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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Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935 - 2009)
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Florence Henri (1893 - 1982)
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Ambrose McCarthy Patterson (1877 - 1966)
Ambrose McCarthy Patterson
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Kenneth Price (1935 - 2012)
Kenneth Price
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John Henry Bradley Storrs (1885 - 1956)
John Henry Bradley Storrs
1885 - 1956
William Jennys (1774 - 1859)
William Jennys
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Trisha Baga (1985)
Trisha Baga
1985
Rufus Hathaway (1770 - 1822)
Rufus Hathaway
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Markus Prachensky (1932 - 2011)
Markus Prachensky
1932 - 2011
Worthington Whittredge (1820 - 1910)
Worthington Whittredge
1820 - 1910
Robert Dowd (1936 - 1996)
Robert Dowd
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On Kawara (1933 - 2014)
On Kawara
1933 - 2014
Dana Schutz (1976)
Dana Schutz
1976
Dorothy Ianonne (1933 - 2022)
Dorothy Ianonne
1933 - 2022
Craig Alan (1971)
Craig Alan
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Creators Realism

Olga Alexandrovna Sorokina (1969)
Olga Alexandrovna Sorokina
1969
Lotte Laserstein (1898 - 1993)
Lotte Laserstein
1898 - 1993
Marie de Bièvre (1865 - 1940)
Marie de Bièvre
1865 - 1940
Valentine Cameron Prinsep (1838 - 1904)
Valentine Cameron Prinsep
1838 - 1904
Necdet Kalay (1932 - 1986)
Necdet Kalay
1932 - 1986
Victor Leclaire (1830 - 1885)
Victor Leclaire
1830 - 1885
Johannes Hinderikus Egenberger (1822 - 1897)
Johannes Hinderikus Egenberger
1822 - 1897
Herman Alfred Wahlberg (1834 - 1906)
Herman Alfred Wahlberg
1834 - 1906
Benjamin Williams Leader (1831 - 1923)
Benjamin Williams Leader
1831 - 1923
Wolfgang Mattheuer (1927 - 2004)
Wolfgang Mattheuer
1927 - 2004
Alfred Bennett Bamford (1857 - 1939)
Alfred Bennett Bamford
1857 - 1939
Ilse Tesdorpf-Edens (1892 - 1966)
Ilse Tesdorpf-Edens
1892 - 1966
Jacobus van Looy (1855 - 1930)
Jacobus van Looy
1855 - 1930
Harry Liebmann (1876 - 1941)
Harry Liebmann
1876 - 1941
Anthony Devis (1729 - 1816)
Anthony Devis
1729 - 1816
André Plumot (1829 - 1906)
André Plumot
1829 - 1906
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