Russell Sharon

Untitled (Green Landscape), landscape, bold colors

1987

Neo-Expressionist oil painting depicting a landscape with Birtch trees in a field of earth tones. Russell Sharon was born on a farm in Minnesota. He st...

Figurative work, depicting a torso from the back in slightly 3/4 view and cut off at the knees, defined with painterly brush strokes in an earthy palette of browns, greens, and oranges. Luis Frangella (1944-1990) was a figurative, postmodern painter and sculptor. He earned a masters in architecture at the University of Buenos Aires in 1972 and then attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973. In 1976, he moved to New York City where he painted huge “street” murals on construction site wall, abandoned Hudson River piers and in the nightclubs of the East Village and Tribeca. Situated in these nontraditional spaces, he began working with subversive artists like Wojnarowicz. Luis was a sort of father figure to many younger artists, becoming an influential member of the East Village art scene. Known as a good cook, he fostered a sense of community and caring, often serving impromptu meals in his loft after the late-night club scene...

Landscape painted by Luis Moscardo, from his series with oil paintings "Land of Storms", in which he paints the waves of the wild sea, the shapes and textures that are generated in i...

Landscape painted by Luis Moscardo, from his series with oil paintings "Land of Storms", in which he paints the waves of the wild sea, the shapes and textures that are generated in i...