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

Arthur Fellig (Weegee) (1899 - 1968)
Arthur Fellig (Weegee)
1899 - 1968
Pierre Clerk (1928)
Pierre Clerk
1928
Jack Zajac (1929)
Jack Zajac
1929
Samuel Dashiell Hammett (1894 - 1961)
Samuel Dashiell Hammett
1894 - 1961
Alexander Georg Rudolf Bauer (1889 - 1953)
Alexander Georg Rudolf Bauer
1889 - 1953
Abelardo Morell (1948)
Abelardo Morell
1948
Luis M. Alonzo-Barkigia (1973)
Luis M. Alonzo-Barkigia
1973
Ernie Barnes (1938 - 2009)
Ernie Barnes
1938 - 2009
John Trumbull (1756 - 1843)
John Trumbull
1756 - 1843
Ilya Kabakov (1933 - 2023)
Ilya Kabakov
1933 - 2023
Fred Tomaselli (1956)
Fred Tomaselli
1956
Kehinde Wiley (1977)
Kehinde Wiley
1977
Carlo Nangeroni (1922 - 2018)
Carlo Nangeroni
1922 - 2018
Lee Oscar Lawrie (1877 - 1963)
Lee Oscar Lawrie
1877 - 1963
Lowell Blair Nesbitt (1933 - 1993)
Lowell Blair Nesbitt
1933 - 1993
Cornelius Völker (1965)
Cornelius Völker
1965

Creators Realism

Henry Lamb (1883 - 1960)
Henry Lamb
1883 - 1960
Leo Cremer (1911 - 1989)
Leo Cremer
1911 - 1989
David Bates (1840 - 1921)
David Bates
1840 - 1921
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (1878 - 1939)
Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin
1878 - 1939
Tahir Ibrahim Fattah (1941)
Tahir Ibrahim Fattah
1941
Jacob Van Velsen (1597 - 1656)
Jacob Van Velsen
1597 - 1656
Marc Sterling (1895 - 1976)
Marc Sterling
1895 - 1976
Robert Pudlich (1905 - 1962)
Robert Pudlich
1905 - 1962
Joseph Damberger (1867 - 1951)
Joseph Damberger
1867 - 1951
Leon Golub (1922 - 2004)
Leon Golub
1922 - 2004
Maria Maddalena Baldacci Gozzi (1718 - 1782)
Maria Maddalena Baldacci Gozzi
1718 - 1782
Philippe-Laurent Roland (1746 - 1816)
Philippe-Laurent Roland
1746 - 1816
Hermann Kauffmann I (1808 - 1889)
Hermann Kauffmann I
1808 - 1889
 Johann Georg Pforr (1745 - 1798)
Johann Georg Pforr
1745 - 1798
Rudolf Hirth du Frênes (1846 - 1916)
Rudolf Hirth du Frênes
1846 - 1916
Charles Ray (1953)
Charles Ray
1953
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