Tempera Figurative Paintings

Jack Hooper No Head 6/1962 Tempera and pencil on paper 5.75"x6" framed vintage carved wood 10.5"x1"x13.5" Signed and dated in pencil lower right Minor wear consistent with age and history Jack Hooper (Jack Meredith Hooper or Jack M. Hooper) (August 26, 1928 - January 24, 2014) was an American painter, muralist, sculptor, printmaker and art educator. Hooper was a major figure on the Southern California art scene, belonging to that generation of Los Angeles painters who matured during the late 1950’s and the 1960’s, painters such as John Altoon, Sam Amato, Robert Irwin, Lee Mullican, William Brice...

Abstract titled "Fisherman's Wife" by Luis Eades. Casein. Dimensions with frame: 20" x 23" x .75" Artist Bio: Luis Eades was a professor of painting at the University of Colorad...

Abstract Nude on Venice Beach by California artist Joe Funk (American, 1917-1981). Signed and dated lower right: "Joe Funk '69." Presented in a rustic mottled finish frame. Image, 15.25"H x 12"W. Joe Funk was an American painter and print maker born in Los Angeles, California, to Polish and German immigrant parents. He died in 1981 in Santa Cruz, California. As a young person in Los Angeles, Joe Funk showed an interest in art. He studied at the Otis and Chouinard Art Institutes and worked on several murals throughout Los Angeles in the Works Progress Administration. He served in the United States Army, from 1943 to 1946, in Koreand Okinawa a s a heavy anti-aircraft artillery mechanic and instructor, warehouseman, and artist/publicist/graphic designer for special events at Headquarters Company, Asiatic Command. At the ASCOM University in Korea, he was an instructor in pencil sketching. It was during his time in Korea that he developed a lifelong interest in Asian art. Using the G.I. Bill, after the Korean War, he earned a Master’s Degree in fine art from the University of Southern California. In the 1950s, Joe met Lynton Kistler and worked at Kistler’s facility in Los Angeles, the only lithographic press open for business on the west coast at that time. During his time as an apprentice, Joe printed for many well-known artists, such as Jean Charlot, man Ray, Max Ernst, Emerson Woelffer and June Wayne. When June Wayne opened the Tamarind Lighography Workshop in Los Angeles in 1960, she offered the status of “fellow printer” to Joe Funk. At Tamarind, he began work printing lithographs for guest artists and training future printmakers. Joe established a non-profit corporation in Venice, California in the late 1960s, called Joseph Graphics. Here, he trained apprentice printmakers and printed for numerous artists including Joyce Treiman...

Stunning and substantial tempera figurative painting by James Couglin (American, 1929-1979). Signed and dated lower right "Jim Couglin '69". Presented in natural wood frame with mat...

Knots are the central theme that pervades Wolfgang Leidhold’s artwork for many decades. “Everybody’s got his or her individual knot” is the motto of his current exhibition. The idea ...

Wonderful modernist painting titled Modern Icon"" by listed artist Virginia Belle Gould (American, 1917-1992). "Signed "Ginny Belle Gould" with Sonoma County Art Fair label on verso....