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White on White Blue, Expressionist Still Life by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"White on White Blue" is a monochromatic, interior still life by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 20" x 16" oil on canvas painting is framed and signed "B ...
Category
1950s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Striped Dress and Boy, Expressionist Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Striped Dress and Boy" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 41.75" x 35.75" oil on board portrait of two figures is painted in a vibrant colo...
Category
1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Three O'Clock, Still Life with Plant and Fruit by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Three O'clock" is an expressionist, tabletop still life painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon from 1970. The 28" x 32" oil on board features a still life of fruit and plants, painted in a vivid and lush color palette. The painting is framed in a new black wood frame and signed "B Harmon" on verso.
Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists...
Category
1970s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Expressionist Tabletop Still Life by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Grey Still Life" is a tabletop still life by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 24.25" x 28.25" oil on board painting is framed in a new black wood frame.
Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American...
Category
1960s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Expressionist Still Life by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Red Still Life" is an interior still life by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 28.25" x 24.25" oil on board painting is framed in a new black wood frame.
Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American...
Category
1960s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Not Speaking, Expressionist Portrait of Mother and Son by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Not Speaking" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 36" x 40" oil on board portrait of a mother and her son is painted in a vibrant color pale...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Architectural Fantasies, Geometric Abstract in Color
By Joseph Amarotico
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Architectural Fantasies" is a 40" x 30" gouache on paper, abstract painting of geometric shapes and forms, giving the illusion of a three dimensional, architectural structure.
Born...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Untitled Abstract by Female American Modernist and Surrealist Peter Miller
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Untitled Abstract" is a 30 x 22 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a vibrant color palette and estate stamped #202163 on verso. The painting has been conserved and inspected by conservation specialist, Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio, Inc.
Exhibition history: Forgotten Woman of American Modernism, Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 2022.
Provenance: Estate of the Artist; Private Collection, Saugerties, New York; Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Image: Peter Miller in Her Studio Julien Levy Gallery...
Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Double Sided Abstractions, American Modernist Work on Paper
By Leonard Nelson
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Abstractions" by American modernist painter Leonard Nelson is a double sided work on paper. The front is 10.5" x 7.5" and the back side drawing is 10" x 6.75". Both sides are signed and dated "Nelson 46", and the artworks are matted and framed behind glass.
Leonard Nelson (1912 - 1993) Born in Camden, New Jersey, Nelson applied for a scholarship at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, regardless of having no portfolio. He was persuasive enough to be given one semester and subsequently was awarded an Academy fellowship to study painting. Nelson went on to earn the Academy's prestigious Cresson Traveling Scholarship award in 1939. He studied at PAFA from 1936 - 1940 with, among others, Henry McCarter...
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pen
Cobblestone Passage with Flowers, Original Watercolor by Peruvian Artist
By Altino Villasante
Located in Doylestown, PA
The artwork is a 22 x 30 inches, original watercolor painting of a cobblestone passage, adorned by brightly colored, overgrowing flowers. This stunning and charming townscape was painted by Peruvian artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Thomaston Maine, Original Rooftop View Townscape in Watercolor
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Thomaston, Maine" is a 15 x 13.5 inches, watercolor townscape, signed in the lower left, and framed behind glass.
Ranulph Bye was born in 1916 in Princet...
Category
20th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Spring , Modernist Native American Ceremonial Scene and Cultural Commentary
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Spring" is a 25 x 30 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is signed and titled on verso, and painted in a vibran...
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hallman's, American Impressionist Landscape with Figures and Farmhouse
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Hallman's" is a landscape with figures and farmhouse, by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene. The painting is a 13.5" x 19....
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Spring Path, American Impressionist Landscape, Oil on Canvas
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Spring Path" is an Impressionist landscape with farmhouse and blooming springtime trees by American painter Albert Van Nesse Greene. The painting is a 16" x 20" oil on canvas, framed in a 22K gold reproduction frame, and signed in the lower left. Provenance: Private Collection, Doylestown, Pennsylvania...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter Fishermen, American Impressionist Snowy Landscape by the River
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Winter Fishermen" is a snow covered landscape of a group of fishermen and their boats by the river by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Stars and Stripes, Expressionist Portrait with American Flag
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Stars and Stripes" is an oil on board portrait of a young woman with an American Flag, painted by Philadelphia born Expressionist artist Bernard Harmon. The painting is 41 3/4" x 35...
Category
1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Young Man, Expressionist Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Young Man" is an oil on canvas portrait painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The painting is 26" x 36" in size, signed on the lower right. Figurative ...
Category
1950s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jazz, Expressionist Portrait of Woman with Violin by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Jazz" is a figurative painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon from 1968. The 34" x 40" oil on board portrait features a young African American woman playi...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Salutations, Architectural Abstract Scene, Cultural and Spiritual Commentary
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Salutations" is a 12 x 16 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist and surrealist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a vibrant color palette. The painti...
Category
1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self Portrait, Expressionist Figurative Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Self Portrait" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 47" x 28.5" oil on canvas portrait features Harmon at a young age of about 25 years old. ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Potter, Expressionist Portrait of a Young Man by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"The Potter" is an interior portrait of a young man working on a vase at his potter's wheel by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 24.25" x 14" oil on cardboard painting is signed "Harmon" in the lower left and it is framed in a new black wood frame. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel.
Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke, Paul Keene...
Category
1950s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Seated Figure, Male Expressionist Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Seated Figure" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 48" x 35.75" oil on board portrait is painted in energetic and bold brushstrokes, with vi...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Modern Man, Expressionist Portrait in Red, White, and Blue
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Modern Man" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 36" oil on canvas portrait features a young African American man posing casually and s...
Category
1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl at Desk, Expressionist Portrait of Young Woman by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Girl at Desk" is an oil on board portrait painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon of a young woman, presumably a student, sitting by her desk. This work features a second portrait on verso of an elegant older woman. The painting is 40" x 36" in size and is signed "Harmon" on verso. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel.
Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke, Paul Keene...
Category
1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Fashion Girl, Expressionist Portrait of a Woman by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Fashion Girl" is an oil on board portrait painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon of a stylishly dressed woman sitting on a chair. This work features a se...
Category
1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Resting, Expressionist Portrait of Young Man by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Resting" is an interior portrait of a young man resting on a sofa. This work was painted by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 24" x 32" oil on board painti...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Drums, Expressionist Group Portrait of Three Musicians by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Drums" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 34" x 40" oil on board group portrait of three musicians playing t...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Snap Peas, Expressionist Portrait of Young Woman by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Snap Peas" is an interior portrait of a young woman working at her kitchen table, painted by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 24" x 36" oil on board painting from 1955 is signed "Harmon" in the lower left and it is framed in a new black wood frame. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel.
Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke, Paul Keene...
Category
1950s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
New Hat, Expressionist Portrait of Woman by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"New Hat" is a figurative, interior portrait painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon from 195. The 20" x 16" oil on board portrait features a young African...
Category
1950s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
Pattern Skirt, Expressionist Portrait of a Woman by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Pattern Skirt" is an oil on board interior portrait of a young woman sitting, painted by Philadelphia born Expressionist artist Bernard Harmon. The painting is 39 1/2" x 36" in size...
Category
1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Expressionist Abstract #7, multi colored, Philadelphia artist, signed and framed
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Expressionist Abstract #7" is a 40 x 30 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis Blackman. The painting is signed in the artist's monogram "MLB" in the lower left and it is estate stamped on verso. Additional shipping options are available by contacting the seller via 1stDibs messaging system.
Morris Blackman...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Joy of Spring, American Impressionist Landscape, Farm Scene, Oil on Canvas
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Joy of Spring" is an Impressionist landscape with houses and blooming springtime trees by American painter Albert Van Nesse Greene. The painting is a 18.25" x 22.25" oil on canvas, ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Winter Horses and Sleigh, Snow Landscape of North American Frontier and Pioneers
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Winter, Horses and Sleigh" is a 30 x 50 original oil on canvas, snowy landscape by Pennsylvania painter C F Witman. The subject of the painting is of the North American/Canadian fro...
Category
19th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Girl Thinking, Expressionist Portrait of Young Woman by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Girl Thinking" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 30" oil on board portrait of a young woman is painted in a vibrant color palette. The painting is framed in a new, black wood frame and signed "B Harmon" on verso. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel.
Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Upright Bass, Expressionist Portrait of Musician by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Upright Bass" is a painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 40" x 34" oil on board group portrait of a musician is painted...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Knee Socks Girl, Portrait by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Knee Sock Girl" is an oil on board portrait painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon of a woman, seemingly lost in contemplation....
Category
1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Boy Waiting, Portrait of a Young Man by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Boy Waiting" is an oil on board portrait painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon of a young man with somber expression, sitting on a chair. This work features a second environmental portrait on verso. The painting is 41.75" x 35.75" in size and is signed "Harmon" on verso. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel.
Provenance: Estate of the Artist; Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke...
Category
1960s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Woman with Earrings, Portrait of a Woman by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Woman with Earrings" is an oil on board portrait painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon of an elegantly dressed woman sitting on a chair. This work features a second environmental portrait on verso. The painting is 40" x 34" in size and is signed "Harmon" on verso. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel.
Provenance: Estate of the Artist; Gratz Gallery & Conservation Studio, Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke...
Category
1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Market in Paris, European Town Scene with Figures, American Impressionist, 1922
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Market in Paris" is a European townscape and market Scene by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene, featuring towns people at a busy outdoor market.
The painting i...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Green Landscape, Expressionist Painting by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Green Landscape" is a landscape painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon from 1955. The 18" x 24" oil on canvas features a spring or summer landscape, pain...
Category
1950s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Double Sided Watercolor on Paper, 1965, Woodland Interior and Maine Seascape
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Woodland Interior" and "Martinsville, Maine" is a double sided watercolor painting by American painter Ranulph Bye. One side features a thick interior woo...
Category
1960s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Artisan Metalwork Chandelier, New Hope School Artist, Arts and Crafts Movement
By Morgan Colt
Located in Doylestown, PA
Part of the Pennsylvania School, impressionists who painted in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Morgan Colt had joined the group in 1912. Along with Edward Redfield, Daniel Garber, Robert Spencer, Charles Rosen, William Lathrop and Rae Sloan Bredin...
Category
1920s Other Art Style More Art
Materials
Metal
Winter Quarry River House, American Impressionist Snowy Landscape, Oil on Canvas
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Winter Sunset" is an Impressionist scene of homes along a snowy river and quarry landscape, painted by American artist Albert Van Nesse Greene. The painting is a 32" x 34" oil on ca...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lunar Encounter with Child, Surrealist Portrait, Oil on Canvas, 1958, Framed
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Lunar Encounter with Child" by Philadelphia born modernist painter Leon Kelly, is a large, brightly colored surrealist portrait of two figures. The 40" x 30" oil on canvas was paint...
Category
1950s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Creek, Winter, American Impressionist Winter Landscape, Oil on Board
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"French Creek, Winter" is a winter landscape by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene.
The painting is a 12" x 13.75" oil on ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Expressionist Abstract Figure, multi colored, Philadelphia artist, signed
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Expressionist Abstract Figure" is a 40 x 30 inches oil on canvas work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis Blackman. The painting is signed in the artist's monogram "MLB" in the lower left and it is estate stamped on verso.
Morris Blackman...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Architectural Fantasies, Abstract Geometric Forms in Color, Acrylic, 1981
By Joseph Amarotico
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Architectural Fantasies" is a 44" x 34" oil on canvas abstract painting of geometric shapes and forms, giving the illusion of a three dimensional, architectural structure. The paint...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Forest, American Modernist Abstract Landscape Painting by Female Artist
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Forest" is a 29 x 36 inches, oil on canvas painting by American modernist, female artist Peter Miller. The work is painted in a vibrant color palette. The work is estate stamped on ...
Category
1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Venus Retrieved from the Hands of Death, Surrealist, Nudes, 1959, Oil on Canvas
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Venus Retrieved from the Hands of Death" by Philadelphia born modernist painter Leon Kelly, is a fantasy nude group scene of one female and two male figures. The 49" x 36" oil on ca...
Category
1950s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Secundo Congreso Feminino, Large Canvas Surrealist Female Group Portrait, 1969
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Secundo Congreso Feminino " by Philadelphia born modernist painter Leon Kelly, is a large scale, surrealist painting of a group gathering showing women in the nude. The 60" x 42" oi...
Category
1960s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Expressionist Abstract #8, multi colored, Philadelphia artist, signed
By Morris Lewis Blackman
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Expressionist Abstract #8" is a 50 x 28 inches oil on canvas work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis Blackman. The painting is signed in the artist's monogram "MLB" in the lower left and it is estate stamped on verso. Additional shipping options are available by contacting the seller via 1stDibs messaging system.
Morris Blackman...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Meadow in Spring, Pennsylvania Impressionist Landscape, Oil on Canvas
By Roy Cleveland Nuse
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Meadow in Spring" is a 14" x 20" oil on canvas landscape by American impressionist painter Roy Cleveland Nuse. The painting is signed and dated "Nuse 13" in the lower right and it c...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Expressionist Still Life with Plant and Fruit by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Red, Orange, Green with Plant" is a still life painting by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon from 1970. The 30.5" x 39" oil on board features a table top still ...
Category
1970s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
The Golden Hour, American Impressionist Landscape, Pastel on Paper, Framed
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"The Golden Hour" is a colorful and vibrant fall foliage landscape in a warm autumn color palette by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene.
The painting is a 11.25" ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Figures, Boats, and House - Cape May Point, NJ, Impressionist Beach Scene, 1940s
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Figures, Boats, and House - Cape May Point, NJ" is a Pennsylvania Beach Scene by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene.
The ...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Self Portrait, Oil on Board, Signed and Dated, 1925, American Modernist
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Self Portrait" by Philadelphia born modernist painter Leon Kelly, is a moody and atmospheric self portrait of the artist in younger years at age 24. The 18" x 16" oil on board, fram...
Category
1920s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Autumn on Canal, American Impressionist Landscape, Oil on Board, Signed
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Autumn on Canal" is a Pennsylvania landscape by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene.
The painting is a 8" x 10" oil on board, framed, and signed "A V Greene...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pennsylvania Farmhouse, American Impressionist Landscape, Watercolor on Paper
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Pennsylvania Farmhouse" is a beautiful spring landscape with rolling hills and countryside farmhouses. The watercolor on paper is painted by American Impressionist Albert Van Nesse Greene.
The painting is a 14" x 19" watercolor on paper, matted, framed under glass, and signed "A V Greene...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Landscape with Houses and White Tree, American Impressionist, Pastel on Paper
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Landscape with Houses and White Tree" is a colorful but quaint springtime landscape with a predominant pastel color palette by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Pastel
Plowing the Fields, American Impressionist Landscape with Figure and Animal
By Henry McCarter
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Plowing the Fields" is an early 20th Century American Impressionist landscape by Pennsylvania Academy graduate and teacher Henry McCarter. The 20" x 24...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
