1960s Figurative Paintings

“Icarus Suspended” is an extraordinary painting of Ayrton's obsession with flight, myths, mirrors and mazes. This complex piece shows a figure in flight, frozen in action, either swooping down or, perhaps, falling to earth. Named after the Greek mythological figure, Icarus, who along with his father attempted to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father constructed from feathers and wax. Flying too close to the sun the wax melted and both fell to earth. The positioning of Ayrton's figure is reminiscent of "The Fall of Icarus" by Jacob Peter Gowy, Museo Nacional del Prado. This is part of a series of artworks on Icarus some sculptural and some three-dimensional paintings on canvas. Verso contains gallery label Matthiesen Gallery, 142 Bond St., London, England, with a signature and text in upper right corner: "To Morton Schotnick. Bought on the occasion of The Archives of American Arts Tour to London, England. October 10, 1961. Michael Ayrton...

Beautiful oil on heavy cardboard original painting by the French artist, Etienne Ret. Signed top left and retaining its original dark wood carved frame with white liner. Titled vers...

Artist: Raimundo de Oliveira, Brazilian (1930 - 1966) Title: Revelation Year: 1963 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. Size: 28.5 in. x 39.5 in. (72.39 cm x 100.33 cm)

Oil on panel Signed and dated, l.l. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.

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...

Title: Still Life with Chess Materials : Oil on Canvas Date : 1960's Dimensions : 42 1/2 x 31 in. In the late 1960's, Daniel Brennan had a day job loading boxcars for Railway Express. During nights, he would go to a coffee house (Lawrence Gallery and Coffee House, at 43rd and Main St., KCMO), to sit and draw before heading home to paint. The gallery owners, Anne and Sidney Lawrence...

Medium: Oil on Masonite Signature: Signed Lower Left The present work was published as the cover illustration of the October 7th, 1961 issue of The Saturday Evening Post. The Post ...

Signed Lower left The present work was published as the cover illustration of the February 3rd, 1962 issue of The Saturday Evening Post. The Post editors wrote of this cover, “The ...

Signed lower right

Expressionist painting of two abstract skulls in flowers on a field of red. Framed in a white frame with a white matte. Painting was newly framed. Dime...

EDWARD DUGMORE Untitled B-II, 1972 Oil on canvas 86 x 54 inches 218.4 x 137.2 cm Signed and dated lower left: Dugmore 72 Signed, dated and inscribed ver...

Louis Toffoli (1907-1999) Fisherman's Wife Original oil painting Signed bottom right On canvas 73 x 50 cm (c. 29 x 20 inch) Presented in a golden wood frame 90 x 67 cm (c. 36 x 27 i...

Ernest Tino Trova "Figurative Abstract" 1965 Oil on Canvas approx 17 x 12.5 inches Signed and Dated Lower Right Known for his Falling Man series in abstract figural sculpture, he cr...

Presenting a just discovered original pastel by American artist Hans Burkhardt. The Model, is an original pastel on paper, signed, dated 1967, fair original condition with some fol...

Presenting a just discovered early oil by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2012.) The Cavalier, is an original oil on panel, signed, dated 1966, 41 x 60 inches, excellent origin...

Signed and dated lower right in pencil

Signed and dated lower right in pencil.

Beautiful painting of white and yellow daisies in a vase by Henri Gadbois circa 1963. Artist Biography: Henri Gadbois is a second generation Houston artist. Gadbois, a native Houstonian, graduated from Lamar High School and University of Houston, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Letters Degrees. Although his main interest has been in painting the Texas landscape, he is also interested in rug hooking...

Provenance: The Estate of Louis J. Gartner Jr., Palm Beach, Florida. After the 1946 Paul Cadmus painting titled The Inventor, the needlework completely done in very fine petit point stitchery, with gray border banding around, initialed and dated '60 lower right corner, signed Cadmus. framed in a stained wooden barn siding frame- an amazing piece of needlework. Dimensions: needlework: 25.25 x 21.5 in., framed: 27 x 30.75 in. Louis Gartner...

RICHARD KIRK "WHITE MANTILLA" OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED AMERICAN, C.1960 36 X 23 INCHES Original Frame Richard Kirk Born 1932 Kirk was born in West Virginia in 1932. He ...

Beautiful domestic portrait of two women in blue with linear style by Oris Robertson in 1967. Placed in a thin, black frame. Signed and dated in the top left corner. Artist Biograp...

Oil on canvas painting by NY realist Jack Levine in brown, tan, white Jack Levine was an American Social Realist painter and print maker best known for his satires on modern life,...

Artist: Kiki Kogelnik, Austrian (1935 - 1997) Title: Libration on an Eccentric Orbit Year: 1965 Medium: Acrylic and Airbrush on Canvas, signed and titled verso Size: 44.5 in. x 3...

Artist: Raimundo de Oliveira, Brazilian (1930 - 1966) Title: Jonah and the Whale Year: 1962 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. Size: ...

Artist: Raimundo de Oliveira, Brazilian (1930 - 1966) Title: Elijah and Elisha Year: 1962 Medium: Oil on Panel, signed and dated l.l. Size: 28.5 in. x 39.5 in. (72.39 cm x 100.33...

Signed lower right, 'A. Úbeda' for Augustin Úbeda (Spanish, 1925-2007) and painted circa 1965. Formerly in the collection of Jean Negulesco, the artist and Hollywood Film Director....

Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of t...

An early original pastel by American artist Hans Burkhardt. "Cubist Nude", is an original pastel on paper, signed, inscribed, dated 1962, the pastel is unframed and there is some fo...

An original oil on canvas by American artist Joe Lorusso. There is little known about this artist, though certainly a competent painter. Jazz at the Paradise Cafe, is an original ...

Oil on canvas Signed verso