Arthur Helwig Oil Painting

Item Details

Arthur Helwig (Cincinnati, Ohio; 1899-1976)
Untitled
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to the lower right
Unframed

An oil painting on canvas of an accordion player by Arthur Helwig (Cincinnati, Ohio; 1899-1976). This painting depicts a figure rendered in brightly hued linear brushstrokes creating motion and movement. The artist’s signature is present to the lower right corner of the painting. This piece is presented as unstretched canvas.

Arthur Helwig, was a notable artist and past president of the Cincinnati Art Club (1939 to 1941). Helwig was an active artist and instructor for well over four decades years. During this period he exhibited in galleries and museums in Europe, and over twenty different cities across the United States from San Francisco to New York City. He won a number of awards for his paintings including four 1st prize awards in national shows for his impressive lithographic prints. Helwig’s contribution as an art instructor was impressive, teaching for many years at the Cincinnati Art Academy. Helwig studied under Theodore Dorl, Bessie Hoover Wessel, and James Hopkins. He worked in watercolor, oils, and numerous printing methods and was also a well-known mural painter. His work has been featured in the collections of numerous museums across the United States including: The Cincinnati Art Museum, Chicago Art Institute, The Philadelphia Museum and The Cleveland Art Museum.

Condition

- heavy craquelure present to painting surface; heavy fraying to edges of canvas; holes to edges of canvas; wear to surface of painting; loss of canvas to edges of canvas; creasing to canvas; dust and accretions present to painting surface; staining to edges and verso of canvas.

Dimensions

Item #

16CIN997-2367