ANTHONY THIEME - ORIGINAL CAPE ANN HARBOR SCENE -SIGNED

" Cape Ann Harbor Scene ".

This work is an original hand printed color lithograph by Anthony Thieme ( 1888 - 1954 ): The lithograph is approx. 99% overpainted in thick oil paint. The work is circa 1935: The work is laid down on a circa 1935 wood panelboard: image/ panel size is 26 inches by 31 inches: The work is inscribed in pencil / verso with the notation: " orig. lithograph painted in oil by the artist ". The work is signed in oil lower right " A. Thieme ":  framed in its original  fine custom circa 1935 textured and toned fine gold leaf frame: frame size is 30 1/4 x 35 1/2 inches: ( Both artwork and frame are in excellent condition ).

Thieme was highly prolific and due to popular demand is known to have made original color lithographs of some of his most sought after images. This image is known to have been also lithographed in a 17 x 20 inch format.

Because of the thick overall oil paint impasto, until this work was recently professionally cleaned and examined under high magnification, it was believed by others that this work was a 100% original oil. The quality of the oil strokes matches that of several of Thiemes' early Cape Ann oils. It is highly likely that this near full overpainting is the work of the artist himself, perhaps on the request of a collector or as a demonstration for students at the Rockport studio. ( see my close ups of the oil impasto ).

Anthony Thieme was born in Rotterdam, Holland. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam (1902-04), at the Royal Academy at The Hague (1905), as an apprentice artist in Dusseldorf, Germany, under George Hoecker, Germany's foremost stage designer (1906-08), and at the School of Fine Arts, Turin (1909-1910). After completing his studies he traveled in Europe, England, and South America, and he worked as a stage designer in these places both before and after coming to the United States in 1917. In 1919 he settled in Boston where for nine years he worked as a designer and painter of stage settings for the Copley Theatre, while also doing book illustrations for Boston publishers.

By 1927, he had established a studio at Cape Ann in Rockport, Massachusetts, where he taught summer painting classes and became well-known for his seascapes and shore scenes. While he worked in an Impressionist manner, he was also profoundly influenced by the Dutch seascape tradition, and was particularly interested in the effects of light on water. His work was exhibited in New York, Washington, Paris, and London, and was acquired by many museums.  In 1946, Thieme's Cape Ann studio burned down, together with much of his work of the previous thirty years.

Exhibitions include:  National Academy of Design 1930-1934; Art Institute of Chicago 1930; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 1929-1931; Corcoran Gallery of Art 1932; Los Angeles Museum of Art 1930, 1931 (prize); Albright Art Gallery 1932; Detroit Institute of Art 1931; Salmagundi Club 1929 and 1931 (prizes); Springfield, Utah 1928 and 1931 (prizes); Gloucester Art Association 1928 (prize); Springfield Art League 1927 and 1928 (prizes); North Shore Art Association 1930 (prize); Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts 1930 (prize); Jordon Marsh Exhibition (Boston) 1944 (medal); New York Water Color Club 1930 (prize); Boston Tercentenary Exhibition 1930; Ogunquit Art Center 1930; New Haven Painters and Clay Club 1931 (prize); Washington Water Color Club 1931(prize); Los Angeles Museum of Art; Buck Hill Falls Art Association (Pennsylvania) 1938 (prize); he also exhibited in Belgium, France and Holland.

Anthony Thieme's work is held in the collections of the metropolitan Museum of Art, Boston Museum of Fine Art; Pittsfield Museum of Art (Massachusetts); Albany Institute of History and Art; Dayton Art Institute; City of New Haven Collection; College of Springfield (Utah); University of Iowa; Museum of Modern Art; Los Angeles Museum of History, Science & Art; Beach College, Storrs, Connecticut; Montclair Art Museum (New Jersey).

Thieme was a member of American Water Color Society; Art Alliance of America; Salmagundi Club; Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts; Boston Art Club; Providence Water Color Club; Boston Society of Artists; North Shore Art Association; Springfield Art League; Rockport Art Association; New York Water Color Club; American Artists Professional League; Gloucester Society of Artists; Art Alliance of Philadelphia; Philadelphia Painters Club; and the National Arts Club. ( Ref: Who Was Who in American Art: Falk ).


NOTE: This work is fully guaranteed.