Description: Margaret Jean Grigor Ulen (Ohio 1900-1988)Artist and model in studio, c. 1940 to 1950With label on back, given title "Portrait painting"Watercolor on heavy board17 3/4 by 21 3/4 inches From AskArt: Jean Ulen (December 19, 1900 - January 8, 1988), born Margaret Jean Grigor, was raised in Cleveland, and graduated from Cleveland Heights High School. The only child of wealthy, well-educated parents of Bohemian and Scottish ancestry, she grew up in an environment of fine things-rooms furnished with the late Victorian Rorimer-Brooks furniture held in high esteem in Cleveland, and most specifically a large library of books that stimulated her lifelong passion for reading. Margaret Jean Grigor attended the Cleveland School of Art from 1918 to 1922. She apparently dropped "Margaret" during her second year of art school, referring to herself thereafter as "Jean." Her transcript reveals that she was a B student, with the exception of A level proficiency in a few key areas including Mechanical Drawing, Perspectival Drawing, Life Drawing, and notably, Portraiture. She graduated with a degree in "Pictorial Art," although her transcript reveals that she focused on coursework associated with an "Illustration" major during her third year. In May 1922, Jean was awarded the coveted Frederick Gottwald Traveling Scholarship, which enabled her to study abroad in England. Paul Veronese Ulen (July 7, 1894 - March 7, 1976), seven years her senior, was born in the small south-central Ohio town of Frankfort and raised in Dayton. In contrast with Jean's upbringing, Paul Ulen's was far less privileged. His father was a railroadman who died when Paul was in his early twenties. His mother, Eleanor Buckley, worked for years as a postmistress to supplement the family income, while Paul and his brother Harold worked odd jobs. Following his graduation from Stivers High School in Dayton, where he was awarded athletic honors in football, baseball and basketball, he played two years of professional football for the Dayton Oakwoods, one of the old professional leagues predating the inauguration of the NFL. He recalled to his son Ian with considerable pride that he once played against Jim Thorpe of the Canton Bulldogs. At the end of his football career, Paul worked for five years as a commercial artist with various Dayton firms, including the Dayton Daily News, and then attended the Cleveland School of Art from 1916 to 1920. Like Jean, Paul Ulen graduated from the Cleveland School with a degree in Pictorial Art, but was on average an A student across the board. Both Jean and Paul studied primarily with Frederick Gottwald, Henry Keller and Frank Wilcox. Both studied art history all four years with Henry Turner Bailey, the Boston-born director of the school, to whom Jean wrote extensive and revealing letters from Paris and London during her 1922-23 scholarship year abroad. Jean and Paul married in December of 1921 and would remain dedicated partners for the rest of their lives. The month they were married Paul began teaching at West Technical High School on Cleveland's west side where, at the time, the school was becoming one of the largest high schools in Ohio.
Price: 399.95 USD
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Type: Painting
Year of Production: 1950
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Material: Paper
Production Technique: Watercolor Painting
Subject: Flowers, Landscape, Model, Women
