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Style: American Modern
Modern Figurative -- Hayley in the Sunroom
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern interior/figurative painting of red-haired woman "Hayley" seated in sunroom by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932), Circa 1975. Signed on verso, "Hayley" written on edge Provenance: Purchased as part of larger collection of artist's work Unframed. Canvas size: 30"H x 440"W. Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932) is a Bay Area Figurative & Feminist Art Movement artist who studied at Winnipeg Public Art School in 1950. She received early recognition in Museum and Gallery competitions and exhibitions and was awarded a Special Education in Art recognition by the Winnipeg Museum of Fine Art, and was awarded a scholarship to the Banff College of Fine Art. Further studies were at The University of Manitoba. She was a Member of Winnipeg Free Press Sketch Club and was a Cartoonist and paste-up for a French-English bi-weekly, in Eastern Canada; She studied outdoor impressionism in New York in 1960; in 1962, attended The California College of Arts and Crafts, and in 1976 B.A., U.C. Berkeley where she studied under Elmer Bischoff, David Simpson, Joan Brown, Felix Ruvolo, Yolanda Lopez and Vincent Perez. She started a freelance commercial art business in 1963; copyrighted a National Cartoon, 1976, and served as Exhibition Director for San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976-1978. She was a workshop instructor at the San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery, 1977-1985; and was Manager/Owner Stanton Art Gallery, Alameda, CA, 1976-1982. Solo Exhibitions: Berkeley Marina, 1974; Oakland Center for The Visual Arts, "Images of Women", 1979 Group Exhibitions: Oakland's Dept of Education, 1963, Studio One; Alameda County Fair, 1975, 1976, 1978; San Francisco Art Festival, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976, 1977, 1978; San Francisco Women Artists Gallery Exhibition, award winner - 1970, 1977, 1978; Hayward Bay Fair Art Festival, award winner - 1971; Capricorn Assunder Gallery, 1973; Oakland Art Festival, 1973, 1974; Alameda Art Association, 1978; El Cerrito...
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1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ablaze, Ovoid Faces Looking Through Geometrical Windows
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Ablaze, 1973-79 Acrylic and collage on scintilla Signed and dated lower left 30 x 22 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abstract...
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1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Air Chamber, Mid-Century Figural Abstract Collage, Anatomy & Ovoids
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Air Chamber, 1965 Collage, graphite and gouache on paper Signed and dated upper left 30 x 22 inches Provenance: Descended through the family. Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York dealers...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache, Graphite

New Mother at the Park -- Day 65
Located in Soquel, CA
New Mother at the Park -- Day 65 Artist Kristin Cohen (American, b. 1963) abstract figurative captures quiet moment of new motherhood while ticking off the days. Signed on verso an...
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1990s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Attune - Woman in the Jungle - Mother Nature by Marc
Located in Carmel, CA
Primal woman of the jungle with a headress of vibrant tropical plants. Deeply imbedded in natures floral bounty, she meditates in peacefulrepose witnessing life and tasting the divin...
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2010s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Entr'acte - Mid-Century Ovoids in Theatre - Geometrical Abstract Pastel
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Entr'acte, 1977 Pastel on board Signed and dated lower right 8 x 10 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abstract painting. Clare...
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1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Pastel

In the Window, Ovoid Shapes Floating Through Windows
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) In the Window, 1973 Acrylic and collage on scintilla Signed and dated lower right 30 x 22 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abs...
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1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Torso No. 5, Mid-Century Figural Abstract Acrylic Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Torso No. 5, 1967 Acrylic on paper Signed and dated upper right 25 x 20 inches A mid-century figural abstract painting. Clarence Hol...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

"Glassblowers" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century New York City WPA
Located in New York, NY
"Glassblowers" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century New York City WPA Ernest Fiene (1894-1965) Glass Blowers 28 x 23 inches Oil on canvas board Signed and dated 1944 lower...
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

1950s "Cubed Figures on Bench" Mid Century Figurative Gouache Original Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "Cubed Figures on Bench" c.1950s Gouache paint on paper site 19"x15.75" black wood frame 21.5"x1"x18.25" Unsigned Came from artist's estate ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Garcon in Cafe
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: David Azuz, Israeli/French (1942 - 2014) Title: Garcon in Cafe Year: circa 1979 Medium: Oil on Paper, signed l.l. Size: 24.5 x 19 in. (62.23 x 48.26 cm) Frame Size: 36 x 30 i...
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1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Archival Paper

"Morning Towers" Contemporary Figurative Self Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Saturated, intimate depiction of sharing a bed with a partner by Narcissus Robert Quagliata (Italian-American, b. 1942). While four fingers dominate the composition, the focus of the...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Pinnacle, Surrealist Ovoid acrylic painting, Blue & Red Figural Abstract Collage
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Pinnacle, c. 1960s Acrylic and collage on scintilla 22 x 8 inches 23.25 x 9 inches, framed A surrealist mid-century figural abstract p...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic

Departing from the System, Mid-Century Geometrical Abstract Mixed Media
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Departing from the System, 1961 Mixed media on paper Signed and dated lower right 36 x 24 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abst...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media

"Fodder Stacks, Bearsville" Georgina Klitgaard, Modernist Agricultural Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Georgina Klitgaard Fodder Stacks, Bearsville Signed lower right Oil on canvas 18 x 22 inches Georgina Klitgaard’s art has sometimes gotten lost in the critical propensity to assign...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

1950s "Cube Head" Mid Century Figurative Ink Wash Painting
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "Cube Head" c.1950s Ink wash on Arches 15" x 20" unframed Came from artist's estate *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing time between 4...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink

"Madam Suburbia #2" (Woman and Child, Sue & Casey) in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Madam Suburbia #2" (Woman and Child, Sue & Casey) in Oil on Canvas An auburn-haired woman sits in a chair with her young child, by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932). ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

R.E.M. - Murmur (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock and Roll, Pop, Legendary)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith R.E.M. - Murmur Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2022 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 924802-1633 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss finish avail...
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2010s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board

Monumental Original Painting by Frank Ashley, 2003
Located in San Francisco, CA
Monumental original painting by listed artist Frank Nelson Ashley The subject matter of this painting is a vibrant scene in New Orleans of the "Poo-Pah Club" jazz band, acrobat performers, finely dressed ladies, and cherubs that have fallen from the heavens to be a part of such a joyous parade. The colors are magnificent! Oil on canvas Signed & dated lower left and verso Title: "Parade of the Poo-Pah Club Jazz Band" 48" x 82" Artist Bio: Frank Ashley American 1920-2007 Joined Carmel Art Association 1970. Frank Ashley grew up in St Paul Minnesota. He attended the University of Minnesota, served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in England during WWII, and was awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses, a Purple Heart and four Air Medals. He studied at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, the Minneapolis...
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20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Untitled II
Located in Bozeman, MT
When I think of where McCauley fits into American art, as a contemporary painter, sculptor and naturalistic interpreter, I place him in the same philosophical tribe as Walton Ford, A...
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2010s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Wood Panel

Johnny Hodges - The Big Sound (Grammy, Album Art, Iconic, Rock and Roll, Pop)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Kerry Smith Johnny Hodges - The Big Sound Mixed Media on Crescent board Year: 2016 Size: 21x20in Signed, dated by hand COA provided Ref.: 91-0194 *Black frame with a mirror-gloss fi...
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2010s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting American Modernist Landscape Pond Tree
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not. Thes...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Asian Woman I" American Modernist Figurative Painting Académie Julian
Located in Arp, TX
Jack Hooper "Asian Woman I" 10-1990 Acrylic and conte crayon on rag paper 28"x42.25 unframed Signed and dated in pencil lower right Jack Meredith Hooper (August 26, 1928 - January ...
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1990s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Rag Paper, Conté

Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative -- Mother and Baby
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century abstract figurative of nude mother with baby and bird in background by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). A nocturnal setting adds more interest and dimension. Signed on verso "Berg." Unframed. 34"H x 37"W. Honora Berg an early Bay Area Figurative and Abstract Expressionist painter. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff, and James Budd Dixon. Berg's friend Edith Truesdell...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Dispute, abstracted blue tones two business men male figures in suits fragmented
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Known for richly painted acrylic works on paper, Ms. Kellner addresses themes of contemporary culture. This work makes a fragmented interpretation of men in business suits. Tatana ...
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2010s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Henry Ernst Schnakenberg, (Still Life with Skull)
Located in New York, NY
Henry Schnakenberg is mostly known for New York City scenes. This is clearly a departure. It is signed at the lower left and dated '4-53' on the r...
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1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Glassblowers WPA American Scene Mid- 20th Century Modern Figurative Workers 1932
Located in New York, NY
Glassblowers WPA American Scene Mid- 20th Century Modern Figurative Workers. Dated and signed "32 Harry Gottlieb" lower right. Sight: 13 1/8" H x 18 1/4" W. Harry Gottlieb, painter, screenprinter, educator, and lithographer, was born in Bucharest, Rumania. He emigrated to America in 1907, and his family settled in Minneapolis. From 1915 to 1917, Gottlieb attended the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. After a short stint as an illustrator for the U.S. Navy, Gottlieb moved to New York City; he became a scenic and costume designer for Eugene O"Neill's Provincetown Theater Group. He also studied at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design. He was one of America's first Social Realist painters, influenced by that Robert Henri-led movement in New York City where Gottlieb settled in 1918. He was also a pioneer in screen printing, which he learned while working for the WPA. He married Eugenie Gershoy, and the couple joined the artist colony at Woodstock, New York. He lectured widely on art education. In 1923, Gottlieb settled in Woodstock, New York and in 1931, spent a a year abroad studying under a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 1935, he joined the Federal Art Project...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Deep in the Jungle - Figurative Painting - American Modern Art By Marc
Located in Carmel, CA
Blue women: at home in the jungle- attuned to the wild. Deep in the Jungle - Figurative Painting - American Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman Marc Zimmerman creates playful painti...
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2010s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"ULANDA - Painting in Studio Class" Bay Area Figurative Movement Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"ULANDA - Painting in Studio Class" Figurative Study Oil on Canvas A dark-haired woman is standing at an easel, by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932). The subject is ca...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Charles Pompilius figurative Young Female Nude Oil on Panel
Located in Detroit, MI
"Untitled" portrays a young female nude in an intimate setting within the artist's studio. This painting is done in the classical vein of full portraiture. The model, however, is not posed quietly, but is engaged with a person or object off the frame, or, perhaps in an interior monologue with herself. Regardless of which, the viewer's attention is not only attracted to the beauty of the model's figure, but the intention of her actions. Charles Pompilius...
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Early 2000s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Young Girl on a Couch, Oil Painting by Marshall Goodman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Marshall Goodman, American (1916 - 2003) Title: Young Girl on Couch Year: circa 1960 Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 24 x 30 in. (60.96 x 76.2 cm) Frame Size: 26.5 x 32 inches
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1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Thom O'Connor Pastel on Paper "The Model #5"
By Thom O'Connor
Located in Detroit, MI
"The Model #5" is a pastel on paper showing a nude female figure emerging from what appears to be an evening darkening mist where a distant landscape is suggested or perhaps she is e...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Pastel, Paper

Autumn Wind, Large American Modernist Oil Painting Woman with Flowers
By Doris Turner
Located in Surfside, FL
Nice American Modernist Oil Painting. with old label verso. not dated but estimating it to the 70s. Not sure which Doris turner this is...
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1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Washington Square Park" Georgina Klitgaard, People in Cityscape Modernist Scene
Located in New York, NY
Georgina Klitgaard Washington Square Park, New York Oil on canvas 25 1/2 x 31 inches Georgina Klitgaard’s art has sometimes gotten lost in the critical propensity to assign artists...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

William Fisher Classic American Illustration on Canvas
Located in New York, NY
William Fisher (American, 1891-1985) Untitled, 20th Century Oil on canvas/illustration 23 3/4 x 29 3/4 in. Framed: 31 x 37 1/4 x 1 in. Signed lower right: William Fisher William Fis...
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20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

“Family”
By Hazel Finck
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right 1930 Biography Hazel Finck Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Hazel Finck studied art with Guy Wiggins and Sigismund Ivanowski, a Russi...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Pink Triangle" "Pink Triangle" 1950s Bay Area Figurative Movement Female Artist
Located in Arp, TX
Frann Spencer Reynolds (1926-2008) "Pink Triangle" c 1950s Oil on canvas 24"x32" float mount white distressed wood frame 26"x34.25" Signed on reverse Go...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

NYC 1939 World's Fair Mural Study American Scene WPA Modern Mid 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
NYC 1939 World's Fair Mural Study American Scene WPA Modern Mid 20th Century Eugene Savage (1883 – 1978) 1939 World’s Fair Mural Study 45 x 30 inches Oil on Canvas Signed lower right The painting is part of a 1,000 piece collection of art and objects from the 1939 World’s Fair. The collection as a whole is available. Savage created the mural for the facade of the Communications Building. An image of the completed mural, along with a published postcard, is part of the listing. Note the center top female figure, she resembles the figure in the offered painting. BIO Eugene Francis Savage was born in Covington, Indiana 1883. He underwent various forms of art training in the early years. He was a pupil of The Corcoran Gallery and The Art Institute of Chicago, and was later awarded a fellowship to study in Rome at The American Academy. While under the spell of that ancient city the young artist began to render historic figures that were suitable for the classic style needed for mural painting in the traditional manor. During this period he was able to study and observe Roman and Greek sculpture, although much of the academic training was accomplished by using plaster casts along with the incorporation of live models. This method survived and was used efficiently throughout Europe and the United States. After leaving the Academy, Savage was commissioned to paint numerous murals throughout the United States and Europe. This artist received acclaim for the works he produced while under commissions from various sources. This young master was a contemporary of Mexican muralists David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896-1974), Jose Clemente Orozco (1883-1949) and Diego Rivera (1886-1957). In this period he was to show the influence of his contemporaries in formulating a modern style. Savage also played a vital role in the WPA Federal Art program, and he was a member of The Mural Art Guild.. Savage was elected an associate member of The National Academy of Design in 1924 and a full member in 1926. From 1947, he held a professorship at Yale University where he taught mural painting, and some of his students went on to significant positions. By this time the artist had painted large-scale murals at Columbia, Yale University, Buffalo N.Y., Dallas, Texas, Chicago, Indiana, along with other commissioned works. He also achieved recognition for a series of murals commissioned by the Matson Shipping Line and completed around 1940. For this commission, Savage made many exacting studies of customs and folkways of the Hawaiian natives. However, the award-winning murals were not installed as planned but were put in storage during the war years when the ships were used for troop transportation and were in danger of attack. However the mural images were reproduced and distributed by the shipping company including nine of the mural scenes that were made into lithographed menu covers in 1948. The American Institute of Graphic Arts awarded certificates of excellence for their graphic production, and the Smithsonian Institute exhibited the works in 1949. Today Savages' Hawaiian Art production is held in high regard by collectors of Hawaiian nostalgia. In later years the artist focused his attention on a theme that dealt with the customs and tribal traditions of the Seminole Indians of Florida. He produced many variations of this theme throughout his lifetime, and the pictures were usually modest scale easel paintings, precise and carefully delineated. Many of these pictures incorporate Surrealistic elements and show some minor stylistic influences of the painters Kay Sage...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Reflecting Thoughts About Remembering" - Monoprint on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Reflecting Thoughts About Remembering" - Monoprint on Paper Sepia colored monoprint of a male figure "reflecting and remembering." A nude male figure sits with his head facing down...
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1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Laid Paper

Large Watercolor Painting John Groth, Men Wrestling, Esquire Magazine WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
John August Groth (American, 1908-1988) "Wrestling Match," Watercolor painting, hand signed upper right and inscribed upper left, "Las Palmas Canary Islands Lucha Canary Wrestling". Framed Size: 21'' x 29'', 53 x 74 cm (sight); 28.5'' x 36.25'', 72 x 92 cm (frame). Depiction of a wrestling match in a city square. John August Groth (1908 - 1988) was an illustrator and art teacher. He gained recognition as a war correspondent-illustrator. He studies at the Art Institute of Chicago and at Art Students League with Todros Geller, Robert Brackman, Arnold Blanch and George Grosz. He was a member: Society of American Etchers; American Newspaper Guild; Society of Illustrators; Associate Member of the National Academy of Design; American Water Color Society. Positions : Art Director at Esquire 1933 - 1937, Parade Publications 1941 - 1944; War Correspondent for Chicago Sun 1944; American Legion Magazine 1945; Artist-Correspondent in Vietnam 1967.Teacher at Art Students LeagueHe was the first art director of Esquire Magazine and taught at the Art Students League, the Pratt Institute, and the Parsons School of Design. In 1940, he was included in an exhibition at MOMA, titled, "PM Competition: The Artist as Reporter." The exhibition included Philip Guston, Reginald Marsh, John Tworkov, John Heliker, Adolf Dehn, and Chet La More. Groth began sketching intently during the Great Depression after studying at the Art Institute of Chicago. Following the advice of an editor, he penned 100 sketches a day for years. He learned to increase his speed by listening to sports on the radio and sketching the action as fast as he could. "I would listen to the games on the radio at night, and sketch the plays. It made me very quick." His break came when Arnold Gingrich, an editor for Esquire magazine, approached him at an art show in Chicago and offered him a position. "The way (Arnold Gingrich) told it," John Groth says, "he found this barefoot, bearded kid in the park, and the next day made him art director of the world's leading men's fashion magazine. But I swear I was wearing shoes." Groth went on to work as a correspondent and illustrator for the Chicago Sun, Collier's, Sports Illustrated, and The Saturday Evening Post. He developed a passion for war zones. He covered six different wars and was one of the first correspondents in Paris after its liberation. "It is only at war that I feel complete... There, you meet all sort of men -- farmers, mechanics, college professors. It rains on them and it rains on you. The shells burst in the air, and you are there, too." He would make a splash when he beat out friend and rival, Ernest Hemingway, into Paris in 1944. Hemingway was writing for the Chicago Tribune and Groth for the Chicago Sun. Groth was in the first jeep into Paris and got the scoop. His headline read, "Yanks are in Paris!" Hemingway would later write about Groth's technique. “None of us understood the sort of shorthand he sketched in. The men would look at the sketches and see just a lot of lines. It was a great pleasure to find what fine drawings they were when we got to see them. Groth went on to illustrate such classic books as: A Christmas Carol, All Quiet on the Western Front, The Grapes of Wrath, The War Prayer, and Gone with the Wind. Deborah Churchman described Groth's work in a 1980 Washington Post article: "Groth's pictures center on the day-to-day life of people caught in terrifying circumstances -- armies occupying cities, soldiers sweeping roads for land mines, bullfighters facing death." Bernie Schonfeld, a photographer for Life Magazine said of Groth, "John is one of the gentlest people in the world, and he always gets himself into the wildest hell hole." He joined the First Congress of American Artists Against War and Fascism in 1936, along with Stuart Davis, Peter Blume...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Shopping Day
Located in Los Angeles, CA
> > Painter George Melville Smith (1879-1979) Painter, illustrator born in Chicago. Smith began formal art studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago at the age of seventeen, after first studying as an architect's apprentice. In 1925-26 he studied in Paris under Andre Lhote, then worked as a painter in France, Spain, England and Italy. He exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago four times during the 1930s, and was included in the Whitney Museum's 1933 exhibit which also featured Grant Wood...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Howard Schleeter 1949 Original Gouache & Wax Painting – Abstract Southwest Art
By Howard Schleeter
Located in Denver, CO
This striking original 1949 gouache and wax painting, titled "Fetishes", is a powerful work by acclaimed New Mexico modernist Howard Schleeter (1903–1976). Rich with symbolic abstrac...
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Wax, Gouache

Laughing Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant portrait of a laughing woman by Chelsea Frost. Executed in a fauvist style, this piece is bright and highly saturated. The woman is framed very ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Acrylic, Fiberboard

Caricature Portrait of a Man
Located in Soquel, CA
Contemporary caricature-style portrait of a man by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Signed "Michael Pauker" and dated 1976 on verso. Acquired with a collection of his work. Image ...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative -- Nude Woman and Red Chair
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century abstract figurative nude at night with red chair by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). A nocturnal setting adds more interest and dimension. Signed on verso "H Berg." Unframed. 36"H x 30"W. Honora Berg an early Bay Area Figurative and Abstract Expressionist painter. She studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff, and James Budd Dixon. Berg's friend Edith Truesdell...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

"The General"
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on canvas painting by the well known Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Done with a thick impasto paint the artist portrays the powerful yet colorful nature of the general...
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"The General"
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Abstract Procession Jewish Wedding Chuppah Oil Painting Modernist Judaica
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Modern Subject: Abstract Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States Sabina Teichman: (1905-1983) Studied at Columbia Univ. (BA, MA), also with Charles J. Martin and Arthur J. Young. Exhibits include WMAA, Art USA, 1958, PAAM, Butler Institute Amer. Art, Audubon Artists Ann., Womens Westchester Center. Sabina Teichman's paintings have a touch of fauvist vitality and responsiveness and color. Her Lyrical Paintings convey the great joy of life which is hers. the joy is so profound that it cannot be obtained in traditional art forms and so it has become necessary for Sabina to create new forms to express the euphoria. As the dynamic colors emerge from her luxuriously coated brush, she surrenders to a newly realized adventure in abstract expressionism. A boldness belies he femininity which yields an exciting style and a joyful freshness. Sabina Teichman illuminates the canvas with strokes of color that affect the very soul of the viewer , for she feels that color inspires the inner being of man. Her response to color elation. Dynamic colors emerge from the luxuriously coated brush of this artist, surrendering to her newly realized adventure in abstract impressionism. A boldness belies her femininity which yields an exciting style and a joyful freshness. Sabina Teichman illuminates the canvas with strokes of color that affect the very soul of the viewer, for she knows as did Goethe, that color inspires the inner being of man. Sabina Teichman's own response to color is elation. Widely known as a figurative painter, one reviews her earlier style only to find that all shapes lived within the surrounding of abstract settings which now dominate her most recent paintings. The Vatican Museum's collection of contemporary art has acquired Sabina Teichman's painting The Prophet given in response to an expressed desire of a representative of Pope Paul VI, who said that, to the best of his knowledge, it was the first painting by a living American to become part of the Vatican. Member of Audubon Artists, Provincetown Art Association Argent Galleries, New York, 1947. Salpeter Gallery, New York, 1949, 1952, 1954. Shore Galleries, Boston, 1955. A C A Gallery, New York, 1957, 1960, 1963, 1969. A C A Gallery, Rome, 1965. Orpheus...
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1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Rosemary" Berkeley Figurative School by Patricia Gren Hayes 1980
Located in Soquel, CA
"Rosemary" Berkeley Figurative School by Patricia Gren Hayes 1980 A large scale portrait of a blond woman by Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932). The model is in front of a window, with h...
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1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Modern Abstract Portrait of a Woman with Child and Fish
By Lynwood Kreneck
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract style painting of a woman fishing. The work is signed by the artist Lynwood Kreneck, who is known for printmaking. The painting is framed in a wooden frame with a silver trim. Dimensions Without Frame: H 40 in x W 30 in. Artist Biography: Lynwood Kreneck (born 1936) received his BFA and MFA from The University of Texas at Austin. Kreneck is Professor Emeritus of Art at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, where he taught printmaking for nearly forty years. He is founding curator of the exhibition series Colorprint USA and was instrumental in the development of water-based screen print inks and methods. Kreneck is represented in numerous collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago (IL), Philadelphia Museum of Art (PA), High Museum (Atlanta, GA), Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art (Shawnee, OK), Museum of Contemporary (Knoxville, TN), Silvermine Guild Arts...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

"Girl with Butterfly"
Located in Southampton, NY
Oil on masonite painting done in 1945 by Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Signed lower right and dated lower right, 1945. In original wood and gilt frame 37.5 by 31.5 inc...
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

American Modernist Street & Diner Scene, Signed Kittredge
Located in New York, NY
Mystery Artist (Possibly William A. Kittredge, illustrator) Untitled (Diner), c. Mid-20th century Oil on board Sight: 8 x 10 in. Framed: 9 3/8 x 11 3/8 x 7/8 in.
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Cowboy Boots" - Bay Area Figurative Movement
By Patricia Gren-Haynes
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area School figurative of a cowboy and hats by Berkeley artist Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b- 1932), circa 1983. Signed "Gren Hayes 1983" upper center and signed and titled "Cowboy Boots" on verso. Unframed. Size: 16"H x 20"W. Bay Area Figurative...
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1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Untitled" Albert Heckman, 1950s Modernist Abstracted Still Life Painting
Located in New York, NY
Albert Heckman Untitled, circa 1950 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 21 1/4 x 29 inches Albert Heckman was born in Meadville, Western Pennsylvania, 1893. He went to New York City to try his hand at the art world in 1915 after graduating from high school and landing a job at the Meadville Post Office. In 1917, at the age of 24, Heckman enrolled part-time in Teachers' College, Columbia University's Fine Arts Department to begin his formal art education. He worked as a freelance ceramic and textile designer and occasionally as a lecturer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In the early 1920s, at the age of almost 30, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia Teachers College. He was especially impacted by his instructor at Columbia, Arthur Wesley Dow. After graduating, he was hired by the Teachers' College as a Fine Arts instructor. He stayed with Columbia Teachers' College until 1929, when he left to attend the Leipzig Institute of Graphic Arts in Leipzig, Germany. Isami Doi (1903-1965), who was born in Hawaii, was arguably his most impressive student at Columbia. Doi is now regarded as one of the most prominent artists hailing from Hawaii. Heckman became an active member and officer of the Keramic Society and Design Guild of New York in the 1920s as part of his early commercial art career. The Society's mission was to share knowledge and showcase textile and ceramic design exhibits. In 1922, Heckman married Florence Hardman, a concert violinist. Mrs. Heckman's concert schedule during the 1920s kept Albert and Florence Heckman apart for a significant portion of the time, but they spent what little time they had together designing and building their Woodstock, New York, summer house and grounds. A small house and an acre of surrounding land on Overlook Mountain, just behind the village of Woodstock, were purchased by Albert and Florence Heckman at the time of their marriage. Their Woodstock home, with its connections, friendships, and memories, became a central part of their lives over the years, even though they had an apartment in New York City. Heckman's main artistic focus shifted to the house on Overlook Mountain and the nearby towns and villages, Kingston, Eddyville, and Glasco. After returning from the Leipzig Institute of Graphic Arts in 1930, Mr. Heckman joined Hunter College as an assistant professor of art. He worked there for almost thirty years, retiring in 1956. Throughout his tenure at Hunter, Mr. Heckman and his spouse spent the summers at their Woodstock residence and the winters in New York City. They were regular and well-known guests at the opera and art galleries in New York. Following his retirement in 1956, the Heckmans settled in Woodstock permanently, with occasional trips to Florida or Europe during the fall and winter. Mr. Heckman's close friends and artistic career were always connected to Woodstock or New York City. He joined the Woodstock art group early on and was greatly influenced by artists like Paul and Caroline Rohland, Emil Ganso, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Andre Ruellan, and her husband, Jack Taylor. Heckman operated a summer art school in Woodstock for several years in the 1930s with support from Columbia University, where these and other Woodstock artists gave guest lectures. The Potter's Shop in New York City hosted Mr. Heckman's first art show in December 1928. The exhibit received some positive reviews from critics. The American Institute of Graphic Arts chose the plate of "Wehlen, Saxony" as one of the "Fifty Prints of the Year in 1929." There were sixteen etchings displayed. The remaining plates depicted scenes in Saxony, Germany, while five of the plates were based on scenes in Rondout, New York. Heckman started switching from etching to black and white lithography by the early 1930s. A lifelong admirer of Heckman's artwork, Mr. Gustave von Groschwitz organized a significant exhibition of Heckman etchings and lithographs at the Ferargil Gallery in New York City in 1933. The exhibition traveled to the Stendahl Galleries in Los Angeles (May 1933), the Charles Lessler Gallery in Philadelphia (May 1933), J.L. Hudson in Detroit (June 1933), and Gumps in San Francisco (July 1933). Together with his early etchings, the exhibition featured brand-new black and white lithographs depicting scenes in and around Woodstock as well as "A View from Tudor City...
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1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

American Abstract Color Monotype Painting Tar Cart #2 Joseph Solman WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
"Tar Cart #2" by Joseph Solman (American, 1909-2008) Hand signed recto Joseph Solman (January 25, 1909 – April 16, 2008) was a Jewish American painter, a founder of The Ten, a group...
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20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Monotype

'Fashion Able II', Parsons School of Design, Haute Couture, Costume
By Isaac Mizrahi
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso lower left, 'Isaac Mizrahi'. A fashion designer and creator of costume, Isaac Mizrahi attended the Parsons School of Design before becomin...
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1990s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Synthetic Paper, Graphite, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Pale Blue Wind, charcoal and collage, female portrait
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charcoal drawing and Collage on sintra panel, blue tones, portrait, excellent gift
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2010s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Mixed Media, Panel, Charcoal, Archival Paper

'Any Day in America', Social Realist, Beat Generation, Allen Ginsberg
By Ron Croci
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Croci" for Ron Croci (American, born 1945), and painted circa 1970. A substantial, Social Realist watercolor showing a view of a ramshackle rust-belt landscape ...
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1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Conductor with Orchestra, Figurative Oil Painting by William Harnden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: William Harnden, American (1920 - 1983) Title: Conductor with Orchestra Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed Image Size: 15.5 x 19 inches Frame Size: 18 x 21 inches
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1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

"Madam Suburbia" (Woman and Baby by the Yellow Window) in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Madam Suburbia" (Woman and Baby by the Yellow Window) in Oil on Canvas An auburn-haired woman sits in a chair with her infant child, by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 19...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mid-Concert, Figurative Oil Painting by William Harnden
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: William Harnden, American (1920 - 1983) Title: Concert Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed Image Size: 15.5 x 20 inches Frame Size: 22.5 x 27 inches
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1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

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