{"product_id":"modernist-oil-painting-george-schwacha-carnival-circus-big-top-ferris-wheel-wpa","title":"Modernist Oil Painting George Schwacha Carnival Circus Big Top Ferris Wheel WPA","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e H: 18.25, W: 22.25 IN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand signed lower left corner Oil on masonite Dimensions: Frame H 18.25\" x W 22.25\". Sight H 11.25\" x W 15.25 This is a great scene, vintage Americana. Possibly Coney Island in Brooklyn New York City. Done in a mid century modern style with great vibrant colors and loose, adept, brushwork.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Schwacha, Jr. (1908 - 1986) New Jersey artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnown for Landscape painting and snow scenes. He studied Arthur W. Woelfle; John Grabach; Edward Dufner and A. Schweider.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Schwacha was president of the American Artists Professional League and a past president of the Audubon Artists and Art Center of New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe belongs to the American Watercolor Society, The National Society of Painters in Casein, and the Philadelphia Watercolor Club.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis paintings have been shown throughout the country at museums such as the Pennsylvania Academy, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC and the Birmingham Art Museum, The Butler Art Institute in Youngstown, Ohio the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, as well as in leading New Jersey and New York exhibitions, including the American Society of Arts and Letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is listed in Who's Who in American Art and International Directory of Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis work is represented nationally in over 30 museums and public collections including the Newark Museum, Montclair Museum, Birmingham Art Museum, the Isaac Delgado Museum in New Orleans, and the Butler Art Institute. Worldwide he is also represented in collections in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, Israel, Scotland and Switzerland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeymour Zayon,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBertram Hartman,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHugh Campbell,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank Herbst,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoseph Newman,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheodore Valenkamph,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert John McClelland,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNicolai S (Nicola) Cikovsky, Ben Benn,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Howell Gay,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRobert Brackman, Vernon Wood,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrederick Wagner,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry Pember Smith,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry Martin Gasser,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Grabach, Raphael Soyer,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean Halter,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAntonio Cirino,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Newman.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51628498157866,"sku":"a_16465192S1","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0996\/4021\/3802\/files\/mobilejpegupload_2921734EDA854F3C887DD2989CB897A9_master.jpg?v=1780511028","url":"https:\/\/lionsgallery.com\/products\/modernist-oil-painting-george-schwacha-carnival-circus-big-top-ferris-wheel-wpa","provider":"Lions Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}