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Period: Mid-20th Century
Winter Rooftops, Backyard Landscape, American Scene Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952)
Winter Rooftops, 1945
Oil on board
Signed and dated lower right
9.5 x 13 inches
17 x 20.5 inches, framed
Carl Gaertner was one of the g...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Catalan Landscape with Masia oil on board painting spain spanish eupean art
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Artist: Antoni Llobet Aracil (Barcelona, 1910 - 1983)
Title: Catalan Landscape with Masia
Technique: Oil on board
Dimensions: 13 x 16.1 in
Support: Board
Framing: Unframed
Period: 19...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Arriving at Church in Winter - Figurative Realistic Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative illustration of people arriving at a church by Charles Kinghan (American, 1895-1984). The church is rendered with exquisite detail, typical ...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Gouache
F Brown Mid-century painting of colorful figure
Located in San Francisco, CA
F Brown Mid-century painting of colorful figure
'69
Oil on canvas
8 x 10 unframed, 9.25 x 11.25 framed
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Interior
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,032
Destiny's Path, Hawaii - Surreal Mid Century Hawaiian Figurative Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Destiny's Path, Hawaii - Surreal Mid Century Hawaiian Figurative Abstract
Symbolistic and romantic 1940s surreal figurative of pastel orange figure...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Untitled Mid-Century Painting of Party by African-American Artist from Detroit.
Located in Marco Island, FL
This scale of this dynamic party painting by Leroy Foster (1925-1993) makes you feel like you are in the room with a cocktail in hand. He was an accomplished muralist, so it is no ...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Carmel Valley Figurative Landscape -- The Roadside Grocer
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous figurative landscape of a Carmel roadside grocer by Edda Maxwell Heath (American, 1874 - 1972). Signed and dated lower left corner. Presented in giltwood frame. Image, 20"H ...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Costume - Original Mixed Media on Paper by Alkis Matheos - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Costume is an original painting in mixed media, tempera and watercolor on paper, realized by the Greek-French artist Alkis Matheos.
Very good conditions.
Signed by artist's stamp....
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Tempera, Watercolor
Trompe l'oeil American modern oil painting Bruce Kurland Magnolia Floral Framed
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Kurland – Still Life with Decoy and Shells
Oil on board, framed in antique gold leaf
A master of intimacy and restraint, Bruce Kurland’s Still Life with Decoy and Shells is a ...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Cattleya Orchids" Jane Peterson, Modernist Bright Flowers, Female Impressionist
Located in New York, NY
Jane Peterson
Cattleya Orchids, circa 1940s
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
32 x 32 inches
Provenance
Estate of the artist
Artist’s estate sale, Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1960s
Priva...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Abstracted Figurative -- Downtown Couple Art Exhibit
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant mid century modern abstracted figurative in orange, red and black by Bay Area artist Paul Sheppard. Dated 1959 and signed "Sheppard." Presented i...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,120 Sale Price
20% Off
French school Seascape Landscape Oil painting Signed
Located in Zofingen, AG
⭐Landscape ⭐
Seascape from M Dubois probably born in XIX, was a plein air artist
⭐Structural Analysis :⭐
This composition is a rocky coast line in the west coast of France (Brittany...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Stretcher Bars, Canvas
$360 Sale Price
81% Off
HM Queen Elizabeth II Portrait British Oil Painting signed oil on canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Late HM Queen Elizabeth II
Edne G. Simpson, British 20th century
signed oil on canvas, unframed
painting: 24 x 20 inches
provenance: private col...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,462 Sale Price
30% Off
Dandy
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Our Gallery acquired the estate of a Northern California artist, Thelma Terrell. Terrell lived in Oakland and was an illustrator and profes...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
Folk Art Mexican Girl with Watermelon Oil Painting on Burlap
Located in Surfside, FL
The sweetness that characterizes the work of Mexican painter Jose Maria de Servin (1917-83) is a melancholy and placid one. While he worked in the most modern of styles, he adapted i...
Category
Folk Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
Colorful Cubist Portrait of Woman Holding Fruit Interior Scene Mid 20th Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Interior Scene
Marcel Seignobos (1892-1972)
signed oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 18 x 22 inches
Provenance: private collection, Cote d'Azur, France
Condition: good conditio...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Andre Picot Paris Street Scene "Porte St Denn"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Andre Picot: 1919-1992. Listed French painter with auction records over $2000. Oil on canvas measuring 36 inches wide by 24 high. The fabulous vintage frame me...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Under the Rain - Oil paint by Eliano Fantuzzi - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Under the rain is a contemporary artwork realized by Eliano Fantuzzi.
Mixed colored oil painting.
Hand signed on the lower margin and on the back.
Includes frame.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue Landscape - Oil Paint by Antonio Mellone - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Blue landscape is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Mellone in the mid-20th century.
Mixed colored oil painting.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes frame.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-Century Portrait of a Young Girl
Located in Soquel, CA
A gentle mid-century portrait of a young girl by Pascal "Pablo" Cucaro (American, 1915-2004). Sealed in a layer of clear resin. Signed in a black textured medium, lower left: "cucaro...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Resin, Carbon Pencil, Acrylic
$719 Sale Price
20% Off
Spanish Gypsies oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Spanish Gypsies
Artist: José Lamuño García
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 60 x 73 cm (23.6 x 28.7 in)
Support: Unframed canvas on original stretcher
Signature: Signed lower...
Category
Fauvist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Huge 1950's French Signed Oil Painting Young Lady Knitting in Interior Room
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady Knitting in Interior
by Emile Courtin (French 1923-1997)
signed lower right corner
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas size: 57.5 x 45.5 inches
condition: overall good and s...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,535 Sale Price
30% Off
Romantic Elegantly Dressed Couple Mid Century French Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 13 (height) x 10 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Pr...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
$160 Sale Price
30% Off
Mid Century French Pencil Study Portrait Chic Mother and her Children Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 8 (height) x 7 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Prov...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Mid Century Figurative Seascape with Sailboats
By Henryk Dzienczarski
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century figurative seascape with boats by Henryk Dzienczarski, (Poland, b-1917). Signed "H. Dzienczarski" lower right. Displayed in a wood fra...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Israeli Abstract Figure Torn Paper Collage Watercolor Painting Bezalel Woman Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Judith Yellin Ginat is one of the most prominent artists working in Israel today. She was born in Jerusalem and is a fifth generation Israeli. Her work has a naive, folk art quality...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
French Gouache Painting of Indigenous Council Gathering in Colorado Nevada
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Indigenous Council Gathering in Colorado Nevada
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Elegant Lady in French Interior, 1960's French Post Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Elegant Lady in Interior next to a Bowl of Fruit
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed and stamped verso
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 2...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist Fauvist Oil on Board, In the Shade of the Garden
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century view of figure in a garden by Swiss artist Paul Hogg. The painting is signed bottom left and there is an inventory and remains of a title label to the back of the bo...
Category
Fauvist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
$1,056 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Ink and Wash Cityscape with Palm Tree
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Ink and Wash Cityscape with Palm Tree
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Ink and watercolour on unframed p...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Portrait - Tempera on Board by Virgilio Guidi - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by Virgilio Guidi in the half of 20th century.
Tempera on board
Good conditions.
Includes frame.
Hand-signed on the lower right.
Virgili...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Board
OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " Gathering " Oil Painting 20th Century White Frame
By Laurence Stephen Lowry
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " Gathering" By John Harley Oil Painting 20th Century
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ART
Here we have a unique and rare piece of Art signed
Good Deta...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " Fever Van " Oil Painting 20th Century White Frame
By Laurence Stephen Lowry
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " Fever van " Oil Painting 20th Century
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ART
Here we have a unique and rare piece of Art signed
Good Detail one of the ...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
OLD MASTER COPY Signed Vincent " Cypress Trees " Oil Painting 20th Century GGF
Located in Ferndown, GB
OLD MASTER COPY Signed Vincent " Cypress Trees " Oil Painting 20th Century GGF
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ART
Here we have a unique and rare piece of Art signed
Good Detai...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid 20th Century French Oil Portrait Woman Impressionist Sketch on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman
by Louise Alix (French, 1888-1980) *see notes below
oil painting on canvas unframed
measures: 20 inches high by 24 inches wide
condition: overall very good and so...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique European Mother and Children Family Oil Painting 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3086 oil on canvas set in a vintage gilt wood frame
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
English Newlyn school Impressionist Fishermen sorting fish in Mevagissey Harbour
Located in Woodbury, CT
Roland Fisher
“Fishermen in Mevagissey Harbour”, circa 1930
Oil on canvas Signed lower right
This compelling maritime scene by Roland Fisher captures a moment of industrious calm a...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Forest
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Red Forest" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is signed at the lower left co...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Modern abstract cityscape, unique oil painting, signed twice, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Norman Carton
Mid Century Modern Cityscape, ca. 1951
Oil on canvas painting (signed twice)
Signed twice: hand signed on the front and also signed on the back
Unique
Frame included:
T...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life - Oil Painting by Miloslava Vrbova - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on panel realized by Miloslava Vrbova (1909-1991) in the mid-20th century.
Includes frame, good condition.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Antique Pencil Study of a Classical Female Bust Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Antique Pencil Study
pencil sketch on artist paper
painting: 20.75 x 15 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: good and sound conditio...
Category
French School Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
$96 Sale Price
30% Off
"Parisian Street Scene" Impressionist Oil Paint on Canvas of a Paris Cafe Framed
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, the artist depicts his subject in an abstract and impressionistic way, capturing the busy Parisian street from the 20th Century with much life. The artist mostly used ...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Cafe by the Beach in the Summer" Impressionist Oil Painting Canvas with Figures
Located in New York, NY
An exceptional impressionistic depiction of an afternoon at the Waterfront Cafe in Paris by Jules René Hervé. This piece takes place on a summer day with busy activities of figures l...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salons d'Automne et Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with Victor di Gesu estate stamp.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Rice Paper
"Adventures in Literature" Figurative 1930's Illustration art
Located in Soquel, CA
A wonderful original figure painting for a 1930's illustration by Charles Kinghan (American, 1895-1984). A woman in a plaid green skirt and mustard yel...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Large American Modernist Post Impressionist Framed Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. No signature found.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Paul Collomb, Paris, Eiffel Tower, Invalides, The Beautiful View, Oil on Canvas
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Oil on canvas by Paul Collomb (1921-2010), France, 1960s. The beautiful view. Measurements : with frame: 54.5x41.2 cm - 21.5x16.2 inches, without frame: 46x33 cm - 18.1x13 inches, fo...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Beach Scene with Women and Parasol
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Beach Scene with Women and Parasol
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 10.5 ...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Vintage French Seascape Woman with Yellow Swim suite on The French Riviera
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3208a oil on artist board
Set in a restored vintage frame
Image size 17x8.8"
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Abstract Figurative -- Navajo Hunters
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic, mid century multi colored abstract by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999). Depicts a group of hunters and their horses participati...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
$1,420 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Portrait -- Freckled Red Head Boy
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century portrait of a red-haired boy with freckles by Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). Rendered his signature style, this portrait is clean and vibrant. The subject is looki...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Oil Painting " Children Sliding Down a Giraffe" 1956
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3982 Children riding a giraffe oil on board set in a painted oak frame
Image size 15.5x19.5"
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
"Venetian Scene with Gondola" Colorful 20th Century Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
A charming Venetian scene with gondola oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Johanne Schiefer. This painting is a wonderful example of his work from the prime of his career. Here you see figures walking with gondolas and an abundance of color and life. The magic is being felt with all the magnificent details, as Schiefer captures the architecture of Venice so beautifully; you can feel the energy of the day and the excitement. The piece is signed by the artist lower left and it comes housed in a gold tone carved wood frame with hanging wire on verso ready to be displayed.
Art measures 12 x 16 inches
Frame measures 16.5 x 20.5 inches
Johannes Schiefer was born in 1896 in the Netherlands, and quickly gained notoriety for his landscapes, still life’s and portraits. Schiefer won the Prix de Rome at the age of 19 and studied at the Düsseldorf Academy in Germany, and then moved to Paris where he continued his studies in art at the Beaux Arts, and later at the Villa Medici in Rome. He traveled to paint across Europe, primarily France and Italy and also Latin America.
When he married, he settled down in Nice France, and during the late thirties, he traveled and painted the coastline of the South of France, as well as Venice and the Adriatic. He remained in France until 1942, when he moved to New York with his family after the birth of their daughter, future actress Joanna Miles. Already an artist of stature when he arrived in New York, he settled with his family on Long Island, and for the next 30 years, Schiefer kept on painting and built a solid reputation as an important American artist. The Schiefers also had a son, Johannes Jr. After the war, Schiefer maintained a Paris studio and became a resident of Los Angeles for a time in the 1950s.
For the next 30 years Schiefer kept on painting and during his career had numerous one man shows, having exhibitions at: Gallery Zak in Paris; Kunsthaus in Hamburg; Kunsthalle in Munich; Stiebel Galleries in Paris; O'Connor Gallery in Ontario; Museum of Modern Art, Wildenstein & Co, Carol Carstairs Gallery and Schoeneman Galleries in New York City; Esther Robles Gallery, County Museum and Vigoveno Galleries in Los Angeles; and the San Francisco Museum.
Like Picasso, Schiefer never permitted himself to be “type-cast” in a single monotonous style. If there is anything that typifies his work, it is his versatility, his deft handling of subdued tones to create a unique brilliance of light and color that stamps every painting with his own individuality. In February 1964, Ethel Kennedy...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Expressionist Abstract
by Armand Rottenberg (French 1903-2000)
Signed oil painting on board, unframed
Board size: 29 x 21 inches
provenane: the artists estate, France
Stunning origi...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$2,340 Sale Price
30% Off
Original Modernist Hawaiian Sunrise Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Original modernist oil painting Hawaiian symbolist sunset by Marguerite Louis Blasingame.
Robert Azensky Fine art is pleased to offer this 1940s modern symbolist oil painting of sun...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Surrealism expressionism scene landscape mixed media
By Augustin Ubeda
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Agustín Úbeda (1925-2007) - Surrealist scene - Mixed technique on paper glued to board
Measurements 44x71 cm.
Without frame.
BAD CONDITION, NEEDS RESTORATION.
Origin: Family of the a...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Mixed Media, Paper
1950's Mid Century French Modernism Abandoned Fiat Automobile Art Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Jean Porcher, French, 1927,
La vieille 'Fiat abandonnée',
Oil on canvas modernist painting
Provenance: verso gallery label "Galerie Drouant-David St Honore Paris"
Hand signed and dated verso and along top to upper left
19 3/4 x 29, framed 22 x 31 1/2
It depicts an antique abandoned Italian Fiat car...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1940 Large Portrait of a Woman, Kae Dorn Cass, by Cleveland School Artist
By Rolf Stoll
Located in Beachwood, OH
Rolf Stoll (American, 1892-1978)
Kae Dorn Cass, 1940
Oil on canvas
Signed upper right
32 x 25 inches
38 x 31 inches, framed
Exhibited:
The 27th Annual May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1940
This work won first prize for oil painting- Portrait category
Provenance:
Collection of Kae Dorn Cass's niece
Kae Dorn Cass
Rolf Stoll
Rolf Stoll, a painter of figure subjects, landscapes and floral still lifes, was an important member of the Cleveland art scene during the second quarter of the century. He was also an influential teacher, as well as one of Ohio’s foremost portrait painters.
Rolf Stoll was born in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1892. As a boy, he attended a military academy, during which time he developed an interest in art. He received his early formal training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. He emigrated to the United States in 1912, settling in New York City. A decade later, after studying at the school of the National Academy of Design and supporting himself by working as a commercial artist, Stoll decided to leave New York. Upon the recommendation of Warren Pryor, one of his teachers, he decided to move to Cleveland, Ohio. After arriving in Cleveland, Rolf Stoll continued to work as a commercial artist. However, in 1926, he joined the faculty of the Cleveland School of Art, where he taught drawing. Two years later Stoll was appointed head of the school’s portrait painting department. A talented portraitist, Stoll’s sitters included industrialists, community leaders and many prominent members of Cleveland and Ohio society, as well as over twenty faculty members from Case Western Reserve University. Stoll also gave portrait classes at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute from 1926 to 1953. In his male portraits especially, he was admired for his ability to convey the dignity of his sitter’s professional position without sacrificing individuality. As noted by one contemporary reviewer, Stoll was a “master of rich color, a searching student of human types, a forceful portrayer of all that the face reveals of the mind and the soul.” In addition to his activity as a portraitist, Rolf Stoll painted figure subjects and floral still lifes. He was also known for his views of the Ohio countryside...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel of Wildflowers in White Vase
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel of Wildflowers in White Vase
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 18 i...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel
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