George Jo Mess - Stanhope Hall Princeton University

Stanhope Hall, Princeton University

George Jo Mess's original aquatint engraving, "Stanhope Hall, Princeton University" is printed upon textured laid paper and with full, deckled margins as published by this Indiana artist in 1946. It is signed in pencil by George Mess under the plate mark. Stanhope Hall, Princeton University stands as a fine, original example of the engraved art created by the twentieth century American artist, George Jo Mess.

Original Aquatint Engraving by the American artist, George Jo Mess.

Stanhope Hall, Princeton University

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Title:	Stanhope Hall, Princeton University
Artist:	Mess, George Jo (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1898 - Indianapolis, 1962)
Date:	1946
Medium:	Original Aquatint Engraving
Note:	George Jo Mess: An Indiana etcher, painter and teacher, George Jo Mess studied art at Columbia University, the John Herron Art School, the Modern School of Design, Chicago, and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris. He also received scholarships for further studies at the Louis Tiffany Foundation, New York City. Along with his brother, George Jo Mess founded the commerical art business, the Circle Art Company, in downtown Indianapolis in 1920. Five years later he married, Evelynne Bernloehr Mess (b. 1903), who became an accomplished printmaker in her own right and was also the founder of the Indiana Society of Printmakers. The two artists founded and taught at the Circle Art Academy from 1927 to 1932.
	In 1937, George and Evelynne Mess moved to Chicago. George Jo Mess worked as a commercial artist on the staff of both Esquire and Coronet until he returned to Indianapolis in 1940. There he taught at both the John Herron Art School and the Indianapolis Art League. In 1949, George Jo Mess became professor of art at Indiana University and held that post until his death in 1962.
	During his career, George Jo Mess exhibited his fine paintings, etchings and engravings at such institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Chicago Art Institute, as well as at international expositions in Paris, Rome and Stockholm. Stanhope Hall, Princeton University is typical of George Mess's fine work as both an architectural artist and as an aquatint engraver.
Edition	Limited Edition of One Hundred Impressions.
Size:	7 1/2 X 9 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon textured laid paper and with full, deckled margins as published by George Jo Mess in 1946. Signed in pencil by the artist under the plate mark. Containing old tape staining on the verso in the two upper corners which do not enter to or affect the actual engraving. Else a finely printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Stanhope Hall, Princeton University stands as a prime, original example of the art of George Jo Mess.
Subject:	George Jo Mess, Stanhope Hall, Princeton University, original aquatint, Indiana etcher, painter and teacher, Circle Art Academy, Indiana University, architectural artist.
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