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Kalman Kubinyi

Kalman Kubinyi - Sun Flower

Sun Flower

Kalman Kubinyi's "Sun Flower" is an original aquatint engraving created by the American artist in 1934. Kubinyi was a constant and challenging innovator and "Sun Flower" clearly illustrates this. Using both color aquatinting and off set soft ground etching, the artist has here created one of his finest works of original printmaking. This impression was published by the "Cleveland Print Makers" in an edition of two hundred and fifty impressions. It is signed and titled in pencil by the Cleveland artist, Kalman Kubinyi, along the lower margin.
 
Title: Sun Flower
Artist: Kubinyi, Kalman (Cleveland, 1906 - Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1973)
Date: 1934
Medium: Original Aquatint Aquatint Engraving & Soft Ground Etching
Publisher: Cleveland Print Makers
Source: Cleveland Print-A-Month Club
Note: Kalman Kubinyi: An influential etcher and engraver, Kalman Kubinyi was raised in Cleveland's Hungarian community. As a child he attended art classes taught by William Zorach. He later attended the Cleveland School of Art and graduated in 1926. Kalman Kubinyi then completed his education during the following year in Munich, Germany. His first etchings and engravings date from this period.
  During the 1930's the prints of Kalman Kubinyi were exhibited throughout the United States and he was invited to exhibit his etchings and engravings at such important events as the Venice Biennale, Italy (1937) and the New York World's Fair (1939). Kubinyi also served as a teacher at the Cleveland School of Art (1936-1940) and at the Cleveland Museum of Art. In this role he influenced many artists and introduced both Dorothy Rutka and Leroy Flint to the art of etching and engraving.
  Kalman Kubinyi's contributions as an administrator are no less impressive. In 1930 he founded the Cleveland Print Makers and served as its president until 1941. Kubinyi was also the supervisor of the graphic arts division of the Works Progress Administration from 1935 to 1939 and served as the head of the entire Cleveland W.P.A. project in 1939.
  Sun Flower belongs to a unique Depression era experiment. In 1932 the Cleveland Print Makers, with Kubinyi as its President, established the 'Print-a-Month' series, in which subscribers would receive an etching, lithograph or woodcut each month for a year. Artists received a $50. salary for each commission and every print was published in a limited, signed edition of 250 impressions. Contributing national artists included Adolph Dehn, Emil Ganso, Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Rockwell Kent. Among the leading Cleveland area artists were George Adomeit, Paul Travis, William Sommer, Frank Wilcox, Kalman Kubinyi, Elsa Vick Shaw, Teresa Schmotzer and Honore Guilbeau. This series was the first of its kind and successfully raised revenue for the artists as well as making original art affordable during the Depression years. The 'Print-a-month' series continued until 1937.
  In 1934 Kalman Kubinyi contributed two original aquatints to the Print-A-Month project, The Fisher Bastion, Budapest, Hungary and Sun Flower. Kubinyi was a constant and challenging innovator and Sun Flower clearly illustrates this. Using both color aquatinting and off set soft ground etching, the artist has here created one of his finest works of original printmaking.
Edition: Limited edition of two hundred and fifty impressions.
Size: 10 3/4 X 7 3/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
  Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition: Printed upon hand-made paper and with full, deckled margins as commissioned by the Cleveland Print Makers in the limited edition of 250 impressions in 1934. Signed and titled in pencil by the artist along the lower margin. Altogether a finely printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. Sun Flower represents a superb, original example of the influential art of Kalman Kubinyi.
Subject: Kalman Kubinyi, Sun Flower, original aquatint & soft ground etching, Cleveland Print Makers, Works Progress Administration, Cleveland W.P.A, Depression years.
Price: Sold - The price is no longer available.
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Original Aquatint Engraving & Soft Ground Etching by The American artist, Kalman Kubinyi.

Sun Flower Original Aquatint Engraving and Soft Ground Etching by The American artist Kalman Kubinyi
Sun Flower

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Kalman Kubinyi (Cleveland, 1906 - Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1973)
# Image Title & Artist Medium Date Notes -
01.- Jack Diamond and Elizabeth Diamond Jack and Queen of Diamonds as Playing Cards by Kalman Kubinyi Ex-Libris Jack Diamond & Elizabeth Diamond (Jack & the Queen of Diamonds Playing Cards) by Kalman Kubinyi Two Original Linocuts c.1935 - 1940 Both linocuts are signed by Kalman Kubinyi in the block with his 'KK' monogram.  
02.- Sun Flower by Kalman Kubinyi Sun Flower by Kalman Kubinyi Original Aquatint Aquatint Engraving & Soft Ground Etching 1934 Signed and titled in pencil by Kalman Kubinyi, edition of 250 impressions. Sold
03.- The Fisher Bastion Budapest Hungary by Kalman Kubinyi The Fisher Bastion, Budapest, Hungary by Kalman Kubinyi Original Aquatint Engraving 1934 Signed and titled in pencil by Kalman Kubinyi, edition of 250 impressions.  

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Cleveland Print Makers
# Image Title & Artist Artist Info Medium Date Info -
01.- Coxcomb by Elsa Vick Shaw Coxcomb by Elsa Vick Shaw Elsa Vick Shaw (Cleveland, 1891 - Sun City, Arizona, 1974) Original Color Aquatint Engraving 1936 Signed and titled in pencil by Elsa Vick Shaw, edition of 250 impressions. Sold
02.- For the Innocent by Teresa Schmotzer For the Innocent by Teresa Schmotzer Teresa Schmotzer (Cleveland, Ohio, Active, c. 1930 - 1970) Original Drypoint Engraving 1934 Signed and titled in pencil by Teresa Schmotzer, edition of 250 impressions.  
03.- Fruit Shop Villefranche by William Phelps Cunningham Fruit Shop Villefranche by William Phelps Cunningham William Phelps Cunningham (Humboldt, Kansas, 1903 - Cleveland, 1980) Original Linocut 1932 Signed by William Phelps Cunningham in pencil, edition of 250 impressions. Sold
04.- Mexican Roofs by Honore Guilbeau Mexican Roofs by Honore Guilbeau Honore Guilbeau (Born, Louisiana, 1907 - Died, Ohio, 2006) Original Lithograph 1937 Signed and titled in pencil by Honore Guilbeau, edition of 250 impressions. Sold
05.- Night by Honore Guilbeau Night by Honore Guilbeau Honore Guilbeau (Born, Louisiana, 1907 - Died, Ohio, 2006) Original Lithograph 1932 Signed, dated and titled in pencil by Honore Guilbeau, edition of 250 impressions. Sold
06.- Still Life by Honore Guilbeau Still Life by Honore Guilbeau Honore Guilbeau (Born, Louisiana, 1907 - Died, Ohio, 2006) Original Lithograph c. 1935 Signed and titled in pencil by Honore Guilbeau, edition of 250 impressions.  
07.- Strange Journey by Teresa Schmotze Strange Journey by Teresa Schmotzer Teresa Schmotzer (Cleveland, Ohio, Active, c. 1930 - 1970) Original Etching & Engraving c. 1935 Signed and titled in pencil by Teresa Schmotzer, edition of 250 impressions.  
08.- Student and Master by Russell Limbach Student and Master by Russell Theodore Limbach 'Russell Limbach' Russell Theodore Limbach 'Russell Limbach' (Massillon, Ohio, 1904 - Middletown, Connecticut, 1971) Original Lithograph 1934 Signed by Russell Limbach in pencil, edition of 250 impressions. Sold
09.- Sun Flower by Kalman Kubinyi Sun Flower by Kalman Kubinyi Kalman Kubinyi (Cleveland, 1906 - Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1973) Original Aquatint Aquatint Engraving & Soft Ground Etching 1934 Signed and titled in pencil by Kalman Kubinyi, edition of 250 impressions. Sold
10.- The Comet by Hugh Seaver The Comet by Hugh Seaver Hugh Seaver (Cleveland, Ohio, 1896 - 1959) Original Drypoint Engraving 1934 Signed in pencil by Hugh Seaver, edition of 250 impressions. Sold
11.- The Fisher Bastion Budapest Hungary by Kalman Kubinyi The Fisher Bastion, Budapest, Hungary by Kalman Kubinyi Kalman Kubinyi (Cleveland, 1906 - Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1973) Original Aquatint Engraving 1934 Signed and titled in pencil by Kalman Kubinyi, edition of 250 impressions.  
12.- To Market by Honore Guilbeau To Market by Honore Guilbeau Honore Guilbeau (Born, Louisiana, 1907 - Died, Ohio, 2006) Original Lithograph 1935 Signed and titled in pencil by Honore Guilbeau, edition of 250 impressions. Sold
13.- Tree by Bela Zaboly Tree by Bela Zaboly Bela Zaboly 'Bill Zaboly' (American, Born, 1910) Original Drypoint Engraving 1933 Signed by Bela Zaboly in pen, edition of 250 impressions. Sold

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The American Art of the Depression Era directory contains a listing of original works of art from the Depression decade of the 1930’s and into the early 1940’s created by American artists. These pages also include information about the art publishers, associations, clubs, groups and societies located in major cities throughout the United States, such as Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Buffalo, Wichita, Philadelphia, Rochester, San Francisco, Washington D.C. and elsewhere. Many of these organizations provided an opportunity for American artists to work and create original works of art during the Great Depression. A few of the art associations and clubs active during this period that are discussed in this directory include the American Artists Group, the Associated American Artists, New York, the Buffalo Print Club, the Chicago Society of Etchers, the Lone Star Printmakers, the Prairie Print Makers, the Print Club of Cleveland, the Print Club of Philadelphia, the Print Club of Rochester, the Society of American Etchers, the Indiana Society of Printmakers, the Society of Washington D.C. Artists and the Syracuse Print Club.
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American Art of the Depression Era dating from 1930 to 1945 (Art of The Print / www.artoftheprint.com - Artist Index: A to E): The following four pages contain a listing of original American etchings, lithographs woodcuts, serigraphs, watercolors, drawings, linocuts and wood engravings from the Depression decade of the 1930’s and into the early 1940’s. Despite the dire economic times publishers of original prints continued to survive and successfully raise revenue for the artists as well as making original art affordable during the Great Depression years.

Listed on the first page of the 'American Art of the Depression Era' directory are over fifty original works of art created by American artists such as, George Elbert Burr, his etchings, Little Canyon, Arizona and Morraine Park were both commissioned by The Print Connoisseur, while his Evening, Arizona was published by The Brooklyn Society of Etchers. Also, works such as, Kenneth Ballantyne's original linocut, Wood Nymphs appeared in The Colophon in New York in 1931. George Elmer Browne’s The Fishing Fleet and Adolf Dehn’s Threshing Near Kilkenny published by the Associated American Artists (A.A.A.), are other outstanding examples of early prints from this decade.

02.- American Art of the Depression Era - Page 2 (Artist Index (F to J)

American Art of the Depression Era dating from 1930 to 1945 (Art of The Print / www.artoftheprint.com - Artist Index: F to J): The second page of this directory also contains a list of over fifty original works of art created during the Great Depression years by American artists. One of the more interesting aspects of art of the Depression is how seldom the actual misery and privation of the decade is depicted. On this page, for example, only Hugo Gellert’s original lithograph, Primary Accumulation, protests the contemporary state of affairs. The visual arts (including films) set out to divert and entertain. Perhaps for artists an almost sure recipe for failure would have been to remind the average man of his sorry condition.

On the contrary most areas of the entertainment industries thrived. The art of Kenneth Hartwell is an excellent example. His lithographs of circus acrobats, jugglers and clowns and of the music, dancing and comedy of the Burlesque shows are worlds into themselves. Gazing at his imagery the viewer is granted a temporary reprieve from the real world.

03.- American Art of the Depression Era - Page 3 (Artist Index (K to P)

American Art of the Depression Era dating from 1930 to 1945 (Art of The Print / www.artoftheprint.com - Artist Index: K to P): Even in a Depression the sense of a continuation of normal activities persists. In Joseph Margulies, New England Granny the subject does exactly what grannies do best as she contentedly sits in her rocker, sewing. Philip Parsons depicts a joyful family reunion in Home for Christmas and Henry Pitz depicts the dignity of work in his monumental art deco style in both Maine Fisherman and Man Against the Sky.

Purely by alphabetical accident, page 3 also contains two of my favorite night scenes: Alan Lewis’ delightful color woodcut, Swinging the Gate and Martin Lewis’ renowned Night in New York. This famous etching was published by the Chicago Society of Etchers in 1932.

04.- American Art of the Depression Era - Page 4 (Artist Index (R to Z)

American Art of the Depression Era dating from 1930 to 1945 (Art of The Print / www.artoftheprint.com - Artist Index: R to Z): Like the previous three pages, page four of this directory provides a full variety of Depression era themes and techniques. Stark realities of the times are provided by W. P. Robinson (Abandoned Farm) and Isadore Weiner (Gardening). In contrast are pieces like John W. Winkler’s playful landscape, Rae Lakes, California and the fine animal studies by Clarence Zuelch.

Two magnificent drypoints by Albert Sterner -- Meditation and The Promised Land – will also be found listed on that page. In particular, The Promised Land seems like a potent symbol of man’s journey through the decade of the Great Depression. In total, there are over two hundred works of original art created by American artists from the Depression decade of the 1930’s and into the early 1940’s listed in the 'American Art of the Depression' directory.


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