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John Bernard Flannagan

John Bernard Flannagan (1895 - 1942) was active/lived in New York, North Dakota.  John Flannagan is known for Stone figure sculpture, wood carving.

The following is from the newspaper, Reading Eagle, November 30, 2005, Reading, Pennsylvania

"Modest Berks cottage yields treasures of art
The late Grace Zaparata held onto the works
of her famous ex-husband; auction is scheduled"

By Don Spatz
Senior Reporter

For half a century, Grace Zaparata and her husband, Sebastian, lived quietly and frugally in a tiny Rockland Township cottage adjacent to the Sally Ann Furnace mansion.

People knew Grace only as a popular teacher's aide in the Jewish Community Center in Reading for nearly 30 years, retiring in the mid-1980s.

What they didn't know was her past, and the art treasures stored with her memories at the cottage.

Grace died in 1995 at age 87. Sebastian passed on last fall at age 92.  Their attorney, Gerald P. Sigal, asked Fleetwood auctioneer George V. Miller IV to gather and sell their effects.

That's when Miller found the first clue, a block print inscr   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 8852 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Artist artworks for sale and wanted

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Research resources

.  askART lists John Bernard Flannagan in 1 of its research Essays. John Bernard Flannagan has 1 artist signature examples available in our database.

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Facts about John Bernard Flannagan

   Publications  Book References:  75
Magazine References:  0

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75 Book References for John Bernard Flannagan
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2005 Janovy, Karen O. (Editor); David Cateforis (Intro) Sculpture From the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery 246 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1994 Craven, Wayne American Art History and Culture 687 Yes
1994 National Gallery of Art Sculpture An Illustrated Catalogue
(Exhibition catalog)
283 No
1994 Reynolds, Donald Martin Masters of American Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition From the American Renaissance to the Millenium 275 Yes
1993 Greenberg, Clement; Dr. John O'Brian, Editor Clement Greenberg: The Collected Essays and Criticism (4 Volumes) 622 No
1992 Adams, Henry (others) American Drawings and Watercolors from the Kansas City Region
(Exhibition catalog)
495 Yes
1992 Strazdes, Diana American Paintings and Sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art 511 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1990 Hirschl & Adler Galleries Counterpoint Two Centuries of American Masters
(Exhibition catalog)
112 Yes
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1987 Woodstock Art Association Woodstock's Art Heritage Permanent Collection Woodstock A A 176 Yes
1986 Chetham, Charles; David Grose A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art 312 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1985 Miller, Dorothy C With an Eye to American Art
(Exhibition catalog)
16 No
1985 Wooden, Howard E American Art of Great Depression Two Sides of the Coin
(Exhibition catalog)
151 No
1984 Baigell, Mathew American Painting and Sculpture A Concise History 420 No
1984 Craven, Wayne Sculpture in America (new and revised edition) 782 No
1984 Marlor, Clark S The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
(Exhibition catalog)
600 No
1983 Contreras, Belasario R Tradition and Innovation in New Deal Art 253 No
1982 Livingston, Jane/J Beardsley Black Folk Art in America, 1930-1980 (Corcoran Gallery of Art)
(Exhibition catalog)
186 Yes
1981 Lane, John R.; Michael Botwinick (Foreward) The Edith and Milton Lowenthal Collection The Brooklyn Museum 60 Yes
1981 Nassau County Museum Animals in American Art 1880's-1980's
(Exhibition catalog)
64 Yes
1981 Osborne, Harold The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art 656 Yes
1981 Rugoff, Milton The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art 669 Yes
1979 Baigell, Mathew Dictionary of American Art 390 No
1979 Brown, Milton W (others) American Art Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorative Arts 616 Yes
1979 Doumato, Lamia American Drawing A Guide to Information Sources 246 No
1979 Haverstock, Mary Sayre An American Bestiary 248 Yes
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc) 730 No
1979 Taylor, Joshua C The Fine Arts in America 264 No
1978 Daniels, Florence Why Art? A Guide to Viewing Contemporary American Art 222 No
1978 Spencer Museum of Art Spencer Museum of Art Handbook of the Collection 168 Yes
1977 Barr, Alfred H Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art 655 No
1977 Ekdahl, Janis American Sculpture A Guide to Information Sources 260 No
1977 Marling, Karal Ann Woodstock, An American Art Colony 1902-1977
(Exhibition catalog)
220 No
1976 Armstrong, Tom 200 Years of American Sculpture
(Exhibition catalog)
336 Yes
1976 Lipman, Jean/Helen M Franc Bright Stars: American Painting and Sculpture Since1776 208 Yes
1975 Buckley, Charles E The Saint Louis Art Museum Handbook of Collections 377 Yes
1973 Davidson, Marshall The Artist's America American Heritage History of 416 Yes
1973 Mendelowitz, Daniel M A History of American Art 662 No
1973 Onn, Gerald (Translator) Phaidon Dictionary of Twentieth Century Art 0 No
1973 University of Kansas Museum American Drawings and Watercolors 80 No
1972 Hunter, Sam American Art of the 20th Century 487 Yes
1972 Tomko, George Catalogue of The Roland P Murdock Collection Wichita Art Museum 237 Yes
1971 Porter, Allen/Wm McGonagle The Thirties Decade American Artists and Their European Contemporaries
(Exhibition catalog)
80 No
1969 Faulkner, Ray; Edwin Ziegfeld Art Today 542 Yes
1968 Agee, William C The 1930's Painting & Sculpture in America
(Exhibition catalog)
80 Yes
1968 McLanathan, Richard The American Tradition in the Arts 492 No
1968 Rose, Barbara Readings in American Art Since 1900 A Documentary Survey 270 No
1967 Artist in America, Editors The Artist in America 256 Yes
1967 Ashton, Dore Modern American Sculpture 130 Yes
1967 Lieberman, William S Drawings/Recent Acquisitions Museum of Modern Art/New York 48 No
1967 Rose, Barbara American Art Since 1900 A Critical History 320 Yes
1966 Green, Samuel M American Art A Historical Survey 706 No
1966 Larkin, Oliver W Art and Life in America Revised and Enlarged Edition 559 Yes
1965 Breeskin, Adelyn D Roots of Abstract Art in America, 1910-1930 (Smithsonian Institution)
(Exhibition catalog)
84 Yes
1965 Hayes, Bartlett H Jr American Drawings: Drawings of the Masters 141 Yes
1963 Woods, Willis F. (Intro); Paintings and Sculpture: Norton Gallery and School of Art
(Exhibition catalog)
100 Yes
1961 Goodrich, Lloyd/John I H Baur American Art of Our Century 309 Yes
1958 O'Connor, William Van (editor) A History of the Arts in Minnesota 62 No
1957 Brooklyn Museum Golden Years of American Drawing 1905-1956
(Exhibition catalog)
72 No
1955 Breeskin, Adelyn D 200 Objects in the Baltimore Museum of Art 93 No
1954 Arizona State University The Arizona State College Collection of American Art 110 No
1952 Corcoran Gallery of Art Privately Owned Selection from Collections in Washington Area
(Exhibition catalog)
64 No
1951 Baur, John I H Revolution and Tradition in Modern American Art 170 No
1947 Slatkin, Charles/R Schoolman Treasury of American Drawings 176 No
1942 Wheeler, Monroe (intro) Painters and Sculptors of Modern America 152 Yes
1939 Cheney, Martha Candler Modern Art in America 190 No
1939 Museum of Modern Art Art in Our Time Exhibition, Tenth Anniversary MoMA
(Exhibition catalog)
320 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1934 Barr, Alfred Jr. (Essay); A Conger Goodyear (Intro) Modern Works of Art: Fifth Anniversary Exhibition Museum of Modern Art, New York
(Exhibition catalog)
160 No
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