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Item Ships From: Wisconsin
"Two Horses from Homage to Marino Marini, " an Original signed by Marino Marini
By Marino Marini
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Two Horses from Homage to Marino Marini" is an original color lithograph signed in stone by Marino Marini. It depicts a horse and rider in abstracted contour lines and black shapes ...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
20th century lithograph figurative print child subject doll realistic signed
By James Ormsbee Chapin
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Little Girl With Doll" is an original lithograph by James Ormsbee Chapin. The artist signed the piece in pencil lower right. It depicts a small girl holding a doll.
12" x 7" image...
Category
1940s Photorealist Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Kacia, " Original Color Lithograph by Eugene Delatre
By Eugène Delâtre
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Kacia" is an original color lithograph by Eugene Delatre. The artist signed and dated the piece in the lower left corner. It features a young girl in a...
Category
1890s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Market Scene, " bright Original Color Lithograph signed by Angelika Thusius
By Angelika Thusius
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Market Scene" is an original color lithograph by Angelika Thusius. It depicts three women at a market. Thusius uses contour lines and bright oranges and yellows to create this litho...
Category
1970s Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Near Mrs. Teshmakers, Edmonton' original etching by John Thomas Smith
By John Thomas Smith
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present is one of the many prints John Thomas Smith produced of English cottages and vernacular architecture. This example, a view of a cottage in Edmonton, is closely related to...
Category
1790s Old Masters Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
Poster for "Gran Show de la Risa" with Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and others
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This original color lithograph poster features some of the most iconic and beloved comedians of the early 20th century: The image is dominated by the figure of Charlie Chaplin, holding his iconic bowler hat over his head. Surrounding him are portraits of Harold Lloyd...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Lobsterman's Wharf, Maine' original lithograph signed by "Zsissly" Albright
By Malvin Marr Albright
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Lobsterman's Wharf, Maine' is an original lithograph signed by Malvin Marr "Zsissly" Albright. While Malvin Marr – along with his better-known identical twin Ivan Albright – was known for his meticulous and unsettling magic realist compositions, he and his brother were also prolific in capturing landscapes of the coast of Maine where the two spent several consecutive summers away from Chicago over their lives. Sometimes these Maine landscapes and views would be painterly and seemingly antithetical to the careful realism of his other work; but in this example, however, the wharf is treated with the same macabre decay as his human subjects. In the composition, the shack...
Category
1940s American Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Daphnis et Chloe (Two Bulls & Person in Water), " Lithograph signed by Bonnard
By Pierre Bonnard
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Daphnis et Chloe (Two Bulls & Person in Water)" is an original lithograph by Pierre Bonnard, signed in lower left. It is a black and white work ...
Category
Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Distribution of Goods to the Assiniboines' original John Mix Stanley lithograph
By John Mix Stanley
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In the mid-nineteenth century, the United States government set out to survey and document its newly acquired lands and territories west of the Mississippi. The goals of these surveys were manifold: to produce topographical maps, to document flora and fauna, and to document natural resources to build the emerging US economy. These surveys, and the images from them, also functioned to build the new sense of American identity with the landscape, condensing vistas into the 'picturesque' tradition of European image making. Thus, the entire span of US territory could be seen as a single, cohesive whole.
This lithograph comes from one of six surveys commissioned by the Army's Topographic Bureau in 1853, which sought to find the best route to construct a transcontinental railroad. The result was a thirteen-volume report including maps, lithographs, and technical data entitled 'Explorations and Surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a Railroad from the Mississippi river to the Pacific Ocean.'
When it came to depicting the Assiniboine people, as seen in the present print, Stanley chose to juxtapose their encampment, marked by tipis in the distance, with the encampment of the Isaac Stevens survey party. In the foreground, commemorating this moment, Isaac Stevens can be seen presenting trade goods, which are known to include thirty two dressed skins and two robes. The survey leader Isaac Stevens noted being grateful for the generosity of the Assiniboine, commenting: "I felt very grateful indeed to those Indians, for their kindness to my men, their proffer of kind feeling and hospitality to myself and the survey." This description and this image, however, are arguably depicted through rose-colored glasses: to the Assiniboine people, this meeting may well have included stressful diplomatic relationships and have indicated a threat to the sovereignty over the territories agreed to be theirs by the 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie.
5.75 x 8.75 inches, image
6.5 x 9.25 inches, stone
17 x 19.75 inches, frame
Artist 'Stanley Del.' lower left
Entitled 'Distribution of Goods to the Assiniboines' lower center margin
Publisher 'Sarony, Major & Knapp. Lith.s 449 Broadway N.Y.' lower right
Inscribed 'U.S.P.R.R. EXP. & SURVEYS — 47th & 49th PARALLELS' upper left
Inscribed 'GENERAL REPORT — PLATE XIV' upper right
Framed to conservation standards using 100 percent rag matting with French accents; glazed with UV5 Plexiglas to inhibit fading; housed in a gold reverse ogee moulding.
Print in overall good condition; some localized foxing and discoloration; frame in excellent condition.
John Mix Stanley...
Category
1850s Romantic Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Le Clown, Artist's Proof, " Original Color Lithograph signed by Claude Weisbuch
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Clown" is an original lithograph by Claude Weisbuch. The artist signed the piece lower right and wrote the edition number (E.A.) in the lower left. This piece is a portrait of a ...
Category
1960s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Portrait of Henrico van der Borcht, ' original W. Hollar engraving after Holbei
By Wenceslaus Hollar
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this print, Wenceslaus Hollar presents a portrait of D. Henrico van der Borcht, copying a painting or drawing by Hans Holbein. Copying works of famous masters was a common task of...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
"Four Women in National Costumes, " Etchings by Wenceslaus Hollar
By Wenceslaus Hollar
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Four Women in National Costumes" is a set of four original etchings by Wenceslaus Von Prachna Hollar.
3 5/8" x 2 3/8" each print
19 1/8" x 18 1/2" frame
Wenceslaus Von Prachna Ho...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
"Untitled (Woman With Basket of Grapes), " Original Color Lithograph
By Angelika Thusius
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Untitled" is an original color lithograph by Angelika Thusius. This is an artist proof and a completely unique impression. Unsigned. This piece depicts a woman with a basket of grapes...
Category
1980s Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Two Women & Man With Band T-Shirt' original screenprint by Lester Johnson
By Lester Johnson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present work is an original screen print signed by Lester Johnson, from his 'Street Scene Portfolio.' It features three figures, all wearing fashionable street clothing emblemati...
Category
1980s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
"7Eme Bal de l'AAAA Skater, " Original Lithograph Poster by Ludovic Rodo Pissarr
By Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"7Eme Bal de l'AAAA Skater" is an original color lithograph poster by Ludovic Rodo Pissarro. The artist signed the piece in plate lower right. It depicts a wo...
Category
1920s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Rest, " Farmer leaning on Work Tool Linoleum Cut signed by Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Rest" is an original linoleum print by Schomer Lichtner, signed in the lower right hand corner. It features a man in the act of resting on a stick in the middle of work.
Image: 5.6...
Category
1930s American Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
"Fire and Police Department Record, " Chromolithograph by J.M. Vickroy & Co
By J.M. Vickroy & Co.
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Fire and Police Department Record" is a chromolithograph by J.M. Vickroy & Co. It features scenes of a Fire and Police department doing civic servic...
Category
Early 1900s Other Art Style Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"The Night Out - La Garconne Series, " a Color Pochoir
By Kees van Dongen
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This color pochoir was done in 1925 on Arches paper No. 739/750 and depicts two couples on a night out all dressed up.
Archivally framed with 12k white gold; white gold fillet, silk...
Category
1920s Art Deco Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Other Medium
"Kiss Me Stupid Exhibition Poster, " Poster by Valerio Adami
By Valerio Adami
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Kiss Me Stupid Exhibition Poster" is a poster by Valerio Adami. The poster was created for the Kiss Me Stupid show at the Galerie Maeght. This graphic black and white composition sh...
Category
1970s Surrealist Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Other Medium
Nude Female Figure Baby Family 1910's Black and White Original Lithograph Signed
By Max Pechstein
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Three Seated Figures- Women (Frauen)" is an original lithograph from the "South Sea (Sudsee)" series by Max Pechstein. This lithograph depicts th...
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Portrait of a Young Woman' original Hollar engraving after Hans Holbein
By Wenceslaus Hollar
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this print, Wenceslaus Hollar presents a portrait of an unidentified woman, copying a portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger. The identity of the sitter is a mystery: formerly, the portrait was believed to be of Catherine of Aragon, and the National Portrait Gallery in London identifies her as Queen Mary I...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
"Horse Wrangler, " Original Black & White Lithograph by Lawrence Barrett
By Lawrence Barrett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Horse Wrangler" is an original lithograph by the artist Lawrence Barrett signed in the lower right hand corner. Four beautifully drawn horses use a moment of commotion to escape a corral. Low hills and an expansive sky serve as a background.
Image: 8.75" x 12.25"
Framed: 11.9" x 16.5"
Lawrence Barrett was an etcher, lithographer, teacher, illustrator, sculptor, writer, and painter. Born in Guthrie, Oklahoma, Barrett was a student at the Broadmoor Academy...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Government Accounts Registry & War Record' original chromolithograph
By J.M. Vickroy & Co.
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present lithograph, a certificate of Government Accounts Registry and War Record, was produced by the publishing company owned and operated by James M. Vickroy. The certificate was never used and has not been filled with the information of a veteran. Surrounding the text are various vignettes, arranged chronologically, of important moments of the Civil War, including the Battles of Gettysburg, Fort Sumter, Shiloh, as well as the Surrender of General Lee...
Category
1890s Other Art Style Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Cherry Kobler, " Original French Color Lithograph Poster by Pierre Marrast
By Pierre Marrast
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cherry Kobler" is an original color lithograph poster by Pierre marrast. This artwork features a red-haired woman playing the piano. She is in...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
17th century etching black and white dramatic window figure scene
By Cornelis Bega
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Man Looking Through a Window" is an original etching by Cornelis-Pietersz Bega. It depicts a figure leaning through a window. Publisher: Pearce #37.
3 1/8" x 3" art
14 3/4" x 13 1/...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
"Personnages with Bird, " Original Lithograph signed by Sebastien Hadengue
By Sebastien Hadengue
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Personnages with Bird" is an original lithograph by Sebastien Hadengue. The artist signed the piece lower left. It depicts abstracted figures and birds in earth tones.
11" x 8 1/2...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Le Bouclier, " Original Drypoint Etching signed by Claude Weisbuch
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Bouclier" is an original drypoint etching by Claude Weisbuch. The artist signed the piece lower right and wrote the edition number (25/100) in the lower left. This piece depicts ...
Category
1970s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
"When Day is Done, " an Original Etching signed by John Edward Costigan
By John Edward Costigan
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"When Day is Done" is an original etching and aquatint signed lower right in pencil by the artist John Edward Costigan. It depicts a man and a woman with their young child at the end...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate verso
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"From: Ilsée, Princess of Tripoli Recto: "Oasis Beetles" Verso: "Visiting Ilsee's Palace" is an original color lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. Exquisite double-sided color lithographs ...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Le Condottiere' original signed lithograph poster, knight on horseback 1970s
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This poster, produced for the 1978 International Meeting of Fine Art Dealers in Washington, features prominently one of Claude Weisbuch's dynamic images: Le Condottiere. It is an original color lithograph advertising his new works, and is one of only twenty-five that bears the artist's signature in the lower right. In line with Weisbuch's interest in the Renaissance and Baroque in Europe, this image looks back to the early modern period. Condottieri were Italian captains...
Category
1970s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"La Chatelaine, from 'L'Estampe Moderne, '" Lithograph by Charles Doudelet
By Charles Doudelet
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"La Chatelaine" is a color lithograph by Charles Doudelet. The artist's name is printed lower right. This piece, featuring a wealthy woman on a white horse surrounded by dogs, was published in the Art Nouveau publication L'Estampe Moderne.
15 3/4" x 12" art
19 1/4" x 23" frame
Belgian painter, sculptor, illustrator and stage designer. He studied music at the Koninklijk Muziekconservatorium and sculpture at the Gewerbeschule, Ghent (after 1877). He visited Paris in 1887 and Italy in 1890, with a grant from the city of Ghent. He was deeply impressed by the masters of the Quattrocento, and was encouraged to take up painting after meeting Constantin Meunier...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
late 19th century color lithograph poster military figure drummer text
By Jules Chéret
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Rappel" is an original lithograph poster designed by Jules Cheret. This poster depicts a young man drumming. There is a small stain in the upper left corner. This poster was publish...
Category
1890s Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Victoria" original lithograph signed by Malvin Marr "Zsissly" Albright
By Malvin Marr Albright
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present print, "Victoria," is the most iconic example of the printmaking of Malvin Marr Albright, called Zsissly. The composition for the image comes from Albright's painting from about 1935, done while he was studying at the Art Institute of Chicago. We can see clearly in the image how he possesses the same skill for unsettling, magic realist images as his more famous twin brother Ivan Le Lorraine: The lady Victoria sits at a dining room table, surrounded by luxurious still-life objects. All the textures and surfaces of the image express a horror vacui as seen in his painted works, such as "The Trail of Time is Dust" at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. The door in this print recalls one of the more famous works by his brother, "That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do (The Door)" at the Art Institute of Chicago.
1947, after ca. 1935 original painting
8 1/2 x 13 inches, image
12 x 16 inches, sheet
16 1/4 x 20 1/2 frame
Signed in pencil, lower right
Title in pencil, lower left
Published by Associated American Artists Inc.
Unnumbered from the edition of 250
A painter and sculptor, Malvin Albright was born in Chicago, one of twin sons of Adam Emory Albright, famous Chicago figure painter of juvenile subjects, who often used Malvin and his brother Ivan Le Lorraine as models.
Malvin's middle name, Marr, was after Wisconsin artist Carl von Marr...
Category
1940s American Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Rayon des Soieries, Opera Bouffe en un Acte, " Original Lithograph by M. Dufrêne
By Maurice Dufrêne
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Rayon des Soieries, Opera Bouffe en un Acte" is an original color lithograph poster by Maurice Dufrene. It advertises an opera called "Rays of Silk" and depicts a woman with a long ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
mother with yellow dress and child early 20th century color lithograph poster
By W. Lachou
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Printed by Moullot Fils Aine, Marseille Original vintage advertising poster for a drink, Mantalo. Raissac et Cie Revel Hte-Gne. Printed in Paris, France in the 1920s. Great Art Deco ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Camp Red River Hunters' original lithograph by John Mix Stanley
By John Mix Stanley
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In the mid-nineteenth century, the United States government set out to survey and document its newly acquired lands and territories west of the Mississippi. The goals of these surveys were manifold: to produce topographical maps, to document flora and fauna, and to document natural resources to build the emerging US economy. These surveys, and the images from them, also functioned to build the new sense of American identity with the landscape, condensing vistas into the 'picturesque' tradition of European image making. Thus, the entire span of US territory could be seen as a single, cohesive whole.
This lithograph comes from one of six surveys commissioned by the Army's Topographic Bureau in 1853, which sought to find the best route to construct a transcontinental railroad. The result was a thirteen-volume report including maps, lithographs, and technical data entitled 'Explorations and Surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a Railroad from the Mississippi river to the Pacific Ocean.' In particular, the print comes from the northern survey, commanded by Isaac Stevens, which explored the regions between the 47th and 49th parallels.
In this image, Stanley shows an encampment of the people known as the Red River of the North hunters. They were generations of European and mixed-race trappers who lived on the frontier and had Indian wives and mixed-race children. They had come to the area for bison hunting, as the herds were still vast on the prairies. In the image, the figures and their encampment are dwarfed by the vast landscape around them, indicating the sublimity of these new American territories.
5.75 x 8.75 inches, image
6.5 x 9.25 inches, stone
17 x 20 inches, frame
Artist 'Stanley Del.' lower left
Entitled 'Camp Red River Hunters' lower center margin
Publisher 'Sarony, Major & Knapp. Lith.s 449 Broadway N.Y.' lower right
Inscribed 'U.S.P.R.R. EXP. & SURVEYS — 47th & 49th PARALLELS' upper left
Inscribed 'GENERAL REPORT — PLATE XII' upper right
Framed to conservation standards using 100 percent rag matting with French accents; glazed with UV5 Plexiglas to inhibit fading; housed in a gold reverse ogee moulding.
Print in overall good condition; some localized foxing and discoloration; minor surface abrasions to frame.
John Mix Stanley...
Category
1850s Romantic Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
20th century color lithograph French winter scene female figures trees leaves
By Francois Batet
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Promenade sous les Arbres (Walk under the Trees)" is an original color lithograph by Francois Batet, signed in the lower right and numbered in the lower left. At the center of the p...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
20th century aquatint etching figurative scene dark moody urban city cart signed
By Jacques Villon
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Manege rue Caulaincourt ou Le Petit Manege Aux Chevaux De Bois" is an original etching and aquatint signed by Jacques Villon. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This is an artist proof in brown & black on arches paper. This piece depicts a number of figures on a horse-drawn carousel going through the street.
21 7/8" x 28 1/2" art
29 1/4" x 33 1/2" frame
Jacques Villon (French, 1875 - 1963)
French painter, printmaker and illustrator. The oldest of three brothers who became major 20th-century artists, including Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Marcel Duchamp, he learnt engraving at the age of 16 from his maternal grandfather, Emile-Frédéric Nicolle (1830-94), a ship-broker who was also a much appreciated amateur artist. In January 1894, having completed his studies at the Lycée Corneille in Rouen, he was sent to study at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris, but within a year he was devoting most of his time to art, already contributing lithographs to Parisian illustrated newspapers such as Assiette au beurre. At this time he chose his pseudonym: Jack (subsequently Jacques) in homage to Alphonse Daudet’s novel Jack (1876) and Villon in appreciation of the 15th-century French poet François Villon; soon afterwards this new surname was combined with the family name by Raymond. Marcel Duchamp and their sister Suzanne Duchamp...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
20th century color lithograph French scene female figure flowers jewelry signed
By Francois Batet
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Sautoir" is an original color lithograph by Francois Batet. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and wrote the edition number (126/200) in the lower left. This piece de...
Category
1980s Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Affiche - Le Condottiere, signed inscribed to D.B.
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art: 29-3/8"x 21-1/8"
Frame: 31'x 22-1/2"
Original signed lithograph poster
Claude Weisbuch was born in Thionville, France in 1927 and was a pupil at L' École des Beaux-Arts de Nanc...
Category
1970s Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
'Hommage à Michel-Ange' original signed lithograph, Sistine chapel 1970s
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Hommage à Michel-Ange' is an original color lithograph signed by the contemporary artist Claude Weisbuch and shows the strong interest he took in the High Renaissance. In the image, Weisbuch draws from Michelangelo's frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel...
Category
1970s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Birchbark Sap Buckets and Yoke' original halftone print, Bureau of Ethnology
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This halftone print was included in the 1898 report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Smithsonain Institution. The sap buckets and yoke are from the Menomin...
Category
1890s Victorian Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Late 19th century lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate figures birds floral
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"From: Ilsée, Princess of Tripoli "Princess Ilsee's Oasis Throne" is an original lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. From "Ilsee, Princesse de Tripoli," a rare illustrated book.
Image: ...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
20th century engraving figurative print interior dramatic black and white signed
By Auguste Brouet
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Les Emigrants" is an original roller engraving by Auguste Brouet. The artist signed the piece lower right and wrote the edition number (30/50) lower left. This engraving depicts a f...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
"Meditation, " Figure & Farm Tool Linoleum Cut signed by Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Meditation" is an original linoleum print by Schomer Lichtner, signed in the lower right hand corner. It features a man in the middle of a project, in quiet meditation.
Image: 6" x 8"
Framed: 14.5" x 14.37"
Lichtner and his wife, Ruth Grotenrath (1912-1988), are celebrated as Milwaukee’s first couple of painting and are regarded as major Wisconsin artists. Lichtner’s impressive production, perseverance, longevity, and positive approach to his life and art made him and his work distinctive and much loved by his many admirers. His work is currently represented in collections at the Milwaukee Art Museum, the John Michael Kohler Art Center, the West Bend Museum, and in the collections of many individuals. Books on the lives and art work of both Lichtner and Grotenrath are in progress and it is anticipated that they will be published next year. Recipient of the 2006 Wisconsin Visual Artist Lifetime Achievement Award The late Milwaukee artists, Schomer Lichtner and Ruth Grotenrath, created original silkscreen prints as a part of their Christmas celebration starting in the 1940's. The subjects and colors varied from year to year but they laboriously printed these little gems themselves. Ruth Grotenrath, 1912-1988, and her husband, Schomer Lichtner, (1905-2006), are celebrated as Milwaukee’s first couple of painting and are regarded as major Wisconsin artists. From the outset, Lichtner and Grotenrath were determined to become full-time artists. Ruth Grotenrath and Schomer Lichtner began their careers by creating numerous murals for the WPA (Work Projects Administration), primarily post offices. A wonderful example can be seen in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin post office. Even during the Great Depression they worked producing Post Office murals under the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts (SFA). According to James Auer, former Milwaukee Journal Sentinel art critic, "As art and economic trends evolved, the couple’s palettes brightened and warmed. Both fell under the spell of the Mexican social realists, notably Diego Rivera, and modernists such as Matisse and Dufy. The couple’s perspective changed further after they became friends with philosopher Alan Watts...
Category
1930s American Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
"Le Repos (Rest), " Original Etching Nude signed by Victor Roux-Champion
By Victor Roux-Champion
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Repos (Rest)" is an original etching by Victor Roux-Champion. It features a nude woman lounging on a couch. The artist signed the piece lower left and wrote the edition number, 2...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Market Scene
By Angelika Thusius
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Market Scene" is an original color lithograph by Angelika Thusius. It depicts three women at a market. Thusius uses contour lines and bright oranges and yellows to create this litho...
Category
1970s Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Figural Abstraction' original black and white block print by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Figural Abstraction' is an original block print by American artist and teacher Sylvia Spicuzza. The image, printed in white ink against a grey paper, presents bold and graphic figur...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Comme une Rose Sur l'Ecune des Vagues, " Color Litho signed by Theo Tobiasse
By Théo Tobiasse
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Comme une Rose Sur l'Ecune des Vagues" ("Like a Rose on the Waves") is an original color lithograph by Theo Tobiasse. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and wrote the ed...
Category
1990s Neo-Expressionist Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Les Petits Japonais, " Original Color Lithograph by Jules Chéret
By Jules Chéret
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Les Petits Japonais" is an original color lithograph by Jules Cheret. It depicts three young Japanese children in red, yellow, and blue. This piece is a design for the cover of "Les...
Category
1890s Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Graine d'Horizontales, " Original Black & White Lithograph by Jules Cheret
By Jules Chéret
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Graine d'Horizontales" is an original black and white lithograph by Jules Cheret. It depicts a woman with an animal on her left next to a page of everyday people.
8" x 11 1/2" ima...
Category
1890s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
17th century etching black and white indoors table figures scene
By Cornelis Bega
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Conversation" is an original etching by Cornelis-Pietersz Bega. It depicts three men conversing in a dark interior. Publisher: Pearce #43.
3" x 2 1/4" art
12 3/4" x 11 5/8" fra...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
"Hotel Lobby, " Linoleum Cut by Alexander Tillotson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Hotel Lobby" is a linoleum print by Alexander Tillotson. It features the view of a hotel lobby from the viewpoint of the back of two men. Thick lines and minimal negative space give...
Category
1930s American Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
'Three Studies' original signed drawing, Venus de Milo & Victory of Samothrace
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This drawing, three studies of figures, was done by the contemporary artist Claude Weisbuch in 1979, but it shows his interest in the old masters and his academic approach to drawing. The figures are based on sculptures at the Louvre Museum in Paris, especially the ancient Greek sculptures of the Venus de Milo int he center and the Winged Victory of Samothrace...
Category
1970s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Graphite
"Knapp and Listette: A Duo of Drolls, " Original Color Lithograph Beach View
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Knapp & Listette: A Duo of Drolls" is an original color lithograph by an unknown artist. It features a number of clowns and gymnasts diving into the waves. Multiple women approach f...
Category
Early 20th Century Other Art Style Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
17th century etching black and white figure table tobacco pipe scene
By Cornelis Bega
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Pipe Smoker" is an original etching by Cornelis-Pietersz Bega. It depicts a man sitting at a table with his pipe. Publisher: Pearce #38.
3 1/2" x 3 1/4" art
13 5/8" x 11 3/4" f...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
"VALMY! (L'Estampe Moderne), " Lithograph after Drawing by Adolphe Willette
By Adolphe Willette
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"VALMY! (L'Estampe Moderne)" is a print watermarked PL BAS after a drawing by Adolphe Willette. It depicts a general with his army and a young girl.
15 3/4" x 12" art
23" x 19 1/4" frame
Adolphe Léon Willette (30 July 1857 – 4 February 1926) was a French painter, illustrator, caricaturist, and lithographer, as well as an architect of the famous Moulin Rouge cabaret. Willette ran as an "anti-semitic" candidate in the 9th arrondisement of Paris for the September 1889 legislative elections.
Biography
Willette was born in Châlons-sur-Marne.
He studied for four years at the École des Beaux-Arts under Cabanel, training which gave him a unique position among the graphic humorists of France. Whether comedy or tragedy, dainty triviality or political satire, his work is instinct with the profound sincerity of the artist. He set Pierrot upon a lofty pedestal among the imaginary heroes of France, and established Mimi Pinson, frail, lovable, and essentially good-hearted, in the affections of the nation.
Willette is at once the modern Watteau of the pencil, and the exponent of sentiments that move the more emotional section of the public. Always a poet, and usually gay, fresh, and delicate, in his presentation of idylls exquisitely dainty and characteristically Gallic, illustrating the more "charming" side of love, often pure and sometimes extremely materialistic. Willette frequently reveals himself bitter and fierce, even ferocious, in his hatreds, being a violent though at the same time a generous partisan of political ideas, furiously compassionate with love and pity for the people whether they be ground down under the heel of political oppression, or are merely the victims ot unrequited love, suffering all the pangs of graceful anguish that are born of scornful treatment. There is charm even in his thrilling apotheosis of the guillotine, and in the introduction into his caricatures of the figure of Death itself.
The artist was a prolific contributor to the French illustrated press under the pseudonyms "Cemoi", "Pierrot", "Louison", "Bebe", and "Nox", but more often under his own name. He illustrated Melandri's Les Pierrots and Les Giboulles d'avril, Le Courrier français, and published his own Pauvre Pierrot and other works, in which he tells his stories in scenes in the manner of Busch. He decorated several "brasseries artistiques" with wall-paintings, stained glass, &c., notably Le Chat noir and La Palette d'or, and he painted the highly imaginative ceiling for La Cigale...
Category
1890s Academic Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Black and White
"Font-Romeu, " Original Color Lithograph Poster by Vincent Guerra
By Vincent Guerra
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Font-Romeu (Tennis/Golfing Retreat)" is an original color lithograph poster by the designer Vincent Guerra. He signed the design in the lower left. This poster depicts a woman relaxing under a tree...
Category
1920s Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
