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John Costigan Art

American, 1888-1872
A native of Providence, Rhode Island, John Costigan was a skilled landscape and figure painter who disdained portraits because "the subjects want flattering pictures." He was orphaned and raised in New York by his aunt and uncle, the parents of songwriter, George M. Cohan. Mainly self-taught, Costigan studied briefly at the Art Students League and worked as a lithographer of theater posters. From that job he learned the printing processes that he later used in his many etchings. He began making his name in the fine arts in 1920, and throughout the decade, reaped numerous important prizes for his oils, watercolors and prints. He served in the infantry in World War I and supported himself during the Depression with magazine illustration. For about a year during World War II, to remain financially solvent, he worked the night shift as a machine operator in a defense plant while continuing to paint and etch by day. In the late 1960s, he enjoyed a revival of interest in his fine arts talents when more than 50 pieces were borrowed from museums and private collections to be toured nationally in a Smithsonian-sponsored Costigan retrospective.
(Biography provided by Lincoln Glenn)
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Artist: John Costigan
Flower Arrangement watercolor painting by John E. Costigan
By John Costigan
Located in Hudson, NY
Painting measures 28" x 22" and framed 32" x 25 ½" x 2" Hand-signed "J.E. Costigan N.A." lower left. About this artist: John Costigan was a self-taught painter distinguished by hi...
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1960s American Impressionist John Costigan Art

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Paper, Watercolor

Mother and Children watercolor painting by John E. Costigan
By John Costigan
Located in Hudson, NY
Painting measures 22" x 28" and framed 26" x 32" x 2" Hand-signed "J.E. Costigan NA 1952" lower left. About this artist: John Costigan was a self-taught painter distinguished by h...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist John Costigan Art

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Paper, Watercolor

"Woman, Boy and Goats", Original Signed Etching by John E. Costigan
By John Costigan
Located in New York, NY
This original, limited edition etching, was realized by the esteemed American artist John E. Costigan, who is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, the Philips Memorial Gallery in Washington and the Brooklyn Museum, to name only a few of the many institutions that feature his work. This print, with its highly considered composition and its loose style of figuration- deftly balances realism and abstraction- helps to explain his acclaim. This etching features a mother walking with her child and two goats in a forested glen. It is a Classic pastoral scene rendered in Costigan's inimitable style- somewhere between Theodore Rousseau and Thomas Hart Benton. These offer a beautiful glimpse of a bygone American pastoral...
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1930s American Impressionist John Costigan Art

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Etching

Signed Original Pastoral Etching by John E. Costigan
By John Costigan
Located in New York, NY
This original, limited edition etching, was realized by the esteemed American artist John E. Costigan, who is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, the Philips M...
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1930s American Impressionist John Costigan Art

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Etching

"Mother and Child" A Signed Limited Edition Etching by John E. Costigan
By John Costigan
Located in New York, NY
This original, limited edition etching, was realized by the esteemed American artist John E. Costigan, circa 1930. He is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, th...
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1930s American Impressionist John Costigan Art

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"Mother-Child Autumn Background" John Costigan, Impressionist New York Landscape
By John Costigan
Located in New York, NY
John Edward Costigan (1888 - 1972) Mother-Child Autumn Background, 1947 Oil on board 16 x 12 inches Signed lower right; signed, dated, and inscribed "Orangeburg New York" and as titl...
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1940s American Impressionist John Costigan Art

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Board, Oil

Fodder
By John Costigan
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Fodder by John Costigan (1888-1972) Signed Lower Right Titled Lower Left 9.75" x 12.75" Unframed 17.5" x 19.75" Framed John Edwards Costigan was born in Providence, Rhode Island on ...
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20th Century American Impressionist John Costigan Art

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