Going Home
Type:Print
Year:c. 1940
Size:8.75" x 13.50"
Medium:Etching
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Titled lower left, signed lower right
John Edward Costigan ART FOR SALE
1888 Providence, Rhode Island - 1972 Nyack, New York. Known for: Lithography sketch artist, pastoral theme impressionist painting.
Part of the following biography was contributed by Dan Costigan, son of the artist. A native of Providence, Rhode Island, John Costigan was a skilled landscape and figure painter who disdained... Read full biography
Part of the following biography was contributed by Dan Costigan, son of the artist. A native of Providence, Rhode Island, John Costigan was a skilled landscape and figure painter who disdained portraits because "the subjects want flattering pictures." . He was orphaned and raised in New York by his... Read full biography
Part of the following biography was contributed by Dan Costigan, son of the artist. A native of Providence, Rhode Island, John Costigan was a skilled landscape and figure painter who disdained portraits because "the subjects want flattering pictures." . He was orphaned and raised in New York by his aunt and uncle, the parents of songwriter, George M. Cohan. Mainly self-taught, Costigan studied briefly at the Art Students League and worked as a lithographer of theater posters. From that job he... Read full biography
Part of the following biography was contributed by Dan Costigan, son of the artist. A native of Providence, Rhode Island, John Costigan was a skilled landscape and figure painter who disdained portraits because "the subjects want flattering pictures." . He was orphaned and raised in New York by his aunt and uncle, the parents of songwriter, George M. Cohan. Mainly self-taught, Costigan studied briefly at the Art Students League and worked as a lithographer of theater posters. From that job he learned the printing processes that he later used in his many etchings. He began making his name in the fine arts in 1920, and throughout the decade, reaped numerous important prizes for his oils, watercolors and prints. He served in the infantry in... Read full biography
Part of the following biography was contributed by Dan Costigan, son of the artist. A native of Providence, Rhode Island, John Costigan was a skilled landscape and figure painter who disdained portraits because "the subjects want flattering pictures." . He was orphaned and raised in New York by his aunt and uncle, the parents of songwriter, George M. Cohan. Mainly self-taught, Costigan studied briefly at the Art Students League and worked as a lithographer of theater posters. From that job he learned the printing processes that he later used in his many etchings. He began making his name in the fine arts in 1920, and throughout the decade, reaped numerous important prizes for his oils, watercolors and prints. He served in the infantry in World War I and supported himself during the Depression with magazine illustration. For about a year during... Read full biography
John Edward Costigan - Art for Sale (4 available)
October in the Woods
Type:Painting
Size:24.00" x 30.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed
Notes:
Nicely framed and shipping is included in price
Figures in a Woodland
Type:Painting
Year:1960
Size:16.00" x 20.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
A particularly pleasing example by this sought-after National Academician, a signature painting in terms of of Costigan's subject-matter and style of the period. The work is in excellent original condition. North Shore AA Exhibition Label to verso.
Ida and Rosella (the artist's wife and daughter)
Type:Painting
Size:16.75" x 18.50"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Available for the first time in almost three decades, this work depicts the artist's wife, sculptor Ida Blessin and Rosella, one of their five children. The intimacy of the subject juxtaposed with a bold color palette and strong brushwork make this painting both reflective and captivating.