Her prints are represented in museums throughout the United States with large holdings in the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Georgetown University, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Museum. Her work was of such consistency and quality it guaranteed her election to the National Academy. Working in the realistic manner, her detailed use of the graver on the wood block produced fineline work reminiscent of the Old Masters. van Abbe," Print Collector's Quarterly, vol.26, 1939,īorn in Rhode Island, Albee, studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and in Paris.She took up wood engraving in 1928 as a relief from life's tensions, recording rural subject matter,urban changes, landscapes, and various themes from nature. His skillful eye possessed a sense of satire and humor in the presentation of legal prints and British middle-class behavior during the early part of the twentieth century. However, his greatest skill was displayed in the drypoint medium, because of an uncanny ability to understand human behavior and depict it on paper. He studied art at the People's Palace, Bolt Court, Toynbee Hall, and later at the Central London School of Art.Īfter working on the art staff of a newspaper he decided to do illustrations for authors such as H.G. Shipping discounts for multiple purchases.Moving to England from Holland when five years old, van Abbe, became a naturalized citizen. Please check out my other auctions for more interesting stuff. There is another small one right above the "A" in American on the cover. It didn't beak the paper on the reverse, but it does cause a color loss. The cover does have two small dings with the biggest to the left of the feeding bird's eye. The art portion of the calendar is in good shape. Birds include: cardinal, goldfinches, robin, bluebird, Western meadowlark, Baltimore oriole, ruby-throated hummingbirds, brown thrasher, mocking bird, cedar waxwing, flickers and black capped chickadees. The calendar features 12 different birds paintings from Tom Dolan with a small description of the bird and characteristics written by Vernon Hagelin. They look like they were perforated, but i'm not sure. Right off the bat, it is missing the calendar months. Here is an original 1954 John Deere American Bird Book Calendar.
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