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| − | Riesenberg was an accomplished landscape painter, but best known as an illustrator. He was born in Chicago, where he received his formal education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. There he won several purchase prize awards. | + | Sidney Riesenberg was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1885. |
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| − | Following his education, Riesenberg moved to Yonkers, New York where he contributed illustrations to journals such as Harper's, Scribner's, Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post.
| + | Sidney Riesenberg was born in Chicago in 1885. |
| | + | Riesenberg is a well known illustrator, but also a talented landscape artist. |
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| | + | Receiving his formal education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Riesenberg won several purchase prize awards. |
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| | + | In the early 1900s, Riesenberg moved to Yonkers, New York to pursue his career and contributed illustrations to journals such as Harper's, Scribner's, Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post. . He would, later that decade, make at least two trips to the Western United States. Here he perfected his techniques with western subjects and produced illustrations for such period books as: "With Whip and Spur” and "Pioneers All." |
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| | Riesenberg is also well known for his iconic images he created for recruiting posters for the United States Marine Corps and Liberty Loan campaigns during WWI. | | Riesenberg is also well known for his iconic images he created for recruiting posters for the United States Marine Corps and Liberty Loan campaigns during WWI. |
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| | + | In the decade before the Second World War, Riesenberg exhibited his works at the Allied Artists of America, the National Academy of Design, The New York Watercolor Club, the Rockport Art Association and The Yonkers Art Association. |
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| | + | Impressionist influences are apparent in much of Riesenberg’s work. Like many of the impressionists, Riesenberg practiced outdoor or “plein-air” painting. |
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| | + | He died, presumably in New York, in 1971. |
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| | == Contact == | | == Contact == |
Revision as of 15:52, 22 February 2008
About
- Riesenberg, Sidney (1885-1971)
Sidney Riesenberg was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1885.
Sidney Riesenberg was born in Chicago in 1885.
Riesenberg is a well known illustrator, but also a talented landscape artist.
Receiving his formal education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Riesenberg won several purchase prize awards.
In the early 1900s, Riesenberg moved to Yonkers, New York to pursue his career and contributed illustrations to journals such as Harper's, Scribner's, Collier's and The Saturday Evening Post. . He would, later that decade, make at least two trips to the Western United States. Here he perfected his techniques with western subjects and produced illustrations for such period books as: "With Whip and Spur” and "Pioneers All."
Riesenberg is also well known for his iconic images he created for recruiting posters for the United States Marine Corps and Liberty Loan campaigns during WWI.
In the decade before the Second World War, Riesenberg exhibited his works at the Allied Artists of America, the National Academy of Design, The New York Watercolor Club, the Rockport Art Association and The Yonkers Art Association.
Impressionist influences are apparent in much of Riesenberg’s work. Like many of the impressionists, Riesenberg practiced outdoor or “plein-air” painting.
He died, presumably in New York, in 1971.
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