Albert Edward Sterner

Original Drypoint Engraving and Soft Ground Etching by the American artist, Albert Edward Sterner.

The Fight

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Albert Edward Sterner 'Albert Sterner' (London, England, 1863 - New York, 1946)
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01-		Meditation by Albert Sterner	Original Drypoint Engraving	1933	Signed, dated, titled and annotated by Albert Edward Sterner, Trial Proof, First impression from the Plate.	Available
02.-		Portrait of Rollin Kirby by Albert Sterner	Original Conte Drawing	1931	Signed and annotated, "Albert Sterner, of and for his friend" in Pencil by Albert Edward Sterner.	Sold
03.-		The Fight by Albert Sterner	Original Drypoint Engraving and Soft Ground Etching	1931	Signed and dated in pencil by Albert Edward Sterner, Fifty impressions.	Sold
04.-		The Man Drawing by Albert Sterner	Original Drypoint Engraving	1933	Signed and dated in pencil by Albert Edward Sterner, Twenty-five impressions.	Sold
05.-		The Promised Land by Albert Sterner	Original Drypoint Engraving	1930	Signed and dated in pencil by Albert Edward Sterner, Twenty-five impressions	Available
06.-		The Woman Taken into Adultry by Albert Sterner	Original Drypoint Engraving	1936	Signed, titled, and dated in pencil by Albert Edward Sterner, Twenty-five impressions	Sold

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The American Art of the Depression Era directory contains a listing of original works of art from the Depression decade of the 1930’s and into the early 1940’s created by American artists. These pages also include information about the art publishers, associations, clubs, groups and societies located in major cities throughout the United States, such as Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Buffalo, Wichita, Philadelphia, Rochester, San Francisco, Washington D.C. and elsewhere. Many of these organizations provided an opportunity for American artists to work and create original works of art during the Great Depression. A few of the art associations and clubs active during this period that are discussed in this directory include the American Artists Group, the Associated American Artists, New York, the Buffalo Print Club, the Chicago Society of Etchers, the Lone Star Printmakers, the Prairie Print Makers, the Print Club of Cleveland, the Print Club of Philadelphia, the Print Club of Rochester, the Society of American Etchers, the Indiana Society of Printmakers, the Society of Washington D.C. Artists and the Syracuse Print Club.
01.-	American Art of the Depression Era - Page 1 (Artist Index (A to E)	American Art of the Depression Era dating from 1930 to 1945 (Art of The Print / www.artoftheprint.com - Artist Index: A to E): The following four pages contain a listing of original American etchings, lithographs woodcuts, serigraphs, watercolors, drawings, linocuts and wood engravings from the Depression decade of the 1930’s and into the early 1940’s. Despite the dire economic times publishers of original prints continued to survive and successfully raise revenue for the artists as well as making original art affordable during the Great Depression years. Listed on the first page of the 'American Art of the Depression Era' directory are over fifty original works of art created by American artists such as, George Elbert Burr, his etchings, Little Canyon, Arizona and Morraine Park were both commissioned by The Print Connoisseur, while his Evening, Arizona was published by The Brooklyn Society of Etchers. Also, works such as, Kenneth Ballantyne's original linocut, Wood Nymphs appeared in The Colophon in New York in 1931. George Elmer Browne’s The Fishing Fleet and Adolf Dehn’s Threshing Near Kilkenny published by the Associated American Artists (A.A.A.), are other outstanding examples of early prints from this decade.
02.-	American Art of the Depression Era - Page 2 (Artist Index (F to J)	American Art of the Depression Era dating from 1930 to 1945 (Art of The Print / www.artoftheprint.com - Artist Index: F to J): The second page of this directory also contains a list of over fifty original works of art created during the Great Depression years by American artists. One of the more interesting aspects of art of the Depression is how seldom the actual misery and privation of the decade is depicted. On this page, for example, only Hugo Gellert’s original lithograph, Primary Accumulation, protests the contemporary state of affairs. The visual arts (including films) set out to divert and entertain. Perhaps for artists an almost sure recipe for failure would have been to remind the average man of his sorry condition. On the contrary most areas of the entertainment industries thrived. The art of Kenneth Hartwell is an excellent example. His lithographs of circus acrobats, jugglers and clowns and of the music, dancing and comedy of the Burlesque shows are worlds into themselves. Gazing at his imagery the viewer is granted a temporary reprieve from the real world.
03.-	American Art of the Depression Era - Page 3 (Artist Index (K to P)	American Art of the Depression Era dating from 1930 to 1945 (Art of The Print / www.artoftheprint.com - Artist Index: K to P): Even in a Depression the sense of a continuation of normal activities persists. In Joseph Margulies, New England Granny the subject does exactly what grannies do best as she contentedly sits in her rocker, sewing. Philip Parsons depicts a joyful family reunion in Home for Christmas and Henry Pitz depicts the dignity of work in his monumental art deco style in both Maine Fisherman and Man Against the Sky. Purely by alphabetical accident, page 3 also contains two of my favorite night scenes: Alan Lewis’ delightful color woodcut, Swinging the Gate and Martin Lewis’ renowned Night in New York. This famous etching was published by the Chicago Society of Etchers in 1932.
04.-	American Art of the Depression Era - Page 4 (Artist Index (R to Z)	American Art of the Depression Era dating from 1930 to 1945 (Art of The Print / www.artoftheprint.com - Artist Index: R to Z): Like the previous three pages, page four of this directory provides a full variety of Depression era themes and techniques. Stark realities of the times are provided by W. P. Robinson (Abandoned Farm) and Isadore Weiner (Gardening). In contrast are pieces like John W. Winkler’s playful landscape, Rae Lakes, California and the fine animal studies by Clarence Zuelch. Two magnificent drypoints by Albert Sterner -- Meditation and The Promised Land – will also be found listed on that page. In particular, The Promised Land seems like a potent symbol of man’s journey through the decade of the Great Depression. In total, there are over two hundred works of original art created by American artists from the Depression decade of the 1930’s and into the early 1940’s listed in the 'American Art of the Depression' directory.

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Title:	The Fight
Artist:	Sterner, Albert Edward 'Albert Sterner' (London, England, 1863 - New York, 1946)
Date:	1931
Medium:	Original Drypoint Engraving and Soft Ground Etching
Note:	Albert Edward Sterner 'Albert Sterner': A great American painter, etcher, engraver, lithographer and illustrator, Albert Sterner first studied art at Birmingham and at the Julien Academy in Paris, under Gerome, Boulanger and Lefebvre. Born to American parents in England, Albert Edward Sterner moved permanently to New York in 1885. Sterner first established himself as a major painter and illustrator. Among other awards, his art won prestigious medals at the Paris Salon (1891), the Paris Exposition (1900) and at the Munich Exposition (1905).
	Albert Sterner was a full member of the American Water Color Society, the Lotus Club, the American Institute of Arts and Letters and of the National Academy of Design (1934). His original prints and paintings are included in the following international institutes; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the South Kensington Museum, London, the Kupferstich Kabinet, Munich, and the Royal Print Collection of Italy. Few American artists received as much acclaim throughout the world as Albert Sterner.
	Original printmaking first attracted Albert Sterner around 1910 when he made some experimental lithographs with the printer, Boulton Brown. This led him to create some fine, large posters during the First World War. The medium of drypoint engraving, with its characteristic deep and furrowed lines, became Sterner's primary means of artistic expression during the final twenty years of his life. Completely designed, engraved and printed by the artist, Albert Sterner's drypoints were published by him in small, limited editions of twenty-five to fifty impressions. These original prints, with their strong design elements, immediately placed Albert Edward Sterner alongside Rockwell Kent and Lynd Ward as one of America's finest printmakers of the Art Deco era.
	The majority of Albert Sterner's drypoints are either portrayals or allegorical figure studies. The Fight represents a brilliant example of the latter category. Every swirling, rapid line in this remarkable composition underlines the major theme of uncontrolled hatred and conflict. Only an artistic genius like Albert Edward Sterner could capture the essence of violence in this remarkable manner.
Edition:	Limited edition of fifty impressions.
Size:	11 3/4 X 9 7/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon early twentieth century laid paper bearing the 'B F K RIVES' watermark and with full margins as published in New York in the limited, signed edition of fifty impressions. This drypoint engraving is signed and dated in pencil by the artist along the lower margin. Also, Albert Sterner has written the title along the extreme lower margin (under the matte). It is a finely printed impression and in excellent condition throughout. Altogether, 'The Fight' represents a superb, original example of the famous art of Albert Sterner.
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