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John Garth Wall Decorations

John Garth grew up in Topeka, Kansas and attended Washburn University, Art Institute of Chicago and graduated from Yale University in 1914. He studied at the Arts Student League and in Europe from 1914–15, including being in Berlin, working with Renoyitski and Conrad Fehrand. Garth taught at the Roberts college in Constantinople for eight months, returned briefly to Topeka and then was in Hawaii in 1916. He served in World War I, then settled in San Francisco, California. Garth temporarily was art director of the Pacific Railways Advertising Company and from 1920–35 conducted the Garth School of Art.

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Creator: John Garth
"Toltec, " Important Sketch for Art Deco Painting with Male and Female Nudes
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This stylized and richly-colored, almost cinematic, depiction of a nude Toltec male youth by John Garth shows the figure holding a knife and chalice, hinting at human sacrifice, stan...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage John Garth Wall Decorations

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'The Animal Kingdom, ' Art Deco Mural Study with Male Nudes by John Garth
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
To our knowledge, this study is the only known image of this mural, created by John Garth to show an idealized Man at work and at play, all nude or semi-nude, and accompanied by anim...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage John Garth Wall Decorations

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"Industrial, " Collection of Ironworker Paintings and Drawings by Garth, 1920s
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable ensemble of paintings, studies and prints, collected together as a kind of scrapbook page by John Garth, celebrates the American ironworker. It includes no fewer than...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage John Garth Wall Decorations

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"Ironworker, " Important Sketch of Industrial Labour by John Garth, 1925
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