Taxco Landscape from the collection of Villanova University Art Collection

From Villanova University Art Collection

Jay Dugan

The Awakening, 1985

Black African granite and Italian travertine marble assemblage

119 x 120 x 144 in
Carl Pappe

Taxco, 1979

Watercolor on paper

9.5 x 12.625 in
Samuel Maitin

Thank You Again, 1970

Silkscreen

16.5 x 21.25 in
Paul F. Keene, Jr.

Symphony in Blue, 1951

Oil on canvas

29.5 x 25 in
Charles William Cain

Swinging The Lead, 1921

Etching

15.25 x 10 in
Benton Murdoch Spruance

The Bachelor

Silkscreen poster

14.5 x 19.25 in
Tom Lynch

The Big Catch

Decorative print

14.25 x 18.75 in
Carl D. Laughlin, Jr.

Teddy Bear

Oil on masonite

15.5 x 11.5 in

About the artist

Carl Pappe

1900-1998

Carl Pappe was born in Hungary in 1900. At a young age, he moved to Ohio with his family. He later became an apprentice to a muralist painter in Ohio at the age of fourteen. He would study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. For a time, he worked as a set designer for Paramount Studios theater before its closing. He moved to Mexico where he met his wife, fellow artist Bernice Goodspeed. The two would eventually move to Taxco and open a studio gallery that welcomed all artists. He was experienced in a variety of mediums and styles. He passed away in Mexico at 98 years old.

Additional Artworks

The Awakening, 1985

Taxco, 1979

Thank You Again, 1970

Symphony in Blue, 1951

Swinging The Lead, 1921

The Bachelor

The Big Catch

Teddy Bear

About the artist

Carl Pappe