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Fred Wagner
Philadelphia
c.1926

About the Item

Beautiful cityscape by American artist, Fred Wagner (1861-1940). Pastel on paper measures 7.75 x 9.5 inches; 18 x 19.5 inches framed. Depicted is a view of Philadelphia from under the Benjamin Franklin Bridge on the Camden side. The bridge was completed in July 1926, and we are certain Wagner took the soonest opportunity to capture this novel and timely perspective. Excellent condition. Signed lower left. Biography: Frederick Wagner, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania painter and teacher, was born in Port Kennedy, Pennsylvania in 1864. Wagner enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1878-1884) and was made chief demonstrator of anatomy to the life classes by the Academy. After completing his studies at the Academy where he studied under Thomas Eakins, he traveled west and began painting in California. Upon returning to Philadelphia, he took a job as an illustrator for the Philadelphia Press and was heavily influenced by the Urban Realism propagated by Robert Henri, William Glackens and John Sloan. Wagner often painted impressionist urban scenes of Philadelphia, and like many of his contemporaries, he did work that often portrayed the overwhelming city diminishing the importance and frailty of humanity. He was asked to teach at the Pennsylvania Academy's Chester Springs School and did so for seven years. Around 1912, Wagner opened his studio in Philadelphia and founded the Addingham School of Painting in an old farmhouse, in a colony similar to the one in the New Hope area. His modernist work is also highly sought after by collectors whose interest's center around the artworks created by America's "Avant-Garde" during the late 19th century and first four decades of the 20th century. Studied: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts with Thomas Eakins, 1878-1884 Member: Philadelphia Sketch Club Philadelphia Watercolor Club Philadelphia Art Alliance Exhibited: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1882, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1888, 1890, 1891, 1894, 1898-1902, 1906-1940 (Fellowship Prize, 1914) National Academy of Design, 1884, 1907, 1925, 1928 Corcoran Gallery of Art Biennials, 1907-1935 Art Institute of Chicago, 1906-1912, 1914, 1917, 1922, 1925, 1926 Carnegie Institute, 1922 (honorable mention) Armory Show, New York City, 1913 Philadelphia Art Club, 1922 Philadelphia Sketch Club Panama-Pacific Expo, 1915 Zabriskie Gallery, New York City, 1959 (solo) Work: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia Art Club Reading Art Museum, Pennsylvania Cleveland Museum of Art Parrish Art Museum Philadelphia Museum of Art American College of Surgeons Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover, Delaware Philadelphia Sketch Club Delval Fine Art Consortium, Lansdale, Pennsylvania St. Louis Museum of Art Fort Wayne Museum, Fort Wayne, Indiana Kalamazoo Museum, Michigan Rochester Museum of Art, New York Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts James A. Michener Art Museum Taught: Pennsylvania Academy's Chester Springs School References: Alterman, "Pennsylvania Impressionists & Modernists," American Art Review, Oct. 2001 Falk (ed.), Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975 Falk (ed.), The Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Gerdts, Peterson and Yount, Pennsylvania Impressionism Mallett, Mallett's Index of Artists: International - Biographical Naeve, Selections from 150 Years of Philadelphia Painters and Paintings Opitz (ed.), Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers Preato & Langer, Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Transformations 1885-1945 Schwarz & Son (pub.), One Hundred Paintings by American and European Artists Schwarz & Son (pub.), American Impressionism and Other Movements Alterman, New Hope for American Art: A Comprehensive Showing of Important 20th Century Paintings from and Surrounding the New Hope Art Colony Falk (ed.), The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago Falk (ed.), Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design 1901-1950 Falk (ed.) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Fresella-Lee, The American Paintings in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Marling, Looking Back, A Perspective on the 1913 Inaugural Exhibition Walter and Lemos, Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit Dunbier (ed.), The Artists Bluebook: 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 Alterman, Blue Chips Sellin and Sullivan, Thomas Eakins and His Fellow Artists at the Philadelphia Sketch Club Falk (ed.), Who Was Who in American Art 1898-1947 Lowe Art Museum, Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit Peterson (ed.), Pennsylvania Impressionism

Creator:
Fred Wagner (1861 - 1940, American)
Creation Year:
c.1926
Medium:
Paper,Pastel
Movement & Style:
American Impressionist
Period:
1920-1929
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Wilton Manors, FL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU24521026373