John LaGatta

Why Don't You Call Him?

"Dismissive Woman" by John LaGatta depicts an older man approaching a young fashionable woman.

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Left Probable magazine illustration of a woman contemplating a bouquet and letter, for unknown publication. Inscribed, signe...

Date: 1940s Medium: Mixed Media on Board Dimensions: 22.50" x 17.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right

Approximate Date: 1915 Medium: Pen and Ink on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Dimensions: 22.00" x 20.00" Story Illustration- Life Magazine ca. ...

Female centric painting. On th edge.

Inspired by the quote "Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations." - Faith Baldwin In her recent series, "The Painted Word," Vera Barnett has turned to the written word for...

Oil Portrait. The Silence is from the ingmar Bergman movie of the same title and the painting features Ingrid Thulin and Gunnel Lindblom. About the Artist: John Francis Gallagher is a Boston-based contemporary artist. Born in Drogheda, Ireland in the Boyne Valley, he emigrated to the United States at 19. John worked in graphic design, advertising and architectural rendering before turning his hand, full-time, to painting. A self-taught figurative artist, his work has a vintage style that is influenced by the so-called pulp artists of the 20th century. In his large-scale canvases, tone is given precedent to create realism. Working within a limited palette of tones, The paint is woven under, over, and into itself in layers to create a portrait that is seemingly simple but satisfyingly complex. The work has a strong quiet energy that creates space for itself in a frenetic, busy world by being the exact opposite. Often drawn from 1960s European Cinema...

"Tell me more" — epitomizes the essence of carefree bohemian life, capturing a moment where freedom and youth intertwine in an intimate ballet of playfulness. This painting serves as...