Paul Ashbrook Figural Oil Painting

Item Details

Paul Ashbrook (Ohio/Mexico, 1867 – 1949)
Untitled (male figure and donkey), early 20th century
Oil painting on board
Signed to the lower right

Paul Ashbrook, born Paul Von Eschenbach in New York in 1867, studied at the Art Students League, under William Merritt Chase. He went on to study under Frank Duveneck at the Cincinnati Art Academy, where he later taught. He worked for the Stonebridge Lithographic Company of Cincinnati designing posters for the Barnum and Bailey Circus, and served as president of the Cincinnati Art Club, before leaving to travel through Europe and Mexico.

Condition

- heavy dust and accretions present to frame and painting; wear to edges of frame; surface wear present to painting; discoloration to painting.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 4.5" W x 6.5" H.

Item #

ITMG423765