Paul Chidlaw Graphite Drawing of Toddler Boy

Item Details

Untitled (portrait)
Graphite drawing on cardstock
Unsigned
Marked to the verso with the artist’s estate stamp

Provenance
The collection of Paul Chidlaw (American; 1900 – 1989)
Passed to Madge Chidlaw, wife of Paul Chidlaw
Gifted along with Chidlaw collection to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

*A portion of the proceeds will benefit Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

Paul Chidlaw, an early proponent of abstract expressionism, had a long and distinguished career in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born in Cleves, Ohio, and studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. In 1927, after working as a commercial artist for several years, he left for Europe where he worked, traveled and studied, including a period at L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Fontainebleau. After returning to Cincinnati in 1935 he painted several commissions for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and served in the US Army Corps of Engineers during WWII before settling in to a long teaching career at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. There he was known for his modernist aesthetic, and mentored many students including notable American Pop artists Jim Dine and Tom Wesselmann. In fact, he was so revered that the institution named the Chidlaw Gallery after him in 1986. Chidlaw’s work resides at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Xavier University and in many private collections.

Condition

- toning, staining and smudges to sheet; sheet is folded across lower edge; abrasion to upper right edge; creasing and several small tears to edges; 22.5

Dimensions

- measures sheet as folded.

Item #

ITMG193411