John Ellsworth Weis Oil Painting "Fishing Boats, Gloucester", 1933

Item Details

John Ellsworth Weis (Ohio/Indiana, 1892 – 1962)
Fishing Boats, Gloucester, 1933
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to lower right
Title inscribed to verso
Label to verso from Cincinnati Art Galleries

Born in Indiana, John Weis moved to Higginsport, Ohio, then to Norwood, Ohio when he was a child. Due to family struggles, he found it necessary to work several day jobs in order to attend classes at the Cincinnati Art Academy in the evenings. Faculty members at the Academy, including Frank Duveneck, James Hopkins, L.H. Meakin, and Herman Wessel, were so impressed with both Weis’ talent and his work ethic, that at the age of 22 he was offered a full-time position at the Academy where he taught for the next 38 years, mentoring many young artists in Cincinnati. Weis’ work was exhibited at the Paris Salon, the Cincinnati Art Museum, and the Art Institute of Chicago, among other institutions.

Condition

- abrasions at frame edges; chips and finish wear to frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 23.5" W x 19.5" H.

Item #

ITMG381853