Board Figurative Paintings

Signed pointillist oil on panel figures in landscape by French neo-impressionist painter Yvonne Canu. This stunning piece depicts a couple resting under a parasol in a field of wildf...

Mangroves in Casamance No.2 is a unique oil pencil on cardboard, glued on wooden frame painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 80 × 139 × 4 cm (31.5 × ...

Wonderful 1940s figurative of paper boy reading the comics by Louise Miller Clark (American, 20th Century). Signed "Louise Miller" lower right. Unframed. Im...

Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not. These were studies for larger paintings. This is a miniature watercolor and gouache vibrant, colorful bouquet of flowers in a vase. Simka Simkhovitch (Симха Файбусович Симхович) (aka Simka Faibusovich Simkhovich) (Novozybkov, Russia May 21, 1885 O.S./June 2, 1885 N.S.—Greenwich, Connecticut February 25, 1949) was a Ukrainian-Russian Jewish artist and immigrant to the United States. He painted theater scenery in his early career and then had several showings in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals for the post offices in Jackson, Mississippi and Beaufort, North Carolina. His works are in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born outside Kyiv (Petrograd Ukraine) into a Jewish family who owned a small department store. During a severe case of measles when he was seven, Simcha Simchovitch sketched the views outside his window and decided to become an artist, over his father's objections. Beginning in 1905, he studied at the Grekov Odessa Art School and upon completion of his studies in 1911 received a recommendation to be admitted to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Though he enrolled to begin classes in architecture, painting, and sculpture at the Imperial Academy, he was dropped from the school roster in December because of the quota on the number of Jewish students and drafted into the army. Simchovitch served as a private in the 175th Infantry Regiment Baturyn [ru] until his demobilization in 1912. Re-enrolling in the Imperial Academy, he audited classes. Simka Simkhovitch exhibited paintings and sculptures in 1918 as part of an exhibition of Jewish artists and in 1919 placed 1st in the competition "The Great Russian Revolution" with a painting called "Russian Revolution" which was hung in the State Museum of Revolution. In 1922, Simkha Simkhovitch exhibited at the International Book Fair in Florence (Italian: Fiera Internazionale del Libro di Firenze). In 1924, Simkhovitch came to the United States to make illustrations for Soviet textbooks and decided to immigrate instead. Initially he supported himself by doing commercial art and a few portrait commissions. In 1927, he was hired to paint a screen for a scene in the play "The Command to Love" by Fritz Gottwald and Rudolph Lothar which was playing at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. Art dealers began clamoring for the screen and Simkhovitch began a career as a screen painter for the theater. Catching the attention of the screenwriter, Ernest Pascal, he worked as an illustrator for Pascal, who then introduced him to gallery owner, Marie Sterner. Simkhovitch's works appeared at the Marie Sterner Gallery beginning with a 1927 exhibit and were repeated the following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a showing of works at the Helen Hackett Gallery, in New York City and later that same year he was one of the featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park. The exhibit was coordinated by Marie Sterner and included four watercolors, including one titled "Nudes". He is of the generation of Russian Soviet artists such as Isaac Pailes, Serge Charchoune, Marc Chagall, Chana Orloff, Isaac Ilyich Levitan, and Ossip Zadkine. In 1936, Simkhovitch was selected to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in the post office and courthouse in 1938 depicted a plantation theme. Painted on the wall behind the judge’s bench, “Pursuits of Life in Mississippi”, a depiction of black workers engaged in manual labor amid scenes of white professionals and socialites, was eventually covered over in later years during renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of Jackson. His impression of pre-civil rights Mississippi was evidently Greek Revival column houses, weeping willow trees, working class families, and the oppression of African Americans. He painted African American men picking cotton, while a white man took account of the harvest and a white judge advised a white family, calling it Pursuits of Life in Mississippi. Though clearly endorsed by the government and initially generally well-received, the mural soon raised concerns with locals as the climate toward racial segregation began to change. The main concern was whether depictions that show African Americans in subjugated societal roles should be featured in a courtroom. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won praise at an exhibition in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1940, Simkhovitch's second WPA post office project was completed when four murals, "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat", "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright", "Sand Ponies" and "Canada Geese" were installed in Beaufort, North Carolina. The works were commissioned in 1938 and did not generate the controversy that the Jackson mural had. The main mural is "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright" and depicts a shipwreck which had occurred in Beaufort in 1866. "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat" depicted the lighthouse built in 1859 and the mail boat that was running mail during the time which Simkhovitch was there. The boat ran mail for the area until 1957. "Sand Ponies" shows the wild horses common to the North Carolina barrier islands and "Canada Geese" showed the importance of hunting and fishing in the area. All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight...

Eugène Joseph Verboeckhoven, a luminary of 19th-century Belgian art, wielded his brush with unparalleled mastery, capturing the timeless allure of pastoral landscapes and noble anim...

"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism Gerrit Van Sinclair (1890 – 1955) Parade 20 x 15 inches Oil on board, c. 1940s Signed lower right Fram...

Tribute to Rodin 5 is a unique painting by contemporary artist Hongyu Zhang. The painting is made with Indian ink, pastel, acrylic, engraving and collage on cardboard mounted on canv...

Mangroves in Casamance No.3 is a unique oil pencil on cardboard, glued on wooden frame painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 80 × 139 × 4 cm (31.5 × ...

"Fayoum Lake Miniature I" Painting 20" x 25" inch by Mohamed Abla Mohamed Abla was born in Mansoura (North of Egypt) in 1953. There he spent his childhood and finished school. In 1...

By the moonlight II, triptych painting by French-Japanese contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani, representing white-flowering trees under a gold moon, on a pink background. Chinese pain...

Cosmos III is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with pigments and silver leaves on Japanese cardboard, dimensions are 27.3 × 24.2 cm (10.7 ...

Mangroves in Casamance No.1 is a unique oil pencil on cardboard, glued on wooden frame painting by Spanish contemporary artist Calo Carratalá, dimensions are 80 × 139 × 4 cm (31.5 × ...

The other shore is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with pigments, India ink on Japanese cardboard, dimensions are 12.1 × 13.6 cm (4.8 × 5...

Men Working Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Jo Cain (1904 – 2003) Men Working: WPA Mural Study 17 ½ x 10 ½ inches Oil on ...

Urban landscape III is a unique painting by contemporary artist Lumi Mizutani. The painting is made with Chinese painting, Indian ink and gold leaf on Japanese cardboard, dimensions ...

A second 4 is a unique painting by contemporary artist Hongyu Zhang. The painting is made with India ink, acrylic, pastel and engraving on grey cardboard mounted on canvas, dimension...

UN Poster Design American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism WPA World Peace Jo Cain (1904 – 2003) We Are All Members of the Human Race: UN Poster Proposal 21 x...

Tribute to Michelangelo III is a unique painting by contemporary artist Hongyu Zhang. The painting is made with Indian ink, pastel, acrylic, engraving and...

This work represents a beautiful pink tree in the moonlight. It is a celebration of love, tenderness and passion between two beings. It could the...

Tribute to Michelangelo IV is a painting by Paris-based Chinese contemporary artist ZHANG Hongyu which represents the famous David by Michelangelo, exhibited at the Galleria dell’Academia of Firenze in Italy. Fascinated by this sculpture, Hongyu Zhang...

Female Figure in New York City in Fall by British Contemporary Landscape Artist. Art measures 24 x 18 inches Frame measure 29 x 23 inches Wakefield's work is a unique blend of a...

River Scene in County Antrim, Northern Ireland by Contemporary Irish Artist Donal McNaughton. Donal McNaughton was born in the Glens of Antrim, and h...

Mountain Lake Landscape Impasto Oil Painting by 20th Century British Artist, Charles Wyatt Warren (1908-1993) Art measures 21 x 9 inches Frame m...

"Abstract Composition" Abstract Oil Painting 24" x 18" inch by Youssef Sida Signed and dated 1990 Youssef Sida 1922-1994 Born in 1922 in Damietta, and ...

Acquiring a mid-20th-century Fauvist painting by Wilhelm Henning is an opportunity to own a piece of art that captures the vibrant spirit and expressive color palette of the Fauvist ...

English Harvest - Vintage 20th Century Impressionist Oil Painting with Horses & Figures by British Artist, David Hyde Art measures 16 x 12 inches Frame m...

Whimsical textured relief painting of two stylized twin jesters in primary colors, their long mask-like faces created with the technique of hand carving layers of laminated paper board and painting with acrylic, by contemporary English artist Martin Ingley...

Nude Figure Study, Standing Female Figure with Sage Green Figure study of a nude model in studio by Los Gatos, California artist M.Z. Murphy (American, 20th century), c.1990. The f...

Gabriel Casarrubios Martín (1953) - Fishermen - Oil on panel Oil size 22x27 cm. Frameless. Gabriel Casarrubios Martín (1953) The Toledo artist trained in Fine Arts in Madrid, at th...

Signed figures in landscape oil on board circa 1908 by French impressionist painter Maximilien Luce. The piece depicts workers on the Rue de Paris in Saint-Denis, a commune in the no...

Jordi Curós Ventura (1930-2007) - The ship Oil on canvas cardboard. Oil measurements 55x46 cm. Frameless. Jordi Curós Ventura (Olot, Girona, March 4, 1930) is a Spanish painter. He...

Clown with Bouquet - Acrylic and Ink on Cardstock Colorful portrait of a clown holding a bouquet of flowers by Jassen Marek (20th Century). A sad clown in a suit with a straw hat ho...

Familiar II by Henry Wlash [2021] Familiar II by Henry Walsh is an original acrylic painting on a wooden board that features a man and dog at leisure on a wintry walk. Henry Walsh’s...

Telopa, the father and son of artists, paints women in an elegant Mannerist style that combines classic beauty and mythological, symbolic allegory. A...

Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...

Jim Beckner's (US based) "Beaches 10" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting a beach scene with colorful striped umbrellas shading lounging beach goers. About the Artist:...

Jim Beckner's (US based) "Intersection" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting an urban scene below the El 1's tracks with patterned shadows. About the Artist: (Born 1970...

Jim Beckner's (US based) "Intersection" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting an abstracted city scene at night. About the Artist: (Born 1970) Denver-based artist Jim Be...

Jim Beckner's (US based) "Bright Lights" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting pedestrians strolling down a city street at dusk. About the Artist: (Born 1970) Denver-bas...

Jim Beckner's (US based) "Bright Lights" is an original, handmade oil painting depicting pedestrians strolling down a brightly lit city street at night. About the Artist: (Born 19...

This is an original work by Andre Kohn. Growing up near the Caspian Sea, Kohn's received a formal art education from the University of Moscow where he studied with members of the la...

This is an original work by Andre Kohn. Growing up near the Caspian Sea, Kohn's received a formal art education from the University of Moscow where he studied with members of the la...

This is an original work by Andre Kohn. Growing up near the Caspian Sea, Kohn's received a formal art education from the University of Moscow where he studied with members of the la...

This is an original work by Andre Kohn. Growing up near the Caspian Sea, Kohn's received a formal art education from the University of Moscow where he studied with members of the la...

Signed and dated oil on board riverscape by sought after French post impressionist painter Jacques Martin-Ferrieres. This beautiful pointillist piece, painted in predominantly blue a...

Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...

This is an original work by Andre Kohn. Growing up near the Caspian Sea, Kohn's received a formal art education from the University of Moscow where he studied with members of the la...

This is an original work by Andre Kohn. Growing up near the Caspian Sea, Kohn's received a formal art education from the University of Moscow where he studied with members of the la...

original neo-expressionist acrylic painting contemporary work by the mallorquin artist Toni CALDENTEY Painting on paper Perfect state CALDENTEY, Toni - (Portocolom, Mallorca - Spain...

"Girls in the Rain" is an original fugural abstraction painting, vintage 1980s, by Margo Hoff (1910-2008). Semi abstract composition with four female figures standing with two umbre...

Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...

Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...

A walk in the village Oil on cardboard, 45x45 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer...

Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...

Sociis X is an original painting by Henry Walsh. My work begins with snapshots of busy city life and by a process of elimination I refocus the image on elements that encapsulate a so...

A late 18th Century oil on canvas laid on board of a young beauty in period costume carrying a basket of flowers on her head. Presented in a very fine gilt, period 'Directoire' frame...

Motivated by bold color and fast brushwork, we are moved by the simplicity and thick textured oil paints in these works. Shaoul’s “My Heart Collection” is a vibrant and energetic dis...

Joy. Oil on cardboard, 47.5x57 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate of La...