Ethel Spears ART FOR SALE

1903 Chicago, Illinois - 1974 Navasota, Texas. Known for: Easel and mural painting, enameling, teaching.

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Ethel Spears was born October 5, 1902 and raised in Chicago, IL. She attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and studied in the textile design department. She had her first solo exhibition at the School in 1923. She decided not to pursue a career in textile design and re-enrolled in the AIC School. Under the supervision of one of her teachers, John Norton, a noted Modernist, Spears did two mural commissions for the Tea Room of the Art Institute. In the mid 1920s, she moved to Woodstock, NY to study under Alexander Archipenko. She left Woodstock and took up residence in New York City where she attended classes at the Art Students League. By 1930, Spears was back in Chicago after a brief stay in Paris. She was active in the 1930s... Read full biography

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Still Life with Pear

Type:Painting

Year:1925-30

Size:31.00" x 27.00"

Medium:Oil

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A vibrant modernist still life featuring an eclectic arrangement of books, vessels, patterned textiles, a pear, and figurative imagery. Spears uses bold, saturated color, flattened perspective, and overlapping geometric forms to transform everyday objects into a lively, decorative composition.

Price: $7,500. Please contact Foltz Fine Art

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WEEHAWKEN STREET, NYC

Type:Painting

Year:c. 1930

Size:22.00" x 24.00"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Verso

Price: Please contact Madron, LLC