Modern Figurative Paintings

Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) This came with a small grouping from the artist's family, some were hand signed some were not. These were studies for larger paintings. This is a miniature watercolor and gouache vibrant, colorful bouquet of flowers in a vase. Simka Simkhovitch (Симха Файбусович Симхович) (aka Simka Faibusovich Simkhovich) (Novozybkov, Russia May 21, 1885 O.S./June 2, 1885 N.S.—Greenwich, Connecticut February 25, 1949) was a Ukrainian-Russian Jewish artist and immigrant to the United States. He painted theater scenery in his early career and then had several showings in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he completed murals for the post offices in Jackson, Mississippi and Beaufort, North Carolina. His works are in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Born outside Kyiv (Petrograd Ukraine) into a Jewish family who owned a small department store. During a severe case of measles when he was seven, Simcha Simchovitch sketched the views outside his window and decided to become an artist, over his father's objections. Beginning in 1905, he studied at the Grekov Odessa Art School and upon completion of his studies in 1911 received a recommendation to be admitted to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Though he enrolled to begin classes in architecture, painting, and sculpture at the Imperial Academy, he was dropped from the school roster in December because of the quota on the number of Jewish students and drafted into the army. Simchovitch served as a private in the 175th Infantry Regiment Baturyn [ru] until his demobilization in 1912. Re-enrolling in the Imperial Academy, he audited classes. Simka Simkhovitch exhibited paintings and sculptures in 1918 as part of an exhibition of Jewish artists and in 1919 placed 1st in the competition "The Great Russian Revolution" with a painting called "Russian Revolution" which was hung in the State Museum of Revolution. In 1922, Simkha Simkhovitch exhibited at the International Book Fair in Florence (Italian: Fiera Internazionale del Libro di Firenze). In 1924, Simkhovitch came to the United States to make illustrations for Soviet textbooks and decided to immigrate instead. Initially he supported himself by doing commercial art and a few portrait commissions. In 1927, he was hired to paint a screen for a scene in the play "The Command to Love" by Fritz Gottwald and Rudolph Lothar which was playing at the Longacre Theatre on Broadway. Art dealers began clamoring for the screen and Simkhovitch began a career as a screen painter for the theater. Catching the attention of the screenwriter, Ernest Pascal, he worked as an illustrator for Pascal, who then introduced him to gallery owner, Marie Sterner. Simkhovitch's works appeared at the Marie Sterner Gallery beginning with a 1927 exhibit and were repeated the following year. Simkhovitch had an exhibit in 1929 at Sterner's on circus paintings. In 1931, he held a showing of works at the Helen Hackett Gallery, in New York City and later that same year he was one of the featured artists of a special exhibit in San Francisco at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park. The exhibit was coordinated by Marie Sterner and included four watercolors, including one titled "Nudes". He is of the generation of Russian Soviet artists such as Isaac Pailes, Serge Charchoune, Marc Chagall, Chana Orloff, Isaac Ilyich Levitan, and Ossip Zadkine. In 1936, Simkhovitch was selected to complete the mural for the WPA Post office project in Jackson, Mississippi. The mural was hung in the post office and courthouse in 1938 depicted a plantation theme. Painted on the wall behind the judge’s bench, “Pursuits of Life in Mississippi”, a depiction of black workers engaged in manual labor amid scenes of white professionals and socialites, was eventually covered over in later years during renovations due to its stereotypical African American imagery. Simka painted what he thought was typical of Jackson. His impression of pre-civil rights Mississippi was evidently Greek Revival column houses, weeping willow trees, working class families, and the oppression of African Americans. He painted African American men picking cotton, while a white man took account of the harvest and a white judge advised a white family, calling it Pursuits of Life in Mississippi. Though clearly endorsed by the government and initially generally well-received, the mural soon raised concerns with locals as the climate toward racial segregation began to change. The main concern was whether depictions that show African Americans in subjugated societal roles should be featured in a courtroom. The following year, his painting "Holiday" won praise at an exhibition in Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1940, Simkhovitch's second WPA post office project was completed when four murals, "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat", "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright", "Sand Ponies" and "Canada Geese" were installed in Beaufort, North Carolina. The works were commissioned in 1938 and did not generate the controversy that the Jackson mural had. The main mural is "The Wreck of the Crissie Wright" and depicts a shipwreck which had occurred in Beaufort in 1866. "The Cape Lookout Lighthouse and the Orville W. Mail Boat" depicted the lighthouse built in 1859 and the mail boat that was running mail during the time which Simkhovitch was there. The boat ran mail for the area until 1957. "Sand Ponies" shows the wild horses common to the North Carolina barrier islands and "Canada Geese" showed the importance of hunting and fishing in the area. All four murals were restored in the 1990s by Elisabeth Speight, daughter of two other WPA muralists, Francis Speight...

Sharon Paster is a distinguished San Francisco Bay-area artist Sharon Paster creates her paintings using oil sticks and brushes, a technique that allows her to both draw and paint at...

Mid 20th Century sgraffito work on plaster by Jean Pierre de Cayeux. The work is signed and dated on the skirt of the card player, bottom right, and on the stretcher of the chair, bo...

Sharon Paster is a distinguished San Francisco Bay-area artist Sharon Paster creates her paintings using oil sticks and brushes, a technique that allows her to both draw and paint at...

Sharon Paster is a distinguished San Francisco Bay-area artist Sharon Paster creates her paintings using oil sticks and brushes, a technique that allows her to both draw and paint at...

Painting by Donald Purdy (1924 - 2016). Oil on masonite Measures 25"L x 23"W. Work is behind glass and comes with exceptional antique frame. Acquired from the Schoneman Gallery in NY...

Julius Thiengen Bloch (American, born Germany, 1888-1966) Portrait of a Woman Oil on canvas, 32 x 25 1/4 inches Framed: 38 x 31 inches (approx.) Signed at lower right: "Julius Bloch"...

Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...

by Paul-Louis Bolot (French 1918-2003) signed original gouache painting on thick paper/ card unframed condition: very good and sound; the edges have a few curls and scuffs/ edge tear...

Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021), Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...

Compelling figurative study in gouache and pencil by Joesph Capozio (American, 1928-2016). Estate stamp lower right corner with bio on verso. Presented in mahogany wood frame. Framed size: 19"H x 17"W. Capozio was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1927. After serving in World War II, he attended art school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He lived and worked in San Francisco, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; Siesta Key...

"In Soquel (California)" is an original oil on board painting by Jon Blanchette (1908-1987) circa 1955. Farm landscape with figure hanging laundry and silo, painted in colors of blue...

Stark, surrealist study of two nude figures in a color saturated room by Clayton Anderson (American, 20th Century), 1970. Signed and dated by the artist, left margin. Presented in a ...

The Naval Battle Scene European School, second half 20th century oil on canvas, framed framed: 29.5 x 41.5 inches canvas : 24 x 36 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition...

eliicious oil on canvas by unknown artist inspired by the works of master Massimo Campigli, in this case "La Scalinata " from the 1950s

Titled Torah Service, hand signed on Arches archival paper. In this painting, Nussbaum portrays a joyful holiday celebration of the Torah reading in the synagogue in a sketch-like m...

Classical Maidens European School, late 20th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 36 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and sound condition

The Band by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 18.5 x 13 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sound condition

"At the Opera" WPA Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Theatre American Scene John Winters (1904 - 1983) "At the Opera" 17 x 14 inches oil on canvas Signed and dated 1943 lower r...

Shooting Gallery Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Abstract Realism Modern *William Kienbusch (1914 – 1980) Shooting Gallery, Sixth Avenue Poster paint on paper, c. 1941 15 ¾ x...

Original oil on canvas provocative figurative painting by the American artist Martin Rosenthal. Mid century modern. Signed lower right. Circa 1955. Condition is very good. Present...

Original oil on canvas provocative figurative painting by the American artist Martin Rosenthal. Mid century modern. Signed lower right. Circa 1955. Condition is very good. Present...

Sharon Paster is a distinguished San Francisco Bay-area artist Sharon Paster creates her paintings using oil sticks and brushes, a technique that allows her to both draw and paint at...

The Green Interior French modernist, mid 20th century signed oil on board, unframed board : 10.5 x 8.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: good and sound condition

The Cafe Interior by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) gouache on artist paper, unframed painting : 20 x 26 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sound cond...

SEATED TRIO Size: 45 x 48 cm (including frame) Oil on Canvas A brilliantly executed semi-abstract figurative oil composition, painted in 1964 by the established Swedish artist Ivar ...

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.

Sharon Paster is a distinguished San Francisco Bay-area artist Sharon Paster creates her paintings using oil sticks and brushes, a technique that allows her to both draw and paint at...

This painting is part of our current exhibition - America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s Untitled (Elevated Platform), 1950, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 30 x...

Mystery Artist Untitled (Catholics), c. 20th century Oil on canvas 20 x 20 in. Framed: 25 x 25 x 1 1/4 in. Signed lower right

An elegant and psychologically penetrating, American School portrait of a woman, shown in three-quarter profile wearing a blue headscarf and contrasted against a terracotta backgroun...

Frameless. Ramón de Capmany i de Montaner (1899-1992), painter, printmaker and bibliophile of the Llotia school, part of the group of evolutionists of the 1920s. Born in Canet de M...

This work is part of our exhibition - America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s Untitled (Transcendental Composition), oil on board, 1947, oil on board, signed and dated lower r...

Sharon Paster is a distinguished San Francisco Bay-area artist Sharon Paster creates her paintings using oil sticks and brushes, a technique that allows her to both draw and paint at...

The Crowded Cafe by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 15 x 17.5 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sound...

Captain James Cookl European School, late 20th century painted after an earlier work oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 36 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, Wiltshire, Englan...

Jesus On The Cross by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) signed watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 8.75 x 6.25 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condi...

There is no definitive answer to the message my work seeks to communicate.
I begin my work with mixed feelings between ‘feeling-self’ and ‘conscious-self’.
We cannot logically explai...

Outside French Bar by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) signed pencil on artist paper, unframed painting : 6.25 x 9.5 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: ...

French Expressionist/ Modernist by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) stamped verso watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 15 x 19.5 inches provenance: artists estate, France c...

Pastel Portrait by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) pastel on artist paper, unframed painting : 20 x 15.5 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sound condi...

Figure and child by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 8 x 5.5 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sound ...

Set of 4 by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 8.75 x 6.5 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good an...

Set of 6 by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 8.75 x 6.5 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good an...

String Band by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) oil on artist paper, unframed painting : 20 x 26 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and sound condition

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...

Riders of Pigeon Hill, c. 1940s, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 24 x 36 inches, label verso with title, artist’s name and address; same information inscribed verso; ex-collection...

Areg Elibekian is known for his vibrant and unique style, often capturing scenes with vivid colors and expressive brushstrokes. Les Deux Magots in Paris is a famous café known for it...

'The Lament of Icarus' Continental School, late 20th century, signed after the original painting by Herbert James Draper oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 36 x 24 inches provenance: ...

The Factory Workers by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 15.75 x 19 inches provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good and s...

In the paintings of this series , images of antique figures and statues are used to talk about the eternal in modern language , as well as to present antiquity in a modern way .The w...

Aaron Berkman (New York, 1900 - 1929) "Beach" Oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches Signed lower right: Aaron Berkman Unframed Provenance: Private collection, USA An abstract oil painting o...

Painting measures 28 X 36 inches. There is a sulpture quality to the suitcase, it has texture to the piece. It subtly recalls the european Holocaust, travel and displacement. Provena...

"History of US Postal Service" American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Chicago Harold Haydon "History of the U.S. Postal Service" 21 x 25 1/2 inches Oil on canvas, c. 1938 Estate s...

Sharon Paster is a distinguished San Francisco Bay-area artist Sharon Paster creates her paintings using oil sticks and brushes, a technique that allows her to both draw and paint at...

SENZA TITOLO, 2019 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti From the Portraits series Oil and acrylic on canvas Size: 48 H x 33 W cm Unframed The beaches of Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku r...

Portrait #1, 2023 by Luigi Christopher Veggetti From the Portraits series Oil and acrylic on paper Size: 30 H x 21 W cm Unframed The beaches of Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku rep...

Portrait of an Aristocrat European artist, 20th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 30 x 24 inches provenance: private collection, Wiltshire condition: very good and sound condi...