Arnold Blanch (American, 1896-1968), Circus Scene

Oil and pastel on paper, signed at lower right, matted and framed below glass.

Sheet sight 12 1/4 x 17 1/2 in; Frame dimensions 18 1/4 x 23 1/4 in.

From the Estate of the late Patricia J. Shaw, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Born in Mantorville, Minnesota, Arnold Blanch was a painter, teacher, lecturer and spokesman for the art colony in Woodstock, New York. He studied at the Minneapolis School of Arts, and the Art Students League in New York City with Kenneth Hayes Miller, John Sloan, and Robert Henri. He also studied with Boardman Robinson, whose invitation he accepted to teach in Colorado Springs at the Colorado Fine Arts Center school.

He was a member of the American Artists Congress, the Association of American Artists, the American Watercolor Society, and the Painters, Sculptors, and Gravers Society of America, which he also served as president.

Toning to sheet and clouding below glass.