Rowena Fry Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Rowena Fry Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 26, 2024
FRY, Rowena (American, 1892-1990). North Michigan in the Tw...
Est: $100 - $200
FRY, Rowena (American, 1892-1990). North Michigan in the Twenties. Color lithograph. Signed and titled lower margin. Image: 16 x 13”. Frame (glass): 20 x 18”. Paper toned. Mat burn. Good condition. Not examined out of frame.
Potter & Potter Auctions Inc.
Jun. 26, 2024
Rowena Fry (1892-1990)
Est: $100 - $200
WATER TOWER IN WINTER Color offset lithograph, signed and titled in pencil, framed. Image 14 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches; 375 x 324 mm. Frame 23 3/4 x 21 inches; 603 x 533 mm.
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Sep. 09, 2021
ROWENA FRY (Illinois, 1895-1989), Interior scene., Watercolor on paper, 12" x 9.75". Framed 22.5" x 18.5".
Est: $100 - $200
ROWENA FRY Illinois, 1895-1989 Interior scene. Signed lower left "Rowena Fry".
Eldred's
Jul. 20, 2019
Rowena Fry, (1895-1989), Vevay, Indiana, c. 1950, watercolor on paper, 17"H x 13"W (sight) 20"H X 15"W (paper)
Est: $100 - $200
Rowena Fry (1895-1989) Vevay, Indiana, c. 1950 watercolor on paper Born in Athens, Illinois, Rowena Fry arrived in Chicago in the late 1920s and there had a career as a painter and screen printer. She had studied art at the Watkins Institute in Nashville, Tennessee, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Ropp School of Art. She described her paintings as "American Naive" and depicted numerous genre neighborhood scenes of people of the city's Near North Side. Her style and subject matter, which contrasted with social realistic views of industry and frustrated city dwellers among skyscrapers, placed her among the prevalent American Scene painters of the 1920s and 1930s. Fry's goal was to paint works that made people feel good and uplifted. During World War II, from 1942 to 1946, she taught art classes at the Great Lakes Naval Station, and also did paintings of students participating in those sessions. Exhibition venues included the Chicago Society of Artists and the Art Institute of Chicago. From 1937 to 1959, she did block-print calendars. Her work is in the collection of Abbott Laboratories. 17"H x 13"W (sight) 20"H X 15"W (paper)
Ripley Auctions
Jan. 16, 2019
ROWENA FRY (AL/KY, 1892-1990)
Est: $100 - $200
ROWENA FRY (AL/KY, 1892-1990) "Chilly Morning", linocut on paper, pencil signed and titled, unframed, loose, 5" x 4" image on 8" x 6" sheet. Good condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Sep. 19, 2018
ROWENA FRY (AL/KY, 1892-1990)
Est: $200 - $300
ROWENA FRY (AL/KY, 1892-1990) "Chilly Morning", linocut on paper, pencil signed and titled, unframed, loose, 5" x 4" image on 8" x 6" sheet, Good condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Feb. 16, 2018
ROWENA FRY (AL/KY, 1892-1990)
Est: $200 - $300
ROWENA FRY (AL/KY, 1892-1990) "Chilly Morning", linocut on paper, pencil signed and titled, unframed, loose, 5" x 4" image on 8" x 6" sheet, Good condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Jul. 27, 2013
Rowena Fry, (American; 1895 - 1989), Indiana Landscape, Watercolor on paper, 16" x 23"
Est: $100 - $200
Rowena Fry (American; 1895 - 1989) Indiana Landscape Watercolor on paper c. 1940. Signed. Born in Athens, Illinois, Rowena Fry arrived in Chicago in the late 1920s and there had a career as a painter and screen printer. She had studied art at the Watkins Institute in Nashville, Tennessee, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Ropp School of Art. She described her paintings as "American Naive" and depicted numerous genre neighborhood scenes of people of the city's Near North Side. Her style and subject matter, which contrasted with social realistic views of industry and frustrated city dwellers among skyscrapers, placed her among the prevalent American Scene painters of the 1920s and 1930s. Fry's goal was to paint works that made people feel good and uplifted. During World War II, from 1942 to 1946, she taught art classes at the Great Lakes Naval Station, and also did paintings of students participating in those sessions. Exhibition venues included the Chicago Society of Artists and the Art Institute of Chicago. Her watercolors appeared in the International Water Color Exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1934 and also in an exhibition entitled, "Room of Chicago Art: watercolors by Rowena Fry and Ethel Spears in 1944. Her work is in the collection of the Illinois State Museum and Abbott Laboratories. 16" x 23"
Ripley Auctions
Jul. 08, 2013
Rowena Fry, (American; 1895 - 1989), Indiana Landscape, Watercolor on paper, 16" x 23"
Est: $100 - $200
Rowena Fry (American; 1895 - 1989) Indiana Landscape Watercolor on paper c. 1940. Signed. Born in Athens, Illinois, Rowena Fry arrived in Chicago in the late 1920s and there had a career as a painter and screen printer. She had studied art at the Watkins Institute in Nashville, Tennessee, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Ropp School of Art. She described her paintings as "American Naive" and depicted numerous genre neighborhood scenes of people of the city's Near North Side. Her style and subject matter, which contrasted with social realistic views of industry and frustrated city dwellers among skyscrapers, placed her among the prevalent American Scene painters of the 1920s and 1930s. Fry's goal was to paint works that made people feel good and uplifted. During World War II, from 1942 to 1946, she taught art classes at the Great Lakes Naval Station, and also did paintings of students participating in those sessions. Exhibition venues included the Chicago Society of Artists and the Art Institute of Chicago. Her watercolors appeared in the International Water Color Exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1934 and also in an exhibition entitled, "Room of Chicago Art: watercolors by Rowena Fry and Ethel Spears in 1944. Her work is in the collection of the Illinois State Museum and Abbott Laboratories. 16" x 23"
Ripley Auctions
Jun. 16, 2012
Rowena Fry, (American; 1895 - 1989), Indiana Landscape, Watercolor on paper, 16" x 23"
Est: $100 - $200
Rowena Fry (American; 1895 - 1989) Indiana Landscape Watercolor on paper c. 1940. Signed. Born in Athens, Illinois, Rowena Fry arrived in Chicago in the late 1920s and there had a career as a painter and screen printer. She had studied art at the Watkins Institute in Nashville, Tennessee, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Ropp School of Art. She described her paintings as "American Naive" and depicted numerous genre neighborhood scenes of people of the city's Near North Side. Her style and subject matter, which contrasted with social realistic views of industry and frustrated city dwellers among skyscrapers, placed her among the prevalent American Scene painters of the 1920s and 1930s. Fry's goal was to paint works that made people feel good and uplifted. During World War II, from 1942 to 1946, she taught art classes at the Great Lakes Naval Station, and also did paintings of students participating in those sessions. Exhibition venues included the Chicago Society of Artists and the Art Institute of Chicago. Her watercolors appeared in the International Water Color Exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1934 and also in an exhibition entitled, "Room of Chicago Art: watercolors by Rowena Fry and Ethel Spears in 1944. Her work is in the collection of the Illinois State Museum and Abbott Laboratories. 16" x 23"
Ripley Auctions
Jun. 16, 2012
Rowena Fry, (American; 1895 - 1989), Vevay, Indiana, Watercolor on paper, 12" x 19"
Est: $100 - $200
Rowena Fry (American; 1895 - 1989) Vevay, Indiana Watercolor on paper c. 1940. Signed. Born in Athens, Illinois, Rowena Fry arrived in Chicago in the late 1920s and there had a career as a painter and screen printer. She had studied art at the Watkins Institute in Nashville, Tennessee, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Ropp School of Art. She described her paintings as "American Naive" and depicted numerous genre neighborhood scenes of people of the city's Near North Side. Her style and subject matter, which contrasted with social realistic views of industry and frustrated city dwellers among skyscrapers, placed her among the prevalent American Scene painters of the 1920s and 1930s. Fry's goal was to paint works that made people feel good and uplifted. During World War II, from 1942 to 1946, she taught art classes at the Great Lakes Naval Station, and also did paintings of students participating in those sessions. Exhibition venues included the Chicago Society of Artists and the Art Institute of Chicago. Her watercolors appeared in the International Water Color Exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1934 and also in an exhibition entitled, "Room of Chicago Art: watercolors by Rowena Fry and Ethel Spears in 1944. Her work is in the collection of the Illinois State Museum and Abbott Laboratories. 12" x 19"
Ripley Auctions
Jun. 06, 2004
Rowena Fry (American
Est: $300 - $500
Rowena Fry (American, 20th Century), "Garden In Winter", c. 1930; color woodblock print, 14" x 12", signed and titled in pencil. Fry was a well known Chicago modernist printmaker. She exhibited from the 1920s-40s at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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