Melissa Franklin Sanchez

Pear Blossoms

2022

An oil on copper painting. Risveglio, meaning "Awakening" in Italian, is a fitting title for this representation of spring blossoming outside the artist's window in her Tuscan farmho...

A plein air painting of a moonrise in the Tuscany region of Italy. Artist Bio: Melissa Franklin Sanchez was born in 1984, in Warwickshire, England. In 2002 she graduated from her humanistic studies: Art, Music, English Literature, Performing Arts and Ballet. In 2003 she completed an intensive art foundation course at the Slade School of Art, London. She then enrolled at the Florence Academy of art, a school dedicated to the study of realistic and figurative art. She graduated with the three-year diploma in painting and was offers a 4th year of specialization. Today, Melissa is the director of the ‘6 week intensive workshop, Drawing, painting and Art History’ for the Florence Academy of Art and has been since since 2012. Her work is represented in both Europe and the USA, by Scriba, InPARADISO Gallery, Venice, Italy, Grenning Gallery...

A whimsical depiction of fall. The bright orange leaves from the tree line the ground outside a home. The leaves seem to enter the doorway on the left. Framed dimensions: 29.25 x 3...

A luminous close-up of blooming daffodils at the artist's home in Fiesole, Italy. The scene is painted with oil paint, on a brass panel, which results in a warm undertone, and semi-r...

An oil painting on brass. Franklin Sanchez often uses her immediate surroundings in her Tuscany home for inspiration. This persimmon tree in her backyard is a subject she often comes...

"Boathouse, Evening Light" is a contemporary impressionist oil painting, painted en plein air. A recognizable East Coast scene in the Fenske style. Ben Fenske (b. 1978) although a ...

The oil painting size is 11"x14", with oil on board. The painting comes with a frame. The artist signed lower left.

Flowers on the Rocks by Georges Bordonave (French contemporary) signed oil painting on canvas, unframed dated 1998 canvas: 13 x 16 inches condition: very good provenance: from a larg...

Mid Century Lotus Still Life Floral / Bangkok Landscape on Verso (Double Sided) Mid-century lotus flower composition by Marge Quate Burt (American, 1896-1984). This unique piece, dated 1949-1950, is a two-sided painting on artists cardboard. While on side depicts a botanical lotus flower, the verso features a lush tropical landscape painting...

Still life with fruit and lobster. Canvas size 24x30 framed 30x36 Judith Sobel was born in Lwow Poland in 1924. After World War II, she attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Lodz, Poland. There she studied with the famous abstract constructionists, Wladyslaw Strzeminski and Stefan Wegner from whom she learned the principles of Modern Art as laid down by the European Cubists. Sobel’s work was selected for the First Exhibit of Modern Art Museum Krakow in 1948-49. Judith Sobel emigrated to the newly found Israel where she lived for five years, becoming very active in Israel’s emerging art world. Her work was collected and exhibited by the major art museums of Israel including the Museum of Modern Art at Haifa, the Association of Artists of Israel (Tel-Aviv), Sheldon Swope Art Gallery in Terre Haute...

Gorgeous still life of burgundy calla lilies by listed artist Helen Enoch Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). Signed "Gleiforst" lower left. Unframed. Size: 20"H x 16"W. Gleiforst was born in Crete, Nebraska and soon moved to Oregon where she studied at the University of Oregon. She then settled in Beverly Hills where she began to paint. Her teachers included Nicolai Fechin...

French Village, Impressionist Landscape, Oil Painting, Signed By French artist Caroline de Piedoue, 21st Century Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner Oil painting on c...