Antique-Felix O. C. Darley Signed & Dated Ink Painting UNBELIVABLE ORIGINAL 1886 Darley ink wash on paper RARE Start Price USD 3,299.99 Current Price USD 3,299.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, May 08, 2008 End Time Sunday, May 18, 2008 Location SUNNY SOUTH FLORIDA See more about 'Antique-Felix O. C. Darley Signed & Dated Ink Painting ' Description Antique-Felix Darley LARGE!! Signed & Dated ink drawing STUNNING!!!!! VERY RARE!! ORIGINAL *Felix O.C. Darley*, American, (1822-1888), ink wash on paper SIGNED on the lower left corner *F. O. C. DARLEY* and dated 1886.This is endeed a truly unbelivable original piece by america BEST Illustrator!.This large piece display a* Medieval Tavern Scene*,the quality of this piece is SUPERB!! (My pictures don't do justice to the true beauty of this piece).Darley is consider the best ever and the father of Illustratioons in the USA,please see Biography below.His work had been sold at major Auction Houses like Sotheby's,Christies Etc,and his art is in major Museum around the world.Behind this piece there is a original document that we can't read completely,but it's a very old document probably written in the 19th century,we don't know if this is some type of sale receipt?,insurance documentation or Darley itself writing about this piece?. *THIS UNBELIVABLE!  *Felix O.C. Darley* ORIGINAL WAS GIVEN TO US AS CONSIGMENT PIECES FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTOR,THIS PIECE HAD BEEN IN THEIR COLLECTION FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS*.A UNIQUE! OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A TRUE ORIGINAL PIECE BY AMERICA BEST ILLUSTRATOR A COLLECTOR'S DREAM PIECE!! I WILL LET MY PICTURES DO THE REST OF THE DESCRIPTION OF THIS HISTORICAL PIECE OF ARTWORK.PIECE MEASURES APPROX. 25" WIDE X APPROX. 21" HIGH (FRAMED) AND THE INK WASH ON PAPER MEASURES APPROX. 18" WIDE X APPROX. 13-3/4" TALL.PLEASE ASK ALL QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDING,WE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS.WE PROVIDE A LOT OF PICTURES OF THE ITEM FOR YOUR INSPECTION.(***BUYERS TO PAID SHIPPING,H. & INSURANCE*** )**NO PAYPAL** ONLY CHECK OR MONEY ORDERS IN THE UNITED STATES,**FOR INTERNATIONAL SALES WE ONLY ACCEPT  BANK WIRE TRANSFER***WE FULLY INSURE ALL OUR PACKAGES SO ONCE IT LEAVES OUR HANDS WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLES FOR DAMAGES OCURRING DURING TRANSIT.*****ALL SALES ARE FINAL******. Felix Octavius Carr Darley Biography: Felix Octavius Carr Darley was born in Philadelphia in 1822. After selling some drawings to the Saturday Museum he moved to New York in 1848. In 1850 he was invited by the American Art Union to illustrate Washington Irving's works and his drawings for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle established his fame. In the years that followed, he did illustrations for additional works by Washington Irving, plus stories, novels, and poems by James Fenimore Cooper, Hawthorne, Longfellow, John Greenlief Whitaker, James Whitcomb Riley, and Charles Dickens, among others. He also designed bank notes and bonds for the U.S. government. He was a charter member of the American Society of Painters in Watercolor and became a member of the National Academy of Design in 1852. After visiting Europe in 1863, he published Sketches Abroad with Pen and Pencil (1868). His drawings of the Civil War attracted praise at the Paris Exhibition of 1867. Shortly before his death he completed a set of illustrations for Shakespeare's plays. Perhaps the most popular American artist of the mid-century, he set a pattern for those who wanted to be artists but did not want to spend their lives seeking commissions for portraits or history paintings. Winslow Homer acknowledged that Darley's success gave him hope that he might also have a career as an artist. Both in his time and in ours, Darley's importance was acknowledged. The New York Public Library, which in 1999 presented an exhibition of his works, said, "His works helped forge our national identity" and The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin called him "the most accomplished and prolific American illustrator before the centennial" (December, 2000, p. 52). In 1867, he was praised in The Book of the Artists, as "the first true illustrator of the American Spirit, a point that the The Philadelphia Inquirer reaffirmed in 1999, noting that Darley "dominated American . . . illustration for nearly a half-century." After being exposed early to the Neo-classical style of John Flaxman, an important English draughtsman, Darley began his career as an illustrator in Philadelphia in 1842. He is considered to be the most influential of the early illustrators who ushered in the Golden Age of Illustration. The Golden Age of American illustration (1870-1965) was a period of unparalleled excellence in book and magazine illustration. It was made possible by advances in technology permitting accurate and inexpensive reproduction of art, combined with an enormous public demand for new graphic art. More significantly, Darley was the first American illustrator to successfully challenge the dominance of English and European schools of illustration over American commercial art; the American illustrators differ from all other artists and illustrators in that they created purely American icons -they were The American Imagists. Darley worked in various styles and mediums throughout his career, at times making quick pencil sketches, other occasions detailed drawings and watercolors. Darley had a tremendously prolific career working both for book publishers (illustrating works by leading writers of the day such as Dickens, Irving, Poe, Hawthorne, Longfellow and Harriet Beecher Stowe) and on magazines, as a regular contributor to Harper's Weekly. This led to his incredible popularity as an American draughtsman. It was through the force of his art, and charisma, that illustration art was established by fine arts communities and academicians as "the most American of American art." American illustration manifested how Americans view themselves, it is both social and cultural history pictured. Sharecroppers' Supper, 1877 is an excellent example of Darley's success in portraying the American sentiment at the close of the nineteenth century. Following a bitterly disputed presidential contest in 1877 between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel Tilden, in which both candidates claim victory, Hayes is declared president. In a back-room political deal, the Republicans agree to abandon Reconstruction policies in exchange for the presidency. Reconstruction policies officially ended and the South then codified and enforced segregation. This watercolor, created in the same year, illustrates the domestic life of a sharecropper family. It depicts a truly American image of life for these families during an important transitional period for the South, and also is created as the Golden Age of illustration begins. ** A REMINDER TO OUR EUROPEAN FRIENDS THAT DUE TO THE EXTRAORDINARY!! 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