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1891 West Point, Ohio - 1975 Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Known for: Exotic figure, modernist-leaning landscape painting, teaching.
Born in West Point, Ohio near the border of Pennsylvania, Paul Travis became a painter, lithographer, etcher, and teacher, living in Cleveland and Cleveland Heights, Ohio. His name is closely... Read full biography
Born in West Point, Ohio near the border of Pennsylvania, Paul Travis became a painter, lithographer, etcher, and teacher, living in Cleveland and Cleveland Heights, Ohio. His name is closely associated with the watercolor tradition of Northeast Ohio. He graduated from the Cleveland School of Art... Read full biography
Born in West Point, Ohio near the border of Pennsylvania, Paul Travis became a painter, lithographer, etcher, and teacher, living in Cleveland and Cleveland Heights, Ohio. His name is closely associated with the watercolor tradition of Northeast Ohio. He graduated from the Cleveland School of Art where he was a student of Henry Keller, tonalist painter. He served in the Army in World War I, and remained in Europe for several years where he taught art at American universities in Europe. In 1920,... Read full biography
Born in West Point, Ohio near the border of Pennsylvania, Paul Travis became a painter, lithographer, etcher, and teacher, living in Cleveland and Cleveland Heights, Ohio. His name is closely associated with the watercolor tradition of Northeast Ohio. He graduated from the Cleveland School of Art where he was a student of Henry Keller, tonalist painter. He served in the Army in World War I, and remained in Europe for several years where he taught art at American universities in Europe. In 1920, he returned to Ohio to teach at the Cleveland School, renamed in 1940 the Cleveland Institute of Art. He also taught at Western Reserve University beginning 1956. In 1927, he traveled extensively in Africa and used that subject matter for many years... Read full biography
Born in West Point, Ohio near the border of Pennsylvania, Paul Travis became a painter, lithographer, etcher, and teacher, living in Cleveland and Cleveland Heights, Ohio. His name is closely associated with the watercolor tradition of Northeast Ohio. He graduated from the Cleveland School of Art where he was a student of Henry Keller, tonalist painter. He served in the Army in World War I, and remained in Europe for several years where he taught art at American universities in Europe. In 1920, he returned to Ohio to teach at the Cleveland School, renamed in 1940 the Cleveland Institute of Art. He also taught at Western Reserve University beginning 1956. In 1927, he traveled extensively in Africa and used that subject matter for many years in his painting. Memberships included the American Society for Aesthetics; Cleveland Society for Aesthet... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Gouache
- •Ink
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Africa
Art Teacher
- •Henry Keller
Art School
- •Cleveland School (Academy) of Art, Cleveland Institute of Art, Teacher
- •Cleveland School of Art, Cleveland Institute of Art, Student
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Museum of Modern Art, New York
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts