Alice Smith

Empire State Building Mid-Century Artist Paints all 102 stories - Architecture

1940's circa

A Fiery Hell is depicted as a volcano that spews flames and lava dust into the air. According to the Peter and Harrison Ellenshaw Family Archive, this work was shown to Stanly Kubrick for a Paradise Lost, movie concept. Peter had created matte paintings for Kubrick's Spartacus in 1960 and they continued their professional friendship for years to come. Peter did some collaboration with TRON in 1982. Unfortunately, the movie concept for John Miltons, Paradise Lost, was not brought into production. An erupting volcano is also an powerful metaphor for many human conditions. Ellenshaw (1913–2007) was a highly regarded matte painter and special-effects creator whose filmography includes Old Yeller (1957), Swiss Family Robinson...

Quick and confident brush strokes describe the gritty forms of perhaps steam engines or railroad yards. Luks bravura style of putting paint to canvas anticipates action painting of ...

Surrealist Landscape the Appian Way - One of the earliest Roman Roads. Rich textual surface with impasto paint application. The artist depicts a wide angle and lower angle view and...

An early example of Abstract Expressionism executed in 1955 during the movement's heyday and it's period of peak inventiveness. However, this work is still rooted in representation. The dark area the runs along the base of the picture is the ground and to the left, right and center there are black structures that represent trees. The work is very tactile and is composed of globs of paint that grow out from the surface and form a thick impasto. Rich vibrant saturated blues, reds and oranges create optical drama. The work look better in person. frame: 29 x 39 1/2 inches , Provenance: Kennedy Galleries The Currier Gallery of Art...

Very finely executed American super realist nature abstract. Pastel on canvas. Framed. Label verso.

In the evening. 1990, cardboard, oil, 85x137 cm with minor defects Liga Purmale (1948) Was born on October 4, 1948 in Dundaga. She graduated from the secondary art school of Janis R...

In the rain. 1990, cardboard, oil, 90x140 cm with minor defects Liga Purmale (1948) Was born on October 4, 1948 in Dundaga. She graduated from the secondary art school of Janis Rose...

Kathleen Keifer's original artworks represent one of the most significant expressions of New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday ...