Lot 711: Franklin Van Court (Brown) (American, b.1903), "Federal Building, Century of Progress, Chicago",

c.1933; oil/board, 14" x 17.5", signed and titled verso. Chicago modernist painter. Van Court studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the National Academy of Design. He was a member of the Chicago Society of Artists, and exhibited at the Union League Club (1929), and at the Chicago Society of Artists (1931). The Federal Building was a popular subject for the painters of the time because of the importance of the event and the dramatic, modern architecture.