Herb Mears

"Jockey, Wife, & Lion" Modern Naturalistic Figurative Portrait Oil Painting

20th Century

Oil painting on canvas board of a sledge pulled by oxen. The painting is done in an impressionist style. The canvas board is signed by the artist on the front and titled, signed and dated on the back. The board is not framed. Artist Biography: John Koenakeefe Mohl was born on 29 September 1903 in Dinokana, Zeerust in the North-West Province. Mohl's father was a carpenter who sculpted objects such as chairs and mealie stampers. During his youth, Mohl drew with 'pepa' on rocks and made clay objects. He attended primary school in Dinokana where his teachers reprimanded him for constantly drawing in class. Mohl's father eventually withdrew him from school to tend to the goats. Nevertheless, Reverend Hale soon recognized Mohl’s talent and convinced his father to allow him to draw. Mohl attended the Moeding Training Institute (later known as Tigerkloof Training School) where he attained a teacher’s diploma. He subsequently accompanied a German artist to South West Africa (now Namibia) where he studied painting at the Windhoek School of Art. The Missionary Society and the Lutheran Church then sent him to Dusseldorf, West Germany where he studied art at the Kunst-Akademie during the following five years. The artist later returned to South Africa and settled in Sophiatown, where he started running art classes from his home. His art school was known to his peers as the ‘White Studio’. He was one of the first Black artists to be involved in art education and training. In the late 1950s, he was prevented from operating a business; therefore he established the Apollo Art...

Blue, red, and brown abstract impressionist painting by Texas artist Fred Darge. The painting depicts a cowboy wearing a blue shirt and a red hat as he sits on a brown riding horse. Signed by the artist at the bottom right corner. Unstretched and unframed but framing options are available. Artist Biography: Friedrich Ernst (Fred) Darge was born in Rendsburg, Germany March 1, 1900, and died in Dallas, Texas April 10, 1978. He entered the U.S. at Port Arthur, Texas in 1923. By 1924 he was in Chicago...

Colorful, pastel-toned painting by contemporary artist Henry David Potwin. This work features a woman driving a yellow car driving through a group of rabbits. Signed in the front low...

Red tonal surrealist genre scene of two male figures sitting at a dining table with turkeys marching over the surface. The piece is signed and dated by the artist on the back of the canvas. The canvas is framed in a gold frame with a burlap matte. Dimensions Without Frame: H 20 in. x W 28 in. x D 1 in. Artist Biography: Romuald Oramus was born 1953 in Poland. He is known for painting and printmaking. His works have a satirical genre theme that reflects Dutch Masters like William Hogarth and Pieter Bruegel the Elder...

Modern colorful abstract painting by Texas artist Don Snell. The work features two central nude female figures standing next to an animal in a tropical lands...

Blue, yellow, brown, and red abstract figurative landscape painting by an outsider artist. The painting depicts a horse chase with two cowboys in the middle of a Western desert. Unsi...

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 LE PETIT DÉJEUNER DANS LE JARDIN signed Grau Sala (lower left) oil on canvas 25-3/4 X 32 inches (65.5 X 81 cm....

Working Horses is an original oil painting on canvas realized by Alessandro Lupo in 1913. Hand signed and dated lower right. Good conditions, slightly stretched canvas, slight mark...

Realized by Filippo Palizzi between 1850 and 1860, in very good conditions. Includes a contemporary wooden gilded frame. Filippo Palizzi is an italian...

Nature is a central theme in Alejandra's work, and with this surreal landscape, we can notice her profound curiosity about the cycles that occur in the natural world that turn out to...

Charles Thomas Bale (British, 1866 - 1895) - Still life of fish and prawns. 30.5 x 60.5 cm without frame, 50 x 80 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in wooden frame. W...

The oil paintings of the contemporary Dutch artist Paul Jansen invites the viewer to look beyond the standard picture within the frame. It feels as if the ...