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Shipping in Stormy Waters, Attributed to Italian Artist Francesco Guardi
By Francesco Guardi
Located in Stockholm, SE
The splendour of the tragic sea
Francesco Guardi and maritime painting in Venetian art
No Venetian painter was a stranger to the sea. After all, Venice was not only one of the most prominent ports of the Mediterranean, but indeed a city literally submerged in the ocean from time to time. Curiously however, the famous Venetian school of painting showed little interest in maritime motifs, favouring scenes from the iconic architecture of the city rather than seascapes. That is why this painting is a particularly interesting window into not only the painter Francesco Guardi himself – but to the significance of the element of water in art history, in absence as well as in the centre of attention.
Whether it be calm, sunny days with stunning views of the palaces alongside the canals of Venice or – more rarely – stormy shipwrecking tragedies at sea, water as a unifying element is integral to the works of painter Francesco Guardi (1712–1793). During his lifetime, Venetian art saw many of its greatest triumphs with names like Tiepolo or Canaletto gaining international recognition and firmly establishing Venice as one of the most vibrant artistic communities of Europe. While the city itself already in the 18th century was something of an early tourist spot where aristocrats and high society visited on their grand tour or travels, the artists too contributed to the fame and their work spread the image of Venice as the city of romance and leisure to an international audience, many of whom could never visit in person.
Still today, the iconic image of Venice with its whimsical array of palaces, churches and other historic buildings is much influenced by these artists, many of whom have stood the test of time like very well and remain some of the most beloved in all of art history. It was not primarily subtility, intellectual meanings or moral ideals that the Venetian art tried to capture; instead it was the sheer vibrancy of life and the fast-paced city with crumbling palaces and festive people that made this atmosphere so special. Of course, Venice could count painters in most genres among its residents, from portraiture to religious motifs, history painting and much else. Still, it is the Vedutas and views of the city that seems to have etched itself into our memory more than anything else, not least in the tradition of Canaletto who was perhaps the undisputed master of all Venetian painters.
Born into his profession, Francesco lived and breathed painting all his life. His father, the painter Domenico Guardi (1678–1716) died when Francesco was just a small child, yet both he and his brothers Niccolò and Gian Antonio continued in their fathers’ footsteps. The Guardi family belonged to the nobility and originated from the mountainous area of Trentino, not far from the Alps. The brothers worked together on more challenging commissions and supported each other in the manner typical of family workshops or networks of artists. Their sister Maria Cecilia married no other than the artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo himself, linking the family to the most renowned Venetian name of the time. During almost a decade, Guardi worked in the studio of Michele Giovanni Marieschi, sometimes simply known as Michiel, a painted similar in both style and motif. Canaletto is, however, the artist Guardi is most often compared to since they shared a mutual fascination for depicting the architecture and cityscape of Venice.
During the course of his career, Guardi tried his hand in many different genres. He was as swift in painting landscapes, Vedutas of Venice, sacred motifs, interiors and architectural compositions as he was in a number of other motifs. His style is typical of the Venetian school but also distinct and personal once we look a little closer. There is an absolute certainty in the composition, the choice of which sometimes feels like that of a carefully calculated photograph – yet it is also very painterly, in the best sense of the word: fluid, bold, sensitive and full of character. The brushwork is rapid, intense, seemingly careless and extraordinarily minute at the same time; fresh and planned in a very enjoyable mixture. His interiors often capture the breath-taking spacious glamour of the palaces and all their exquisite decor. He usually constructed the motif through remarkably simple, almost spontaneous yet intuitively precise strokes and shapes. The result was a festive, high-spirited atmospheric quality, far away from the sterile and exact likeness that other painters fell victim to when trying to copy Canaletto.
The painting here has nothing of the city of Venice in it. On the contrary, we seem to be transported far away into the solitary ocean, with no architecture, nothing to hold on to – only the roaring sea and the dangerous cliffs upon which the ships are just moments away from being crushed upon. It is a maritime composition evoking both Flemish and Italian precursors, in the proud tradition of maritime painting that for centuries formed a crucial part of our visual culture.
This genre of painting is today curiously overlooked, compared to how esteemed and meaningful it was when our relationship to the sea was far more natural than it is today. When both people and goods travelled by water, and many nations and cities – Venice among them – depended entirely on sea fare, the existential connection to the ocean was much more natural and integrated into the imagination. The schools and traditions of maritime art are as manifold as there are countries connected to the sea, and all reflect the need to process the dangers and wonders of the ocean.
It could symbolize opportunity, the exciting prospects of a new countries and adventures, prospering trade, beautiful scenery as well as war and tragedy, loss of life, danger and doom. To say that water is ambivalent in nature is an understatement, and these many layers were something that artists explored in the most wondrous ways. Perhaps it takes a bit more time for the modern eye to identify the different nuances and qualities of historic maritime paintings, they may on first impression seem hard to differentiate from each other. But when allowing these motifs to unfold and tell stories of the sea in both fiction and reality – or somewhere in between – we are awarded with an understanding of how the oceans truly built our world.
In Guardi’s interpretation, we see an almost theatrically arranged shipwrecking scene. No less than five ships are depicted right in the moment of utter disaster. Caught in a violent storm, the waves have driven them to a shore of sharp cliffs and if not swallowed by the waves, crushing against the cliffs seems to be the only outcome. The large wooden ships are impressively decorated with elaborate sculpture, and in fact relics already during Guardi’s lifetime. They are in fact typical of Dutch and Flemish 17th century ships, giving us a clue to where he got the inspiration from. Guardi must have seen examples of Flemish maritime art, that made him curious about these particular motifs. One is reminded of Flemish painters like Willem van de Velde and Ludolf Backhuysen, and this very painting has indeed been mistakenly attributed to Matthieu van Plattenberg...
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Materials
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Seascape of Sitges Spain oil on canvas painting mediterranean
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
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Jordi Pagans Montsalvatge began his artistic career in 1948. In 1956 he began to work in the studio of Josep Roca Sastre, an artist who decisive...
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Duska Markotić (Croatian artist) - 20th century winter landscape painting
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Duska Markotić (Croatia, 20th century) - Winter landscape.
50 x 50 cm without frame, 69.5 x 69.5 cm with frame.
Oil on canvas, within passe-partout in wooden frame.
- Work signed ...
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Acrylic Painting with Gold Leaf on Paper Surreal Landscape with Tiger and Guitar
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Vintage Yacht Race Oil Painting by Listed Artist Amos C. Brinton (1888-1982)
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Dutch shipping in a choppy sea
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Charles Martin Powell (Chichester 1775-1824)
Dutch shipping in a choppy sea
Signed 'CPowell' lower right
Oil on canvas
Canvas Size - 16 x 19 in
Framed Size - 23 x 25 in
Provenance: The Parker Gallery...
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Materials
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Vintage Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Silver Framed Modern Oil Painting
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Category
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Border Collie Dog Resting in Harvest Wheat Sheaves Antique English Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Farmers Dog
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signed oil on board, framed
framed: 23 x 29 inches
board : 18 x 24 inches
Provenance: private collection, UK
Condition: very good c...
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Early 20th Century English School Animal Paintings
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Baroque Italian painter - 18th century landscape painter - Sheperds
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Arcadian landscape with flock and shepherds.
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1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
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Vintage Italian Painting of Piazza San Marco As Seen from the Lagoon
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
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Gilt frame
Signed
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1960s Landscape Paintings
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indistinctly signed
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"Landscape" Original Oil Paint on Canvas Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape
Oil on Canvas
Original Art Ready to Hang
65x50 cm
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In creating this oil painting, I immersed myself in capturing the essence of a tranquil waterfront scene. With every brush stroke, I aimed to convey the serene atmosphere and the gen...
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Surrealist Acrylic Painting on Paper, Solitary Figure Under Sunset Gradient
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
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Lay me down on the forest floor -Dreamy green waterfall forest abstract painting
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Won't you lay down with me? On the forest floor? Among the newly born green and mist from t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
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Antique American School Modernist WPA Winter Ice Skating Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive American modernist winter landscape. Detailed and well painted skating scene. Oil on canvas. Nicely framed.
Category
1940s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
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$1,980 Sale Price
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Houses by the River - Oil Painting - Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Elisée Maclet (1881-1962)
Houses by the River, c. 1960
Oil on panel
Signed lower right
Countersigned and dated on the back
On panel: 46 x 38 cm (c. 18 x 18 in)
Presented with the wo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
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Harvest Scene Horses Pulling the Hay Cart home, rural oil painting, signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: Dutch School, late 20th century, signed
Title: At the Close of Day
Medium: oil painting on board, framed
framed: 21.5 x 25 inches
board: 15.5 x 19.5 inches
Proven...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Beach Scene Monogrammed Nature Study Modernist Frame
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist beach scene oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 16L x 20H.
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
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$316 Sale Price
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Surreal Figurative City Landscape by Varen circa 1950's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
2901 City Landscape ,acrylic on canvas
Displayed in a custom gilt wood frame
Image size 18x24" overall 21x26.5"
Signed Varen
Category
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Materials
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Winter in New England, original realist landscape
Located in Spring Lake, NJ
Remember the snow ball fights, life sized snowmen and sledding. Then came toboggans, down hill skiing, cross country skiing, skating and hockey. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
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George Gách painting of Glenwood Landing, Long Island, signed
By George Gach
Located in New York, NY
George Gách (American, 1909-1996)
The Old Tree in Glenwood Landing, 1957
Oil on canvas
23 x 27 in.
Framed: 26 x 29 1/2 in.
Singed lower right: Gách 1957
Provenance:
Garden City Galleries, Garden City, NY
Includes brochure.
Born in Hungary, George Gách, the son of sculptor Stephen Gách (1880-1962), was noted for sculpture, impressionist painting and teaching. His subjects included animals, people, florals, nudes, cowboys, sports and scenes of Long Island, Bermuda, Mexico, Florida and upstate New York. Among his sculpture subjects are portrait busts of prime ministers, governors, corporate presidents and soccer stars.
He served as a commercial pilot from 1939 to 1952. and in 1944, was shot down and given up as dead. He was also in prisoner of war camps twice during World War II and then in 1947, was almost imprisoned by the communists in Hungary.
Gách graduated form the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest in 1939, and then immigrated to the United States. He located his studio in Roslyn Heights Long Island, and at one point set a goal...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
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Qun Song Impressionist Original Oil On Canvas "Trees In Autumn"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Trees In Autumn
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 27 x 27 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition.
Note: This pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Port of Mahón Menorca Spain oil on canvas painting mediterranean seascape
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Port of Mahón
Artist: Joan Vives Llull (Mahón, 1901 – 1982)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 46 x 61 cm (18.1 x 24 in)
Dimensions with frame: 60 x 75 cm (23.6 x 29.5 in)
...
Category
1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Hyannis Pond" John F. Carlson, Massachusetts American Impressionist Landscape
Located in New York, NY
John F. Carlson
Hyannis Pond, 1940
Signed lower left
Oil on board
16 x 20 inches
Provenance
Vose Galleries
Private Collection, New Jersey
The native Swede John Fabian Carlson beca...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Forest at Sunset, 1934
Located in Stockholm, SE
This evocative landscape by Otto Lindberg captures the quiet beauty of a forest at dusk. The most striking feature is the luminous pink and violet glow of the fading sunlight, master...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Francesco Zuccarelli Venetian master - 18th century landscape painting - Knights
By Francesco Zuccarelli
Located in Varmo, IT
Francesco Zuccarelli (Pitigliano 1702 - Florence 1788) - River landscape with knights and medieval village.
53 x 70 cm without frame, 64.5 x 80.5 cm with frame.
Antique oil paintin...
Category
Mid-18th Century Rococo Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$17,800 Sale Price
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Located in Oslo, NO
The painting "Werdenberg in the Evening" is an oil on canvas artwork measuring 60x70 cm and takes the viewer to a magical moment of a quiet evening in the Swiss town of Werdenberg. I...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
NAPLES - Ettore Ferrante - Italian Landscape Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
Naples - Ettore Ferrante Italia 2005 - Oil on canvas cm. 30 x 80.
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Early 2000s Italian School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Autumnal Woodland Pathway Antique English Oil Painting in Gilt Frame
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Woodland Path
circle of George Turner (English 1841-1910)
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framed: 19 x 25.5 inches
canvas: 14 x 21.5 inches
condition: very good
provenance: privat...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Venice" by Joseph Meneses Tapias - Oil on canvas - 58.5x78 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork sold with frame (83 x 101.5 x 5 cm )
Josep Meneses Tapias (born 1930) is a Spanish painter recognized for his vibrant, impressionistic landscapes and urban scenes. Born in B...
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Gardens of Los Angeles. Landscape oil, flowers beauty house, California
Located in Oslo, NO
"The place where I vacationed in May 2024 is located in a very beautiful, quiet area of Los Angeles with private dollhouses and beautiful gardens in front of them," said Anna Shest...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sightseer - Contemporary Abstract Landscape Pattern Stripes Leaves Lilac, 2023
By Gabe Brown
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Contemporary abstract landscape painting in oil on linen mounted on panel with carefully ordered patterns, geometric shapes and delicate lines in prismatic colors against a light pin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Panel
English 19th century Fox hunter with hounds, hunter and rider in a landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Attributed to John Nost Sartorius (1759–1828)
Fox Hunter and Hounds
Oil on canvas, circa 1810
Provenance: Ackermann & Johnson, London
A fine and spirited example of early 19th-centu...
Category
1810s Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1950's French Modernist Oil Men Manual Labour Working in Field with Wheelbarrows
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Labourers
French School, mid 20th century
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 24 x 29 inches
provenance: private collection, Marseille
condition: very good and sound condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Lazy Days Blues" TEXAS BLUEBONNETS, NICE LARGER SIZE LANDSCAPE CIRCA 1950
Located in San Antonio, TX
Porfirio Salinas
(1910-1973)
San Antonio Artist
Image Size: 25 x 30
Frame Size: 34 x 39
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Circa 1950
"Lazy Day Blues" Texas Bluebonnet
Biography
Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973)
Porfirio Salinas was a self-taught artist who painted landscapes of Central Texas with an emphasis on the vast bluebonnet fields that grow there in the springtime. Born in 1910 in Bastrop, Texas, he attended public schools in San Antonio. He also observed works in progress by the director of the San Antonio Art School, Jose Arpa, as well as landscape painter, Robert Wood. Wood is said to have paid Salinas five dollars a picture to paint bluebonnets because "he hated to paint bluebonnets". Salinas served in the military from 1943 to 1945. Although he was assigned to Fort Sam Houston, he was allowed to live at home. At the fort, Colonel Telesphor Gottchalk assigned him to paint murals for the officer's lounge and various other projects, and Salinas continued to be able to paint during his entire conscripted period. Even before he achieved notoriety among galleries, dealers, and museums, Salinas was widely followed and appreciated by many Texans, including former President Lyndon B. Johnson, who may be considered responsible for launching Salinas popularity beyond the boundaries of Texas. In 1973, Texas capital, Austin, honored Salinas for having "done much to bring the culture of Mexico and Texas closer together with his paintings". Salinas died in April 1973 in San Antonio, Texas.
From
the years of the Great Depression through President Lyndon Johnson's
Great Society of the 1960s, Texan Porfirio Salinas (1910-1973) remained
one of the Lone Star State's most popular artists. Today, his works
remain popular with Texas collectors and those who love landscapes of
the beautiful "Hill Country" that lies in the center of the
state. One of the first Mexican American painters to become
widely recognized for his art, Salinas was a favorite of President
Lyndon Johnson and his wife, Lady Bird Johnson, as well as of Sam
Rayburn, the longest-serving Speaker of the House of Representatives,
and Texas Governor John Connelly. In fact, President Johnson was so
enamored with his Salinas paintings that the artist will forever be
associated with America's first Texas-born President. Works by Porfirio
Salinas is in a number of museum collections, grace the halls of the
Texas State Capitol and the Governor's Mansion in Austin, and are
included in virtually every major private collection of Early Texas Art.
Porfirio
Salinas was born on November 6, 1910, near the small town of Bastrop,
Texas, about thirty miles from Austin. His father, Porfirio G. Salinas
(1881-1967), and his mother, Clara G. Chavez, struggled to make a
hardscrabble living as tenant farmers, but eventually were forced to
give up farming. The family moved to San Antonio, where Salinas' father
was able to get a job working as a laborer for the railroad, but the
scenic area around Bastrop, with its pine trees and the wide expanse of
the Rio Grande River, would forever remain a touchstone for the artist.
For the rest of his life, Salinas and his brothers went back frequently
to visit their grandmother in her little farmhouse. When in Bastrop,
Porfirio painted on the banks of the Rio Grande or in the groves of
pine trees. The Salinas family was close-knit, and Porfirio was the
middle child of five children, so he had an older brother and sister as
well as a younger brother and sister. His mother was a native of
Mexico, so throughout his childhood the family made the long drive to
Mexico to visit Clara Salinas' family.
As a child growing up in
the bi-lingual section of San Antonio, Salinas drew and painted
incessantly and by the time he was ten, he was already producing work
that was mature enough to sell to his schoolteachers. Many years later
in an article in the New York Times he was described as a "boy whose
textbooks were seldom opened and whose sketchbook was never closed."
Instead of studying, the young artist spent his spare time watching
artists paint in and around San Antonio. As an aspiring painter,
Salinas was fortunate to grow up in the historic city, which had the
most active art scene in Texas. It was his exposure to older,
professional painters that encouraged the precocious young painter to
leave school early in order to help his family and pursue a career as a
professional artist, despite his father's inability to see art as a
career with any future for his son.
When Salinas was about
fifteen he came to know the artist Robert W. Wood (1889-1979). He met
Wood while he was employed in an art supply store and he soon began to
work as an assistant to the English-born painter, who had moved from
Portland to San Antonio in 1924. Although the diminutive Englishman was
already an established professional artist, he did not have a great
deal of formal art training and so he was then studying with the
academically trained Spanish painter Jose Arpa (1858-1952) in order to
augment his knowledge and give his work a more polished look. Salinas
was an eager young man, and while working in Wood's downtown San
Antonio studio he learned to stretch canvases, frame paintings and to
sketch in larger compositions from small plein-air studies for the
English artist. He began to accompany Wood and Arpa to the hills
outside San Antonio, where they painted small Plein-air studies of
fields of blue lupin - the state flower, the famous "Bluebonnets" of
Texas - in the springtime and scenes of the gnarled Red Oaks as they
changed color in the fall. He was soon assisting Wood in the tedious
work of painting the tiny blue flowers that collectors wanted to see in
the landscapes they purchased of central Texas. According to a
1972 newspaper story, "Legend has it that one day in the 1920s artist
Robert Wood decided he could not bear to paint another bluebonnet in
one of his landscapes. He hired young Porfirio Salinas to paint
them in for him at five dollars a painting." Whether this story is
accurate or apocryphal isn't clear, but the ambitious and independent
young Salinas wasn't destined to be anyone's assistant for very long.
The
formative event of Porfirio Salinas' teenage years was the Texas
Wildflower Competitive Exhibitions, a Roaring-Twenties dream of the
eccentric oilman Edgar B. Davis (1873-1951). These competitive shows of
paintings of wildflowers and Texas life were mounted in San Antonio
from 1927 to 1929. Held at the newly opened Witte Museum each spring,
the exhibition featured large cash prizes donated by the philanthropic
Davis, which were an inducement for artists to travel from all over the
United States to paint in the Hill Country of Texas. The "Davis
Competitions," as they were known, helped to cement San Antonio's
reputation as an art center, a legacy that remains with the "River
City" today. The shows generated a great deal of excitement in the
area, helping to make celebrities of the some of the artists who had
already settled there and encouraging others to make San Antonio their
home. Over the three years that the wildflower competitions were held,
more than 300 paintings were exhibited, and many thousands of viewers
saw the paintings at the Witte Museum and on tours throughout the state
and in New York. Each year Davis would generously purchase the winning
paintings and then donate them to the San Antonio Art League. Young
Porfirio Salinas would have been able to not only watch his two mentors
- Robert W. Wood and Jose Arpa - paint the works that they entered in
the Davis Competitions, he would have been able to see Arpa take
several of the major prizes, receiving the judge's accolades for
"Verbena," "Cactus Flower" and "Picking Cotton," works that are still
on view at the San Antonio Art League Museum today. Unfortunately,
Davis eventually put his donations to work in other charitable
endeavors, bringing to an end the wildflower events, but only after
they inspired Salinas and other young painters and had helped to make
wildflower paintings the most sought-after subject for traditionalist
Texas collectors.
In 1930, when he was only twenty, Salinas
hung out a shingle and began to paint professionally, augmenting the
sales of his easel paintings with what little business he could garner
by painting signs for local concerns. It was a struggle for the young
artist to make a living, as the effects of the Great Depression were
settling in. His early works are very similar to those of Robert
Wood's, both in subject matter and treatment. Salinas did small
paintings of Bluebonnets for the tourists who visited San Antonio to
see the famous Alamo as well as paintings of the Texas missions...
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Country Cottage
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Late 19th/early 20th century oil on canvas painting in the manner of Abraham Hulk the Younger (1851-1922), this painting was acquired by Saltire Gallerie with a larger painting signed by Hulk the Younger, (just SOLD). Presented in a period decorative gilt frame, the painting is of a cottage in a woodland with cattle by a pond, a little black dog and man and a woman standing by. In the distance is a glimpse of a river and grasses, framed by trees and an overcast sky.
Hulk is renowned for his treatment of the changing season from summer to autumn, and the golden leaves and fading greens in this painting suggest this changing time of year.
Hulk is the son of a well known Dutch maritime...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,560 Sale Price
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John Haskins (b.1938) - Framed 20th Century Oil, Summer Rain, Hertfordshire
By John Haskins
Located in Corsham, GB
An original oil painting by the British artist John Haskins (b.1938). Entitled 'Summer Rain, Hertfordshire'. The scene depicts a father and son walking a dog on a woodland trail. Sig...
Category
20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Chamonix, le Mont Blanc
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Florent Chade (French, 1896-1985)
Title: Chamonix, le Mont Blanc
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Oil on canvas board
board size: 15 x 18.25 inches
Sig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Cadaques Spain seascape mediterranean spanish oil on canvas
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Author: Josep Sarquella i Escobet (Llagostera, 1928 – Palamós, 2000)
Title: View of Cadaqués
Year: 1996
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions (unframed): 50 × 65 cm 19.7 × 25.6 in
Dim...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (also known as "1811 THE BACKWOODSMAN'S CHRISTMAS")
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (also known as "1811 THE BACKWOODSMAN'S CHRISTMAS")
Oil on canvas, c. 1875-1925
Unsigned
Provenance: Found in Ohio
A charming American naive nocturn of a hunter and his two ...
Category
1870s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Trompe L'Oil Interior Scene Finely Framed 19th C Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American interior scene oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 20H by 16L.
Category
1880s Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nature Break, Abstract Botanical Painting in Vivid Tones, Pink Jungle Leaves
Located in Barcelona, ES
In this series, Perrine explores the profound relationship between light and color, both essential elements in her artistic expression. Without light, there would be no colors, and i...
Category
2010s Street Art Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Acrylic, Rag Paper
Mountains in Provence Old Village Nestled Amongst Vineyards 20th Century Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence
by Max Toutain (1935-2006)
oil painting on canvas, unframed
canvas : 24 x 28 inches
Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist have come from the artists estate in...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Coastal Sunrise - 19th Century Danish Antique Landscape Beach Marine Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A very beautiful signed and dated 1886 Danish oil on canvas depicting a coastal sunrise, by Laurits Bernhard Holst.
The work is exceptionally atmospheric, with cliffs bathed in hazy...
Category
1880s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Cote d'Azur Coastal Pathway with Trees
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: French Impressionist School, 20th century, indistinctly signed
Title: Cote d'Azur, south of France coastal pathway
Medium: oil painting, on board, signed.
Size: fram...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Brentor, ' by Andrew Douglas, Watercolor Painting
By Andrew Douglas
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This late 19th century framed 14" x 27" watercolor painting by artist Andrew Douglas depicts an ominous landscape in a dark and neutral palette of browns, gray, and yellow. In the fo...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$480 Sale Price
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Naturalistic European painter - 19th century landscape painting - Mill and strea
Located in Varmo, IT
European painter (late 19th century) - Landscape with Mill and Stream.
41 x 61 cm unframed, 46 x 66 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a gilded wooden frame (not sig...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Colourful Abstract Landscape Painting of Scottish Highlands Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Colourful Abstract Landscape Painting of Bidean nam Bian, Ballachulish, Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands by Leading Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield
Art measures 24 x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
" SPRING SHADOWS " TEXAS BLUEBONNETS BLUEBONNET G. HARVEY 33 X 39 FRAME SIZE
By G. Harvey
Located in San Antonio, TX
G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones)
(1933-2017)
San Antonio, Austin, and Fredericksburg Artist
Image Size: 24 x 30
Frame Size: 33 x 39
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dated 1972
"Spring Shadows" B...
Category
1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Impressionist Winter Landscape Exhibited Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist winter landscape oil painting by Ernest Albert (1857 - 1946). Oil on canvas, circa 1900. Signed. Frame...
Category
1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large 20th Century Original French Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original oil painting by P. Valetti (French, second half 20th century)
oil on canvas, unframed
size: 19.75 x 28.75 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from the artists estate, Fr...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gloucester Harbor Antique American Oil Painting Fishing Boat Framed 1930
Located in Buffalo, NY
A gorgeous American impressionist painting of Gloucester Harbor.
Unsigned but by a very skilled hand.
The canvas is 20" x 16" housed in a period frame.
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$951 Sale Price
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19th century Scottish Lock landscape scene with cows watering with sun setting
Located in Woodbury, CT
Alfred Fontville de Breanski (British, 1877–1957)
Scottish Loch Scene, oil on canvas, circa early 20th century
This luminous Highland landscape by Alfred Fontville de Breanski captu...
Category
1880s Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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