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Art For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: American Realist
'Gloucester Harbor 2' — Mid-Century East Coast Regionalism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lawrence Nelson Wilbur, 'Gloucester Harbor', drypoint, 1940. Signed, dated, and titled in pencil. Signed in the plate, lower right. Annotated 'PERSONAL...
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1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Drypoint

Coffee For One
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on panel. it is framed in a deep-set frame with white sides and a gold lip that slopes inward (See Video). GC Williams has a degree in art his...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Panel, Oil

The Renegade
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery. In my work I explore family objects as “families” of objects—individual silver heirlooms that are related to one another in a single collection...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

The Scofflaw
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery. In my work I explore family objects as “families” of objects—individual silver heirlooms that are related to one another in a single collection...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Cardinal Rule" Two birds sitting among colorful flowers
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Two Cardinal birds sit on colorful flowers in this American Realist painting. An abstracted blue background allows the viewer to focus on the still life. Lucas is masterful at distil...
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2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sun splashes. Golden sand series.
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Sun splashes. Golden sand series. The sea, the sky, the splashes of waves, a sunny day and an Arabian horse. Harmony in the soul and harmony in nature. Modern, expressive summer la...
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2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Linen, Canvas

Take #44
Located in Bonn, NW
The hair is made of actual gold leaf (imitation), so the hair shines and sparkles nicely in light. Original painting. Acrylic, oil, paper and gold leaf on high quality linen canvas s...
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2010s Art Deco Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Alibi Ike
Located in Raleigh, NC
RGRFINEARTS is pleased to offer this baseball themed lithograph of Alibi Ike after the character in the 1935 movie. A fine example of the draftsmanship that Pickhardt was known for.
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1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cortina D'Ampezzo, Estate Edition, Italy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
'Cortina D'Ampezzo' by Slim Aarons Isa Genolini and Maria Antonia in the main street of Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, March 1982. 'Cortina D'Ampezzo' by Slim Aarons is a vibrant testa...
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1980s American Realist Art

Materials

Lambda

Arabia. Golden sand series
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Arabia. Golden sand series Sunlight, golden sand, blue sky and a running Arabian horse in the Arabian desert. Modern, expressive summer landscape as a ...
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2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Linen

At the Edge of a Wood
Located in Wenham, MA
A beautiful oil painting on linen panel by master artist Donald Jurney. This piece is framed in a handmade, closed-corner 16K gold frames. Its overall dimensions are approximately ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Mignon" Decca design
Located in Greenwich, CT
This design for Decca Records likely dates to the 1950s, and perhaps specifically the 1953 recording with Janine Micheau, conducted by Georges Sébastian. Signed recto 'Erté' mid-righ...
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20th Century Art Deco Art

Materials

Gouache, Paper

Tiger Eating - Original etching (Marcilhac #370)
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Jouve Tiger Eating, c. 1931 Original etching Unsigned proof On vellum 42 x 50 cm (c. 16 x 20 in) REFERENCES : Félix Marcilhac, "Paul Jouve, Peintre sculpteur animalier", Les É...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Art

Materials

Etching

"Home Grown Blooms" small pink peonies realist still life on offwhite background
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Two Small pink peonies grace the white background of this canvas. Lucas' studio is surrounded by nature and often paints what grows in her backyard, finding and magnifying beauty all...
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2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Erte original furniture art deco designs in ink, gold paint and watercolour
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Romain de Tirtoff, called ERTE (Russian/French, 1892-1990) Meuble a Courrier Ink, gold paint and watercolour Inscribed with details (upper left) and signed with studio stamp (lower right) 11.1/2 x 15.1/8 in. (29.3 x 38.5 cm.) Provenance: The personal collection of the artist Gifted to Serge Leeman and thence by descent Romain de Tirtoff, commonly known as Erté, is widely recognized as the most influential artist of the Art Deco movement. His distinguished career spanned over 80 years and crossed over into several mediums including fashion illustration, stage and costume design and bronze sculpture. Erté was born on November 23, 1892 in St. Petersburg, Russia. His father was a military man...
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20th Century Art Deco Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

A Still Life in Delft
Located in Wenham, MA
This is an original oil painting on by Ginny Williams. Celebrating the elements of still life often found in paintings of the Dutch golden age, this piece showcases blue and white po...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

At the Beach
Located in Raleigh, NC
RGRFineArts is pleased to offer this fine pencil drawing of young people enjoing the beach by Carl Pickhardt done in the 1930s. This picture illustrates the fine craftsmanship that P...
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1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Pencil

Graphite on Paper Architectural Study by artist Frances Poe
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful Art Deco drawing by Illinois woman artist and illustrator Frances Poe.
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Looking Back
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1949 In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve and excite viewers. Best kn...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

“Work Day”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper of a sailboat with a trailing dory heading out to sea. Attributed to the hand of Alexander Yaron. Signed lower right and dated 1980. Condition is excellent. Under glass. The artwork is matted and housed in a rounded front edge solid oak wood frame. Overall framed measurements are 27 by 34 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida gentleman. Alexander A. Yaron was born in Estonia in 1910, lived in China and the Philippines before moving to the United States in the 1950’s. He lived in New York as well as in Anaheim, California where he has a working studio. An autodidact and a versatile commercial artist, Alexander Yaron applied his talent in portraiture, photography, interior design, advertising, layout and illustration. His best known projects were illustrated art...
Category

1980s American Realist Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Erte " Amazon "
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Erte, Russian (1892 - 1989) Bronze Sculpture "Amazon" Circa 1985, Edition #118 of 375 ...
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1980s Art Deco Art

Materials

Bronze

1932 original advertising poster for Biscotti di gran Lusso - Lazzaroni
Located in PARIS, FR
Crafted in 1932, the advertising poster for "Biscotti di gran Lusso - Lazzaroni" epitomizes the golden age of Italian graphic design and culinary excellence. Created to promote the l...
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1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Original "Khartoum" Style B, U.S. 1-sheet vintage movie poster, linen-backed
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Khartoum vintage U. S. 1-sheet Style B, movie poster. Archival lien-backed in very fine condition, ready to frame. Original issued movie fold marks restored. - where the Nile dives, the great adventure begins! Khartoum is a 1966 film written by Robert Ardrey and directed by Basil Dearden. It stars Charlton Heston as General Gordon and Laurence Olivier as the Mahdi (Muhammad Ahmed). It is based on Gordon's defense of the Sudanese city of Khartoum from the forces of the Mahdist army during the Siege of Khartoum. The movie depicts the historical events surrounding the Siege of Khartoum in 1884-1885 during the Mahdist War. CAST: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Richard Johnson, Alexander Knox, Hugh Williams, Nigel Green, Michael Hordern, Johnny Sekka; DIRECTED BY: Basil Dearden; PRODUCER: Julian Blaustein. Movie posters from the 1960s often feature distinctive artwork and design styles that reflect the aesthetics of that era. If you appreciate vintage graphic design...
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1960s American Realist Art

Materials

Offset

Original George Petty Pinup 'woman sitting with sunhat and phone
Located in Spokane, WA
Original George Petty pinup, woman sitting with big sunhat and telephone. Archivally linen backed vintage pinup in very fine condition, ready to frame. (Note: this lithograph is NOT removed from a pinup calendar!) Introducing the original George Petty pinup, a captivating piece of art that showcases the iconic style and exquisite talent of George Petty himself. This artwork features a stunning woman adorned with a large red outlined sun hat, donning a classic one-piece bathing suit and high heels. The addition of a telephone in her right hand adds an intriguing element, making this pinup a unique and visually striking piece. The attention to detail and expert craftsmanship are evident in every brushstroke, bringing the woman to life and capturing the essence of Petty's artistic mastery. As an original George Petty pinup, this artwork holds historical and artistic value, making it a collectible and valuable addition to any art enthusiast's repertoire. About Petty: George Petty was an American pin-up artist from the 1920s to the 1970s. His pin-up art appeared primarily in Esquire and True magazine, but was also in calendars marketed by Esquire, True and Ridgid Tool Company. Petty's Esquire gatefolds originated and popularized the magazine device of centerfold spreads. Reproductions of his work were widely rendered by military artists as nose art decorating warplanes during the Second World War, including the Memphis Belle...
Category

1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Distant Hills
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1949 In his more than three decades as an artist, Nicholas Berger (b. 1949) has created an outstanding body of work that continues to evolve and excite viewers. Best kn...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Construction
Located in Raleigh, NC
RGRFinearts is pleased to offer this WPA Era drawing by Carl Pickhardt of construction workers. It is matted and drawn on slightly pinkish paper. A wonderful addition to a WPA or lab...
Category

1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Pencil

Desert Trip 3
Located in San Luis Obispo, CA
Scott Yeskel was raised in the suburbs of Orange County, California after his parents moved from New Jersey when he was a child. The mild weather and suburban sprawl fueled Scott’s i...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Original Erte Art Deco table watercolour and ink designs, 20th Century
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Romain de Tirtoff called ERTE (Russian/French, 1892-1990) Les emotions: La Tristesse et l’Indifference Ink and watercolour Inscribed with details and signed with studio stamp (lower...
Category

20th Century Art Deco Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Oriental Woman, Charcoal Painting by Georges Manzana Pissarro
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED Oriental Woman by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961) Charcoal on paper 48 x 32 cm (18 ⅞ x 12 ⅝ inches) This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity fr...
Category

1910s Art Deco Art

Materials

Charcoal

Misty Evening Marsh
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1952 Frank Corso was born in Syracuse New York. Taking a keen interest in art at a very early age, he was inspired to draw and paint the landscape of the Finger Lakes r...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vintage Art Deco Signed Limited Edition Print Black and White Portrait
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique signed and numbered limited edition Erte print.
Category

1950s Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph

Epagneul Allemand - German Spaniel, French hound, dog chromolithograph, 1930s
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Signed by artist in the plate. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illustrations of sporti...
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph

Along the Surf
Located in Greenwich, CT
Frank Corso Biography American, b. 1952 Frank Corso was born in Syracuse, New York. Taking a keen interest in art at a very early age, he was inspired to draw and paint the landscap...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Grand Canyon of Arizona from Hermit Rim Road
Located in Raleigh, NC
The original painting by Thomas Moran was sold to the Santa Fe railroad company which copyrighted the image and made prints to hang in railway stations to promote tourism and therefo...
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1910s American Realist Art

Materials

C Print, Lithograph

ROBJ, Large Oil on canvas, Wall Panel, Couple near the Pound, 1930
By ROBJ
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas signed ROBJ, France, 1930s. Couple near the Pound. with frame - 134.6x107x7 cm - 53"x42"x2.75" ; without frame - 116x89 cm - 45.7x35 inches. 50F format. Signed "Robj" l...
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1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Otterhound Ou Chien Pour Loutres, French hound, dog chromolithograph, 1930s
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Signed by artist in the plate. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illustrations of sporti...
Category

1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Lithograph

The WHO original 1970 TOMMY concept drawing
Located in Southampton, NY
This is the original rare concept drawing created 54 years ago in 1970 by the legendary artist David Edward Byrd. It was presented to Bill Graham and the Rock group "The Who" showing...
Category

1970s Art Deco Art

Materials

Pencil, Vellum

Photographer
Located in Raleigh, NC
RGRFineArts is pleased to offer this WPA Era lithograph by Carl Pickhardt. Sight dimensions are 18 x 11.5 in and the image measures 11.5 x 9 in. Signed and titled in pencil.
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1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Dune in the Morning Light
Located in Greenwich, CT
Marla Korr Biography American, b. 1950 Marla Korr attended Brooklyn College, earning both a B.A. and a M.F.A. There she studied with Philip Pearlstein, Lennart Anderson and Jimmy E...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Dans La Loge
By Dimitri Bouchene
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper, signed (lower left), 63cm x 49cm (framed 75cm x 60cm). Bouchéne was a Russian artist and costume and set designer for theatre, opera and ballet. Primarily working ...
Category

1920s Art Deco Art

Materials

Paper, Pastel

"River Landscape" Fall Texas Hill Country Landscape
Located in Austin, TX
A Texas landscape with on a rocky riverbank during the fall. Orange leaves speckle the hillside amongst the evergreen juniper trees. Porfirio Salinas 20" x 24" Oil on Canvas Frame s...
Category

20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bronx Post Office Mural Study WPA Horse Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
Bronx Post Office Mural Study WPA Horse Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Couriers of History Bronx Post Office Mural Study Horse in the Sun (with two ad...
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1930s American Realist Art

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Ink, Gouache, Board

Sharpie
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery NYC and LA. The works in the series “From the Street” are carefully crafted, carved and painted, trompe l’oeil depictions of everyday common obj...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Wood, Oil

Sun Bathers
Located in Raleigh, NC
RGRFINEARTS is pleased to offer this fine lithograph of a couple on the beach appropriately titled Sun Bathers" from and editoon of 30 prints. Signed and numbered below the image.
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1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Jennie
Located in New York, NY
Sheldon Fink (American, 1925-2002), "Jennie" Artist Proof, Lithograph signed on Paper, 14 x 17, Late 20th Century, 1960s Depicts female "Jennie" sleeping ...
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1960s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Social Realist Lithograph Moses Soyer WPA Artist Hudled Refugees
Located in Surfside, FL
Moses Soyer (December 25, 1899 – September 3, 1974) was an American social realist painter. Soyer was born in Borisoglebsk, Russian Empire, in 1899. His father was a Hebrew scholar, writer and teacher. His family emigrated to the United States in 1912. Two of Soyer's brothers, Raphael (his identical twin) and Isaac were also painters. Soyer's wife, Ida, was a dancer, and dancers are a recurring subject in his paintings. Soyer studied art in New York, first at Cooper Union and later at the Ferrer Art School, where he studied under the Ashcan painters Robert Henri and George Bellows. He had his first solo exhibition in 1926 and began teaching art the following year at the Contemporary Art School and The New School. He died in the Chelsea Hotel in New York while painting dancer and choreographer Phoebe Neville. He was included in the show “American Modernism – Paintings from the Dr. and Mrs. Mark S. Kauffman Collection,” along with 30 leading masters of American modernism, which captured the essence of a revolutionary era...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Steel Town Panarama
Located in Raleigh, NC
Super rare screenprint done by Harry Gottlieb for the WPA with the NEW YORK WPA ART PROJECT stamp lower left. Signed in the image in pencil "Harry Gottlieb". Gottlieb's screenprint...
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1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Screen

Down for the Count
Located in Raleigh, NC
RGRFINEARTS is pleased to offer this rare boxing themed screen print bt Carl Pickhardt. On green paper. Signed and numbered at lower right within the image as as customary with scree...
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1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Screen

The Young Artist
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"The Young Artist" is an oil on panel painting made in 1926 by Grant Wood. The work is signed lower right, "Grant Wood". The painting size is 11 x 14 x 1 inches. The framed size is 2...
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Early 20th Century American Realist Art

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Oil, Panel

Pin Up Girl with Red Hat, untitled, original pinup vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Pin-Up Girl with Red Hat vintage pin-up poster. Artist: Billy Devorss. Size: 15.25" x 20". Archival linen backed in mint condition; ready to frame. This striking ...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Nude Oil On Panel "The Pose" By Jacques Van Rooten 20th
Located in Gavere, BE
Jacques van Rooten, is an artist born in Belgium. He was a painter of landscapes and portraits in a realistic style. Regularly exhibited in Belgium. He also made beautiful paintings ...
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1950s Art Deco Art

Materials

Gold Leaf

Original Vintage Cruise Travel Poster French Line Plymouth New York Art Deco
Located in London, GB
Original vintage cruise travel poster advertising Plymouth New York issued by Compagnie Generale Transatlantique French Line CGT. Elegant Art Deco design featuring an ocean liner shi...
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1930s Art Deco Art

Materials

Paper

Waterfront
Located in Raleigh, NC
Excellent condition and matted with archival materials. An excellent addition to any New York or WPA collection.
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1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Color Study of a Child
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
Category

20th Century American Realist Art

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Graphite, Pastel

"Song of Portofino" Colorful Harbor Scene on The Italian Riviera Serigraph
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Song of Portofino" features a colorful harbor scene with rich blues and golds leading to the sparkling Mediterranean sea, and is a quintessential example of Tom Swimm's enhanced rea...
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2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Screen

Seated Nude in Profile
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
Category

20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Graphite, Charcoal

Seated Nude
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
Category

20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Graphite, Charcoal

Environmental Prognostication Coil Narrative "Homo Sapiens R.I.P."
Located in Miami, FL
"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot," Joni Mitchell said. - - Created in 1969, at the dawn of the American environmental movement, artist Richard Erdoes draws a sequential narrative in the form of a coil. From inception to destruction, it illustrates a list of things that humans are doing to destroy the world we live in. The work was commissioned for school-age humans and executed in a whimsically comic way. Yet the underlying narrative is sophisticated and foreshadows a world that could be on the brink of ecological disaster. Graphically and conceptually, this work exhibits an endless amount of creativity and Erdoes cartoony style is one to fall in love with. Signed lower right. Unframed 12.4 inches Width: 12.85 inches Height is the live area. Board is 16x22 inches. Richard Erdoes (Hungarian Erdős, German Erdös; July 7, 1912 – July 16, 2008) was an American artist, photographer, illustrator and author. Early life Erdoes was born in Frankfurt,to Maria Josefa Schrom on July 7, 1912. His father, Richárd Erdős Sr., was a Jewish Hungarian opera singer who had died a few weeks earlier in Budapest on June 9, 1912.After his birth, his mother lived with her sister, the Viennese actress Leopoldine ("Poldi") Sangora,He described himself as "equal parts Austrian, Hungarian and German, as well as equal parts Catholic, Protestant and Jew..."[4] Career He was a student at the Berlin Academy of Art in 1933, when Adolf Hitler came to power. He was involved in a small underground paper where he published anti-Hitler political cartoons which attracted the attention of the Nazi regime. He fled Germany with a price on his head. Back in Vienna, he continued his training at the Kunstgewerbeschule, now the University of Applied Arts, Vienna.[5] He also wrote and illustrated children's books and worked as a caricaturist for Tag and Stunde, anti-Nazi newspapers. After the Anschluss of Austria in 1938 he fled again, first to Paris, where he studied at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, and then London, England before journeying to the United States. He married his first wife, fellow artist Elsie Schulhof (d. xxxx) in London, shortly before their arrival in New York City. In New York City, Erdoes enjoyed a long career as a commercial artist, and was known for his highly detailed, whimsical drawings. He created illustrations for such magazines as Stage, Fortune, Pageant, Gourmet, Harper's Bazaar, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, Time, National Geographic and Life Magazine, where he met his second wife, Jean Sternbergh (d. 1995) who was an art director there. The couple married in 1951 and had three children.[6] Erdoes also illustrated many children's books. An assignment for Life in 1967 took Erdoes to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for the first time, and marked the beginning of the work for which he would be best known. Erdoes was fascinated by Native American culture, outraged at the conditions on the reservation and deeply moved by the Civil Rights Movement that was raging at the time. He wrote histories, collections of Native American stories...
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1960s American Realist Art

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Illustration Board

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