Maurice Freed

Humorous Illustration of a Stock Trader by Maurice Freed

c. 1940

Maurice Freed (American, 1911 1981) Home Movies (I), c. 1940 Gouache on board, 13 1/2 x 12 inches FRAMED: 20 x 19 inches (approx.) Signed at lower right: “MAURICE FREED” Maurice F...

Unknown Artist (probably French, probably late 18th-early 19th century) Peasants in a Landscape Ink, watercolor, and gouache on vellum, 12 5/8 x 19 3/8 inches FRAMED: 21 x 27 inches...

This Harry Beckhoff illustration is masterfully rendered and intricately designed in line and wash. It's as abstract as it's representational with its graphic style, clean lines, and flat patterning. Every element in the composition works in harmony without a line out of place. The flat and abstract nature of the work rivals that of the great modernist painters of the 1930s. Perhaps this was done for a major newsstand magazine like Collier's. Although he studied with Dean Cornwell and Harvey Dunn, he didn't pursue the style of painterly brushstrokes and impastos. Instead, he defined his forms with flat shapes, whose internal forms are defined by thin lines. The emphasis is more on silhouette and line than it is on texture and lighting. Beckhoff also described his work as having been influenced by illustrators like Pierre Brissaud...

Nel Giardino is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera and w...