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A Pastel & Charcoal on Paper Drawing of a Hockey Game by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
For your hockey enthusiast! A ca. 1950s, pastel & charcoal on paper drawing of a hockey game by artist Francis Chapin. Artwork size: 9" x 12". Matted to: 14" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington & Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
A ca. 1928 Drawing of a Dapper Man with a Pint Glass by Artist Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1928 charcoal on paper drawing of a dapper man with a pint glass by artist Francis Chapin.
Image size: 12" x 9". Matted size: 14" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington & Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
A Magnificent 1931 Art Deco Painting by Master Artist John Storrs
Located in Chicago, IL
A magnificent 1931 Art Deco painting by master artist John Storrs. Artwork size: 18" x 12". Framed Size: 21 1/4" x 21 3/4". In a handsome, dark fram...
Category
1930s Art Deco Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Bright & Colorful Mid-Century Abstract Painting by Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
Add some life to your room with this bright & colorful Mid-Century, Abstract Expressionist painting by artist Harold Haydon. Floated in a black, wooden frame. Image size: 10" x 14...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
A Serene, ca. 1940s, Western Landscape Painting with Horses by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A serene, ca. 1940s, Western landscape painting with horses by artist Francis Chapin. In a brown, wooden frame. Image size: 22" x 28". Framed size: 25" x 31". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington & Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Delightful 1940 Painting of Two Women Lounging by Artist Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A delightful 1940 painting of two women lounging in the Vermont wilderness by artist Harold Haydon. Haydon had a summer compound in Calais, Vermont, where he often painted. Images ...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A ca. 1935 Painting of a Boxing Match in Mexico City by Artist Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1935 painting of a boxing match in Mexico by artist Francis Chapin. Image size: 12" x 28". Framed size: 15 1/2" x 31 1/2". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington & Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Drawing of a ca. 1930s Bicycle Race by Artist Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
Perfect for your cycling enthusiast! A 1930s charcoal on paper drawing of a bicycle race by artist Francis Chapin. Image size: 11" x 14". Archivally matted to 16" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington & Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
An Intriguing, ca. 1935, Still Life Painting with a Derby by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
An intriguing, ca. 1935, still life painting featuring a derby, fruit bowl, wine bottle vase & books by artist Francis Chapin. Image size: 16" x 36". Framed size: 21" x 41". Pro...
Category
1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Large, 1950s, Oil on Masonite Painting of a Michigan Harbor by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A lovely summer day in a ca. 1950s Lake Michigan harbor, perhaps in Saugatuck, Douglas or at Oxbow! This is a large oil on Masonite painting by notable artist Francis Chapin that is...
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Dynamic & Colorful, Abstract Expressionist Painting, Dated 1957 by Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A dynamic & colorful, Abstract Expressionist Painting in Reds, Blues & Yellows by Artist Harold Haydon, Dated 1957. Framed in a dark, wood cube frame. Image size: 12" x 16". Fra...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
A 1930s Oil on Masonite, Still-Life Painting of a Table Top by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1935, oil on Masonite, still-life painting featuring a spoon, salt & pepper shakers, bottle, egg and an artichoke by artist Francis Chapin. Painting is in a gray, painted wood...
Category
1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
1930s Painting of a Pensive Young Woman, Titled, "Green Scarf" by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1930s oil on board painting of a pensive young woman, titled, "Green Scarf" by artist Francis Chapin. Painting is in a dark, painted wood frame. Image size: 14 1/4" x 10". Fram...
Category
1930s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Still-Life Painting of a Ceramic Elephant and a Red Pillow by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
An amusing, ca. 1940, oil on board, still-life painting of a ceramic elephant and a red pillow by Francis Chapin. Painting is in a dark wood frame. Image size: 8 1/2" x 10 1/2". ...
Category
1940s American Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Picturesque ca. 1940s Farm Scene with a Barn & Silo by Artist Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A picturesque ca. 1940s, horizontal farm scene with a barn & silo, created in oil on Masonite, by Artist Francis Chapin. Painting likely depicts Wisconsin or Michigan. Painting is ...
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Captivating 1944 Still-Life Painting of the Artist's Studio by Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating 1944 oil on board, still-life painting of the artist's studio by Harold Haydon. The painting is framed in a dark brown, painted wood frame. Artwork size: 10" x 13 1...
Category
1940s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A Tiny Painting of the Racine, WI Ravine, by Artist Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
Artist Harold Haydon called his tiny paintings "Thumb Box" paintings. This 1943 oil on paper painting depicts the Racine Ravine (Wisconsin Lakefront Beach). This is the perfect ser...
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
A Charming 1956 Painting of a Red House in Calais, VT by Artist Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming 1956 oil on canvas board painting of a red brick house, titled "Corner of the Brick House with Last Snow Bank, Calais, VT" by artist Harold Haydon. The painting is framed...
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
A Charming 1939 Landscape Painting Depicting Alabama by Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming & diminutive landscape, oil on paper painting, dated 1939 & titled "Alabama" by artist Harold Haydon. The painting is framed in a rustic, wood frame. Image size: 4 1/2"...
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
1950s Pastel Drawing of a Young Boy by Artist Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1950s pastel drawing of a young boy by artist Francis Chapin. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Image size: 16" x 15". Artwork is not matt...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Board
A Colorful 1950s Painting of a Bull Fight by Artist Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A colorful, 1950s oil on canvas painting of a bull fight by artist Francis Chapin in a brown frame. Estate stamped on reverse. Artwork size: 18" x 24". Framed size: 18 1/2" x 24...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A 1950s Painting of a Truck in a Martha's Vineyard Dockyard by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful 1950s oil on Masonite painting of a truck in a Martha's Vineyard dockyard by notable artist Francis Chapin in a grey, painted wood frame. Estate stamped on reverse. Art...
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Bauhaus Inspired Sepia-Toned Drawing Titled "Take Five" by Artist Paarshav Shah
Located in Chicago, IL
Bauhaus Inspired, sepia-toned, Abstract Geometric, Architectural, deconstructionist drawing by Chicago artist and architect Paarshav Shah. Signed Paarshav Shah, on reverse. Artwork ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bauhaus Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board
Bauhaus Inspired Black & White Drawing "Radial Form 01" by Artist Paarshav Shah
Located in Chicago, IL
Bauhaus inspire, black and white, Abstract Geometric, Architectural, deconstructionist drawing by Chicago artist and architect Paarshav Shah. Signed Paarshav Shah, on reverse. Artwo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bauhaus Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Bauhaus Inspired Black & White Drawing "Radial Form 00" by Artist Paarshav Shah
Located in Chicago, IL
Bauhaus inspire, black and white, Abstract Geometric, architectural, deconstructionist drawing by Chicago artist and architect Paarshav Shah. Signed Paarshav Shah, on reverse. Artwo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bauhaus Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Bauhaus Inspired Black & White Drawing "Composition #36" by Artist Paarshav Shah
Located in Chicago, IL
Bauhaus inspire, black and white, Abstract Geometric, architectural, deconstructionist drawing by Chicago artist and architect Paarshav Shah. Stamped signature P/S, lower right. art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bauhaus Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Bauhaus Inspired Black & White Drawing "Composition #5" by Artist Paarshav Shah
Located in Chicago, IL
Bauhaus inspire, black and white, Abstract Geometric, architectural, deconstructionist drawing by Chicago artist and architect Paarshav Shah. Stamped signature P/S, lower right. Ima...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bauhaus Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Bauhaus Inspired, Black & White "Composition #17" by Artist Paarshav Shah
Located in Chicago, IL
Bauhaus inspired, Black and white, Abstract Geometric, Architectural, deconstructionist drawing by Chicago artist and architect Paarshav Shah. Stamped signature P/S, lower right. Ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bauhaus Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Bauhaus Inspired, Black & White Composition #15 by Artist Paarshav Shah
Located in Chicago, IL
Bauhaus inspired, black and white, Abstract Geometric, architectural, deconstructionist drawing by Chicago artist and architect Paarshav Shah. Artwork size:
5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Fram...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bauhaus Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Bauhaus Inspired, Black & White "Composition #14" by Artist Paarshav Shah
Located in Chicago, IL
Black and white, Abstract Geometric, Architectural, deconstructionist drawing by Chicago artist and architect Paarshav Shah.
Paarshav Shah is undeniably infatuated by the order and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bauhaus Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
A 1946, Charcoal on Paper drawing of Three Nudes by Artist Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1946, charcoal on paper drawing of three nudes by Artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 13 3/4" x 9 3/4". Archivally matted to 18" x 14". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Haro...
Category
1940s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
1939-1849 Joseph Nash Hand-Colored Lithograph Chapel, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire
By Joseph Nash
Located in Chicago, IL
A Joseph Nash, ca. 1839-49, hand-colored lithograph on paper, Chapel, Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, plate 25 in the disbound book “The Mansions of England in the Olden Time”, first series...
Category
1830s English School Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Joseph Nash ca. 1839-1849 Hand-Colored Lithograph, Porch & Corridor
By Joseph Nash
Located in Chicago, IL
A Joseph Nash ca. 1839-49 hand-colored lithograph Porch and Corridor, Ockwells, Berks. from "The Mansions of England in the Olden Time". Printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel (Pub. L...
Category
1830s English School Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
1839-49 Joseph Nash Hand-Colored Lithograph Porch and Corridor, Ockwells, Berks
By Joseph Nash
Located in Chicago, IL
A Joseph Nash ca. 1839-49 hand-colored lithograph on paper of Porch and Corridor, Ockwells, Berks., plate from the disbound book “The Mansions of England in the Olden Time”, first se...
Category
1830s Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Joseph Nash ca. 1839-49 Frontespice "The Mansions of England in the Olden Time"
By Joseph Nash
Located in Chicago, IL
A hand-colored lithograph by Joseph Nash of the Frontespice "The Mansions of England in the Olden Time", 1839-1849, printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel (Pub. London: T. M'Lean, 1839...
Category
1830s English School Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Pierre Gabriel Bernhault ca. 1800 Engraving "Vue intérieure de Paris"
By Pierre Gabriel Berthault
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1800 engraving by Pierre Gabriel Berthault, "Vue intérieure de Paris prise du milieu du Pont Royal regardant le Pont Neuf". Artwork size: 16 3/8" x 26". archivally matted to...
Category
Early 1800s French School Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving, Paper
Charles Louis Balzac Engraving ca. 1809-1829 Thèbes. Karnak.
Located in Chicago, IL
An ca. 1809-1829 engraving on paper by Charles Louis Balzac, DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Thèbes. Karnak. Vue des propylées prise du sud. (ANTIQUITES, volume III, planche 44). Artwork s...
Category
Early 17th Century French School Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Engraving
Charles Louis Balzac ca. 1809-1829 Engraving Koum Omboû (Ombos)
Located in Chicago, IL
An engraving on paper by Charles Louis Balzac, "DESCRIPTION DE L'EGYPTE. Koum Omboû (Ombos) Vue du Grand Temple". (ANTIQUITES, volume I, planche 40). Artwork size: 21" x 28". Arch...
Category
Early 19th Century French School Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Engraving
A Graphite & Colored Pencil Drawing by Henri Le Sidaner, "La Barrière, Gerberoy"
By Henri Le Sidaner
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1901 graphite & colored pencil drawing of La Barrière, Gerberoy, by important Post-Impressionist painter Henri Le Sidaner, titled "La Barrière, Gerberoy". Drawing accompanied with...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Graphite, Paper
A 1940s Black & WhiteFashion Study for Lily Daché Hat Designs
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 1940s black & white fashion study featuring an advertisement for women's hats by Lilly Daché. Provenance: Cornelia Steckl-Jurin, Founder of the Fashion Department at the Sc...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
A 1940s Fashion Study for Women's Hats
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 1940s fashion study featuring women's hats in pink tobes. Provenance: Cornelia Steckl-Jurin, Founder of the Fashion Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
A 1940s Fashion Study for the Southern Collection by Nettie Rosenstein
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 1940s fashion study featuring and advertisement for Marshall Field & Company featuring the "Southern Collection by Nettie Rosenstien". Provenance: Cornelia Steckl-Jurin, Fo...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
1920s Tina Modotti Photograph of a Painting by Manuel Rodriguez Lozano
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1920s Tina Modotti photograph of a painting by Manuel Rodriguez Lozano. Photograph size: 7 1/4" x 8 1/4". Archivally matted to 16" x 20".
Tina Modotti was born in Udine, Italy ...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
A ca. 1920s Tina Modotti photograph of a Diego Rivera Mural
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1920s Tina Modotti photograph of a Diego Rivera mural, depicting the Agricultural School in Chapingo, Mexico. Stamped “Photographs-Tina Modotti Mexico, D.F.” on reverse. Photogra...
Category
1920s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
A Graphite on Paper Mural Study of a Rail Yard by Rudolph Weisenborn, ca. 1940
By Rudolph Weisenborn
Located in Chicago, IL
A graphite on paper, untitled mural study, Cubist scene of a rail yard by important Chicago Modernist artist Rudolph Weisenborn, ca. 1940. Artwork size: 11 3/4" x 9 3/4". Archivally matted to 16" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Rudolph Weisenborn was born in Strassburg, Germany in 1881, but was orphaned at the age of nine. He was taken-in by Mid-Western farmer Thomas Westaby and spent his early years in Wisconsin, Iowa and North Dakota. Weisenborn first attended the University of North Dakota in 1898, then the Students School of Art in Denver. Various accounts have him working out west as a gold miner and cowboy.
Around 1912, he settled in Chicago and worked as a window designer for Marshall Field’s. Weisenborn is best known as the founder of the Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists. The group was founded because many artists could not get their work accepted into the mainstream Art Institute shows. Weisenborn is quoted as saying that he harbored feelings of disdain for any jury and that his own paintings were frequently rejected by conservative jurors. He was also involved and helped found other radical artist’s groups such as the Salon des Refuses, Cor Ardens and Neo-Arlimusic. In 1936, he helped found the New York-based American Abstract Artist’s Group. He created the only abstract mural for the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and also worked for the Federal Arts Project in the Easel Division. His WPA murals can be found in Crane Technical High School and Nettlehorst Elementary School in Chicago, IL. In 1945, Chicago businessman Herman Spertus...
Category
1940s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
A Cubist, Untitled Mural Study of a City Scene by Artist Rudolph Weisenborn
By Rudolph Weisenborn
Located in Chicago, IL
A graphite on paper, untitled mural study, Cubist city scene by important Chicago Modernist artist Rudolph Weisenborn, ca. 1940. Artwork size: 9 3/4" x 11 3/4". Archivally matted to 16" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Rudolph Weisenborn was born in Strassburg, Germany in 1881, but was orphaned at the age of nine. He was taken-in by Mid-Western farmer Thomas Westaby and spent his early years in Wisconsin, Iowa and North Dakota. Weisenborn first attended the University of North Dakota in 1898, then the Students School of Art in Denver. Various accounts have him working out west as a gold miner and cowboy.
Around 1912, he settled in Chicago and worked as a window designer for Marshall Field’s. Weisenborn is best known as the founder of the Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists. The group was founded because many artists could not get their work accepted into the mainstream Art Institute shows. Weisenborn is quoted as saying that he harbored feelings of disdain for any jury and that his own paintings were frequently rejected by conservative jurors. He was also involved and helped found other radical artist’s groups such as the Salon des Refuses, Cor Ardens and Neo-Arlimusic. In 1936, he helped found the New York-based American Abstract Artist’s Group. He created the only abstract mural for the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and also worked for the Federal Arts Project in the Easel Division. His WPA murals can be found in Crane Technical High School and Nettlehorst Elementary School in Chicago, IL. In 1945, Chicago businessman Herman Spertus...
Category
1940s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
1920s Silver Gelatin Print by Tina Modotti, of Diego Rivera Mural
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
An original 1920s silver gelatin print by photographer Tina Modotti, showing a fresco, "The Spirit of Fire", in the Agricultural School-Chapingo, Mexico by artist Diego Rivera. Phot...
Category
1920s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
1920s Silver Gelatin Print by Tina Modotti of a Drawing by Clemente Orozco
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
An original 1920s silver gelatin print by photographer Tina Modotti, showing a drawing of soldiers and families by Clemente Orozco. Photo is stamped “Photographs-Tina Modotti Mexico...
Category
1920s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
1920's Silver Gelatin Print by Tina Modotti of Diego Rivera Fresco
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
An original 1920s silver gelatin print by photographer Tina Modotti, that shows a fresco in the Secretariat of Education Buiilding, Mexico City that illustrates a popular ballad. Ph...
Category
1920s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
1920's Silver Gelatin Print By Tina Modotti of Diego Rivera Fresco.
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
An original 1920s silver gelatin print by photographer Tina Modotti of the Diego Rivera mural "Lightning Striking Down the Destructive forces in Society Mother Nature, Harmony Betwe...
Category
1920s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
1920s Silver Gelatin Print by Tina Modotti of a Diego Rivera Fresco
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
An original 1920s silver gelatin print by photographer Tina Modotti, showing a Diego Rivera fresco in the Secretariat of Education in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo is stamped “Photogra...
Category
1920s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
1920s Silver Gelatin Print by Tina Modotti of Clemente Orozco Fresco
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
An original 1920s silver gelatin print by photographer Tina Modotti, showing a detail of an image of
St. Francis in a fresco in a prep school in Mexico City by Clemente Orozco. Ph...
Category
1920s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
1920's Silver Gelatin Print by Tina Modotti of a Diego Rivera Fresco
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
Original gelatin silver print by Photographer Tina Modotti. Stamped “Photographs-Tina Modotti Mexico, D.F.” on reverse. Photograph size: 7 5/6" x 9 5/8".
Archivally matted to 16...
Category
1920s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
1920s Silver Gelatin Print by Tina Modotti of Diego Rivera Mural
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
An original 1920s silver gelatin print by photographer Tina Modotti, showing a fresco in the Agricultural School-Chapingo, Mexico by artist Diego Rivera. Photo is stamped “Photographs-Tina Modotti Mexico, D.F.” on reverse. Photograph size: 6 7/8" x 9 5/8". Archivally matted to 16” x 20”
Tina Modotti was born in Udine, Italy in 1896 and by the age of 14 she was supporting her entire family by working in a local silk factory. Modotti’s father emigrated to San Francisco, sending for his family in 1913. Modotti was hired in the sewing room at the I. Magnin department store, but her great beauty attracted the attention of her superiors who then employed her to model the store’s fashions.
In 1915, Modotti attended San Francisco’s Pan-Pacific Exposition, where she got her first look at Modern art and photography. She also met her first husband at the Exposition, painter and poet Roubaix de l’Abrie Richey. At this time Modotti began acting in local Italian theatre and was discovered by a talent scout for the new silent film industry in Hollywood. She arrived in Los Angeles in 1918 and was cast in “The Tiger’s Coat” and “I Can Explain”. Through her Hollywood connections, Modotti met the married photographer Edward Weston, with whom she began an affair. Modotti was a favorite subject of Weston’s photographs, but moreover he taught her the art of photography. She actually ran Weston’s studio in exchange for photography lessons.
Due to the on-going affair between Modotti and Weston, Modotti’s husband moved to Mexico where he died of smallpox. This tragedy and the death of her father made Modotti dissatisfied with Hollywood. Modotti and Weston arrived in Mexico in 1923 at a time when the country was in the midst of a social, political and cultural revolution. She photographed the Mexican...
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1920s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
1920s Silver Gelatin Print by Tina Modotti of Diego Rivera Fresco
By Tina Modotti
Located in Chicago, IL
An original 1920s silver gelatin print by photographer Tina Modotti, showing a fresco in the Secretariat of Education in Mexico City by artist Diego Rivera. Photo is stamped “Photog...
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1920s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
A 1926 Ink on Paper Drawing of a Cedar Tree & Lake by Artist Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1926 ink on paper drawing of a Cedar tree and northern lake by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 12" x 9". Archivally matted to 14" x 16".
Harold Emerson Haydon was born in F...
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1920s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
A ca. 1938 Graphite on Paper Study of Classical Drapery by Modernist Jan Matulka
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1938 graphite on paper, study of a classical drapery by notable Modernist artist Jan Matulka. The image is drawn on the back of a typewritten, folded sheet of stationery, from...
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1930s American Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Mid-Century, Black & White Portrait of a Young Man by Artist Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1959, black & white, ink on paper portrait of a young man by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size:
12" x 8 3/4". Archivally matted to: 12" x 16". Provenance: Estate of the Ar...
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1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
A 1928 Woodcut on Paper, Self-Portrait of Notable Chicago Modernist Emil Armin
By Emil Armin
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1928 woodcut on paper of a self-portrait of Notable Chicago Modernist artist Emil Armin. artowrk size: 10 1/2" x 8". Archivally matted to: 12 1/2" x 14 1/2. Edition 7/30.
Emil Armin was born in Radautz, Austria in 1883. By the age of 10, Armin was orphaned and was raised by his older siblings. He supported himself by working in restaurants and drew in his spare time. In 1905, at the age of 21, Armin immigrated to Chicago. He began studying at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1907, but financial difficulties forced him to start and stop a number of times, finally graduating in 1920. He studied with George Bellows and Randall Davey. Armin was an integral part of Chicago’s 57th Street Art Colony and exhibited in both the more avant-garde Chicago No-Jury Society Shows, as well as the more formal and conventional Chicago Society of Artists Exhibitions, the Chicago Renaissance Society and Art Institute of Chicago (1922-1949) exhibitions. He taught at Hull House...
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1920s American Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
1940s Still Life of Squash by Notable Chicago Modernist Artist Flora Schofield
Located in Chicago, IL
A large and wonderful Modernist still life of a cast iron pot, squash and ladle by notable Chicago artist Flora Schofield. Artwork size: 28 1/2" x 20". Framed size: 24" x 26".
A painter, print maker and sculptor, Flora Schofield (Schoenfield), was born in Lanark, Illinois. She studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and taught Saturday classes there until 1904. Schoenfield also studied with Charles Hawthorne, B.J.O Nordfeldt and William Zorach in Provincetown, Massachusetts. She studied with Albert Gleizes, Fernand Leger and Natalia Goncharova in Paris, France.
In 1923, Schofield’s abstractions caused a split at the venerable Chicago Society of Artists. When her artwork was was accepted by the jury, the notable Impressionist painter Pauline Palmer and the notable Modernist painter Carl Hoeckner got into a row that ended-up splitting the group. The Impressionists then broke away into their own organization called the ”Association of Chicago Painters and Sculptors”.
Paintings by Flora Schofield have been exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; the Salon d’Automne and Salon de Independants, Paris; the Salons of America; the Society of Independent Artists, New York; the Wichita Museum of Art, Wichita; Gallery Carmine, Paris; the National Arts Club Galleries, New York; Marshall Fields Galleries...
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1940s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
