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Millard Sheets S/N Lithograph, Fisherman #1146679

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Millard Sheets S/N Lithograph, Fisherman #1146679
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Artist: Millard Sheets

Title: Fisherman

Year: Circa 1977

Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil

Edition: 250

Paper Size: 24" x 35"



Millard Sheets (1907 - 1989)




Born in Pomona, California and living much of his life in Southern California, Millard Sheets earned a reputation as one of the foremost watercolorists of his era. Of all the Depression era artists, he was the most representative of the California School, part of the American Scene movement. According to Susan Anderson in her essay, 'California Holiday', for "American Art Review" June 2002, he was a "colorful, larger-than-life character possessing equal measures of talent and ambition" and he "set the direction for the school."
He was willing to be called a regionalist only if you accepted the idea that his work embraced a large region.



In addition to having painting talents, he was a master architect, mural designer, and maker of tapestries and mosaics.



He studied at the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles with Clarence Hinkle and F. Tolles Chamberlin. After graduation in 1929, he taught watercolor classes at Chouinard and his use of this medium encouraged many others to follow suit including Phil Dike, Lee Blair, Hardie Gramatky, Barse Miller, Phil Paradise and Paul Sample. They had much camaraderie amongst themselves and joined the California Water Color Society, stirring state-wide interest and ultimately a national revival of ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:c. 1977</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:24</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:35</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Millard Sheets S/N Lithograph, Fisherman</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York City, USA</td></tr>
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