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Leo Castelli Gallery offset lithograph invitation, 1969
Leo Castelli Gallery offset lithograph invitation, 1969

Leo Castelli Gallery offset lithograph invitation, 1969

By Frank Stella

Located in New York, NY

Offset lithograph poster invitation Unframed and unsigned Published by Leo Castelli Gallery at 4 East 77th Street on the occasion of the exhibition in November, 1969 The artwork dep...

Category

1960s Abstract Geometric More Art

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Best Buddies

Best Buddies

By Keith Haring

Located in Washington , DC, DC

After Keith Haring. Estate of Keith Haring seal on lower right

Category

1990s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Lithograph

Pair of Porphyry Marble Columns with Gilt Bronze Capitals, 19th Century
Pair of Porphyry Marble Columns with Gilt Bronze Capitals, 19th Century

Pair of Porphyry Marble Columns with Gilt Bronze Capitals, 19th Century

Located in Beachwood, OH

Pair of Porphyry Marble Columns with Gilt Bronze Capitals, 19th Century Porphyry marble & gilt bronze 20 x 4.25 x 4.25 inches Porphyry is an igneous rock, not marble, known for its...

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19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Receding Tide, Oil Painting
Receding Tide, Oil Painting

Receding Tide, Oil Painting

By Onelio Marrero

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Decisive brushwork and subtle color shifts bring magic to this winter New Jersey beach scene. Artist Onelio Marrero contrasts the expanse of climbing clouds wit...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Antique Miller's Judaica Jewish Kosher Ritual Large Chalef Knife Millers
Antique Miller's Judaica Jewish Kosher Ritual Large Chalef Knife Millers

Antique Miller's Judaica Jewish Kosher Ritual Large Chalef Knife Millers

Located in Surfside, FL

A LARGE ANTIQUE CHALIF (KOSHER SLAUGHTERING KNIFE) Lower East Side New York City c. 1920 Horn handle and long steel blade This is being sold as a Judaica museum artifact. I do not k...

Category

Early 20th Century Folk Art More Art

Materials

Steel

Beneath the Arches, Oil Painting
Beneath the Arches, Oil Painting

Beneath the Arches, Oil Painting

By Aruna Rao

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The impressionist painting captures the ease of a sunlit afternoon spent in a Mediterranean garden courtyard. Warm light filters th...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Perspectrum - Artist Proof

Perspectrum - Artist Proof

By Craig Alan

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Craig Alan – Perspectrum Artist Proof, 2021 Medium: Giclée on Canvas Edition: Unframed 7/20 AP Artwork Size: 24 x 24 in Craig Alan’s Perspectrum (2021) is a captivating giclée on c...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary More Art

Materials

Canvas

Beachcombers, Oil Painting
Beachcombers, Oil Painting

Beachcombers, Oil Painting

By Aruna Rao

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A mother watches as her child searches for small treasures in the sand as the golden afternoon light shines across the shore. She savors this timeless scene of ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Under a Harvest Moon, Original Painting
Under a Harvest Moon, Original Painting

Under a Harvest Moon, Original Painting

By John Jaster

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A bright harvest moon illuminates the edges of gray and blue clouds, casting its glow over a small house with an orange door. Birch trees in autumn colors sta...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Bistro du Midi, Oil Painting
Bistro du Midi, Oil Painting

Bistro du Midi, Oil Painting

By Onelio Marrero

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
In his distinct style of impressionism, artist Onelio Marrero displays a man in a suit reading the news as he sits by an empty dining hall. He bases the piece on sketches of a Back Bay, Boston restaurant named Bistro du Midi. He creates a narrative of an imaginary proprietor perusing a newspaper before the establishment opens and the clients fill the place. Onelio gives the viewer a sense of the décor and light streaming through the windows - beyond it, a hint of the Boston Public Garden.


About the Artist
Artist Onelio Marrero paints impressionist city scenes of everyday life. He captures the romanticism of New York City, from the picturesque fountains in Central Park to a glistening city street on a rainy afternoon. He creates a sense of nostalgia and intimacy with his work, offering the feeling that you have visited this particular scene before. “Each play of light, each texture, and each movement of a figure can have a captivating effect on me,” says Onelio. He studied at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art where he mastered discerning color and values, giving his work a more spontaneous appearance. Onelio’s work is an appreciation for beauty in all of its greatest forms; nature, art, and people.


Words that describe this painting: restaurant, newspaper, bistro, cafe, table, Boston, Public Garden, Boston Common...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana
Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana

Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana

By Abraham Harriton

Located in Surfside, FL

This is a carved glass panel. I belive this is milk glass. it is a classic Americana scene of a cowboy or frontier trapper and an Indian or Native American with a feathered headdress...

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Jamie Reid, Sex Pistols Promotional Banner Poster, 1977

Jamie Reid, Sex Pistols Promotional Banner Poster, 1977

By Jamie Reid

Located in Manchester, GB

Jamie Reid, Sex Pistols Promotional Banner Poster, 1977 Printed by Virgin Records Unsigned Original 1977 UK Virgin in-store promotional banner poster to promote the Sex Pistols 14 ...

Category

1970s Contemporary More Art

Materials

Screen

Hidden Treasure, Oil Painting
Hidden Treasure, Oil Painting

Hidden Treasure, Oil Painting

By Jo Galang

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Jo Galang paints a tranquil river tucked in the middle of the woods. "One of the joys of life is finding unexpected treasure in the midst of nowhere," ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Water is Life, Original Painting
Water is Life, Original Painting

Water is Life, Original Painting

By Kira Yustak

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Symbolic of water's vitality, artist Kira Yustak depicts a sight of hands cupping water from a clear river. She paints the introspective piece with an absorbi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Monet's Pond at Giverny, Oil Painting
Monet's Pond at Giverny, Oil Painting

Monet's Pond at Giverny, Oil Painting

By Onelio Marrero

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Reflections on the water in Monet's pond at Giverny. Onelio spent some time there taking in the splendor of the setting. "Each view of the place was a paintin...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Mother's Day Rush, Oil Painting
Mother's Day Rush, Oil Painting

Mother's Day Rush, Oil Painting

By Onelio Marrero

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero captures a lively moment inside a flower shop at Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal Market, just before Mother’s Day. Surrounded by a daz...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Earth's Embrace - Original Green Brown Earth Tone Abstract Contemporary Artwork
Earth's Embrace - Original Green Brown Earth Tone Abstract Contemporary Artwork

Earth's Embrace - Original Green Brown Earth Tone Abstract Contemporary Artwork

By Clara Berta

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Clara Berta’s acrylic and mixed-media paintings blend texture and color to create harmony, mystery, and depth on the painted surface. Her paintings transform spaces into Zen environm...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Conservatory Pond, Oil Painting
Conservatory Pond, Oil Painting

Conservatory Pond, Oil Painting

By Onelio Marrero

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero painted this scene after visiting Manhattan's Central Park on a spring morning. The sunlight creates contrasts in the dappled shadows on t...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

All Red Lights, Oil Painting
All Red Lights, Oil Painting

All Red Lights, Oil Painting

By Onelio Marrero

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This cityscape captures traffic on a midtown Manhattan avenue at dawn. Rain softens the scene, creating misty reflections across the street and the surrounding ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Imagine-Original abstract painting- contemporary artwork- contemporary art
Imagine-Original abstract painting- contemporary artwork- contemporary art

Imagine-Original abstract painting- contemporary artwork- contemporary art

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jewel coloured vibrant op art abstract geometric painting French 1960s
Jewel coloured vibrant op art abstract geometric painting French 1960s

Jewel coloured vibrant op art abstract geometric painting French 1960s

Located in Norwich, GB

A fabulous example of 1960s geometric/op art, displaying all the fun, playfulness and vibrancy of the style. Op art, short for optical art, is a style of visual art that uses optical illusions. Typically, they give the viewer the impression of movement, hidden images and vibrating patterns. Its roots can be traced back to Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism and Dada. The maker of this stunning piece is Tony Gonnet (1909-2004) an artist close to those who shaped modern art and its history. Working in Casablanca in 1940 he met André Breton and Saint-Exupéry, who were both on their way to America. Unable to obtain a visa for himself, Gonnet returned to Paris in January of 1942. Living on Rue de Seine, he became one of the figures of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and numbered amongst his many friends Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Jean Genet – who prefaced his first Parisian exhibition in 1952 – as well as Albert Camus, Simone Signoret, Boris Vian, Jacques and Pierre Prévert and many others. In 1941, in the ennui of Casablanca, Tony Gonnet had started to draw, and then paint, in a Surrealist style. In 1946 he abandoned figurative surrealism in favour of abstraction, making sole use from then on of geometric forms and shaded tones, in his own unique style. His works aim to achieve harmony of shapes and colours, and thus to bring joy. Tony Gonnet loved life, and said that each of his works was an offering made to it. With solo shows in major Paris galleries...

Category

1960s Op Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Magnificent Mile in Bloom, Oil Painting
Magnificent Mile in Bloom, Oil Painting

Magnificent Mile in Bloom, Oil Painting

By Yangzi Xu

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Yangzi Xu captures the joyful return of spring to downtown Chicago in this painting. Vibrant tulips in pinks, reds, and corals fill the foreground, softe...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Love Lavender, Original Painting
Love Lavender, Original Painting

Love Lavender, Original Painting

By Jessica JH Roller

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A Siamese cat with bright blue eyes rests at the center, its golden fur accentuated by bold black outlines. A series of hearts filling the white background ad...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Yellow Springs Deer Family, Original Painting
Yellow Springs Deer Family, Original Painting

Yellow Springs Deer Family, Original Painting

By Jessica JH Roller

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
In this whimsical painting, a family of deer roams around a nature reserve. An owl perches on one of the trees, silently observing the woodland activity. A profusion of flowers adorn the scene, adding to the charm of the composition.


About the Artist
Artist Jessica JH Roller paints whimsical and playful compositions of animals and people, marked by bold colors and primitivist linework. She distills a scene into a few simple shapes, using color to create contrast and vibrancy, often choosing palettes that reflect pop culture. "My adopted kittens, Tony and Larry, opened my eyes and unleashed the artist inside me," shares Jessica. "After, I started to notice birds, trees, color, everything." Jessica brings to life her dynamic creations in the comfort of her studio in her century-old home. She enjoys listening to music and audiobooks while painting with her 18-year-old acrylic-covered easel. When not painting, Jessica cherishes time with her family and five cats, teaches yoga, and enjoys cycling along the river.


Words that describe this painting: forest, deer, deers, wildlife, folk, trees, owl, tree, trees, whimsical, nursery, animals, primitive, acrylic painting, red


Yellow Springs Deer Family...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Animal Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

English Brass Bound Mahogany Lap Desk, Late 19th Century
English Brass Bound Mahogany Lap Desk, Late 19th Century

English Brass Bound Mahogany Lap Desk, Late 19th Century

Located in Beachwood, OH

English Brass Bound Mahogany Lap Desk, Late 19th Century 20 inches wide This is an elegant English brass-bound mahogany lap desk, likely dating from the late 19th to early 20th cent...

Category

Late 19th Century More Art

Materials

Brass

Michigan Avenue: Where Light Meets Rain, Oil Painting
Michigan Avenue: Where Light Meets Rain, Oil Painting

Michigan Avenue: Where Light Meets Rain, Oil Painting

By Yangzi Xu

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Yangzi captures a rainy evening on Chicago's Michigan Avenue. Streetlamps glow warmly against the cool reflections of the wet pavement. Figures with umbr...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Autograph Letter Signed By Ottone Rosai to Mino Maccari - 1943
Autograph Letter Signed By Ottone Rosai to Mino Maccari - 1943

Autograph Letter Signed By Ottone Rosai to Mino Maccari - 1943

Located in Roma, IT

A Autograph Letter Signed By Ottone Rosai accompanied by a b/w portrait (cm 11 x 12) in a beautiful composition, in perfect condition, mounted under passepartout, plexiglass, and gil...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern More Art

Materials

Paper

Jean-Michel Basquiat hand-painted sweatshirt 1979/1980
Jean-Michel Basquiat hand-painted sweatshirt 1979/1980

Jean-Michel Basquiat hand-painted sweatshirt 1979/1980

By Jean-Michel Basquiat

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Jean-Michel Basquiat (untitled), 'MAN MADE Sweatshirt', c. 1979: Basquiat produced this rare original hand-painted sweatshirt (among others, with only few known to have survived) for the purposes of selling these on his own and through the historic downtown fashion boutique, Patricia Field’s. Basquiat was captured wearing a similar example in the well publicized 1979 photo, 'Basquiat Dancing at The Mudd Club' by Nicholas Taylor of Gray. This double-sided work notably features Basquiat’s ‘MANMADE’ tag - Basquiat’s alias after he took to the streets to declare “SAMO is Dead”. The work is further highlighted by Basquiat’s ‘BAD’ motif - uniquely paralleling his consideration to naming his band, ‘Bad Fools’ prior to Gray. In trademark Basquiat style, we also find the vertically spaced ‘E’ on both sides of the piece, as well as dashed lines which would appear in many of the artist’s Anti-Product cards, early drawings and more. The work emanates directly from the collection of world renowned author Lucy Sante (formerly Luc Sante). As it is well publicized, Basquiat worked with Sante in 1979/80 on the downtown-art scene publication, ‘Stranded’ (New York, 1980). Medium: Acrylic on cotton sweatshirt (double-sided artwork). Executed circa 1979/1980. Dimensions: 16.5 x 22 inches (outstretched cuff to cuff: 50 inches & sleeve length: 18 inches). Condition: In good overall vintage condition. Bright well-preserved colors; some minor discoloration in several areas due to normal age related wear and use; scattered stains located on the hem, inner arm area(s) and cuffs; scattered minor pilling; loose thread on the reverse of hem. Basquiat's artwork throughout remains fully intact. Unique. One of a kind. Signed ‘MANMADE’ and numbered 5/100 on the reverse. Provenance: Gifted by Basquiat to Lucy Sante; obtained directly from the former. Sante's relationship to Basquiat is well documented in three publications (see below literature/references for more). Accompanied by a letter of provenance from Sante. Literature/References: -'Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat,' by Sarah Driver - this 2018 documentary features an in-depth section devoted to Basquiat's 'Man Made' clothing, featuring an interview with designer Patricia Field & artist Kenny Scharf. - 'Basquiat Before Basquiat' (MCA Denver; see Sante, p.40-43 ). - 'Stranded' issue four index (Spring 1980). Basquiat's identity is confirmed as 'Man-Made' midway on page. - 'Zeitgeist: The Art Scene of Teenage Basquiat' (Howl Arts 2018; essay: 'Stranded' by Lucy Sante). - 'An Intimate Look at Jean-Michel Basquiat's Early Days' by Lucy Sante (Village Voice 2/8/17). -'Man Made by Basquiat' (MinnieMuse) May 2019. -'Exploring Jean-Michel Basquiat's 1970's Clothing Collection, 'Man Made.'' Vice Magazine, May 2019. - ‘The Jean-Michel Basquiat Reader’ (Moore pg. 334) discusses Basquiat’s Man Made painted clothing. - 'Basquiat Dancing at The Mudd Club' photograph by Nicholas Taylor of Gray (Basquiat wears a similarly painted sweatshirt). Basquiat’s use of ’MAN MADE', see: - Glenn O'Brien "Graffiti '80;" High Times, June 1980 (p. 53-54); "Jean-Michel Basquiat who is known to many as SAMO, had changed his alias to Man Made". - Jean-Michel Basquiat: 1981, the Studio of the Street (Diego Cortez; 2007 p. 80). - The Last Time I Saw Basquiat (NYR Daily 9/3/16; essay by Lucy Sante). - Basquiat: Boom For Real (Barbican; Nairne, Buchhart & Johnson p.26). - Sotheby's S2 Catalog & Sale, "Man Made" (May 2013). Intertextual References: Basquiat's 'BAD' motif further appears in the following 1979 works: - "Stupid Games, Bad Ideas" (color xerox; see Basquiat: Boom For Real pg. 108). - Basquiat (untitled) "Test Pattern" (original drawing and xerox; see Basquiat: Boom For Real pg. 147). - Basquiat (untitled) "Gumby Is Bad" t-shirt (worn on camera by the artist at Canal Zone...

Category

1980s Pop Art More Art

Materials

Acrylic

UNTITLED LUXURY ONE-OF-A-KIND CHESS SET
UNTITLED LUXURY ONE-OF-A-KIND CHESS SET

UNTITLED LUXURY ONE-OF-A-KIND CHESS SET

Located in West Hollywood, CA

This beautiful one-of-a-kind chess set designed by artist Cyrice Griffith using found objects to create a luxury art deco inspired functional piece of art. The artist utilizes the c...

Category

2010s Art Deco More Art

Materials

Found Objects

A Perfect Moment-original figurative landscape acrylic painting-contemporary Art
A Perfect Moment-original figurative landscape acrylic painting-contemporary Art

A Perfect Moment-original figurative landscape acrylic painting-contemporary Art

By Therese James

Located in London, Chelsea

We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Emergent Reeds, Oil Painting
Emergent Reeds, Oil Painting

Emergent Reeds, Oil Painting

By Onelio Marrero

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Lush trees frame a serene pond, where the water reflects the vivid sky and its fluffy white clouds. Lily pads float gently on the surface, adding a touch of g...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Victorian Barbazon School Landscape Oil Painting Cows and Calves in a Meadow
Victorian Barbazon School Landscape Oil Painting Cows and Calves in a Meadow

Victorian Barbazon School Landscape Oil Painting Cows and Calves in a Meadow

Located in ludlow, GB

Victorian Barbazon School Landscape Animal Oil Painting of Cattle watering in a Meadow. A rather wonderful Barbizon School Large Oil Painting on canvas on stretchers and signed by Pablo Martinez. Victorian oil on canvas mounted on stretchers showing Hereford Cow and 2 others with sheep in background. Beautiful and tranquil landscape housed in its original restored gilt frame. He was born in Paris in 1838 and exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1868... French Barbizon School oil on canvas painting of cattle in a landscape by Pablo Martinez, second half of the 19th century. This French plein air painting features an exquisite depiction of Cattle, painted in the Romantic tradition of The Barbizon School, lead by the charismatic Camille Corot. The artists of the movement explored the vast possibilities of plein-air painting, in the mesmerizing forest of Fontainebleau, in the south or Paris. Thanks to the invention of paint in tubes, the Barbizon artists...

Category

19th Century Barbizon School Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Poppies Aflutter, Original Painting
Poppies Aflutter, Original Painting

Poppies Aflutter, Original Painting

By Catherine McCargar

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Catherine McCargar illustrates alluring red flowers in a background of white. She captures the delicacy and transparency of gorgeous poppies she noticed in a local public garden. She creates a somewhat stylized arrangement of blooming stems. "It is punctuated by the addition of the buds as they dangle before bursting forth the seed capsules that remain after the petals drop," says Catherine.


About the Artist
Impressionist Catherine McCargar expresses her deep admiration of nature through landscape paintings of Northern California...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Watercolor

Rare 1950s Vintage Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art
Rare 1950s Vintage Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art

Rare 1950s Vintage Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art

By Jerry Walter & Linda Walter

Located in Surfside, FL

SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 5.5 X 19.5 Dated August 13, 1954 in top right corner. Like her contemporaries, Aggie Mack, Candy and Patsy Walker (before her conversion to a superhero), Susie Q. Smith was a female Archie-type — not exactly an imitator, because Archie, who had started only four years earlier, hadn't yet become popular enough to spawn imitators, but part of his genre. She attended high school, where her teachers often seemed unreasonable to her, interacted with the opposite gender in a typically adolescent way, and her parents didn't completely understand her. And she was cute and perky as only a teenage girl can be. Susie was the star of a comic strip distributed by King Features, the biggest of the comic strip syndicates, whose other offerings have ranged from Jackys Diary to Prince Valiant. King launched the strip in both daily and Sunday form in 1945. Daily, she was only in a panel at first, but it expanded into a full, multi-panel strip on February 7, 1953. In a very odd turn of events, in 1953 the Walters chose to leave King Features behind and hitch their wagon at the McNaught Syndicate. The creators were Harold "Jerry" Walter and his wife, Linda. Jerry was also responsible for Jellybean Jones, who has nothing to do with Jughead Jones's young sister, a modern-day addition to the Archie cast of characters. Together, they did The Lively Ones during the 1960s. Though each was capable of doing both major jobs in comic strip production, their usual working method was for Jerry to dream up the ideas and write the dialog, while Linda did the artwork. The Walters also collaborated on a series of Susie Q. Smith comic books for Dell Comics. Instead of reprinting newspaper strips, these ran new stories by the Walters. Between 1951 and '54, four issues were published as part of the Four Color Comics series, where many minor comic strips, including Dotty Dripple, Timmy and Rusty Riley had found a home. It had no other media spin-offs. Susie Q. Smith had a respectable run in the newspapers, but it ended in 1959. Jerry Walter (1915 - 2007) was an abstract expressionist artist whose output of energetic and colorful paintings were the products of the rich artistic milieu of post-war New York City. He was born Harold Frank Walter in Mount Pleasant, Iowa on November 25, 1915. After graduating from Colgate University in 1937, Walter moved to New York City, where he studied drawing and painting at the New School and the Art Students’ League. Before concentrating seriously on his art, he spent several years as a successful copywriter and idea man for the advertising agencies of J. Walter Thompson, McCann Ericson, and BBDO. During this time, he also worked as a syndicated cartoonist. Collaborating with his wife, Linda, his best-known series was Susie Q. Smith, which first appeared in 1945 and described as a “female Archie type.” Very popular, the cartoon was later the subject of a series of comic books published from 1951 to 1954. After serving in the United States Army for three years during World War II, Walter began to paint seriously. He ascribed his earliest artistic influence to Joan Miró, whose Dog Barking at the Moon (1926) he viewed when he was twelve, the year he published his first cartoon. Walter later wrote that jazz, “the first native expression of so-called modernism” was a strong influence on his work. During the later 1940s, Walters spent time at the Research Studio in Maitland, Florida. Founded in 1937 by artist and architect J. André Smith and supported by the philanthropist Mary Curtis Bok, the Research Studio was a lively colony that hosted prominent artists, including Milton Avery, Ralston Crawford, and Doris Lee. While at the Studio, Walter’s work was purchased by Frank Crowninshield. A founding trustee of the Museum of Modern Art and editor of Vanity Fair, Crowinshield was a noted collector; his collection included important works by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Edgar Degas, George Bellows, and Pierre Bonnard. Returning to New York after his time at the Studio, Walter became an active member of the New York school of the abstract expressionist movement, and in the summer of 1956, Walter exhibited 13 paintings and a selection of drawings at New York’s Chase Gallery. The adroit manipulation of both color and composition evident in his work shows the influence of Abstract Expressionism, particularly Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, and Hans Hofmann. illustrator and female cartoonist Linda Walter was the talented female mind behind the beloved "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip. She played an instrumental role in shaping the cultural landscape through her vibrant illustrations. Known for the timeless charm of the "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip, Linda's artistry brought joy and laughter to countless readers during the 1950s and continues to resonate with fans across generations. She was part of the Woodstock artists community. from Women in Comics: Linda Walter was the artist of newspaper strip Susie Q. Smith, which was written by her husband, Jerry. It was syndicated by King Features Syndicate and ran from 1945 to 1959. The Walters also contributed original Susie Q. Smith stories to Dell's Four Color comic books from 1951 to 1954. From 1964-1965, they created a singled panel comic called The Lively Ones. Vintage Golden Age of Comics era. The Golden Age of Comic Books describes an era in the history of American comic books from 1938 to 1956. During this time, modern comic books were first published and rapidly increased in popularity. The superhero archetype was created. Between 1939 and 1941 Detective Comics (DC) and its sister company, All-American Publications, introduced popular superheroes such as Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, the Atom, Hawkman, Green Arrow and Aquaman. Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, had million-selling titles featuring the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America. Another notable series was The Spirit by Will Eisner. Dell Comics' non-superhero characters (particularly the licensed Walt Disney animated-character comics) outsold the superhero comics of the day. The publisher featured licensed movie and literary characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Roy Rogers and Tarzan. Additionally, MLJ's introduction of Archie Andrews in Pep Comics #22 (December 1941) gave rise to teen humor comics, with the Archie Comics...

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1950s American Modern More Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

San Sebastian Beach, Oil Painting
San Sebastian Beach, Oil Painting

San Sebastian Beach, Oil Painting

By Jonelle Summerfield

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The beach in San Sebastian, Spain, is a chaotic paradise. People fill the sand and water, walking around to show off their stylish beachwear, and playing betwee...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil