Paul Bough Travis

Lumbwa Tribesman, Arap Koe

Paul Bough Travis, the American artist, created this original drawing of an African Lumbwa Tribesman, Arap Koe, drawn from life in Kenya in 1927. With but a minimum of lines and shading he created a haunting and superb work of art. Exhibitions of Paul Travis's African art were held at the Eastman-Bolton Galleries of Cleveland (1929) and at the Milwaukee Art Institute (1931). This portrait of a Lumbwa Tribesman, Arap Koe is drawn upon wove paper and with full margins, bearing an exhibition sticker on the verso and is signed, dated and titled by Paul Travis along the lower right margin. It is a fine, original example of the African art created by the 20th century artist, Paul Bough Travis.

Original Drawing by the American artist, Paul Bough Travis.

Lumbwa Tribesman, Arap Koe

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Title:	Lumbwa Tribesman, Arap Koe
Artist:	Travis, Paul Bough 'Paul Travis' (Wellsville, Ohio, 1891 - Cleveland, 1975)
Date:	1927
Medium:	Original Drawing
Note:	Paul Bough Travis 'Paul Travis': A major twentieth century American painter and printmaker, Paul Bough Travis enrolled in the Cleveland School of Art in 1913. There he studied art techniques, mainly under the great modernist painter, Henry Keller (1869-1949). As well, Travis worked regularly at this time with his fellow student and friend, Charles Burchfield. During the First World War he enlisted in the army and served as a machine gunner in France. After the war's end (1918) he remained oversees for a period of one year and taught art at American universities in both France and Germany. Paul Travis returned to Cleveland in 1920. Travis became a teacher at the Cleveland School of Art and held that post for the following thirty-seven years.
	The year of 1927 marked a decisive moment of Paul Bough Travis's career. He was awarded a scholarship to study art abroad for a period of one year. Instead of choosing the all too familiar sites of France or Italy, Travis selected Africa. For his undertaking he was further sponsored by some of Cleveland's African-American arts organizations, such as the Karamu Theatre. In total Paul Travis traveled eight months in Africa, from Capetown in the south to Cairo in the north, and painted and drew the peoples and landscapes of the Congo, Rhodesia and Kenya as well as many other countries. Apart from his impressive drawings and watercolours, Paul Bough Travis also produced many important photographs and purchased pieces of valuable tribal art which are now housed at the Karamu House, the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
	Upon his return exhibitions of Paul Travis's African art were held at the Eastman-Bolton Galleries of Cleveland (1929) and at the Milwaukee Art Institute (1931). During the 1930's his paintings and watercolours were included in major exhibitions at the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 1943 the Butler Art Institute organized a solo exhibition of Travis's art. Today the art of Paul Bough Travis is included in many major American museums. In 2002, the Cleveland Artists Foundation organized a major retrospective exhibition of Travis's paintings, drawings and prints.
	Paul Travis's African experiences remained the primary motivating force for his art throughout the remainder of his career. Shifting away from traditional values his art became much more direct and spontaneous. This amazing African portrait of a Lumbwa Tribesman drawn from life by the artist in Kenya in 1927, shows Paul Bough Travis's art at its best. With but a minimum of lines and shading he created a haunting and superb work of art.
Size:	17 1/4 X 12 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
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Condition:	Drawn upon wove paper and with full margins. Signed, dated and titled by the artist along the lower right margin. Bearing an exhibition sticker on the verso. This original drawing is in excellent condition throughout and represents an important example of the famous art of Paul Travis.
	Lumbwa Tribesman, Arap Koe is in its original hand-painted, wormwood frame. I have removed any acidic materials and replaced them with acid-free, archival materials in order to preserve this work of art.
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