NICHOLAS ANGELO
FINE ART

John Edward Costigan (1888 - 1972) American. WPA artist. A native of Providence, Rhode Island, John Costigan was a skilled landscape and figure painter who disdained portraits because "the subjects want flattering pictures."

He was orphaned and raised in New York by his aunt and uncle, the parents of George M. Cohan. Mainly self-taught, John studied briefly at the Art Students League and worked as a lithographer of theater posters. From that he learned the printing processes that he later used in his many etchings. He began making his name in the fine arts in 1920 and, throughout the decade, reaped numerous important prizes for his oils, watercolors and prints.

He served in the infantry in World War I and supported himself during the Depression with magazine illustration. For about a year during World War II, to remain financially solvent, he worked the night shift as a machine operator in a defense plant while continuing to paint and etch by day. In the late 1960s, he enjoyed a revival of interest in his fine arts talents when more than 50 pieces were borrowed from museums and private collections to be toured nationally in a Smithsonian-sponsored Costigan retrospective. [Biography Credit: Dan Costigan, son of the artist.] FSA:Ptgs

THE ALBANY PRINT CLUB

Presents

THE ANNUAL PRINT FOR 1939-1940

Child With Goats

A Lithograph by John E. Costigan

(An Edition of 147 Prints, Limited to the Membership).

This announcement which accompanied the print is included!

Lithograph - Pencil Signed: J.E.Costigan N. A. - Titled: Child with Goats

Image Size: 12" X 17" - Beautifully Framed