William Sharp was born on June 13, 1900, in Lemberg, Austria, where he attended college and the Academy for Arts and Industry. He later studied in Kraków, Poland, Berlin and Munich. Sharp began his career as a designer of stained-glass windows and as a painter of murals. He served in the German army during World War I. After the war, he became a newspaper artist in Berlin and a well-known etcher. Sharp drew political cartoons that were bitterly critical of the growing Nazi movement. As the influence of National Socialism intensified, he began to contribute drawings, under a pseudonym, to publications that were hostile to Hitler. After Hitler assumed power, Sharp was confronted with these drawings and told that he would be sent to a concentration camp. However, in 1934, he escaped to the United States. His first newspaper assignment in America was making courtroom sketches for The New York Mirror at the trial of Bruno R. Hauptmann for the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby. As a staff artist at Esquire, where he continued to produce political cartoons, Sharp also illustrated stories by Ernest Hemingway and Thomas Mann. He was a longtime contributor to The New York Times magazine and also worked for LIFE magazine, Collier's magazine, Coronet and The New York Post. Sharp also did book illustrations for several leading publishers, with Dickens’s, The Old Curiosity Shop for Heritage Press being his first assignment. He illustrated several books for limited editions, including The Diary of Samuel Pepys in 10 volumes. Sharp published several portfolios of etchings and lithographs about the legal and medical professions. Sharp's precisionist work is represented in many museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Queens Museum, the Library of Congress, the Carnegie Institute and the New York Public Library. William Sharp died in New York City on April 1, 1961.
The Vera Stretz Murder Trial
By William Sharp
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Vera Stretz Murder Trial Lithograph, 1936 Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) Initialed W.S. in the image lower right (see photo) Dated in the image lower right (see photo) ...
Lithograph
Corrida
By William Sharp
Located in Middletown, NY
Lithograph in colors on cream wove paper, 15 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches (394 x 520 mm); sheet 18 x 23 1/4 inches (457 x 590 mm), full margins. Signed and titled in pencil, lower margin. Som...
Lithograph
Richard Reynolds, Society of Friends: 19th C. Engraved Portrait by Wm. Sharp
By William Sharp
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an early 19th century engraved portrait of the industrialist and philanthropist Richard Reynolds by William Sharp after William Hobday. It was published in London by Rudolph Ackerman in 1817. The print is entitled "Richard Reynolds of the Society of Friends, Late of Bristol". This three-quarter length portrait of Reynolds depicts him seated, directed to right, looking towards the viewer. He is holding an open book, wearing a plain suit. A curtain in the background is pulled to the left, revealing bookshelves. Some of the books are labelled 'Addison & Watts' 'Kempis & Fenelon' 'Milton & Cowley' etc. The inscription above the portrait reads: "When the eye saw him it blessed him". The lettering below the image reads: "Richard Reynolds of the Society of Friends, Late of Bristol; Whose Life and Fortune were devoted to the Glory of God by relieving the humble in Distress.', This plate is dedicated by Permission to his Royal Highness, the Prince Regent by his most devoted very humble servant William Hobday." This engraving is printed on thick paper. The sheet measures 16" high and 12" wide. It is adhered to an archival backing in the upper left corner. There is mild discoloration and toning in the margins, but it does not involve the image. Richard Reynolds (1735-1816) was a prominent member of the Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, in the 18th and 19th centuries. He was born into a wealthy family in Bristol, England, and inherited a successful copper smelting, iron manufacturing business from his father. Despite his privileged upbringing, Reynolds was known for his deep concern for the poor and his commitment to social justice. He used his wealth and influence to support a range of philanthropic causes, including the abolition of slavery, the improvement of working conditions for miners and factory workers, and the provision of education for the poor. Reynolds was also a prominent supporter of the Quaker...
Engraving
MAXWELL STREET
By William Sharp
Located in Portland, ME
Sharp, William (American, 1900-1961). MAXWELL STREET. Etching and aquatint, not dated, but circa 1940. Edition of 25, titled and signed in pencil and numbered 9/25. 8 5/8 x 10 3/4 in...
Etching, Aquatint
Portrait - Etching by William Sharp - 1810
By William Sharp
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by William Sharp (1749 - 1824). Original Etching from J.C. Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promot...
Etching
Huc- Mazelet Luquiens “Samoans at Kewalo (Oahu)
By Huc-Mazelet Luquiens
Located in San Francisco, CA
Huc Mazelet Luquiens: 1881-1961. Well listed American print maker who spent most of his life in Hawaii. His fabulous etchings were of all different parts of Hawaii. He has had aucti...
Etching
Put Fighting Blood in Your Business
Located in Spokane, WA
Original WW1 poster. Put Fighting Blood in Your Business. Here’s his record! Does he get a Job? Arthur Woods, Assistant to the Secretary of...
Lithograph
$900
H 11.88 in W 17.88 in
John Taylor Arms, Battle Wagon, 1943, World War II nautical American Navy ship
By John Taylor Arms
Located in New York, NY
John Taylor Arms was known for making such finely drawn etchings that commercial tools were not good enough: He regularly used sewing needles with corks for handles. Made during Worl...
Etching
Meditation and Minou
By Will Barnet
Located in Buffalo, NY
Artist: Will Barnet, American (1911 - 2012) Title: Meditation and Minou Year: 1980 Medium: Lithograph and Serigraph on BFK Rives, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 40/150
Archival Paper, Lithograph
Emilio Vedova - Original Lithograph
By Emilio Vedova
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Emilio Vedova - Original Lithograph Abstraction 1961 From the art revue XXe Siecle Dimensions: 32 x 24 Edition: G. di San Lazzaro. Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Lithograph
Jean Cocteau - Portrait - Original Etching
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Cocteau - Portrait - Original Etching Paris, Le Gerbier, 1946 Edition of 340 Signed in the plate Unnumbered as issued
Etching
$998
H 40 in W 28.5 in D 0.05 in
Original Freedom from Want 1943 vintage poster. Thanksgiving
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage poster: FREEDOM FROM WANT, Ours to fight for ... Original. Artist: Normal Rockwell. Archival linen backed in fine condition, ready to frame. Note: All US Go...
Offset
$2,880
H 56 in W 40 in D 0.3 in
Original Save Freedom of Speech, Buy War Bonds (Large) format vintage poster
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Spokane, WA
Original FREEDOM OF SPEECH, large size format, 1943 vintage poster. Archival linen backing with the original fold marks restored and ready to frame. This is the most popular and most requested among the Four Freedoms posters...
Offset
$550
H 27.25 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
YMCA Workers Lend Your Strength original World War 1 vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original linen-backed World War 1 YMCA poster. "Workers Lend Your Strength the Red Triangle, YMCA, Help the "Y" help the fighters fight, United War Work C...
Lithograph
Reginald Wilson, Horses
By Reginald Wilson
Located in New York, NY
Although this work is titled Horses. It nice to think it could be (Horses in a Field in Woodstock, NY), but it was printed by Will Barnet at the Art Students League, about 1938, and Wilson, who visited Woodstock with Arnold Blanche...
Lithograph
Ann Nooney, (Demolition with Windows, NYC)
By Ann Nooney
Located in New York, NY
The dimensions are for the image; there are large margins. This lithograph is signed in pencil. A native New Yorker, Ann Nooney (1900-1970) recorded the urban scene while on the Wo...
Lithograph
$450
H 33.5 in W 22 in
CRUSADERS FOR JUSTICE Commemorative Art Poster, Thurgood Marshall, Civil Rights
By Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Union City, NJ
CRUSADERS FOR JUSTICE is a rare commemorative fine art poster designed by the renown woman artist, Elizabeth Catlett featuring a portrait of the iconic 20th century civil rights advo...
Linocut
Sold
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.5 in
William Sharp Court Room Scene Lithograph, Signed & Framed , a Pair
By William Sharp
Located in Plainview, NY
A pair of William Alexander Sharp ( American, 1900 - 1961) lithographs , created circa 1940's , portraying a court scene. One lithograph showing lawyers " Side bench " in front of th...
Lithograph
William Sharp, Lincoln Park Marabous (probably Chicago)
By William Sharp
Located in New York, NY
William Sharp, largely known as a court reporter, was based in New York City. Probably this scene of Lincoln Park Marabous is Chicago. There are several ...
Etching