Anson K.Cross Drawing Antique Device~Boothbay Harbor,Mass

Antiques : Art : Early Art Inventions

 

Rare original Andrew Kent Cross 19th Century artist drawing device he personally invented. Cross was a painter and educator who developed systems for the teaching of painting and drawing. He worked from the 1880s until his death in 1944 to promote a series of "systems" and "vision-training aids" in instruction books and at art schools such as the Museum of Fine Arts School in Boston and his Anson K. Cross Art School. His writings include harsh words against the "art teaching establishment" and the art supply companies for their lack of acceptance of his theories and methods. A former student recently described him as an evangelist and the students as his disciples. He is also a listed artist and his paintings have received a great deal of interest in the art world recently. This device is near mint and likely one of the few examples known to exist.

Item ID: 522