Paul Ashbrook Oil Painting of Tepotzotlán Landscape

Item Details

Paul Ashbrook (American, 1867–1949)
Tepotzotlán landscape with strolling congregation members, early to mid-20th century
Oil on canvas
Signed to lower left

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

- patches of overpainting throughout; mostly in backdrop around outer edges; abrasions and effaced finish to frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame.

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Item #

ITMGQ41112