Marvin Smith

Modern Surrealist Still Life Painting of a Country Window Sill and Horses

1960's

Surrealist naturalistic jungle landscape painting by wildlife artist Bo Newell. The work features a pair of jaguars emerging from a picture of dense jungle foliage. Signed in the fro...

Naturalistic animal painting by contemporary artist Matthew Paoletti. The work features a group of brown and tan horses running through an abstract gr...

Oil painting on canvas board of a sledge pulled by oxen. The painting is done in an impressionist style. The canvas board is signed by the artist on the front and titled, signed and dated on the back. The board is not framed. Artist Biography: John Koenakeefe Mohl was born on 29 September 1903 in Dinokana, Zeerust in the North-West Province. Mohl's father was a carpenter who sculpted objects such as chairs and mealie stampers. During his youth, Mohl drew with 'pepa' on rocks and made clay objects. He attended primary school in Dinokana where his teachers reprimanded him for constantly drawing in class. Mohl's father eventually withdrew him from school to tend to the goats. Nevertheless, Reverend Hale soon recognized Mohl’s talent and convinced his father to allow him to draw. Mohl attended the Moeding Training Institute (later known as Tigerkloof Training School) where he attained a teacher’s diploma. He subsequently accompanied a German artist to South West Africa (now Namibia) where he studied painting at the Windhoek School of Art. The Missionary Society and the Lutheran Church then sent him to Dusseldorf, West Germany where he studied art at the Kunst-Akademie during the following five years. The artist later returned to South Africa and settled in Sophiatown, where he started running art classes from his home. His art school was known to his peers as the ‘White Studio’. He was one of the first Black artists to be involved in art education and training. In the late 1950s, he was prevented from operating a business; therefore he established the Apollo Art...

Naturalistic animal painting by contemporary artist Matthew Paoletti. The work features a brown and white cow standing in an abstract field of grey to...

Childhood memories #1 儿时的记忆#1 Li Geng Min’s paintings present us a fantasy world on canvas. In Chinese culture, gold fishes and pandas highlight symbols of happiness. Gold fishes re...

An oil painting of a large octopus on a natural-colored ground. Painted from direct observation, in the style of classical realism. Framed in a simple 3-inch rustic wood frame w gold...

Initialed upper right, 'C.N.' (Danish, 19th Century) and dated 1898. A late nineteenth-century oil composed with a fresh palette and finely-observed detail. This elegant feline stud...

"Knock on Wood". oil on canvas board. Painting size is 11.25 x7 inches. Signed lower right. Certificate of authenticity is available.