Machinery Figurative Paintings

“Concept Buick and Plane” American Art Deco 20th Century Modernism Machine Age The painting is in good condition. There are some modest water spots to the left of the plane's tail. Arthur Rosenman Ross (1913 - 1981) “Concept Buick and Plane" Gouache and airbrush on Illustration Board 16” x 27 inches (sight) Signed Arthur Rosenman, ‘38 lower right Provenance: Estate of the artist. BIO Arthur Rosenman Ross was a key figure in automotive design at General Motors during America's "Golden Age" of auto design, the 1930's through the 1950s. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago from age 17, exhibiting a special interest for automotive renderings and the female figure. In 1934, he changed his name from Rosenman to Ross, fearing his Jewish ancestry could prejudice his career prospects. At age 20, he turned down job offers from MGM Studios in Hollywood and Duesenberg to work at General Motors alongside the Legendary Harley Earl in 1935. He was hand picked by Mr. Earl and assigned to GM's War and Camouflage Division in 1937 through WW2. It was during this pivotal period in which he executed some extraordinary military aircraft artworks, likely used between GM and America's military aeronautics companies in design preparation for WW2. General Motors played an important role in helping America's aircraft manufacturers preceding and during the war. Just after the war in 1945, Mr. Ross was rewarded by GM, being made Chief Designer of Cadillac, then two years later becoming Chief at Oldsmobile until his retirement in 1959. He was in large part responsible for some of GM's classic Cadillac designs such as the Cadillac Sixty Special, Fleetwood, LaSalle and GM's first concept car, the extraordinary Buick Y-Job. Mr. Ross was an exceptionally charismatic and vivacious man who quite by chance, befriended His idol, Salvador Dali at GM in 1955. They talked about art, cars and girls late into the evening, according to his son, Carter Ross. He had a gift in rendering the erotic arts...

A colourful study depicting men with steam engine on a country road. The engine is inscribed 'Pat Collins Presenting Fun Fair' and carts two road trains holding equipment. Signed and...

Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism Large oil on canvas genre painting depicting laborers working on a railroad, with rural landscape in the...

For the exhibition Panorama of the Anthropocene, Oli Sorenson presents an array of works created in a hybrid style that evokes the square layout of Instagram, the pixelated landscape...

From an incandescent sunset on Long Island Sound to an iconic pop-kitsch ice storage bin at the neighborhood corner store, Rob Brooks offers us a visual journey from the real to surr...

Brad Davis' "Loader" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a yellow Skid Steer Loader with geometric shapes and shadows in the background.

A stunning hyperrealist painting by important American female artist Mary Snowden (b. 1940). This work titled "Steamroller" bears a label from an exhibit...

38"x27" signed by the artist, David Kramer. (oil, acrylic, enamel, pencil on gessoed paper) In this conceptual work on paper, the title: "Beyond Fine Tuning.." reacts to the text ov...

26"x40" watercolor on paper, signed on reverse by the award winning New York artist, Thomas Broadbent. Depicting the Apollo Command/Service Module, this painting presents a view of t...