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

Don Bachardy (1934)
Don Bachardy
1934
Lee Friedlander (1934)
Lee Friedlander
1934
Charles Courtney Curran (1861 - 1942)
Charles Courtney Curran
1861 - 1942
Marvin Dorwart Cone (1891 - 1965)
Marvin Dorwart Cone
1891 - 1965
Benjamin Champney (1817 - 1907)
Benjamin Champney
1817 - 1907
Andrei Roiter (1960)
Andrei Roiter
1960
Frank Stella (1936 - 2024)
Frank Stella
1936 - 2024
Joseph Nechvatal (1951)
Joseph Nechvatal
1951
Michael Malpass (1946 - 1991)
Michael Malpass
1946 - 1991
James Guild (1797 - 1841)
James Guild
1797 - 1841
Archibald MacNeal Willard (1836 - 1918)
Archibald MacNeal Willard
1836 - 1918
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886 - 1969)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1886 - 1969
André Kertész (1894 - 1985)
André Kertész
1894 - 1985
Walter Inglis Anderson (1903 - 1965)
Walter Inglis Anderson
1903 - 1965
Coosje van Bruggen (1942 - 2009)
Coosje van Bruggen
1942 - 2009
John James Audubon (1785 - 1851)
John James Audubon
1785 - 1851

Creators Realism

Hubert Kaplan (1940)
Hubert Kaplan
1940
Reinhold Schmidt (1861 - 1927)
Reinhold Schmidt
1861 - 1927
Gijsbertus Craeyvanger (1810 - 1875)
Gijsbertus Craeyvanger
1810 - 1875
Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi (1837 - 1887)
Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoi
1837 - 1887
David Young Cameron (1865 - 1945)
David Young Cameron
1865 - 1945
Elena Petrovna Skuin (1908 - 1986)
Elena Petrovna Skuin
1908 - 1986
Julius Schrader (1815 - 1990)
Julius Schrader
1815 - 1990
Samuel John Картер (1835 - 1892)
Samuel John Картер
1835 - 1892
Mikhail Ivanovich Lebedev (1811 - 1837)
Mikhail Ivanovich Lebedev
1811 - 1837
Georg Scholz (1890 - 1945)
Georg Scholz
1890 - 1945
Maria Lübbes (1847 - 1939)
Maria Lübbes
1847 - 1939
William Collins (1788 - 1847)
William Collins
1788 - 1847
François Nardi (1861 - 1936)
François Nardi
1861 - 1936
Anna Gottburgsen (1896 - 1988)
Anna Gottburgsen
1896 - 1988
Fritz Uphoff (1890 - 1966)
Fritz Uphoff
1890 - 1966
Nikiphoros Lytras (1832 - 1904)
Nikiphoros Lytras
1832 - 1904
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