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Art Subject: Women
Soul of Lady Jane - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, African, Women, Cat
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Everything that exists is a result of what we believe to be real. This reality serves as evidence of immortality. The soul and spirit are immortal, temporarily separating from the bo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
19th Century Neoclassical Exhibition Oil Painting of Ancient Greek Poet Sappho
Located in Gerrards Cross, GB
‘Melancholic Sappho’ by Arthur Hill RBA (1841-1908).
The painting – which depicts the celebrated poet of Ancient Greece appealing to the Goddess Aphrodite, with the Parthenon on the...
Category
1870s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Purgatory Heaven" (2024) Original Oil Portrait Painting by Michael Carson
Located in Denver, CO
Michael Carson's (US based) "Purgatory Heaven" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting.
About the Artist:
Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Girl with Muff
By Robert Henri
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Girl with Muff" is aa American figurative portrait oil on canvas painting by Robert Henri in 1912. The artwork is 57 1/4 x 38 1/4 inches and, with the frame, is 64 1/4 x 45 1/4 x 2 ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century genre oil painting of man & woman with a greyhound
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
George Goodwin Kilburne
British, (1839-1924)
The Favourite
Oil on panel, signed
Image size: 11.5 inches x 15.75 inches
Size including frame: 17.75 inches x 22 inches
Provenance: Hor...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Now I know what it's like to love myself
Located in Zofingen, AG
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
"Now I Know What It's Like to Love Myself" from the "Perichoresis" series explores the experience of self-love as an act of healing, acceptance, and a return to who...
Category
2010s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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
Asklepios and His Followers
Located in Stockholm, SE
This captivating work belongs to Elias Martin’s later period, characterized by his exploration of historical, biblical, and mythological themes. As Mikael Ahlund, Director of the Gus...
Category
1810s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Mother and Daughter"
By Luigi Gatti
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
The main feature of his work is the overlap between "serious" painting and images drawn from the world of advertising, illustration and comic strips. Pictorial influences range from ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman with Bird, Advertisement for Treo Elastic Girdles, circa 1923
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original advertisement for the Treo Girdle Company, published in the October 1923 issue of McCall’s Magazine, page 93, and likely in other publications as well.
This original adver...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century French Portrait of a Woman with Draped Veil Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Portrait
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper
Size: 25 (height) x 19 (width)
Stamped: Verso
Condition: Go...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
French Painting Of Flowers Beside Windowsill In A Blue Gloomy Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
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...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
In the Mood for Love Female Nude original painting by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
“In the Mood for Love”. Original painting, acrylic on canvas. 27.5x19.6x1in/ 70x50x3cm
Ready for hanging, no need for frame, painted on the sides. Shipping stretched from New York.
...
Category
2010s Feminist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"The Results Are In" Oil on canvas, seated figure, balloons, unicorns, favors
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "The Results Are In " is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and is made of oil on canvas. This piece measures approximately 40" x 54" and is shipped in the pic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Croele Woman
Located in PARIS, FR
Edouard Dumoulin (1898 - 1973)
Creole woman
1938
Oil on canvas
89 x 74 cm
(97 x 85 cm with frame)
35.04 x 29.13 in
(38.19 x 33.46 in with frame)
Signed and dated top right
Online ca...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Entanglement - Original Oil Painting of Intertwined Female Figures Floating
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
This dynamic and masterful painting of two intertwined figures floating in an open space is an excellent example of the artist's talent with the human figure. A textured impasto background surrounds the figures who float, eyes closed, in a fetal state. Bruno Surdo is one of few artists combine traditional figurative technique with a contemporary interpretation to great effect.
Bruno Surdo
Entanglement #2
oil on canvas
64h x 50w in
162.56h x 127w cm
Bruno A. Surdo
b. Chicago, 1963
EXHIBITIONS
2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY
SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art
2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN
Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR
Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL
Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY
Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY
2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL
The Art Show, New York, NY
Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL
2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA
Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL
Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI
1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL
AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL
Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL
Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL
John Robert Wiltgen Design
Shoemaker Ruud Collection
Julie & Thomas Danilek
Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver
Benjamin Fernandez
Tom Braake
Betsy Colburn
Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose
Michael Staab & Kathy Brock
Bruce Leep
Frank Tzurect
Mary Foley
Rosalyn Carlson
Mimmy Turney
Janet Long Halstead
Billy Hunt
Carol Galli
Myles Kerrigan
Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman
Theodore Gage
Northrop Art Museum
Past Present & Future Company
Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler
Salvatore Monastero
Nix & Virginia Lauridsen
Joel Miller
David & Marlene Zerkel
Ann & Andy Abel
Claudia Rush
Marc Miller
Leonard Goldberg
Lawrence Pucci
Howard Tullman Collection
Susan & Manny Kramer
James Rinnert
Richar Interiors
Michael & Nancy Colt
Khalid Altijir
Dr. Joe Grodman
Beryl & Jack Gore
Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle
Chuck Wolandi
Jack Schwab & David Sandelin
Thomas Kaczmarek
Marti Dinerstein
Craig & Michael Golden...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"AFTER GLOW" NATIVE AMERICAN GIRL W/DOLL (1926-2019) Arizona / California
Located in San Antonio, TX
Don Crowley
(1926-2019)
Arizona / California Western Artist
Image Size: 11 x 13
Frame Size: 18 x 20
Medium: Gouache Study
"After Glow" Indian Girl with her...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
The Death of Priam - Oil Paint - Early 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by an italian neoclassical artist in th early 19th Century.
In very good condition, it includes a coeval gilded wooden frame.
Category
Early 19th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Weightless, Timeless: Oil Painting of Two Women Swimming in Pool
By Samantha French
Located in Hudson, NY
Horizontal figurative photo-realist painting of women swimming in an aqua blue pool
"Weightless, Timeless," painted by Hudson Valley artist, Samantha French, is 2019
oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches
Sides are cleanly painted white so additional framing is optional
Excellent condition and ready to hang as is
This photorealist figurative painting captures a peaceful water scene of a women leisurely floating in a crisp, aqua blue pool. The sunlight reflecting off their sun kissed skin complements the cool color palette, making for a serene visual experience. The brush work is highly detailed with little texture (impasto) on the surface. The horizontal painting on canvas is currently unframed and has clean, white painted sides, so additional framing is optional.
About the Artist:
Born and raised in north central Minnesota, Samantha French graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2005. French’s current body of work explores the idea of escape, the tranquility and nostalgia for the lazy summer days of her childhood. The series is inspired by Samantha’s own reflections and memories of her childhood summers spent in the lakes of Northern Minnesota. French actively exhibits her paintings and is included in many private and public collections throughout the country while her work has garnered extensive international and national press. She is a full-time painter and keeps a studio in New York’s Hudson Valley.
"My current body of work is focused on swimmers underwater and above. Using vague yet consuming memories from my childhood summers spent immersed in the tepid lakes of northern Minnesota, I attempt to recreate the quiet tranquility of water and nature; of days spent sinking and floating, still and peaceful. These paintings are a link to my home and continual search for the feeling of the sun on my face and warm summer days at the lake. They are my escape, a subtle reprieve from the day-to-day. At the same time, I am drawn to an idealistic time before my own, where swim caps and wool swimsuits were commonplace. This combination of memory, observation and photography has allowed me to preserve the transitory qualities of water and remembrance."
Artist Resume:
2019 Winter Swim, Rubine Red...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gallopando-Galloping Cuban Figurative Young Liz Taylor Horses Giant Marfa Oil
Located in Houston, TX
Galopando-Galloping Cuban Figurative Young Liz Taylor Horses Giant Marfa Oil is by Cuban artist ANDRES RETAMERO VALENZUELA . Andres Retamero was born ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Convent Boat - British Victorian Pre-Raphaelite art religious oil painting
Located in London, GB
This stunning British Victorian Pre-Raphaelite oil painting is by noted artist Arthur Hughes. It was painted circa 1874 and has extensive provenance. The composition is of a novice n...
Category
1880s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Everywhere and Nowhere", Sarah Detweiler "Hidden Mother" Woman in Grass
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Everywhere and Nowhere" is an original painting by Sarah Detweiler and is made from oil paint on gallery wrap canvas with preserved moss edges. This piece measures...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Found Objects, Mixed Media
Carnival, Portraits Women Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Anatoly Borisovich Tarabanov
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2020
Style: Figurative Art
Title: Carnival
Size: 27.5"...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ideal plans
Located in Zofingen, AG
“Ideal plans” - capture that unique moment when life seems full of possibilities,and everything goes exactly as planned. The figure of a woman walkingalongside her spotted dog symbol...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
River Seine Paris Tug Boats Moored 1960’s French Post Impressionist Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Banks of the Seine
signed by Édouard Righetti (1924-2001)
dated 1959 or 1960
framed oil painted on canvas, beautifully painted.
very good conditio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude Figurative art Original oil Painting One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Eduard Matevosyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Figurative art
Title: Nude
Size: 16" x 12" x 0.1'' inch...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Large 18th Century European Oil Painting Portrait of Noble Lady Lace Collars
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Noble Lady
European School, 18th century
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 37.5 inches
canvas: 30 x 24.5 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: very good ...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Huge European Antique Oil Painting Merchants & Ships in Ancient Trading Port
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tall ships in a rocky bay, with figures in Eastern costume in boats and on the shoreline
19th Century School
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 39.5 x 3...
Category
19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Study Sheet of Eye and Nose Sketches
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Antique French Study Sheet
signed pencil sketch on artist paper
painting: 20.75 x 15 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: good and sound condition with some damages to age.( Shown in photos.)
Description: This fascinating antique sketch...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
Breakfast, "The Joy Series: A Journey to Inner Happiness" series
Located in Zofingen, AG
"The Joy Series: A Journey to Inner Happiness."
In this series of artworks, I delve into the theme of happiness and joy in unusual times when it seems that the whole world is in a st...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Cardboard
Rococò French painter - 18th century figure painting - Portrait Louis XV child
Located in Varmo, IT
French painter (18th century) - Portrait of Louis XV as a child.
64.5 x 49.5 cm.
Antique oil painting on canvas, without frame.
Condition report: Lined canvas. Good state of conse...
Category
Early 18th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fernand Audet (1923-2016) French Signed Oil Elderly Lady Sleeping on Bench
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Park Bench"
by Fernand Audet (French, Tarascon 1923- Mulhouse 2016)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
painting: 6.25 x 8.5 inches
A fine oil painting by the listed French Impres...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Archetypes-The Mother, Maiden, Queen, Huntress, Wise Woman, Mystic, Oil Painting
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Symbols abound in this monumental painting by Bruno Surdo. Each of the subjects on this canvas is dependent upon the other. They require the presence of the others for balance and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lovers in the forest oil painting european art landscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Lovers - Oil on canvas on board
Oil measurements 38x46 cm.
Frameless.
Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan painter, ne...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
The dreamer
Located in Zofingen, AG
Once upon a time there was one tough girl. She did a lot of mistakes in her life and survived a lot of falls, including falls on the asphalt from her motorcycles and many times she balanced on the edge of life. But she didn't lost her good temper and ability to dream.
***
In 2021 Evgeniy Monahov...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Oil on Canvas, Contemporary Figurative Scene with Bold Palette. "You Can Look"
Located in FISTERRA, ES
You Can Look (2018) is an early work from Inés Silvalde’s ongoing Influencers de Taberna series, marking a pivotal moment in her experimentation with color, texture, and spontaneous ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two Girls in Green
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowing it...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
William Gropper WPA Artist Watercolor in Grisaille, circa 1932- “Uprooted”
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This original watercolor by Depression Era New York artist William Gropper
relates to two of Gropper's most important Depression Era prints: “Refugees” and “Uprooted.”
Signed lower r...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint
Oval 18th century Portrait of a Young girl, oil on copper
By (Follower of) Sir Godfrey Kneller
Located in Woodbury, CT
This exquisite 18th-century portrait depicts a young girl, delicately rendered in the style of Sir Godfrey Kneller, one of the most celebrated portrait painters of the Baroque period...
Category
1750s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
Faithful dog Looks Up to Peasant Girl, Fine Figurative Painting in Landscape
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Fine figurative oil painting of a barefoot peasant girl with rustic clothing and cloth holding back her hair. She is standing on a rocky path with her faithful dog. The figure of th...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Antique American Impressionist Children Playing Original Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist painting of kids in a park. Oil on canvas, circa 1920. Unsigned. Displayed in a giltwood frame....
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"SCOUTS" NATIVE AMERICAN, INDIAN, 47 X 37 FRAMED NICE!!!
Located in San Antonio, TX
E. Salazar
Texas Artist
Image Size: 40 x 30
Frame Size: 47 x 38
Medium: Oil on Canvas
"Scouts"
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
1800's French Oil Painting Elegant Rococo Period Interior Figures Lady Dressing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Trying on the Latest Dress
French School, circa 1800
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas: 19 x 24 inches
the painting is in overall very good and sound condition
provenance: priv...
Category
Early 19th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Cavaliers in Tavern Interior Playing Cards Fine Victorian Watercolor Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'A Game of Cards'
George Goodwin Kilburne (1839-1924) British
watercolor on board, framed
framed: 10 x 11 inches
board: 9.5 x 10.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, England
Cond...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Gypsy girl, 1947. Oil on canvas, 34x37 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Jadviga Žilvinska (1918-2010) was born in Tallinn.
She grew up in Liepāja, where her great interest in art began and strengthened, which led the young artist to study at the Art Academy of Latvia. During her studies at the Academy, she studied with K. Ubāns, V. Tone and J. Liepiņš, and defended her diploma thesis under the guidance of L. Liberts. Later on, she devoted her entire life to art, working at the Liepāja School of Fine Arts and as a portraitist at the "Māksla" combine.
She had four favourite themes: landscapes, portraits, flowers and sacred painting. Her works have lyricism and inner harmony. In the portraits, we see not only the outer form of a person, but the artist allows us to look into the very essence of a person - it is likely that the models themselves often saw something new and bright in themselves through the artist's vision.
The works are executed in various techniques - tempera, oil, pastel and watercolour.
CV:
1938 - Graduated from the Liepaja Secondary School of Applied Arts, Department of Decorative Painting.
1943 - Latvian Academy of Art, L. Liberts Figurative Painting Workshop with her diploma work "At the Artist's"
1946-1948 - teacher of painting and drawing at Liepāja Fine Arts High School.
1948-1966 - portraitist at the "Māksla" combine
Participated in exhibitions since 1948.
Member of the Artists' Union since 1966.
Solo exhibitions in Riga, Jelgava, Sigulda (1972); Riga (1975; 1978; two in 1981; 1986; 1994), Jurmala (1979).
Works exhibited in Latvia as well as abroad (Poland, Switzerland, Italy, Japan, Finland, Venezuela, Germany, Hungary).
The works are located in:
"Portrait of Cardinal Julian Vaivoda", 1983, in the Vatican Museum in Rome
"Portrait of Pope John Paul II, 1982, in the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Curia of Riga
The altarpieces "The Heart of Jesus" and "Our Lady of Fatima", the paintings "John the Baptist" and "The Holy Family" , all from the late 1960s, in the Church of St Mary Magdalene...
Category
20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Life Magazine Art Deco Showgirls Cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Barbara Shermund (1899-1978). Showgirls Cartoon for Life Magazine, 1934. Ink, watercolor and gouache on heavy illustration paper, matting window measures 16.5 x 13 inches; sheet measures 19 x 15 inches; Matting panel measures 20 x 23 inches. Signed lower right. Very good condition with discoloration and toning in margins. Unframed.
Provenance: Ethel Maud Mott Herman, artist (1883-1984), West Orange NJ.
For two decades, she drew almost 600 cartoons for The New Yorker with female characters that commented on life with wit, intelligence and irony.
In the mid-1920s, Harold Ross, the founder of a new magazine called The New Yorker, was looking for cartoonists who could create sardonic, highbrow illustrations accompanied by witty captions that would function as social critiques.
He found that talent in Barbara Shermund.
For about two decades, until the 1940s, Shermund helped Ross and his first art editor, Rea Irvin, realize their vision by contributing almost 600 cartoons and sassy captions with a fresh, feminist voice.
Her cartoons commented on life with wit, intelligence and irony, using female characters who critiqued the patriarchy and celebrated speakeasies, cafes, spunky women and leisure. They spoke directly to flapper women of the era who defied convention with a new sense of political, social and economic independence.
“Shermund’s women spoke their minds about sex, marriage and society; smoked cigarettes and drank; and poked fun at everything in an era when it was not common to see young women doing so,” Caitlin A. McGurk wrote in 2020 for the Art Students League.
In one Shermund cartoon, published in The New Yorker in 1928, two forlorn women sit and chat on couches. “Yeah,” one says, “I guess the best thing to do is to just get married and forget about love.”
“While for many, the idea of a New Yorker cartoon conjures a highbrow, dry non sequitur — often more alienating than familiar — Shermund’s cartoons are the antithesis,” wrote McGurk, who is an associate curator and assistant professor at Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. “They are about human nature, relationships, youth and age.” (McGurk is writing a book about Shermund.
And yet by the 1940s and ’50s, as America’s postwar focus shifted to domestic life, Shermund’s feminist voice and cool critique of society fell out of vogue. Her last cartoon appeared in The New Yorker in 1944, and much of her life and career after that remains unclear. No major newspaper wrote about her death in 1978 — The New York Times was on strike then, along with The Daily News and The New York Post — and her ashes sat in a New Jersey funeral home...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
Winter , First sun , Snow - oil cm. 44 x 44 2000
Located in Torino, IT
White,Snow ,Wood, Winter,Forest,Mountain,Russia
Published in a monographic catalogue
Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015)
1937: he was born in Dne...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Absolutely Nothing
Located in Zofingen, AG
This surreal artwork captures a stark desert crossroads under a vivid blue sky, where a vintage white convertible takes center stage. Two figures add intrigue: one stands beside the ...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Bombshell Bright 2 - Oil Pastel Abstract Figurative Portrait
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Inspired by her background in fashion, artist Lindsey McCord creates vibrant portraits that encapsulate the confidence that comes with the fun of being stylish and chic. Her figures ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Ballerina - Oil Painting by Miloslava Vrbova - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Painting on panel realized by Miloslava Vrbova (1909-1991) in the mid-20th century, depicting an elegant reclyned ballerina.
Hand signed.
Good condition, framed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
19th century Oil portrait of a Hungarian Rabbi
Located in Woodbury, CT
This 19th-century oil on panel portrait depicts a Hungarian Rabbi, characterized by his traditional attire and solemn expression. The Rabbi is portrayed with a long, white beard and ...
Category
1890s Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Wedding (Authenticated Clementine Hunter Framed Black Folk Art Painting)
Located in New Orleans, LA
If you have been watching the prices of Clementine Hunter's work over the past two years, you will know that they have soared to astronomical height...
Category
1960s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Surely I Will Fly - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Women, Bird, Oil
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
“Surely I Will Fly” is a vibrant and hopeful expression of the human spirit's innate desire for freedom and transcendence. This painting represents the moment when we spread our wing...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Nymphs at Swan Pond)
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
A pretty baroque-style painting.
Category
20th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic
"Stolen" (2024) Original Oil Portrait Painting by Michael Carson
Located in Denver, CO
Michael Carson's (US based) "Stolen" (2024) is an original, handmade oil painting.
About the Artist:
Mike Carson is a Minneapolis painter, and graduate of the Minneapolis College of...
Category
2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait King Henry 8th VIII Antique English Painting Famous Monarch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
King Henry VIII
English artist, circa 1840's
oil on paper laid on board, framed
framed: 10.5 x 10inches
board: 8 x 7.5 inches
inscribed verso
provenance: private collection, UK
cond...
Category
Early 19th Century English School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Our Time, Our Fashion - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Black Women
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
Ade...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Indian Miniature Painting Mewar Maharaja on Horse Courtly India Master Artist
Located in Norfolk, GB
Banwari Lal Jangid
Mewar School, Maharaja on horseback with guards
Size: 37.2 x 28.2 cm
Natural Pigment on Handmade paper
20th Century
This is a fabulous miniature painting by one ...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor