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John Bernard Flannagan

John Bernard Flannagan (1895 - 1942) was active/lived in New York, North Dakota.  John Flannagan is known for Stone figure sculpture, wood carving.

The following is from the newspaper, Reading Eagle, November 30, 2005, Reading, Pennsylvania

"Modest Berks cottage yields treasures of art
The late Grace Zaparata held onto the works
of her famous ex-husband; auction is scheduled"

By Don Spatz
Senior Reporter

For half a century, Grace Zaparata and her husband, Sebastian, lived quietly and frugally in a tiny Rockland Township cottage adjacent to the Sally Ann Furnace mansion.

People knew Grace only as a popular teacher's aide in the Jewish Community Center in Reading for nearly 30 years, retiring in the mid-1980s.

What they didn't know was her past, and the art treasures stored with her memories at the cottage.

Grace died in 1995 at age 87. Sebastian passed on last fall at age 92.  Their attorney, Gerald P. Sigal, asked Fleetwood auctioneer George V. Miller IV to gather and sell their effects.

That's when Miller found the first clue, a block print inscr   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8852 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 66 auction lots for John Bernard Flannagan (of which 48 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 1 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 1 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by John Bernard Flannagan as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists John Bernard Flannagan in 1 of its research Essays. John Bernard Flannagan has 1 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for John Bernard Flannagan available:    Wilhelm Diederich,  Allan Clark,  Gaston Lachaise,  Walter Tandy Murch,  Elie Nadelman,  Jo (Joseph) Davidson,  Edward McCartan,  Hiram Powers,  Robert Laurent,  Isidore Konti,  Isabel (Wolff) Bishop,  Augustus Saint-Gaudens,  George Copeland Ault,  Theodore Roszak,  Marguerite Zorach,  Philip Howard (Blashki) Evergood,  Augustus Vincent Tack,  Yasuo Kuniyoshi,  Jose De Creeft,  Carl Milles,  William Zorach,  Preston Dickinson,  Frederick William MacMonnies,  Konrad Cramer



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Keywords and Quick Facts for John Bernard Flannagan


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Direct Carver, Hand Carving
  • Drawing, Draftsmanship, Draughtsman
  • Easel Painting
  • Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
  • Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art MediaArt StyleArt SubjectGeography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • Woodstock, New York
Art Association
  • National Sculpture Society
  • Society of Independent Artists-
  • Woodstock Art Association, New York
Art School
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art, Student
  • Minneapolis School of Fine Art, College Art & Design, Student
Awards/Recognition
  • John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
Chronology
  • Early 20th Century Before 1950
Art Collection
  • Edith and Milton Lowenthal
Added Description
  • Animal Specialty
  • WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Artist Colony
  • Woodstock Art Colony
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
  • Weyhe Gallery, New York City
Exhibition of Art Association
  • National Sculpture Society-
  • Society of Independent Artists--
Exhibition of Museum
  • Art Institute of Chicago
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Outliers and American Vanguard Art, National Gallery of Art
  • Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art

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