Earl Hooks Abstract Composition

A strong little abstract oil collage from 1980 by Richard Allen Morris. Overall frame measures 13" wide, 11" tall, 1" deep. Image size is 7" wide,...

Abstract mixed media painting on panel titled "Pacific #2" by Margaret Ash, circa 1950s. Retains label from Esther Bear Gallery in Santa Barbara, California.

Excellent example of a large oil on canvas abstraction by Fred Hocks from 1957. This painting was included in the 1976 retrospective at the Fine Arts Gallery in San Diego which later became the San Diego Museum of Art. No painter embodies San Diego’s early avant-garde more than Fred (Ferdinand) Hocks, a German-born painter who began visiting San Diego in the late 1920s after studies at the California School of Fine Art in San Francisco and the Art Students League in New York. Fellow painter Dan Dickey credited Hocks in 1947 with “opening up pathways for future, more enlightened generations (of artists),” and predicted that Fred Hocks would be “esteemed a master.” During the post-war years Hocks was assistant director of the San Diego School of Arts and Crafts, a private art school in La Jolla, and was instrumental in keeping affordable artist’s studios in Spanish Village. Along with modern architect Lloyd Ruocco, Fred Hocks co-founded the dynamic Allied Artists Council with Belle Baranceanu, Everett Gee Jackson, Dan Dickey and John Olsen. The well-travelled Hocks exhibited in San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Pasadena, Paris, Mallorca and Guadalajara, had several one-person shows at the Art Center La Jolla/La Jolla Museum of Art and at the Fine Arts Gallery (SDMA). The San Diego Museum of Art held a major retrospective of his painting in 1976, just a few years before his death. He brought a continental element to the local art scene and is described in Bruce Kamerling’s 100 Years of Art in San Diego as “one of the most adventurous local artists…an intelligent and articulate defender of modern tendencies in art.” Local arts and architecture writer James Britton called Fred Hocks “the dean of the San Diego moderns...

Original Ken Joaquin abstract oil painting. Listed artist. Beautiful frame colors. Painting is of a car and is on board. Overall measurements framed: 25.5"...

Abstract stylized figure with applied decoration by California artist Joe Nyiri from 1963 in original Orr's Gallery frame.

Rare cubist charcoal painting by Dorothy Sklar. Framed. Most likely dating to the 1930s or early 1940s. Dimensions: 31" x 22.25" frame 22.25" x 14 ...

Very large and vibrant Abstract Painting and mixed media assemblage. Signed lower right. Block like elements in reds, heavily textured tan, white and black. Along with black and whit...

Contemporary artwork by Sandro. Frame included. In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina. Materials: Paper Wood Gl...

Contemporary artistic mirror. Sculptural composition, hand carved. Original creation of materials and colors. Unique piece (One of a kind). By Pascal & Annie Leniau, year 1995.

Unique composition with sixteen tiles from the collection "130 azulejos" by Mariana Lloyd. The collection comes from a collage of pictures of broken tiles. There are four models of t...

Mid-Century Modern abstract framed oil on board. Stunning Mid-Century Modern abstract framed oil on board signed by artist. Signature is under rese...

This is a wonderful set of three abstract gouaches signed "Manchester". The gouaches date to the second half of the twentieth century and are well framed and matter and in very good ...