Gary Pettigrew

Modern Americana Red, Blue, and Green Still Life Painting of Store Mannequins

1983

Modern abstract still life painting by Spanish artist Jaime Oates. The work features an abundant floral arrangement set against a green and orange background. Signed in the front lower right corner. Currently hung in a black frame with gold and blue accents. Dimensions Without Frame: H 32 in. x W 20 in. Artist Biography: Jaime Oates (aka: Jaume Oates Borias and Jamie Oates Coris) was born in Tossa de Mar...

Modern abstract black and yellow still life by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a central arrangement of bottles set against a ...

Modern abstract brown, green, and yellow toned still life by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a central arrangement of bottles and a coffee pot set...

Modern abstract brown toned Cubist inspired still life painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a central floral arrangement set against a light brown backgrou...

Contemporary abstract interior still life painting by local Houston artist Tommy Taylor. Currently featured in the show "Septet" at Reeves Art + Design in Houston, TX. Signed, titled...

Contemporary abstract interior still life painting by local Houston artist Tommy Taylor. Currently featured in the show "Septet" at Reeves Art + Design in Houston, TX. Signed, titled...

72143, vintage floral Persian Kilim rug with Americana style. With rustic charm and timeless appeal, this handwoven wool vintage Persian floral Kilim accent rug can beautifully blend...

The magnificent 1972 Oldsmobile 442 convertible green muscle car. Striking Americana painting to commemorate the last Olds 442 American muscle car era in...

Fantastic 13.5 foot long Mid-Century vintage neon barber shop sign. Total statement piece. Unusual three dimensional channel letters. Many layers o...

Charming Americana folk art piggy bank, depicting black figure, appears to be 1930s jazz musician. Heavy ceramic pottery clay, great old paint patina.

"Vintage hand carved and painted folk art style sculpture of Uncle Sam in his traditional red, white, and blue top hat and tails with paper bunting bow-tie, one arm raised in a salut...

If you are in search of a very large funky seventy four inch long hand painted hot dog sign, this is the advertising piece for you. Both sides are the same except for a small trap door at the bottom of one side. The inside has a steel L bracket to facilatate hanging. The bottom has two glass...

Unique lighted Neptune's trident carnival ride or casino trade sign. Really nice graphic piece. Original layers of golden yellow and red park paint. Provides a nice amount of warm li...

A Statton Trutype Furniture solid chery one drawer bedside table cabinet in excellent condition. Measures 24.75" in width, 16.25" in depth and 25.25" in height.

A lithograph seemingly in homage to Americana and American farm life fashioned with carrots and beets in patriotic colors. Signed D. Wieditz, dated 1971 and numbered 1/9. The litho...

Pair of cast iron black americana lawn figures A pair of large cast iron black americana lawn figures, originally these examples would have held lanterns to light up a garden. These...

An original modernist still life oil painting by John E. Thompson (1882-1945), table is draped in red cloth and flowers in vase are red, yellow, blue/purple and white with green stem...

In “Still Life with Daffodils,” bright yellow blossoms stand in a white jug against a subdued background. The light and impressionistic detailing, particularly on the jug and in the folds of the tablecloth, indicate the influence of European modernism on the artist’s mature style. This is the first work by John Mann...

"Squares and Things" painted by the eminent artist, Charles McGee, literally breaths his African American heritage and his extraordinary vibrant use of colors. This early painting of McGee's shows his mastery in creating a painting in the style of the French Impressionist Edouard Manet, "Still Life with Melon and Peaches" located in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, and in the style of Fauvist/Expressionist painter Henry Matisse, "Still Life with Blue Tablecloth", located in the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia. McGee makes the well-known genre of still life his own creating an exciting marvelous work incorporating the homely quilt - the powerful symbol of the African American road to safety from slavery - as his main focus. Quilts symbolize warmth, comfort, and as shown by the collection of quilts gathered by the artists in Gee's Bend the designs on the quilts hung outdoors at locations along the Underground Railroad showed fugitives the road north and to safety. "Squares and Things" was first shown at The Arwin Galleries, Inc., Detroit, Michigan, one of the stops along the Underground Railroad. This piece is signed by the artist, Charles McGee, and is an extraordinary example of his early work before he moved into Abstract Expressionism and his many sculptural works now located throughout Michigan. Several of these works are: "Noah's Ark: Genesis, 1984," on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts, his brilliant 2005 "Progression" a 45-foot wide aluminum sculpture at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, and his stunning 2016 "United We Stand" sculpture at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History . His genius can be seen in sculpture installments throughout the city of Detroit. . He was born into a family of sharecroppers. While helping his grandfather tend the land, "he observed firsthand the order and harmony that exists within nature." He had no formal schooling until moving to Detroit at age 10, where he found that "everything was on the move and it hasn’t slowed down yet." in 2017 he observed, "I learned something not being in school — because life is school . . .I learn something every time I move. Every time I go around a corner, something new is revealed to me.” McGee took advantage of the GI Bill to attend classes at the Society of Arts and Crafts, now the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI. Other College for Creative Studies (formerly Center for Creative Studies) faculty and graduates include Richard Jerzy, Harry Bertoia, Doug Chaing (currently director of Lucas Film), Stephen Dinehart (game maker, writer, designer connected with The David Lynch Foundation), Tyree Guyton (international artist), Herb Babcock, Jerome Feretti, Kevin Siembieda (writer, designer and publisher of role-playing games), Renee Radell, and Philip Pearlstein. After retiring from the Corps of Engineers, McGee spent 1968 studying art in Barcelona. Despite not knowing the language at the outset, he immersed himself in the culture and opened himself to a whole new range of experience that would play out in his artwork. "If you free yourself, you have this kind of opportunity to have those experiences, horizons, and new vistas." (per interview with Nick Sousanis author of a book on Charles McGee.) He returned to Detroit and curated "Seven Black Artists" at the Detroit Artists Market in 1969, which along with McGee himself, included Lester Johnson, Henri Umbaji King, Robert Murray, James Lee, Allie McGhee...

"Red Chair," though an interior scene, is arranged like a still-life with the furniture and objects slightly off-kilter in the creative manner of Marc Chagall's interiors, the Russian-French artist of Belarusian Jewish origin. These non-fixed objects lend a floating energetic atmosphere and the brilliant colors contribute to the liveliness of this warm inviting interior. Richard Jerzy was a well-known watercolor artist from the Detroit, Michigan area. His signature works were figures and still lives, and many famous Michigan families are collectors. "He was probably the most promising, successful, exciting artist in the state of Michigan," said Miriam Parel, a fellow artist and friend for more than 30 years. He grew up on Detroit's east side and developed an interest in painting as a teenager. He attended Detroit's Center (now College) for Creative Studies. Other well- known CCS faculty and graduates are Susan Aaron-Taylor, Harry Bertoia, Doug Chaing, Stephen Dinehart, Tyree Guyton...

Presenting a just released original oil painting by Belgian artist Jessica Rice (1942-2016.) "The Blue Teapot”, was acquired from the personal collecti...

Roger de la Fresnaye (1885-1925) Nature morte à l’oeuf 1910 oil on board mounted on panel 66.2 x 50.9 cm signed and dated ‘R de la Fresnaye.10’ (upper right) Price: $157,500 USD (in...