J. C. Baker

'Irises in a Sunset Breeze', Large Impressionist Botanical Oil, American School

1994

Signed lower right, 'Wildermuth' for Jennifer Wildermuth Reyes (American, 20th century); additionally signed verso, on stretcher bar, and dated 2006. A substantial figural coastal l...

Signed lower right, 'K. Christensen' for Ken Christensen (American, born 1951) and dated, verso, 1989; additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'Summer Cottages in Bold Colors'. Ken Christensen is a classically trained, on-site landscape painter with influences deriving from the Fauves and the French Impressionists. He seeks to combine the vision, color and verve of such masters as Vlaminck, Marquet and Derain with the cooler American perspective of Hopper and Benton. Born in Cincinnati and raised in Flint...

Signed lower right, 'Celia Rabinovitch' (Canadian, 20th century) and dated 1980; additionally titled, verso, on old label, 'Skyline', signed and dated. A substantial oil cityscape showing the Toronto skyline...

Signed lower right, 'Anne Virlange' (French, 20th century), titled, verso, 'Comter Fleurette', and inscribed 'Gordes, Jun 2001'. Statement of the artist: "For 26 years, I have been exhibiting, painting and living in my creative universe. I alternate 6 months of painting and 6 months of exhibiting in my gallery in L'isle-sur-la-Sorgue. Previously, I studied textile design (which is apparent in my work), cultural management and the history of art in Paris. I began exhibiting my work in France and abroad in 1994. In 1997, I opened my first permanent exhibition space in Gordes until 2012. In 2014, I moved to L'isle-sur-la-Sorgue. My paintings invite you to open yourself to a universe of tales, dreams and poetry...

A charming and substantial work with a strong, rhythmic compositional sense, vivid color and excellent naturalistic detail. Signed indistinctly lower right, 'Pisuri', inscribed 'Hai...

Signed lower left, 'F. Laval' for Fernand Laval (French, 1886-1966) and dated 1948. Born in Dordogne, Fernand Laval arrived in Paris at the age of 26 to study art and, during the e...

Zygmund Jankowski (1925–2009) painted traditional subjects with exuberant irreverence for traditional rules of color, composition, and perspective. He disparaged imitation and deligh...

Flat Ledge Quarry is one of the many granite quarries in Rockport MA, which actively produced granite for cobblestones until the early 20th century, when asphault became the preferre...

Peter Lyons’s technique approaches photographic realism, but the precision in his paintings is an attempt to communicate a state of awareness, rather than ...

Peter Lyons’s technique approaches photographic realism, but the precision in his paintings is an attempt to communicate a state of awareness, rather than ...

Peter Lyons’s technique approaches photographic realism, but the precision in his paintings is an attempt to communicate a state of awareness, rather than ...

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