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Period: 20th Century
Large Seascape Modern Mixed Media
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Untitled Large Seascape Mixed Media Ink and gouache wash on paper laid on board about 1970s, Artist signed lower right corner. Lim Ha Shan, was born in Seoul, Korea in 1945. The na...
Category

Modern 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Board

Wool Felt Applique Israeli Folk Art Signed Tapestry Kopel Gurwin Bezalel School
Located in Surfside, FL
This depicts a Crab, In Hebrew Mazel Sartan (the Zodiac symbol Cancer, June-July) all made by hand. woven and stitched. Kopel Gurwin (Hebrew: קופל גורבין‎) (1923–1990) was an Israeli tapestry wall hanging, painter and graphic artist. Kopel (Kopke') Gurwin (Gurwitz) was born and raised in Vilna, the capital of Lithuania. He spoke Yiddish at home, but simultaneously studied Hebrew at their school which was part of the Tarbut educational network. Kopel was active in the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement. In the 1930s, as a teenager, Kopel helped his parents with the home finances by working in a suit workshop, there he first encountered the art of sewing. With the outbreak of the Second World War and the German invasion of Vilna, the Jews were imprisoned in camps and ghettos. Kopel and his brother Moshe were separated from their parents and were put to work in coal mines and peat. Kopel's parents were taken to the Stutthof Nazi concentration camp where they died of typhus within a month of each other. Kopel's 12-year-old sister Chava was turned over to the Germans by a Polish family and murdered. The brothers were arrested by the Germans, but were saved thanks to the connections of Nina Gerstein, Kopel's drama teacher. They hid in an attic until they were discovered, fled and moved to Riga, where they were caught and sent to the Stutthof concentration camp where they were imprisoned until the end of the war. They were put to work maintaining and cleaning trains and took part in one of the death marches. In July 1946, Kopel and Moshe sailed to Helsingborg, Sweden, as part of operation "Folke Bernadotte", in which Sweden took in ill survivors for rehabilitation. Once he recovered, Kopel worked in a publishing house and later was appointed director of the local branch of the Halutz movement. In 1950 Kopel and Moshe made aliyah to Israel. Kopel worked as a survey for the Survey of Israel Company. In 1951, he enlisted to the Communication Corps and served as a military draftsman. There he won first prize for the design of the front cover of the Communication Corps bulletin. With his discharge from the army at 29 he started studying drawing and graphics at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Among his teachers were Isidor Ascheim, Shlomo Vitkin, Yossi Stern and Jacob Steinhardt. At the end of his first year of study, Kopel won the Reuben and Sarah Lif Excellence Award in written studies. During his studies he also won additional prizes: In 1956 he won first prize from the Lethem Foundation in California for poster design. Later the same year, Kopel won the Hermann Struck prize for his drawing on the theme of Jerusalem. In 1957 he won an additional first prize from the Lethem Foundation and second place from the printing company Ortzel for a drawing for a Jewish New Year greeting card. In 1958 he won first prize in a competition to design a poster for Tel Aviv's jubilee. Two years later he won three other awards: First and third prize for designing a poster for Israel Independence Day, celebrating 12 years of the State of Israel. Also that year Kopel won first prize for a poster to mark the 25th Zionist Congress. In 1964 he entered the Independence Day poster competition on the theme of aliyah and won first and second prize. Four years later he again entered the competition on the theme of 20 years of Israel's independence and won first prize. The poster was styled like a Holy Ark curtain with two lions and a menorah at its centre. This poster appeared on the cover of the famous book Jewish Art and Civilization, edited by Geoffrey Wigoder as well as the record Voices of 20 Years, 1948-1968, edited by Yossi Godard. In April 1971 he won first prize in the Independence Day poster competition for the fourth time. Kopel's Folk Art tapestry won the Israeli Independence Day Poster Contest in 1968 With the completion of his studies at Bezalel Kopel moved to Tel Aviv and was hired by Shmuel Grundman's graphics and design studio. Grundman took him to Europe with him to design and supervise the construction of Israeli exhibition pavilions. During his time at Grundman's he discovered the fibrous felt from which he produced most of his wall hangings. At the 1964 Levant Fair exhibition he used felt stuck onto wooden panels for the first time. The first felt wall hanging that Kopel produced was intended for the American Cultural Centre in Jerusalem and its theme was the United States Declaration of Independence. The wall hanging, which measured 2.85 X 1.85 meters, was stuck on a wooden panel. Kopel ordered rolls of felt from France and began work on wall hangings based on bible stories. He used a needle, hand sewing small even stitches with black embroidery thread which framed and highlighted every detail in the work, as well as using appliqué. The interior designer, Alufa Koljer-Elem, introduced him to Ruth Dayan who managed the shop Maskit in September 1967 he opened his first solo exhibition at the Maskit 6 gallery, in which 12 wall hangings were displayed. In light of the exhibition at Maskit 6, Meira Gera, the director of artistic activity at the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, organized an additional exhibition of his works at the foundation's exhibition hall in New York City. The exhibition sparked immense press interest, and was also displayed for a few months at the New York Jewish Museum, from where it travelled throughout the United States. Followed by the exhibition at the Delson-Richter gallery in Old Jaffa, which was later also exhibited at the Jerusalem Theatre. Kopel's tapestry "The Time for Singing has Arrived" was printed on a UNICEF greeting card in 1978 and again in 1981. The Israeli Philatelic Service issued three stamps based on three of Kopel's holy ark curtains and one stamp based on an Independence Day poster he designed. Kopel's creations decorate a large number of synagogues, public buildings, hotels and private collections which were purchased in Israel and around the world. They have decorated, among others, the walls of the King David...
Category

Folk Art 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Wool, Felt

Limited Edition Silkscreen Target on Canvas Tote Bag 1977 by color field artist
Located in New York, NY
Kenneth Noland Limited Edition Canvas Tote, 1977 Mixed Media: Silkscreen on Canvas with handles and leather tag. Numbered with ink stamp 15 × 15 inches Edition 268/500 Plate signed and dated Kenneth Noland and stamp numbered from the edition of 500 Very good vintage condition with handling and creasing (see photos) This was not commercially marketed but was designed as a prototype with each one stamp numbered. Not too many are around, and very rarely found in such good condition. This work is sold unframed as shown in the first image, but for inspiration only, see a photograph of how one collector framed a different edition of this work - and it looks like a print or painting! (see last image) A true vintage collectors item.
Category

Color-Field 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Screen

Saint Germain de Prés - Ink, Pastel and Watercolor on Paper - 1950s
By Ignasi Vidal
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 29 x 25.1 cm. Saint Germain de Prés is a beautiful original drawing by the Spanish-naturalized French artist Vidal Ignace or Ignasi (Barcell...
Category

Contemporary 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Woodblock Heliorelief with Hand Painting "Novel" Italian Post Modernist Pop Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand Signed edition of 50 with blindstamp. Surprising Novel Woodblock and heliorelief with handpainting 18-1/2 x 16-1/4 inches (sheet alone without frame) Biography: Sandro Chia was...
Category

Pop Art 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Paint, Mixed Media, Woodcut

Sans Titre Original Mixed Media (1)
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta Title: Sans Titre Original Mixed Media (1) Medium: Mixed Media on paper Signed: Hand Signed Measurements: 12" x 17" Framed: 22.5" x 27" Certificate of Authe...
Category

Surrealist 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Trenette Al Pesto - I Tre Merli - New York, NY
Located in New York, NY
Allan D'Arcangelo Trenette Al Pesto - I Tre Merli - New York, NY, 1998 Ceramic Plate Artist signature fired into the plate on the back and numbered 132 from the edition of 1000. 10 1/8 inch diameter by 1/4 inch height Unframed "My most profound experiences of landscape were looking through the windshield." - Allan D'Arcangelo. Note: the stated edition is 1000, but far fewer were actually made, and many were said to have been lost after 9/11 which is why this is so scarce. Makes a memorable and very special gift! This beautiful, extremely rare limited edition, signed and numbered bowl...
Category

Pop Art 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Ceramic, Screen

"Two Reds #4" Diana Kurz, Red and White Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media Work
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz Two Reds #4 Mixed media on paper 24 x 18 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Austria, first to England ...
Category

Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Durga 97, Mixed Media on Board, Red, Yellow, Green by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Durga 97 - 10 x 8 inches (unframed size) Durga the Third Eye. Mixed Media on Board Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. In Indian Mythology the Goddess Durga h...
Category

Modern 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Board, Acrylic

Untitled: Abstract Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Samuel Sigaloff, "Untitled: Abstract Landscape", Abstract Mixed Media on Board, 14 x 20, Mid 20th Century Colors: Black, White, Yellow, Blue, Pink, Brown
Category

Abstract 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media

Italy 1980 Architecture Composition By Carlesso Cast Patinated Wall Panel Bronze
Located in Brescia, IT
This artwork is a cast patinated bronze and brass panel. This artist was present at the Biennale of Venice with his architectural artworks. He h...
Category

Abstract Geometric 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Bronze

View: Arcade, signed realist mixed media w Kornblee and Fischbach Gallery labels
Located in New York, NY
John Button View: Arcade, 1975 Gouache on Paper (Framed with prestigious Fischbach and Kornblee Gallery Labels) 20 1/2 × 24 1/2 inches Signed and dated on the front This is a unique painting Frame included: held in the original 1970s artist's period frame with prestigious labels This 1970s John Button gouache bears labels from renowned Jill Kornblee as well as Fischbach Galleries...
Category

Realist 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Gouache, Mixed Media, Felt Pen

Untitled (Cadillac Automobile Show)
By Evelyn Harper
Located in New York, NY
Evelyn Harper, "Untitled: Cadillac Automobile Show" , Mixed Media on Illustration Board, 15 x 10, Mid-20th Century, 1948 Colors: Black and White A 15 x 10 Black and White Illustrat...
Category

American Modern 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Illustration Board, Pen

"ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI" LARGE MULTIMEDIA FRAMED 28.5 X 52.5
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 25.5 x 49 Frame Size: 28.5 x 52.5 Medium: Multimedia on Paper "St. Francis of Assisi" Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) Margaret ...
Category

American Modern 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

The Swan Song - Mixed Media by Bernadette Kelly - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The Swan Song is an original mixed media drawing, realized by Bernadette Kelly in 1980s. Not signed. The artist depicts a woman sitting watching the swan. Good conditions. Bernad...
Category

Contemporary 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

"Leaning in Chair" Mid-Century Figurative
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield Leaning in Chair 1960's Gouache and Charcoal on Paper 11.75"x17.75" unframed. Gloria (Fischer) Dudfield July 12, 1922 – May 27, 2015 Came from a portfolio of her wor...
Category

Abstract 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Gouache

1960s "Magic Window" Green, Pink, Yellow Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Magic Window" c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper Image outlined in blue ink 5.75"x2.5" site unframed Signed and titled in ink Myril Adler, was born on Septe...
Category

Abstract 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Ink, Intaglio

1960s Blue & Yellow Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler Untitled c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper 3.75"x1.75" site unframed Signed in ink lower right Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russi...
Category

Abstract 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Ink, Intaglio

D from Logo Suite (Magenta) Silkscreen on 3-D Molded Plastic Over Wood Signed/N
Located in New York, NY
3-D sculpted multiple (to be hung on the wall) by British Pop Art pioneer Richard Smith: Richard Smith D from Logo Suite (Magenta), 1971 Silkscreen on 3-D Molded Plastic Over Wood P...
Category

Pop Art 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Plastic, Wood, Mixed Media, Screen, Pencil

20th Century mixed media painting of a gondolier on grand canal, Venice
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jean Fressinet (French, 1889-1972) A gondolier on the Grand Canal Mixed media Signed with studio stamp (lower right under the mount) 7.1/4 x 12.1/2 in. ...
Category

Impressionist 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

White Orange Red 7532 - Mixed Media by Renato Spagnoli - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
White Orange Red 7532 is an artwork made by the Italian artist  Renato Spagnoli  (Livorno, 1928-Livorno, 2019) in 1975. Mixed media Hand signed, titled and dated on the back
Category

Abstract 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Eagle and Crow - Original MIxed Media by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Eagle and Crow is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1970s by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in mixed media on ivory-colored p...
Category

Contemporary 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Allen Ladd as Shane
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Allen Ladd as Shane Colored and metallic paper collage. c. 1960's Signed in ink lower right; Signed in pencil on reverse; (see photo) Titled in pencil upper left recto (see photo) C...
Category

American Modern 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Hungarian Artist Modern Mixed Media Horse and Buggy Bela Kadar
Located in Surfside, FL
Size includes matt. Size of actual Peice is 2.8" X 3.5" Béla Kádár (1877–1956) was a Hungarian painter influenced by Der Blaue Reiter, Cubism, Futurism, Neo-Primitivism, Constructi...
Category

Modern 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Ink, Gouache

Judaica Israeli Torn Paper Collage
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Israeli Subject: Animals Medium: Mixed Media, Collage Country: Israel Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 Dimensions w/Frame: 15 x 12 Judith Yellin is one of the most prominent artists working in Israel today. She was born in Jerusalem and is a fifth generation Israeli. Teacher of arts and crafts in teachers colleges, Senior lecturer in the School of occupational therapy and the David Yellin Teacher's College, Jerusalem. 1941-43 Graduate of Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem. Studied under Mordechai Ardon and Isidor Aschheim 1946-49 Graduate of the Central School of Arts and Crafts London. Studied under R.R.Tomlinson, W. Johnstone, J. Minton. 1966 Member of the Israel Painters and Sculptors Association. 1971 Studied etching under Stanley William Hayter, Atelier 17, Paris. 1965-75 Collages chosen for UNICEF greeting cards. 1970-96 World-wide distribution of series of art-posters, lithographs and serigraphs, reproduced in Israel from collages . Exhibitons 1954 "Ben-Uri" Gallery, London 1955 "Nora" Gallery, Jerusalem 1960 "Atelier 97", Tel-Aviv 1961 The Artists House, Jerusalem 1965 "Katz" Gallery, Tel-Aviv 1965 "Ezry" Gallery, Jerusalem 1969 The Artists House, Jerusalem 1971 "Stern" Gallery, Paris 1974 The Artists House, Jerusalem 1975 "Ben-Uri" Gallery, London 1975 "Old Jaffa...
Category

Modern 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Israeli Abstract Figure Torn Paper Collage Watercolor Painting Bezalel Woman Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Judith Yellin Ginat is one of the most prominent artists working in Israel today. She was born in Jerusalem and is a fifth generation Israeli. Her work has a naive, folk art quality...
Category

Modern 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Abstract Mixed Media Painting African American Woman Artist Cheryl Warrick
Located in Surfside, FL
Cheryl Warrick (American, b. 1956), "By Ones By Twos" Acrylic mixed media on panel, 1999, Hand signed in pencil, titled and dated verso, gallery label...
Category

Contemporary 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Canvas

7518 - Mixed Media by Renato Spagnoli - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
7518 is an artwork made by the Italian artist  Renato Spagnoli  (Livorno, 1928-Livorno, 2019) in 1974. Mixed media.  Hand signed, titled and dated on the back. 
Category

Abstract 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Mixed Media Modernist Painting Collage Nantucket Whirligig Americana Folk Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Mary Ingebrand-Pohlad (American, b. 1953). Graphite, pastel, and paper collage painting "Still Life with Quilt and Nantucket Whirligig" depicting a mixed media still life collage ...
Category

American Modern 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Graphite

Art about Food Pizza Stromboli Mezzalluna - Mezzogiorno - New York, NY (Plate)
Located in New York, NY
Ralph Goings Pizza Stromboli Mezzalluna - Mezzogiorno - New York, NY, 1996 Ceramic Plate Artist signature fired into the plate on the front and back and numbered 105 from an edition of 510. 10 1/5 inches diameter by 1/4 inch height Unframed This beautiful, limited edition, signed and numbered bowl...
Category

Photorealist 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Ceramic, Screen, Mixed Media

Mid-Century Modernist Textural Abstract Mixed Media Painting on Board
Located in New York, NY
This substantial and sculptural Mid-Century Modernist Textural Abstract Mixed Media Painting on Board signed Juan Almoril originates from Spain, C.1967. This piece features a square ...
Category

20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic

City Center Light Opera
Located in New York, NY
Gerald Laing City Center Light Opera, 1968 Lime colored Screenprint on die-cut Mylar Hand signed, numbered 6/144 and dated in pencil on the front 25 × 35 inches Unframed Gerald Laing Biography Born in 1936, Gerald Laing attended the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst 1953-1955 and after a short army career attended St Martin’s School of Art between 1960-1964. After art school, Laing lived in New York for five years and then became artist in residence at Aspen Institute...
Category

Pop Art 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Screen, Mylar

CARNIVAL Bright Colorful Modernist Mixed Media Abstract Composition
Located in Surfside, FL
Titled Carnival with bright colors and geometric shape of a circus carousel, this bears some elements of the color field blocks of Mark Rothko. New York born painter and printmaker,...
Category

Abstract Geometric 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Unique Mixed Media on Handmade Paper with Gold Leaf Modernist Edition
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a unique mixed media edition of 50. on handmade paper with fabric, gold and other elements. Raised and educated in New York, Pat Hammerman is an ...
Category

American Modern 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

1963 Venezuelan Modernist Mixed Media Photo Print Mateo Manaure Photograph Art
Located in Surfside, FL
1963 Mixed Media by Mateo Manaure (Venezuelan, 1926-2018) Frame: 12.25" X 15.25" Image: 11" X 13.75" Hand signed Thought provoking abstract, mixed media modern graphic art Not sure of the exact technique but it seems photo based. Mateo Manaure (11926 – 2018) was a Venezuelan modern artist. In Venezuela he is considered a master of modernist abstractionism, and is known for his works in the University City of Caracas and for creating the largest glass murals in the world. Mateo Manaure was born on 18 October 1926 in Uracoa, in Monagas state. Between 1941 and 1946 he studied at the Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Artes Aplicadas under the instruction of Antonio Edmundo Monsanto. Here, he studied graphic arts in the workshop of Pedro Ángel González, to whom he was an assistant. He also began participating in the artist salon of the Museo Bellas Artes in Caracas. In 1947 he won the inaugural National Prize for Plastic Arts and traveled to Paris. He made a trip back to Caracas the next year to work with the Taller Libre de Arte, before returning to Paris in 1950 and being involved with the artistic movement of Los disidentes. (The Dissidents), a coalition of Venezuelan artists (active from 1945-50) that also included -Jesús Rafael Soto, Narciso Debourg, Alejandro Otero, Pascual Navarro, Rubén Núñez, Nena Palacios, J.M. Guillermos Péres, Alirio Oramas, Luis Guevara Moreno, Aime Battistini, Armando Barrios, Omar Carreño (refer to lot 222), and Carlos Gonzáles Bogen. Through their journal of the same name and their accompanying radical manifesto No (1950), Los Disidentes championed a progressive vision, that eschewed the conservative academicism embodied by the Escuela de Artes Plásticas and the Escuela Paisajista in Caracas, and in its place advocated for experimentation and geometric abstraction. Upon his return to Caracas in 1952, Manaure set out in earnest to put these ideas into practice and found an immediate affinity with the modernist project unfolding so indicative of that era's unprecedented growth and development. The latter was most evident in the architectural and public art works designed by the legendary modernist architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva, whose Cuidad Universitaria, the main campus of the Central University of Venezuela, is considered a landmark of city planning and architecture. Villanueva commissioned Manaure to execute several murals, painted wood reliefs, and stained glass windows for Ciudad Universitaria all reflective of the young artist's newly adapted aesthetic. By 1956, the year both of these works were painted, Manaure was a leading figure of the abstractionist movement, exhibiting abroad at the Venice Biennial and locally at the Museo de Bellas Artes. His geometric abstraction painting infuse his compositions with a kinetic power and lyrical sensibility. Manaure's desire to evoke a sense of the local or regional amid the universal. He returned to Caracas in 1952 to found the Galería Cuatro Muros with Carlos González Bogan, and gave the first exhibition of abstract art in Venezuela. He also began collaborating with architect Carlos Raúl Villanueva, first on the University City of Caracas, to which he contributed 26 works of art and was "promoted" to art supervisor of the campus, and then to other public spaces like the redesign of the neighborhood of 23 de Enero. For the next several years, Manaure continued to develop within abstract art, which made up the Venezuelan artistic avant-garde of that time. He later returned to more traditional graphic art forms, especially lithograph prints, though still did some work in abstract expression. He is a Venezuelan Latin American art Master along with Gego, Lia Bermudez, Alejandro Colina, Narciso Debourg, Alejandro Otero, Gerd Leufert, Armando Reverón, Braulio Salazar, Jesús Rafael Soto and Martín Tovar y Tovar. His work was included in the MoMA show Sur moderno, Journeys of Abstraction— Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. It included artists: Israeli, Yaacov Agam, Brazilian, Lina Bo Bardi, Hércules...
Category

Modern 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Lithograph, Mixed Media

Wool Felt Applique Israeli Folk Art Signed Tapestry Kopel Gurwin Bezalel School
Located in Surfside, FL
This depicts KIng David reciting Psalms, Hallelujah in Hebrew Kopel Gurwin (Hebrew: קופל גורבין‎) (1923–1990) was an Israeli tapestry wall hanging, painter and graphic artist. Kopel (Kopke') Gurwin (Gurwitz) was born and raised in Vilna, the capital of Lithuania. He spoke Yiddish at home, but simultaneously studied Hebrew at their school which was part of the Tarbut educational network. Kopel was active in the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement. In the 1930s, as a teenager, Kopel helped his parents with the home finances by working in a suit workshop, there he first encountered the art of sewing. With the outbreak of the Second World War and the German invasion of Vilna, the Jews were imprisoned in camps and ghettos. Kopel and his brother Moshe were separated from their parents and were put to work in coal mines and peat. Kopel's parents were taken to the Stutthof Nazi concentration camp where they died of typhus within a month of each other. Kopel's 12-year-old sister Chava was turned over to the Germans by a Polish family and murdered. The brothers were arrested by the Germans, but were saved thanks to the connections of Nina Gerstein, Kopel's drama teacher. They hid in an attic until they were discovered, fled and moved to Riga, where they were caught and sent to the Stutthof concentration camp where they were imprisoned until the end of the war. They were put to work maintaining and cleaning trains and took part in one of the death marches. In July 1946, Kopel and Moshe sailed to Helsingborg, Sweden, as part of operation "Folke Bernadotte", in which Sweden took in ill survivors for rehabilitation. Once he recovered, Kopel worked in a publishing house and later was appointed director of the local branch of the Halutz movement. In 1950 Kopel and Moshe made aliyah to Israel. Kopel worked as a survey for the Survey of Israel Company. In 1951, he enlisted to the Communication Corps and served as a military draftsman. There he won first prize for the design of the front cover of the Communication Corps bulletin. With his discharge from the army at 29 he started studying drawing and graphics at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Among his teachers were Isidor Ascheim, Shlomo Vitkin, Yossi Stern and Jacob Steinhardt. At the end of his first year of study, Kopel won the Reuben and Sarah Lif Excellence Award in written studies. During his studies he also won additional prizes: In 1956 he won first prize from the Lethem Foundation in California for poster design. Later the same year, Kopel won the Hermann Struck prize for his drawing on the theme of Jerusalem. In 1957 he won an additional first prize from the Lethem Foundation and second place from the printing company Ortzel for a drawing for a Jewish New Year greeting card. In 1958 he won first prize in a competition to design a poster for Tel Aviv's jubilee. Two years later he won three other awards: First and third prize for designing a poster for Israel Independence Day, celebrating 12 years of the State of Israel. Also that year Kopel won first prize for a poster to mark the 25th Zionist Congress. In 1964 he entered the Independence Day poster competition on the theme of aliyah and won first and second prize. Four years later he again entered the competition on the theme of 20 years of Israel's independence and won first prize. The poster was styled like a Holy Ark curtain with two lions and a menorah at its centre. This poster appeared on the cover of the famous book Jewish Art and Civilization, edited by Geoffrey Wigoder as well as the record Voices of 20 Years, 1948-1968, edited by Yossi Godard. In April 1971 he won first prize in the Independence Day poster competition for the fourth time. Kopel's Folk Art tapestry won the Israeli Independence Day Poster Contest in 1968 With the completion of his studies at Bezalel Kopel moved to Tel Aviv and was hired by Shmuel Grundman's graphics and design studio. Grundman took him to Europe with him to design and supervise the construction of Israeli exhibition pavilions. During his time at Grundman's he discovered the fibrous felt from which he produced most of his wall hangings. At the 1964 Levant Fair exhibition he used felt stuck onto wooden panels for the first time. The first felt wall hanging that Kopel produced was intended for the American Cultural Centre in Jerusalem and its theme was the United States Declaration of Independence. The wall hanging, which measured 2.85 X 1.85 meters, was stuck on a wooden panel. Kopel ordered rolls of felt from France and began work on wall hangings based on bible stories. He used a needle, hand sewing small even stitches with black embroidery thread which framed and highlighted every detail in the work, as well as using appliqué. The interior designer, Alufa Koljer-Elem, introduced him to Ruth Dayan who managed the shop Maskit in September 1967 he opened his first solo exhibition at the Maskit 6 gallery, in which 12 wall hangings were displayed. In light of the exhibition at Maskit 6, Meira Gera, the director of artistic activity at the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, organized an additional exhibition of his works at the foundation's exhibition hall in New York City. The exhibition sparked immense press interest, and was also displayed for a few months at the New York Jewish Museum, from where it travelled throughout the United States. Followed by the exhibition at the Delson-Richter gallery in Old Jaffa, which was later also exhibited at the Jerusalem Theatre. Kopel's tapestry "The Time for Singing has Arrived" was printed on a UNICEF greeting card in 1978 and again in 1981. The Israeli Philatelic Service issued three stamps based on three of Kopel's holy ark curtains and one stamp based on an Independence Day poster he designed. Kopel's creations decorate a large number of synagogues, public buildings, hotels and private collections which were purchased in Israel and around the world. They have decorated, among others, the walls of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, the VIP room at Ben Gurion Airport, the Kfar Saba theatre and the Plaza Hotel in Tel Aviv. Israel has had a Vibrant Folk Art, Naive art scene for a long time now artists like Israel Paldi, Nahum Guttman, Reuven Rubin had naive periods. The most well know of the strict naive artists are Shalom of Safed, David Sharir, Irene Awret, Gabriel Cohen, Natan Heber, Michael Falk and Kopel Gurwin. Exhibitions: 1995 The Knesset Jerusalem 1988 Temple Beth Shalom Miami, Florida 1988 University of Jewish Studies Los Angeles 1987 Israel Congregation on the Northern Coast Chicago 1985 Jerusalem Theatre Jerusalem 1984 Tenafly New Jersey 1983 Horace Richter Gallery Old Jaffa 1974 Jerusalem Theatre Jerusalem 1974 Delson Richter Gallery Old Jaffa 1972 University of Jewish Studies Miami, Florida 1971 Jewish Museum New York 1970 Norman Gallery Canada 1970 Sharei Tzedek Congregation Winnipeg, Canada 1970 Gallery of the Year Los Angeles 1970 Gallery of the Year Scottsdale 1969 Gleeman Gallery Chicago 1969 Israel Congregation of the Northern Coast Chicago 1967 Maskit 6 Tel Aviv Prizes: 1971 First Independence Day poster 1971, 23 yeaes of the State of Israel 1969 Second International Tel Aviv poster...
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Folk Art 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Wool, Felt

Lower Canyon IV
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Lower Canyon IV" c.1980 is a monotype, mixed media with embossing on Arches paper by noted Canadian artist Janet Jones b.1952. It is hand signed and titled in pencil by the artist. The image is 37 x 26 inches, sheet size is 41 x 29.25 inches. It is in very good condition. It has some minor soft handling creases on the left and lower edges. It has never been framed. About the artist: Janet Jones was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1952. She received her BFA in painting and photography from Concordia University - studying painting with Guido Molinari and Yves Gaucher, and photography with the experimental photographer Suzanne Swibold. Janet Jones is currently a Toronto based painter whose work has been exhibited across Canada, in Los Angeles, New York, England, Germany, France and China. Her recent projects include; the solo exhibition, The Dream Machine at Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal (2017), two solo exhibitions, Playtimes (2015) and Joyride (2012) both at Katzman Contemporary Toronto, a national touring exhibition of her paintings, DaDa Delirium, with an accompanying catalogue (2011) with essays by Stuart Reid, Nell Tenhaaf and an interview with the artist by Georgiana Uhlyarik, and participation in the Empire of Dreams exhibition, MOCCA (Summer 2010) curated by David Liss. Jones has been a visiting artist in France, England, Russia, China, the Netherlands, and Cuba. Jones received her MFA from York University and her PhD from New York University in the area of art theory and criticism. Her dissertation titled: Clement Greenberg and the Artist /Critic Relationship, included interviews with Clement Greenberg, Jules Olitski, and other members of the ‘Greenberg Group’ and research gained through accompanying Greenberg on numerous studio visits. A Professor in the Department of Visual Arts, York University, Toronto, where she teaches painting, she has been Chair of the Department of Visual Arts and Director of the MFA Program in Visual Arts. Professor of Painting, Department of Visual Arts and Art History, AMPD, York University. EDUCATION 1988 Ph.D. New York University, New York, NY. Dissertation Title: Clement Greenberg & the Artist/Critic Relationship. 1979 M.F.A. York University, Toronto, Ontario. Samuel Sarick Award 1977 B.F.A. Honours, with Distinction, Concordia University SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 The Dream Machine, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal, Quebec, October - December, 2017 2016 Recent Acquisitions from DaDa Delirium, MacLaren Art Gallery, Barrie, ON. March – July 2015 Playtimes, Katzman Contemporary, Toronto, March-April 2015. 2013 DaDa Delirium, MacIntosh Gallery, University of Western ON. 2012 Joy Ride, Katzman Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON September, 2012. 2012 DaDa Delirium, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Coburg, ON, April-May 2010 DaDa Delirium, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON. 2009 A Las Vegas State of Mind, Peak Gallery, Toronto, ON. 2009 DaDa Delirium, Curated by Stuart Reid, Tom Thompson Art...
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Modern 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Golden Flowers
Located in Austin, TX
Ralph Farabee (1935–2003) Title: "Golden Flowers" Medium: Watercolor on Paper Dimensions: 9.5" x 7.5" image 18.25" x 15.25" frame Markings: Signed LR "F...
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Contemporary 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Madonna 1997. Paper, mixed media, 20x12 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Madonna 1997. Paper, mixed media, 20x12 cm "Madonna" is a symbolic and emotionally charged artwork, celebrating the iconic religious figure of the Virgin Mary and the spiritual sig...
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Surrealist 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

20th Century by Mario Schifano Untitled Mixed media on photography
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Mario Schifano (Khoms, Libya, 1934 – Rome, Italy, 1998) Medium: Untitled Technique: Mixed media on photography Dimensions: Photography measures 10 x 15 cm – dimensions with frame 34....
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Contemporary 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Photographic Paper

Abstract mixed media lithograph and relief by Spanish artist, Picasso friend S/N
Located in New York, NY
Antoni Clavé Untitled, from the Album International 2 Portfolio, 1977 Mixed media: Lithograph in relief 29 1/4 × 19 3/4 inches Edition 1/50 Signed and number on front Unframed This is a rare lithograph by the world renowned Catalan graphic artist, painter and sculptor, signed and numbered in pencil from the limited edition of only 50. Superb provenance as it is was acquired from the original Album International Portfolio, number 1 of 50. Text from the Colophon page reads as follows: Born in Barcelona, living in St. Tropez, France. Lithograph in relief, edition of 50, each numbered and signed by the artist. Antoni Clavé biography Antoni Clavé was born in Barcelona on April 5th, 1913. From 1926 he attended evening courses at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios "Llotja", a school both Picasso and Miró attended in their youth. In 1927, one of Clavé's teachers found him a position as a house painter's apprentice because of his growing fascination with the hands-on nature of painting and especially with the materials used for such work, like learning how to prepare paints. In 1932, Clavé stopped attending evening classes and, on the recommendation of Illescas, an architect, was employed at the firm of Cinaes, where he designed the weekly cinema posters. During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), he served as a draughtsman for the Republican government but eventually was forced to flee to France. After a brief internment at Les Haras camp in Perpignan, Clavé settled in Paris in 1939 without any papers, drawing comics and working as an illustrator to get by. In the 1940s Clavé's work showed the stylistic influence of Bonnard and Vuillard, until he met fellow Spanish expatriate Pablo Picasso in 1944. This meeting marked a pivotal change in Clavé's style, and he was forever grateful to be considered a lifelong friend of Don Pablo, as he called him. From 1946, Clavé created numerous designs for the ballet and theatre in Paris, Munich, London and New York and in the 1950s, he turned to book illustration. He was nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design) for his work on the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen. In 1954, Clavé ceased working as a stage-set designer and illustrator to devote himself entirely to painting, visiting Spain again. His paintings became more abstract and enigmatic; inspired by wall...
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Abstract 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Lithograph

"Cathedral, " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern abstract painting by Stanley Bate has a light beige, creme, and warm sepia palette. The textured painting has darker shapes that run the length of the bottom of the compo...
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Modern 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Visiting Hours Triptych
Located in Southampton, NY
Signed Tschacbasov l.r. dated 1982 Framed in a beautiful gold original frame
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Post-Modern 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Sally Barclay (1911-2000) was a New Jersey Artist known for her painting and activities as an art teacher. Signed front and back.
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American Modern 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Crayon

White, Red, Yellow, Orange 7522 - Mixed Media by Renato Spagnoli - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
White, Red, Yellow, Orange 7522 is an artwork made by the Italian artist  Renato Spagnoli  (Livorno, 1928-Livorno, 2019) in 1974. Mixed media Hand signed, titled and dated on the back
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Abstract 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

7437 - Mixed Media by Renato Spagnoli - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
7437 is an artwork made by the Italian artist  Renato Spagnoli  (Livorno, 1928-Livorno, 2019) in 1974. Mixed media.  Hand signed, titled and dated on the back.  
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Abstract 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled" c.1990 is a cast paper bas relief by noted American artist Richard Benjamin Royce, born 1941. It is signed at the lower right ...
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Abstract 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Paper

Serving
Located in Riga, LV
Ilmar Blumbergs Serving, silkscreen, 1995, 89x59.
Category

20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Tape, Paper, Lithograph

Holocaust Memorial Polish Sculpture Burnt Wood Metal Judaica Jewish Memorial Art
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a large sculpture in 2 parts it lifts off the base. Born in 1923, alumnus of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. Student of the Warsaw University of Technology, is an extraord...
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Modern 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Iron

Porky Pig & Yosemite Sam hand painted Looney Tunes film cel by Chuck Jones
Located in New York, NY
Chuck Jones (American, 1912-2002) Untitled (Porky Pig and Yosemite Sam), Second half of the 20th Century Hand painted animation film cel Sight: 10 x 12 in. Framed: 16 1/2 x 18 1/2 x ...
Category

Other Art Style 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Digital

Mixed Media Color Pencil Drawing by Judy Pike
Located in Pasadena, CA
Mixed media can be approached as an alchemy of materials, textures, collages, and assemblages. Judy Pike explores this approach in this portrait. The female figure is seated on a co...
Category

Modern 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Woodblock Heliorelief with Hand Painting "Novel" Italian Post Modernist Pop Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand Signed edition of 50 with blindstamp. Surprising Novel Woodblock and heliorelief with handpainting 18-1/2 x 16-1/4 inches (sheet alone without frame) Biography: Sandro Chia was...
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Pop Art 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Paint, Mixed Media, Woodcut

Musical Notes - Mixed Media by Tommaso Cascella - 2009
Located in Roma, IT
"Musical Notes" is a beautiful artwork in mixed media, tempera and collage on a musical note, realized in 2009 by Tommaso Cascella (Ortona, 1890-Pescara, 1968). Hand-signed on the r...
Category

20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Boy with Turkey - Mosaic by Afro Basaldella - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Important polychrome mosaic realized by Afro in 1955 and based on his eponymous mixed media work of the same year now exhibited in MET NY. Signed lower right. Ref. M. Calvesi, Afro ...
Category

Abstract 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mosaic

Modernist Ceramic Tile Wall Plaque of Sunflowers Signed Gilbert Valentin
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful and sophisticated Mid Century Modern tile wall plaque was realized by the esteemed modern artist Gilbert Valentin in France circa 1970....
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20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Ceramic

Iain Baxter& "Deflecting Landscape" Conceptual Monoprint Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Lanscape with waffle iron in bright vibrant colors. Iain Baxter& (the artist recently added the ampersand to his name) is recognized as Canada’s pioneering conceptual artist. For over forty years, Baxter& has continually produced works that question the role of art as commodity and as a medium for cultural commentary. Among his many innovations, Baxter& was the first artist to adopt a corporate persona: in 1966, he formed the N.E. Thing Company. NETCO output ranged from conceptual, satirical, vacuum-formed still lives to post-modern appropriations of famous artworks. His recent work includes neon signs, ‘animal preserves’, a grocery cart of ‘GMO’s’ (genetically modified organisms) and installations using obsolete technology.) He is a painter, photographer, sculptor, mixed media artist, installationist, film & video maker, interventionist & performance artist who has been a forerunner of conceptual art in Canada. BAXTER& has been considered the Marshall McLuhan of Visual Arts in Canada. Continuous themes in his work include information technology, landscape, art as commodity, & environmental & ecological concerns. These prominent themes throughout BAXTER&‘s work are often met with wit, parody, satire & word-play. Through his art, teaching, and mentorship, BAXTER& has widely influenced Canadian art, creating new movements such as the Vancouver School of Photo-conceptualism and blurring the lines between private and public through his N.E. Thing Co. among many other impactful projects. He has also directly influenced major Canadian artists, including Stan Douglas, Ian Wallace, Jeff Wall, Roy Arden, Ken Lum and Rodney Graham...
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Conceptual 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media, Monoprint, Monotype

"Vent", 1992, Oil and Mixed Media by John MacWhinnie
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John MacWhinnie, American (1946 - ) Title: Vent Year: 1992 Medium: Oil and Mixed Media on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 38 x 24 in. (96.52 x 60.96 cm)
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Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Oil

1980's Cubist "Orange, Brown, Black" Soft Pastel Abstract Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
D. Tongen "Orange, Brown, Black" 1980s 11.75"x10" Soft pastel and pencil on paper Signed in pencil lower right
Category

Abstract Geometric 20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Pencil

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