Arne Besser

'An Object of Interest', Manhattan, Smithsonian, Hard-Edge Photo-Realist Oil

Circa 1985

Signed center right, in the 53 stub, 'Childers' for Robert Childers (American, 1924-1984) and dated 1954. Robert Childers first served in the U.S. Navy for six years after graduating from Medford High School in 1941. Following World War II, he studied at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art where he was the recipient of a gold medal and, upon graduating from the Museum's school, was the recipient of a Cresson scholarship and attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where he received his Masters degree. Childers continued his education with classes at Fleisher Memorial and performed for two years with the Philadelphia Dance Theater. Following his studies, he worked in fabrics, film production, toys and illustrations for publishers with du Pont in New York City. At the same time he maintained a studio and old twine factory over the Cherry Lane Theater. He lived in Greenwich Village for 19 years before accepting a position developing new products for American Greetings Inc. While there he designed the Hobbie Holly cloth doll...

Signed verso, 'France. Sundsten' for Francesca Sundsten (American, 1960-2019), titled, 'Monster Sheephead' and dated 2002. Accompanied by original receipt from Davidson Gallery. Fra...

Signed lower right, 'ZEV' for Daniel Albert Harris (American, 1914-1986) and dated "1952-1953". A dramatic, Mid-century cityscape showing numerous figures, both concealed and partially-revealed, dispersed in a neo-classical townscape beneath a vibrant sunset. Born Daniel Harris, and adopting the name of Zev, Harris studied at the Masters Institute of the Roerich Museum in Hungary and at the National Academy of Design...

Painted by Dan May (American, 1952-2019) circa 2010, and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity. After study with Larry Stobie at Oregon College of Education, Dan May e...

One day I visited the Ikea store in Groningen, The Netherlands where I saw these people leaving the store by escalator with all the stuff they just bought. Somehow I thought the scen...

"Bakersfield II" is an original 24in x 24in photorealist oil painting on canvas by American artist Jessica Hess. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Jessica Hess now li...

Theatrical reflective and feathered objects dramatically lit, sitting upon a wooden table with a black background. Colors include silver, red and black with touches of yellow and bro...

Inspired by the geometric landscape of his hometown Thomas Roese has created a photorealist series using acrylic, graphite and colored pencil. Since graduating from the Cleveland ...