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Carlen Galleries.
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Art gallery; Philadelphia, Pa. Founded in 1937 by dealer and appraiser Robert Carlen. Carlen specialized in American folk, primitive and decorative art, but also sold African, European, and Oriental Art. Over the years Carlen worked with Alfred Frankenstein on William Harnett, with Mary Black on a variety of projects, and uncovered many Edward Hicks paintings. Carlen was also Horace Pippin's dealer. From the description of Carlen Galleries, Inc. records, 1775...
Peale family.
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Peale family
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Carlen Galleries, Inc.
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Robert Carlen (1906-1990) worked as a secretary and attended evening classes at the Graphic Sketch Club in Philadelphia right after graduating from high school. He studied painting full-time at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts during the academic year 1928/29, and from 1929-1936 he continued to study painting in the evenings while employed at a brokerage firm. Since he wanted to be associated with the art world and needed to earn a living, Carlen decided to esta...
Pippin, Horace, 1888-1946
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Born in West Chester, Pa., in 1888 Pippin was a self-taught primitive painter. His fighting experiences in France during World War I greatly influenced his later paintings. During the war, he was wounded and lost the use of his right arm. When painting, he had to use his left hand to guide his right. He gained a national reputation as a "true American primitive" in the 1940s, when his bold narrative paintings of childhood memories, war experiences, heroes, African American genre scenes, and reli...
Davies, Albert Webster, 1889-1967.
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Kollwitz, Käthe, 1867-1945
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German sculptor, printmaker, and painter. From the description of Letters, 1917-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77615518 ...
Feuillate, Raymond 1901-1971
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Prendergast, Maurice, 1858-1924
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Maurice: Painter, watercolorist, illustrator, graphic artist; New York, N.Y. and Boston, Mass. His brother Charles was a sculptor, painter and writer. From the description of Maurice Brazil and Charles Prendergast sketchbooks, [ca. 1887-1940]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81848207 Maurice: painter, watercolorist, illustrator and graphic artist; Boston, Mass. and New York, N.Y. Charles: painter, sculptor, craftsman, and framemaker; Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y....
Hicks, Edward, 1780-1849
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Edward Hicks (April 4, 1780 – August 23, 1849) was an American folk painter and distinguished religious minister of the Society of Friends (aka "Quakers"). He became a Quaker icon because of his paintings. Edward Hicks was born in his grandfather's mansion at Attleboro (now Langhorne), in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His parents were Anglican. Isaac Hicks, his father, was a Loyalist who was left without any money after the British defeat in the Revolutionary War. After young Edward's mothe...
Gainsborough, Lee
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