Joseph Yeager Sitting by the Lake Landscape 1940

Description

Tranquil oil landscape of two people sitting on a dock by a lake near Medina, Ohio by Joseph Yeager (American, … more Tranquil oil landscape of two people sitting on a dock by a lake near Medina, Ohio by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). Unsigned, but was purchased with a collection of Yeager pieces and has been authenticated by the Yeager family. Circa 1940. Unframed.

Joseph "Joe" Yeager (American, 20th Century) was raised in Cleveland Ohio, where he went to art school at night and started his art career at 19. He was a commercial artist for the Cleveland Press for seven years, and then worked as the paper’s art director for another seven. In the army, he was a technical research illustrator for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. He later moved to Medina, Ohio in 1941 and opened Joe Yeager Industrial Design in 1947. He also taught advanced perspective at the Cleveland School of Art. less