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'Flamenco Dancer in Lilac', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created circa 1965 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped, verso, with Victor di Gesu estate seal.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Lo...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Masonite
Family Scene with Guitarist oil on canvas painting picasso Paris school
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Family Scene with Guitarist
Artist: Pedro Creixams (Barcelona, 1893 - 1965)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 39.4 x 31.9 inches (unframed)
Signature: Signed lower right "C...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,788 Sale Price
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Mid Century French Painting, 'The Atlantis' Monaco Yacht classic harbour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Atlantis, Monaco
Signed by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001)
Inscribed Verso on back
Gouache painting on artist paper, beautifully painted.
very good ...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1973 Modernist Abstract Figurative Mixed Media Painting - Seated in Stillness
Located in Bristol, GB
SEATED IN STILLNESS
Size: 63.5 x 55 cm (including frame)
Mixed media on card
An evocative modernist abstract painting that captures a contemplative figure rendered in bold, gestural...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Mid 20th Century French Post-Impressionist Oil Busy French Town Street Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French Town
Simone Forge 1930-1950's French Impressionist artist
oil on board unframed
board: 16 x 13 inches
inscribed verso
Provenance: private collection, Francec
Condition: gr...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Óleo sobre tela - Año 1937 - La feria del ganado
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra va fechada por el artista en la parte inferior y fechada en Olot del año 1937 (plena guerra civil)
El estado de conservación de la pintura es bueno
Se presenta enmarcada
M...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1940's American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Tenement Market
Located in Surfside, FL
The Market, (fauvist painting of NYC scene) 1940's.
image is 10X 11.5 inches. Hand signed lower right
Lower East Side Tenements Pushcart Market
Samuel Grunvald was a Hungarian born American WPA artist known for abstract, landscape and seascape paintings.
Arrived in the USA from Hungary in 1921 and settled in New York City where he studied at the Art Students League. Grunvald worked for the Federal Art Project, taught at Colony House in NYC. Member: Art Guild, Watercolor Society, New York Watercolor Club. exhibited at Montross Gallery, NYC, World House Galleries, NYC, Leonard Hutton Gallery, NYC, Associated American Artists Gallery and the A.C.A. Gallery. Gunvald's work spanned many modern American movements from the WPA to Abstract Expressionist painting. He was a member of the American Watercolor Society and the Brooklyn Society of Artists. He exhibited with both of these organizations and at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. He was involved the the WPA being a Federal Arts Project artist. A number of prominent Jewish artists participated in this New Deal program among them Ben Shahn, Joseph Solman, William Gropper, Philip Guston Adolph Gottlieb, Mark Rothko, Milton Avery, Ben Shahn, the Soyers (Isaac, Moses, and Raphael), and many others
Grunwald exhibited alongside other popular artists such as Paul Klee, Jean Arp, Max Ernst and Charles Burchfield. He also taught and lectured on art and easel painting, Federal Art Project, NYC. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and The Jewish Museum, New York. Americana.
Select Exhibitions
A.C.A. Gallery
Associated American Artists Gallery, 1936-1955
American Watercolor Society, 1932-1942
New York Watercolor Club, 1935-1937
Humanist Art...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Giovanni Riva (Italian vedutist painter) - 20th century landscape painting
By Giovanni Riva
Located in Varmo, IT
Giovanni Riva (Turin 1890 - Turin 1973) - Venice, view of the basin of St. Mark with the Doge's Palace.
18 x 24 cm without frame, 29 x 34 cm with frame.
Oil on cardboard, in a cont...
Category
Naturalistic Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
$1,197 Sale Price
33% Off
20th Century French Portrait of a Lady in Pensive Thought French/ Polish artist
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait
by Jacob Markiel (Polish 1911-2008) *See notes
oil on board , unframed
board: 24 x 18 inches
provenance: the artists estate, south of France
condition: very good and sound ...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Newsweek Cover , Visitor from the Kremlin, Russia - Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan
By Robert Engle
Located in Miami, FL
The work is in excellent condition and meticulously rendered in a photo-realistic style. It showcases the artist's high-level sense of design. Newsweek could hire any artist in the...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Sunset over Blue Boats in Harbor Very Large 1970’s French Signed Oil on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunset
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 28.5 x 36 inches
very good condition
provenance: the artists estate, Paris
Josine Vignon ...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Young Self Portrait" Post-Impressionism French Oil Painting on Board of Figure
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical portrait of a self-portrait of the artist at a younger age. The bright colors and quick brush strokes are what makes this painting so attractive and...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Posed Nude FIgure
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Figure
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on paper, mounted on card
size: 17 x 11.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: t...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Aosta Valley
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Gray wooden frame
67.5 x 87.5 x 6.5 cm
Category
Italian School Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$7,518
Cagnes Sur Mer French Exotic Town Post Impressionist Signed Thick Oil Impasto
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cagnes Sur Mer
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed on front
oil painting on board, unframed
board: 18 x 13 inches
Colors: Grey colors, brown, blue, green and orange
Very go...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bobbies and Crowds Gathered in Industrial Setting
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Upper Left
Story illustration for “The Stars Look Down” by A.J. Cronin, illustrated by Cornwell and W. Smithson Broadhead...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Composition
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Chris Ritter (1906-1976). Abstract Composition ca. 1960.
Watercolor on rag paper, sheet measures 17.5 x 22 inches.
Sheet is loose and unmounted. Unframed.
Estate stamps500 on v...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
Villa - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Hand signed.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 67x76.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
World War II Naval Engagement
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed & Dated
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fishermen in a Forested River Atmospheric French Oil Painting Woodland Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishermen in a Forested River Scene
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas: 29 x 36 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: very good condit...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Three Women
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Three Women" is an oil on canvas board by renown Turkish artist Ali Demir, 1931-2015. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cute Baby with Rosy Cheeks playing with Toys
Located in Miami, FL
A cute baby playing with toys is captured as he/she responds to someone outside the picture plane. Haddon Sundblom is a masterful artist in the school of An...
Category
Naturalistic Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Women on a Rainy Day, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1939
By John LaGatta
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor & Acrylic on Board
Signature: Signed
May 20, 1939 Saturday Evening Post Cover
John LaGatta - Women on a Rainy Day Painting Original Art (c. 1940). LaGatta's work...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Board
Laying On The Beach
By John LaGatta
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Unsigned
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Christmas Peek, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Sight Size 31.00" x 24.25;" Framed 37.00" x 30.00"
Cover of the December 23rd, 1939 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.
Literatu...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Book of 1000 Sorrows
By Ted Gilien
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original painting by WPA artist Ted Gilien.
Book of 1000 Sorrows, is an original oil on canvas, signed, dated 1936, beautifully framed, a testament to peace, as the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Freight Dock
By John Rockwell
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Freight Dock" is an original oil on canvas by noted American artist John Rockwell, 1902-1960 It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist, and also signe...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Water Hunters ( Cowboys in the Old West
Located in Miami, FL
Meticulously rendered account of three prospectors trying to rustle up some water before they can dig up some gold. Magazine Illustration of the Old West, American West, Cowboys
Casein on board, Western / Frontier Art...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Casein
Young Girl in Pink
By Béla Czóbel
Located in Chicago, IL
Béla Czóbel, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1996: no. 60 and reproduced on page 95 of catalogue.
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Place de Concorde
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is part of my private collection since the mid 1970's. It is pencil signed by the artist an numbered 92/220. It is also stamped by the Guilde de la Gravure.
Paul Luc...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Lithograph
$400 Sale Price
33% Off
Alice, Post Impressionist Portrait of a Young Girl.
By Emile Jean Patoux
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid century oil on canvas portrait of a young girl in period dress, in fine gilt frame. Signed in full, dated 1944 and with artist's monogram.
Emile Patoux (Belgian 1893-1985) studi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Le Sommeil
By Jean-Pierre Alaux
Located in Miami, FL
Early Surrealist work from 1957 the heyday of Surrealism - where a young blond girl caught in a dream like state hugs a mountain that has a profile of a man's face. Work is framed in...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Company K - Book Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Book cover for "Company K" by William March.
Subject matter features three army soldiers in monochrome ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Old World
By Russell Cowles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Old World, by 1943, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 43 ½ x 30 ½ inches, artist’s name and title inscribed verso; exhibited 1) Romantic Painting in America, Museum of Modern Art, N...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Port en Bessin Normandy Coastline Large 1960’s French Post Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Port en Bessin (Normandy, France)
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
inscribed verso
canvas: 29.5 x 41 inches
very good condition
provenance: the a...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Thanksgiving, Good Housekeeping Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Sight Size 15.50" x 15.00", Framed 23.00" x 22.00"
signed Jessie Willcox Smith (lower right); signed Jessie Willcox Smith and titl...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Steeple Chase
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1936
Medium: Oil on Board
Dimensions: 29.25" x 25.75"
Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Mid Century French Sketch of a Side Profile of a Expressive Young Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Signed Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 9 (height) x 7 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Goo...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Landscape - Paint by Sirio Pellegrini - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on wooden panel realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1964.
Hand signed and dated.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 71.5x53.5.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on M...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
American WPA Jewish New York Modernist Madonna Mother and Child painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A magnificent oil on canvas by Russian American WPA artist Nahum Tschacbasov (1899-1984), dating from 1943.
Depicting a Maternity scene - or possibly a m...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cosmopolitan Story Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Signature: Signed
Woman with suitor/explorers wearing pith helmets
Publication Information: Story Illustration for "A Marriage of Concenience" by Comerset Mau...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1930's French Impressionist Daises In Brown Vase On Yellow Table Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Daisies
signed by Y. Blanchon, French 1950's Impressionist
gouache on an old artist note pad, unframed
painting: 17 x 13 inches
provenance: from a large private collection of this a...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Bird on Sea Rocks
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Chris Ritter (1906-1976). Red Bird on Sea Rocks, ca. 1960.
Watercolor on rag paper, sheet measures 15 x 22 inches.
Sheet is loose and unmounted. Unframed.
Estate stamps500 on v...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
Radames Scoppa (1877-1957) - Mid 20th Century Oil, I Pescatori
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful depiction of the coast of Isola dei Pescatori in Northern Italy. The artist captures fishermen out at sea before sail boats and a rocky shoreline. Renowned for his depictions of the sea, the artist perfectly conveys the movement of the boats in the water...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$607 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid 20th Century French Impressionist Oil Beached Fishing Boats Coastline
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishing Boats
Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist
oil on board unframed
board: 13 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: great condition
For more any ...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impressionistic Depiction of a Quaint French Village Scene with Stone Bridge
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Village Scene
signed by Regine David (female French artist, 1910-2018)
watercolor painting on artist paper, unframed
panting: 13 x 16.5 inches
condition: This painting is in e...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled, Figurative, Charcoal on Paper by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Anita Roy Chowdhury - Untitled
Charcoal on Paper
11.5 x 14 inches, 1960
(Framed & Delivered)
In this tender charcoal drawing, she beautifully portrays a quiet moment between mother ...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Leaf People Surreal Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3004 Fantasy oil painting on board, displayed in a dark-wood frame
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Colombia Park, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " Colombia Park, California" c.1930 is an oil painting on canvas board by noted California artist William E. Frates, 1891-969 It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas board size is 18 x 22 inches, framed size is 25.25 x 29 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold leaf frame, with fabric liner. It is in excellent condition
About the artist:
Painter, etcher. Born in Hayward, CA in 1896. Frates first studied art in San Francisco with Wm Otto...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Young Blonde Girl Portrait Egg Tempera - Style of Thomas Hart Benton
By Robert Collins
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous pointillist egg tempera portrait of young blonde girl by Robert Joseph Collins (American, 1922-2011), 1947. Signed "Collins" and dated "'47." U...
Category
Photorealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Illustration Board
Vintage Young Boy with Dog Fishing Under the Willow Tree Painting 1964
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6027 Charming acrylic painting of a young boy with dog fishing under a willow tree
Framed
Image size 12.5x9.5"
Signed lower right
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"An Orange Seducing a Lemon while a Bunch of Grapes Look On" Edward Zutrau, 1953
Located in New York, NY
Edward Zutrau
An Orange Seducing a Lemon while a Bunch of Grapes Look On, 4/20/1953
Signed, dated and titled on stretcher bar, and on the side of the work
Oil on linen
18 x 21 inches...
Category
Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
(1914-2004) Large 1970's original Paris Street Scene Modernist oil painting
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Osmund Caine (1914-2004) British
TITLE: “Paris Street Scene With Numerous Dispersed Figures”
SIGNED: lower right
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIZE: 81cm x 69cm inc frame
CONDITION: very good
DETAIL: Artist in oil, watercolour and stained glass and teacher, born Manchester, full name George Osmund Caine. Studied at Birmingham College of Art, 1930–7, and in Italy, 1938. Served in the Military Police during World War II. Gained an honours degree in medieval and modern history and studied singing at Guildhall School once he had begun teaching, singing lieder and choral works on the radio and in concerts. He taught, 1945-76, including principal lectureship in graphic design at Twickenham College of Technology. Caine was a forceful, unconventional teacher who developed a successful, broad-based vocational course embracing illustration, exhibition and graphic design, typography and photography. In 1966 he made two films: The Ruskin Country, and, with his wife Mary, The Glastonbury Giants.
Her associated book, The Glastonbury Zodiac: key to the mysteries of Britain, appeared in 1978. Took part in numerous mixed exhibitions, including NEAC, RBSA and RA, and had many solo shows in Britain and France, later ones including Duncan Campbell Fine Art, 1986, Galerie Salammbo, Paris, 1987, and retrospective at Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, 1998. English hill figures, British castles, monumental effigies, Kew Gardens and France were notable themes in his work. Caine completed 15 stained glass windows in Britain and abroad, including St Gabriel’s Church, Cricklewood, and St Cuthbert’s Church, Copnor. In the mid-1980s Caine gained a Durham...
Category
Post-Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
1950's French Modernist Portrait of Woman by the Window Textured Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Woman by the Window
French, mid 20th century
signed L. Bernard
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 16 x 13 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very go...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Fishermen's Cooperative - Oil on Canvas by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1965.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March 1, 1922, of Abruzzo origins (Capestrano), spent his childhood years in Rome, in the heart...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
1960's French Oil Oxen & Cart in Sun Scorched South of France Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Oxen Cart
French Impressionist artist, 1960's
signed oil on canvas, framed
dated 68'
framed: 19 x 28 inches
canvas: 15 x 23 inches
provenance: private collection, France
conditio...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The worried bather
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Crowded Beach Scene Figures Playing on Sand 20th Century French Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian Modernist Surrealist Woman Color Oil Painting Lazzaro Donati La Regina
Located in Surfside, FL
Lazzaro Donati (Italian, 1926-1977)
Oil on board. Colorful woman. La Regina (the Queen)
Hand signed upper right. signed, titled on back of panel.
Dimensions: (Frame) H 37" x W 29", (Panel) H 27.5" x W 20"
Lazzaro Donati was born in Florence and attended the Academy of Fine Arts. He began to paint in 1953, and in 1955 held his first exhibition at the Indiano Gallery in Florence. Within three years eleven exhibitions followed in Italy, and as his reputation grew he was invited to give major exhibitions in London, Paris, New York, Chicago, Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo. He is considered one of the foremost contemporary Italian painters and his paintings hang in museums and private collections throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. His work is recalling the works of the french Raoul Dufy, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Francois Gall and Jean Jansem. This particular work is reminiscent of the work of Manolo Valdes. Donati lived and worked at 24 Piazza Donatello in Florence, the square where generations of artists have created works worthy of the great Florentine tradition. As you entered the narrow hallway to his studio, a gilded life-size Venetian angel beckoned you to his door. Once inside, the present faded away and you found yourself in an atelier where early masters might have worked during the Renaissance. Within, luxurious Persian rugs set off the innumerable objects d’art and antique furnishings. Light poured in through the sloping glass wall on the north side. A dramatic stairway led to an overhanging balcony which served as a private gallery where the artist hung some of his favorite early works. To the left of the entrance was a smaller studio where Donati sculpted, with a window overlooking the famous old English cemetery where tourists laid flowers on the grave of Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
In the main studio itself, where Donati received his clients in an atmosphere as polished as an office of a top executive, one hardly realized that it was here that the artist actually painted. His easel was covered with Persian blue velvet, the painting on the easel was already framed, his chair was upholstered in red velvet and on his palette the colors were arranged with the precision of a Byzantine mosaic. In a corner stand were his latest works, framed and ready to be sent off to his next exhibition in Europe or America. He spoke fluent French and English as well as some Spanish and German. “After all”, he said, “you've got to know how to sell...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Marina, Sausalito
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Marina Sausalito" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is signed at the lower left corner by the arti...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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