Emil Holzhauer (1887-1986) “Pier, Florida Coast” 24” x 18.5”, watercolor on paper, signed and dated 1955 lower right, excellent condition. He arrived in New York in 1906 and with fellow students Edward Hopper, George Bellows, and Rockwell Kent, studied art with Robert Henri. The 1913 Armory Show combined with Henri's teaching led Holzhauer to adopt modernist elements of Expressionism, Fauvism and Social Realism. Exhibited: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Art Institute of Chicago, Corcoran Gallery. Instructor: Art Institute of Chicago (1921-1942); Wesleyan College, Macon, GA. Estimate: $1,500-2,500