Dina Gardner

Blues Traveler, Framed Original Painting, 2021

2021

Artist Commentary: I very rarely paint from a photo reference I didn't take but the photo my friend took of this scene really stuck with me and she gave me permission to paint it. S...

8" x 8" (HxW) Pastel Painting on Board 12" x 12" (HxW) Overall Framed Dimensions Artist Commentary: When I begin a series, as I was doing when I created "Pretty In Pink," I often wo...

The Sun Went Down Like Honey, Original Impressionist Landscape Painting 8" x 10" Pastel on Board A gorgeous turquoise-blue water gleams with hints of green and purple beneath a glowing orange sky. The sunset gives clouds on the horizon line a radiant color, which slowly fades into pink, then purple and blue, beckoning in the night. Artist Commentary: The ocean is my happy place...

Artist Commentary: I have painted this scene many times and I could honestly paint it dozens more. Each time I paint it I find new ways to express what I see, be it from a color per...

Artist Commentary: I am enamored by trees of all kinds. On my RV road trip this fall I fell in love all over again with birch trees, the first trees I ever ventured to paint when I ...

10" x 10" (HxW) Pastel Painting on Board 12" x 12" (HxW) Overall Framed Dimensions Artist Commentary: I love a good sunset! I get to the beach every day at 4 pm and walk along the s...

"Couple on Bench at the Beach" is an original pastel drawing on paperboard by Francesco Spicuzza. The artist signed the piece in the lower left. This drawing depicts two figures sitting on a bench in front of a body of water. The artist used mostly pastel colors for this piece. 6 7/8" x 9 7/8" art 18 1/2" x 21 3/8" frame Francesco J. Spicuzza, born in Sicily on July 23, 1883, came to America at the age of 8. He supported himself as a fruit peddler until a newspaperman gave him $4 a week to go to school. He attended classes at the Milwaukee Art Students League, where he studied under Alexander Mueller. There he learned to paint in the then-fashionable "Munich School" technique, with detailed realism in heavy browns and grayed-out hues. Spicuzza completed eight grades in four years, and then in 1911, three businessmen advanced him enough money to allow him to study in New York under artist and teacher John Carlson. It was during this time that Spicuzza changed his style of painting, developing an impressionistic use of color, form and atmospheric renditions. After a period of grinding poverty, one of Spicuzza's pictures won a major New York competition. It was the first of 60 wins, both in the U.S. and Paris. He became a fashionable painter, and many of the leading collections have his work. Spicuzza's typical works were beach scenes, still life, landscapes and portraits done in pastels, oils, ink, charcoal and watercolors. Much of his work traced the history of Milwaukee in the early 1900s. He was probably best known for his scenes of women and children splashing in the waves...

Pastel painting, 1890-1900 by Lesser Ury. Signed lower left: L. Ury. Framed. Very good condition. Dimensions: 19.09 x 13.78 in ( 48,5 x 35 cm ), Framed: 31.3 x 24.8 in ( 79,5 x 63 cm ) Provenance: Richard and Charlotte Gerson, Breslau - after 1939 Great Britain Certificate by Dr. Sibylle Groß, Berlin, dated 12 October 2013. Listed in catalogue raisonné (Leo) Lesser Ury, born 1861 in Birnbaum, near Posen ( Poland ) - died 1931 in Berlin. Ury is one of the very important artists of the german impressionsts. He was a member of the Berliner Secession (a big retrospective -exhibition in 1922). His subjects were landscapes, urban landscapes, and interior scenes. Lesser Ury is recorded mainly for his impressionist Berlin city views, streets at night, rain depictions and café house...

Impressionist pastel on board by French painter Jean Baptiste Armand Guillaumin. The piece depicts a view of landscape with trees to th...

Snowy, small town scene in an impressionistic and painterly style. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist...

Contemporary Impressionism Soft atmospheric pastel and watercolour painting of Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire. Signed on the front and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. ...

Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) ...