Antique (1900) Signed + Dated Original Art : Mother + Child - Pen + Ink on Illustration Board by Oswin H Herb.
Piece depicts a mother, tenderly holding their infant. Neoclassical Style. Classic Line Work. Serene Figures. Them of Motherhood. Cursive signature on bottom right corner. Traditional Renaissance Style. Abbreviation "K.S.N.S." stands for Keystone State Normal School - which is now Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. O.H. Herb Artist. Oswin Herb went on to teach in the Berks County // Bucks Country region in Pennsylvania as a local grammar school teacher.
Victorian Era Art. Discoloration Present. Age appropriate distress to board. Back is signed and dated January 15, 1900. Normal schools at the time heavily emphasized drawing, copy-work, and art education. Highly skilled student drawing or study. Drawing is pen + ink on heavy illustration board, standard for artists and student illustrators of the late Victorian // Edwardian Era. Normal schools at the turn of the century heavily trained teachers in the fine arts. Incredibly rare, beautiful, and exceptionally well-preserved piece of turn-of-the-century American art education history.
Measurements : 7" x 5"
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Antique (1900) Signed + Dated Original Art : Mother + Child - Pen + Ink on Illustration Board by Oswin H Herb.
Piece depicts a mother, tenderly holding their infant. Neoclassical Style. Classic Line Work. Serene Figures. Them of Motherhood. Cursive signature on bottom right corner. Traditional Renaissance Style. Abbreviation "K.S.N.S." stands for Keystone State Normal School - which is now Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. O.H. Herb Artist. Oswin Herb went on to teach in the Berks County // Bucks Country region in Pennsylvania as a local grammar school teacher.
Victorian Era Art. Discoloration Present. Age appropriate distress to board. Back is signed and dated January 15, 1900. Normal schools at the time heavily emphasized drawing, copy-work, and art education. Highly skilled student drawing or study. Drawing is pen + ink on heavy illustration board, standard for artists and student illustrators of the late Victorian // Edwardian Era. Normal schools at the turn of the century heavily trained teachers in the fine arts. Incredibly rare, beautiful, and exceptionally well-preserved piece of turn-of-the-century American art education history.
Measurements : 7" x 5"
Price Includes Shipping.
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