Maurice Pozzetto

French Street Scene

ca. 1980

A pair of evocative beach still life painting that flirt with surrealism by outsider artist, John Prue. Oil on masonite panel, each measures 12 x 24 i...

MAURICE POZZETTO-French Primitive-Original Signed Oil-Corniche Harbor Marseille Maurice Pozzetto (1911-?) 20th Century French Primitive artist best known for paintings Original ...

Earl Swanigan (1964-2019). Portrait of Ronald Reagan, 2010. Oil on masonite panel, measures 12 inches wide; 13 inches h. on left side; 12.5 inches h. on ...

Allegory of a Wheat Harvest (Portrait of young child), ca. 1850, by unknown American artist. Oil on panel measures 9 x 11 inches. Unframed. Original con...

Painting depicting Sun Inn or Sun Hotel, ca. 1880. Oil on academy board measures 8 x 10 inches. Signed lower right. Excellent condition. Unframed. The painting notes that the buil...

Gilbert Lewis (b.1945). Influence of Red (male portrait), ca. 1990s. Oil on masonite panel, 16 x 20 inches. Signed upper right. Excellent condition. Measures 18 x 22 inches in custom gold leaf float frame. Original gallery labels affixed on verso. Provenance: estate of the artist. Artist statement: Figurative art is a vital active process. The image has its own meaning; not storytelling, not just a picture of a face or a flower. Neither is it simply an exercise in the arrangement of shapes or colors. I want to translate my immediate impression into paint to present the image of an outstretched branch of flowers or a face – direct and simple. My art reflects human concerns expressed symbolically, through fantasy and in a more concrete manner in the process of making the representation itself. Art is my response to the image, the end result of an active process of exploration of the limits of the paint on paper within the confines of representation. The painting of a face is not just a face. My feelings are expressed through these images. My paintings speak to anyone in touch with their own humanity; to anyone else my art may be dismissed as “to personal”. Biography: Gilbert Braddy Lewis born September 25, 1945 in Hampton, Va. Son of David Blake Lewis (born in Atlanta, Ga.) and Gladys Louise Braddy [Lewis] (of Sanford, Fl.); brother of David Blake Lewis (Jr.) and Linda Lewis [Hunter]. The family resides at 3 South Linden Street, Hampton, Va. 1953 until 1962 “I studied from the age of seven, in Virginia, with two well-known Tidewater artists, Jean Craig and the late Allan Jones. The teaching methods of carefully observed studies from nature in charcoal or tempra paint, derived, of course, from the original French academic model, conveyed its impact on my early development; however, my eye and consciousness were mostly activated by the reproductions on the studio wall of works by Botticelli, Da Vinci, and Michelangelo.” Gilbert Lewis in Contemporary Philadelphia Artists: A Juried Exhibition, (Philadelphia Museum of Art 2000), p. 145 1963-68 Studies at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Franklin Watkins, Hobson Pittman, Morris Blackburn, and Walter Stuempfig. While a student at PAFA he shares apartment [261 South 21st Street] with PAFA students, Jody Pinto and Barbara Sosson. In 1967 he receives PAFA’s: Bergman Prize in Painting; M. Herbert Syme Prize; and Samuel Cresson Memorial Travelling Scholarship. The latter award enables Lewis to travel to Europe during the summer of 1967 where he visits museums. “In 1967, after having seen the Italian master’s work while on scholarship from the Pennsylvania Academy, I was to realize my great influences and to discover the earlier Sienese masters whose clarity and energy still move me.” Gilbert Lewis in Contemporary Philadelphia Artists: A Juried Exhibition, (Philadelphia Museum of Art 2000), p. 145 1968 Horizontal painting [of an interior with a seated woman and cat by a large window] reproduced in black and white in school catalog for Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1968-1969, p. 24. Other students whose works are reproduced include Clayton Anderson, Barkley...

Large Hasidic Folk Art Painting, Chabad Lubavitch 770 Eastern Parkway Synagogue Students dancing to greet the Moshiach (Messiah) MICHAEL GLEIZER Selected Personal Exhibitions 2019 Exhibition of Paintings, Amsterdam Whitney Int Fine Art Gallery, New York, USA. 2019 Exhibition of Paintings, “Global Contemporary Art”, MAMAG Modern Art Museum, Castle Hubertendorf, Austria. 2019 Exhibition of Paintings, Amsterdam Whitney Int Fine Art Gallery, New York, USA. 2017 Exhibition of Paintings, Beaute Du Matin Calme Gallery, Paris, France. 2016 Exhibition of Paintings, Agora Art Gallery, New York, USA. April, 2012 Exhibition of Paintings, The Chassidic Art Institute, New York, USA. Jan 2004 Exhibition of Paintings, The Chassidic Art Institute,New York, USA. Jan, 2000 Exhibition of Paintings, The Gallery of B. Cardozo School of Law, New York, USA. Febr, 1998 Exhibition of Paintings, The Chassidic Art Institute, New York, USA. Sept, 1996 Exhibition of Paintings, The National Arts Club, New York, USA. April, 1994 Exhibition of Paintings, Yeshiva University Museum and CHAI, The Gallery B. Cardozo School of Law, New York, USA. March, 1993 Exhibition in the Rotunda of the Cannon House Office Building, Washington, D.C USA. June, 1992 Exhibition of Paintings, Chassidic Art Institute, New York, USA. April, 1984 Exhibition of Graphics and Paintings Dedicated to Sholem Aleichem, "Sovietische Heimland" Magazine Office, Moscow, Russia. March, 1983 Exhibition of Graphics and Illustrations, Lithuanian Writers' Union, Vilnius, Lithuania. May, 1982 Exhibition "Motives of the old Podol", Graphics, Ivan Franko Library, Kiev, Ukraine. Selected Books Publications 1993 "Michael Gleizer", Paintings, Zev Markovitz, Silvia Hershkovitz, Aaron Berman, CHAI, New York, USA. 1992 "Michael Gleizer", Graphics, V.Zavalishin, Kiev, Ukraine. Selected Publications 2/18/2004 Article by Richard McBee “The Jewish Press Magazine” New York, USA. July, 2003 Article by Mikhail German, “22”, Russian Magazine, Jerusalem, Israel. Feb 2003 Article by Leonid Soroka, “Alef” International Russian Magazin, Jerusalem, New York, Moscow Feb 2002 Article by Elena Keshman, “Kreschatik” International Russian Magazin, Munchen, Germany. 6/09/97 Article by Grigory Kanovich, “Forward”, New York, USA. 2/07/97 “The Ladder to the Sky” by Grigory Kanovich, “Kaleydoskop”, Tel-Aviv, Israel. 6/00/96 “Michael Gleizer Jewish Art Emerges from the Soviet Shadows”, by Judith Broder Sellner, “CHAI today” Magazine, Miami Beach, USA. Article by Jan Kalish, "The Jewish Week". New York, USA. 12/9/94 "The Hassidic Art Institute", by Robin Cembalest, "World of Lubavitch", Toronto, Canada. 3/94-8/94 "Russian Artist Show at Cardozo", by Silvia Hershkovitz, "Perspective" Magazine, New York, USA. 4/22/94 "At Work in the Chassidic Art Institute", by Robin Cembalest, "Forward." New York, USA. 4/17/94 “Crown Heights Gallery Focuses on Jewish Rituals", by Jan Kalish. "New York Newsday", New York, USA. 4/15/94 "Artist Michael Gleizer Marks Manhattan Debut", by Basha Oka, "The Jewish Press", New York, USA. 4/11/94 "Preserving Jewish Art in Life...

Fred E. Robertson (1878 - 1953) Neighborhood Shivaree, 1945 Signed and dated lower left Oil on masonite 16 x 20 inches Exhibited: Buffalo, The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright A...

Fred E. Robertson (1878 - 1953) Swapping Horses, 1947 Signed and dated lower right Oil on masonite 12 5/8 x 24 inches Fred Robertson, like his more famous older sister, Anna Mary Ro...

A young man at a crowded upper-class Haitian swimming pool attracts attention. We see him only from the back in a Magritte like pose. Transfixed expressions of some of the nubile bare-breasted bathing beauties and one man with his hands down his pants give us a clue that the mystery man is special. This is a fascinating work packed with drama and overflowing with pent-up emotion.
Bigaud's narrative is as complex as his figural composition of lookers and swimmers. Notice the sight lines of the lookers go back to front while the two swimmers go from left to right. The twenty-two figures are contained in the rectangular shape of the pool, which is pushed to the front of the picture plane. The cars of the pool partygoers are seen in the background with one witness. He is fully clothed and is most likely a chauffeur. The fully clothed female at the pool offering food is a servant. A boxy-looking radio with a pack of cigarettes and the style of the cars give glue to the date. Most Haitian art depicts average working people. The pool party departs from that tradition and shows life of the Haitian upper class. Most likely, this was painted in Petion-Ville. The higher the elevation in Port-au-Prince the more wealthy the homes. Although the artist's painting technique may be described as naive or lacking polish.
It's one of the reasons why the work radiates charm and interest. The painting is oversized with huge dimensions of 55 x 48 and will be a statement in any room. Wilson Bigaud is considered to be a Haitian master. The condition is good. Three repaired one-inch issues on the extreme center and upper right edge. Visible only on close inspection. Otherwise presents very well and is elegantly framed, ______________________________________ Haitian master Wilson Bigaud is renowned for works portraying everyday life and rites of passage—vodou rituals, fortune-tellers, weddings, cockfights, and carnivals—with voluminous figures and lucid colors. Born in Port-au-Prince, in 1946 Bigaud was among the first to attend DeWitt Peters’s Le Centre d’Art d’Haïti, where he studied with Hector Hyppolite...

Bold San Francisco Abstracted Still Life Composition in Oil on Board Bold still life composition by Frank Koci (Czech-American, 1904-1983). A table is set with a jug of wine and a bowl of fruit and a landscape in the background. It is composed of several layers of paint, with bold outlines. In some areas, paint has been scraped away to create additional texture. In broad terms, you can describe Koci’s paintings as a series of “people-scapes,” wherein people are shown having relationships (some fleeting, some enduring) with fellow humans. A better term is probably “preludes” — wherein each painting sets the stage for something momentous that will occur in the very next frame. In the best Kocis, the tension is palpable. Signed in the lower right corner "Koci". Presented in a wood frame. Board size: 13"H x 30"W x .5"D Born in 1904 in Pilsen Czechoslovakia to a widowed mother. Koci grew up in poverty. Leaving Pilsen at 17 he was already too sophisticated about arts and literature, drama, and polished...

Sculptural folk art piece by listed artist Sharon Yavis. This work is constructed by applying layers of wood to create an almost three dimensional effect ...