James Allen

American · 1894–1964 · Printmaker, Illustrator

James Edmund Allen was an American illustrator, printmaker, and painter. His works include a significant body of lithographs and etchings showing steelworkers, pipe workers,… (Wikipedia)

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  1. James  Allen, The Builders, EtchingThe BuildersSloans & Kenyon · $2,200≈ £1,403≈ €1,607Sign up to see
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  3. James  Allen, Up Above the World, etching on paperUp Above the WorldWright · $1,840≈ £1,298≈ €2,099Sign up to see

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James Edmund Allen was an American illustrator, printmaker, and painter. His works include a significant body of lithographs and etchings showing steelworkers, pipe workers, and other aspects of American industrial life, carefully composed compositions depicting "the daily heroism of America's industrial workers." Allen was also a prolific illustrator who, working mostly in oil, contributed numerous illustrations to stories in popular magazines of the day. He has been misidentified in many references as James Edward Allen.

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Born 1894, LouisianaDied 1964, LarchmontOccupation Printmaker, IllustratorWikidata Q47868857 ↗ULAN 500032760 ↗

social realism

Also known as Edd Allen, James Allen, James E. Allen, James Edmund Allen, James Edward Allen

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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