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"Waves 11" is a abstract oil painting of of ocean waves in a calm blue-green hue. Signed by the artist on the back. János Huszti is a creator of the visual arts and conceptual thin...

"Can things be deprived of their origins?" A challenging portraitist and emerging creator with a conceptual thinking. Huszti elaborates his constantly changing topics with momentum a...

"Woman 02" by János Huszti is a captivating oil painting on wrapped canvas, measuring 80" x 63". This piece portrays a moody, neutral-toned portrait of a woman with a messy bun, exud...

"Back 02" by János Huszti is a oil painting that conveys a sense of vulnerability. Painted in soft, grey neutral tones on a large 80" x 63" wrapped canvas, the work focuses on the ba...

John Gilbey Bowles (British, 1929 – 2011) Edna and Daphne before the South Downs, 1977 Oil on canvas Signed ‘J Bowles’ (lower left) 38.1/8 x 40.1/8 in. (96.7 x 102 cm.) Notes: Daphne...

Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1980 by French modernist painter Andre Hambourg. This beautiful piece depicts families enjoying a day out at the seaside in the height of summer....

The universal farmers market is bustling with action. Geometric stalls with intense color coupled with contrasting blue arches creates the dynamism in this work of art. The Market #...

This work epitomizes Prestopino's interest in social realism which captures a quiet interlude in the everyday life of an "everyman." It also provides a contrast for our expectations as we view a tough, blue collar worker, with no one watching, as he sings a melody to the birds. In an original frame measuring 49" x 39" x 3.25" Provenance: Edith Halpert's Downtown Gallery (label verso from 13 w. 113th street, where the gallery was located from 1926 until 1939) Private collection, NYC, c. 1935 By descent About this artist: Born in Little Italy in 1907, Gregorio Prestopino first set out to become a sign painter as the son of New York City immigrants. Instead, his talent provided a life-changing scholarship to the National Academy of Design, and for five years he studied drawing under C. W. Hawthorne. He spent the summer of 1934 at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. His deep involvement with the colony led him to later serve as its director in 1954. Much of Prestopino’s work was in the vein of social realism. During the 1940s and 1950s he became deeply invested in portraying everyday Manhattan and Harlem scenes. He first became interested in the Ashcan school at the National Academy of Design, and remained committed to an interest in working with urban scenes. His lively treatment of people and events revealed his affinity for sixteenth-century artist Pieter Breughel...