Henri De Kruif Original Watercolor Custom Framed Fine Art Painting Listed 1935

Description: We have a 100 percent guarantee of authenticity and a 30 day return policy. "Palm Desert" Original Watercolor Painting by Listed Artist Henri De Kruif Original Watercolor Painting on Board Hand signed by the artist Framed Size: 33" x 39" Image Size: 25" x 31" Condition of the painting and frame is Excellent. 100 percent guarantee of authenticity Certificate of Authenticity is included Gallery Retail : $4,000.00 framed Henri De Kruif; Artist signed lower left front; Piece is titled "Palm Desert" as identified on back; Visible area measuring approximately H 25 x W 31 inches; Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store Etcher, painter, lithographer. Born in Grand Rapids, Ml on Feb. 17, 1882. DeKruif began his art training at the AIC under Vanderpoel, the Holmes School of Illustration, and continued in NYC at the ASL under Frank V. DuMond, Beal, and Luis Mora. In 1903 he studied at the Hope College (Michigan) and was employed at Grand Rapids Advertising Company until 1907. Moving to Los Angeles from the Midwest in 1911, he continued as a commercial artist with the Merril Advertising Company. During this period he studied with Stanton MacDonald-Wright while experimenting with various modern art idioms. He was active in Laguna Beach and Los Angeles until his death in the latter on July 7, 1944. Member: LAAA; Laguna Beach AA; Calif. WC Society; Chicago Society of Etchers; Calif. Art Club; Calif. PM; Calif. Society of Etchers; Group of Eight. Exh: LACMA, 1922, 1929 (solos); LA Public Library, 1923 (solo); Cannell & Chaffin Gallery (LA), 1924; Laguna Beach AA, 1924-35; Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1925 (1st prize); Calif. PM, 1926 (bronze medal); Littles Gallery (LA), 1930; Stendahl Galleries (LA), 1936, 1939. Collection: LACMA; San Diego Museum; Orange Co. (CA) Museum; Library of Congress; Beaumont (CA) Public Library (murals); LA Public Library. AAA 1919-33; WWAA 1936-41; Laguna Beach Museum of Art, 1918-1978; Ben; Fid; SCA; Art Digest, 8-1-1944 (obit); LA Times, 7-6-1944 (obit). Henri Gilbert De Kruif, printmaker and painter, was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on 17 February 1882. He studied with John H. Vanderpoel at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago and with Frank DuMond and F. Luis Mora at the Art Students League in New York. In 1903 he studied at Hope College, a liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan, and he was employed at the Grand Rapids Advertising Company until 1907. In 1911, De Kruif moved to Los Angeles, California where he was employed by Merril Advertising Company as a commercial artist. He studied with Stanton MacDonald-Wright and explored the idiom of modernism. De Kruif was a member of the Group of Eight, which included artists Mabel Alvarez, Clarence Hinkle, John Hubbard Rich, Donna Schuster, E. Roscoe Shrader, Edouard Vysekal, and Luvena Buchanan Vyseka. Exhibitions of the Group of Eight were sporadic but they did have an exhibition at the Los Angeles Museum in 1927. De Kruif was also a member of and exhibited with the California Art Club, the California Print Makers, the California Society of Etchers, the Chicago Society of Etchers, the Laguna Beach Art Association, and the Los Angeles Art Association. His work is represented in the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; the Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium, Massachusetts; the Library of Congress; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Los Angeles Public Library; the San Diego Museum of Art; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Henri Gilbert De Kruif died in Los Angeles on 6 July 1944. Shipping Info : Buyer pays for shipping and insurance within the continental US. International buyers: Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying. Shipping Notice : Shipping is provided by experts in handling the transportation of fine art. The price includes pick up, professional packaging/crating, insurance for the actual sale price, and delivery to your door. Purchases $500 or more may be signature required. See Our Other Ebay Items! Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

Price: 4000 USD

Location: Aurora, Colorado

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