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P090C  Billiards Print - Bernhardt Wall - Kiss & Froze 1904

This is old print has the billiards table in a room setting of the 1900's. The title of the print on the left is Kiss and the one on the right is Froze. The artist is well know and there is more information on the artist on line. The oak frame has the pool sticks and accessories decorating the frame. There is a some soiling on the print and some missing gesso. Dated 1904. Measures 34" x 15 1/2".
Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo, New York on Dec. 30, 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5,000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado, Nevada and California making etchings of Indians, cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled, "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region. - SOLD