Winold Reiss Art
American, 1886-1953
Winold Reiss was a German-American muralist and illustrator who is best remembered for his portraits of the Blackfoot Indian tribe. His work was so revered by the tribe that when he died, his ashes were spread across sacred burial grounds.
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Artist: Winold Reiss
"The Red Silo" Winold Reiss, Rural Regionalist Landscape, Sunny Day on Farm
By Winold Reiss
Located in New York, NY
Winold Reiss
The Red Silo
Signed lower left
Watercolor on paper
20 x 29 inches
Winold Reiss (1886-1953) was an artist and designer who emigrated to the United States from Germany in 1913. Probably best known as a portraitist, Reiss was a pioneer of modernism and well known for his brilliant work in graphic and interior design. A compassionate man who greatly respected all people as human beings, he believed that his art could help break down racial prejudices. Like his father Fritz Reiss (1857-1915), who was also an artist and who was his son's first teacher, Winold Reiss was artistically moved by diverse cultures. The elder Reiss focused on folk life in Germany while Winold drew substantial inspiration from a range of cultures, particularly Native American, Mexican, and African-American.
As did many young aspiring artists, Winold Reiss studied with the esteemed painter and teacher Franz von Stuck at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, which was at that time a center of the decorative and fine-arts movement. It is not known whether Reiss met E. Martin Hennings...
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Materials
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Abstract Still Life with Lute
By Winold Reiss
Located in New York, NY
Pastel on black paper
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Materials
Paper, Pastel
(Untitled)
By Winold Reiss
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Board
Dimensions: 16.00" x 12.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
book illustration
Category
Early 20th Century Winold Reiss Art
Materials
Pen, Ink, Board
(Untitled)
By Winold Reiss
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Board
Dimensions: 16.00" x 12.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
"Man in prison with two jailers" - Book illustration.
Category
Early 20th Century Winold Reiss Art
Materials
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Woodstock
By Winold Reiss
Located in New York, NY
Signed (in white gouache, at lower left): Winold Reiss; (with estate stamp, at lower right): Winold /
Reiss
Category
20th Century American Modern Winold Reiss Art
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Ink, India Ink
Portrait of Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943)
By Winold Reiss
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower right): WINOLD/REISS
Category
20th Century American Modern Winold Reiss Art
Materials
Pastel
Japanese Girl
By Winold Reiss
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower right): WINOLD/REISS
Category
20th Century American Modern Winold Reiss Art
Materials
Pastel
Separated Spear Woman in Snake Headress
By Winold Reiss
Located in New York, NY
Mixed media on Whatman board. Signed (at lower right): WINOLD/REISS
Category
20th Century American Modern Winold Reiss Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Henry Whitford
By Winold Reiss
Located in New York, NY
Mixed media on Whatman board. Signed (at lower left): WINOLD/REISS
Category
20th Century American Modern Winold Reiss Art
Materials
Mixed Media
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