Juan Guzman-Maldonado

'Laguna Hills Sunset', Post-Impressionist California Landscape, Cypress Trees

Signed lower right, 'Agostinelli' for Mario Agostinelli (Peruvian-American, 1915-2000) and dated 1956; additionally titled, lower left, 'Rue Royale, Paris'. Displayed in a substantial, hand-carved and water-gilded frame. Framed dimensions: 18.25 H x 1.5 D x 22.5 W inches A delicately painted oil showing a view of the Paris Opera House, as seen from the Rue Royale, with numerous pedestrians and vehicles moving beneath a lilac, evening sky. Born in Peru, Mario Agostinelli studied in Argentina, Brazil, France and Italy. Over the course of a long career, he exhibited widely and with success including at the Allied Artists of America, the National Academy of Design, the Butler Institute of Art, the California Academy of Fine Arts, Knickerbocker Artists and, in the 1970s, at New York's Berlin Gallery. Agostinelli was the recipient of numerous prizes and juried awards including the Samuel Morse...

Signed lower right, 'K. L. Hilkier' for Knud Ove Hilkier (Danish, 1884-1953) and painted circa 1950 A lyrical Expressionist oil showing women fetching water from a fountain in the sunny piazza of a northern Italian town, with a view beyond towards the Alps rising in the distance. A powerful and vibrant work by this prominent member of the Bornholm School. Born in Copenhagen, Knud Hilkier first studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen (1901-7). He was the recipient of numerous prestigious scholarships including the Hielmstierne-Rosencrone (1913); Raben-Levetzau (1914 and 1919); the Ronge Award (1915) and the Akkadian Scholarship (1916) which allowed him to further his studies in Spain and Italy and, most importantly, to make frequent visits to Paris. In Paris, he was influenced by the prevailing Impressionist style which caused his palette to lighten and his brushwork to become looser and more expressive. His subsequent studies with Sigurd Swane...

Signed lower right, "Cucaro" for Pascal Cucaro (American, 1915-2003). An icon of the Beat years in San Francisco's North Beach, Pascal Cucaro was the winner of numerous medals and a...

Signed lower right, 'V. Rorup' for Viggo Julius Rorup (Danish, 1903-1971) and dated 1966. A large and lyrical spring landscape showing white apple-blossoms contrasted against a cora...

Ignacio Gil Sala (1913-2003) - Toledo - Oil on canvas Oil measures 73x92 cm. Frameless. Ignacio Gil Sala, was a painter, bohemian character, adventurous and intrepid traveler who kn...

Josep Roca Sastre (1928-1997) - Landscape - Oil on canvas Oil measures 50x100 cm. Frameless. Josep Roca-Sastre i Muncunill (Tarrasa, 1928 - Barcelona, ​​1...

Benet Sarsanedas - Landscape - Oil on canvas Oil measurements 50x61 cm. Without frame.

Title: Salobreña Artist: Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 – Barcelona, 2015) Technique: Oil on canvas board Dimensions: 13 x 16.1 in Support: Canvas board, unframed Signature: Sign...