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Art Subject: Modern Art
FADING INTO STONE 1 original surreal painting oil/canvas Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Fading into Stone 1", original, unique painting, 80x60cm / 27.5x23.5in
Shipped stretched ready for display.
“Fading into Stone 1” presents a striking fusion of sculpture and interi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$2,400 Sale Price
20% Off
'The Conversation Piece', oil on canvas by Tarkay
Located in St. Albans, GB
Itzchak Tarkay
Picture Size: 40 x 32(99 x 80cm)
Outside Frame Size: 49 x 41" (121 x 102cm)
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1935 - 2012
Born on the Yugoslav-Hungarian border in the city of Subotica ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$16,287 Sale Price
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Birch Trees and Snow-Laden Spruces, 1927
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are pleased to offer an exquisite painting by Finnish artist Reino Partanen (1889–1972), titled Birch Trees and Snow-Laden Spruces. Created in 1927, this impressive work measures ...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modern Reclining Nude Study of Red Haired Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern nude study of red-haired woman reclining seated by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932), 1979.
Signed and dated on verso
Provenance: Purchased as part of larger collection of artist's work
Unframed.
Canvas size: 16"H x 20"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...
Category
1970s American Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
BIRD FACE
By Angel Rivas
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Markers & acrylic on paper
Shipped well protected, unframed
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
1950s "Black Floor" Mid Century Bay Area Figurative Movement Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedman Opper
Black Floor
c. 1940-1950's
Gouache on Paper
15" x 18" Unframed
*Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing time between 3-5 weeks.
From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann.
San Francisco Abstract Expression
A free-spirited wave of creative energy swept through the San Francisco art community after World War II. Challenging accepted modes of painting, Abstract Expressionists produced highly experimental works that jolted the public out of its postwar complacency.
Abstract Expressionism resulted from a broad collective impulse rather than the inspiration of a small band of New York artists. Documenting the interchanges between the East and West Coasts, she cites areas of mutual influence and shows the impact of San Francisco on the New York School, including artists such as Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt. San Francisco's Beat poets...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Woman Abstracted Figure, Palm, Acrylic on Canvas, Desert Oasis by Rebecca Jack
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Rebecca Jack
"Desert Oasis"
Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 60 in.
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Rebecca Jack, an intuitive painter, creates vibrant, figurative works that highlight the beaut...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel of Beachgoers with Sailboat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Pastel of Beachgoers with Sailboat
by Anne Marie Migette Perard (French 1902-1977)
Medium: Pastel on unframed paper
Size: 12.5 inches (heig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Lovely 1950s Park Painting
Located in New York, NY
Untitled, 1951
Oil on canvas
19 7/8 x 24 in.
Framed: 28 1/2 x 32 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.
Signed and dated lower left
Category
1950s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Woman with Red Hair in the Style of Modigliani (Green Background)
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman with Red Hair in the Style of Modigliani (Green Background)
Portrait of a woman in the style of Amedeo Modigliani by an unknown artist (20th century). The woman...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Illustration Board
Garden
Located in Zofingen, AG
An abstract landscape of a summer garden. A vibrant mix of flowers and grasses, blue skies, and a dark forest in the distance. This is the kind of beauty we often pass by without not...
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,677
Neighbors
By Norman Barr
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Neighbors, 1939, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 22 x 26 inches
Norman Barr was an American Scene painter and muralist known for his poignant depictions of working-clas...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Post Impressionist Portrait Painting with Antique Frame
Located in Washington, DC
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...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,688 Sale Price
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Huge 20th Century French Fauvist Oil Painting Sunny Hot Market Scene & Town
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The French Market
by Michel Kritz (French 1925-1994)
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 32 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Fauvist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Bionic Solder" (2023) - Original Armor Still-Life Painting by Elena Burykina
Located in Denver, CO
Elena Burykina's "Bionic Solder" (2023) is an original, handmade oil painting on panel.
Artist Statement:
Helmet of the Italo-Chalcidian Type Etruscan, probably Vulci Late 5th-4th c...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
TROPIC 1 by Ramon Enrich - Landscape painting, earth tones, architecture, city
By Ramon Enrich
Located in Paris, FR
TROPIC 1 is a unique acrylic on paper mounted on wood painting by contemporary artist Ramon Enrich, dimensions are 94.5 × 134 cm (37.2 × 52.8 in).
The artwork is signed, sold frame...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Wood
Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid-century abstract figurative by North Carolina artist Charles Chapin (American, 20th Century), 1964. signed and dated lower right (Chapin 8/64). Condition: Excellent. Image size: 38"H x 28"W. Presented in painted slat rustic frame. Framed size:: 39"H x 30"W x 1".
Charles Chapin received his BA from North Carolina and was associated with the Chapel Hill...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Charles Cobelle City Center Painting, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Charles Cobelle (French/American, 1902-1998)
Untitled, 20th Century
Oil on canvas
24 x 30 in.
Signed lower right: Cobelle
Born in Alsace-Lorraine, France, and becoming a U.S. citiz...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The African dentist acrylic on board painting Africa
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
George Lilanga (1934-2005) - The African dentist - Acrylic on board
Painting size 61x61 cm.
Frameless.
George Lilanga was born in 1934 in the city of Kikwetu, in the southeast of Ta...
Category
Early 2000s Tribal Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Acrylic
$778 Sale Price
45% Off
Missouri American Modernist famous in Europe - abstracted mid century Venice
Located in Norwich, GB
Meet the genuinely exciting modernist William Einstein, who is probably better known in Europe, where numerous publications on his work have been written, than in his native US!
Eins...
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Contemporary Oil on Canvas, Figurative and Gold. "Allies of the Night"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil painting on canvas representing an encounter between dreamlike or symbolic figures, arranged in an undefined space. An elongated blue figure with a human face extends from the le...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Shared Silence
Located in Zofingen, AG
Female faces, almost merging into a single rhythm, are depicted with closed eyes, as if immersed in a space of trust and quietude. The light headscarves framing their faces evoke a s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Bird of soul"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Man is born free and always strives for freedom.! It's a maternal instinct. I think the main thing is not to lose this gift.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Monster Five" American Abstract Expressionist
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic, colorful painting of a man floating in a pool by Marc Foster Grant (American, b. 1947). Signed, titled and dated, "Monster Five," and "Grant...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Episode 3
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this work, two female figures rest on a blanket in the shade of trees, their bodies immersed in the softness and stillness of summer. A black dog lying between them becomes a symb...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Venice
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Venice" 1964 is an oil painting on canvas by noted French artist Regis Bouvier de Cachard, 1929-2013. It is signed and dated at the upper right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 30 x 40 inches, the framed size is 38 x 48 inches. It is framed in the original light wood color rustic distressed frame, with gold color fillet and fabric liner. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Regis de Bouvier de Cachard...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
An Intimate, Colorful Modern Portrait of a Young Woman Reading by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
An Intimate, Colorful Modernist Portrait of a Young Woman Reading by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A wonderfully painted studio work dating from the 1930s. ...
Category
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
1930's French Cubist Signed Oil Lady in Red Seated on Golden Chair in Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: by Henri Van Der Beck (French 1886-1956), signed lower right
Title: Portrait of a lady seated on a golden yellow chair within an interior...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude. Figurative and abstract acrylic painting, Body, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary acrylic on canvas painting depicting a nude by Polish artist Michal Bajsarowicz. The artwork is an artistic take on human body with abstract elements. Composition is ske...
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
LOVE CREATURES
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Acrylic and markers on canvas.
Original art by Daria Kusto.
Shipped rolled in a tube
From Spain.
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Permanent Marker
"Here to Stay" (2024) By Jon Wassom, Expressive Mixed Media Figurative Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Wassom’s "Here to Stay" is an evocative mixed media painting on panel, measuring 16 x 12 x 1.5 inches. This stunning composition captures an intimate embrace between two figures,...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
"A bird"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The picture of the helicopter with a flower collage elements was painted 2 weeks before the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Barcelona and Its People oil painting Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Barcelona and Its People
Artist: Josep Maria Martínez Lozano (1923–2006)
Year: 1979
Technique: Oil on canvas mounted on board
Dimensions: 29.13 x 21.65 in
Condition: Unfr...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
$1,138 Sale Price
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Coco the Clown in Top Hat and Bow Tie. Milan School, Italian Oil on Canvas.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Expressionist oil on canvas portrait of a clown by Italian artist Luciano Morterra. Signed bottom right and dated 1976 to the bottom left and presented in a period frame under glass....
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Deco Femme
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
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
Ukrainian Christmas
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"Ukrainian Christmas" is a vibrant portrayal of the traditional celebrations and rich folklore that characterize a Ukrainian Christmas. The painting is alive with ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,635 Sale Price
30% Off
Becoming Flower. Contemporary Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Tranquil shades of sylvan colour are paramount in this piece from Francesca Owen. Painted on a theme of metamorphosis it’s a particularly good work show...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Compelling '50s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Woman by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Compelling '50s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Woman by Francis Chapin. Titled "Red Dress", the painting is oil on Masonite and dates circa 1950. A very well executed, co...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
150 Years From Now 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Colours
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Let love lead. Let's be genuinely happy for each other. No malice, no backbiting. No jealousy. No comparison. Life is not a competition. At the end of the day, we will all transit to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Acrylic
ABSTRACT ADVENTURE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by Daria Kusto.
acrylic on canvas.
The magic flow reality...
A smiling figure and their surreal horse set off into the unknown — through blue-tinted dreams, cryptic...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$431 Sale Price
20% Off
"Naga Kanya" (2024), Original Floral Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Hazel Z Weckbach's (US based) "Naga Kanya" is an original, hand-made oil painting that depicts a pink flowering bush.
Artist Statement:
"Subject matter to me is a vehicle for me to...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Kumulipo, Source of Life - Mid Century Modern Surrealist Hawaiian Visionary Art
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic and surreal landscape with figure eminating life force by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and her husband Frank Blasingame...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"NYC - Central Park West" (2019) by Christopher Clark, Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"NYC - Central Park West" by Christopher Clark is an original abstract impressionist oil painting on cradled board that is ready to hang.
Christopher has been an artist since earl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
THREE MONKEYS
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
Original painting by Daria Kusto.
acrylic on canvas.
The magic flow reality...
In this work, the three monkeys are more than playful creatures — they serve as symbolic figures. Set ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Echoes of the Mind 2 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Floral
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Bey...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Joan" by Maura Petersen - Stunning Contemporary Couple in Light and Shadow
Located in Carmel, CA
Maura Petersen (American, born 1956)
"Joan" 2021
Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the bottom right of the painting.
Maura Petersen’s Joan captures a quiet, in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, California, 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
1950s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Rice Paper
Modern French Oil Painting Still Life with Glass Bottles and Fruit in Blue Tones
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Modern French Oil Painting Still Life with Glass Bottles and Fruit in Blue Tones
by Bernadette Kelly (French b. 1933)
Unsigned
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
Painting...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Mystery flowers in the vase"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
The series of flowers shows a classical motif with a subtle attention to the subtle movement and rhythm of the flora, with the help of paint, abstract vision and expressive handwriti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Boardwalk", Contemporary, Abstract, Seaside, Green, Purple, Oil Painting, 2025
By Anita Loomis
Located in Franklin, MA
“Boardwalk” is a robust 30 x 40 x 1.5 inch oil painting on canvas by Anita Loomis that offers a playful and dreamlike abstract seaside view. With her own highly developed style of pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Meeting Figurative Surrealism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Tigran Hovumyan
Figurative Surrealist Oil Painter
Artwork Title: Meeting
Medium: Original Oil on Linen
Dimensions: 36" x 47" x 1" (91 x 120 x 3 cm)
Year: 2012
Unframed, Stretched o...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Beach Party' by British 20th Century artist Fred Yates, acrylic on board
By Fred Yates
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Fred Yates (British, 1922 – 2008)
Beach Party
Acrylic on board
Signed and dates ‘YATES 70’ (lower left)
18 x 36 in. (45.7 x 91.5 cm.)
Provenance: Deceased estate of Fred Yates
Fred...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
"Beneath the same sky"
Located in Zofingen, AG
"Beneath the same sky" is a large mixed-media painting (oil and acryl paint) measuring 90 x 90 cm, part of my landscape series "The Geometry of Letting Go".
This series is about mem...
Category
2010s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
Modernist Woman Portrait - Original Acrylic Painting with Rich Green Background
Located in Denver, CO
Discover a striking original modernist portrait by Eunice Katz (1927–2008). This captivating acrylic painting on board features a woman’s portrait, rendered in a bold palette of rich...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
True Friend 1 - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women Love Men
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Dan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Goddess of Mercy, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
David Cheifetz's "Goddess of Mercy" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude woman floating above several burning boats at sea.
About the Artist:
David is an inter...
Category
2010s Photorealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Stories Within - Contemporary African Portrait Painting Culrure Identity
Located in Ibadan, NG
What Makes This Piece Unique or Special:
Stories Within is a striking contemporary portrait that blends bold aesthetics with introspective storytelling. What makes this painting particularly special is its ability to capture a deeply personal yet universally relatable emotion the quiet power of shared human experiences that often remain unspoken. Bukola Orioye...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil, Linen
Irreplaceable You - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
How do you feel when you know you're irreplaceable? People in general are irreplaceable in life.
We are ourselves that cannot be copied in a sense of personality. Simply similar
Sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Contemporary Oil Paint On Canvas "We are one"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Oil on canvas of a dreamlike scene of fantastic animals and men, which aims to create in the viewer a reflection of union between species and that we are all one.
Made with professi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Interior Scene with Figure" Expressionistic Style Oil Painting on Masonite
Located in New York, NY
A strong modernist oil painting depicted in 1969 by Russian painter Michael Baxte. Mostly known for his abstracted figures on canvas or street scenes, this piece is a wonderful representation of his bold still life paintings, with expressive use of color, shape, and form. Later in his career, Baxte explores Expressionism, infusing both European and North American stylistic trends. This piece is from later in his career, but we can feel this underlying style throughout.
Art measures 21.75 x 18 inches
Michael Posner Baxte was born in 1890 in the small town of Staroselje Belarus, Russia. For the first half of the 19th century it was a center of the Chabad movement of Hasidic Jews, but this group was gone by the middle of the 19th century. By the time the Baxte family immigrated to the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, the Jewish population numbered only on the hundreds. The native language of the Baxte family was Yiddish. It is likely that the death of Michael Baxte’s father triggered the family’s immigration. Three older brothers arrived in New York between 1903 and 1905. Michael and his mother, Rebecca, arrived in 1907. By 1910 Michael, his mother, and brother, Joseph, were living in New Orleans and may have spent some time on a Louisiana plantation. Around 1912, Michael Baxte returned to Europe to study the violin. In 1914 he, his mother, and Joseph moved to New York City.
Meanwhile, in Algeria, a talented young woman painter, Violette Mege, was making history. Since for the first time, a woman won the prestigious Beaux Art competition in Algeria. At first, the awards committee denied her the prize but, with French government intervention, Mege eventually prevailed. She won again 3 years later and, in 1916, used the scholarship to visit the United States of America. When Violette came to New York, she met Baxte, who was, by then, an accomplished violinist, teacher, and composer. Baxte’s compositions were performed at the Tokyo Imperial Theater, and in 1922 he was listed in the American Jewish Yearbook as one of the prominent members of the American Jewish community. As a music teacher he encouraged individual expression. Baxte stated, “No pupil should ever be forced into imitation of the teacher. Art is a personal experience, and the teacher’s truest aim must be to awaken this light of personality through the patient light of science.”
By 1920 Michael Baxte and Violette Mege were living together in Manhattan. Although they claimed to be living as husband and wife, it seems that their marriage did not become official until 1928. On their “unofficial” honeymoon around 1917, in Algiers, Baxte confided to her his ambition to paint. There and later in New Mexico where the wonderful steeped sunlight approximates the coloring of Algiers, she taught him his heart’s desire. He never had any other teacher. She never had any other pupil. For ten years she devoted all her time, energy, and ambition to teaching, encouraging, inspiring him. Then in 1928, their mutual strivings were rewarded, as his works were being chosen as one of the two winners in the Dudensing National Competition for American Painters. Out of 150 artists from across the country participated in the Dudensing, and Michael Posner Baxte and, Robert Fawcett...
Category
1960s Expressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
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