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Portrait painter, Wall painter, Lithographer, Illustrator, b. 1910 - d. 1987
Author and artist Ben Stah was a pioneer whose specialty was figural paintings. Stahl was the originator of the Journey into Art with Ben Stahl series on public television in 1976. Additionally, Stahl did the illustrations and covers for many magazines and books, including two novels he wrote. He did over 750 illustrations for the Saturday Evening Post, and was one of the founders of the Famous Artists School, which taught drawing via correspondence courses. As an artist, Ben Stahl received commissions by such varied clients as MGM, the United States military, and the Catholic Church.
Ben Stahl paintings prices have remained remarkably stable, and can be found easily at auction. Ben Stahl's joy of painting showed in his approach. He said, "I want my paintings to excite the senses." Find your joy by viewing many excellent figural paintings for sale by various artists online at Invaluable.
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soldAug. 06, 2023Ben Stahl (1910-1987) "Redheaded Girl"
Est: $250 - $500Ben Stahl (American, 1910-1987) "Redheaded Girl" Oil on Board. Signed and dated ('72) lower right. Old gallery label verso. Sight Size: 9 x 12 in. Overall Framed Size: 14 x 17 in.
Helmuth Stone
soldAug. 06, 2023(2) Ben Stahl (1910-1987) Nude Paintings
Est: $300 - $600(2) Ben Stahl (American, 1910-1987) (Left) "Two Nudes on Grass" - 1972 Oil on Board. Signed and dated lower left. Sight Size: 9.5 x 12.5 in. Overall Framed Size: 16 x 19 in. (Right) "No Ropa" - 1972 Oil on Board. Signed upper right. Sight Size: 16 x 10.5 in. Overall Framed Size: 20.5 x 15 in.
Helmuth Stone
soldAug. 06, 2023Ben Stahl (1910-1987) Reclining Nude Painting
Est: $1,000 - $2,000Ben Stahl (American, 1910-1987) "Reclining Nude" Oil on Board. Signed and dated (1969) lower right. Sight Size: 20 x 26 in. Overall Framed Size: 30 x 35 in.
Helmuth Stone
soldAug. 06, 2023Ben Stahl (1910-1987) Painting of a Family
Est: $400 - $800Ben Stahl (American, 1910-1987) "Portrait of a Family" - 1972 Oil on Board. Signed lower left. Inscribed verso by the artist. Sight Size: 22 x 13 in. Overall Framed Size: 30 x 21 in.
Helmuth Stone
soldAug. 06, 2023Ben Stahl (1910-1987) "Rest Period"
Est: $2,000 - $3,000Ben Stahl (American, 1910-1987) "Rest Period" Oil on Canvas. Signed and dated ('86) lower left. 'Colorado Historical Society' label verso. Sight Size: 24 x 30 in. Overall Framed Size: 31 x 36.5 in.
Helmuth Stone
soldMay. 21, 2023(2) Ben Stahl (1910-1987) American, Lithographs
Est: $200 - $400(2) Ben Stahl Artist Proofs. Signed in lower right in pencil. Signed on art work in upper right corner. Bar scene with woman swinging over crowd. Black and white. Water damage in lower corner on back. Paper torn in one spot along top. Bar scene with musician playing piano in corner. Water damage in lower corner on back. Some water spots on front on both pieces. Embossed paper. Benjamin Albert Stahl was a painter and illustrator, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, lived in Weston, Connecticut in the 1940s and 1950s, and then settled in Sarasota, Florida. There he was Vice President of the Sarasota Art Association. Overall size: 27 x 30 1/2 in. Image size: 16 1/2 x 20 1/4 in. #1475 Location BC
Sarasota Estate Auction
soldMay. 20, 2023Ben Stahl (1910-1987) American, Pen & Ink
Est: $400 - $800Titled "San Francisco", pen & ink drawing, signed lower right. Depicts a female figure being oogled by men in the distance. Benjamin Albert Stahl was active/lived in Florida, Connecticut, Illinois / Mexico, and is known for female figure-interior, illustrator. Overall size: 15 1/2 x 14 in. Image size: 8 x 5 in. #3250 #3
Sarasota Estate Auction
soldApr. 30, 2023Benjamin Stahl (American, 1910-1987) Oil Painting
Est: $1,000 - $2,000Benjamin Stahl (American, 1910-1987) Painting. Title - Christ. Oil on artist board painting. Signed lower right Stahl 73. Sight size measures 11.5 inches high, 8.75 inches wide. Frame measures 18.25 inches high, 15 inches wide. Wallers Gallery of Tampa, Florida label on the reverse. In good condition. Light retouch along the bottom frame edge. From Askart: Benjamin Albert Stahl (1910-1987) was a painter and illustrator, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, lived in Weston, Connecticut in the 1940s and 1950s, and then settled in Sarasota, Florida. There he was Vice President of the Sarasota Art Association. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and then became a magazine and book illustrator whose publications included American Artist, Saturday Evening Post, Magazine World, the anniversary edition of Gone With The Wind and Blackbeard's Ghost. Commissions included the depiction of the fourteen stations of the cross for the Catholic Bible and Catholic Press in Chicago in 1955. He taught at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and was a founding faculty member of the Famous Artists School in Westport, Connecticut. Ben Stahl lived in San Miguel Allende, Mexico the last years of his life. Before that he lived and worked in Sarasota, Florida, where he also built a circular museum building that housed his collection of large paintings illustrated for a later version of The Bible. Still a mystery, the museum was broken into and the collection stolen and never recovered. His wife was his favorite model. From Illustrationhistory.org: Born in Chicago in 1910, Ben Stahl was introduced to the world of art by his grandmother. She took him on visits to the Chicago Art Institute and other galleries beginning when he was six years old and continuing until he was fifteen. After these adventures she would buy him oilcloth, brushes, and paints, and he would create masterpieces on the front porch of the family home. Stahl also read voraciously, which did not translate into academic excellence. However, when he was in seventh grade, he received a scholarship to attend Saturday morning lectures at the Chicago Art Institute. He would spend his Saturday afternoons drawing live animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo and the stuffed variety at the Field Museum, honing his knowledge of animal anatomy. After high school, Stahl got a job as an apprentice at a commercial art studio. One of the partners, realizing Stahl was ambitious and talented, encouraged him to draw and paint to create a portfolio. It was the contents of this portfolio that landed him a job at Chicago's most prestigious art studio. During his time there and at other studios, plus a stint as a journalist for the Chicago Daily News, Stahl continued to develop a unique style, influenced by the Impressionists, which he felt would carry the mood and the emotional impact of commercial illustrations. Ironically, Stahl's first assignment for The Saturday Evening Post was to illustrate a sea story - this for an artist who had never seen either the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans! The editors liked his work, and there followed four years of marine-themed assignments. Eventually Stahl asked for a change, so his next assignment was set in the desert - which he had also never seen. He was being noticed, however, and eventually he decided to move to New York and become a freelance illustrator. He illustrated over 750 stories for the Post along with a number of other magazines, and he continued to explore new approaches in his easel painting. In 1951, Stahl was commissioned to paint The 14 Stations of the Cross for a special edition Bible published in 1952 by the Catholic Press of Chicago. For this assignment Stahl spent over three months in Jerusalem making preliminary sketches and conducting extensive research before beginning the paintings. These 45 x 34 inch oil on canvas paintings became part of the collection of the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 1965, Stahl created another series of mural-sized Stations of the Cross which were housed in the Museum of the Cross, which he designed, in Sarasota, Florida. Four years later, all of the large 9 x 6 feet canvases were stolen - an art theft estimated at $1.5 million ($10 million when adjusted for inflation). The paintings were never recovered.
Myers Fine Art
soldApr. 30, 2023Benjamin Stahl (Am., 1910-1987) Nude Oil Painting
Est: $1,500 - $2,500Benjamin Stahl (American, 1910-1987) Painting. Title - Reclining Nude. Oil on artist board painting. Signed upper right Stahl 1971. Measures 31.5 inches high, 40 inches wide. Frame measures 36 inches high, 44 inches wide. In good condition. From Askart: Benjamin Albert Stahl (1910-1987) was a painter and illustrator, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, lived in Weston, Connecticut in the 1940s and 1950s, and then settled in Sarasota, Florida. There he was Vice President of the Sarasota Art Association. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and then became a magazine and book illustrator whose publications included American Artist, Saturday Evening Post, Magazine World, the anniversary edition of Gone With The Wind and Blackbeard's Ghost. Commissions included the depiction of the fourteen stations of the cross for the Catholic Bible and Catholic Press in Chicago in 1955. He taught at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and was a founding faculty member of the Famous Artists School in Westport, Connecticut. Ben Stahl lived in San Miguel Allende, Mexico the last years of his life. Before that he lived and worked in Sarasota, Florida, where he also built a circular museum building that housed his collection of large paintings illustrated for a later version of The Bible. Still a mystery, the museum was broken into and the collection stolen and never recovered. His wife was his favorite model. From Illustrationhistory.org: Born in Chicago in 1910, Ben Stahl was introduced to the world of art by his grandmother. She took him on visits to the Chicago Art Institute and other galleries beginning when he was six years old and continuing until he was fifteen. After these adventures she would buy him oilcloth, brushes, and paints, and he would create masterpieces on the front porch of the family home. Stahl also read voraciously, which did not translate into academic excellence. However, when he was in seventh grade, he received a scholarship to attend Saturday morning lectures at the Chicago Art Institute. He would spend his Saturday afternoons drawing live animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo and the stuffed variety at the Field Museum, honing his knowledge of animal anatomy. After high school, Stahl got a job as an apprentice at a commercial art studio. One of the partners, realizing Stahl was ambitious and talented, encouraged him to draw and paint to create a portfolio. It was the contents of this portfolio that landed him a job at Chicago's most prestigious art studio. During his time there and at other studios, plus a stint as a journalist for the Chicago Daily News, Stahl continued to develop a unique style, influenced by the Impressionists, which he felt would carry the mood and the emotional impact of commercial illustrations. Ironically, Stahl's first assignment for The Saturday Evening Post was to illustrate a sea story - this for an artist who had never seen either the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans! The editors liked his work, and there followed four years of marine-themed assignments. Eventually Stahl asked for a change, so his next assignment was set in the desert - which he had also never seen. He was being noticed, however, and eventually he decided to move to New York and become a freelance illustrator. He illustrated over 750 stories for the Post along with a number of other magazines, and he continued to explore new approaches in his easel painting. In 1951, Stahl was commissioned to paint The 14 Stations of the Cross for a special edition Bible published in 1952 by the Catholic Press of Chicago. For this assignment Stahl spent over three months in Jerusalem making preliminary sketches and conducting extensive research before beginning the paintings. These 45 x 34 inch oil on canvas paintings became part of the collection of the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 1965, Stahl created another series of mural-sized Stations of the Cross which were housed in the Museum of the Cross, which he designed, in Sarasota, Florida. Four years later, all of the large 9 x 6 feet canvases were stolen - an art theft estimated at $1.5 million ($10 million when adjusted for inflation). The paintings were never recovered.
Myers Fine Art
soldMar. 02, 2023Ben Stahl Signed & Numbered Lithograph
Est: $50 - $100Ben Stahl Signed & Numbered Lithograph [One Sunday Morning on the Oregon Trail, #61/950, 1982]. Measures 25 x 28.25 inches sheet size. Image area is in NM-MT condition, top corners of sheet are bumped. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
soldJan. 08, 2023Ben Stahl (1910-1987) American, Oil on Canvas
Est: $5,000 - $6,000Ben Stahl (1910-1987) American, Oil on Canvas. Titled "Rosin Back" 1962. Signed and titled on verso. Depicting a circus scene with a man and a woman, and others in the background. Benjamin Albert Stahl was a painter and illustrator, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, lived in Weston, Connecticut in the 1940s and 1950s, and then settled in Sarasota, Florida. There he was Vice President of the Sarasota Art Association. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and then became a magazine and book illustrator whose publications included American Artist, Saturday Evening Post, Magazine World, the anniversary edition of Gone With The Wind and Blackbeard's Ghost. Commissions included the depiction of the fourteen stations of the cross for the Catholic Bible and Catholic Press in Chicago in 1955. He taught at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and was a founding faculty member of the Famous Artists School in Westport, Connecticut. Ben Stahl lived in San Miguel Allende, Mexico the last years of his life. Before that he lived and worked in Sarasota, Florida, where he also built a circular museum building that housed his collection of large paintings illustrated for a later version of "The Bible". Still a mystery, the museum was broken into and the collection stolen and never recovered. His wife was his favorite model. Size: 35 x 50 1/2 in.
Sarasota Estate Auction
soldDec. 01, 2022Ben Stahl Signed & Numbered Lithograph
Est: $100 - $150Ben Stahl Signed & Numbered Lithograph [One Sunday Morning on the Oregon Trail, #61/950, 1982]. Measures 25 x 28.25 inches sheet size. Image area is in NM-MT condition, top corners of sheet are bumped. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
soldNov. 13, 2022Benjamin Stahl (FL,CT,IL,1910-1987) mixed media painting
Est: $525 - $675ARTIST: Benjamin Albert Stahl (Florida, Connecticut, Illinois, Mexico, 1910 - 1987) NAME: Nude YEAR: 1969 MEDIUM: mixed media on paper CONDITION: Excellent. Framed under glass. SIGHT SIZE: 23 x 16 inches / 58 x 40 cm FRAME SIZE: 37 x 29 inches / 93 x 73 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120033 US Shipping $120 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Born in Chicago in 1910, Ben Stahl was introduced to the world of art by his grandmother. She took him on visits to the Chicago Art Institute and other galleries beginning when he was six years old and continuing until he was fifteen. After these adventures she would buy him oilcloth, brushes, and paints, and he would create masterpieces on the front porch of the family home. Stahl also read voraciously, which did not translate into academic excellence. However, when he was in seventh grade, he received a scholarship to attend Saturday morning lectures at the Chicago Art Institute. He would spend his Saturday afternoons drawing live animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo and the stuffed variety at the Field Museum, honing his knowledge of animal anatomy. After high school, Stahl got a job as an apprentice at a commercial art studio. One of the partners, realizing Stahl was ambitious and talented, encouraged him to draw and paint to create a portfolio. It was the contents of this portfolio that landed him a job at Chicago's most prestigious art studio. During his time there and at other studios, plus a stint as a journalist for the Chicago Daily News, Stahl continued to develop a unique style, influenced by the Impressionists, which he felt would carry the mood and the emotional impact of commercial illustrations. Ironically, Stahl's first assignment for The Saturday Evening Post was to illustrate a sea story this for an artist who had never seen either the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans! The editors liked his work, and there followed four years of marine-themed assignments. Eventually Stahl asked for a change, so his next assignment was set in the desert which he had also never seen. He was being noticed, however, and eventually he decided to move to New York and become a freelance illustrator. He illustrated over 750 stories for the Post along with a number of other magazines, and he continued to explore new approaches in his easel painting. In 1951, Stahl was commissioned to paint "The 14 Stations of the Cross" for a special edition Bible published in 1952 by the Catholic Press of Chicago. For this assignment Stahl spent over three months in Jerusalem making preliminary sketches and conducting extensive research before beginning the paintings. These 45 x 34 inch oil on canvas paintings became part of the collection of the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 1965, Stahl created another series of mural-sized Stations of the Cross which were housed in the Museum of the Cross, which he designed, in Sarasota, Florida. Four years later, all of the large 9 x 6 feet canvases were stolen an art theft estimated at $1.5 million ($10 million when adjusted for inflation). The paintings were never recovered.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
soldOct. 29, 2022Benjamin Albert Stahl (1910 - 1987) American, AP
Est: $100 - $200Benjamin Albert Stahl (1910 - 1987) American, Artist Proof. Pencil signed in the lower right. Benjamin Albert Stahl was a painter and illustrator, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, lived in Weston, Connecticut in the 1940s and1950s, and then settled in Sarasota, Florida. There he was Vice President of the Sarasota Art Association. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and then became a magazine and book illustrator whose publications included AmericanArtist, Saturday Evening Post, Magazine World, the anniversary edition of Gone With The Wind and Blackbeard's Ghost. Commissions included the depiction of the fourteen stations of the cross for the Catholic Bible and Catholic Press inChicago in 1955. He taught at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and was a founding faculty member of the Famous Artists School in Westport, Connecticut. Overall Size: 25 x 30 1/2 in.Sight Size: 14 1/2 x 20 in.
Sarasota Estate Auction
soldOct. 29, 2022Benjamin Albert Stahl (1910 - 1987) American, AP
Est: $100 - $200Benjamin Albert Stahl (1910 - 1987) American, Artist Proof. Pencil signed in the lower right. Benjamin Albert Stahl was a painter and illustrator, who was born in Chicago, Illinois, lived in Weston, Connecticut in the 1940s and1950s, and then settled in Sarasota, Florida. There he was Vice President of the Sarasota Art Association. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and then became a magazine and book illustrator whose publications included AmericanArtist, Saturday Evening Post, Magazine World, the anniversary edition of Gone With The Wind and Blackbeard's Ghost. Commissions included the depiction of the fourteen stations of the cross for the Catholic Bible and Catholic Press inChicago in 1955. He taught at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and was a founding faculty member of the Famous Artists School in Westport, Connecticut. Overall Size: 27 x 30 1/2 in.Sight Size: 16 x 20 in.
Sarasota Estate Auction
soldSep. 13, 2022Benjamin Stahl, (1910-1987, Sarasota, FL), "The Madam," 1977, Graphite and ink wash on paper, Sight: 7.75" H X 7.5" W
Est: $250 - $350Benjamin Stahl (1910-1987, Sarasota, FL) "The Madam," 1977 Graphite and ink wash on paper Signed and dated upper left: Stahl Sight: 7.75" H X 7.5" W
John Moran Auctioneers
soldAug. 21, 2022Benjamin Stahl (FL,CT,IL,1910-1987) mixed media painting
Est: $575 - $700ARTIST: Benjamin Albert Stahl (Florida, Connecticut, Illinois, Mexico, 1910 - 1987) NAME: Nude YEAR: 1969 MEDIUM: mixed media on paper CONDITION: Excellent. Framed under glass. SIGHT SIZE: 23 x 16 inches / 58 x 40 cm FRAME SIZE: 37 x 29 inches / 93 x 73 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120033 US Shipping $120 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Born in Chicago in 1910, Ben Stahl was introduced to the world of art by his grandmother. She took him on visits to the Chicago Art Institute and other galleries beginning when he was six years old and continuing until he was fifteen. After these adventures she would buy him oilcloth, brushes, and paints, and he would create masterpieces on the front porch of the family home. Stahl also read voraciously, which did not translate into academic excellence. However, when he was in seventh grade, he received a scholarship to attend Saturday morning lectures at the Chicago Art Institute. He would spend his Saturday afternoons drawing live animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo and the stuffed variety at the Field Museum, honing his knowledge of animal anatomy. After high school, Stahl got a job as an apprentice at a commercial art studio. One of the partners, realizing Stahl was ambitious and talented, encouraged him to draw and paint to create a portfolio. It was the contents of this portfolio that landed him a job at Chicago's most prestigious art studio. During his time there and at other studios, plus a stint as a journalist for the Chicago Daily News, Stahl continued to develop a unique style, influenced by the Impressionists, which he felt would carry the mood and the emotional impact of commercial illustrations. Ironically, Stahl's first assignment for The Saturday Evening Post was to illustrate a sea story this for an artist who had never seen either the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans! The editors liked his work, and there followed four years of marine-themed assignments. Eventually Stahl asked for a change, so his next assignment was set in the desert which he had also never seen. He was being noticed, however, and eventually he decided to move to New York and become a freelance illustrator. He illustrated over 750 stories for the Post along with a number of other magazines, and he continued to explore new approaches in his easel painting. In 1951, Stahl was commissioned to paint "The 14 Stations of the Cross" for a special edition Bible published in 1952 by the Catholic Press of Chicago. For this assignment Stahl spent over three months in Jerusalem making preliminary sketches and conducting extensive research before beginning the paintings. These 45 x 34 inch oil on canvas paintings became part of the collection of the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 1965, Stahl created another series of mural-sized Stations of the Cross which were housed in the Museum of the Cross, which he designed, in Sarasota, Florida. Four years later, all of the large 9 x 6 feet canvases were stolen an art theft estimated at $1.5 million ($10 million when adjusted for inflation). The paintings were never recovered.
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
soldAug. 21, 2022Ben Stahl (American, 1910-1987) 'Her Last Performance' Oil on Canvas
Est: $800 - $1,200Ben Stahl (American, 1910-1987) 'Her Last Performance' Oil on Canvas 1976, signed and dated lower right and to the reverse, depicting ballerinas on stage, inscribed 'San Miguel de Allende Mexico' to the reverse, in a gilt wood frame Property from: Chicago North Shore Category: Fine Art > American Paintings Estimated Sale Time: 11:52 am CST Shipping Status: Leonard Auction, Inc. will provide direct shipping for this lot. Please visit our website for a shipping estimate. Sales Tax: California (7.25%), Florida (6%), Georgia (8.5%), Kansas (6.5%), New Jersey (6.625%), New Mexico (5.125%), New York (8.875%), Pennsylvania (6%), Washington (10.5%) Download High Resolution Photographs: Photograph #1 Photograph #2 Photograph #3 Photograph #4 Last modified: August 9, 2022, 1:40 pm
Leonard Auction
soldAug. 14, 2022Benjamin Albert Stahl (1910 - 1987)
Est: $2,000 - $4,000Benjamin Albert Stahl (Florida, Connecticut, Illinois / Mexico, 1910 - 1987) "Beach at Night" Oil on Board. Signed and dated lower left. Sight Size: 22 x 35 in. Overall Framed Size: 29 x 42 in.
Helmuth Stone
soldAug. 14, 2022Benjamin Stahl (1910 - 1987) "Love, Love, Love"
Est: $1,500 - $2,500Benjamin Albert Stahl (1910 - 1987) "Love, Love, Love" Oil on Canvasboard. Signed and dated lower right. Signed, dated and titled verso on board. Sight Size: 24 x 20 in. Overall Framed Size: 29 x 25 in.
Helmuth Stone
soldAug. 14, 2022Benjamin Stahl (1910 - 1987) "Spanish Cabaret"
Est: $1,500 - $2,500Benjamin Albert Stahl (1910 - 1987) "Spanish Cabaret" Oil on Canvas. Signed and dated lower right. Sight Size: 24 x 16 in. Overall Framed Size: 28 x 20 in.
Helmuth Stone
soldJul. 30, 2022Benjamin Stahl, Connecticut, Illinois / Mexico (1910-1987), Midway, oil on panel
Est: $400 - $700Benjamin Stahl Connecticut, Illinois / Mexico, (1910-1987) Midway oil on panel signed lower right, framed.
Link Auction Galleries
soldJun. 07, 2022Benjamin Stahl, (1910-1987, Sarasota, FL), "The Madam," 1977, Graphite and ink wash on paper under glass, Sight: 7.75" H X 7.5" W
Est: $500 - $700Benjamin Stahl (1910-1987, Sarasota, FL) "The Madam," 1977 Graphite and ink wash on paper under glass Signed and dated upper left: Stahl Sight: 7.75" H X 7.5" W
John Moran Auctioneers
soldMay. 08, 2022Benjamin Stahl (FL,CT,IL,1910-1987) mixed media painting
Est: $600 - $750ARTIST: Benjamin Albert Stahl (Florida, Connecticut, Illinois, Mexico, 1910 - 1987) NAME: Nude YEAR: 1969 MEDIUM: mixed media on paper CONDITION: Excellent. Framed under glass. SIGHT SIZE: 23 x 16 inches / 58 x 40 cm FRAME SIZE: 37 x 29 inches / 93 x 73 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120033 US Shipping $120 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Born in Chicago in 1910, Ben Stahl was introduced to the world of art by his grandmother. She took him on visits to the Chicago Art Institute and other galleries beginning when he was six years old and continuing until he was fifteen. After these adventures she would buy him oilcloth, brushes, and paints, and he would create masterpieces on the front porch of the family home. Stahl also read voraciously, which did not translate into academic excellence. However, when he was in seventh grade, he received a scholarship to attend Saturday morning lectures at the Chicago Art Institute. He would spend his Saturday afternoons drawing live animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo and the stuffed variety at the Field Museum, honing his knowledge of animal anatomy. After high school, Stahl got a job as an apprentice at a commercial art studio. One of the partners, realizing Stahl was ambitious and talented, encouraged him to draw and paint to create a portfolio. It was the contents of this portfolio that landed him a job at Chicago's most prestigious art studio. During his time there and at other studios, plus a stint as a journalist for the Chicago Daily News, Stahl continued to develop a unique style, influenced by the Impressionists, which he felt would carry the mood and the emotional impact of commercial illustrations. Ironically, Stahl's first assignment for The Saturday Evening Post was to illustrate a sea story this for an artist who had never seen either the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans! The editors liked his work, and there followed four years of marine-themed assignments. Eventually Stahl asked for a change, so his next assignment was set in the desert which he had also never seen. He was being noticed, however, and eventually he decided to move to New York and become a freelance illustrator. He illustrated over 750 stories for the Post along with a number of other magazines, and he continued to explore new approaches in his easel painting. In 1951, Stahl was commissioned to paint "The 14 Stations of the Cross" for a special edition Bible published in 1952 by the Catholic Press of Chicago. For this assignment Stahl spent over three months in Jerusalem making preliminary sketches and conducting extensive research before beginning the paintings. These 45 x 34 inch oil on canvas paintings became part of the collection of the Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 1965, Stahl created another series of mural-sized Stations of the Cross which were housed in the Museum of the Cross, which he designed, in Sarasota, Florida. Four years later, all of the large 9 x 6 feet canvases were stolen an art theft estimated at $1.5 million ($10 million when adjusted for inflation). The paintings were never recovered.
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