Shirley Plaut Schaefer

Boats in the Harbor

1945

Born in 1922 and dying in 2003, the work of Ohaly-Ruckhaus became popular in Israel after his first exhibit in 1957. HaAretz spoke of some of his oil paintings being reminiscent of Dutch masters. His landscapes were known for their excellent composition, structure, and color, and their overall balance, despite the drama of the subject matter depicted. Ohaly Shaul, Teacher and Painter. born in 1922. Studies in "Gimnasia Herzlia" School in Tel Aviv; and the American University in Beirut. From 1972 art...

Raoul Middleman (born 1935 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American painter. Middleman has been a member of the Maryland Institute College of Art faculty since 1961. American University Museum at the Katzen Center has described Middleman as a "Baltimore maestro [whose] nudes are not pretty—they are sagging, dimpled, and real. His cityscapes reveal the underbelly of post-industrial rot, his narrative paintings give contemporary life to his personal obsessions. They are intelligent, messy, and utterly masterful." From an interview with RM "I was doing abstract art. Then Roy Lichtenstein came around, and I wanted to be current. I remember Grace Hartigan said, “You’ve gotta go to New York, seize destiny by the hand.” My friend Jon Schueler took my slides up to Eleanor Ward, who had the Stable Gallery. My Pop art paintings were discovered. I moved to New York into Malcolm Morley’s old loft down on South Street. Agnes Martin was upstairs... People who interest me come from different quarters. I knew guys around Schueler, like B.H. Friedman. But I also knew the Pop world pretty well – Al Hansen, Richard Artschwager, Lichtenstein. I became friends with Raoul Hague...

Original Period Frame Hayley Lever (1876 - 1958) Hayley Lever's exceptional career path took him from the shores of his native Australia to those of England, and then the United S...

MANE KATZ [Katz Emmanuel] 1894-1962 Kremenchug, Ukraine 1894-1962 Tel Aviv (Russian / Ukrainian / French / Israeli) Title: Boats in the Harbour, circa 1938 Technique: Original...