Maud Swigert

Monochrome River Valley Landscape

mid 20th Century

Vibrant landscape of a calm river with colorful reflections winding through a lush valley of grasses and trees, with blue and purple mountains in the background, by an unknown artist...

White water rapids in a redwood forest creek and a rocky hillside in the background is beautifully captured by California artist Mildred Vejtasa Fenner (...

In artist's hand painted frame. signed and dated. Genre: Modern Subject: Landscape Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States Dimensions w/Frame: 23" x 30.25" The imagery of Maurice Kish (1895-1987), whether factories or carousels, reliably subverts expectations. His vision hovers just around the unraveling edge of things, where what is solid and clear becomes ambiguous. He is fascinated, often delighted, by the falling apart. This unexpected, fresh perspective results in oddly affecting pictures of a now long-gone New York. Born Moishe in a town called Dvinsk, Russia (what is now Daugavpils, Latvia), Kish came with his family to New York when he was in his teens. The family settled in Brownsville, and for the rest of Kish’s life Brooklyn remained his home, though he moved from one neighborhood to another. He was close to his parents, who recognized his talent and supported his desire to become an artist. Kish attended the National Academy of Design as well as Cooper Union. His fellow students included many other immigrants and children of immigrants who were particularly receptive to the Modernism coming from Europe. As his career progressed, Kish himself applied different strains of Modernism to different purposes. For him, the story was held above all else. For years, Kish used the skills he acquired in art school to earn his living at a Manhattan glass...

This artwork "Landscape with Lake" c.1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist George Van Hook, b.1954. It is signed at the lower righ...