New York. 1882 - 1952
Mod figure-still life, non-ob
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1896 Decatur, Illinois - 1970 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known for: Circus, street and sport scenes-lithography and painting.
Known for his paintings of prize-fighting and circus-genre scenes and lithography of gigantic size compositions, Robert Riggs had a highly successful career as an artist, especially in the 1930s and... Read full biography
Known for his paintings of prize-fighting and circus-genre scenes and lithography of gigantic size compositions, Robert Riggs had a highly successful career as an artist, especially in the 1930s and 40s. His painting, The Brown Bomber, showed the boxing victory of Joe Louis over Max Schmeling. This... Read full biography
Known for his paintings of prize-fighting and circus-genre scenes and lithography of gigantic size compositions, Robert Riggs had a highly successful career as an artist, especially in the 1930s and 40s. His painting, The Brown Bomber, showed the boxing victory of Joe Louis over Max Schmeling. This is one of the paintings that earned Riggs election to the National Academy of Design in 1946. He was born in Decatur, Illinois and as a young man ran away from home and joined the circus. He studied... Read full biography
Known for his paintings of prize-fighting and circus-genre scenes and lithography of gigantic size compositions, Robert Riggs had a highly successful career as an artist, especially in the 1930s and 40s. His painting, The Brown Bomber, showed the boxing victory of Joe Louis over Max Schmeling. This is one of the paintings that earned Riggs election to the National Academy of Design in 1946. He was born in Decatur, Illinois and as a young man ran away from home and joined the circus. He studied at the James Milliken University in Illinois and then trained at the Art Students League in New York, but his study was interrupted by Army service in World War I. He stayed overseas and attended the Academie Julian in Paris and then returned to the... Read full biography
Known for his paintings of prize-fighting and circus-genre scenes and lithography of gigantic size compositions, Robert Riggs had a highly successful career as an artist, especially in the 1930s and 40s. His painting, The Brown Bomber, showed the boxing victory of Joe Louis over Max Schmeling. This is one of the paintings that earned Riggs election to the National Academy of Design in 1946. He was born in Decatur, Illinois and as a young man ran away from home and joined the circus. He studied at the James Milliken University in Illinois and then trained at the Art Students League in New York, but his study was interrupted by Army service in World War I. He stayed overseas and attended the Academie Julian in Paris and then returned to the United States where he settled in Philadelphia and worked for N.W. Ayer & Sons, an advertising agen... Read full biography
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African-American figure and genre painting
New York / Italy, France. 1877 - 1946
Modernist figure, landscape and still life painting
Ohio, New Jersey. 1904 - 2000
Modernist genre and landscape painting-watercolor, illustration
Pennsylvania / Germany. 1815 - 1872
Sumptuous still life
New York. 1910 - 1981
Social realism painting, modernist figure-genre view, military scenes
California, Missouri. 1920 - 2001
Regionalist painting, military drawing, lithography
New York / France, Russian Federation. 1881 - 1961
Cubist, futurist and fauvist painting-landscape, figure and still life
New York. 1874 - 1946
Abstract views, figure, portrait, mural
Pennsylvania, California. 1881 - 1940
Urban scene etchings and aquatints, illustration, painting
New York. 1882 - 1971
Genre, illustrations, graphics, mural painting
New York. 1897 - 1977
Genre-satire, religious painting, illustration
New York, Ohio. 1836 - 1892
Tonalist landscape and genre painting
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania / France. 1875 - 1976
Portrait, beach-child-park and landscape painting
New Jersey, California. 1886 - 1981
Figure, urban scene and portrait painting, teaching
New York, California, Maine. 1832 - 1920
Landscape, animal, genre and botanical painting
New York, Vermont / France. 1852 - 1896
Landscape, genre, portrait painting
New York, Ohio. 1882 - 1925
Genre, portrait, and street-landscape painting
New York. 1898 - 1969
Social-realist painting, illustration, lithography, photography
New York, New Jersey / Russian Federation. 1881 - 1957
Genre, landscape, figure, interior paintings
California. 1901 - 1983
Action-frontier genre, illustrator
New York / Germany. 1894 - 1965
Landscape, portrait, genre, etching
New Jersey, New York, Ohio. 1820 - 1910
Landscape, portrait, marine, and genre painting
Kansas, New York, Massachusetts, Missouri. 1871 - 1938
Harbor scenes, landscape and figure painting
New Hampshire, California, Vermont. 1896 - 1974
Landscape, genre and still-life painter, art educator
Iowa. 1891 - 1942
Regional scene painter, genre-portrait, landscape
New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ohio. 1853 - 1902
Landscape and portrait painting, illustrator
New York / Germany. 1880 - 1968
Town-landscape, still life, marine painting, sculpture, decorative screens, furniture, frames
Illinois, Ohio. 1837 - 1917
Still life, illustration, landscape
Connecticut, Illinois. 1932 - 2009
Illustrator, sports, landscape
New York, New Mexico, New Hampshire. 1871 - 1951
Social realist painting, illustration, teaching
New York / Czech Republic. 1890 - 1972
Cubist figure, landcape and still life painting