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

Creators USA

Rebecca Ness (1992)
Rebecca Ness
1992
Daniel Greene (1934 - 2020)
Daniel Greene
1934 - 2020
Vasa Mihich (1933)
Vasa Mihich
1933
Mary Frances Overbeck (1878 - 1955)
Mary Frances Overbeck
1878 - 1955
Mervin Jules (1912 - 1994)
Mervin Jules
1912 - 1994
Pompeo Coppini (1870 - 1957)
Pompeo Coppini
1870 - 1957
Thomas Burt Allen (1928 - 2004)
Thomas Burt Allen
1928 - 2004
Arthur Dial (1930 - 2021)
Arthur Dial
1930 - 2021
John George Brown (1831 - 1913)
John George Brown
1831 - 1913
James (Jim) Lambie (1964)
James (Jim) Lambie
1964
Lyonel Feininger (1871 - 1956)
Lyonel Feininger
1871 - 1956
Juan Uslé (1954)
Juan Uslé
1954
Joseph Rubin (1948 - 2014)
Joseph Rubin
1948 - 2014
John Henry Dolph (1835 - 1903)
John Henry Dolph
1835 - 1903
Phil Sims (1940)
Phil Sims
1940
Manierre Dawson (1887 - 1969)
Manierre Dawson
1887 - 1969

Creators Realism

Amelie von Dahmen (1866)
Amelie von Dahmen
1866
Yulii Yulyevich Blumenthal (1870 - 1944)
Yulii Yulyevich Blumenthal
1870 - 1944
Alfred de Knyff (1819 - 1885)
Alfred de Knyff
1819 - 1885
Fyodor (Theodore) Igorevich Stravinsky (Strawinsky) (1907 - 1989)
Fyodor (Theodore) Igorevich Stravinsky (Strawinsky)
1907 - 1989
Heinrich Jakob Aldenrath (1775 - 1844)
Heinrich Jakob Aldenrath
1775 - 1844
Otto Gunther-Naumburg (1856 - 1941)
Otto Gunther-Naumburg
1856 - 1941
Yevgeny Nikolayevich (Eugène) Chiriaeff (1887 - 1945)
Yevgeny Nikolayevich (Eugène) Chiriaeff
1887 - 1945
Désiré Thomassin (1858 - 1933)
Désiré Thomassin
1858 - 1933
Peter Stammen (1886 - 1958)
Peter Stammen
1886 - 1958
Wilhelm August Ferdinand von Stademann (1791 - 1873)
Wilhelm August Ferdinand von Stademann
1791 - 1873
Léon-Pierre Delambre (1846 - 1916)
Léon-Pierre Delambre
1846 - 1916
Rudolf Wening (1893 - 1970)
Rudolf Wening
1893 - 1970
Thuro Balzer (1882 - 1967)
Thuro Balzer
1882 - 1967
Heinrich Kohnert (1850 - 1905)
Heinrich Kohnert
1850 - 1905
Karl Jäger (1833 - 1887)
Karl Jäger
1833 - 1887
Wladyslaw Wankie (1860 - 1925)
Wladyslaw Wankie
1860 - 1925
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