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George Schwacha JrModernist Oil Painting George Schwacha Brooklyn Street Scene Fruit Market WPAc.1940
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c.1940 s
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About the Item
Hand signed lower left corner
Oil on masonite
Dimensions: Frame H 18.25" x W 22.25". Sight H 11.25" x W 15.25
This is a great scene, vintage Americana. Possibly Crown Heights in Brooklyn New York City. Done in a mid century modern style with great vibrant colors and loose, adept, brushwork. Fruit vendor with ladies shopping.
George Schwacha, Jr. (1908 - 1986) New Jersey artist.
Known for Landscape painting and snow scenes. He studied Arthur W. Woelfle; John Grabach; Edward Dufner and A. Schweider.
George Schwacha was president of the American Artists Professional League and a past president of the Audubon Artists and Art Center of New Jersey. He belongs to the American Watercolor Society, The National Society of Painters in Casein, and the Philadelphia Watercolor Club. His paintings have been shown throughout the country at museums such as the Pennsylvania Academy, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC and the Birmingham Art Museum, The Butler Art Institute in Youngstown, Ohio the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, as well as in leading New Jersey and New York exhibitions, including the American Society of Arts and Letters. He is listed in Who's Who in American Art and International Directory of Arts.
His work is represented nationally in over 30 museums and public collections including the Newark Museum, Montclair Museum, Birmingham Art Museum, the Isaac Delgado Museum in New Orleans, and the Butler Art Institute. Worldwide he is also represented in collections in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, Israel, Scotland and Switzerland.
Seymour Zayon, Bertram Hartman, Hugh Campbell, Frank Herbst, Joseph Newman, Theodore Valenkamph, Robert John McClelland, Nicolai Cikovsky, Ben Benn, George Howell Gay, Robert Brackman, Vernon Wood, Frederick Wagner, Henry Pember Smith, Henry Martin Gasser, John Grabach, Raphael Soyer, Jean Halter, Antonio Cirino, George Newman.
- Creator:George Schwacha Jr (1908 - 1986, American)
- Creation Year:c.1940 s
- Dimensions:Height: 18.25 in (46.36 cm)Width: 22.25 in (56.52 cm)
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- Condition:frame with minor wear commensurate with age. please see photos.
- Gallery Location:Surfside, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU38216465422
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