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Russell Theodore Limbach (Russell Limbach)

Russell Theodore Limbach - Student and Master

Student and Master

Russell Theodore Limbach's original lithograph, "Student and Master" is printed upon wove paper and with large, full margins as commissioned by the Cleveland Print Makers in the limited edition of two hundred and fifty impressions in 1934. It is signed in pencil by the artist along the lower margin. Student and Master is a fine, original original example of the famous satirical art of created by the American artist, Russell Limbach.
 
Title: Student and Master
Artist: Limbach, Russell Theodore 'Russell Limbach' (Massillon, Ohio, 1904 - Middletown, Connecticut, 1971)
Date: 1934
Medium: Original Lithograph
Publisher: Cleveland Print Makers
Note: Russell Theodore Limbach 'Russell Limbach': A leading lithographer, Russell Limbach created his first published prints as a teenager while working in a large commercial house. He then attended the Cleveland School of Art from 1922 to 1926. Limbach quit school after this date and worked at a Cleveland advertising agency for several years. In 1929 and 1930 Limbach traveled through Europe and visited such cities as Vienna, Berlin and Paris.
  Upon his return to Cleveland, Russell Limbach found work as a political cartoonist and also contributed illustrations to leading leftist publications such as the New Masses and the Daily Worker. In 1931 his first solo show was held at the Kokoon Club and in the following year he became a director of the Cleveland Print Makers. During the 1930's and 1940's Russell Theodore Limbach's lithographs were exhibited not only in Cleveland but in Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York. Russell Limbach was a full member of the American Artists' Congress.
 
Known best for his delightful, satirical art, Russell Limbach was a key figure for art in the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) during the years of the great Depression. Instituted by President Roosevelt, the W.P.A. employed and assisted hundreds of talented artists throughout America. Limbach was one of two Cleveland printmakers commissioned by the Public Works of Art Project in 1934. He also moved to New York in 1935 to assume the post of technical advisor for the W.P.A. Graphics Workshop, where he continued to serve until 1940. In 1941, Russell Limbach moved to Middletown, CT and joined the faculty at Wesleyan University.
  Student and Master belongs to another interesting Depression era experiment. In 1932 the Cleveland Print Makers 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 Russell Limbach, 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.
  With its wonderful delineation of form, movement and expression, Student and Master ranks as one of Russell Theodore Limbach's finest works of art. As Russell Limbach was a director of the Cleveland Print Makers at this time (1934) it is most likely he printed the edition for Student and Master himself. Thus it is of much interest to note that this impression contains extra large margins on the sides and also bears printer's finger and thumb marks in printer's ink along the top corners and the lower right corner.
Edition: Limited edition of two hundred and fifty impressions.
Size: 9 X 11 1/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
  Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition: Printed upon wove paper and with large, full margins as commissioned by the Cleveland Print Makers in the limited edition of 250 impressions in 1934. Signed in pencil by the artist along the lower margin. Containing one faint, natural crease (about 1/2 of an inch) in the paper, above the master's head. As well, light staining has occurred in the margin to the left and ends at the actual image, else in good condition throughout. Student and Master represents a superb, original example of the famous satirical art of Russell Theodore Limbach 'Russell Limbach'.
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Original Lithograph by the American artist, Russell Theodore Limbach 'Russell Limbach'.

Student and Master Original Lithograph by the American artist Russell Limbach also listed as Russell Theodore Limbach
Student and Master

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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.

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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.

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