Leo Meissner Art

An original woodblock print dated 1965, titled "Our Town" but signed illegibly.

Samurai is an original Woodcut print realized in mid 19 century by Utagawa Kunisada. Beautiful colored woodblock print, included a cardboard passpartout. Includes frame: 45.5 x 35...

The Sea-Eight Scenic Spots in Kanazawa is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century. Mixed colored lithograph after a woodcut realized by the great Japanese artist Utagawa H...

Yosooi of the Matsubaya is an Original Woodcut Print, Oban Format, realized by Kitagawa Tsukimaro. Good condition but many folds in the paper. No signature. Kitagawa Tsukimaro ( 1...

Modern Landscape is an original xylograph realized during the half of the 20th Century by an anonymous artist. The artwork represents a view of a village with several buildings and ...

The Living Kite is an original Woodcut print realized in the late 19th century after Utagawa Kunisada. Good condition except for some damaged paper on the edge and Beautiful colore...

Japanese Warrior is an Original Woodcut Print realized by an unknwon artist in mid-19th century. Good condition, no signature. Vivid colors for a dr...

View of Mount Fuji in Winter is a woodcut print realized by Katsushika Hokusai in the early 19th Century, probably around 1835. From the book "Fugaku hyakkei" (100 views of Mount Fu...

HERBERT GURSCHNER (Austrian / English (1901-1975) VILLAGE SCENE / TOWN FESTIVAL ca.1924 Color woodcut 4 ¾ x 5 3/8” Signed in pencil. Good strong colors. On thin paper. Faint darkeni...

The print 'Jones Island' is something of a self portrait. In the image, an artist stands before and easel, depicting the docks and buildings on the coast. The title indicates that this is Jones Island in Milwaukee, the peninsula along Lake Michigan that today is home to largely industrial buildings. The buildings and figures in the print suggest that this might be a view of the last of the Kashubian or German immigrant settlements on the peninsula before they were evicted in the 1940s to make way for the development of the harbor. The artist in the image thus acts as a documentarian of these peoples. The careful line-work of the woodblock engraving adds a sense of expressionism to the scene, leaving the figures and buildings looking distraught and dirty, though the image nonetheless falls into the Social Realist category that dominated American artists during the Great Depression. This print was published in 1936 as part of the Wisconsin Artists' Calendar for the year 1937, which included 52 original, hand-made prints – one for each week of the year. 6 x 5 inches, image 10 x 7.13 inches, sheet 13.43 x 12.43 inches, frame Signed "GS" in the print block,upper left Entitled "Jones Island" lower left (covered by matting) Inscribed "Wood Engraving" lower center (covered by matting) Artist name "Gerrit V. Sinclair" lower right (covered by matting) Framed to conservation standards using 100 percent rag matting and museum glass, all housed in a silver gilded moulding. Gerrit Sinclair studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1910 - 1915, under Vanderpoel, Norton, and Walcott. In World War I, he served in the Army Ambulance Corps and later recorded his experiences in a series of oil paintings. He taught in Minneapolis before arriving in Milwaukee in 1920 to become a member of the original faculty of the Layton School of Art. He was also a member of the Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors. Sinclair's paintings and drawings were executed in a lyrical, representational style, usually expressing a mood rather than a narrative. His paintings reveal a great sensitivity for color and atmosphere. His subject matter focused on cityscapes, industrial valleys, and working-class neighborhoods, captured from eye-level. A decade before the popularity of Regionalism, Sinclair's strong interest in the community was reflected not only in his paintings, but also in his encouragement to students to return to their communities as artists and teachers. Joseph Friebert...

View of Mount Fuji is a modern artwork realized after Katsushika Hokusai (31 October 1760 – 10 May 1849). Woodcut print from the series "Fugaku hyakkei" (100 views of Mount Fuji). ...

House on The River is an original xylograph realized during the first half of 20th Century by an anonymous artist. Monogram of the artist PP printed on the lower left margin, The ...