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Figurative Paintings For Sale
5TH DIMENSIONAL LOVE MACHINE
Located in Marrakech, MA
Acrylic painting on canvas
Black exterior frame
Signed on the front
Framed dimensions: 163x269(x5)cm
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
In the beginning was the bird Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on canvas
Hand-signed and dated lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
La Mer Melee au Soleil, 2009
By Antoni TAULÉ
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Taulé was born in 1945 in Sabadell, Barcelona. His father imparted the taste for painting to Antoni as a boy as the young artist watched him paint. After his primary studies, he began studying architecture in Barcelona and graduated in 1970. In 1965, he arrived in Paris and worked in architectural firms. It was Sartre's Paris, the construction of Unesco, the year of Le Corbusier's death and the end of Chandigarh, the French Cinematheque and Antonioni's films. Since the age of 14, he has never stopped painting and made his first personal exhibition in 1966 at the Academie de Belles Arts in Sabadell.
Upon receiving his degree in architecture, he worked on the construction of l’Université autonome de Barcelone for a year. In 1971, he was asked to work on the development of a large shipyard on the small island of Formentera. There he met Laetitia Ney of Elchingen, who he would go on to marry. He devoted himself entirely to painting, and Formentera, like Paris, became one of his favorite places in both his life and to work.
His first exhibition in Paris was in 1975 with Mathias Fels, presented to him by Hervé Télémaque—showing many paintings of his young daughter Djamilla, then three years old. The exhibition was titled, Espace hors temps (Space out of Time), with a foreword by Alain Jouffroy. In 1976, Taulé exhibited Contre-Jour (Against Day) at Fabien Boulakia on rue Bonaparte with a preface by Gérald Gassiot-Talabot and in Barcelona at the Aimé Maeght gallery—an exhibition visited by Joan Miró and Alexander Calder. In 1977, he exhibited at the Beaubourg gallery, with then associates Nahon and Trigano. In 1983, he met Jorge Luis Borges and Julio Cortázar, who wrote the novella Fin d’étape (End of Stage) for Taulé That same year, he was named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) by Jack Lang...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Prime Colors
By Jim Molloy
Located in New York, NY
Nostalgic painting of vintage toy car that has been worked on by a novice mechanic. Oil on canvas with black frame one inch on front, two inches deep. This piece sold but commissio...
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La lecture au jardin (Lesson in the Garden)
Located in New Orleans, LA
French Post-Impressionist painter Georges d’Espagnat captures a charming moment between a mother and her child in this vibrant oil on canvas. Rendered with a studied use of complementary colors and bold brushstrokes, the painting showcases the artist's unique Post-Impressionist style. Remembered as one of the most individualistic artists of the 20th century, his distinctive canvases bring together the loose brushwork of the Impressionists and the bold color palette favored by the Fauves. Together, they achieve a vibrant spontaneity that lends itself well to the carefree subjects of the present work.
Masterfully composed, La lecture au jardin moves beyond the Impressionist instinct to capture a fleeting moment on canvas. Rather, d'Espagnat succeeds in creating a deep feeling of harmony in the work. Warm colors are perfectly balanced with cool tones, while vertical and horizontal lines are softened by the curves of the foliage and his subjects' figures. Through his simplification of forms and intentional use of color and line, he creates a scene that is carefully designed and thoroughly modern. A similar view of a mother and her child by d'Espagnat is currently in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York).
The Post-Impressionist painter was an individualist since his youth, choosing to forgo traditional schooling in order to independently study the Old Masters in the Louvre. He soon became involved with the most prominent Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters of the age, including Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Paul Signac, who themselves existed outside the traditional norms of French Academic training. In 1891, he exhibited at the Salon des Refusés, and again the following year at the Salon des Indépendants.
By 1895, he held his first one-man show in Paris, and just three years later his success earned him a solo show at the prestigious Durand-Ruel Gallery. Between 1905 and 1910 he made several trips to visit Renoir on the Côte d’Azur. Their close friendship resulted in a group exhibition at Marcel Bernheim...
Category
Late 19th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Falconer, interior Argosy magazine story illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 16.00" x 24.00"
Signature: Unsigned
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Moncho En El Camarote (Moncho In The Bunk Bed)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Manziales, Colombia in 1987, Esteban received his MFA from the New York Academy of Art before returning to his native country. Related works are featured in top collections, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nature bleue
Located in ATLANTA, GA
DANIEL-ANTOINE (1961) is an artist born in 1961 The oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a painting s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Signed M. Maccari Post Impressionist Figurative Painting dated 1956 oil canvas
By Mino Maccari
Located in Florence, IT
The painting (oil on canvas, 44.5 x 35 cm; with wood frame 64 x 54,5 cm) represents a moment on deception.
It's signed Maccari on the bottom left, and it's dated 1956 and titled "ins...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Savior, Paperback Cover
By James Meese
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1952
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions: 23.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
This is the paperback cover for A Bullet For My Love by Octav...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Medium Oil painting of Vintage, Antique, Collectable Toy Wearing American Flag
Located in Fort Worth, TX
Political Chatter, 2017
John Hartley discovered his life's passion while growing up in Piqua, Ohio. Encouraged to develop his talents in an academic envi...
Category
2010s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
United Together
Located in Brooklyn, NY
"United Together" is part of a series called "Spoken" by artist Kelvin Agyepong Ansong which depicts the fierce fight women around the world continue t...
Category
2010s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pido ayuda
By João Cardoso
Located in MADRID, ES
PIDO AYUDA title means looking for help and this came up when during the painting João Cardoso found an article that had the same title and it was about a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Sprite Girl
Located in New York, NY
Fun, vibrant mixed media piece featuring woman in vintage bathing suit. On wood.
About the Artist:
Allen's work has gained recognition world-wide for it's complex layering of mixed media works that create a narrative of modern American culture. His work today is a culmination of many years of painting, thinking and experiencing. He blends urban street art with his background of typography, mixed media collage, and abstract expressionism into each of his urban pop expressionist works.
The son of fine artist / commercial artist Harrison Allen, Mark learned a lot very early from his talented father. His think training also includes a bachelor degree in commercial art from Texas State University in San Marcos, TX. He continued study at Parson's School of Design in New York City where he had an apartment across the street from Andy Warhol's factory (they met in 1982.) He continued study later at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA.
Allen is represented in galleries throughout the world. Museums he has shown in include The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum - Cleveland, OH; Experience Music Project - Seattle, WA; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; Dallas Museum of Art, and Acadian Museum - Lafayette, LA.
He was a major figure in the graphic design community for over two decades. Much of his celebrated work is from the entertainment industry doing graphic design work for high profile clients including the 'Yu-Gi-Oh' logo, 'The Wizard of Oz' 60th Anniversary logo, redesigned Coca-Cola bottles, designed 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' logo for Disney and art directed for recording artist Sean 'P Diddy' Combs record label, Bad Boy Records. Promotion work for Pepsi, Diet Coke...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
"Belem´s Tower, Lisbon", 19th Century Oil on Wood Panel by Enrique Atalaya
By Enrique Atalaya
Located in Madrid, ES
ENRIQUE ATALAYA
Spanish, 1851 - 1913
BELEM´S TOWER, LISBON
signed "ATALAYA" (lower right)
oil on wood panel
6-1/4 x 8-1/8 inches (15.8 x 20.5 cm.)
fram...
Category
1890s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Queen's Grace
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Center
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pool Time
Located in New York, NY
Fun, vibrant mixed media piece. Woman diving into the pool. On wood.
About the Artist:
Allen's work has gained recognition world-wide for it's complex layering of mixed media works that create a narrative of modern American culture. His work today is a culmination of many years of painting, thinking and experiencing. He blends urban street art with his background of typography, mixed media collage, and abstract expressionism into each of his urban pop expressionist works.
The son of fine artist / commercial artist Harrison Allen, Mark learned a lot very early from his talented father. His think training also includes a bachelor degree in commercial art from Texas State University in San Marcos, TX. He continued study at Parson's School of Design in New York City where he had an apartment across the street from Andy Warhol's factory (they met in 1982.) He continued study later at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA.
Allen is represented in galleries throughout the world. Museums he has shown in include The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum - Cleveland, OH; Experience Music Project - Seattle, WA; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art; Dallas Museum of Art, and Acadian Museum - Lafayette, LA.
He was a major figure in the graphic design community for over two decades. Much of his celebrated work is from the entertainment industry doing graphic design work for high profile clients including the 'Yu-Gi-Oh' logo, 'The Wizard of Oz' 60th Anniversary logo, redesigned Coca-Cola bottles, designed 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' logo for Disney and art directed for recording artist Sean 'P Diddy...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
“Golden to the Winds” by Achmed Abdullah, Good Housekeeping
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Upper Left "Dan Content 29"
Story Illustration, Good Housekeeping Magazine, September 1929, pg 32-33
Biography:
Daniel Content was born of Dutch parents and grew up in New York City. He attended New Eutriek High School in Brooklyn, NY. He studied under Dean Cornwell at the Pratt Institute as well as attending the Art Students League. Mr. Content worked as a freelance artist for about thirty years. He illustrated for such magazines as Colliers, Cosmopolitan, Readers Digest, and McCall's. In 1928 he illustrated the Windermere Series printing of Robin Hood. During World War II he traveled with the USO to Burma and India entertaining the service men with personal sketches. In the late 1950s he was an Art Director for Benton & Bowles in NYC. He also taught at the workshop School of Advertising Art. Mr. Content continued his sculpting and painting long after retirement. Some of his work can be found at Society of Illustrators in their permanent Museum.
Exhibited:
Masters of the Golden Age: Harvey Dunn and His Students
South Dakota Art...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Monastery
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
Vladimir Skryabin was an innovative painter who lived in Leningrad/St. Petersburg during the 20th century. He was classically trained as a painter and graphic artists and his painti...
Category
1960s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
Category
2010s Conceptual Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
The inseparable I -Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper
Hand-signed and dated lower right by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
FLAMINGO Acryl Oil on Canvas
Located in Montreux, CH
Karen Shahverdyan „Flamingo“ 120 X 80, acryl, oil on canvas
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The faithfuls - Joanna Flatau, Contemporary Expressionist painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Signed
Unique work
Joanna Flatau was born in Varsaw, Poland.
She graduated from Varsaw History of Arts University and from the Fine Arts Varsaw Academy in ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Children #2
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Irving Norman. "Children #2" is a macabre, social surrealist painting, oil on canvas in a dark palette by American artist Irving Norman. The artwork is signed on the ve...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In The Bride's Shop, Lord & Taylor
Located in Miami, FL
Signed lower right
Printer's and designer's marks in margins
"Tool pearls in bodice, train & headband & ribbon under bosom."
Ex-collection photographer Frank Paulin...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The bird behind the curtain -Timothy Archer, 21st Century, Contemporary painting
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint and pastel on paper
Signed and dated by the artist
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil
Full Palette
By Jim Molloy
Located in New York, NY
Oil painting on wood panel. Building blocks. A glimpse into a child's world, one we all have experienced. Tone is engaging, fun with universal appeal.
About the artist:
Mollo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Sea Witch and the Jellyfish" oil portrait on Dibond panel
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Rachel Bess
Sea Witch and the Jellyfish, 2017
oil on Dibond
30.5” x 22" unframed
36" x 27.25" framed
Rachel Bess is known for her precise and theatrical oil...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Three Clowns
By Hal Crecy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Dimensions: 16.00" x 20.00"
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"End of Track, " Paperback Cover, 1951
By Jerome Rozen
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
End of Track - Paperback Cover, written by Ward Weaver, Popular Library, 1951.
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Colonial Tavern Scene
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Girl in Pareu"
By RAD Miller
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Robert Alexander Darrah “R.A.D.” Miller (1905 - 1966)
Robert Alexander Darrah Miller, called “RAD” by his friends, was born in Philadelphia. He enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1923 to 1927 under the tutelage of Daniel Garber. In 1928, Miller moved to Bucks County where he would meet and marry Celia Belden Marshall, daughter of Dr. George M. Marshall, who at that time owned the Phillips Mill property.
Nearly a year later, in 1929, a committee headed by artist, William Lathrop, negotiated to purchase the Mill property from Dr. Marshall for the purpose of holding art exhibitions. Thus, the Phillips Mill Art Association was formed. RAD Miller was a regular exhibitor at the Phillips Mill with the traditional New Hope Impressionists. Many of the original founders of the New Hope Art Colony, set in their ways, frowned upon the concept of modernist painting. A decision was made by the Association to not include the growing group of modernist painters in the area to exhibit with them at Phillips Mill. Although clearly not a traditional impressionist, Miller was not being excluded with the others, largely because his father-in-law formerly owned the mill and was one of the Association’s board of directors. RAD was sympathetic to his fellow modernists. In 1933, he was one of the original members of the Independents, a group formed for modernist artists who chose to embark on a more non-traditional creative path. They would exhibit in tandem with the Impressionists but at different locations.
Around the time of his arrival to New Hope in 1928, Miller struck up a friendship with Thomas Hart Benton, and in 1932 he worked under Benton on a mural project. RAD’s paintings...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Subdivision, Liberty Magazine Cover, June 18, 1927
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Laid on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Sight Size 14.50" x 13.00;" Framed 23.75" x 21.75"
The Subdivision, Liberty Magazine Cover, June 18...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
"Oiseau & Fille" - zen, quietude, symbolism, spiritual, imagery, peaceful, girl
By Lee Kui Dae
Located in Tarrytown, NY
LEE’S works are mythically driven and influenced by his Asiatic roots. Primitively drawn they evoke a palpable yet sublime reverence for quietude and reflection. His work floats, a...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Fred C. Dobbs Paddle Steamer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
This illustration dates circa 1950.
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The dream - Julien Calot, 21st Century, Contemporary figurative painting
By Julien Calot
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on canvas
Hand-signed lower right by the artist
Unique work
Discover the new works on canvas by the French emerging and talented artist Julien Calot in his personal ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"The Cave Man, " Liberty Magazine Cover, 1927
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1927
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 20.00" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Liberty Magazine Cover, November 12, 1927 "The Cave Man or the Cave Max?"
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Two Women"
By James Lechay
Located in Lambertville, NJ
James Lechay was a painter of figures, landscapes, cityscapes and still lifes who played a notable role in the tradition of avant-garde painting in New York and in the Midwest. An ar...
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Spring is Here" The Country Home Magazine Cover, March (Year Unknown)
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Laid on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
"Spring Is Here" The Country Home Magazine Cover, March (Year Unknown).
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Lily
By Idoline Duke
Located in Fairfield, CT
Ink on paper.
Frame is an additional $150.
Pair with Crocus is $2,800.
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Archival Ink
Bridal White
By Tom Lovell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right and Titled on reverse
Dimensions: 28.13" x 25.13" (71.45 cm x 63.83 cm)
Literature: Temple Bailey, Bridal White, The American Mag...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pajama Party
By Victor Kalin
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Medium: Gouache on Board
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Ensemble
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Jean-Louis Mendrisse is a self-taught painter born in 1955 in Clermont-Ferrand.
Art, family affairs
Jean-Louis Mendrisse studied the deal with his famous sculptor father, Jean Mos...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Study for World War I Soldier Collier's Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
Study for the July 7, 1917 cover of Collier's National Weekly (the title story was "Why I'd Let My Boy Go To War").
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lovers
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed on the Back
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The dramatic entrance -Timothy Archer, 21st Century painting, Figurative art
Located in Paris, FR
Oil paint, pastel and charcoal on paper
Signed and dated by the artist lower left
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Oil
"Shaman" Mixed Media Figurative Painting Oil onLinen Contemporary Art In-Stock
By Alex Lazard
Located in Queretaro, Queretaro
This 210 cm by 220 cm mixed media large-scale painting is one of Lazard's most iconic paintings. Alex Lazard, one of Mexico's most noted contemporary artist today, plays with the material load that he uses in this piece. Using asphalt, marble powder, and oil paint, "This is my representation of time... of the navigation of time in humans and how it never stops being there.
This magical painting shows a spiritual, dreamy scenery where Lazard portraits what he sees in the world of "Shaman"... fishes swimming downwards, flying in the background, and the owl flying...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Mixed Media, Oil
The Smoke Shop
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Film Noir Curse of the Golden Cross Magazine - Golden Age of Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Herbert Morton Stoops
American (1888 - 1948)
Curse of the Golden Cross
Magazine illustration, 1925
Oil on canvas
40 x 30 in.
Not signed
Work is framed
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Superstar
Located in New York, NY
Innocence of childhood. Portrait.
About the Artist:
My art is a visual recording of the powerful imagines that occur regularly in life, distilling them down and preserving the ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Satyrs
By Edmund Ward
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Unsigned
Edmund F. Ward estate stamp on verso
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mother with Child by Candlelight
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Illustration, 1917
Category
1910s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Futbolito Piscinero
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Manziales, Colombia in 1987, Esteban received his MFA from the New York Academy of Art before returning to his native country. Related works are featured in top collections, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Terrace Theater - Julien Wolf, 21st Century, Contemporary Expressionist Drawing
By Julien Wolf
Located in Paris, FR
Oilbar and charcoal on paper
2020
Signed
Unique work
Julien Wolf is a French painter born in 1981 in Strasbourg, France.
In 2007, he graduated from the DNSEP Art section at the St...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel
Interior Scene
By John LaGatta
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Medium: Mixed Media Illustration
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Keith Snow Storm
Located in New York, NY
Mixed Media on wood featuring the infamous Keith Richards. Photographed by Joester.
About the Artist:
Steve Joester is a British-born Rock & Roll photographer and mixed media a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Mixed Media, Photographic Film
Woman in Horror and Terror at Gunpoint
Located in Miami, FL
Signed lower right.
Inscribed on the reverse 'My first color illustration, Nov. 1954.'
Work is unframed, Film Noir in paint
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Red & White Food Stores Calendar Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Initialed Lower Left
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Figurative Paintings for Sale
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