Frank Schoonover (1877 - 1972)

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Frank Schoonover

Frank Earle Schoonover was an American illustrator who worked in Wilmington, Delaware. A member of the Brandywine School, he was a contributing illustrator to magazines and did more than 5,000 paintings. Schoonover became part of what would be known as the Brandywine School. A prolific contributor to books and magazines during the early twentieth century, the so-called "Golden Age of Illustration". In 1918 and 1919, he produced a series of paintings along with Gayle Porter Hoskins illustrating the American forces in the First World War. Over the course of his career, he made more than 5,000 paintings, many of which were influenced by his travels and the people he met. Schoonover helped to organize what is now the Delaware Art Museum and was chairman of the fundraising committee charged with acquiring works by Howard Pyle. In his later years he restored paintings including some by Pyle and turned to easel paintings of the Brandywine and Delaware landscapes. He also gave art lessons, established a small art school in his studio, designed stained glass windows, and dabbled in science fiction art.

Wikipedia

Date and place of birt:19 august 1877, Oxford, USA
Date and place of death:1972, Wilmington, USA
Nationality:USA
Period of activity: XIX, XX century
Specialization:Artist, Genre painter, Illustrator, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist
Genre:Genre art, Landscape painting, Portrait
Art style:Realism

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William Oberhardt (1882 - 1958)
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Kris Graves (1982)
Kris Graves
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Aaron Young (1972)
Aaron Young
1972
Alberto Rizzo (1931 - 2004)
Alberto Rizzo
1931 - 2004
Janet Cooling (1951 - 2022)
Janet Cooling
1951 - 2022
Piet Mondrian (1872 - 1944)
Piet Mondrian
1872 - 1944
Ettore DeGrazia (1909 - 1982)
Ettore DeGrazia
1909 - 1982
Robert Dowd (1936 - 1996)
Robert Dowd
1936 - 1996
Gil Mellé (1931 - 2004)
Gil Mellé
1931 - 2004
Louis Fratino (1993)
Louis Fratino
1993
Sam Gilliam (1933 - 2022)
Sam Gilliam
1933 - 2022
Alek (Aleksandr Vladimirovich) Rapoport (1933 - 1997)
Alek (Aleksandr Vladimirovich) Rapoport
1933 - 1997
Edmund Lewandowski (1914 - 1998)
Edmund Lewandowski
1914 - 1998
Thomas Nozkowski (1944 - 2019)
Thomas Nozkowski
1944 - 2019
Robert Cumming (1943)
Robert Cumming
1943

Creators Realism

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña (1807 - 1876)
Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña
1807 - 1876
Camillo Pacetti (1758 - 1826)
Camillo Pacetti
1758 - 1826
Vasily Ivanovich Surikov (1848 - 1916)
Vasily Ivanovich Surikov
1848 - 1916
Madeleine Carpentier (1865 - 1949)
Madeleine Carpentier
1865 - 1949
August Lüdecke-Cleve (1868 - 1957)
August Lüdecke-Cleve
1868 - 1957
Vladimir Alexandrovich Gorb (1903 - 1988)
Vladimir Alexandrovich Gorb
1903 - 1988
Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)
Evelyn Waugh
1903 - 1966
Adolf Seel (1829 - 1907)
Adolf Seel
1829 - 1907
James Collinson (1825 - 1881)
James Collinson
1825 - 1881
Nadezhda Ivanovna Isakova (1950 - 2002)
Nadezhda Ivanovna Isakova
1950 - 2002
Georg Hugo Mathis (1895 - 1952)
Georg Hugo Mathis
1895 - 1952
Pieter Cornelisz Verbeeck (1610 - 1654)
Pieter Cornelisz Verbeeck
1610 - 1654
Gustave Wappers (1803 - 1874)
Gustave Wappers
1803 - 1874
Gijsbertus Craeyvanger (1810 - 1875)
Gijsbertus Craeyvanger
1810 - 1875
Luca Pignatelli (1962)
Luca Pignatelli
1962
Gabriel Van Dievoet (1875 - 1934)
Gabriel Van Dievoet
1875 - 1934
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