. It was here that he learned the rudiments of drawing and painting, skills he furthered with informal study at New York's Kit Kat Club, a popular artists' hangout. Costigan achieved national fame as a painter and printmaker in the1920s and 30s. He won numerous prestigious awards and, despite his lack of formal artistic training, was elected a full member of the National Academy of Design. In 1937 the Smithsonian Institution held a one-person exhibition of his graphic works. Famed American printmaker John Taylor Arms praised Costigan as "a brilliant etcher, particularly noted for his interpretation of life on the American farmstead." Today prints by Costigan can be found in private and public collections around the nation, including the Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress in Washington, which owns twenty-two. The Swope exhibition is the largest devoted to Costigan's work since the late 1960s. Many of the forty-five prints in the exhibition are from the Swope's own extensive holdings of Costigan's works. Other are being lent by private collectors from around the country.
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Artist: John Edward Costigan
20th century drypoint etching figurative animal print black and white signed
By John Edward Costigan
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Boy With Cows" is an original drypoint etching by John Edward Costigan. It depicts a young boy with three cows standing in a watering hole. The artist si...
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1930s American Realist John Edward Costigan Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Group of Workers
By John Edward Costigan
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Group of Workers" 1943, is an original lithograph on paper by noted American artist John Edward Costigan, 1888-1972. It is hand signed and titled in pencil by th...
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Fisherman Three 1939 original signed etching by John E. Costigan
By John Edward Costigan
Located in Paonia, CO
Fisherman Three is an original 1939 signed etching by the American artist John E. Costigan ( 1888-1972 ) a self-taught painter and printmaker. The locale for Costigan...
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"When Day is Done, " an Original Etching signed by John Edward Costigan
By John Edward Costigan
Located in Milwaukee, WI
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