LISTED Barth Sporer OLD Spring Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting NO RESERVE Bartholomew (Barth) Sporer (1873 - 1928) ONLY .77 Start
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LISTED Barth Sporer OLD Spring Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting NO RESERVE.
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LISTED Barth Sporer OLD Spring Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting NO RESERVE.
LISTED Barth Sporer OLD Spring Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting
Bartholomew (Barth) Sporer (1873 - 1928)
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| Description This old Barth Sporer oil painting's provenance is with a private San Mateo County, California estate. Masterfully harmonized greens, blues, reds, yellows and other rich colors can be seen in this wonderful painting's composition. The combination of these colors feels the canvas with a warm energy that resonates out to the viewer! This painting was done by listed Detroit artist- Barth Sporer, in 1922. Geoffrey K. Fleming, Executive Director, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV, wrote"... from 1889 through 1905 Sporer was listed an as engraver working in Detroit, then from 1906 forward he was listed alternately either as an engraver or an artist. He spent many years working for the Calvert Lithographing Company as a vignette engraver. Following his time at Calvert, he traveled onto to New York City to continue his studies in the fine arts, though it is unclear where he studied during his time in the city. Upon his return to Detroit he specialized in landscape painting. Beginning in the early teens he became a regular exhibitor with many of the Detroit areas arts clubs, including the Hopkin and Scarab clubs, as well as the Michigan Artists’ group and the Associated Artists of Michigan. In May 1924 Sporer was the subject of a cartoon in the Detroit Free Press concerning the endless growth of the city and how it was affecting local artists. Sporer was asked why he was so sad to which he replied “It’s because the city has grown into the country, taking all the sketching grounds, and it now takes one hours to arrive at a proper sketching place...” Sporer's paintings are very rare and this is the best painting by Sporer that I have ever seen! If you are unfamiliar with Barth Sporer, I would like to share his biography from AskArt with you below. If you don't care to read it, please scroll down to the part of the auction that reads "Item Description". BIOGRAPHY: Bartholomew (Barth) Sporer (1873 - 1928) "This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Executive Director, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. BARTHOLOMEW SPORER (August 22, 1873 – September 26, 1928) A.K.A. “Barth Sporer” Engraver, landscape and figure painter. Born in Bavaria, Germany, the son of Elizabeth Busch (1828 – 1901) and Joseph Sporer (1821 – 1896), a tailor by trade. He arrived in America as a young child and was raised in Detroit alongside his many siblings. From 1889 through 1905 Sporer was listed an as engraver working in Detroit, then from 1906 forward he was listed alternately either as an engraver or an artist. He spent many years working for the Calvert Lithographing Company as a vignette engraver. Following his time at Calvert, he traveled onto to New York City to continue his studies in the fine arts, though it is unclear where he studied during his time in the city. Upon his return to Detroit he specialized in landscape painting. Beginning in the early teens he became a regular exhibitor with many of the Detroit areas arts clubs, including the Hopkin and Scarab clubs, as well as the Michigan Artists’ group and the Associated Artists of Michigan. In May 1924 Sporer was the subject of a cartoon in the Detroit Free Press concerning the endless growth of the city and how it was affecting local artists. Sporer was asked why he was so sad to which he replied “It’s because the city has grown into the country, taking all the sketching grounds, and it now takes one hours to arrive at a proper sketching place .” Bartholomew Sporer died at the home of his brother, William, following an illness of several months on Thursday, the 26th of September 1928 at the age of fifty-five. His funeral was held on September 29, 1928 from St. Joseph’s Church, located at the corner of Orleans and Jay Streets, and he was buried in the Sporer family plot in Mount Elliott Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. As a painter he was traditional in most respects, focusing heavily on landscape work. He worked both in rural areas around Detroit as well as along its waterways. Most of his works have simple titles, such as “Afternoon in September ,” “Autumn ,” “Misty Morning in October, ” “Portrait of a Little Girl ,” and “The Recital .” He often signed his works “B. Sporer” or “Barth Sporer.” Though there are undoubtedly other exhibitions in which Sporer participated, those presently known include the following: Hopkin Club, Detroit Museum of Art, Detroit, MI, 1913; Michigan Artists’ Annual Exhibition under the auspices of the Scarab Club, Detroit, MI, 1913, 1919; Scarab Club, Detroit Museum of Art, Detroit, MI, 1914; Associated Artists of Michigan, Hotel Ponchartrain, Detroit, MI, 1917; Associated Artists of Michigan, University of Detroit, Detroit, MI, 1923. Sporer’s works are not known to be in any public institutions at present. The majority of his works reside in private collections throughout the United States."
ITEM DESCRIPTION: This oil on canvas (with glass backing) measures 17.4" by 21.4", with its' frame and the actual painting measures 10.75" by 14.75". Sporer signed and dated the painting "June 2-21" on the back of the canvas. The painting has minor waviness because it hasn't been stretched and there is crazing on the extreme, upper right corner. The waviness can easily be corrected by stretching the canvas. Otherwise, the painting is in good, overall condition. Someone attached a blue "sticky" note on the back of the frame that reads: "There are 7 dots of a very light silicone adhesive on the back of the canvas. To remove the canvas from the glass, simply peel the canvas off slowly and carefully. It will come off easily." I will keep the note attached to the back of the frame. The 3.5" wide and 1.5" deep frame is in good, overall condition. The frame was probably newly added within the past 20 years and is not as old as the painting. When examining the painting under the ultraviolet light, I did find evidence of inpainting which accounts for about 1%-2%% of the painting's total surface area. Sporer's signature is original to the canvas. Good luck on becoming the winning bidder of this wonderful old impressionist and plein air oil painting by listed American artist- Barth Sporer!
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- Condition: As described below.
- Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
- Region of Origin: US
- Artist: Bartholomew (Barth) Sporer
- Style: Impressionism
- Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
- Quantity Type: Single-Piece Work
- Painting Surface: Canvas
- Medium: Oil
- Date of Creation: 1900-1949
- Year: 1922
- Features: Framed, Signed
- Color: Multi-Color
- Subject: Landscape
- Originality: Original
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