189

Irving R. Bacon US Lower Great Lakes School OOC

Currency:USD Category:Antiques Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD
Irving R. Bacon US Lower Great Lakes School OOC
ABSENTEE-ONLY BIDDING AVAILABLE. HIGHEST BIDS WILL BE TAKEN TO LIVE AUCTION FLOOR.

888 Auctions endeavors to accurately describe the items being sold, but all property offered for sale is strictly as is, where is, and with all faults. All representations or statements made by 888 Auctions and its representatives, or in the catalogue or other publication or report, as to the correctness of description, genuineness, attribution, provenance, or period of the Lot, are statements of opinion only.
Oil on canvas, framed. Featuring a landscape scene of a village street. Signed Bacon and inscribed Munchen 07 on the lower left corner. Attributed to Irving Reuben Bacon (1875-1962, American). 13 x 18.5 cm (5.1 x 7.3 inches), Frame: 26 x 31.5 cm (10.2 x 12.4 inches). PROVENANCE: Private European collection (Bayern, Germany)

Born in 1875 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Irving Bacon received his early art education from the Detroit Museum of Art College. Many of his early works focused on illustrations and cartoons; Often his work reflected the influence of travel in the American West. From 1894 to 1900 he worked as an illustrator at the Detroit Evening News and the Detroit Free Press. In 1902 he went to New York City to study at the Chase School of Art and illustrate for Harper's Weekly and McClure's. From 1906 to 1910 he studied with Heinrich von Zügel at the Royal Academy in Munich. In 1908 these two and other paintings were created. City Kufstein with the fortress and castle Munchen Street Scene, 1907. Upon his return to Detroit, he sold a painting to Henry Ford and was allowed to use Ford's large estate for the creation of landscape paintings. In 1913 he became an employee of the Ford Motor Company and drew caricatures for the Ford Times and illustrations for the Dearborn Independent. He painted scenes of interest to Henry Ford and portraits of Ford's family and friends, including Noah Webster, Luther Burbank, Mark Twain, George Washington Carver, Stephen Foster, John Burroughs, and others. Bacon's interest in photography and film led him to become head of the Ford Motor Company's photography department for several years. He was also responsible for creating paintings of the artefacts of the Edison Institute (now The Henry Ford) and served as a set designer for the Museum Theater. He retired in 1948 from the Edison Institute and the Ford Motor Company and died in 1962 at the age of 86 years in Miami, Florida.