THEODORE GRAMM Painting PAFA IMPRESSIONIST Artist PHILADELPHIA PA Snowscene 1936

Description: 24 x 30" oil on canvas from 1936 entitled “Delaware River” depicting a winter snow scene with boats and workers at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard or similar locale.By listed 20th century Pennsylvania Impressionist artist Theodore Kennedy Gramm (Am., 1888-1961). Signed “TK GRAMM” lower right.This painting was exhibited, I think at Warwick Galleries. The paper (card) tag was tacked upper left on the back stretchers but just a tiny corner piece is there now. Luckily, Gramm titled it on the canvas back and also wrote his address in Ardmore, on the Main Line.On the top side-edge of the stretcher, in the tacking margin area but on the wood, it’s written in pencil: “1936” and “Freighter”. The painting needs some restoration work per paint losses along the bottom and spots in the sky. Gramm was of the same school as Fred Wagner. See his painting “Winter Afternoon” online.Frederick Wagner and Theo Gramm both exhibited at the PAFA, the Corcoran, and the Philadelphia Sketch Club.In the Who Was Who In American Art, it’s noted that Theodore K. Gramm exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in 1927 (“Blossom Time”), 1929 (“Cressonville”), and 1930 (“Creek Edge”). The Who Was Who also notes that he exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art Bienniel in 1947, Washington, D.C..In 1927, Gramm's address was 1614 N. 15th St. in Philly (above Oxford Street), and by 1929, his address was the same one as is on the back of this painting, in Ardmore. Gramm grew up in Philly and was from a prestigious Philadelphia family of Masons and medical doctors.Gramm and other members of his art club received instruction in 1942 from Roswell Weidner (at 1626 Arch Street), who was a teacher at the PAFA for 50 years beginning in 1939. Gramm started painting in 1908, so I think the Weidner class wasn’t more than just a ‘club event’ for this artist.Theo Gramm was best known for his marine paintings and landscapes of Pennsylvania. That was noted in his 1945 exhibition at the Bryn Mawr Art Center, where they also wrote that Gramm’s paintings were in the collections of many Main Line people. As you can see, Gramm’s price on this oil was 150 dollars back in 1936, which was a lot for back then.Along with Charles W. Bentz (President of the PAFA Fellowship, 1948-52), and other listed artists such as George Lear, Gramm was a Member of and on the Executive Committee of the B.M.A.C., the Business Men’s Art Club. They were a renowned art club, holding their annual exhibitions at the Philadelphia Sketch Club. CHECK MY FEEDBACK AND BUY WITH CONFIDENCE! *** 20+ years of happy customers on eBay *** Please see my other eBay listings for more great items.Message me to arrange for combined shipping on multiple purchases.

Price: 695 USD

Location: Pitman, New Jersey

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