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

Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897 - 1968)
Charles Ragland Bunnell
1897 - 1968
John Emil Berninger (1896 - 1981)
John Emil Berninger
1896 - 1981
Hubert Scheibl (1952)
Hubert Scheibl
1952
Fuller Potter (1910 - 1990)
Fuller Potter
1910 - 1990
Cosmo Campoli (1922 - 1997)
Cosmo Campoli
1922 - 1997
Thomas Nozkowski (1944 - 2019)
Thomas Nozkowski
1944 - 2019
Paul Revere (1735 - 1818)
Paul Revere
1735 - 1818
Elliott Hundley (1975)
Elliott Hundley
1975
Horace Clifford Westermann (1922 - 1981)
Horace Clifford Westermann
1922 - 1981
John Marshall (1932 - 2009)
John Marshall
1932 - 2009
Fritz Winold Reiss (1886 - 1953)
Fritz Winold Reiss
1886 - 1953
Mark Tobey (1890 - 1976)
Mark Tobey
1890 - 1976
Katherine Bernhardt (1975)
Katherine Bernhardt
1975
Arnold Borisovich Lakhovsky (1880 - 1937)
Arnold Borisovich Lakhovsky
1880 - 1937
Costantino Nivola (1911 - 1988)
Costantino Nivola
1911 - 1988
Michael Glancy (1950 - 2020)
Michael Glancy
1950 - 2020

Creators Realism

Johann Joseph Geisser (1824 - 1894)
Johann Joseph Geisser
1824 - 1894
Vasily Yevmenievich Savinsky (1859 - 1937)
Vasily Yevmenievich Savinsky
1859 - 1937
Agapit Stevens (1848 - 1924)
Agapit Stevens
1848 - 1924
Lazzaro Pasini (1861 - 1949)
Lazzaro Pasini
1861 - 1949
Alfred-Louis Brunet-Debaines (1845 - 1939)
Alfred-Louis Brunet-Debaines
1845 - 1939
Alexander Vasilyevich (Usto) Nikolaev (Mumin) (1897 - 1957)
Alexander Vasilyevich (Usto) Nikolaev (Mumin)
1897 - 1957
Cornelius Krieghoff (1815 - 1872)
Cornelius Krieghoff
1815 - 1872
Alexis Leger (1887 - 1975)
Alexis Leger
1887 - 1975
Albertus Verhoesen (1806 - 1881)
Albertus Verhoesen
1806 - 1881
Florent Nicolas Crabeels (1829 - 1896)
Florent Nicolas Crabeels
1829 - 1896
Franz Herpel (1850 - 1933)
Franz Herpel
1850 - 1933
Gennady Lvovich Rogozny (1948 - 2007)
Gennady Lvovich Rogozny
1948 - 2007
Édouard Jeanmaire (1847 - 1916)
Édouard Jeanmaire
1847 - 1916
Carl Röchling (1855 - 1920)
Carl Röchling
1855 - 1920
Alexandre Defaux (1826 - 1900)
Alexandre Defaux
1826 - 1900
Rudolf Huthsteiner (1855 - 1935)
Rudolf Huthsteiner
1855 - 1935
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