Figurative Paintings

Marcel Dyf (French, 1899-1985) Leçon de musique; Music Lesson Circa 1965, Oil on canvas Dimensions: 29 x 24 inches (73.0 x 61.0 cm) Framed: 36 x 31 Inches Signed lower right: Dyf T...

Acrylic on canvas original painting 40 x 70 cm (Encadrée) 38 x 61 cm 15.75 x 27.56 in

Title: Bullfighting Scene Artist: José María Tuser Vázquez (Barcelona, 1919 - 1986) Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: 18.1 x 15 inches Signed: Yes, lower right corner "Tuser" Framed: ...

Betsy Podlach (American, born 1964.) Still life with Tin Cup, 1996 17.5 X 16.5 inches. Framed it measures 18.25 X 17.25 Betsy Podlach graduated from Harvard, cum laude, (she studied at Harvard with Alfred Decreido and William Reimann as well as Carlos Fuentes continuing her studies at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture, Ms. Podlach was awarded an art fellowship and residency at The International School of Art in Umbria, Italy. Betsy Podlach is an American painter who considers the Italian Venetians and the american abstract expressionist painters her mentors. The two painters she is most inspired by are Titian and Jackson Pollock, Both use the picture plane and abstraction and space, light, movement and form to communicate a physicality built entirely on the principals of painting, in the “classical” sense of a flat plane and lines, color, shape, space and light applied to that flat surface to create magic – light, space, form, emotion, force, movement, the physical and the spiritual. She describes her work as a figurative version of abstract expressionism. She was influenced by many of the abstract expressionists from the NY school...

Richard Schmid's (US based) "Frozen Brook" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a winter landscape. Artist Biography: Throughout his career, which saw fifty one-man s...

Sakti Burman - Two Friends Watercolour on Paper 26 x 20 inches, 1978 ( Framed and delivered ) Born : 1935 Kolkata Education : 1956 Government College of Arts and Crafts in Kolkata ...

"Pan of Bolts" and on Verso Joan Brown Swimming W/Manuel Neri Walking on Water Sally Wilt studied with Joan at California School of Fine Art Stunning lar...

Beautiful oil painting of nude study titled "The Red Table Cloth" by Bay Area, California artist Shirley Loyst (American, b-1928), circa 1960. Exhibition...

Country Lane in Wintertime with Winter Sun through the Trees by 20th Century British Artist, Tony Wooding (Born 1969) Art measures 30 x 16 inches Frame mea...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Dichotomy, 1962 Oil on paper Signed and dated upper left 20 x 25 inches Mid-century figural abstract green painting of woman swimming ...

"Danger" - Original Modernist Oil Painting on Canvas Striking modernist painting by Bay Area artist Jean Hyson (American, 1928-2023). Hard edge oil on canvas depicting a black square to the left of the canvas with a lit up cinema projector. A mans face can be seen appearing in the light coming from the projector. An orange square is seen parallel to the projector, with a yellow circle inside. The number "13" can be seen in the lower right of the orange square. Purple and light blue take up the background. Signed "Hyson" lower right in black square. Titled, signed and dated "Jean Hyson" "Danger 1966" verso. Presented in a purple wooden frame. Frame: 20 1/2"H x 24 1/2"W Image: 19 3/4"H x 24"W Born in Texas, Jean Hyson (American, 1928-2023) is best known for her modernist, sharp edge, paintings. Hyson attended the Art Student League in New York with George Grosz, Yaso Kumiyoshi and William Baziotes and Beaux Artes, Paris, France from 1954-59. She was an Artist in Residence and Instructor at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland from 1970-1974. Her work is held in the Oakland Art Museum, Oakland California, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California and the California Container Corp. of America, Chicago, Illinois. Jean Hyson and her then-husband Jacques Fabert (who typically painted under the name “Jean Faber Himbert”) were an important force within the midcentury San Francisco art scene. Her work has been featured in countless Bay Area gallery and museum exhibitions—including SFMOMA, the de Young, and the Legion of Honor—and is in numerous public and private collections. In a fantastic in-depth interview with Hilda Pertha...

This captivating mid-century Spanish painting by Alfredo Opisso immerses the viewer in the lively atmosphere of a café or bar, where figures gather to drink, sing, and dance. Rendere...

Outstanding Monumental Artwork Consists of 8 mounted Cubist charcoal drawings mounted on blind canvas frames. Drawing for the Panon Universi...

Contemporary figurative oil on canvas painting by Polish artist Waldemar Marszalek. Artwork shows four women and two couples. Women are wearing dresses and men are wearing suits. One...

Pluie a Venice is painted in Hambourg's preferred palette of muted blue-green, grey, and gold with splashes of ruby red, deep blue, and emerald green. The soft colors work well for beach scenes and rainy days such as the ones portrayed in this painting. The impressionistic scene shows multiple pedestrians strolling down the boardwalk, shielding themselves from the rain with colorful umbrellas that provide pops of color and balance the overcast sky. The background contains a three-masted ship and Piazza San Marco's famous bell tower and Basilica. Hambourg uses the minimum number of brushstrokes necessary to portray ships, seagulls, buildings and people as well as reflections on the glistening sidewalk. The brushstrokes in the sky have an interesting texture that is controlled yet carefree and there is heavy impasto throughout. His portrayal is both realistic and romanticized. Hambourg was clearly influenced by the great Impressionist artists of earlier generations, perhaps none more than the one with a direct connection to his family. Hambourg's wife, Nicole Rachet, was born into a family with a large collection of works by Impressionist master Eugene Boudin. Rachet's grandfather was a contemporary and friend of Boudin's, and a collector of his work. In their later years, Hambourg and Rachet donated over 300 canvases by Boudin and other artists to the Eugene Boudin Museum in Honfleur, France. It was such a large and important gift that the collection bears...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Eye of the Desert, 1965 Collage, graphite and gouache on paper Signed and dated lower right 16 x 12 inches 25 x 21 inches, framed A mid-century figural abstract painting. Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York dealers...

Luminoso paesggio primaverile Boris Lavrenko (Rostov, 1920 – St. Petersburg, 2001) Works by Boris Lavrenko can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United Stat...

Figures (66) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Board Size: 21 in. x 33 in. (53.34 cm x 83.82 cm) Frame Size: 27 x 41 inches

Thelma Frazier Winter (American, 1905-1977) Mardi Gras, c. 1960 Encaustic on panel with graffito Signed lower right 14.5 x 22.5 inches 20 x 28 in...

Classic Saratoga paddock walking ring enclosure by Robert Roche c1960 Art Sz: 14"H x 18 1/4"W Frame Sz: 18 1/2"H x 22 3/4"W Giclee

3831 Oil painting of a gypsy fortune teller

The Artist's Apartment Mid-Century Fauvist Interior Scene Original Oil on Canvas Vibrant interior scene by Santa Cruz California artist Frances Rinaldo (American, b. 1943). A bright...

Born in Whitchurch, Oxfordshire, Law was the son of an architect but his parents separated when he was quite young and he lived for a while, probably in the 1920s, with his mother an...

Landscape with Mississippi River. Saul Haymond, Sr. (1947- ) of Pickens, Mississippi is a self-taught painter who has been documenting life in the A...

Dancers in Veils (56) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1960 Oil on Board Size: 20 in. x 16 in. (50.8 cm x 40.64 cm) Frame Size: 26 x 22 inches

Seated Woman (20) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Board Size: 15 in. x 12 in. (38.1 cm x 30.48 cm)

Artist: David Messer Title: Three Children Playing Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed verso Size: 10.75 x 13.75 in. (27.31 x 34.93 cm)

Vue des Grands Boulevards à Paris by H. CLAUDE PISSARRO (b. 1935) Pastel on card 37 x 50 cm (14 ⅝ x 19 ⅝ inches) Signed lower right, H. Claude Pissarro This work is accompanied by a...

Traditional Celebration and Costumes Japan or Okinawa Oil painting on illustration board of Japanese Ryukyu or Okinawa Island festival goers by and unknown artist. Elegantly dresse...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Figures with Flowers) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condition: Good Provenance...

Le Bassin du Hérisson, Jardin du Manoir de Tracy by Hugues Pissarro dit Pomié (B. 1935) Oil on canvas 195 x 130 cm (76 ³/₄ x 51 ¹/₈ inches) Dated on the reverse, 1992 Painted in Arr...

bullfight original expressionist acrylic painting. Framed During its first exhibition in Paris, the French press catalogs it like "The Catalan Sorolla". Honorary Member of the MECOA...

'The Flea Market', oil on canvas, by Catherine Garros (circa 1990s). The viewer can feel the light of the French Riviera shine through this seductive ...

Striking Fauvist portrait with a vibrant, high voltage color palette, featuring a green woman with red hair by Sydney Helfman (American, 1926-2010). Aut...

The Armchair by Annabel Daou (b. 1967) Oil on canvas 116.5 x 102 cm (45 ⁷/₈ x 40 ¹/₈ inches) Signed on the reverse, Annabel Pissarro Provenance Purchased directly from the artist A...

"Audience" Mid 20th Century American Figurative Theatre Performance Contemporary Leon Bibel (1912 - 1995) "The Audience," 52 ½ x 41 ¼ inches. Oil on canvas, c. 1963. Signed lower right. Framed. BIO Painter, printmaker and sculptor, Leon Bibel was born in San Francisco in 1913. He trained at the California School of Fine Arts and received a scholarship to study under the German Impressionist Maria Riedelstein. He worked in collaboration with Bernard Zackheim, a student of Diego Rivera, to create frescoes for the San Francisco Jewish Community Center and the University of California Medical School. In 1936 Bibel moved from California to join the Federal Art Project at Harlem Art...

Subtle and moody portrait of a Pensive man by Joan Tidwell (American, 1930-2002). The sitter in the portrait is a middle-aged man looking slightly downwards, wearing a collared shirt. This piece is completed in a tan and green palette, creating a somber feeling. Of particular note are the confident, thick brushstrokes - each one is well-placed in the modernist style. Similar in some ways to Picasso's portraits. Signed "Joan Tidwell" on verso Unframed. Canvas size: 30"H x 22"W oan Gay Tidwell (American, 1930-2002) was born and raised in Hollywood, CA, where she had some success as a child actor. Later, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Washington with a Master's Degree in English Literature and Drama. Tidwell moved to the Bay...

Really kool little gem here. Oil on canvas of a young girl adding her artistic talents to a graffiti wall. It measures 16 inches wide by 12 high. Frame is 18 1/2 by 14 1/2 inches. It...

Striking and colorful mid century Fauvist portrait of a man by Sydney Helfman (American, 1926-2010). The expressive and vibrant color palette, a signatu...

Inscribed verso, 'P. Johnstone' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1965. A substantial Modernist figural oil of a young woman shown reading a book in a rose-colored room, wi...

Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowing it...

FIne impressionist 20th-century oil on board of an English river landscape in the Norfolk area of England. Hall painted marine scenes, landscapes, and town scenes in both America, U...

Mixed media on canvas realized by Fernando Porfili (Porfirius) in 1961. Hand signed and dated. Includes a coeval wooden frame. Very good condition.

Christ, the Great High Priest. Greek-Italian style Icon with silver filigreed oklad. Egg tempera, over gesso on wood with a silver cover, "oklad", with pol...

Woman Laying On The Beach. Artist signed lower left corner. Claude Grosperrin is a French painter and lithographer born on November 26, 1936, at Charenton-le-Pont ( Val-de-Marne ) and died on July 16, 1977, in Paris. Claude Grosperrin is in 1956 the student of Maurice Brianchon at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris, then attended the School of Applied Arts Duperré. The price of the Casa de Velázquez that he won in 1961 earned him a trip to Madrid from 1961 to 1962. Exhibitions: Galerie Saluden, Brest , 1962. Galerie André Weil, Paris, June 1970. Gemäldegalerie-Abels, Cologne, 1970. Claude Grosperrin - Paintings, Van der Straeten Gallery, New York, November-December 1970. Claude Grosperrin - Normandy paddocks, equestrian scenes, landscapes and seascapes, Eric Galleries, 57th Street, New York, October 1974. Updated Exhibitions: Charpentier Gallery, Durand-Ruel Gallery, Berthe Weill Gallery. Maurice Faustino-Lafetat , Jef Friboulet , Claude Grosperrin, Frederic Menguy , Théâtre du Tertre , Paris, April 1957. Biennial of Paris, 1959, 1961 ( The Dahlias, 1961, oil on canvas, 130 × 195 cm). The horse in art , Wildenstein Gallery , London , 1960. Ten years of acquisitions of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art , former customs of Strasbourg , March-April 1970. Fall Salon, 1960. Undated entries: Salon of the National Society of Fine Arts, Salon des Independants (Paris), Salon Jeu de Paume ( Versailles ). Contemporary French Impressionist Painters (Claude Grosperrin, Bernardino Toppi...

EMILIO GRAU SALA Spanish, 1911 - 1975 INTERIEUR AUX FLEURS JAUNES signed "Grau Sala" (lower left) signed again, located, dated and titled "Grau Sala, Paris 61, Interieur aux fleurs jaunes" (on the reverse) oil on canvas 15 x 18-1/4 inches (38 x 46 cm.) framed: 23-1/2 x 26-1/2 (59.5 x 67 cm.) PROVENANCE Private Parisian Collection Interieur aux fleurs jaunes This interior with two female figures where also the plans made in different colors are drawing the composition. The abundant pictorial material distributed in geometric portions, gives life to the tablecloth and mother and daughter figures, in black and white colors of the jacket, while the black line takes care of the environments so as not to separate them. The fruit bowl and flowers give a cheerful touch with their pastel tones. Emilio Grau Sala came from a family of artists. He was born in Barcelona in 1911 and his father, a good cartoonist, had been one of the promoters of the "Salon des Humanistes" and made his exhibitions normally in "Sala Parés", Barcelona. His first works were exhibited at the Salon des Independents. In the years 1930-33 he had painted under the influence of Cubism, especially that of Torres García. It is from that time a painting of the port of Barcelona, ​​geometric and structural, which completely anticipated what would later be his work. His personality began fully painting watercolors and oils with a certain fantasy character, with a point of decorative instinct and themes full of naivety and grace. Romantic interiors, paddocks, port scenes, sailors, etc. Grau Sala was essentially a Mediterranean painter, son of post-impressionism and enriched with French painting of the last fifty years. Mediterranean because his work has the color and light of that land. He understood and assimilated impressionist painting very well, and for that reason he was never subject to the modules of a formulist realism, nor the sexigencias of the forms. In Paris he found the best environment to give us a fruitful and intense work, because he could use the expressive potential of French art to enrich it. All this made him a very esteemed artist everywhere where his work was known. He was also very often required to illustrate books and publications in Paris. Also his posters were very successful. He painted a large number of subjects, but perhaps the theme of horse racing is where you can see in a very clear way the joyful and optimistic life that was lived at that time. In this fabric there is an explosion of juicy and vivid colors full of ingenuity and simplicity in its composition. Only a teacher could turn the complicated into something simple and beautiful. Before this work we feel a deep emotion, the emotion of before starting a horse race. Joy and nervousness at the same time. Especially since it is a direct emotion. There are no intermediaries between our eyes and what the work intends to tell us. This is precisely what seduces and catches us of this painting. His works can be found in the Museums of the Villa de Paris, L'Ile de France Museum, at the Château de Sceaux, Honfleur Museum, La Rochelle Museum, Barcelona Museum...

Detailed in this painting are themes dear to Sax Berlin’s heart; music, poetry, and culture, both ancient and modern. There’s a subtle aura of myth and mysticism surrounding this pie...

Clementine Hunter, African House This is an excellent example of Hunter’s work, featuring the iconic African House. Three figures are present in the work, a boy, a girl, and an elde...

Crucifixion (36) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: 1964 Oil on Board, signed Size: 21.5 in. x 15 in. (54.61 cm x 38.1 cm)

Pair of two vintage portraits of Native American figures, one older and one younger, in profile with braids and headdresses by Victor S. ...

In the "Fantasy/Metaphysical" series by American artist Eugene Hawkins, the convergence of surrealism and metaphysics unfolds as an exploration of existential themes common to all. C...

Original Oil Painting of the North Rocky Coastline of Ireland by Northern Irish Artist, Joseph McLoughlin (1926-2018) Art measures 16 x 12 inches ...

5098 MCM oil the three Magicians by R.McKay

Still Life is an original contemporary artwork realized by the artist Santo Miano in 1990 Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Hand signed on the lower left. Includes frame:59 x ...

Wrestling Woman is an original mixed media, ink and tempera, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1998. Hand-signed on the lower right. Titled on the lower center, dated on the lower left. In good conditions. The artwork represents a nude wrestling...

Colorful urban street scene of Brooklyn Bridge, NYC City Landscape Painting by William Clutz "Roebling's Dream, The Great East River Bridge", 1990 oil on canvas 40 x 70 inches, 41 3/...

Wonderful English impressionist painting depicting an English windmill with a stormy sky at the beginning of fall. Hall painted scenes all over England , Eu...

When Johnny left school, there were many interests which ran alongside his career at the time in the City of London as an Aviation Insurance Broker at Lloyds – writing music, playing with a band, tinkering with Vintage cars, marketing various inventions and making painting trips when possible – it wasn’t long before the Arts beckoned and at twenty six he won a place at the Fine Arts Academy in Florence where he moved in 1972. A year later, moving near Lake Trasimeno, he continued his studies at the Fine Arts Academy in Perugia. Again on the move, he travelled to Pietrasanta near Carrara with some sculptors and stayed on this coast for nearly a year before moving eventually to Grimaldi, just inside Italy – a small medieval village about three hundred yards from the Italian /French frontier close to Monte Carlo. Here he began a series of backstage paintings – at the Opera and Orchestra rehearsals, fashion shows, at the Circus, Jazz and Cabaret – exhibiting regularly along the coast in Monaco, Nice, Cannes and Antibes. In 1984, circumstances changed and it was necessary to return to England – where a chance invitation to the races triggered a whole new series ‘At the Races’ which in time produced a wider series entitled ‘The British Sporting Year’ of Polo, The Henley Regatta, Derby Day, Wimbledon, Bowls, Cricket, Golf – even Jousting at Hever Castle...