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Description:

This limited edition lithograph titled "Dorrance Colliery Lehigh Valley Coal Co." by Frederick K. Detwiller features a stunning landscape orientation of a train in an industrial setting. The piece, produced in 1934, is signed by the artist and features intricate details that showcase the social realism style of the time period. Made on paper, this original print is unframed and in very good condition. It is a must-have for any art collector or enthusiast of industrial-themed art. The piece was created using lithography production techniques and is a licensed reprint. Add this medium-sized piece to your collection and enjoy the intricate details of this historic lithograph.

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Frederick K. Detwiller

A painter of rural and urban scenes, in watercolor and oil, Frederick Detwiller had studios in New York City; New Harbor, Maine and Easton, Pennsylvania. Early in his adult life he practiced law in New York City, at the wish of his parents, but following his talents and inclinations, he enrolled at Columbia University to study art and architecture.

In 1910, he went to Paris, where Victor Lalou, who was President of the Paris Salon, advised him to focus exclusively on painting. Detwiller enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts* from 1910 to 1911, and returning to Paris in 1914, enrolled at the Academie Colorossi*.  He also attended the Instituti de Belli Arti in Florence and then traveled around the world to study the art of other civilizations.

The outbreak of World War I caused him to return to the United States in 1914. He began a two-year study at the Art Students League in New York and established his studio in the Carnegie Hall Building. He painted many views of the city, which are considered to be among the best examples of his painting. He regarded New York "as a gigantic moving force propelled by the action of many minds". (Oldach) He was not interested in pretty pictures but in the underlying realities that produced both beauty and ugliness.

Detwiller also painted rural landscapes, many with old structures, including in Maine, New Jersey, Alaska, Mexico and Pennsylvania.  In 1938, he was in British Columbia as a guest artist of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company to depict the geography and the culture of the Nimpkesh Indians.

Detwiller was a teacher, involving himself in a System of Graphic Art Education of lectures and exhibitions with the goal of elevating the status of art in America to the degree he perceived in Europe. He was a member of numerous associations including the National Academy of Design*, the Brooklyn Watercolor Club, the Society of Independent Artists*, and the Paris Art Association. He served as the President of the Allied Artists of America* from 1943 to 1945.

He co-authored Prominent Americans of Swiss Origin (1932), and was author of The Story of a Statue in 1943. Illustration work included The Print Connoisseur and other art publications. From 1948 until his death in 1953, he was resident artist at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.

Size:

The prints paper size measures 15" x 21" with the image without signature measures 10 1/4" x 17 3/4".

Condition:

In My Opinion is in Good to Very Good Condition, but please see photo to form your opinion.

Shipping:

The will be shipped Using USPS Priority Mail Rolled in a Hard Tube then in a USPS Triangle Tube.