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Sherman Rose House, Monterey California - Signed 1920 s Landscape Etching
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
Located in Soquel, CA
11.75"W. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Ferdinand Burgdorff studied at the Cleveland School of Art and in
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1920s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

The Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Beachwood, OH
right. Warshawsky graduated from the Cleveland School of Art in 1900, taught by Louis Rorimer and
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Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Spring Fantasy, Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Beachwood, OH
graduated from the Cleveland School of Art in 1900, taught by Louis Rorimer and Frederick Gottwald. He then
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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Outdoor Garden Scene of Woman Painting, Late 20th C. Cleveland Female Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Uganda. In 1929 she moved to Cleveland Heights and attended Roxboro School. During her formative years
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Late 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Untitled (Hot Air Baloon Ascent and Spectators)
By Joseph O Sickey
Located in Fairlawn, OH
High School in Cleveland from 1934-1937 while also attending Saturday morning classes at the Cleveland
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1980s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

"Cedar Hill"
By George William Sotter
Located in Lambertville, NJ
academies. Keller, known for his superb, atmospheric watercolors, taught at the Cleveland School of Art but
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20th Century Abstract Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

untitled abstraction (Electrical Wires)
By Raphael Gleitsman
Located in Fairlawn, OH
came from Miss Calvin at Central High School and Paul Travis at the Cleveland School of Art. Although
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1960s American Modern Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Untitled Mid Century Abstract Oil Painting New York Artist
By John Opper
Located in Beachwood, OH
and later studied at the Cleveland School of Art and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. When
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Winter Water, Large Seascape of Point Lobos, Monterey, California Shore
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
Located in Beachwood, OH
Cleveland, Ohio, Ferdinand Burgdorff studied at the Cleveland School of Art and in Paris with Rene Menard
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1930s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"The Neighbors"
By George William Sotter
Located in Lambertville, NJ
watercolors, taught at the Cleveland School of Art but Sotter studied with him in Pittsburgh. Later Sotter
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20th Century American Impressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Elm Tree
By Raphael Gleitsman
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Travis at the Cleveland School of Art. Although he favored oil painting, he also worked in watercolor
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1960s American Modern Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Still Life with bottle and newspaper
By Raphael Gleitsman
Located in Fairlawn, OH
" training came from Miss Calvin at Central High School and Paul Travis at the Cleveland School of Art
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1950s American Modern Still-life Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

untitled (study of shadows and brick building)
By Raphael Gleitsman
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Travis at the Cleveland School of Art. Although he favored oil painting, he also worked in watercolor
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1960s American Modern Abstract Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Lull in Summer Rain
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
. He had completed his schooling at the Cleveland School of Art and returned home to Salem, Ohio, where
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1910s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Bubble Bubble Macbeth sculpture, 20th century American bronze
Located in Beachwood, OH
graduate from the Cleveland School of Art in 1928. He furthered his studies for two years in Paris, where
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20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Carmel Highlands to Pebble Beach California Coastal Landscape with Cypress Trees
By Alfred Wands
Located in Soquel, CA
Association, and the Caramel Art Association. Wands exhibited at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland School
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Lady in a Green Gown Portrait, Early 20th Century Interior Scene
Located in Beachwood, OH
worked as a designer at the Joseph Carabelli Monument Works. He Studied at the Cleveland School of Art
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1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modernist Nude — Atelier 17
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, illustrator, and teacher. He briefly attended the Cleveland School of Art, then became an apprentice in a
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1930s American Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Etching

Spanish Beauty (Portrait of the Artist s Wife)
By Abel Warshawsky
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Frederick Gottwald at the Cleveland School of Art, 1900–05. After graduating, he attended the Art Students
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1940s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Seated Woman Reading Julia Maud De Forest, Late 19th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
designer at the Joseph Carabelli Monument Works. He Studied at the Cleveland School of Art (The Cleveland
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1890s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Sherman Rose" Adobe, Monterey California - Signed 1923 Original Etching
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
Located in Soquel, CA
studied at the Cleveland School of Art and in Paris with Rene Menard and Florence Este. In 1907, he
Category

1920s American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

Chrysanthemums and Tiger Lilies
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Fairlawn, OH
beginning with his childhood. From 1923 to 1927, he enrolled in the Cleveland School of Art and earned key
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1930s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Ninth Avenue El (New York City), Mid 20th Century Cityscape Oil painting
By John Opper
Located in Beachwood, OH
studied at the Cleveland School of Art and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. When he arrived in
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

NOCTURNE Signed Lithograph, Black Women Theater Stage Night Sky Balloon Ribbons
By Hughie Lee-Smith
Located in Union City, NJ
, Florida, but went to school in Cleveland, Ohio, and graduated from the Cleveland School of Arts with high
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nude, arms raised
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
acknowledged leader of the "Cleveland School," a group of Cleveland-based artists who were active from the
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1920s Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

FUGUE Signed Lithograph, Figurative Collage, Musicians, Girls, Balloons
By Hughie Lee-Smith
Located in Union City, NJ
nighttime." Hughie Lee-Smith was born in Eustis, Florida, but went to school in Cleveland, Ohio, and
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Village Scene, Crickets in November, New Albany, Ohio
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in Missouri, MO
of woodland sounds and noises. In 1912, he decided to become a painter and enrolled in the Cleveland
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Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

"The White Cloud, Salem" A Classic Watercolor from his Magic Year, 1917 Modern
Located in New York, NY
of woodland sounds and noises. In 1912, he decided to become a painter and enrolled in the Cleveland
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1910s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Taos, New Mexico, Vibrant Western Landscape
Located in Beachwood, OH
Heights, and often took drawing classes at the then Cleveland School of Art, but he enrolled in the pre
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Early 2000s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Charles Burchfield Preparatory Sketch, Early 20th Century
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in New York, NY
noises. In 1912, he decided to become a painter and enrolled in the Cleveland School of Art where his
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Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Blizzard in Woods
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in Fairlawn, OH
enrolled in the Cleveland School of Art where his most influential teacher was Henry Keller. Another major
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1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

American Tonalist Impressionist Painting “Midsummer” by Cullen Yates
By Cullen Yates
Located in Shippensburg, PA
child where he studied at the Cleveland School of Art. He decided it would be important to study art in
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20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

"Pioneer Family" WPA American Modernism Plaster Maquette Realism 20th Century
By William Zorach
Located in New York, NY
studying lithography at night at the Cleveland School of Art. It was not long before he was apprenticing
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1920s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Untitled
By John Opper
Located in Austin, TX
Born in 1908 in Chicago, John Opper moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1916. In high school
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Interior, large, colorful figural abstract red, orange, blue acrylic of couple
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland Institute of
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Magic Garden, vibrant mid-century abstract expressionist colorful geometric work
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland Institute of
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract expressionist blue, black green mid-century geometric painting
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
prizes, Andres taught art in the Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Erie Shore, Large Abstract Expressionist Mid-Century Modern geometric work
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland Institute of
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Garden, Abstract Expressionist Mid-Century Modern geometric work
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
and winner of multiple May Show prizes, Andres taught art in the Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Panama Garden, Mid-century abstract expressionist modern work
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland Institute of
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Shore V, large colorful red, black blue mid-century abstract expressionist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland Institute of
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Pieces Collage, vibrant mid-century abstract expressionist black, pink red
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
multiple May Show prizes, Andres taught art in the Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years, as well as
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Naval Occurrence, orange, blue green mid-century, abstract geometrical work
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
and winner of multiple May Show prizes, Andres taught art in the Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Blue Wall, mid-century abstract expressionist, geometric blue, black pink work
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
and winner of multiple May Show prizes, Andres taught art in the Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Grey Wall, Large Abstract Expressionist Mid-Century Oil Painting
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Plum Branches and Flowers
By Joseph O Sickey
Located in Fairlawn, OH
John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Institute, and Saturday classes at the Cleveland School (later the
Category

1980s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

The New Plans, Large Abstract Expressionist Mid Century Colorful Painting
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
taught art in the Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Saturday on Wednesday, Large Abstract Expressionist Acrylic Painting, 20th C.
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Barn, New Hampshire
Located in Sheffield, MA
. Studied: Worcester Museum School Cleveland Woodward illustrator with Eldon Rowland, Well Fleet, MA New
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Seated Nude Leaning on her arm, facing right
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
at Brandywine, about 30 miles south of Cleveland and made a school house into a studio. They devoted
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1920s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

New Orleans
By Joseph Jicha
Located in Indianapolis, IN
. Museum. He taught summer school at the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1950. Two years later, Jicha and
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20th Century Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Shubert Side View
By Mark S. Kornbluth
Located in Greenwich, CT
Kornbluth was raised in Montreal, then Cleveland. Since graduating high school, Mark has lived in Toronto
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Metal

Gershwin
By Mark S. Kornbluth
Located in Greenwich, CT
Kornbluth was raised in Montreal, then Cleveland. Since graduating high school, Mark has lived in Toronto
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Metal

Overhearing Myself
By Moe Brooker
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
held positions on the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Art, Parsons School of Design, the
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Richard Rodgers - Side View
By Mark S. Kornbluth
Located in Greenwich, CT
raised in Montreal, then Cleveland. Since graduating high school, Mark has lived in Toronto (twice), Los
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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Metal

Standing Nude with Japanese Lanterns
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
colleagues began painting at Brandywine, about 30 miles south of Cleveland and made a school house into a
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1910s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Head of a Young Woman with Blond Hair
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
colleagues began painting at Brandywine, about 30 miles south of Cleveland and made a school house into a
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

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