JOHN TAYLOR ARMS-American Realist-Hand Signed LIM.ED Etching-The Old Order

Description: Dealsrus is well known for offering quality artwork at reasonable prices. Our reputation is stellar and we stand behind everything we sell. Sales on ebay can be made through ebay's payment system. Privately, we accept credit card payments Visa and Mastercard through our own merchant account. We also accept payments through Authorize net. Please read the terms of sale before bidding on our items. Good Luck, and as always please ask all questions before bidding. On ebay our name is dealsrus. Our company name is EastCoastArt. John Taylor Arms (1887-1953) Early 20th century Connecticut/Washington D.C. Realist best known for his etchings, art education, and illustrations. Original hand signed limited edition etching on paper Titled The Old Order Created in 1948 Image: 5"x 7.75" Frame: 16"x 20.25" Pencil signed and dated lower right--see photos Pencil numbered lower left--see photos Looks very good, in original "as found" untouched condition, minor foxing lower right, matte has minor wear, not examined out of the frame, glass has grime, frame has wear--please look at photos carefully. Glass should be removed before shipping. Fantastic etching by John Taylor Arms! This print depicts the splendid architecture of St. Mary's Church in Bibury, with rows of picturesque houses. Arms was best known for his realistic landscape etchings. This is a fine example of his work in great condition for its age. My price of $199 is extremely reasonable and far below what one would be expected to pay for it in a gallery or at auction. Please view my other prints listed on ebay this week--we are adding a new bunch every Thursday. If not sold they will go into my ebay store at a more realistic and higher buy-it-now price, or removed. Biography: John Taylor Arms was, without question, one of the most respected American printmakers in the first half of the 20th Century. His etchings are in most of the major print collections in the United States and Europe. Additionally, Arms' involvement in organized efforts to promote printmaking includes serving as president of the Society of American Etchers and publishing the Handbook of Print Making and Print Makers in 1934.The most distinctive characteristic of an etching by John Taylor Arms is the exquisitely fine detail he developed. In many cases, a magnifying glass is needed to adequately appreciate the artist's work. Of special note are his depictions of Gothic architecture from Europe. Both Birger Sandzén and his son-in-law, Charles Pelham Greenough, were captivated by Arms' etchings, and this exhibition features thirty-four of the finest examples from their respective collections.John Taylor Arms was born in Washington, D.C. in 1887. His family of businessmen, clergymen and teachers descended from a knitter of stockings who settled in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century.In 1907, upon graduation from Lawrenceville School in Washington, D.C., Arms transferred to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to study architecture. He received a Master of Science degree in 1912 and that year joined the firm of Carré and Hastings in New York as a draftsman. He stayed with the firm for two years, after which he went into partnership with Cameron Clark, a well-known designer of houses in the Colonial Revival style. Arms soon tired of the day-to-day paperwork routine of his profession that did not satisfy his need for creative expression. He began spending evening hours on drawings he was not able to do at the office.In 1913, Arms married Dorothy Frothingham Noyes. She gave him a small etching kit for Christmas which brought about his first print in 1914, titled Sunlight and Shadow.In 1916 he dissolved his partnership with Clark and joined the Navy as a navigational officer on convoy duty during World War 1. Upon discharge in 1919 he decided to make etching his life's work. The romance and nostalgia for old buildings and churches drew Arms to Gothic architecture imagery. He developed a plan to record the major Gothic churches in prints. During the 1920s, he began three of his most important series of etchings: The French Churches, The Spanish Churches, and The Italian Series. Arms continued to travel in Europe in the 1930s. He and his wife were particularly fond of Venice, with its intricate buildings and bridges combining Gothic and Byzantine architecture. Toward the end of the decade, the Arms' found a new home-away-from-home in England. There he made many etchings of the small village churches until 1937. In the late thirties and during World War II, when travel in Europe became difficult, Arms and his family traveled to Mexico. He studied and drew Pre-Columbian ruins and Spanish Baroque architecture with his customary attention to detail and local color.Arms developed his etchings from drawings made on location. After he had settled into a location, he would select a spot with a view of the subject he found satisfying and, perched on his camp stool, would spend ten days to two weeks on one drawing. These drawings were used as preparatory plans, with details added later, sometimes with the use of photographs. To begin an etching, he used the main areas of his drawings to trace an outline on a grounded etching plate. The transferred lines appeared as distinct red markings and served as a guide when he began to draw with the etching needle on the plate.Arms often used ordinary sewing needles set in wooden handles to draw through the ground, exposing the plate surface. Once the image was satisfactory, he would print an edition of prints from the plate. Occasionally he used a magnifying glass to draw the closely packed dots and lines that suggest tonal values of sunlight and shadow on stone. The most difficult prints to make were the miniature images, with their extreme detail.Henry Noyes Arms, the son of John Taylor Arms, characterized his father as a man who felt he had been "born to draw Gothic architecture." Arms wanted those who saw his prints to have the same emotional experience he enjoyed in the presence of the great cathedrals and other imagery he represented. 100% Guaranteed to be as described. Ask all questions beforehand. Please contact us before purchasing if you have any questions. 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Location: Pottstown, Pennsylvania

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