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Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s
By Boris Deutsch
Located in New York, NY
Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s
An artist on the
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII. 18 x 24 inches
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Prospector firing Rifle ( Happiness is a Warm Gun ) Gay Art
By Robert Riggs
Located in Miami, FL
Tempera mixed with gum arabic and alcohol on Renaissance Panel
Robert Riggs was a gay man. Being
Category
1940s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Without Heaviness - Close-Up Painting of Two Men Kissing, Original Oil on Panel
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
something that sullies a person, something taboo.”
Focused on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Yoko Ono Fashions for Men
By Skylar Fein
Located in New Orleans, LA
Quakers, working for a gay film festival in Seattle, stringing for The New York Times and as pre-med
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Paintings
"Living" Lacquer on Wood Contemporary Figurative Painting
By Truong Tan
Located in Rye, NY
eye to capture the various scenes of the painting. As an openly gay artist, Truong Tan has long fought
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Lacquer, Wood Panel
'Floating on the River', Lacquer on Wood Figurative Painting
By Truong Tan
Located in Rye, NY
‘Floating on the River’ is a medium size lacquer on wood figurative painting created by Vietnamese
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
And Then Comes Wonder - Intimate Painting of a Couple Kissing
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
something that sullies a person, something taboo.”
Focused on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Modernist Mexican Artist "Porters Garden" Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Ernesto Linares
Located in Surfside, FL
1940s, Ernesto, now in his twenties and using the name Linares for his art, is living and painting year
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Glimpse of Something That Seemed All Potential - Nude Original Oil Painting
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil paintings depicts moments that range from tender
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
H 18 in W 18 in D 1.5 in
Occasionally There Would Be One - Intimate Painting of a Couple, Original Oil
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
men, this body of oil paintings depicts moments that range from tender touches to more sexually
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
H 12 in W 12 in D 1.5 in
Did I Steal You Away? - Intimate Painting of a Couple Embracing, Original Oil
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
something that sullies a person, something taboo.”
Focused on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
H 18 in W 24 in D 1.5 in
A Quiet Line - Intimate Painting of Two Nude Torsos, Original Oil on Panel
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
sullies a person, something taboo.”
Focused on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil paintings
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Large Richard Merkin Painting Harlem Jazz Club, New Yorker Magazine Cover Artist
By Richard Merkin
Located in Surfside, FL
well-known gay speakeasy in New York in the 1920s, as a black, lesbian, cross-dressing performer. She
Category
1990s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Oil
Richard MerkinLarge Richard Merkin Painting Harlem Jazz Club, New Yorker Magazine Cover Artist, 1997
H 39.25 in W 74 in D 2 in
Untitled painting for ACRIA "The only rose without a thorn is friendship" Signed
By Donald Baechler
Located in New York, NY
merged with the Gay Men's Health Crisis. The work was acquired from ACRIA and one from the series is
Category
1990s Pop Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Laid Paper, Permanent Marker
H 13.4 in W 10.8 in D 1.25 in
And Then On To You - Intimate Painting, Two Male Nudes Entangled in One Another
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
something that sullies a person, something taboo.”
Focused on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
H 36 in W 12 in D 1.5 in
No One Is Sure - Nude Figures, Intimate Portrayal of a Couple, Original Oil
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
something that sullies a person, something taboo.”
Focused on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
H 18 in W 18 in D 1.5 in
Their Whole Private Selves - Two Nude Bodies Entwined, Original Oil on Panel
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
considered something that sullies a person, something taboo.”
Focused on the experiences of gay men, this
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
H 30 in W 24 in D 1.5 in
Skin Had Hope - Two Nude Torsos, Entwined, Original Oil on Panel
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
something that sullies a person, something taboo.”
Focused on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
H 18 in W 18 in D 1.5 in
I Might Grow to Be Kinder - Intimate Portrayal of a Couple Embracing
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
considered something that sullies a person, something taboo.”
Focused on the experiences of gay men, this
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
H 14 in W 14 in D 1.5 in
Shield Me - Nude Figures, Intimate Portrayal of a Couple, Original Oil on Panel
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
sullies a person, something taboo.”
Focused on the experiences of gay men, this body of oil paintings
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
H 18 in W 18 in D 1.5 in
Page 207 (Van Dyck Series)
By Wes Hempel
Located in Fairfield, CT
modern-day men against backdrops appropriated from such disparate sources as neoclassical history
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"The end of the Ball", 19th Century oil on canvas by José García y Ramos
Located in Madrid, ES
Spanish poster in the upper left of the painting announces. For this gala the central stalls of opera
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Young Man
By Gilbert Lewis
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Foundation, Gilbert Lewis: Becoming Men
• Doug Gruse, “Gilbert Lewis,” Philadelphia Gay News, April 9-15
Category
1990s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Influence of Red (male portrait)
By Gilbert Lewis
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
: Becoming Men
• Doug Gruse, “Gilbert Lewis,” Philadelphia Gay News, April 9-15, 2004, pp. 25, 27 and 32
Category
1990s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
, Fullerton, CA, USA
2009 • Menor/Protégé, Manuel Pardo/Maggie Simonelli, The Living Room Gallery, New York
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
, Fullerton, CA, USA
2009 • Menor/Protégé, Manuel Pardo/Maggie Simonelli, The Living Room Gallery, New York
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
, Fullerton, CA, USA
2009 • Menor/Protégé, Manuel Pardo/Maggie Simonelli, The Living Room Gallery, New York
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blackhearts Rave
Located in London, GB
unique visual language riddled with esoteric symbolism. The figures that inhabit his paintings are born
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Paper, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Pencil
Portrait of a Buddha
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
, Fullerton, CA, USA
2009 • Menor/Protégé, Manuel Pardo/Maggie Simonelli, The Living Room Gallery, New York
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Shore Leave, " Large Art Deco Mural with Sailors at New Orleans Brothel, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
group of jeering young men in straw hats to the right, and a young gay man to the left, looking
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
H 40 in W 99.5 in D 1 in
Evocation 1
By Bill Rice
Located in New York, NY
urban life from his generation. Rice’s depictions of inner city gay men are some of the most hauntingly
Category
1980s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
City of Night (Cruising in the Park)
By Bill Rice
Located in New York, NY
painters of urban life from his generation. Rice’s depictions of inner city gay men are some of the most
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Watercolor
"Cape Cod Sunset" - Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Cape Cod Sunset" - Watercolor on Paper
Colorful sunset painting by San Francisco and Provincetown
Category
1990s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract Silhouette Hat Portraits - Female Illustrator of Golden Age
By Jessie Gillespie
Located in Miami, FL
Magazine, Childhood Education, the Sunday Magazine, Association Men (the magazine of the YMCA), Farm and
Category
1910s Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
H 4.25 in W 20.5 in D 1 in
Henry reading the newspaper
By David Hockney
Located in Tallinn, EE
gained recognition for his semi-abstract paintings of gay love. He moved to California in 1964 and
Category
1970s Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Henry Geldzahler with Hat
By David Hockney
Located in Tallinn, EE
gained recognition for his semi-abstract paintings of gay love. He moved to California in 1964 and
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Keith Haring AIDS Dance-A-Thon 1990 (vintage Keith Haring)
By (after) Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Dance-A-Thon - a fundraising initiative benefiting Gay Men's Health Crisis. AIDS Dance-A-Thon was held
Category
1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset, Lithograph
Andy Warhol Record Cover Art 1982
By Andy Warhol
Located in NEW YORK, NY
. Rejecting the standard painting and sculpting modes of his era, Warhol embraced silk-screen printmaking to
Category
1980s Pop Art Mixed Media
Materials
Offset
Viareggio Pano (framed) - unique panoramic photograph of Mediterranean beach
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
Men
Visionarea Art Space, Rome
2020
Human Constellations
Museo Ettore Fico, Turin
2019
Massimo
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper,...
H 42 in W 93 in D 2.55 in
Porto Miggiano (framed) - large scale photograph of Italian Mediterranean beach
By Massimo Vitali
Located in San Francisco, CA
PienoVuoto
Forte di Belvedere, Florence
2021
No Country For Old Men
Visionarea Art Space, Rome
2020
Human
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper,...
Massimo VitaliPorto Miggiano (framed) - large scale photograph of Italian Mediterranean beach , 2011
H 61.25 in W 78.49 in D 2.55 in
White Parisian Frilled Canary (Wild Strawberry)
By Daniel Handal
Located in New York, NY
derogative term for gay men. With my project I embrace two cultural references: the constrictive idea that in
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Orange-Headed Gouldian Finch (Lilac)
By Daniel Handal
Located in New York, NY
derogative term for gay men. With my project I embrace two cultural references: the constrictive idea that in
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Zebra Finch (розовый)
By Daniel Handal
Located in New York, NY
derogative term for gay men. With my project I embrace two cultural references: the constrictive idea that in
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Gloster Fancy Canary (Tidewater)
By Daniel Handal
Located in New York, NY
derogative term for gay men. With my project I embrace two cultural references: the constrictive idea that in
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Yellow Parisian Frilled Canary (Baby Blue)
By Daniel Handal
Located in New York, NY
derogative term for gay men. With my project I embrace two cultural references: the constrictive idea that in
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Russian Canary (Healing Aloe)
By Daniel Handal
Located in New York, NY
derogative term for gay men. With my project I embrace two cultural references: the constrictive idea that in
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Yellow Factor American Singer (Hot Pink)
By Daniel Handal
Located in New York, NY
derogative term for gay men. With my project I embrace two cultural references: the constrictive idea that in
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Paradise Whydah (Ray of Love)
By Daniel Handal
Located in New York, NY
derogative term for gay men. With my project I embrace two cultural references: the constrictive idea that in
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Orange-Headed Lady Gouldian Finch (Ray of Wisdom)
By Daniel Handal
Located in New York, NY
derogative term for gay men. With my project I embrace two cultural references: the constrictive idea that in
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Armin Hansen, Floral Still Life, American Impressionist Oil Painting circa 1930s
By Armin Hansen
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is an original painting by Early California Impressionist Armin Carl Hansen (1886 - 1957
Category
1930s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Mexican Artist "Porters Garden" Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
By Ernesto Linares
Located in Surfside, FL
1940s, Ernesto, now in his twenties and using the name Linares for his art, is living and painting year
Category
1940s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Philip Stone, "North Troll" Mixed Media Painting
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Mixed Media painting by Philip Stone. Philip was an up and coming talented Gay artist in the 1970s
Category
Vintage 1970s Paintings
Theseus and the Minotaur, 1969 (Mythological black male nude painting)
By Michael Leonard
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
2009 New Paintings & Drawings, Forum Gallery, NY (catalogue)
2007 Michael
Category
1960s Realist Nude Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
'The Delivery Boys' Original Painting by Baltimore Artist Vernon Reynolds
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
century) who is a listed artist and known for his depictions of nightlife, cityscapes and often gay men
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
18th Century Flamish School View of City of Flushing Painting in Oil on Canvas
Located in Milan, IT
sight, not far away there are several other men quietly busy with barrels and tools of the trade. The
Category
Antique 18th Century Dutch Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 31.89 in W 38.19 in D 3.55 in
Untitled Male Portrait (Grunge).
By Gilbert Lewis
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
: Becoming Men
• Doug Gruse, “Gilbert Lewis,” Philadelphia Gay News, April 9-15, 2004, pp. 25, 27 and 32
Category
1990s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Untitled Male Portrait (Red Sleeveless)
By Gilbert Lewis
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
• Doug Gruse, “Gilbert Lewis,” Philadelphia Gay News, April 9-15, 2004, pp. 25, 27 and 32; BECOMING MEN
Category
1980s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Jules Tristani oil on canvas of a family
Located in Palm Springs, CA
subjects of men and women whose faces have a story, an experience. ..
Dans ses paysages on
Category
Vintage 1960s French Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Three Men
By Leon Golub
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title: “Three Men”
Date: 1994
Medium: Color Silkscreen
Size: 6.2 × 20.7 on 17.6 × 24.2 inches
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
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