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Style: American Realist
Carmel by the Sea - Beach, California Coastline 1927 Oil on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Carmel by the Sea - Beach, California Coastline 1927 Oil on Linen Seascape oil painting of the Carmel coastline by Charles Henry Harmon (American, 1859-1936). Vibrant blue Pacific w...
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1920s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Linen

Joe D'Allesandro
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Kenn Duncan (1928-1986). Portrait of Joe D'Allesandro, ca. 1973. Photographic period print measuring 11 x 14 inches. Measures 12 x 15 inches framed. Studio...
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1970s American Realist Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

"The Child Star" Mid Century Portrait of a Boy with Brown Eyes Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Child Star" Mid Century Portrait of a Boy with Brown Eyes Oil on Canvas Stately portrait of a boy by William Robert Shulgold (Russian-American, 1897-1989). The subject is looki...
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1950s American Realist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

The Scalp, American Realist Bronze Sculpture after Frederic Remington
By Frederic Remington
Located in Long Island City, NY
A fine later casting of the famous Frederic Remington sculpture "The Scalp", cast in the 1970's or 1980's. Description: After Frederic Remington, American (1861 - 1909) - The Scalp...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Art

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Bronze

"End of Day" Original Limited Edition Etching
Located in Soquel, CA
"End of Day" Original Limited Edition Etching by John McGrath (Irish/American b.1884 d.1942). This etching depicts a man with a tool slung over his shoulder walking along a path th...
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Early 20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Drypoint, Etching

Red Grapes Study
Located in Wenham, MA
Dale Zinkowski is a master of still life. His work, reminiscent of Golden Age Dutch still life painting, glows with light and subtle, quiet beauty. This original oil painting shows a...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Blackfeet Indians, Great Northern Railway 14 prints
Located in Spokane, WA
A group of 14 Blackfeet Indians prints created by the artist Winold Reiss. The Great Northern Railway printed and released these prints in c. 1940. This is for the entire group...
Category

1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

A Sunny Day in New York
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on panel. It features cheerful yellow flowers and a graphic black and white background--one in a series of pieces where the artist has used the...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Waves of Clouds, Deep Blue Cyanotype Print, Pleasant Cloudy Sky, Large Triptych
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of cyanotype triptychs showcases the beauty of nature scenes, including stunning beaches and oceans, as well as the intricate textures of water, forests, and skies. These triptychs are large pieces that feature lush blues, making them an impressive addition to any beautifully designed space. Each triptych is printed by hand and carefully crafted to capture the unique essence of these natural environments, with a focus on the interplay of light and shadows, and the subtle nuances of tone and texture. The beach and ocean scenes depict the dynamic beauty of waves crashing against the shore, with the cyanotype process lending a dreamy, ethereal quality to the images. Similarly, the forest and wood scenes...
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2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Rag Paper

Forest Landscape - an Antique Oil Painting by 19th Century American Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Forest Landscape - an Antique Oil Painting by 19th Century American Artist, Clara Davis Inness (1874-1932) Art measures 36 x 24 inches F...
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1920s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Original Oil Plein Air Landscape of Western Nevada
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Antique Western Nevada Desert Oil Landscape by Phoebe K. Higgins A mid-century desert oil landscape of Western Nevada by Phoebe K. Higgins (American, 1895 - c 1960), circa ...
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1950s American Realist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil, Board

'Negro' — California WPA Social Realism – Slavery
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Nicholas Panesis, 'Negro', 1934, color lithograph, edition 18. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 8/28 in pencil. Initialed in the stone, lower right. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on buff wove paper, with margins (1 1/8 to 2 3/8 inches). Minor glue staining at the extreme sheet edges verso, where previously taped (not visible recto), otherwise in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 10 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches; (270 x 216 mm); sheet size 14 13/16 x 10 15/16 inches (376 x 278 mm). Created for the California Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project (WPA). Scarce. Impressions of this work are held in the public collections of La Salle University Art Museum (Philadelphia), U.S. General Services Administration, and Weisman Art Museum (University of Minnesota). ABOUT THE ARTIST Born in Massachusetts, Nicholas Panesis (1913-1967) studied art at Syracuse University, NY, and went on to teach ceramics at Alfred University, NY. Panesis moved to San Francisco in the early 1930s shortly before settling in Los Angeles, where he worked for different animation studios...
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1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Inga Lindgren And Poodles, New York, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Swedish model Inga Lindgren, wife of Argentinian finance minister Ceferino Alonso Irigoyen,...
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1950s American Realist Art

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Bucking Bronco - Black and White Monochrome Large Photographic Print
Located in Brighton, GB
'Bucking Bronco' is a black and white photographic print by Michael Ormerod. Featured in the 2024 posthumous solo exhibition, 'Michael Ormerod: Vanishing Point'. Michael Ormerod w...
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20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Black and White, Photographic Paper

Vitrum Umbrae 03, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A realistic painting of an assortment of glassware set atop a wooden desk by artist Christopher Garvey. A fitting muted back...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Pomegranate, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A minimalist realistic still life of an open pomegranate by artist Christopher Garvey. The tart fruit is cut in three portions with its seeds scattered around...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

'Plowing It Under' — WPA Era American Regionalism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Thomas Hart Benton, 'Goin' Home', lithograph, 1937, edition 250, Fath 14. Signed in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower right. A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white, wove pape...
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1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

LIGHT AND SHADE TAXCO - J. T. Arms Mexican Masterpiece with Striking Detail
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JOHN TAYLOR ARMS (1887 – 1953) LIGHT AND SHADE TAXCO, 1946 (F. 394: (#2 from the Mexican series.) Etching and aquatint signed and dated in pencil. Image 10 ½ x 13 5/8, sheet 14 1/...
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1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Etching

Antique Lure
Located in Wenham, MA
An original oil painting on linen panel of an antique fishing lure, framed in a hand-made frame by one of New York's finest frame makers. Master...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

In Gratitude, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Jo Galang says this piece was inspired by a lovely bouquet she received from her son and his girlfriend on Mother's Day. "It was so beautiful, and the ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

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 original poster displays a graceful model wearing a vibrant red sun hat against a light blue background. This is truly a lovely piece! Billy DeVorss (1908 – 1985) was a self-taught illustration artist who started his commercial career in 1933. He was well known throughout his career for the voluptuous figures and attractive faces of his images. This poster is one of those great pin-up style images created by DeVorss. Alone among the pin-up artists in being entirely self-taught, Billy De Vorss sold his first three published pin-ups to the Louis F. Dow Calendar Company in St. Paul in about 1933. Until that time, he had been working as a teller in a bank in St. Joseph, Missouri. There, he met the stunning woman Glenna, who became his wife and first official model. Encouraged to develop his talent by Gene Sayles, the manager of Brown and Bigelow...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Perfection, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"Perfection is what comes to mind when looking at the work of the Almighty," says artist Jo Galang. "I found these captivating, perfect beauties at the grocer...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Wyeth, New Leaves, The Four Seasons (after)
By Andrew Wyeth
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Published and printed by Art in America, New York in an edition of CDVII/D. From the folio, The Four Se...
Category

1960s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Blue Tones Triptych, Serene Gorgeous Clouds, Handmade Cyanotype Watercolor Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of cyanotype triptychs showcases the beauty of nature scenes, including stunning beaches and oceans, as well as the intricate textures of w...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, C Print, Co...

Life is Just a Basket of...
Located in Wenham, MA
Dale Zinkowski is a master of still life. His work, reminiscent of Golden Age Dutch still life painting, glows with light and subtle, quiet beauty. This original oil painting shows ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Summer Ballet
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on panel. It was painted on location at an early 20th century garden at a historic estate. Featuring the white-flowered plumes of cimicifuga ra...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Original "For Your Boy, YMCA, vintage WW1 1918 poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original. YMCA for Your Boy. Acid-free original vintage poster in excellent condition with archival linen backing, ready to frame. Certificate o...
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1910s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Here with Bhakti
Located in Dallas, TX
Eleanor Jones Harvey, Chief Curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, writes about Bob Stuth-Wade: “Over the course of his career, Bob Stuth-Wade has examined his responses to life through landscape, still life, portraiture, and abstraction. Restlessly creative, he has explored these varied genres with equal concentration…..” Bob Stuth-Wade’s method of painting is uniquely his own, having taught himself technique; his only formal training was as a teenager with Dallas artist Perry Nichols...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Spring Serenity, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
After arranging the composition for this floral still life, artist Nicole Lamothe was immediately attracted to the soft warm lig...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Save Freedom of Worship original 1943 Four Freedoms vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: Save Freedom of Worship (S) Artist: Normal Rockwell. Archival linen backed. Original fold marks touched up at the time of b...
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1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Offset

Destination Unknown 1979 Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Ernie Barnes Title: Destination Unknown Year: 1979 Print - Lithograph Size: 25" x 19 ½" inches Edition: Pencil signed and numbered 24/300 Unframed ‘Destination Unknow...
Category

1970s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Antique Still Life with Fruit and Melon
Located in Soquel, CA
Antique Still Life with Fruit and Melon Traditional European style still life with harvest fruits, figs, pears, grapes, and cantaloupe. The range of to...
Category

Early 20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Wyeth, Early October, The Four Seasons (after)
By Andrew Wyeth
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Published and printed by Art in America, New York in an edition of CDVII/D. From the folio, The Four Se...
Category

1960s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Original James Dean Rebel Without a Cause vintage Swiss movie poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original James Dean, Rebel without a Cause vintage Swiss movie poster. Linen backed ready to frame. Grade A excellent condition. Size: 50" tall by 36" wide. Own a piece of mo...
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Offset

The Wide Open Spaces
Located in San Francisco, CA
If you’ve been dreaming of owning a piece of Wyoming or Montana, this wide-horizons painting deserves a spot over your stone fireplace. Photographic in its crisp detail, the artist c...
Category

1970s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Counselor at Crime' original 1973 movie poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Shock and awe! Original Counselor at Crime vintage movie poster. 'Good with the Law, Better with a Gun! Paper, original theater fold. Very good condition without any paper loss or tears. 1973 When the godson of San Francisco's crime lord asks permission to leave "the business," Don Antonio (Martin Balsam) agrees, but reluctantly. Such behavior by either one is a violation of the code, and a bloody mob war breaks out. It is only through the strong support of his family connections in Sicily that Don Antonio is able to survive the melee and come out on top. Aghast at the situation he has caused, the godson (Tomas Milian) becomes his leader's "consigliere," or Counselor at Crime. This Italian movie was filmed in English in San Francisco, California, and Palermo, Sicily. This is a man-cave vintage poster, one that you very seldom see or have the chance to purchase. Printed in black and white with red to grab your attention. Italian movie in English. The poster was originally folded, like all early movie posters, so that it could be sent to the movie theater. Original fold marks. Some small scuff marks at the fold marks. No tears. The original fold marks are not classified as flaws in old movie posters...
Category

1970s American Realist Art

Materials

Offset

Strike Breakers — social realism, Great Depression
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Daniel Ralph Celentano, Untitled (Strike Breakers) pencil, c. 1934. Signed, lower right. A fine, social-realist drawing, on cream wove paper, with margins (1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches), in...
Category

1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Pencil

Cigar Store Indian, Early 20th Century, Carved Wood With Polychrome Decoration
Located in Cotignac, FR
A 20th Century wood carved male figure, a 'Cigar Store Indian' with original polychrome decoration. A now controversial subject, but none the less charming rendition, of a native North American man originally probably used as an advertising figure. Wonderful quality of carving capturing the stance of the man looking out to the distance, hair flowing to his back and plait to the side, all the details of his costume, his native dress and hairpipe breastplate (suggesting he is possibly a Comanche) and chest ornament, apron, trousers, mocassins, shield and arrows. The original Polychrome decoration has weathered beautifully as has the wood itself to present a sculpture that would adorn any collection or interior. Because of the general illiteracy of the populace, early store owners used descriptive emblems or figures to advertise their shops' wares. American Indians and tobacco had always been associated because American Indians introduced tobacco to Europeans. As early as the 17th century, European tobacconists used figures of American Indians to advertise their shops. Because European carvers had never seen a Native American, these early cigar-store "Indians" looked more like Africans with feathered headdresses and other fanciful, exotic features. These carvings were called "Black Boys" or "Virginians" in the trade. Eventually, the European cigar-store figure...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Wood, Paint

Terminus no. 2
Located in Burlingame, CA
Breathtaking impressionistic ocean scene with large cumulus cloud rising where the mountains meet the ocean. Tranquil blue water with filtered early evening light captured on the canvas where time stands still. Ready to hang unframed with its edge painted in a reddish brown patina for which the artist is known. Artist signed, titled and dated. Condition is excellent / as new. Brooks Anderson...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Vitrum Umbrae 02, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Christopher Garvey presents a group of varying glassware in different colors, sizes, and shapes. Set against a tonal background, the focus is drawn to ...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Mid Century Seascape and Figural Original oil painting on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Seascape and Figural Original oil painting on Linen 1956 Solitary figure on wharf by California artist Robert Watson, painted 1956 (1923 - 2004)The following, is from To...
Category

1950s American Realist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

'The Artist's Garden', Munich Academy, Art Institute of Chicago, PAFA, Corcoran
By Julius Moessel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'The Artist's Garden' by Julius Moessel, 1943. Munich Academy, Art Institute of Chicago, Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, Corcoran ----- Signed lower left 'Moessel' for Julius Moe...
Category

1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Blueberries
Located in Wenham, MA
Dale Zinkowski is a master of still life. His work, reminiscent of Golden Age Dutch still life painting, glows with light and subtle, quiet beauty. This original oil painting shows ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Ann Nooney, (Loading the Lumber Barge, NYC)
Located in New York, NY
The dimensions are for the image. There are large margins. Signed in pencil. A native New Yorker, Ann Nooney (1900-1970), recorded the urban scene while on the Works Progress Admini...
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1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Maine Sunrise" Glowing Morning Light
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Misty Sunrise" with soft pastels and glowing water reflections in a peaceful harbor is a quintessential example of Tom Swimm's enhanced realism. This colorful oil exhibits all of t...
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2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

French Impressionist Interior Scene with Desk, Doll, & Sunflowers
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming and brightly colored French Impressionist watercolor, depicting an interior scene in great detail with an antique desk full of books, a bouquet of sunflowers, and a doll by ...
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Gouache

John Taylor Arms, Study in Stone, Cathedral of Ourense
Located in New York, NY
John Taylor Arms was known for making such finely drawn etchings that commercial tools were not good enough: He regularly used sewing needles with corks ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Etching

Sunlight Through the Picket Fence
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on panel. A garden is shown with the subtle shadow cast by a picket fence on the path between the flowers. In a wide, linen-lined frame, the ov...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Late 19th century Bunny Rabbits
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming 19th century oil on canvas of bunny rabbits. The painting appears to be unsigned. It measures 15 inches wide by 10 inches high. The period frame...
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19th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

'Westminster Abbey' — Royal Church, London
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Anton Schutz, 'Westminster Abbey', etching, edition not stated, 1927. Signed in pencil. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. A superb, richly-i...
Category

1920s American Realist Art

Materials

Etching

Hommage a Christian Dior original French vintage fashion poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage French poster: Christian Dior Homage. (Homage à Christian Dior) Artist: Rene Gruau. Mint condition Original. Size: 15.75" x 24" Very fine condition; read...
Category

1980s American Realist Art

Materials

Offset

INSTRUCTION
Located in Santa Monica, CA
THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975) INSTRUCTION 1940 (Fath 41) Lithograph, signed edition of 250 as published by Associated American Artists. 10 ¼” x 12 ¼”. Full margins, deckle edges....
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1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Original Eat Less . Share with those who fight vintage 1918 poster, linen backed
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Eat Less” 1918 vintage First World War poster. This is a less seldom seen poster variation. The other version has the wording, "This is What God Gives Us." The image i...
Category

1910s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

"Snowy City Scene" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Snowy City Scene" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern Syd J. Browne (1907-1991) "Snowy City Scene" 22 x 30 inches Oil on canvas. c. 1930s Signed lower lef...
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1930s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tribal Scribble Pots Diptych, Ancient Greek Base Inspiration Painting on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This modern still life diptych by Gio Bellagio is inspired by ancient Greek ceramic vessels. The pots are adorned with minimalist patterns reminiscent of Greek geometry, emphasising...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil, Paper

“The Newspaper Boy”
Located in San Francisco, CA
The classic hard luck, independent kid, maybe 8 or 10 years old here, selling the day’s papers out on the grubby streets of early 1900s New York City. He’s paused in a quiet spot, ap...
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Early 1900s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Spring Break
Located in Los Angeles, CA
High schoolers picnic on the beach at Bonita Springs, Florida, 1955. Slim Aarons Spring Break Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Nu...
Category

1950s American Realist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Emulsion, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

After Tea, Musee D'Orsay
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on panel. It is an impressionistic view of an interior with light filtering through windows outside of the picture place, lighting up slices of...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Beach Snack Shack Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
John Hanlen (1922-2003). Beach Snack Shack, ca. 1950. Tempera on paper, sheet measures 18 x 23 inches. Measurement with matting: 26 x 31 inches. The piece is unframed. There is ...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Tempera

Antique Juice Press
Located in Wenham, MA
Dale Zinkowski is a master of still life. His work, reminiscent of Golden Age Dutch still life painting, glows with light and subtle, quiet beauty. This original oil painting shows a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

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