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Charcoal drawing with watercolor and opaque white on thin machine-made paper USA, circa 1930 Jerome Myers (1867-1940) - US-American painter and illustrator of the early 20th century Signed lower right 'Jerome Myers' Vivid circus scene with a striking use of lighting Overall dimensions, framed: 40 x 49 cm Sheet size: 29.5 x 40 cm Very good condition Provenance: German private collection Jerome Myers is known for its versatile sympathetic portrayal of New York City life, drawings of this kind fetch up to 14,000 euros at international auctions This charcoal drawing in combination with watercolor and opaque white was created by the American artist Jerome Myers around 1930. Illustrated is a vivid circus scene. Skillfully Myers used the opaque white in order to achieve an effective light effect, which becomes mainly visible on the stage. Myers portrayed the New York City life, especially the lower class people of society, like no other. He himself once wrote about his inspiration in the magazine The Survey: 'All my life I had lived, worked and played in the poorest streets of American cities. I knew them and their population and was one of them. Others saw ugliness and degradation there, I saw poetry and beauty' [Jerome Myers, The Life Song of the People, 1923]. Possibly this drawing was also meant for an illustration in one of New Yorks magazines. The drawing is signed lower right 'Jerome Myers' and is in very good condition. It is matted and verso mounted on the edges. The sheet is overall in very good condition and measures 29.5 x 40 cm. The frame shows minor wear. The framed work measures 40 x 49 cm. Jerome Myers (1867-1940) Jerome Myers was born 1867 in Petersburg, Virginia. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Trenton and Baltimore, Myers finally spent the adult age most of the time in New York City, where he was briefly employed as an actor and stage designer. A little later he began to study art at the Cooper Union and the Art Students League under George de Forest Brush. In 1895 Myers received a job at the New York Tribune, where he worked for the art department, followed by a short stay in Paris. For his works he found inspiration by the life of the poor people on the street, the big city life itself in all its facets, which is reflected in numerous of his paintings and drawings. Myers was a member of the so-called 'Ashcan School', an artistic movement that was known for its sympathetic portrayals of scenes depicting everyday life in New York City. Myer was also co-founder of the famous Armory Show in 1913 that made art of European modernism popular in America. Due to the legal obligation for the resale royalty in the art market the following applies: As a result of its membership in the AV Kunst, Auctionata charges additionally to the hammer price the contribution to the AV Kunst of currently 2.1% of the revenues from the sale of fine arts and photographs pro rata towards the buyer. More information about royalty right in our T&C.