August F. Biehle (1885-1979)

Berlin Heights Light

Colored crayon on paper, c. 1919

Signed in pencil, lower left (twice)

Biehle, a noted member of the Cleveland School and defining member of Modernist Art movement, was known for his use of a very fine, fauvist color palate for his shadowed landscapes. 

Provenance: Joseph M. Erdelac, Cleveland

Exhibition: Kenny Gallery, Columbus, OH, 1995/6

Reference: Henry Adams, Out of the Kokoon (Cleveland, OH:

Cleveland Public Library and Cleveland Artists Foundation, 2011),

p. 28, figure 19, reproduced in color.

Henry Adams, "Out of the Kokoon: Cleveland's Festival of Art & Dance," American Art Review, Vol. XXIII, No. 5 (October, 2011),

p. 121, reproduced in color.

Good, Original Condition. Archivally framed. 

10 x 6 1/2”