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The Paris Dancer

Artist:Rolf Armstrong
Date:1919
Medium:Pastel on Artist's Paper
Dimensions: Sight Size 11 1/4" X 14 1/4" Framed 20 1/2" X 23 3/4"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Exhibited Work as a student in Paris
Price: SOLD
Detail
The artist’s signature and inscription lower right

 

An early pastel work of a modernist avant-garde dancer by a then young Rolf Armstrong, which was done in Paris as he studied at the Academie Julian his first year there in 1919. The work appears to have been exhibited and to have received a bronze prize as referenced in the inkstamp on the verso, it is also identified in the artist’s hand on the back which reads “Academie Julian, 1919, The work is signed and inscribed “For Jeanne, in the lower right corner, and has been handsomely framed and matted under glass in a period gold gilt antique frame. This early work certainly reveals the immense talent and natural ability of the prolific American illustrator, who in later years earned the title of “The Father Of American Pin-up”.

The artist moved to Chicago in 1908, where he later studied at the Art Institute. He then went on to New York, where he studied with Robert Henri.

After a trip to Paris in 1919 to study at the Académie Julian, he returned to New York and established a studio. In 1921 he went to Minneapolis to study calendar production at Brown & Bigelow.

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The Paris Dancer

Artist: Rolf Armstrong
Price:  SOLD

Filed Under: Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: Academie Julian, dance, paris, pastel, Rolf Armstrong
Added to Gallery: April 4, 2015

 

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    Grapefruit Moon Gallery, based in Minneapolis MN, specializes in vintage pin up and original illustration art.  We are the proud home of the Bunny Yeager archives.

    Since 2003, Grapefruit Moon Gallery has been a leading dealer of exclusive original paintings by Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas, Earl Moran, Rolf Armstrong and Henry Clive, as well as vintage photographs, prints, and period decorative arts in ceramic and metal.

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