Large W/C by National Academician Walter Granville-Smith The New York Fire Wagon

Description: Large W/C by National Academician Walter Granville-Smith The New York Fire Wagon Large W/C by National Academician Walter Granville-Smith The New York Fire Wagon Click images to enlarge Description Large W/C by National Academician Walter Granville-Smith The New York Fire Wagon Offered here is a large original illustration by Walter Granville-Smith N.A. The historically interesting scene is a steam powered, horse drawn fire wagon hurtling along a New York street as firemen and pedestrians scurry about. The first steam powered fire wagon was produced by Alexander Lotta in 1852. Gasoline powered wagons did not appear until 1911. Granville-Smith was born in 1870 and died in 1938, so had ample opportunity to see these vehicles in action. Our painting is quite large, measuring 13" by 17" sight and 21" by 25" overall, the antique gold trimmed distressed black wood frame is perfect for the scene. The watercolor is on paper backed by linen, mounted on pH balanced mat board and foam core backed. Painting, frame and mounting materials are in excellent condition. Granville-Smith was elected a full Academician* in 1915. The very first full color magazine cover was a Granville-Smith painting, and Smith was an active illustrator for many magazines, too many to list here. Smaller watercolors by Granville-Smith commonly bring $1000's at auction (see images). Ours is priced very reasonably for this large, historically valuable work by this important American artist. Returns are accepted only in case of misrepresentation but our guarantee of authenticity is without time limit.*Please note that Ebay listings frequently claim National Academy membership for artists that are not, in fact, Academicians. Some may have taken classes or exhibited at the NAD, but that does not confer membership. You can check such claims on the NAD website.National Academy of DesignProbably many of you viewers know that election to full Academician by one's artist peers is the highest recognition an artist may achieve in the USA. You may not know just how rare that recognition is. Since Samuel F.B. Morse and associates founded the National Academy of Design in 1825, only about 750 artists have been elected full academician. I made that count two years ago from Academy records excluding honorary and associate members. Bear in mind that this group includes architects, sculptors, and etchers, as well as painters, so the number of Academician painters is much lower than 750. From: Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975 GRANVILLE-SMITH, W(alter) [Painter; etcher; illustrator] b.1870, South Granville, NY / d.1938. Addresses: NYC/Bellport, NY. Studied: ASL with W. Satterlee, C. Beckwith, W. Metcalf; also in Europe. Member: ANA, 1908; NA, 1915; AWCS; SC, 1918; SPNY; Allied AA; Greenwich SA; NAC; AFA; Grand Central AG.>, 1900 (prize), 1908 (gold), 1927 (prize), 1929 (prize), 1933(prize); Charleston Expo, 1902 (medal); PAFA, 1904-08, 1910, 1912-17, 1922-28; AWCS, 1905 (prize), 1916 (prize); Worcester, 1906 (prize); CI, 1907 (prize); Corcoran Gal., 1907-10, 1919, 1930, 1935, 1937; Buenos Aires Expo, 1910 (prize); SC, 1911 (prize), 1913 (prize), 1918 (prize), 1922 (prize), 1925 (medal), 1928 (prize); NAC, 1925 (medal), 1936 (prize); Olympic Exhib., Amsterdam, 1928 (medal). Work: Smithsonian; Butler AI; TMA; SC; NAC; Lotos Club; Fencers Club NY; Phila. AC; Fort Worth MA; Horace Moses Memorial, Ticonderoga, NY; Curtis Inst. ; The Ladies‘ Home Journal; Century and other magazines. His last name appears variously as Granville-Smith or Smith. Sources: WW38 (as Granville-Smith); WW33 (under Smith); Falk, Exh. Record Series. Walter Granville-Smith Walter Granville-Smith (also known as Walter G. Smith) was born in South Granville, NY on January 28, 1870. He grew up in Newark, NJ, where he attended the Newark Academy. His first instruction in painting was from Dr. David McClure. As a teenager he became the pupil of Walter Satterlee in New York for a period of five years. He then studied at the Art Students League of New York where he was the pupil of Willard Metcalf and James Carroll Beckwith. Granville-Smith started his career as a magazine illustrator. He was noted for his pioneering work in color. As an illustrator, he produced the first colored illustration to appear in the United States, for Gertrude Atherton’s “The Christmas Witch,” in Godey’s Lady’s Magazine. His illustrations would appear in many late 19th and early 20th century publications, including Harper’s, Scribner’s, Truth, Century, and Collier’s. In 1897 Granville-Smith toured Europe, visiting Holland, Belgium, and France. In Paris he studied at the Academie Julien. It was around this time that Granville-Smith began to focus more on landscape painting. Prior to his travels in Europe, he began vacationing on the South Shore of Long Island and would eventually acquire a summer home in Bellport, NY in 1908. The surroundings there became favorite subjects of his landscape and marine paintings. Granville-Smith was a National Academician (1915) with the National Academy of Design and belonged to several art clubs and societies. (List below) From 1924 to 1926 he served as president of the Salmagundi Club in New York. His works are part of the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution (“Grey Day”), Butler Art Institute (“The Willows”), Toledo Museum (“South Haven Mill”), Salmagundi Club, Lotos Club, Fencers Club of New York and the Art Club of Philadelphia. His New York Studio was located at 96 Fifth Avenue. He and his wife, Jessie, had one daughter and two sons. On December 7, 1938, Granville-Smith passed away at the home of his daughter in Jackson Heights, Queens, NY. Member: •Academician, National Academy of Design (1915) •American Water Color Society •Salmagundi Club (1918) •Society of Painters, NY •Allied Artists of America •Greenwich Society of Artists •National Arts Club •Lotos Club •Fencers Club of New York •American Federation of Arts •Grand Central Art Galleries Awards: •Third Hallgarten prize, National Academy of Design, 1900 •Bronze medal, Charleston Expo., 1902 •Evans prize, American Water Color Society, 1905 •First prize, Worcester, 1906 •Hon. Mention, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1907 •Inness gold medal, National Acadedmy of Design, 1908 •Bronze medal, Buenos Aires Expo, 1910 •Vezin Prize, Salmagundi Club, 1911 •Shaw purchase prize, Salmagundi Club, 1913 •Hudnut prize, American Water Color Society, 1916 •Isidor prize, Salmagundi Club, 1918 •Turnbull prize, 1922 •Auction Exhibition prize, 1925 •Carnegie prize, National Academy of Design, 1927 •Purchase prize, Salmagundi Club, 1928 •Second Altman prize, National Academy of Design, 1929 •First Altman prize, National Academy of Design, 1933 References: - The New York Times, December 8, 1938 - Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design Volume 1 - Who was Who in American Art, vol. 3 Get images that make Supersized seem small.Showcase your items with Auctiva's Listing Templates! THE simple solution for eBay sellers. Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter

Price: 1775 USD

Location: Salem, Virginia

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