Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, James Penney attended the University of Kansas where he studied art and graduated in 1931. Then he moved to New York City where he studied at the Art Students League with George Grosz and John Sloan and others. During the days of the Federal Arts Project in the 1930s, he had numerous mural commissions, and in the 1940s he became Vice-President of the Art Students League.
James Penney
Composition Chair & Papers
$7,800
James Penney
Hogs Eating Corn
$6,800
James Penney
County Auction
$2,300
James Penney
Central Park – 1936
$2,300
James Penney
Maine Tide
$2,150
James Penney
Landscape
$2,100
James Penney
Acropolis in Athens
$1,950
James Penney
New York City Sunset
$1,900
James Penney
Fall
$1,900
James Penney
Oakland
$1,900
James Penney
Maine – 1975
$1,900
James Penney
Roman Forum
$1,900
James Penney
Central Park 1930
$1,800
James Penney
Manhattan Bridge – 1932
$1,800
James Penney
Fiesole
$1,800
James Penney
Harbour Entrance
$1,800
James Penney
Stream
$1,800
James Penney
Sea From Walls – Lindo
$1,800
James Penney
Central Park 1939
$1,800
James Penney
European City Scape
$1,800
James Penney
Athens View Acropolis
$1,700
James Penney
Rocks & Graves
$1,700
James Penney
Ponds & Landscape
$1,700
James Penney
Palazzo Della Signoria, Florence 1965
$1,650
James Penney
Heavy Surf
$1,550
