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Gerrit Sinclair
American, 1890 - 1955
Gerrit V. Sinclair’s paintings chronicled American life in Wisconsin and the Midwest from the 1920s through the 1950s. While he served in Italy during World War I as an ambulance driver and also painted in Paris in 1930, Sinclair largely ignored modern European trends in art in favor of developing a warm figurative style that embraced the dignity of life in ordinary American towns and rural locales. Sinclair’s regionalist views of the American scene focus on the “virtues of family, patriotism, hard work and the simple pleasures of daily life”. An instructor at the Layton School of Art, Sinclair influenced numerous young artists getting their start in Milwaukee. In addition, Sinclair worked for the WPA during the Great Depression, completing murals entitled “Lumbering” and “Rural Mail” for the Federal Building in Wasau, Wisconsin.
Gerrit Sinclair’s paintings were exhibited at such institutions as the Art Institute of Chicago; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; the Carnegie Institute of Art, Pittsburgh; the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, The Century of Progress ; the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., among others.
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Untitled (Paris Street), ca. 1928Oil on Masonite16 x 12 inchesSigned G.V. Sinclair lower right
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Evening Light, 1937Oil on Masonite24 x 30 inchesSigned G.V. Sinclair ‘37, lower right; Signed, titled and dated on reverse
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Fall Landscape, ca. 1930Oil on canvas25 1/2 x 32 inchesSigned G.V. Sinclair, upper right.
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Mural Study - American City, ca. 1935Oil on canvas24 x 32 inches#2569 -
Mural Study - Homestead, ca. 1935Oil on canvas24 x 32 inchesSigned G.V. Sinclair lower right; signed and titled "Mural Sketch" on reverse.
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Park St. Cloud, 1929-30Oil on canvas21 1/4 x 32 inchesSigned G.V. Sinclair, lower right.
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Untitled (Wisconsin Town), ca. 1940Oil on Masonite24 x 30 inchesSigned G.V. Sinclair upper right.
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Foothills, 1925Oil on canvas24 x 30 inchesSigned G.V. Sinclair, lower left; signed, titled and dated on reverse.
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Rue de Lappe, Paris, 1930Watercolor and graphite on paper14 x 21 1/4 inchesSigned G.V. Sinclair, titled and dated upper right.
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Port Vicennes, 1930Watercolor on paper14 1/2 x 21 inchesSigned, titled and dated G.V. Sinclair, lower right; Signed, titled and dated on reverse
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Cherry Street Bridge, 1928Watercolor and graphite on paper15 1/2 x 21 3/4 inchesSigned and dated G.V. Sinclair '28 lower right; signed, titled, dated and numbered on reverse.
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North Avenue (Near Jake's Deli), 1932Watercolor and graphite on paper15 1/4 x 22 inchesSigned and dated G.V. Sinclair '32 lower right; signed titled and dated on reverse.
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Ganges, Michigan, 1945Watercolor on paper15 1/2 x 22 1/4 inchesSigned G.V. Sinclair lower right; Signed, titled and estate stamped on reverse
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Prospect Hill, ca. 1930sTempera over watercolor on paper14 x 20 1/2 inchesSigned G.V. Sinclair and titled lower right; signed, titled and numbered on reverse.
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Row Boats on the Shore, 1947Watercolor on paper15 1/2 x 22 1/4 inchesSigned, titled and dated Gerrit Sinclair lower right; Signed, titled and dated on reverse
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Fishing Under the Bridge, 1947Watercolor on paper15 1/4 x 22 1/4 inchesSigned and dated lower right; signed, dated and titled on reverse
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Fishing at the Bridge, 1947Watercolor on paper11 x 15 1/2 inchesSigned and dated lower right; Signed, dated and titled on reverse
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Fishing, 1947Watercolor and pencil on paper11 1/4 x 15 1/2 inchesSigned lower right; Signed, dated and titled on reverse
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Milwaukee Lake Front, 1947Tempera over watercolor on paper15 1/2 x 22 1/2 inchesSigned and dated Gerrit Sinclair 1947 upper right; signed, titled and numbered on reverse.
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Saugatuck Dance Hall, 1951Watercolor on paper15 1/2 x 22 1/4 inchesSigned G.V. Sinclair ‘51 upper right; Signed, titled and dated on reverse
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Cigar Store, 1951Watercolor and graphite on paper15 1/4 x 22 inchesSigned Gerrit V. Sinclair lower right; signed, titled and dated on reverse.
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Untitled (Baseball Game), ca. 1950Lithograph on paper8 x 9 1/2 inches#17103
Gerrit V. Sinclair’s paintings chronicled American life in Wisconsin and the Midwest from the 1920s through the 1950s. While he served in Italy during World War I as an ambulance driver and also painted in Paris in 1930, Sinclair largely ignored modern European trends in art in favor of developing a warm figurative style that embraced the dignity of life in ordinary American towns and rural locales. Sinclair’s regionalist views of the American scene focus on the “virtues of family, patriotism, hard work and the simple pleasures of daily life”. An instructor at the Layton School of Art, Sinclair influenced numerous young artists getting their start in Milwaukee. In addition, Sinclair worked for the WPA during the Great Depression, completing murals entitled “Lumbering” and “Rural Mail” for the Federal Building in Wasau, Wisconsin.
Gerrit Sinclair’s paintings were exhibited at such institutions as the Art Institute of Chicago; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; the Carnegie Institute of Art, Pittsburgh; the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, The Century of Progress ; the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., among others.
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info@richardnortongallery.com
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