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Landscape and Lake - Oil Paint - Mid 20th Century

Mid 20th Century

Second half of 19th Century. Signed by the artist lower right. Includes a beautiful decorated ancient gilded frame in wood. Excellent conditions.

Saint Moritz is an original modern artwork realized by Carlo Ferrari in 1907. Mixed colored oil painting on board. Hand signed, dated and place on the l...

The Sea is an original painting realized by an anonymous artist in the mid-20th Century. Oil panting on panel. Unreadable sign on lower margin. The state of ...

Landcape is an original modern artwork realized by Mario Asnago. Mixed colored oil painting on canvas. Hand signed on the lower margin

Choosing to acquire a Swedish mid-20th-century modern Impressionist landscape by Helge Cardell is an opportunity to bring a harmonious blend of artistic innovation and natural beauty...

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed lower middle. Artist designed frame. Joseph Barrett (b. 1936) Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in ...

oil paint on panel 12 x 12 inches This contemporary cityscape oil painting is painted on wood panel in a realistic style. The scene is of a Brooklyn skyline where old water towers...

This work epitomizes Prestopino's interest in social realism which captures a quiet interlude in the everyday life of an "everyman." It also provides a contrast for our expectations as we view a tough, blue collar worker, with no one watching, as he sings a melody to the birds. In an original frame measuring 49" x 39" x 3.25" Provenance: Edith Halpert's Downtown Gallery (label verso from 13 w. 113th street, where the gallery was located from 1926 until 1939) Private collection, NYC, c. 1935 By descent About this artist: Born in Little Italy in 1907, Gregorio Prestopino first set out to become a sign painter as the son of New York City immigrants. Instead, his talent provided a life-changing scholarship to the National Academy of Design, and for five years he studied drawing under C. W. Hawthorne. He spent the summer of 1934 at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. His deep involvement with the colony led him to later serve as its director in 1954. Much of Prestopino’s work was in the vein of social realism. During the 1940s and 1950s he became deeply invested in portraying everyday Manhattan and Harlem scenes. He first became interested in the Ashcan school at the National Academy of Design, and remained committed to an interest in working with urban scenes. His lively treatment of people and events revealed his affinity for sixteenth-century artist Pieter Breughel...