Arnold Friedman

Autumn Day Drive oil painting by Arnold Friedman

1938

The Lonely Road (1940) Tempera on panel 12" x 16" 19 1/2" x 23 1/2" x 1 1/2" framed Hand-signed "Palmer '40" lower center. Provenance: Midtown Galleries, New York, NY (labels verso...

This early work by Vaclav Vytlacil came from Martin Diamond who was the artist's dealer, friend, and estate manager. More about this artist: Born in 1892 to Czechoslovakian parents...

Painting measures 10 ½" x 16" and framed 20 ½" x 26" x 4"

Emily Sartor’s paintings are both precise and lush, often hinting at a romantic disaster. Using exaggerated color and dramatic paint handling, Sartor creates a world where experience...

This work epitomizes Prestopino's interest in social realism which captures a quiet interlude in the everyday life of an "everyman." It also provides a contrast for our expectations as we view a tough, blue collar worker, with no one watching, as he sings a melody to the birds. In an original frame measuring 49" x 39" x 3.25" Provenance: Edith Halpert's Downtown Gallery (label verso from 13 w. 113th street, where the gallery was located from 1926 until 1939) Private collection, NYC, c. 1935 By descent About this artist: Born in Little Italy in 1907, Gregorio Prestopino first set out to become a sign painter as the son of New York City immigrants. Instead, his talent provided a life-changing scholarship to the National Academy of Design, and for five years he studied drawing under C. W. Hawthorne. He spent the summer of 1934 at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. His deep involvement with the colony led him to later serve as its director in 1954. Much of Prestopino’s work was in the vein of social realism. During the 1940s and 1950s he became deeply invested in portraying everyday Manhattan and Harlem scenes. He first became interested in the Ashcan school at the National Academy of Design, and remained committed to an interest in working with urban scenes. His lively treatment of people and events revealed his affinity for sixteenth-century artist Pieter Breughel...

Canvas measures 24" x 30" and framed 30" x 36" x 3" About this artist: Anni Baldaugh was the daughter of Anthonius Hendricus Schade van Westrum. With a father who was a naval officer, the van Westrum family spent significant amounts of time in the Dutch East Indies. After returning to Europe, Baldaugh studied art with various teachers in Vienna, Munich and Paris. She and her husband ended up living in Los Angeles, though they suffered financial losses during World War I. While in Los Angeles, Baldaugh joined the California Watercolor Club, the California Society of Miniature Painters, the Bookplate Association International, the Laguna Beach Art Association, and the San Diego Fine Arts Society. She also became a member of the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts. During the Great Depression...

Neide Carreira (Lisbon, Portugal 1992- ):- Untitled triptych, oil on thin wood panel These paintings are sold as a set. The price of 800 € is the price for the set of 3.

Oil on panel. Soft pastels are used to create a work that toes the line between complete abstraction and recognizable landscape. The landscape-like composition combined with the mell...

Signed lower left: H. GASSER

Oil, acrylic, gesso on panel. One of a series. The UFO image has a compelling way of summing up or reflecting these norm-breaking times. These are also about composition, color, and ...

Oil, acrylic, gesso on wood panel. 2022. First of a series of UFOs

An oil on board view of a villa and garden in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The painting is signed bottom left but as yet undeciphered, presented in wood frame with inscription and trade labe...