Joseph Yeager Still Life with Squash (work in progress) Watercolor on Paper Circa 1940s-1950s

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Fall still life with squash by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy bond watercolor paper with ragged edges. No … more Fall still life with squash by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy bond watercolor paper with ragged edges. No frame. unfinished work in progress. Estate of Joseph Yeager on Verso.

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