Lowell Nesbitt

Impossible Series (Garden of Eden), Lowell Nesbitt-Painting (70 x 153.5 inches)

1986

Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Impossible Series (Iris) Year: 1983 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 60 x 100 inches Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, verso LOWELL NESB...

Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: NASA, Apollo 9 Space Mission Series Year: 1970 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 26 x 18 inches Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, verso No...

Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Impossible Series (Mountain in Winter) Year: 1982 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 78 x 104 inches Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, vers...

Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Impossible Series (Garden with Peacock) Year: 1986 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 81 x 104 inches Inscription: Signed, dated by the artist, ver...

Image dimensions: 21.5x39 cm. Beautiful plate from the volume "Campi Flegrei" by William Hamilton including 59 plates by Pietro Fabris. This particular plate illustrates the eruptio...

Silkscreen in colors on paper with deckled edges. Hand signed and numbered lower left by the artist. Remarqued lower right margin by the artist. Sheet size 21 x 16 inches. Image si...

Screen print in colors on paper. Hand signed and numbered by Roamcouch. From the edition of 50. Frame size approx 23 x 31 inches. Certificate of authenticity included. Artwork i...

Japanese Artisans - Japanese Woodblock Print J Japanese woodblock depicting six women, all wearing vibrant kimonos, working on crafts by Tosa Mitsuoki (Japanese, 1617-1691). Japanese,c. 1600. Handcraft depiction (dye works).Section from a painted screen with presentations of handcraft.Kita-in, Saitama. Stamped lower left. Presented in a white mat and giltwood frame. Frame: 19"H x 14"W Mat: 18.25"H x 13.25"W Image: 14.5"H x 9.5"W Tosa Mitsuoki was a Japanese painter, reinvigorating the Yamato style of classical Japanese painting. Yamato-e originated from interest in reproducing early Tang dynasty paintings, and was later reinvented and further refined to fit Japanese cultural perceptions in the late Heian period. Yamato, sometimes referred to as wa or kazu had become synonymous with the Tosa-ha by the Muromachi period as a way for Japanese artist to distinguish their works from those of mainland Chinese paintings, kara-e. Yamato-e incorporated various visual and literary techniques for establishing narrative. Works were not always accompanied with text and may rely on heavily on period specific visual motifs, icons, and symbols to relay a story or theme. Tosa style by the time of Mitsuoki focused heavily on depicting themes of plants and nature, famous places, meisho, the four seasons, shik, bird-and-flower, kacho. Many of these popular symbols and icons from mimicking Chinese practices, treating the original Chinese masterwork as a sort of prototype to improve upon. Popular formats for Mitsuoki's pictures were wall scrolls kakemono, or handscrolls that would be read from right to left with the accompanied story, sliding doors fusuma and folding screen panels byobu that featured up to six panels. Mitsuoki's style incorporated the depth and calligraphy techniques of ink wash brushwork similar to Song dynasty and Yuan dynasty Chinese court paintings...