Flowers of the American West. A selection of plates from the 1915 “Field book of western wild flowers” which was written by Margaret Armstrong in collaboration with John James Thornber who was a professor of botany in Arizona.
Category: American
Down to the water with American realist painter Stephen Etnier. Living from 1903 to 1984, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
Studies done for the lid of the Steinway piano given to the White House during the Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration. 1938. Art Deco. Dunbar Beck, artist. Also worked with the WPA and did murals for the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair.
Landscapes by American painter Marsden Hartley, (1877-1943).
Color analysis charts, plates from “Color problems; a practical manual for the lay student of color.” Written by America artist Emily Noyes Vanderpoel, it was published in 1902 with over 100 plates. A selection of these with more to come.
Pochoir prints of collages in the mid 1920s “Revolving Doors” series by Man Ray (1890-1976) who is mostly known for his photography. These are from the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Still lifes with flowers but no food. American. Alice Brown Chittenden, painter. Living from 1859 to 1944, she also taught at what is now the San Francisco Art Institute.
