Jesse Philip Olmes Stylized Cincinnati Cityscape Watercolor Painting, 1950

Item Details

Jesse Philip Olmes (American, 1913–1996)
Stylized cityscape, 1950
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated to lower right

Jesse Philip (or Phil) Olmes was born in Oil City, Pennsylvania, and received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania at Edinboro. In 1944 he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, when he was hired to be the art teacher at Norwood High School, a position he held until his retirement in 1972. He earned a master’s degree from Ohio State University in 1950 and also was awarded fellowships to study art at Columbia and Yale Universities in 1956 and 1957. Olmes was a noted watercolor artist who often exhibited in Cincinnati-area galleries. After his retirement Olmes taught painting at the Cincinnati Woman’s Club and was a member of the Cincinnati Art Club. Olmes was also a musician who played the trumpet, trombone, French horn, and cornet in the Phil Olmes Over-the-Hill Gang, a Dixieland jazz band who performed around Cincinnati and on the Betty Blake riverboat.

Condition

- uneven toning to sheet; upper edge of sheet misaligned to mat; light handling wear to frame; tears and stains to paper backing.

Dimensions

- measures frame; sight measures 19" W x 14" H.

• Item not examined outside of mounting.

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Item #

ITMGS60853