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Henry Clarence Pitz (Henry C. Pitz)

Henry Clarence Pitz - Maine Fisherman

Maine Fisherman

Henry Clarence Pitz's original lithograph, "Maine Fisherman" was created in 1937. This impression was published in New York by the "Print Club of Rochester" in a limited edition of one hundred and fifty impressions. It is signed in pencil "Henry C. Pitz" by the artist, along the lower margin. "Maine Fisherman" is a fine, original example of the lithographic art created by the American artist and illustrator of the 1930's and 1940's, Henry Pitz.
 
Title: Maine Fisherman
Artist: Pitz, Henry Clarence 'Henry C. Pitz' (Philadelphia, 1895 -1976)
Date: 1937
Medium: Original Lithograph
Publisher: Print Club of Rochester, New York
Edition: "Maine Fisherman" was published in a limited edition of one hundred and fifty impressions.
Note: Henry Clarence Pitz 'Henry C. Pitz': A major American artist and illustrator and author of the mid 1920's and well into the 1970's, Henry Pitz studied art in Philadelphia under Maurice Bower and Walter Everett. Henry C. Pitz first gained national recognition in the early 1930's. His fine work as an illustrator (in total he went on to illustrate over one hundred and fifty books) and participation in exhibitions around the world then led to an international reputation. Several of his highly regarded illustrated books include, Master Skylark, a Story of Shakespeare's Time (1922), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1925), Westward Ho (1930), Giants & Witches ad a Dragon or Two (1943), Treasure Island (1954), The Edge of Manhood (1967) and many other well-known other well-known novels and children's classics. Henry C. Pitz also authored such historical and illustrated guide books as Early American Costume (1929), A Treasury of American Book Illustration (1947), Drawing Outdoors (1965), How to draw Trees (1972), The Brandywine Tradition (1968), 200 Years of American Illustration (1977) as well as many other contributions in this field. Henry Pitz influenced many fine artists in his long held position of Director in the Department of Illustration in the Philadelphia Museum School, from 1934 to 1960.
  Henry Clarence Pitz was a full member of the prestigious National Academy of Design, the American Society of Illustrators and the American Federation of Arts. He was director of the Philadelphia Art Alliance, the Philadelphia Water Color Club and the American Water Society and in 1935, became President of the Philadelphia Sketch Club. Henry C. Pitz was granted a fellowship at the Huntington Hartford Foundation near Los Angeles and was conferred with a Doctorate of Letters by the Ursinus College in 1971. Other major awards include prizes and medals from the International Print Exhibition (1932), the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine arts (1934), the Paris International Exhibition (1938), the Philadelphia Athenaeum Literary Award (1969) the National Academy of Design (1960), the Morse medals (1964) and (1971), and many other awards which recognized his artistic and literary career. Such major museums as the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Paris Salon, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the National Gallery Collection, Washington, include examples of his original lithographs and drawings in their collections.
  The Print Club of Rochester: Maine Fisherman was was the fourth annual presentation print commissioned in 1937 by the Print Club of Rochester, New York, an organization devoted to the fine art of printmaking. Since its creation in 1930 the Print Club of Rochester has commissioned original etchings, engravings, lithographs, woodcuts and other forms of original graphic art from such fine American artists as Thomas W. Nason, Harvey Breverman, Henry Emrson Tuttle, Charles Hewitt, Norman Arthur Bate, Luigi Lucioni, Ernest Fiene, J. J. Lankes, Rockwell Kent, Mervin Jules, Catherine Kernan, Clare Leighton, Samuel Chamberlain, Dorothy Lathrop, Allen Lewis, Henry Pitz, Clare Romano, Lynd Ward and other major American artists. This is a fine, original example of the lithographic art created by Henry C. Pitz for the Print Club of Rochester and its members.
Size: 9 X 11 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
  Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now Price: $495.00 US
Condition: Printed on hand-made, watermarked paper and with full margins as published in the limited edition of 150 impressions in 1937. Signed by the artist both in the stone and in pencil along the lower margin. This is a beautifully printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. lithographic art of Henry Clarence Pitz.
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Original Lithograph by the American artist, Henry Clarence Pitz.

Maine Fisherman Original Lithograph by the American artist Henry Clarence Pitz also known as Henry C. Pitz
Maine Fisherman

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Henry Clarence Pitz 'Henry C. Pitz' (Philadelphia, 1895 -1976)
# Image Title & Artist Medium Date Info
01.- Maine Fisherman by Henry Clarence Pitz Maine Fisherman by Henry Clarence Pitz Original Lithograph 1937 Signed by Henry Clarence Pitz in pencil. Edition of 150 impressions, published by the Print Club of Rochester, New York.
02.- Man Against the Sky by Henry Clarence Pitz Man Against the Sky by Henry Clarence Pitz Original Lithograph c. 1935 Signed by Henry Clarence Pitz in pencil and titled in his hand on the verso.
03.- Swamp Land by Henry Clarence Pitz Swamp Land by Henry Clarence Pitz Original Lithograph 1947 Signed by Henry Clarence Pitz in pencil, published by the Associated American Artists, New York.

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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.

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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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