Haitian School

'Garden of Eden', Idyllic Haitian Folk Art, Arcadian, Paradise, Giraffe, Leopard

1998

A stunningly original mixed-media collage showing an Ark containing various life-forms and a dove resting in the waves. Fridman has used oil paint, papyrus and pre-columbian textiles...

Signed lower right, 'Gren Hayes' (American, born 1932); additionally signed verso twice, titled 'Port of Oakland' on stretcher bar and dated 1976. Inscribed 'Oak. Cathedral Bldg Mural #1 sketch' verso. Bay Area Figurative / Bay Area Feminist Art Movement artist, Patricia Gren-Hayes, studied at Winnipeg Public Art School in 1950. She received early recognition in Museum and Gallery competitions and exhibitions and was awarded a Special Education in Art recognition by the Winnipeg Museum of Fine Art, and was awarded a scholarship to the Banff College of Fine Art. Further studies were at The University of Manitoba. She was a Member of Winnipeg Free Press Sketch Club and was a Cartoonist and paste-up for a French-English bi-weekly, in Eastern Canada. She studied outdoor impressionism in New York in 1960; in 1962, attended The California College of Arts and Crafts, and in 1976 B.A., U.C. Berkeley where she studied under Elmer Bischoff, David Simpson, Joan Brown, Felix Ruvolo, Yolanda Lopez and Vincent Perez...

Signed lower right, 'Maude Church' (American, born 1949) and dated 1986. Additionally signed and dated, verso, and titled 'Baghdad by the Bay'. Formerly ...

Signed, verso, 'Jon Gariepy' (American, 1940-2020) and dated 2011. A substantial painting of the ocean's surface viewed from beneath, with scint...

Signed lower right, 'Cathcart' for Marjorie Cathcart (American, 1918-2014) and painted circa 1965. Additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'Alpine Landscape'. Marjorie Cathcart first attended the University of California in Berkeley, where she studied with Lundy Siegriest, Tom Holland and Anne O’Hanlon and was also influenced by the work of Wayne Thiebaud. Cathcart received her Bachelor's degree in 1943 and subsequently studied, and then taught, at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Over the course of a long and successful career, Marjorie Cathcart exhibited widely and with success including at the California State Art Exposition, the Jack London...

Signed lower right, 'Janus' for Ian Janus (Dutch-Italian, born 1919) and painted circa 1955. A study of a beautiful young woman shown posed in the foreground with a distant evening ...

"I Believe I Can Fly" is a five-panel painting done on canvas with acrylic paint by Indian artist Ritu Sinha. From the artist: "This artwork is about the missing lyrical sounds of ...

"Germinating" is an original contemporary painting by Laurie Barmore. With acrylic on canvas, this piece is a symphony of color. Baramore can seamlessly blend opposing colors creatin...

"Evening Star" is an original contemporary painting by Laurie Barmore. With acrylic on canvas, this piece is a symphony of color. Baramore can seamlessly ...

Oil, acrylic and gold leaf on canvas For centuries, artisans and artists have turned to gold leaf as a way to make their creations shimmer and shine. Also many contemporary artists ...

Original work by the artist from Barcelona. Beautiful landscape. Francesc Casademont Mercader, Catalan painter with more than 30 years of experience. Specialized in landscapes in oil...

Anna Ładecka is a Paris-based polish illustrator and painter. Graduated from Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, Master of Art - Diploma in painting and lithography and obtained a scholar...