Art by Medium: Board

In this oil painting, I explored a junction of surrealism and futurism, where the ordinary meets the fantastically impossible. I have manifest towns with vibrant, whimsical architect...

An oil painting by Emmanuel Mane-Katz circa 1950. An expressionist style portrait of a man with a forlorn expression in dark gray and red tones. Art...

Lighthearted Illustration of Outdoor Pursuits This one of a fisherman signed "W. Steig" Provenance: from Mrs. Joseph B. Ryan, Commissioned by Joe Ryan for the bar at his ski resort, Mount Tremblant Lodge, in 1938. Mont Tremblant, P.Q., Canada Watercolor and ink on illustration board, sights sizes 8 1/2 x 16 1/2 in., framed. In 1938 Joe Ryan, described as a millionaire from Philadelphia, bushwhacked his way to the summit of Mont Tremblant and was inspired to create a world class ski resort at the site. In 1939 he opened the Mont Tremblant Lodge, which remains part of the Pedestrian Village today. This original illustration is on Whatman Illustration board. the board measures 14 X 22 inches. label from McClees Galleries, Philadelphia, on the frame backing paper. William Steig, 1907 – 2003 was an American cartoonist, sculptor, and, in his later life, an illustrator and writer of children's books. Best known for the picture books Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel's Island, and Doctor De Soto, he was also the creator of Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name. He was the U.S. nominee for both of the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Awards, as a children's book illustrator in 1982 and a writer in 1988. Steig was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1907, and grew up in the Bronx. His parents were Polish-Jewish immigrants from Austria, both socialists. His father, Joseph Steig, was a house painter, and his mother, Laura Ebel Steig, was a seamstress who encouraged his artistic leanings. As a child, he dabbled in painting and was an avid reader of literature. Among other works, he was said to have been especially fascinated by Pinocchio.He graduated from Townsend Harris High School at 15 but never completed college, though he attended three, spending two years at City College of New York, three years at the National Academy of Design and a mere five days at the Yale School of Fine Arts before dropping out of each. Hailed as the "King of Cartoons" Steig began drawing illustrations and cartoons for The New Yorker in 1930, producing more than 2,600 drawings and 117 covers for the magazine. Steig, later, when he was 61, began writing children's books. In 1968, he wrote his first children's book. He excelled here as well, and his third book, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1969), won the Caldecott Medal. He went on to write more than 30 children's books, including the Doctor DeSoto series, and he continued to write into his nineties. Among his other well-known works, the picture book Shrek! (1990) formed the basis for the DreamWorks Animation film Shrek (2001). After the release of Shrek 2 in 2004, Steig became the first sole-creator of an animated movie franchise that went on to generate over $1 billion from theatrical and ancillary markets after only one sequel. Along with Maurice Sendak, Saul Steinberg, Ludwig Bemelmans and Laurent de Brunhofff his is one of those rare cartoonist whose works form part of our collective cultural heritage. In 1984, Steig's film adaptation of Doctor DeSoto directed by Michael Sporn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. As one of the most admired cartoonists of all time, Steig spent seven decades drawing for the New Yorker magazine. He touched generations of readers with his tongue–in–cheek pen–and–ink drawings, which often expressed states of mind like shame, embarrassment or anger. Later in life, Steig turned to children's books, working as both a writer and illustrator. Steig's children's books were also wildly popular because of the crazy, complicated language he used—words like lunatic, palsied, sequestration, and cleave. Kids love the sound of those words even if they do not quite understand the meaning. Steig's descriptions were also clever. He once described a beached whale as "breaded with sand." Throughout the course of his career, Steig compiled his cartoons and drawings into books. Some of them were published first in the New Yorker. Others were deemed too dark to be printed there. Most of these collections centered on the cold, dark psychoanalytical truth about relationships. They featured husbands and wives fighting and parents snapping at their kids. His first adult book, Man About Town, was published in 1932, followed by About People, published in 1939, which focused on social outsiders. Sick of Each Other, published in 2000, included a drawing depicting a wife holding her husband at gunpoint, saying, "Say you adore me." According to the Los Angeles Times, fellow New Yorker artist...

John Christopherson was a painter of small dreamlike townscapes and abstract paintings that combine an almost naïve intensity with great sophistication. Born in Blackheath, London i...

Misty and verdant small-scale landscape by an unknown artist ("CMK"). The composition of the hillside in this landscape creates a diagonal across the canvas, bringing more visual int...

High Quality Print of New York Rain III Painting by leading British Urban Artist, Angela Wakefield. Part of her New York Series. Hand signed by the artist. Art measures 16 x 12 inc...

Artist: Marc Chagall, Russian (1887 - 1985) Title: Chagall Lithographe Volumes I, II, III, IV & Les Affiches de Marc Chagall by Cain, Julien, Fernand Mourlot, Charles Sorlier, Robert...

Serene landscape of the Putah Creek Bridge (now submerged, also known as Monticello Bridge) by Frank Willson Judd (American, 1864-1940). The Putah Creeks flows beneath an old Closed-spandrel red stone arch bridge 1896-1957 submerged intact beneath Lake Berryessa in 1957. When built this bridge was reputed to be the longest stone arch bridge in California and quite possibly the largest West of the Rockies. Signed and dated "Frank Willson Judd 1937" in the lower left corner. Presented in an antique, distressed frame...

An original mid century modern abstract expressionist painting by American artist Toma Yovanovich. Toma Yovanovich (1931-2016) Yovanovich was a painter/printmaker whose work i...

This deftly rendered mid-20th-century ink drawing on paper board was apparently done on assignment for a fashion brand that was most likely published in a newspaper or catalog. Signe...

Tropical Fantasy Floral - Still Life Flowers Painting by Marc Zimmerman Oil on board Marc Zimmerman creates playful paintings, whether deep mysterious jungle or delightfully whimsic...

This evocative abstract composition by François Arnal demonstrates the artist’s refined balance between structure and spontaneity during the height of postwar European abstraction. E...

Brightly colored yellow pop art painting of a wolf with clowns floating in the background. The wolf character is reminiscent of the classic Looney Toons ch...

Signed oil on board landscape circa 1950 by popular French impressionist painter Alexandre Louis Jacob. The piece depicts a view of a marsh water mill. The yellow glow of the low Nov...

* No US duty or taxes to pay on works of art * A beautiful 1960's oil on canvas depicting a landscape at Préchac in Gironde, by the important French expressionist painter Serge Labé...

Donald Roy Purdy (1925 - 2016 Ct.). Framed oil on board 'Belgian Village' Hand signed lower right, (signed twice) labeled verso. Genre: Modern Subject: Landscape Medium: Oil Surfa...

The painting may not illustrate your story, but it is universal—that desire to honor one’s forerunners and reflect on their daily lives. Consider the many opportunities, comforts and...

Forest Landscape John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Board, signed lower right Size: 22 in. x 30 in. (55.88 cm x 76.2 cm)

A mother helps her son put on a tie in preparation for a formal party. Original cover for The Saturday Evening Post, October 16, 1948. George Hughes used his neighbors, the Rockwells, as models. The young man is Thomas Rockwell, the son of famed Norman Rockwell, and the mother is modeled after Thomas' actual mother and Norman's then-wife, Mary Rockwell...

Acrylic and graphite on gessoboard

Floating Woman is a painting artwork, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1974. Tempera and white lead on cardboard. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good conditions with foxing on t...

The fourth mini painting in this series. Beautifully framed in a solid white wooden frame especially made for this mini series. A lakeside view, lush teals and blues, this is my favo...

Juris Dimiters is among the most intellectual and witty artists of his generation. The characters of his works – paintings and posters – mostly are anthropomorphized fruits and objec...

Robin Cole's (Us based) "Raspberry Greens" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a small patch of foliage and leaves with contending light and shadows dotting their form...

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

Diana Kurz Small Green Pale, circa 1960-61 Collage and mixed media on board 12 1/2 x 10 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's fa...

Signed (at lower right): KLINE EXHIBITED: Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, November 1–30, 1960, The November Show, as “Moonlight in Lower Manhattan” // Pratt Institute, Brooklyn...

Bierstadt undertook multiple expeditions to the American West, where firsthand encounters with its dramatic terrain profoundly shaped his vision and provided the inspiration for his ...

Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, December 2, 1950 The Post described, “One night Art Editor Stuart was having a party. His three boys came downstairs four times and were conducted back up by their mother. The next time they came down, Papa Stuart waxed excited, firmly conveyed them aloft himself, and they did not show up again. Stuart was warmly congratulated on his success as a father. When the party broke up, the youngest lad was found asleep on the stairs. Stuart claims that the older ones never did come down again, but this was probably because they merely went to sleep in their beds from natural causes. George Hugehes has painted some other people’s offspring, to get over the idea that children all over America are eager to improve their minds by listening to sophisticated conversation.” (The Saturday Evening Post, December 2, 1950, p. 3) Exhibited: Norman Rockwell Museum...

Dimensions with frame: 46 x 55,5 x 5 cm. Signed "J. Babel" in the lower right corner. A refined and atmospheric landscape depicting an elegant classical garden framed by luxuriant t...

Simon Karczmar, Polish (1903 - 1982) Born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1903, Simon Karczmar studied art in Paris, where he lived for twenty years. Although he left France for Israel in 196...

Vibrant Gouache and watercolor painting by Israeli master JOSSI STERN. on paper mounted to board. Dimensions: 29.5 X 33.5 23 X 27 Jossi (Yossi) Stern, (Hungarian Israeli 1923 - ...

A powerful Parisian cityscape by French master Lucien Adrion (1889–1948). Known for his vibrant Impressionistic crowd scenes, this particular work captures the sharper, more structur...

Little portrait by Arturo Noci realized in 1909 probably in US. Oil on board. Bronze frame Signed and dated by the artist at bottom right. Very good conditions.

A beautiful watercolor painting of a brown Carmel house with a white picket fence in front by Lillie Esther (Hillman) Heebner, a Watsonville, Monterey Bay area, California watercolor artist. Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of her work. Lillie (Lil) E. Heebner was guided through life by her creativity. Even at 92, she never felt old, and often said so. She met every situation in life—including death—with ingenuity. Although born in Richmond, Lillie lived in Watsonville all her life. Her father, Frederick H. Hillman, grew up on a strawberry ranch in Pajaro, graduated from Watsonville High School in 1916, and served in France during World War I. He later worked for Martinelli's Apple Cider plant and became foreman. Lillie's mother, Esther C. Hobson, moved as an infant from Bakersfield to Santa Cruz with her family in 1901, when they founded Hobson's Bath House at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk...

Oil on academy board by the Russian/American artist Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed and dated lower left, 1945. Condition: Excellent. Presently not framed. Biography : Russian-America...

WHISPERS Mixed Media on Board Size: 30 x 37 cm (including frame) A wonderfully expressive and brilliantly executed figurative composition in mixed media (oil, watercolour gouache), painted onto board. Two women in black headscarves are the focus of the scene, with very captivating expressions. The woman on the right appears to look almost shocked, with her mouth ajar and her eyes widened. The woman on the left stares directly at us, her emotion less identifiable. The scene is intriguing, making us question what these women have heard or what has happened. Their faces have been painted with brilliant detail, capturing the shadows on their faces as well as the aged skin of the woman on the right. These two women are set against a blue-ish green backdrop, making their faces stand out even more from within their black head scarves...

William (Sunny) Weintraub, Israeli (Born 1926) Oil on masonite William Weintraub (He was also known as Shlomo Weintraub and nicknamed Sonny Weintraub) Genre: Impressionist Subject: ...

Signed lower right, 'Barnes' for David P. Barnes (American, born 1930) and painted circa 1965. A vibrant, modernist still-life showing a profusion of white Ca...

Portrait of Giorgio Morandi is an original oil on board realized by the painter Mino Maccari, depicting his friend the painter Giorgio Morandi.

Stroud Valley is an Original Painting by Eleanor Woolley. Stroud valley is a bright colourful depiction of one of the artist's favourite places. It shows the end of the Cotswold esca...

This striking and dynamic painting, attributed to the 20th-century Spanish School, captures the raw intensity and drama of a traditional Spanish bullfighting scene, focusing on the r...

Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003) "Beat the Band" 22 x 26 1/2 inches ink on board published in The New York Times, October 11, 1942 The unframed work comes directly from the Al Hirschfeld F...

Charcoal on cream laid paper mounted on board. 940x590 mm; 37x23 1/4 inches. Signed in charcoal, lower right recto. Unframed, The Paper has a slight ripple in the chest area. Four s...

This luminous oil painting by William R. Davis captures a fleeting moment of peace and stillness at the close of day. Titled Becalmed, the composition is masterfully restrained. A sa...

An introspective, 1950s Mid-Century Modern pastel drawing of a young boy by notable Chicago artist Francis Chapin. Pastel on artist board. Image size: 16 x 15 inches. (Artwork is...

Laimdots Murnieks (1922-2011) Painter Laimdots Murnieks studied at Cesis and Jelgava teachers’ institutes (1938 – 44). He graduated from the Painting Department of the Latvian Art...

Original multicolored hand-cut paper and ink on illustration board layered paper sculpture by Charles Clary measuring 9"h x 11"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame. Char...

Antique American still life oil painting of hanging fruit and grapes. Oil on board. Framed

Original hand-cut, layered paper and ink on illustration board by Charles Clary measuring 11"h x 16"w. This piece ships in the pictured black frame. Charles Clary was born in 1980 ...

A striking 20th‑century Russian Art Deco–Cubist gouache on cardboard, this work exemplifies the vibrant visual language developed by the Russian Cubist School of Paris, where émigré ...

American Impressionist

A Sleeping Nude, dated 1968 by EDMUND FAIRFAX-LUCY (1945-2020) 20th Century interior portrait of a sleeping nude in an artists studio, oil on board by Edmund Fairfax-Lucy. A leadi...

Black_VIII, 2016 pencil, black pastel on black cardboard 27.55 H x 19.68 W in. 70 H x 50 W cm Alina Aldea's drawings project all the possible forms which appear to rapidly disappear...

J.G. Tyler late 19th century Seascape with ship and boats. Oil on canvas board. 8 x 12 unframed, 14.75 x 18.5 framed.

Pauline Palmer Ladies' Sketch Club Signed lower left Oil on board 20 x 24 inches Pauline Palmer (1867 - 1938) was one of Chicago's early twentieth-century portrait and landscape pa...

G_15, 2019 White ink on black cardboard 39,37 H x 27.55 W in. 100 H x 70 W cm Alina Aldea's drawing projects all the possible forms which appear to rapidly disappear, without having...

Floral Still Life (44) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Board, not signed Size: 16 in. x 12 in. (40.64 cm x 30.48 cm)

Secret Garden 2, 2019 White ink on black cardboard (signed) 39 3/8 H x 27 9/6 W in. 100 H x 70 W cm The drawings signed by Alina Aldea show the meticulousness and perfection of micr...

Blago (Blagojce Stojanovski) is a leading contemporary artist of the USA and the world, one of few elite artists of past and present whose ability and talent are of a level at which ...