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Abstract Cityscape 1960 Oil Painting Signed Chait Expressionist NYC City Scene

1960

David Leverett (British, B. 1938) Storm. signed lower right. Provenance: Merrill Chase Galleries, Chicago 22" x 29.5" Frame: 28.25" x 35.5" DAVID LEVERETT British, born 1938 Known for his abstracts in acrylic as well as for his collages, David Leverett studied at Nottingham College of Art, 1957-61, and at the Royal Academy Schools from 1961-64. David Leverett was working as a designer and scenic design assistant before painting and teaching from 1965. In 1966 he had the first of a series of shows at the Redfern Gallery, London. David Leverett has taught widely in England and abroad and he was a Visiting Artist at the Royal Academy Schools, the Royal College of Art and at Hornsey College of Art, London. David Leverett has participated in many significant exhibitions including: 1966, Young Contemporaries 1967, John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 1968, Britain Painting and Sculpture, Whitechapel Art Gallery...

"Annie Nobles Miller" Abstract Florida landscape oil on board painting Hand signed lower left Inscribed on verso St. Lucie County. Measures: Board 24"H x 30"W; Framed - 32"H x 38"W. Annie Miller was a member of the Indian River School of Painting, which was not a formal school but was a group of mostly African-American Florida working class people who wanted to paint. Following is the explanation of that school and its participants. Indian River School is a name applied to Floridian artists in the 1950's and 1960's. They were heavily influenced by nature. Most of the artists in this movement were African American. Their work is characterized by quick strokes and eschews traditional methods of paintings. The main influence for the group was a man named A.E. Backus, a Bohemian white man who mentored the group of young black artists. The group used to congregate in his studio and learnt to paint from 'Beanie' (as he was called) as a way out of their lower class labour jobs. Their work was powerful, dramatic yet captured the serenity and beauty of the Florida Although the exact count of artists mentored by A.E. Backus remains unknown, experts estimate it to be around 20 individuals, many of whom he supported through college. Albert Ernest "Beanie" Backus (1906–1990) was famous for his vivid, naturalist Florida landscapes capturing a fast-vanishing Florida wild lands. Backus would come to be seen as the seminal Florida landscape painter, and others who followed would emulate him. Primarily of the Indian River and Everglades areas of Florida. Backus was a Native Floridian artist of great importance recreating scenes of Florida's sky, rivers, ocean, back country, unpredictable weather, clouds, and birds. Born in Fort Pierce, FL to a family of talented boat designers and builders. His "Uncle" Reg Goodwin helped Backus as a young painter go to the Parsons School of Fine Art in New York in 1924. He was referred to as “Florida’s painter laureate,” and the “Dean of Florida’s landscape painters.”In addition to his influence on the Florida Highwaymen painters (Alfred Hair...

Shimon Avni Shimon Avny, painter, born 1932, Paris Shimon Avny (Stein) was born in Paris, France. He grew up in the Belville neighborhood. In 1942, when the Nazis occupied France, he was separated from his family. His mother and brothers were killed in the Holocaust. After the war, he was transferred from his hiding place to the town of Andlis. He immigrated to Israel with Youth Aliyah in 1948. In 1956, he joined Kibbutz Ra'im. In 1957, he studied painting with Joseph Zaritsky, Avigdor Stematzky and Haim Kiewe. He also studied with Yehezekel Streichman at the Avni Institute. At the end of the 1950s, he went to Paris to continue his studies. In the 1980s, he joined the Radius artists cooperative. Avny's early work was influenced by the abstractionism of the New Horizons group. In 1963, he took part in the group's exhibition at Ein Harod. His work is characterized by bold colors, expressive brushstrokes and flat planes. He is a figurative painter, but some of his work incorporates symbolic imagery. Education 1957 Painting with Joseph Zaritsky, Avigdor Stematsky and Haim Kiewe Avni Institute, Tel Aviv, with Yehezkel Streichman Grande Chaumiere Academy, Paris, 1958 Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1961 Fine Arts Academy, Rome Photography and television, Paris, 1965-67 Teaching Lectured abroad for the Ministry of Education and Culture, 1969-71 Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem, painting, 1974-78 College of Visual Arts, Beersheba, 1975-81 Headmaster of the Art Institute, Rehovot, 1975-85 1981-85 and 1988-92 Art Teachers College, Ramat Hasharon Since1992 Avni Institute, Tel Aviv, Teacher and coordinator of the Arts Department Awards And Prizes 1975 The America-Israel Cultural Fund Scholarship 1985 Scholarship, The Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France 1993 The America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Sharett Fund Scholarship for a Young Artist. A member of the Aclim Group, which was organized in 1974. The group was established in the wake of the Yom Kippur War to point to the necessity of raising the public's consciousness of its Israeli identity in all cultural spheres. Participants in the group's exhibitions until 1983 were: Eliyahu Gat, Rahel Shavit, Ori Reisman, Avram Rafael, Michael Gross, Hannah Levy...

Colorful mid century vibrant abstract scene of boats in harbour. Signed and titled in Hebrew recto and titled and signed in Hebrew and English verso. Joseph Weiss, Painter, Sculptor, Woodcuts. b. 1916, Romania. Immigrated 1939 to Israel. Member of Kibbutz Evron. Studies: Klug, Romania, painting and graphics; advanced studies, Oranim Art Institute, Tivon; with Dada founder Marcel Janco and Zvi Mairovich. He was a Romanian-Austrian-Israeli painter producing mainly color woodcuts and sculpture, who was born at Romania in 1916. The First Exhibition of Israeli Graphic-Art, Museum for Modern Art, Haifa. 1967 Artists: Micha Ullman, Jakob Steinhardt, Jacob Pins, Noemi Smilansky, Miron Sima...

Norman Carton (1908 – 1980) was an American artist and educator known for abstract expressionist art. He was born in the Ukraine region of Imperial Russi...

Edward Avedisian ( 1936-2007 ) 15 X 8.5 Oil paint on wood panel This is not signed on front. It bears his name verso. Provenance: Hudson, N.Y. estate of noted Art Collector Albert B...

Woodland Dapple is an original semi-abstract painting by Jon Rowland. This is one of a series of paintings that has seen a shift to a warm palette. The picture follows on from the ab...

original Oil on board Image size: H:20 cm x W:30 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:20 cm x W:30 cm x D:1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of...

original Oil on board Image size: H:20 cm x W:30 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:20 cm x W:30 cm x D:1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of...

Sunset coming is an original landscape painting by Stephen Kinder. The painting has a strong gestural composition and loose brushwork, which heightens the changing light, and tide. ...

MONIKA ROSSA studied painting at the University of Arizona, in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and at the Escuela de Diseno in Barcelona. She practices drawing and easel painting....

Ebbing tide is an original landscape painting by Stephen KInder. This painting was completed on location in the late summer of 2019. The painting was completed on West Wittering...