1939 After Emil Ganso "Bearsville", First Edition Period Offset Lithograph

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An excellent vintage First Edition period black and white offset lithograph (print) of drawing "Bearsville" by Emil Ganso (1895-1941). Comes … Read more An excellent vintage First Edition period black and white offset lithograph (print) of drawing "Bearsville" by Emil Ganso (1895-1941). Comes from a First Limited Edition of period pieces published in the U.S. in 1939. Publisher copy on the back. Excellent condition - minor edge wear, never framed. Very detailed and realistic. The published even had to put a mark "REPRO" under the image for it not to be mistaken with the original signed by the artist drawing.

Born in Halberstadt, Germany, Ganso came to the United States in his teens, and by 1914 was taking evening classes at the National Academy's School of Fine Arts while supporting himself as a baker. Gallerist Erhard Weyhe recognized the young man's talent and showed his work. From 1925, Weyhe Gallery began to represent Ganso which gave him the funds to spend his first summer in the art colony of Woodstock, New York in 1926. He ultimately settled there and met many fellow artists including George Bellows, Alexander Brook, Leon Kroll, and Katherine Schmidt. Throughout the 1930s, Ganso exhibited at museums and exhibits across the United States, leading to the offer of an artist-in-residence position at the University of Iowa, where he died in 1941. See less