Lot 2330D: PAUL ULEN EUROPEAN SAILBOATS ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR

PAUL ULEN EUROPEAN SAILBOATS AND HOUSE. Paul Veronese Ulen (1894-1976). Sailboats and house. Watercolor on board. unsigned, unframed. Size: 20''H, 30''W. condition: age appropriate wear.Paul Ulen and his wife, Jean ULen)1900-1988) were pivotal figures in the formation of artistic ideas and ideals in cleveland art during the first half of the twentieth century. They regularly exhibited their own art at the Cleveland Museum of Art and elsewhere during the 1930's and 1940s. Paul worked five years as a commercial artist in Dayton before the Cleveland School of Art from 1916 to 1920 and studying under such well known artists as Henry keller and Frank Wilcox. He began his teaching career at the West Technical School in 1921. Both Paul and jean Ulen received scholarships to complete their art education abroad. They first went ot London in 1922-23 with Paul studying at the Slade School, primarily under Henry Tonks (1862-1937). After teaching in Cleveland for four years Paul and Jean Ulen returned to complete their studies at the Slade in 1927 and 1928. Altogether, Paul Ulen taught art to Cleveland students for forty years. After her husband's death, Jean Ulen catalogued Paul's drawings and watercolors. This drawing bears her catalogue number on the verso. Unsigned (as are most of Paul's drawings) but does bear Jean Ulen's catalogue number on the verso.