6 Vintage Signed Arnold E. Turtle Ink Drawings of New Orleans, LA (?) Circa 1944

As shown. See all photos. Found among my late mother’s belongings. Circa 1944. All 6 NOLA?

Largest measures 15.25” x 21.75”

“Arnold Turtle (1892–1954) was born in Birmingham, England. He lived there until the age of 24, where he began a career in insurance, dabbling in art and music. He emigrated to the US in 1922 and changed careers, going into accounting, but was drawn to art. He took night classes at the Chicago Art Institute, the Chicago Fine Arts Academy. He joined the Palette & Chisel in 1926 (paying the princely initiation fee of $100) and remained a dues-paying member until his death. There he received great support and encouragement from his peers and was able to become a full-time artist by 1928. His initial exhibit in Chicago in 1929 was considered a critical and commercial success, and his career was born. It has been said that Arnold "…cared about paint and how he could make it dance." and "….he was a composer of music who ended up composing duets for brush and canvas."

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