Mary Ray Gehr Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Mary Ray Gehr Art Value Price Guide

Aug. 18, 2024
Mary Gehr (American, 1910-1997) 'Temple of the Sun - Palenque' Oil on Canvas
Est: $200 - $400
Mary Gehr (American, 1910-1997) 'Temple of the Sun - Palenque' Oil on Canvas Undated, signed lower left, depicting the ruins of a temple in Palenque, Mexico, in a natural wood frame Property from: an Estate, Highland Park Samuel Marx designed home, Illinois Category: Fine Art > Paintings Estimated Sale Time: 11:19 am CST Shipping Status: Due to size, weight, value or shipping complexity, this item must be shipped via a 3rd Party and the shipping cost may be high. We recommend contacting multiple shipping vendors for an estimate as the cost may vary greatly. Last modified: July 31, 2024, 9:22 am
Leonard Auction
Feb. 10, 2024
Mary Ray Gehr, Illinois (1910 - 1997), industrial landscape, collage and oil on masonite, 24"H x 36"W. Frame, 29" x 41".
Est: $500 - $700
Mary Ray Gehr Illinois, (1910 - 1997) industrial landscape collage and oil on masonite Signed lower left. Biography from Fine Art San Diego: Chicago artist and illustrator Mary Gehr was locally and nationally renowned for her positive influence on her community, on the art world, and in the sphere of children's illustrating. Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910. She attended Highland Park High School and Smith College before leaving school to pursue a love of dancing. She toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, spent a summer with the Schubert Light Opera Company, and worked with the Page-Stone Ballet Company for three years. Upon the death of her father, Gehr quit dance and theater and returned to Chicago to work in advertising. To aid her in her job, she began attending school at the Art Institute of Chicago. She realized immediately that she wanted to pursue art and children's illustration as a full-time career. Painting studies with Paul Weighardt and lithography studies with Max Kahn were extremely important to her development as an artist. Over her long and fruitful career, Gehr had more than fifty one-woman shows, most in the Midwest, San Francisco area, and Greece. She traveled for years at a time, gathering materials and techniques that deeply influenced her art. During the time between the late forties and early seventies, she illustrated more than two dozen books, most published in Chicago. Gehr passed away in November 1997. She was 87 years old. She left behind extensive private and public collections of her art and children's illustrations. She also left many of her personal papers, sketches, and artwork to the Newberry Library in Chicago. For Gehr, much of her public and private life were one and the same. She was well known for many of the activities that she engaged in when she was not painting, drawing, or illustrating. The most important of these was probably the gardens that she designed and maintained at her home. Gehr won several awards and much recognition for her garden at her home in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, including Chicago's Citywide Garden Contest for two years. For a number of years, her home and garden were on many area gardening association tours. She was featured in the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times on multiple occasions, often sharing her opinions on good gardening books and practice, design, garden shows, and her own garden, which she thought of as a work in progress. A lively social life also straddled her public and private worlds. Gehr and her husband, studio owner Bert Ray, entertained a great deal and were friends with many well known Chicagoans. The two were often pictured in the society pages, with popular studio owners, politicians, and even the former Chicago mayor, Richard M. Daley. Dozens of letters in the Newberry collection illustrate how popular and sought after invitations to parties thrown by the Ray's were. Source: The Dominican University website http://domin.dom.edu/students/hubeeliz/753/MaryGehrBiography.html
Ripley Auctions
Feb. 10, 2024
Mary Ray Gehr, Illinois (1910 - 1997), New Beginnings, oil on canvas, 52"H x 37"W
Est: $800 - $1,200
Mary Ray Gehr Illinois, (1910 - 1997) New Beginnings oil on canvas Signed lower left. Exhibited: Feingarten Galleries, Chicago label. Biography from Fine Art San Diego: Chicago artist and illustrator Mary Gehr was locally and nationally renowned for her positive influence on her community, on the art world, and in the sphere of children's illustrating. Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910. She attended Highland Park High School and Smith College before leaving school to pursue a love of dancing. She toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, spent a summer with the Schubert Light Opera Company, and worked with the Page-Stone Ballet Company for three years. Upon the death of her father, Gehr quit dance and theater and returned to Chicago to work in advertising. To aid her in her job, she began attending school at the Art Institute of Chicago. She realized immediately that she wanted to pursue art and children's illustration as a full-time career. Painting studies with Paul Weighardt and lithography studies with Max Kahn were extremely important to her development as an artist. Over her long and fruitful career, Gehr had more than fifty one-woman shows, most in the Midwest, San Francisco area, and Greece. She traveled for years at a time, gathering materials and techniques that deeply influenced her art. During the time between the late forties and early seventies, she illustrated more than two dozen books, most published in Chicago. Gehr passed away in November 1997. She was 87 years old. She left behind extensive private and public collections of her art and children's illustrations. She also left many of her personal papers, sketches, and artwork to the Newberry Library in Chicago. For Gehr, much of her public and private life were one and the same. She was well known for many of the activities that she engaged in when she was not painting, drawing, or illustrating. The most important of these was probably the gardens that she designed and maintained at her home. Gehr won several awards and much recognition for her garden at her home in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, including Chicago's Citywide Garden Contest for two years. For a number of years, her home and garden were on many area gardening association tours. She was featured in the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times on multiple occasions, often sharing her opinions on good gardening books and practice, design, garden shows, and her own garden, which she thought of as a work in progress. A lively social life also straddled her public and private worlds. Gehr and her husband, studio owner Bert Ray, entertained a great deal and were friends with many well known Chicagoans. The two were often pictured in the society pages, with popular studio owners, politicians, and even the former Chicago mayor, Richard M. Daley. Dozens of letters in the Newberry collection illustrate how popular and sought after invitations to parties thrown by the Ray's were. Source: The Dominican University website http://domin.dom.edu/students/hubeeliz/753/MaryGehrBiography.html
Ripley Auctions
Dec. 16, 2023
Mary Ray Gehr, Illinois (1910 - 1997), Antibes, 1971, acrylic on canvas, 52 1/4"H x 64 1/4"W (frame)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Mary Ray Gehr Illinois, (1910 - 1997) Antibes, 1971 acrylic on canvas Signed lower left and verso. Exhibited: The Arts Club of Chicago, Annual Exhibition 1971 Biography from Fine Art San Diego: Chicago artist and illustrator Mary Gehr was locally and nationally renowned for her positive influence on her community, on the art world, and in the sphere of children's illustrating. Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910. She attended Highland Park High School and Smith College before leaving school to pursue a love of dancing. She toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, spent a summer with the Schubert Light Opera Company, and worked with the Page-Stone Ballet Company for three years. Upon the death of her father, Gehr quit dance and theater and returned to Chicago to work in advertising. To aid her in her job, she began attending school at the Art Institute of Chicago. She realized immediately that she wanted to pursue art and children's illustration as a full-time career. Painting studies with Paul Weighardt and lithography studies with Max Kahn were extremely important to her development as an artist. Over her long and fruitful career, Gehr had more than fifty one-woman shows, most in the Midwest, San Francisco area, and Greece. She traveled for years at a time, gathering materials and techniques that deeply influenced her art. During the time between the late forties and early seventies, she illustrated more than two dozen books, most published in Chicago. Gehr passed away in November 1997. She was 87 years old. She left behind extensive private and public collections of her art and children's illustrations. She also left many of her personal papers, sketches, and artwork to the Newberry Library in Chicago. For Gehr, much of her public and private life were one and the same. She was well known for many of the activities that she engaged in when she was not painting, drawing, or illustrating. The most important of these was probably the gardens that she designed and maintained at her home. Gehr won several awards and much recognition for her garden at her home in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, including Chicago's Citywide Garden Contest for two years. For a number of years, her home and garden were on many area gardening association tours. She was featured in the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times on multiple occasions, often sharing her opinions on good gardening books and practice, design, garden shows, and her own garden, which she thought of as a work in progress. A lively social life also straddled her public and private worlds. Gehr and her husband, studio owner Bert Ray, entertained a great deal and were friends with many well known Chicagoans. The two were often pictured in the society pages, with popular studio owners, politicians, and even the former Chicago mayor, Richard M. Daley. Dozens of letters in the Newberry collection illustrate how popular and sought after invitations to parties thrown by the Ray's were. Source: The Dominican University website http://domin.dom.edu/students/hubeeliz/753/MaryGehrBiography.html
Ripley Auctions
Dec. 16, 2023
Mary Ray Gehr, Illinois (1910 - 1997), Cap Martin, acrylic on canvas, 61"H x 61 1/2"W (frame)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Mary Ray Gehr Illinois, (1910 - 1997) Cap Martin acrylic on canvas Signed lower left. Signed and titled verso. Biography from Fine Art San Diego: Chicago artist and illustrator Mary Gehr was locally and nationally renowned for her positive influence on her community, on the art world, and in the sphere of children's illustrating. Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910. She attended Highland Park High School and Smith College before leaving school to pursue a love of dancing. She toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, spent a summer with the Schubert Light Opera Company, and worked with the Page-Stone Ballet Company for three years. Upon the death of her father, Gehr quit dance and theater and returned to Chicago to work in advertising. To aid her in her job, she began attending school at the Art Institute of Chicago. She realized immediately that she wanted to pursue art and children's illustration as a full-time career. Painting studies with Paul Weighardt and lithography studies with Max Kahn were extremely important to her development as an artist. Over her long and fruitful career, Gehr had more than fifty one-woman shows, most in the Midwest, San Francisco area, and Greece. She traveled for years at a time, gathering materials and techniques that deeply influenced her art. During the time between the late forties and early seventies, she illustrated more than two dozen books, most published in Chicago. Gehr passed away in November 1997. She was 87 years old. She left behind extensive private and public collections of her art and children's illustrations. She also left many of her personal papers, sketches, and artwork to the Newberry Library in Chicago. For Gehr, much of her public and private life were one and the same. She was well known for many of the activities that she engaged in when she was not painting, drawing, or illustrating. The most important of these was probably the gardens that she designed and maintained at her home. Gehr won several awards and much recognition for her garden at her home in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, including Chicago's Citywide Garden Contest for two years. For a number of years, her home and garden were on many area gardening association tours. She was featured in the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times on multiple occasions, often sharing her opinions on good gardening books and practice, design, garden shows, and her own garden, which she thought of as a work in progress. A lively social life also straddled her public and private worlds. Gehr and her husband, studio owner Bert Ray, entertained a great deal and were friends with many well known Chicagoans. The two were often pictured in the society pages, with popular studio owners, politicians, and even the former Chicago mayor, Richard M. Daley. Dozens of letters in the Newberry collection illustrate how popular and sought after invitations to parties thrown by the Ray's were. Source: The Dominican University website http://domin.dom.edu/students/hubeeliz/753/MaryGehrBiography.html This item requires local pickup or third party shipping.
Ripley Auctions
Dec. 16, 2023
Mary Ray Gehr, Illinois (1910 - 1997), Lambityeco, oil on canvas, 51"H x 64"W x 1 1/2"D
Est: $500 - $900
Mary Ray Gehr Illinois, (1910 - 1997) Lambityeco oil on canvas Signed lower left. Signed and titled verso. This item requires local pickup or third party shipping. Biography from Fine Art San Diego: Chicago artist and illustrator Mary Gehr was locally and nationally renowned for her positive influence on her community, on the art world, and in the sphere of children's illustrating. Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910. She attended Highland Park High School and Smith College before leaving school to pursue a love of dancing. She toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, spent a summer with the Schubert Light Opera Company, and worked with the Page-Stone Ballet Company for three years. Upon the death of her father, Gehr quit dance and theater and returned to Chicago to work in advertising. To aid her in her job, she began attending school at the Art Institute of Chicago. She realized immediately that she wanted to pursue art and children's illustration as a full-time career. Painting studies with Paul Weighardt and lithography studies with Max Kahn were extremely important to her development as an artist. Over her long and fruitful career, Gehr had more than fifty one-woman shows, most in the Midwest, San Francisco area, and Greece. She traveled for years at a time, gathering materials and techniques that deeply influenced her art. During the time between the late forties and early seventies, she illustrated more than two dozen books, most published in Chicago. Gehr passed away in November 1997. She was 87 years old. She left behind extensive private and public collections of her art and children's illustrations. She also left many of her personal papers, sketches, and artwork to the Newberry Library in Chicago. For Gehr, much of her public and private life were one and the same. She was well known for many of the activities that she engaged in when she was not painting, drawing, or illustrating. The most important of these was probably the gardens that she designed and maintained at her home. Gehr won several awards and much recognition for her garden at her home in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, including Chicago's Citywide Garden Contest for two years. For a number of years, her home and garden were on many area gardening association tours. She was featured in the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times on multiple occasions, often sharing her opinions on good gardening books and practice, design, garden shows, and her own garden, which she thought of as a work in progress. A lively social life also straddled her public and private worlds. Gehr and her husband, studio owner Bert Ray, entertained a great deal and were friends with many well known Chicagoans. The two were often pictured in the society pages, with popular studio owners, politicians, and even the former Chicago mayor, Richard M. Daley. Dozens of letters in the Newberry collection illustrate how popular and sought after invitations to parties thrown by the Ray's were. Source: The Dominican University website http://domin.dom.edu/students/hubeeliz/753/MaryGehrBiography.html This item requires local pickup or third party shipping.
Ripley Auctions
Dec. 06, 2023
Mary Gehr (1910-1997), Untitled abstract, Oil on canvas, 26" H x 50" W
Est: $600 - $800
Mary Gehr (1910-1997) Untitled Abstract Oil on canvas Signed lower right: Mary Gehr
John Moran Auctioneers
Oct. 07, 2023
Mary Ray Gehr, Illinois (1910 - 1997), abstract landscape, acrylic on canvas, 51 3/4"H x 69 1/2"W
Est: $600 - $800
Mary Ray Gehr Illinois, (1910 - 1997) abstract landscape acrylic on canvas Signed lower left. Biography from Fine Art San Diego: Chicago artist and illustrator Mary Gehr was locally and nationally renowned for her positive influence on her community, on the art world, and in the sphere of children's illustrating. Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910. She attended Highland Park High School and Smith College before leaving school to pursue a love of dancing. She toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, spent a summer with the Schubert Light Opera Company, and worked with the Page-Stone Ballet Company for three years. Upon the death of her father, Gehr quit dance and theater and returned to Chicago to work in advertising. To aid her in her job, she began attending school at the Art Institute of Chicago. She realized immediately that she wanted to pursue art and children's illustration as a full-time career. Painting studies with Paul Weighardt and lithography studies with Max Kahn were extremely important to her development as an artist. Over her long and fruitful career, Gehr had more than fifty one-woman shows, most in the Midwest, San Francisco area, and Greece. She traveled for years at a time, gathering materials and techniques that deeply influenced her art. During the time between the late forties and early seventies, she illustrated more than two dozen books, most published in Chicago. Gehr passed away in November 1997. She was 87 years old. She left behind extensive private and public collections of her art and children's illustrations. She also left many of her personal papers, sketches, and artwork to the Newberry Library in Chicago. For Gehr, much of her public and private life were one and the same. She was well known for many of the activities that she engaged in when she was not painting, drawing, or illustrating. The most important of these was probably the gardens that she designed and maintained at her home. Gehr won several awards and much recognition for her garden at her home in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, including Chicago's Citywide Garden Contest for two years. For a number of years, her home and garden were on many area gardening association tours. She was featured in the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times on multiple occasions, often sharing her opinions on good gardening books and practice, design, garden shows, and her own garden, which she thought of as a work in progress. A lively social life also straddled her public and private worlds. Gehr and her husband, studio owner Bert Ray, entertained a great deal and were friends with many well known Chicagoans. The two were often pictured in the society pages, with popular studio owners, politicians, and even the former Chicago mayor, Richard M. Daley. Dozens of letters in the Newberry collection illustrate how popular and sought after invitations to parties thrown by the Ray's were. Source: The Dominican University website http://domin.dom.edu/students/hubeeliz/753/MaryGehrBiography.html
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 07, 2023
Mary Ray Gehr, Illinois (1910 - 1997), industrial landscape, collage and oil on masonite, 24"H x 36"W
Est: $500 - $700
Mary Ray Gehr Illinois, (1910 - 1997) industrial landscape collage and oil on masonite Signed lower left. Biography from Fine Art San Diego: Chicago artist and illustrator Mary Gehr was locally and nationally renowned for her positive influence on her community, on the art world, and in the sphere of children's illustrating. Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910. She attended Highland Park High School and Smith College before leaving school to pursue a love of dancing. She toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, spent a summer with the Schubert Light Opera Company, and worked with the Page-Stone Ballet Company for three years. Upon the death of her father, Gehr quit dance and theater and returned to Chicago to work in advertising. To aid her in her job, she began attending school at the Art Institute of Chicago. She realized immediately that she wanted to pursue art and children's illustration as a full-time career. Painting studies with Paul Weighardt and lithography studies with Max Kahn were extremely important to her development as an artist. Over her long and fruitful career, Gehr had more than fifty one-woman shows, most in the Midwest, San Francisco area, and Greece. She traveled for years at a time, gathering materials and techniques that deeply influenced her art. During the time between the late forties and early seventies, she illustrated more than two dozen books, most published in Chicago. Gehr passed away in November 1997. She was 87 years old. She left behind extensive private and public collections of her art and children's illustrations. She also left many of her personal papers, sketches, and artwork to the Newberry Library in Chicago. For Gehr, much of her public and private life were one and the same. She was well known for many of the activities that she engaged in when she was not painting, drawing, or illustrating. The most important of these was probably the gardens that she designed and maintained at her home. Gehr won several awards and much recognition for her garden at her home in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, including Chicago's Citywide Garden Contest for two years. For a number of years, her home and garden were on many area gardening association tours. She was featured in the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times on multiple occasions, often sharing her opinions on good gardening books and practice, design, garden shows, and her own garden, which she thought of as a work in progress. A lively social life also straddled her public and private worlds. Gehr and her husband, studio owner Bert Ray, entertained a great deal and were friends with many well known Chicagoans. The two were often pictured in the society pages, with popular studio owners, politicians, and even the former Chicago mayor, Richard M. Daley. Dozens of letters in the Newberry collection illustrate how popular and sought after invitations to parties thrown by the Ray's were. Source: The Dominican University website http://domin.dom.edu/students/hubeeliz/753/MaryGehrBiography.html
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 07, 2023
Mary Ray Gehr, Illinois (1910 - 1997), New Beginnings, oil on canvas, 52"H x 37"W
Est: $800 - $1,200
Mary Ray Gehr Illinois, (1910 - 1997) New Beginnings oil on canvas Signed lower left. Exhibited: Feingarten Galleries, Chicago label. Biography from Fine Art San Diego: Chicago artist and illustrator Mary Gehr was locally and nationally renowned for her positive influence on her community, on the art world, and in the sphere of children's illustrating. Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910. She attended Highland Park High School and Smith College before leaving school to pursue a love of dancing. She toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, spent a summer with the Schubert Light Opera Company, and worked with the Page-Stone Ballet Company for three years. Upon the death of her father, Gehr quit dance and theater and returned to Chicago to work in advertising. To aid her in her job, she began attending school at the Art Institute of Chicago. She realized immediately that she wanted to pursue art and children's illustration as a full-time career. Painting studies with Paul Weighardt and lithography studies with Max Kahn were extremely important to her development as an artist. Over her long and fruitful career, Gehr had more than fifty one-woman shows, most in the Midwest, San Francisco area, and Greece. She traveled for years at a time, gathering materials and techniques that deeply influenced her art. During the time between the late forties and early seventies, she illustrated more than two dozen books, most published in Chicago. Gehr passed away in November 1997. She was 87 years old. She left behind extensive private and public collections of her art and children's illustrations. She also left many of her personal papers, sketches, and artwork to the Newberry Library in Chicago. For Gehr, much of her public and private life were one and the same. She was well known for many of the activities that she engaged in when she was not painting, drawing, or illustrating. The most important of these was probably the gardens that she designed and maintained at her home. Gehr won several awards and much recognition for her garden at her home in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, including Chicago's Citywide Garden Contest for two years. For a number of years, her home and garden were on many area gardening association tours. She was featured in the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times on multiple occasions, often sharing her opinions on good gardening books and practice, design, garden shows, and her own garden, which she thought of as a work in progress. A lively social life also straddled her public and private worlds. Gehr and her husband, studio owner Bert Ray, entertained a great deal and were friends with many well known Chicagoans. The two were often pictured in the society pages, with popular studio owners, politicians, and even the former Chicago mayor, Richard M. Daley. Dozens of letters in the Newberry collection illustrate how popular and sought after invitations to parties thrown by the Ray's were. Source: The Dominican University website http://domin.dom.edu/students/hubeeliz/753/MaryGehrBiography.html
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 07, 2023
Mary Ray Gehr, Illinois (1910 - 1997), Saturn Among Pisces, oil on canvas, 50"W x 37 1/2"W
Est: $800 - $1,200
Mary Ray Gehr Illinois, (1910 - 1997) Saturn Among Pisces oil on canvas Signed lower right. Exhibited: The Arts Club of Chicago, Annual Exhibition, 1968. Biography from Fine Art San Diego: Chicago artist and illustrator Mary Gehr was locally and nationally renowned for her positive influence on her community, on the art world, and in the sphere of children's illustrating. Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910. She attended Highland Park High School and Smith College before leaving school to pursue a love of dancing. She toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, spent a summer with the Schubert Light Opera Company, and worked with the Page-Stone Ballet Company for three years. Upon the death of her father, Gehr quit dance and theater and returned to Chicago to work in advertising. To aid her in her job, she began attending school at the Art Institute of Chicago. She realized immediately that she wanted to pursue art and children's illustration as a full-time career. Painting studies with Paul Weighardt and lithography studies with Max Kahn were extremely important to her development as an artist. Over her long and fruitful career, Gehr had more than fifty one-woman shows, most in the Midwest, San Francisco area, and Greece. She traveled for years at a time, gathering materials and techniques that deeply influenced her art. During the time between the late forties and early seventies, she illustrated more than two dozen books, most published in Chicago. Gehr passed away in November 1997. She was 87 years old. She left behind extensive private and public collections of her art and children's illustrations. She also left many of her personal papers, sketches, and artwork to the Newberry Library in Chicago. For Gehr, much of her public and private life were one and the same. She was well known for many of the activities that she engaged in when she was not painting, drawing, or illustrating. The most important of these was probably the gardens that she designed and maintained at her home. Gehr won several awards and much recognition for her garden at her home in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, including Chicago's Citywide Garden Contest for two years. For a number of years, her home and garden were on many area gardening association tours. She was featured in the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times on multiple occasions, often sharing her opinions on good gardening books and practice, design, garden shows, and her own garden, which she thought of as a work in progress. A lively social life also straddled her public and private worlds. Gehr and her husband, studio owner Bert Ray, entertained a great deal and were friends with many well known Chicagoans. The two were often pictured in the society pages, with popular studio owners, politicians, and even the former Chicago mayor, Richard M. Daley. Dozens of letters in the Newberry collection illustrate how popular and sought after invitations to parties thrown by the Ray's were. Source: The Dominican University website http://domin.dom.edu/students/hubeeliz/753/MaryGehrBiography.html
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 07, 2023
Mary Ray Gehr, Illinois (1910 - 1997), Cap Martin, acrylic on canvas, 61"H x 61 1/2"W (frame)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Mary Ray Gehr Illinois, (1910 - 1997) Cap Martin acrylic on canvas Signed lower left. Signed and titled verso. Biography from Fine Art San Diego: Chicago artist and illustrator Mary Gehr was locally and nationally renowned for her positive influence on her community, on the art world, and in the sphere of children's illustrating. Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910. She attended Highland Park High School and Smith College before leaving school to pursue a love of dancing. She toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, spent a summer with the Schubert Light Opera Company, and worked with the Page-Stone Ballet Company for three years. Upon the death of her father, Gehr quit dance and theater and returned to Chicago to work in advertising. To aid her in her job, she began attending school at the Art Institute of Chicago. She realized immediately that she wanted to pursue art and children's illustration as a full-time career. Painting studies with Paul Weighardt and lithography studies with Max Kahn were extremely important to her development as an artist. Over her long and fruitful career, Gehr had more than fifty one-woman shows, most in the Midwest, San Francisco area, and Greece. She traveled for years at a time, gathering materials and techniques that deeply influenced her art. During the time between the late forties and early seventies, she illustrated more than two dozen books, most published in Chicago. Gehr passed away in November 1997. She was 87 years old. She left behind extensive private and public collections of her art and children's illustrations. She also left many of her personal papers, sketches, and artwork to the Newberry Library in Chicago. For Gehr, much of her public and private life were one and the same. She was well known for many of the activities that she engaged in when she was not painting, drawing, or illustrating. The most important of these was probably the gardens that she designed and maintained at her home. Gehr won several awards and much recognition for her garden at her home in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, including Chicago's Citywide Garden Contest for two years. For a number of years, her home and garden were on many area gardening association tours. She was featured in the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times on multiple occasions, often sharing her opinions on good gardening books and practice, design, garden shows, and her own garden, which she thought of as a work in progress. A lively social life also straddled her public and private worlds. Gehr and her husband, studio owner Bert Ray, entertained a great deal and were friends with many well known Chicagoans. The two were often pictured in the society pages, with popular studio owners, politicians, and even the former Chicago mayor, Richard M. Daley. Dozens of letters in the Newberry collection illustrate how popular and sought after invitations to parties thrown by the Ray's were. Source: The Dominican University website http://domin.dom.edu/students/hubeeliz/753/MaryGehrBiography.html
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 07, 2023
Mary Ray Gehr, Illinois (1910 - 1997), Antibes, 1971, acrylic on canvas, 52 1/4"H x 64 1/4"W (frame)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Mary Ray Gehr Illinois, (1910 - 1997) Antibes, 1971 acrylic on canvas Signed lower left and verso. Exhibited: The Arts Club of Chicago, Annual Exhibition 1971 Biography from Fine Art San Diego: Chicago artist and illustrator Mary Gehr was locally and nationally renowned for her positive influence on her community, on the art world, and in the sphere of children's illustrating. Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910. She attended Highland Park High School and Smith College before leaving school to pursue a love of dancing. She toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, spent a summer with the Schubert Light Opera Company, and worked with the Page-Stone Ballet Company for three years. Upon the death of her father, Gehr quit dance and theater and returned to Chicago to work in advertising. To aid her in her job, she began attending school at the Art Institute of Chicago. She realized immediately that she wanted to pursue art and children's illustration as a full-time career. Painting studies with Paul Weighardt and lithography studies with Max Kahn were extremely important to her development as an artist. Over her long and fruitful career, Gehr had more than fifty one-woman shows, most in the Midwest, San Francisco area, and Greece. She traveled for years at a time, gathering materials and techniques that deeply influenced her art. During the time between the late forties and early seventies, she illustrated more than two dozen books, most published in Chicago. Gehr passed away in November 1997. She was 87 years old. She left behind extensive private and public collections of her art and children's illustrations. She also left many of her personal papers, sketches, and artwork to the Newberry Library in Chicago. For Gehr, much of her public and private life were one and the same. She was well known for many of the activities that she engaged in when she was not painting, drawing, or illustrating. The most important of these was probably the gardens that she designed and maintained at her home. Gehr won several awards and much recognition for her garden at her home in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, including Chicago's Citywide Garden Contest for two years. For a number of years, her home and garden were on many area gardening association tours. She was featured in the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times on multiple occasions, often sharing her opinions on good gardening books and practice, design, garden shows, and her own garden, which she thought of as a work in progress. A lively social life also straddled her public and private worlds. Gehr and her husband, studio owner Bert Ray, entertained a great deal and were friends with many well known Chicagoans. The two were often pictured in the society pages, with popular studio owners, politicians, and even the former Chicago mayor, Richard M. Daley. Dozens of letters in the Newberry collection illustrate how popular and sought after invitations to parties thrown by the Ray's were. Source: The Dominican University website http://domin.dom.edu/students/hubeeliz/753/MaryGehrBiography.html
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 07, 2023
Mary Ray Gehr, Illinois (1910 - 1997), Chiapas Landscape, oil on canvas, 50 1/2"H x 67"W (sight), 51 3/4"H x 68"W (frame)
Est: $600 - $800
Mary Ray Gehr Illinois, (1910 - 1997) Chiapas Landscape oil on canvas Signed lower left. Biography from Fine Art San Diego: Chicago artist and illustrator Mary Gehr was locally and nationally renowned for her positive influence on her community, on the art world, and in the sphere of children's illustrating. Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910. She attended Highland Park High School and Smith College before leaving school to pursue a love of dancing. She toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, spent a summer with the Schubert Light Opera Company, and worked with the Page-Stone Ballet Company for three years. Upon the death of her father, Gehr quit dance and theater and returned to Chicago to work in advertising. To aid her in her job, she began attending school at the Art Institute of Chicago. She realized immediately that she wanted to pursue art and children's illustration as a full-time career. Painting studies with Paul Weighardt and lithography studies with Max Kahn were extremely important to her development as an artist. Over her long and fruitful career, Gehr had more than fifty one-woman shows, most in the Midwest, San Francisco area, and Greece. She traveled for years at a time, gathering materials and techniques that deeply influenced her art. During the time between the late forties and early seventies, she illustrated more than two dozen books, most published in Chicago. Gehr passed away in November 1997. She was 87 years old. She left behind extensive private and public collections of her art and children's illustrations. She also left many of her personal papers, sketches, and artwork to the Newberry Library in Chicago. For Gehr, much of her public and private life were one and the same. She was well known for many of the activities that she engaged in when she was not painting, drawing, or illustrating. The most important of these was probably the gardens that she designed and maintained at her home. Gehr won several awards and much recognition for her garden at her home in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, including Chicago's Citywide Garden Contest for two years. For a number of years, her home and garden were on many area gardening association tours. She was featured in the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times on multiple occasions, often sharing her opinions on good gardening books and practice, design, garden shows, and her own garden, which she thought of as a work in progress. A lively social life also straddled her public and private worlds. Gehr and her husband, studio owner Bert Ray, entertained a great deal and were friends with many well known Chicagoans. The two were often pictured in the society pages, with popular studio owners, politicians, and even the former Chicago mayor, Richard M. Daley. Dozens of letters in the Newberry collection illustrate how popular and sought after invitations to parties thrown by the Ray's were. Source: The Dominican University website http://domin.dom.edu/students/hubeeliz/753/MaryGehrBiography.html
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 07, 2023
Mary Ray Gehr, Illinois (1910 - 1997), Lambityeco, oil on canvas, 51"H x 64"W x 1 1/2"D
Est: $800 - $1,200
Mary Ray Gehr Illinois, (1910 - 1997) Lambityeco oil on canvas Signed lower left. Signed and titled verso. Biography from Fine Art San Diego: Chicago artist and illustrator Mary Gehr was locally and nationally renowned for her positive influence on her community, on the art world, and in the sphere of children's illustrating. Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910. She attended Highland Park High School and Smith College before leaving school to pursue a love of dancing. She toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, spent a summer with the Schubert Light Opera Company, and worked with the Page-Stone Ballet Company for three years. Upon the death of her father, Gehr quit dance and theater and returned to Chicago to work in advertising. To aid her in her job, she began attending school at the Art Institute of Chicago. She realized immediately that she wanted to pursue art and children's illustration as a full-time career. Painting studies with Paul Weighardt and lithography studies with Max Kahn were extremely important to her development as an artist. Over her long and fruitful career, Gehr had more than fifty one-woman shows, most in the Midwest, San Francisco area, and Greece. She traveled for years at a time, gathering materials and techniques that deeply influenced her art. During the time between the late forties and early seventies, she illustrated more than two dozen books, most published in Chicago. Gehr passed away in November 1997. She was 87 years old. She left behind extensive private and public collections of her art and children's illustrations. She also left many of her personal papers, sketches, and artwork to the Newberry Library in Chicago. For Gehr, much of her public and private life were one and the same. She was well known for many of the activities that she engaged in when she was not painting, drawing, or illustrating. The most important of these was probably the gardens that she designed and maintained at her home. Gehr won several awards and much recognition for her garden at her home in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, including Chicago's Citywide Garden Contest for two years. For a number of years, her home and garden were on many area gardening association tours. She was featured in the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times on multiple occasions, often sharing her opinions on good gardening books and practice, design, garden shows, and her own garden, which she thought of as a work in progress. A lively social life also straddled her public and private worlds. Gehr and her husband, studio owner Bert Ray, entertained a great deal and were friends with many well known Chicagoans. The two were often pictured in the society pages, with popular studio owners, politicians, and even the former Chicago mayor, Richard M. Daley. Dozens of letters in the Newberry collection illustrate how popular and sought after invitations to parties thrown by the Ray's were. Source: The Dominican University website http://domin.dom.edu/students/hubeeliz/753/MaryGehrBiography.html
Ripley Auctions
Jul. 23, 2023
Mary Ray Gehr (American, 1910-1997) 'Hellas' Oil on Canvas
Est: $400 - $600
Mary Ray Gehr (American, 1910-1997) 'Hellas' Oil on Canvas Undated, signed lower left, titled on stretcher verso, depicting an abstract landscape Property from: an Estate, Chicago (Streeterville), Illinois Category: Fine Art > American Paintings Estimated Sale Time: 10:59 am CST Shipping Status: Due to size, weight, value or shipping complexity, this item must be shipped via a 3rd Party and the shipping cost may be high. We recommend contacting multiple shipping vendors for an estimate as the cost may vary greatly. Download High Resolution Photographs: Photograph #1 Photograph #2 Photograph #3 Last modified: July 11, 2023, 1:33 pm
Leonard Auction
Nov. 06, 2022
Mary Ray Gehr, American (1910-1997), Santorini, 1966, intaglio shore landscape, 14 1/2"H x 23 1/2"W (sight), 24"H x 32 3/4"W (frame)
Est: $50 - $100
Mary Ray Gehr American, (1910-1997) Santorini, 1966 intaglio shore landscape pencil signed, titled and numbered 88/210 lower margin. Biography from Fine Art San Diego Chicago artist and illustrator Mary Gehr was locally and nationally renowned for her positive influence on her community, on the art world, and in the sphere of children's illustrating. Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910. She attended Highland Park High School and Smith College before leaving school to pursue a love of dancing. She toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, spent a summer with the Schubert Light Opera Company, and worked with the Page-Stone Ballet Company for three years. Upon the death of her father, Gehr quit dance and theater and returned to Chicago to work in advertising. To aid her in her job, she began attending school at the Art Institute of Chicago. She realized immediately that she wanted to pursue art and children's illustration as a full-time career. Painting studies with Paul Weighardt and lithography studies with Max Kahn were extremely important to her development as an artist. Over her long and fruitful career, Gehr had more than fifty one-woman shows, most in the Midwest, San Francisco area, and Greece. She traveled for years at a time, gathering materials and techniques that deeply influenced her art. During the time between the late forties and early seventies, she illustrated more than two dozen books, most published in Chicago. Gehr passed away in November 1997. She was 87 years old. She left behind extensive private and public collections of her art and children's illustrations. She also left many of her personal papers, sketches, and artwork to the Newberry Library in Chicago. For Gehr, much of her public and private life were one and the same. She was well known for many of the activities that she engaged in when she was not painting, drawing, or illustrating. The most important of these was probably the gardens that she designed and maintained at her home. Gehr won several awards and much recognition for her garden at her home in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, including Chicago's Citywide Garden Contest for two years. For a number of years, her home and garden were on many area gardening association tours. She was featured in the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun Times on multiple occasions, often sharing her opinions on good gardening books and practice, design, garden shows, and her own garden, which she thought of as a work in progress. A lively social life also straddled her public and private worlds. Gehr and her husband, studio owner Bert Ray, entertained a great deal and were friends with many well known Chicagoans. The two were often pictured in the society pages, with popular studio owners, politicians, and even the former Chicago mayor, Richard M. Daley. Dozens of letters in the Newberry collection illustrate how popular and sought after invitations to parties thrown by the Ray's were. Source: The Dominican University website http://domin.dom.edu/students/hubeeliz/753/MaryGehrBiography.html
Ripley Auctions
Mar. 01, 2022
MARY GEHR, (Illinois, 1910-1997), Oil on Canvas, ABSTRACT LANDSCAPE, 52 inches x 21 inches
Est: $250 - $350
MARY GEHR, (Illinois, 1910-1997), Oil on Canvas, ABSTRACT LANDSCAPE, 52 inches x 21 inches, in a gilt wood frame 54 3/8 inches x 23 3/8 inches overall; signed “Mary Gehr” lower right. Condition: Excellent, no damage or repairs. Could use a cleaning.
Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions
Sep. 25, 2021
Mary Gehr Oil, Monte Alban II
Est: $200 - $400
Mary Gehr (American 1910-1997) "Monte Alban II," oil on illustration board, signed lower left, signed and titled verso, framed. Dimensions: 20 x 24 in. image size, 25 x 29 in. as framed. Condition: Good with surface grime and dust.
Neue Auctions
Jul. 29, 2021
MARY GEHR (1913-1997) MIXED MEDIA DECOUPAGE
Est: $10 - $1,000
Mid-Century mixed media decoupage abstract landscape, signed Mary Gehr lower right; label verso gives title "Snow Landscape" and artist's information. Dimensions: (Frame) H 26" x W 31" (Sight) H 14" x W 19" Condition: One small spot of soiling to linen liner, some wear to frame.
Westport Auction
Nov. 23, 2019
Mary Gehr (American, Illinois, 1910-1997)
Est: $200 - $400
Mary Gehr (American, Illinois, 1910-1997) Blue Grotto, oil on masonite, signed lower left, titled verso, framed. 11.5 in. x 15 in., 17 in. x 20.5 in. as framed Condition: Good with surface grime and accretions. Chicago artist and illustrator Mary Gehr was locally and nationally renowned for her positive influence on her community, on the art world, and in the sphere of children's illustrating.Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910. She attended Highland Park High School and Smith College before leaving school to pursue a love of dancing. She toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, spent a summer with the Schubert Light Opera Company, and worked with the Page-Stone Ballet Company for three years. Upon the death of her father, Gehr quit dance and theater and returned to Chicago to work in advertising. To aid her in her job, she began attending school at the Art Institute of Chicago. She realized immediately that she wanted to pursue art and children's illustration as a full-time career. Painting studies with Paul Weighardt and lithography studies with Max Kahn were extremely important to her development as an artist.Over her long and fruitful career, Gehr had more than fifty one-woman shows, most in the Midwest, San Francisco area, and Greece. She traveled for years at a time, gathering materials and techniques that deeply influenced her art. During the time between the late forties and early seventies, she illustrated more than two dozen books, most published in Chicago.Gehr passed away in November 1997. She was 87 years old. She left behind extensive private and public collections of her art and children's illustrations. She also left many of her personal papers, sketches, and artwork to the Newberry Library in Chicago. **Askart
Neue Auctions
Nov. 23, 2019
Mary Gehr (American, Illinois 1910-1997)
Est: $100 - $200
Mary Gehr (American, Illinois 1910-1997) Untitled Abstraction, oil on masonite, signed lower left, framed. 18 in. x 11 in. 21 in. x 14 in. .as framed Condition: Very good with accretions and grime Chicago artist and illustrator Mary Gehr was locally and nationally renowned for her positive influence on her community, on the art world, and in the sphere of children's illustrating.Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910. She attended Highland Park High School and Smith College before leaving school to pursue a love of dancing. She toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, spent a summer with the Schubert Light Opera Company, and worked with the Page-Stone Ballet Company for three years. Upon the death of her father, Gehr quit dance and theater and returned to Chicago to work in advertising. To aid her in her job, she began attending school at the Art Institute of Chicago. She realized immediately that she wanted to pursue art and children's illustration as a full-time career. Painting studies with Paul Weighardt and lithography studies with Max Kahn were extremely important to her development as an artist.Over her long and fruitful career, Gehr had more than fifty one-woman shows, most in the Midwest, San Francisco area, and Greece. She traveled for years at a time, gathering materials and techniques that deeply influenced her art. During the time between the late forties and early seventies, she illustrated more than two dozen books, most published in Chicago.Gehr passed away in November 1997. She was 87 years old. She left behind extensive private and public collections of her art and children's illustrations. She also left many of her personal papers, sketches, and artwork to the Newberry Library in Chicago. **Askart
Neue Auctions
Oct. 13, 2018
MARY GEHR ETCHING, 1965, H 22.5", W 15", "LUNDOS"
Est: $100 - $200
MARY GEHR ETCHING, 1965, H 22.5", W 15", "LUNDOS" :Mary Gehr [American, 1913-1997]. Pencil signed, dated, titled and marked Artist Proof. Framed. Frame size: H 33", W 23.5".
DuMouchelles
Sep. 24, 2015
Mary Gehr, (American, 1910-1997), Untitled
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Mary Gehr (American, 1910-1997) Untitled oil on canvas signed Mary Gehr (lower right) 52 x 35 7/8 inches.
Hindman
Sep. 13, 2014
Mary Gehr, (American, 1913-1997), Greek Village, oil on board, 16.5" x 19.5"
Est: $200 - $300
Mary Gehr (American, 1913-1997) Greek Village oil on board signed lower right 16.5" x 19.5"
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Mar. 28, 2013
Mary Ray Gehr, (American, 1910-1997), Nepal II, 1971-72
Est: $40 - $60
Mary Ray Gehr (American, 1910-1997) Nepal II, 1971-72 etching edition 4/15, signed Mary Gehr and dated (lower right) 18 x 21 1/2 inches.
Hindman
Aug. 14, 2011
MARY RAY GEHR [AMERICAN, 1910-1997], OIL ON"
Est: $800 - $1,200
MARY RAY GEHR [AMERICAN, 1910-1997], OIL ON" CANVAS, 61" X 40", 'BEST OF THE EARTH CANNOT BE" TOLD': Abstract, very textured, image done in" various shades of blue. Signed at the lower left and framed. Purchased from Main Street Gallery, Chicago Illinois in 1965. From the" Estate of David J. McElroy.
DuMouchelles
Mar. 27, 2010
Mary Ray Gehr, (American, 1910-1997), "Lonely Night", oil on canvas, 38" x 25"
Est: $400 - $600
Mary Ray Gehr (American, 1910-1997) "Lonely Night" oil on canvas signed lower right. 38" x 25"
Ripley Auctions
Mar. 27, 2010
Mary Ray Gehr, (American, 1910-1997), "Storm Over Cappadocia, Turkey", modern oil on canvas, 29 3/4" x 38"
Est: $400 - $600
Mary Ray Gehr (American, 1910-1997) "Storm Over Cappadocia, Turkey" modern oil on canvas signed lower right. 29 3/4" x 38"
Ripley Auctions
Sep. 07, 2008
Mary Ray Gehr, (American, 1910-1997), Down to the Sunless Sea
Est: $300 - $500
Mary Ray Gehr (American, 1910-1997) Down to the Sunless Sea oil on canvas signed (lower left) 38 x 50 inches.
Hindman