Original watercolor illustration by Harve Stein of farmers. Stein (1904-1996) was a noted Connecticut based illustrator.
EDUCATION: Art Institute of Chicago, 1922-26; Academie Julien, Paris, 1927; Art Students League, 1930-33; studies with Harvey Dunn
MEMBERSHIPS: Society of Illustrators (honorary life member); American Watercolor Society; Audubon Artists; Mystic Art Association; Providence Art Club
TEACHING: Rhode Island School of Design, 1944-69; Connecticut College, 1946-47, 1951; New London Art Students League, 1948-59; Mitchell College, summers, 1955-56
EXHIBITIONS: American Watercolor Society, 1934-44; Mystic Art Association, 1934-45; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1934-40; Art Institute of Chicago, 1937; New York World's Fair, 1939; Providence Watercolor Club, 1956 (award); New Haven Paint and Clay Club, 1957 (award); Providence Art Club, 1963 (award)
ILLUSTRATOR: "Vagabond's Ward", 1931; "Belinda in Old New Orleans", 1932; "Little Women", 1932; "Little Men", 1933; "Presenting Lily Mars", 1933; "The Faraway Mystery", 1935; "Sword of the Wilderness", 1936; "On the Staked Plain", 1940; "Toward Freedom", 1940; "Marta Finds the Golden Door", 1941; "The Brave and Free", 1942; "Owen of the Bluebird", 1942; "The Winged Boat", 1943; "My Spelling, Grade Six", 1943; "Washington Irving", 1944; "Navy Wings of Gold", 1944; "Custer. Fighter of the Plains", 1944; "Make Way for a Sailor!", 1946; "Farther North", 1946; "The Scarlet Coat", 1947; "Days and Deeds", 1947; "Luck for the Jolly Gale", 1947; "Captain John Smith", 1950; "Leif Ericson, Explorer", 1951; "Carvers George", 1952; "They Knew Abe Lincoln", 1952; "The Story of Thomas Alva Edison", 1952; "Glory Boy", 1953; "Powder Keg", 1953; "Courage to Command", 1953; "Gentlemen and Rebels", 1954; "Rebellion at Quaker Hill", 1954; "Pirate Quest", 1955; "Caesar Augustus", 1956; "Benjamin Disraeli", 1956; "Fence Across the Trail", 1957; "Alabama Raider", 1957; "Roger Williams", 1957; "The Good Luck Feather", 1958; "Secret of Star Point", 1958; "Galileo and the Magic Numbers", 1958; "The First Book of Pioneers", 1959; "Thoreau of Walden Pond", 1959; "Muir of the Mountains", 1961; "Arrivals and Departures", 1961; "The First Book of the California Gold Rush", 1962; "The New Home", 1962; "By Secret Railway", 1963; "Thomas Jefferson", 1964
COLLECTIONS: United States Department of State, Washington, D.C.; Butler Institute of American Art; Mystic Art Association Gallery; Norwich Art Museum; Montclair Art Museum; University of Minnesota; Brown University; public archives, Toronto
Sight size of this wonderful painting is 12 1/2 x 16 1/2. Signed lower right. An evocative, exquisitely executed work.
Has not been examined out of the frame but appears to be in very good condition in frame. Size of the frame is 16 1/4 x 20 1/4. The framed piece will be shipped without the glass in order to avoid damage.
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