Under the Silk
Type:Painting
Year:1920
Size:25.00" x 30.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Number 954 in the F.E. Schoonover Catalogue Raisonne. One of the best figurative renderings of his career.
Frank Schoonover ART FOR SALE
1877 Oxford, New Jersey - 1972 Trenton, New Jersey. Known for: Illustration-Indians and mountain men.
Born in Oxford, New Jersey, an industrial town, Frank Schoonover earned a reputation as a skilled illustrator and as a portrait, figure and landscape painter of lively western scenes. He was also a... Read full biography
Born in Oxford, New Jersey, an industrial town, Frank Schoonover earned a reputation as a skilled illustrator and as a portrait, figure and landscape painter of lively western scenes. He was also a teacher from his studio and from the John Herron Art Institute. Schoonover grew up spending his... Read full biography
Born in Oxford, New Jersey, an industrial town, Frank Schoonover earned a reputation as a skilled illustrator and as a portrait, figure and landscape painter of lively western scenes. He was also a teacher from his studio and from the John Herron Art Institute. Schoonover grew up spending his summers in the Pocono Mountains, which gave him "an affinity for wilderness scenes". (Zellman 744). Howard Pyle, with whom he studied at the Drexel Institute, in Wilmington and at Chadd's Ford, was the... Read full biography
Born in Oxford, New Jersey, an industrial town, Frank Schoonover earned a reputation as a skilled illustrator and as a portrait, figure and landscape painter of lively western scenes. He was also a teacher from his studio and from the John Herron Art Institute. Schoonover grew up spending his summers in the Pocono Mountains, which gave him "an affinity for wilderness scenes". (Zellman 744). Howard Pyle, with whom he studied at the Drexel Institute, in Wilmington and at Chadd's Ford, was the biggest influence on Schoonover and emphasized the importance of immersing himself in the subject matter he was going to depict. Schoonover studied for nine years at the Model School in Trenton, and in 1896 entered the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia.... Read full biography
Born in Oxford, New Jersey, an industrial town, Frank Schoonover earned a reputation as a skilled illustrator and as a portrait, figure and landscape painter of lively western scenes. He was also a teacher from his studio and from the John Herron Art Institute. Schoonover grew up spending his summers in the Pocono Mountains, which gave him "an affinity for wilderness scenes". (Zellman 744). Howard Pyle, with whom he studied at the Drexel Institute, in Wilmington and at Chadd's Ford, was the biggest influence on Schoonover and emphasized the importance of immersing himself in the subject matter he was going to depict. Schoonover studied for nine years at the Model School in Trenton, and in 1896 entered the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia. He opened a studio close to Pyle's in Wilmington, Delaware, and received his first western illustration assignment in 1899. In orde... Read full biography
Frank Schoonover - Art for Sale (6 available)
The Scarlet Cockerel, interior book illustration
Type:Painting
Year:1931
Size:30.00" x 21.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
"I began to notice the mysterious actions and the frequent journeys that Michel Barre made into the south." Interior book illustration for The Scarlet Cockerel by C.M. Sublette, published 1931 .
Astride the Saddle Sat a Three-Year-Old Boy
Type:Illustration
Size:12.50" x 10.50"
Medium:Gouache
Signed:Lower Right
Colonial New Castle
Type:Painting
Size:30.00" x 20.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Pickerel
Type:Painting
Year:1917
Size:34.00" x 24.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
SOLD FOR $96,800 AT THE COEUR D'ALENE ART AUCTION-RENO! Now taking consignments for our auctions. For more information, please call 208.772.9009 or www.cdaartauction.com
Rescue Dog Team and U.S. Mail, Popular Magazine cover
Type:Illustration
Year:1915
Size:36.00" x 26.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Sold for $56,762 in October, 2010. Now seeking consignments for this artist for our upcoming auction season. Visit www.HA.com, email AskART@Ha.com, or call 877-437-4824 Ext. 1444.