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Rooster Woodcarving Rendered by Marian Page (artist) watercolor, gouache, and colored pencil on paperboard overall: 42.2 x 34.6 cm (16 5/8 x 13 5/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 10" high Index of American Design 1943.8.8111 |
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Wilhelm Schimmel was a Pennsylvania carver well known for his eagles, parrots, and roosters. An example of his work is this small, perky rooster. Though just ten inches high, it has an air of monumentality. Schimmel, born in Germany, immigrated to the United States shortly after the Civil War. He was an itinerant worker who wandered the Pennsylvania countryside making carvings to earn his keep. His only tools were a jackknife, bits of glass to smooth away the knife marks, and a few paint brushes. He died in a almshouse, but today his carvings are famous.
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