PAUL EDWARD BEEM Asian Figurine with Roses "Carmelita Rosa" oil painting 1956

Description: PAUL EDWARD BEEM (1908-1979). "Carmelita Rose" 1956, Asian Figurine with Roses, 14" x 14" oil on canvas (framed size: 15-3/4" x 15-3/4"). Inscribed on the back: Carmelita Rose painted 11/17/56. Price looks like it was $950. It also says on the back stretcher To Indiana University in Honor of Paul Edward Beem the Painter 1956. It appears it was returned to the artist and there is another note on the back stretcher To my Wife Thelma Sparks Beem 1979 (apparently shortly before this death). Condition: There is a slightly indented stretcher bar line top center. A designer, illustrator, painter, graphic artist, sculptor and writer, Paul Beem graduated at the John Herron Art School in Indianapolis, Indiana, and then in 1929, attended the The Art School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He graduated in 1930 and then went to live in Pasadena, California with a friend from the Chicago Art Institute. Beem refused a job at Disney Studios, preferring to paint landscapes in the mountains.He exhibited in the 1930's and 40's at the John Herron Exhibition of Indiana Artists and the Hoosier Salon (Chicago and Indianapolis) and was the recipient of several awards. (Including the 1931 J. Irving Holcomb Award for Still Life Oil Painting.In the 1940's, Paul Beem was Art Director for the W.E. Long Company of Chicago. He exhibited in this capacity at THE ART DIRECTORS CLUB OF CHICAGOEXHIBITION ADVERTISING ART, receiving numerous awards for commercial artthrough the years.Beem married Thelma R. Sparks in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1938. He was also Orchestra Conductor for The Civic Theater of Indianapolis.Source: Askart;A 1929 catalogue of the Art Institute of Chicago plus handwritten remarks of the artist and his wife. Courtesy of Tom Shipley.

Price: 395 USD

Location: Palmdale, California

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