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Harry Everett Townsend

Harry Everett Townsend - Roshinara or Roshanara

Roshinara (Roshanara)

One of Harry Everett Townsend's primary artistic interests was his study of dance. In his prints and paintings he depicted many forms of dance and dancers from ballet to vaudeville. Roshinara (actually spelt, 'Roshanara') was the stage name for Olive Craddock (1894-1926). She was born in Calcutta and was the daughter of a British Army officer.

"Roshinara (Roshanara)" is an original linocut created by the American painter, printmaker and illustrator, Harry Townsend. This impression was published in 1930 by The Print Connoisseur.

 
Title: Roshinara (Roshanara)
Artist: Townsend, Harry Everett (Camp Grove, Illinois, 1879 - Norwalk, CT, 1941)
Date: 1930
Medium: Original Linocut
Publisher: The Print Connoisseur, New York
Note: Harry Everett Townsend 'Harry Townsend': A major American painter, printmaker and illustrator, Harry Townsend first studied at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1900, however, he was invited to study under Howard Pyle in Wilmington, Delaware, and remained there for four years. He then concluded his education at the National Academy of Design, New York, and in Paris and London.
  By 1910, Harry Everett Townsend had established a strong reputation as a leading illustrator and was regularly commissioned by such popular magazines as Harper's, The Century and McClure's. When America entered the First World War, Harry Townsend was commissioned as a Captain with the fledgling U. S. Air Service and assigned as an artist to record their activities. His fine drawings and paintings of the war are now housed in the Smithsonian Institution.
  Harry Everett Townsend was a full member of the Society of Illustrators, New York, the Allied Artists' Association, the Salmagundi Club, the Architectural League of New York, the Brooklyn Society of Etchers and the Artists Guild of the Authors League of America. His fine paintings and prints are today included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, the New York Public Library, Whistler House Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.
  One of Harry Everett Townsend's primary artistic interests was his study of dance. In his prints and paintings he depicted many forms of dance and dancers from ballet to vaudeville. Roshinara (actually spelt, 'Roshanara') was the stage name for Olive Craddock (1894-1926). She was born in Calcutta and was the daughter of a British Army officer. As a child she studied local Indian dance styles and at the age of sixteen began performing her ethnic dances in London. Immensely popular, Olive Craddock toured Europe and settled in the United States where she took part in a number of theatrical productions. Other artists who portrayed 'Roshanara' include Troy Kinney and Robert Henri.
  The Print Connoisseur published illustrated articles on contemporary etchers and engravers on a quarterly basis from January, 1920 to December, 1931. A minimum of one original print was commissioned for each issue and the more expensive, limited editions of 100 each contained a signed impression in pencil by the artist. During its decade of publishing such major artists as George Elbert Burr, Frank Benson, Norman Kent, Lynd Ward, Winkler, Preissig, Alan Lewis and J. J. Lankes contributed original etchings and woodcuts. This New York based publication was thus responsible for commissioning some of the finest original art of early twentieth century America.
  The January 1930 issue was generally dedicated to decorative and illustrative woodcuts and linocuts by contemporary American artists and included original relief prints by T. B. Hapgood (2), Paul Honore (2) and Harry Townsend (9). The Harry Townsend linocuts were accompanied by an article by J. M. Bowles entitled, "The Work of Harry Townsend". Each linocut was printed on a separate sheet of 'Alexandra Japon' paper.
Size: 8 1/4 X 4 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
  Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
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  Roshanara Framed Original Linocut by Harry Townsend
Condition: Printed on smooth rag paper with the 'Alexandra Japon' watermark and with full, deckled margins as published by The Print Connoisseur in January of 1930. Signed in the block with Harry Townsend's 'HT' monogram to the lower right. A strongly printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. Roshinara (Roshanara) represents a prime, original example of the famous art of Harry Everett Townsend.
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Original Linocut by the American artist, Harry Everett Townsend.

Roshanara Original Linocut by Harry Townsend
Roshinara (Roshanara)

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Harry Everett Townsend (Camp Grove, Illinois, 1879 - Norwalk, CT, 1941)
# Image Title & Artist Medium Date Notes -
01- Balzac by Harry Everett Townsend Balzac (Portrait of the French Novelist, Honore de Balzac) by Harry Everett Townsend Original Linocut 1930 Signed in the block with Harry Townsend's 'HT' monogram to the lower right. Available
02.- Roshanara by Harry Everett Townsend Roshinara (Roshanara) by Harry Everett Townsend Original Linocut 1930 Signed in the block with Harry Townsend's 'HT' monogram to the lower right. Sold
03.- Self Portrait by Harry Everett Townsend Self Portrait by Harry Everett Townsend Original Linocut 1930 Signed in the block with Harry Townsend's 'HT' monogram to the lower right. 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.

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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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# Title & Artist Artist Info Medium Date -
01.- A Former Landmark by Herbert Pullinger Herbert Pullinger (Philadelphia, 1878 - 1961) Original Woodcut 1928  
02.- A Gateway in Toledo by Samuel Chamberlain Samuel Chamberlain (Cresco, Iowa, 1895 - Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1975) Original Etching 1926 Sold
03.- African Drummer, from “Madman’s Drum” by Lynd Ward Lynd Kendall Ward 'Lynd Ward' (Chicago, 1905 - 1985) Original Wood Engraving 1930  
04.- Balzac (Portrait of the French Novelist, Honore de Balzac) by Harry Everett Townsend Harry Everett Townsend (Camp Grove, Illinois, 1879 - Norwalk, CT, 1941) Original Linocut 1930  
05.- Bookplate of Mark Holstein (Bucking Holstein Bull) by Arthur Allen Lewis Arthur Allen Lewis (Mobile, Alabama, 1873 - New York City, 1957) Original Color Woodcut 1927 Sold
06.- By the Pond by Frederick Garrison Hall Frederick Garrison Hall (Baltimore, 1879 - Boston, 1946) Original Etching 1921  
07.- Canal Boat by Norman Kent Norman Kent (Pittsburgh, 1903 - Rochester, NY, 1972) Original Linocut 1929  
08.- Carol Singers by Paul Honore Paul Honore (Little Cooley, Pennsylvania, 1885 - Philadelphia, 1956) Original Woodcut 1930 Sold
09.- Christmas 1927 by Harry Cimino Harry Cimino (Marion, Indiana, 1898 - New York, 1969) Original Wood Engraving in Two Colors 1928  
10.- Christmas Card for Albert E. McVitty (Shepherd Guarding his Sheep) by Arthur Allen Lewis Arthur Allen Lewis (Mobile, Alabama, 1873 - New York City, 1957) Original Color Woodcut 1927 Sold
11.- City Gates, Arabia by Paul Honore Paul Honore (Little Cooley, Pennsylvania, 1885 - Philadelphia, 1956) Original Woodcut 1929  
12.- Courtyard at Rouen by Howard Simon Howard Simon, (New York, 1902 - 1979) Original Color Woodcut 1930  
13.- Croquis Pour le Cafe au Platane, Salonika (Salonique), Macedonia by Louis Godefroy Louis Godefroy (Paris, 1885 - 1934) Original Etching 1923  
14.- Dangerous Waters by Paul Honore Paul Honore (Little Cooley, Pennsylvania, 1885 - Philadelphia, 1956) Original Color Woodcut 1929  
15.- Frontispiece to 'Hot Countries' by Lynd Ward 'Lynd Kendall Ward' Lynd Kendall Ward 'Lynd Ward' (Chicago, 1905 - 1985) Original Wood Engraving 1930 Sold
16.- General Sutter by Harry Cimino Harry Cimino (Marion, Indiana, 1898 - New York, 1969) Original Wood Engraving in Three Colors 1928  
17.- Gloucester by Norman Kent Norman Kent (Pittsburgh, 1903 - Rochester, NY, 1972) Original Woodcut 1929  
18.- Greetings from Theodore B. Hapgood by Theodore Brown Hapgood 'Theodore Hapgood' Theodore Brown Hapgood (Somerville, MA, 1871 - Boston?, 1938) Original Woodcut 1930 Sold
19.- Kansas Cottonwoods by Coy Avon Seward Coy Avon Seward (Chase, Kansas, 1884 - Wichita, Kansas, 1939) Original Lithograph 1925 Sold
20.- La Marchande des Legumes (The Vegetable Merchant) by John Winkler John W. Winkler 'John Winkler' (Austria, 1890 - San Francisco, 1979) Original Etching 1924  
21.- Les Mendiants (Beggars) by Paul Mathey Paul Mathey (Paris, 1844 - 1929) Original Etching 1923  
22.- Les Trois Graces (The Three Graces) by Jacques Beltrand Jacques Beltrand (Paris, 1874 - Coucy-les-Eppes, l'Aisne, 1977) Original Color Wood Engraving 1925  
23.- Man at Labor, from Midsummer Night' by Lynd Ward 'Lynd Kendall Ward' Lynd Kendall Ward 'Lynd Ward' (Chicago, 1905 - 1985) Original Wood Engraving 1930  
24.- Manhattan by Vojtech Preissig Vojtech Preissig (Svetec u Biliny, 1873 - Dachau, 1944) Original Mezzotint Engraving 1929 Sold
25.- Marine by Gaston de Latenay Gaston de Latenay (Toulouse, 1859 - Paris 1943) Original Etching 1924 Sold
26.- Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Cora and Herbert Farrier by Theodore Brown Hapgood 'Theodore Hapgood' Theodore Brown Hapgood (Somerville, MA, 1871 - Boston?, 1938) Original Woodcut 1930  
27.- Moraine Park, Colorado by George Elbert Burr 'George Burr' George Elbert Burr (Monroe Falls, Ohio, 1859 - Phoenix, Arizona, 1939) Original Etching & Drypoint Engraving 1921  
28.- Night Walk, from 'Midsummer Night' by Lynd Ward 'Lynd Kendall Ward' Lynd Kendall Ward 'Lynd Ward' (Chicago, 1905 - 1985) Original Wood Engraving 1930  
29.- Old Boston Houses by Thomas Nason 'Thomas Willough by Nason' Thomas Willoughby Nason 'Thomas Nason' (Dracut, Massachusetts, 1889 - Old Lyme, Connecticut, 1971) Original Wood Engraving 1926 Sold
30.- Outbound by George Canning Wales George Canning Wales (Boston, 1868 - 1940) Original Etching 1923  
31.- Peace be With You: The Honore's by Paul Honore Paul Honore (Little Cooley, Pennsylvania, 1885 - Philadelphia, 1956) Original Woodcut 1930  
32.- Pierrot Peers Out by Norman Kent Norman Kent (Pittsburgh, 1903 - Rochester, NY, 1972) Original Color Linocut 1929 Sold
33.- Pike County, Grist Mill by Herbert Pullinger Herbert Pullinger (Philadelphia, 1878 - 1961) Original Woodcut 1928 Sold
34.- Pine Trees by Addison B. LeBoutillier 'Addison LeBoutillier' Addison LeBoutillier B. (Boston , 1872 - 1951) Original Etching 1926 Sold
35.- Primrose Court by Thomas Nason 'Thomas Willoughby Nason' Thomas Willoughby Nason 'Thomas Nason' (Dracut, Massachusetts, 1889 - Old Lyme, Connecticut, 1971) Original Wood Engraving 1926 Sold
36.- Roshinara (Roshanara) by Harry Everett Townsend Harry Everett Townsend (Camp Grove, Illinois, 1879 - Norwalk, CT, 1941) Original Linocut 1930 Sold
37.- Rupert Brooke by Norman Kent Norman Kent (Pittsburgh, 1903 - Rochester, NY, 1972) Original Woodcut 1929  
38.- Sea Gull by Henry Emerson Tuttle 'Henry Tuttle' Henry Emerson Tuttle (Lake Forest, Illinois., 1890 - New Haven, Connecticut., 1946) Original Drypoint Engraving 1928  
39.- Self Portrait by Harry Everett Townsend Harry Everett Townsend (Camp Grove, Illinois, 1879 - Norwalk, CT, 1941) Original Linocut 1930 Sold
40.- Slave Traders, from 'Madman's Drum' by Lynd Ward 'Lynd Kendall Ward' Lynd Kendall Ward 'Lynd Ward' (Chicago, 1905 - 1985) Original Wood Engraving 1930 Sold
41.- Snow by Vojtech Preissig Vojtech Preissig (Svetec u Biliny, 1873 - Dachau, 1944) Original Aquatint Engraving 1929 Sold
42.- Southern Pines by Eugene Paul Metour Eugene Paul Metour (Brittany, France, 1880 - Williamstown, MA, 1928) Original Etching 1923 Sold
43.- Steel by Alexander P. Couard 'Alexander Couard' Alexander P. Couard 'Alexander Couard' (New York City, 1891 - ?) Original Color Linocut 1930 Sold
44.- Study in the Nude by Paul Honore Paul Honore (Little Cooley, Pennsylvania, 1885 - Philadelphia, 1956) Original Color Woodcut 1929  
45.- The Auction of the Masterpiece, from “God’s Man” " by Lynd Ward Lynd Kendall Ward 'Lynd Ward' (Chicago, 1905 - 1985) Original Wood Engraving 1930 Sold
46.- The Bent Cedar, Garden of the Gods by Sven Birger Sandzen Sven Birger Sandzen (Blidsberg, Sweden, 1871 - Lindsborg, Kansas, 1954) Original Woodcut 1923 Sold
47.- The Boy Reading, from 'Madman's Drum' by Lynd Ward 'Lynd Kendall Ward' Lynd Kendall Ward 'Lynd Ward' (Chicago, 1905 - 1985) Original Wood Engraving 1930 Sold
48.- The Blacksmith Shop by Thomas Nason 'Thomas Willoughby Nason' Thomas Willoughby Nason 'Thomas Nason' (Dracut, Massachusetts, 1889 - Old Lyme, Connecticut, 1971) Original Wood Engraving 1926 Sold
49.- The Enchanted City by Paul Honore Paul Honore (Little Cooley, Pennsylvania, 1885 - Philadelphia, 1956) Original Color Woodcut 1929  
50.- The Gallion by Harry Cimino Harry Cimino (Marion, Indiana, 1898 - New York, 1969) Original Wood Engraving in Three Colors 1928  
51.- The House by Vojtech Preissig Vojtech Preissig (Svetec u Biliny, 1873 - Dachau, 1944) Original Linocut in Three Colours 1929 Sold
52.- The Little Canyon, Arizona by George Elbert Burr George Elbert Burr (Monroe Falls, Ohio, 1859 - Phoenix, Arizona, 1939) Original Etching & Drypoint Engraving 1930  
53.- The Old Man Carving Figures by Paul Honore Paul Honore (Little Cooley, Pennsylvania, 1885 - Philadelphia, 1956) Original Color Woodcut 1929  
54.- Webster Avenue, Boston by Thomas Nason Thomas Willoughby Nason 'Thomas Nason' (Dracut, Massachusetts, 1889 - Old Lyme, Connecticut, 1971) Original Wood Engraving 1926 Sold
55.- Who Wants Gold??? by Harry Cimino Harry Cimino (Marion, Indiana, 1898 - New York, 1969) Original Wood Engraving in Four Colors 1928  
56.- Winter in New England by Herbert Pullinger Herbert Pullinger (Philadelphia, 1878 - 1961) Original Woodcut 1928 Sold


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