Frank Graves

Frank Graves (1913-2001) - 1987 Oil, Cottage Interior

1987

A striking contemporary interior scene, showing an artist's studio flooded with sunlight as a model sits on a chair, basking in the warm glow. The artist has signed to the lower righ...

A humorous interior scene in oil showing a woman, joyfully playing a lute at a table, where she has been eating with two men. One man watches on with a smile, while the other is stan...

A fun interior scene in a charmingly naive style, showing a simple tavern room where a man sits nonchalantly, shirt unbuttoned, one leg up on a stool, as...

An unusually stylised oil interior scene showing a rustic smithy in Weeton, Yorkshire. The artist has achieved the naturalistic lighting of a room lit by daylight from an unseen wind...

A heartwarming oil interior scene by the British painter, Fanny Mearns. The scene shows the rustic interior of a farmhouse kitchen. The father has seated himself in a chair, still ho...

A beautiful church interior, dimly lit by oil lamps burning on the walls. The altar is the brightest point of the painting and draws the viewer's gaze ...

Guy Pene du Bois' "Two Figures in Courtroom" is a WPA era American scene oil painting created in a realistic style. Modernism at its best The work is framed by Heydenryk. Pène du Bois descended from French immigrants who settled in Louisiana in 1738 and was raised in a Creole household. He was born in 1884 in Brooklyn, NY and first studied with William Merritt Chase at the New York School of Art and later continued his training with Robert Henri. Pène du Bois was greatly impressed with Henri's credo that "real life" was subject matter for art and throughout his life a realist philosophy informed his art as well as his parallel career, art criticism. In 1905, Pène du Bois made his first visit to Paris where he painted scenes of fashionable people in cafes rendered in the dark tonalities and impasto associated with the Ashcan School. By 1920, he had achieved his mature style, which was characterized by stylized, rounded, almost sculptural figures painted with invisible brushstrokes. The subjects of his paintings were often members of society whom he gently satirized. In 1924, Pène du Bois and his wife, Floy, left for France where they would remain until 1930. Returning to America showcases pictures the artist produced after this very productive period abroad. After five years of living in France, Pène du Bois was able to observe American life with fresh eyes. His work becomes more psychologically intense and less satirical. In Girl at Table a slender, blond is shown gazing at a small statue that she holds at arm's distance. The meaning is elusive, but a powerful sense of longing is evoked. Similarly, paintings such as Dramatic Moment and Jane are taut with unresolved dialogue. Both pictures depict mysterious interiors in which a lone woman anxiously awaits the denouement of a suspenseful scene. Other pictures, for example, Chess Tables, Washington Square and Bar, New Orleans, recall Pene du Bois's Ashcan origins in their depiction of urban entertainment. During this period, landscape becomes an important subject for Pène du Bois. Girl Sketching...

Pierre Bergian (born 1965, Bruges, Belgium) studied Art History and Archaeology, and combined with his fascination for architecture his paintings explore space and structure and make...

Belgium based artist, Pierre Bergian, expresses his fascination with architecture through his paintings by exploring space and structure. Old abandoned houses and their air of myster...

Belgium based artist, Pierre Bergian, expresses his fascination with architecture through his paintings by exploring space and structure. Old abandoned houses and their air of myster...

Belgium based artist, Pierre Bergian, expresses his fascination with architecture through his paintings by exploring space and structure. Old abandoned houses and their air of myster...

Belgium based artist, Pierre Bergian, expresses his fascination with architecture through his paintings by exploring space and structure. Old abandoned houses and their air of myster...