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Landscape painter, Genre Painter, Etcher, b. 1874 - d. 1958

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  • Eugene Higgins (American, 1874-1958), "Farmer and Oxen", watercolor on paper, rural scene of farmer repairing his wagon while his oxen rest, their yokes in the cart, signed lower left, titled on Park Avenue Gallery la...
    Dec. 09, 2024

    Eugene Higgins (American, 1874-1958), "Farmer and Oxen", watercolor on paper, rural scene of farmer repairing his wagon while his oxen rest, their yokes in the cart, signed lower left, titled on Park Avenue Gallery la...

    Est: $125 - $250

    Eugene Higgins (American, 1874-1958), "Farmer and Oxen", watercolor on paper, rural scene of farmer repairing his wagon while his oxen rest, their yokes in the cart, signed lower left, titled on Park Avenue Gallery label verso, framed behind glass, laid to matting, wear consistent with age, paper size: 12 3/4" h. x 18 1/4" w.

    Winter Associates, Inc.
  • Eugene Higgins, 1874-1958, Two Men Wrestling, Oil on Board
    Dec. 04, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, 1874-1958, Two Men Wrestling, Oil on Board

    Est: $400 - $600

    Eugene Higgins 1874-1958 Two Men Wrestling Oil on Board Signed l.l. and bears label on frame. Provenance: Heritage Auctions, 9/8/22, lot 27043

    Nye & Company
  • Group of 4, Incl: McGinnis, Higgins, Rome, Smart
    Nov. 16, 2024

    Group of 4, Incl: McGinnis, Higgins, Rome, Smart

    Est: $150 - $200

    Group of 4, Incl: McGinnis, Higgins, Rome, Smart Eugene Higgins 1874-1958 Her Midnight Duty, Etching, likely 1915, inscribed on verso 1925. Wink Smart, work on paper of shipping yard Richardson Rome, signed etching, Longs Peak, edition 31/75 Christine McGinnis, Dusky eagle owl, edition 109/300, 1967 Wink Smart Approximate Size of Piece: 3.5" H x 5.25" W Approximate Size of Piece Framed: 9" H x 11" W Eugene Higgins Approximate Size of Piece: 6.5" H x 5" W Approximate Size of Piece Framed: 13" H x 11" W Richardson Rome Approximate Size of Piece: 7.5" H x 6.5" W Approximate Size of Piece Framed: 14.5" H x 12.5" W Christine McGinnis Approximate Size of Piece: 11" H x 9" W Approximate Size of Piece Framed: 18.25" H x 6.25" W

    La Belle Epoque Auction House
  • Eugene Higgins (American, 1874 - 1958), "Fishermen with Nets", pastel on paper, depicts four male figures slightly silhouetted by the rising/ setting sun, each seated and tending to their work, horizontal clouds in co...
    Nov. 04, 2024

    Eugene Higgins (American, 1874 - 1958), "Fishermen with Nets", pastel on paper, depicts four male figures slightly silhouetted by the rising/ setting sun, each seated and tending to their work, horizontal clouds in co...

    Est: $300 - $500

    Eugene Higgins (American, 1874 - 1958), "Fishermen with Nets", pastel on paper, depicts four male figures slightly silhouetted by the rising/ setting sun, each seated and tending to their work, horizontal clouds in colors of blue, pink, grey and cream, signed lower right, framed and matted behind glass, not examined out of frame, wear consistent with age and use, ss: 21" h. x 27" w.

    Winter Associates, Inc.
  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W(sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W(frame)
    Oct. 09, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W(sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W(frame)

    Est: $200 - $400

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

    Ripley Auctions
  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W(sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W(frame)
    Oct. 09, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W(sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W(frame)

    Est: $200 - $400

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

    Ripley Auctions
  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)
    Oct. 09, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $200 - $400

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) landscape oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

    Ripley Auctions
  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), landscape with figure, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)
    Oct. 09, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), landscape with figure, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $200 - $400

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) landscape with figure oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

    Ripley Auctions
  • EUGENE HIGGINS (AMERICAN, 1874-1958).
    Sep. 08, 2024

    EUGENE HIGGINS (AMERICAN, 1874-1958).

    Est: $400 - $600

    'Seated Classical Woman'. Gouache and ink wash on paper. Signed lower right. Property from a Bronxville, NY estate. Dimensions: Sight size: 9.75" w. x 7.125" w. Frame: 19" h x 16.25" w.

    Clarke Auction Gallery
  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874 - 1958)
    Jul. 29, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874 - 1958)

    Est: $50 - $150

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874 - 1958) Drypoint Etching on Paper "Village Scene" Signed Lower Right. Sight measures 5-1/2" x 7". Frame measures 16-1/4" x 20-1/4". Condition: Foxing and toning to the surface otherwise good condition. Estimate 50 - 150 Domestic shipping Third party

    Orion Antiques
  • Two Eugene Higgins Monotypes
    Jun. 02, 2024

    Two Eugene Higgins Monotypes

    Est: $300 - $500

    HIGGINS, Eugene, (American, 1874-1958): Two Monotypes on Paper to include 1) "Gathering Water", depiction of figures gathering water and horse drawn carriage with water barrel, signed in the plate lower left, image size 11.5" x 17", sheet size 13" x 19.25". 2) "Two Horses", signed lower right, image size 12" x 16", sheet size 13" x 20.25" . Condition: Both with toning. From the Alexander Raydon Gallery, Madison Ave, Manhattan. New York. Mr. Raydon was a well-known collector and dealer and passed away in 2005. This piece has remained in the collection.

    Amero Auctions
  • Eugene HIggins, American (1874-1958), sunset landscape with trees, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)
    Jun. 01, 2024

    Eugene HIggins, American (1874-1958), sunset landscape with trees, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $160 - $250

    Eugene HIggins American, (1874-1958) sunset landscape with trees oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication envelope but missing authentication letter. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

    Ripley Auctions
  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), mountain landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)
    Jun. 01, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), mountain landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $160 - $250

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) mountain landscape oil on canvas Missing letter of authentication included with other paintings. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

    Ripley Auctions
  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), landscape with path through trees, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)
    Jun. 01, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), landscape with path through trees, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $160 - $250

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) landscape with path through trees oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

    Ripley Auctions
  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), street vendor with headscarf, oil on canvas, 5 1/2"H x 3 1/2"W (sight), 7 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (frame)
    Jun. 01, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), street vendor with headscarf, oil on canvas, 5 1/2"H x 3 1/2"W (sight), 7 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $200 - $400

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) street vendor with headscarf oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

    Ripley Auctions
  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), figure with a weapon, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 5 3/4"H x 7 3/4"W (frame)
    Jun. 01, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), figure with a weapon, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 5 3/4"H x 7 3/4"W (frame)

    Est: $200 - $400

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) figure with a weapon oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

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  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), figures and animals in a landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)
    Jun. 01, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), figures and animals in a landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $200 - $400

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) figures and animals in a landscape oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

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  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), figures and animals in a landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)
    Jun. 01, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), figures and animals in a landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $200 - $400

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) figures and animals in a landscape oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

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  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), shepherd figure with animals in landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 5 1/2"H x 7 1/2"W (frame)
    Jun. 01, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), shepherd figure with animals in landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 5 1/2"H x 7 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $200 - $400

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) shepherd figure with animals in landscape oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

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  • Eugene Higgins, New York, Connecticut, Kansas, Missouri (1874-1958), Children with a Goat, pastel on paper
    Jun. 01, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, New York, Connecticut, Kansas, Missouri (1874-1958), Children with a Goat, pastel on paper

    Est: $300 - $400

    Eugene Higgins New York, Connecticut, Kansas, Missouri, (1874-1958) Children with a Goat pastel on paper signed lower right, framed.

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  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), figure with cat, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)
    Apr. 27, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), figure with cat, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $200 - $400

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) figure with cat oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

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  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), crouched figure, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)
    Apr. 27, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), crouched figure, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $160 - $300

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) crouched figure oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

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  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), landscape with trees, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)
    Apr. 27, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), landscape with trees, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $160 - $300

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) landscape with trees oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

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  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), mountain landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)
    Apr. 27, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), mountain landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $160 - $300

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) mountain landscape oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

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  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)
    Apr. 27, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $160 - $300

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) landscape oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

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  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)
    Apr. 27, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $160 - $300

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) landscape oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

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  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)
    Mar. 30, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $300 - $500

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

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  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W(sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W(frame)
    Mar. 30, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W(sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W(frame)

    Est: $200 - $400

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

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  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)
    Mar. 30, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $200 - $400

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

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  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), figure slaying giant, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)
    Mar. 30, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), figure slaying giant, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $300 - $500

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) figure slaying giant oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

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  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), figure on a porch in lush landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 5 1/2"H x 7 1/2"W (frame)
    Mar. 02, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), figure on a porch in lush landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 5 1/2"H x 7 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $200 - $400

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) figure on a porch in lush landscape oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

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  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)
    Mar. 02, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), landscape, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $200 - $400

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) landscape oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

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  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), figure with dogs, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)
    Mar. 02, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), figure with dogs, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 6 1/2"H x 8 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $200 - $400

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) figure with dogs oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

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  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), city street scene, oil on canvas, 5 1/2"H x 3 1/2"W (sight), 8 1/2"H x 6 1/2"W (frame)
    Mar. 02, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), city street scene, oil on canvas, 5 1/2"H x 3 1/2"W (sight), 8 1/2"H x 6 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $200 - $400

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) city street scene oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

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  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), boat on the canal with view of city, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 5 3/4"H x 8"W (frame)
    Mar. 02, 2024

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), boat on the canal with view of city, oil on canvas, 3 1/2"H x 5 1/2"W (sight), 5 3/4"H x 8"W (frame)

    Est: $200 - $400

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) boat on the canal with view of city oil on canvas Includes letter of authentication. Provenance: Estate of Anita Higgins Cole, widow of Eugene Higgins Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

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  • EUGENE HIGGINS (American, 1874-1974)
    Nov. 19, 2023

    EUGENE HIGGINS (American, 1874-1974)

    Est: $400 - $600

    children and robed figure under a tree Oil on canvas h. 18 w. 14-1/2 in. (stretcher) Signed lower right overall: 24-1/2 x 20-1/2 in. (frame)

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  • EUGENE HIGGINS (1874 - 1958) "REFUGEES" ETCHING
    Oct. 26, 2023

    EUGENE HIGGINS (1874 - 1958) "REFUGEES" ETCHING

    Est: $10 - $1,000

    C. 1920 etching pencil signed lower right. Titled lower left. Dimensions: (Frame) H 14.5" x W 18.5", (Sight) H 7.5" x W 11.25" Condition: Paper age toned. Rubbing to frame.

    Westport Auction
  • EUGENE HIGGINS (1874 - 1958) "REFUGEES" ETCHING
    Aug. 31, 2023

    EUGENE HIGGINS (1874 - 1958) "REFUGEES" ETCHING

    Est: $50 - $1,000

    C. 1920 etching pencil signed lower right. Titled lower left. Dimensions: (Frame) H 14.5" x W 18.5", (Sight) H 7.5" x W 11.25" Condition: Paper age toned. Rubbing to frame.

    Westport Auction
  • Eugene Higgins (American, 1874-1958) Mending a Dam Oil on canvasboard 10 x 8 inc
    Jun. 13, 2023

    Eugene Higgins (American, 1874-1958) Mending a Dam Oil on canvasboard 10 x 8 inc

    Est: $400 - $600

    Eugene Higgins (American, 1874-1958) Mending a Dam Oil on canvasboard 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm) Signed lower right: Eugene Higgins Titled on the reverse: Mending a Dam Property from a Distinguished New York Estate HID01801242017

    Heritage Auctions
  • Eugene Higgins - Man on Horseback
    May. 10, 2023

    Eugene Higgins - Man on Horseback

    Est: $200 - $400

    Eugene Higgins - painting of man on horseback. Pigment on paperboard. Signed in LLC. Frame: H 15-7/8" W 21-1/8". Sight: H 11-5/8" W 16-7/8". Condition: Excellent condition. Link for high-res images: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5uz75s4u46zrjg7/7099146_2.jpg?dl=0

    New England Auctions
  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), sleeping child and dog, oil on board, 18 3/4"H x 5 1/2"W (sight) 13"H x 9 1/2"W (frame)
    Apr. 29, 2023

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), sleeping child and dog, oil on board, 18 3/4"H x 5 1/2"W (sight) 13"H x 9 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $300 - $400

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) sleeping child and dog oil on board Signed lower right. Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

    Ripley Auctions
  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), spring house shelter, night scene, oil on canvas, 13 3/4"H x 18"W (sight), 15"H x 19"W (frame)
    Apr. 29, 2023

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), spring house shelter, night scene, oil on canvas, 13 3/4"H x 18"W (sight), 15"H x 19"W (frame)

    Est: $300 - $500

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) spring house shelter, night scene oil on canvas Unsigned? "Eugene Higgins" sticker verso. Some cracking and peeling. Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

    Ripley Auctions
  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), The Oxcart, oil on canvas, 14 5/8"H x 19 5/8"W (sight), 21"H x 26"W (frame)
    Apr. 29, 2023

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), The Oxcart, oil on canvas, 14 5/8"H x 19 5/8"W (sight), 21"H x 26"W (frame)

    Est: $700 - $900

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) The Oxcart oil on canvas Signed lower right and verso. Exhibited: Kleemann Galleries, NY, The High Museum of Art, GA, Grand Central Art Galleries, NY Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

    Ripley Auctions
  • Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), figures on the shore, watercolor, 7"H x 10 1/2"W (sight), 13 1/2"H x 16 1/2"W (frame)
    Apr. 29, 2023

    Eugene Higgins, American (1874-1958), figures on the shore, watercolor, 7"H x 10 1/2"W (sight), 13 1/2"H x 16 1/2"W (frame)

    Est: $300 - $400

    Eugene Higgins American, (1874-1958) figures on the shore watercolor Signed lower left. Biography from the Archives of askART: Eugene Higgins, a painter and etcher, represented with sentimentality the impact of the homeless, depressed and less fortunate people of society. His passionate sympathy for the poor led him to generalize situation and location, painting archetypal situations rather than observed ones. Although a Social Realist in subject matter, his style was European, much influenced by Honore Daumier, and this Old World quality made his work less popular than that of others such as Robert Henri, who had a more unique style. Higgins was born the son of an Irish stonecutter and builder in Kansas City, Missouri, 1874, and after the death of his mother, his father moved him as a youngster to Saint Louis, where he was raised. He briefly attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, and also went to work in an architect's office. In 1897, he went to Paris and studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian, under Jean Paul Laurens, Benjamin Constant and Jean Leon Gerome. In France, he developed the skill of etching, which became his primary way of earning money. In 1904, he returned to America, spending a year in St. Louis and then settling in New York City. In the early 1920s, he married Anita Rio, and for the remainder of his life, kept a studio on West 22nd Street. Anita and Eugene spent most of their summers at Old Lyme, Connecticut. Recognition came for Higgins, both for his etching and for his painting, which for some viewers carried the suggestion of sculpture because of the vigor and overwhelming qualities of his figure painting. In 1904, the militant Journal of Social Satire in Art, devoted an entire issue to Higgins' s illustration titled Les Paurves. He was acclaimed by the poet Edward Markham as "the one powerful painter of the tragic lacks and losses." In 1921, Higgins was voted to membership in the National Academy of Design, and participated in every exhibition after that to 1950. Higgins credited his father's influence as being very strong on his work because his father was a stonecutter, whom the young Higgins helped and observed the way he handled the materials. His father talked much about the skills of Michelangelo, and about this Higgins said: "As I remember those days it seems to me I knew Michelangeo as well as a I knew my father---we three were pals together. " he other major influence was Jean Millet from whom he "learned also the beauty of simple elemental conditions truthfully portrayed." (271) During the Depression era Higgins created murals including for post offices in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; Shawano, Wisconsin; and Mount Pleasant Tennessee. In 1958 Eugene Higgins died in a hospital in New York after a long illness. Source: Ruth Pasquine, Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume One, 1826-1925, David Dearinger, Editor.

    Ripley Auctions
  • Eugene Higgins, Domestic Interior
    Apr. 19, 2023

    Eugene Higgins, Domestic Interior

    Est: $600 - $800

    Eugene Higgins Domestic Interior oil on board 9.5 h x 7.875 w in (24 x 20 cm) Titled to verso 'Domestic Interior'. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

    Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
  • EUGENE HIGGINS (AMERICAN 1874-1958)
    Apr. 08, 2023

    EUGENE HIGGINS (AMERICAN 1874-1958)

    Est: $300 - $500

    EUGENE HIGGINS (AMERICAN 1874-1958) Horsecart at the Quarry crayon and graphite on paper 29.2 x 34.3 cm (11 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.) [sight] framed dimensions: 44 x 50 cm (17 3/8 x 19 3/4 in.) signed lower right

    Shapiro Auctions LLC
  • Eugene Higgins signed stage coach etching
    Mar. 30, 2023

    Eugene Higgins signed stage coach etching

    Est: $125 - $250

    Etching titled "The Days of 49" by Eugene Higgins(1974-1958) ,N.A. signed. in good condition . Size sight is about 8 x 10 inches.

    Captain Ahab's Antiques
  • Etching Titled In The Park by Eugene Higgins (1874-1958)
    Mar. 30, 2023

    Etching Titled In The Park by Eugene Higgins (1874-1958)

    Est: $100 - $200

    An antique etching titled In The Park by American artist Eugene Higgins (1874-1958), titled in the bottom left and signed in the bottom right, dated 1919. Measures 15 1/2" x 13", 9 1/2" x 5 1/2" site.

    Embassy Auctions International
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