John Murray

Conversation with the Dead, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Canvas

2020

from the series “Houses on the waterâ€

High gloss acrylic action painted self-portrait. :: Painting :: Post Modern :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Y...

A popular restaurant scene :: Painting :: Post Modern :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Si...

a lifelike motif that one can see everywhere in nature and in microcosmos, here I deducted it and abstracted it from its peculiarities and surrounding details and artistically create...

THIS PAINTING VALIDATES THE POWER OF ABSTRACTION TO CREATE IMAGES WHICH HAVE LYRICAL RESONANCE. :: Painting :: Post Modern :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authent...

FOR A SPOONFUL OF COLOR is an inspirational work that celebrates the joy of painting. :: Painting :: Post Modern :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity sign...

"Family Portrait" is an original gouache and pencil piece on paper by Thomas Smith. The artist uses pure, unmixed color in flat planes, shading only on the faces of the figures, which makes them stand out from the rest of the image. The three figures sit in a triangular formation. The tallest figure looms over the other two with a dark black cloak...

Crucifixion, ca. 1925, by Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) Pencil on paper 17 x 14 inches unframed (43.18 x 35.56 cm) Description: This figure drawing by Hans Hofmann provides a unique look...

Artist: William Wiley – American (1937- 2021) Title: Punch as Bosch Boy Year: 2003 Medium: Graphite and/or crayon on paper Size: 12 x 9 inches. Framed size: 17.5 x 14.25 inches Sign...

"Untitled" is an original color pencil drawing by Angelika Thusius. The artist signed with her initial in the lower right. This drawing depicts a seated female figure. This piece is ...

Artist: Bill Ward, American (1919 - 1998) Title: Gawkers Year: circa 1981 Medium: Graphite and Watercolor on Paper, signed l.r. Size: 23 in. x 17 in. (58.42 ...

Original watercolor, gouache and graphite abstract on archival paper by the well known non-objective artist., Lloyd Raymond Ney.. Signed and dated lower left, 1962. Condition is very good. Strong, vibrant colors. The artwork was mounted by the artist onto Nelson show card board. Presently unframed. Provenance: A Pennsylvania estate. Lloyd Raymond Ney was an American non-objective artist. Known as Bill Ney, he was born in Friedenburg, Pennsylvania March 8th, 1893, the son of William W. Ney and Sadie Maidenford. He studied at the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. In 1918 he won a Cresson Fellowship to study in Europe. In the 1920's Ney traveled to France where he studied and painted in Paris among the vital European modernist community. He lived at the Hotel de Versailles, 60 Boulevard Montparnasse. During this period Ney created his major work, "The Drinkers," Later, the artist wrote extensively about the process of developing this work and the transforming experience of integrating the Modernist ideal he had witnessed in Paris. After returning to the United States, Ney settled in New Hope, PA, an established art community between New York and Philadelphia. Unlike more New Hope artists who followed impressionism in the early 20th century, Ney embraced a more expressive contemporary style including non-objective works. He was among a group of artist known as the "Independents," who challenged the traditional subject matter of regional artists. They formed a new exhibition group. Ney was part of the "New Hope Modernist...