Illustration Board Paintings

Today's newly minted fine art stars are from the mid-century surrealism school and include Gertrude Abercrombie, Remedios Varo, and Leonora Carrington, who were mostly unknown five y...

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

Arabian Nights, Sea Monster - The Thousand and One Nights Gustaf Tenggren - Attributed - unsigned, unframed. Good condition with very sl...

Above it all, two vigorous young men stand on a mountain top. They are depicted in profile, looking out into a sublime, verdant vista of tree-lined mountains punctuated by a winding...

What makes this artwork special is not the narrative. It's the artist's unique approach to depicting it. He does it the hard way. Instead of showing the moment of an altercation ...

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

“Graduation Day” is emblematic of mid-century American Illustration. But the real story of this storytelling work is that it embodies the lost art of portrait painting and graphic design. Alex Ross borrows on the classical tradition and flaunts his skills as a narrative painter. In “Graduation Day”, he paints a complex composition involving at least thirteen portraits. The subjects are beautifully rendered and lit. They are set against a dark grey background and jump off the surface at the viewer. The composition is complexly designed. The future graduate in the red jacket engaging with a girl photographer is a compositional device that leads the viewer's eye to the main subject - a father congratulating his son on graduating from medical school. Creating art that relies on facial expressions and body gestures is a talent absent in contemporary art. Why? It’s very hard to do and takes years and training and practice to get it right. Despite Alex Ross's folksy subject matter, this work is a high example of naturalism and representation by an important member of the Golden Age of American Illustration. Signed lower right Born in the town of Dunfermline, Scotland, Alexander Sharpe Ross (1908-1990) moved with his family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1911. After attending Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University), Ross moved to New York and joined the Charles E. Cooper Studio, where he worked among such notable illustrators as Ward Brackett, Stevan Dohanos, J. Frederick Smith...

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

A complex story is portrayed in one picture. American Glamour Illustrator Jon Whitcomb interprets a Mid-Century Cosmopolitan story about a beautiful blond actress who, on set, appea...

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

Mario Zamparelli served as the chief designer for the reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes' empire, creating his promotional images and designing many of its products. In the present...

Landscape with Ducks and Water - Early 20th Century Original California Painting Expressive landscape showing a marshy environment with ducks flying through it by Californian painte...

Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...

Signed lower left: Seymour Ball Inscribed upper left: To Morris E Weiss with best wishes Seymour Ball" Matted not framed

Gary John's pop-street artworks have a whimsical, yet exciting and bold quality inspired by classic cartoon and comic book characters. Blending pop sensibilities with a roughened fau...

Fortune Magazine has a storied history of innovation, with clean-looking covers defined by cutting-edge graphics without excessive typography. "Parade of Smokestacks" by Antonio Petr...

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, Signed (as Emmett Kaye) lower right it was Mort Kunstler's pseudonym, unframed , Gouache on illustration board

Inspired by Italian Artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Illustrator Bernard D'Andrea creates a startled person in profile. Unlike Arcimboldo, D'Andrea constructs a girl's head out of people ...

Beauty and the Beast-like theme is realized in one side of this work by famed Childens Book illustrators Alice and Martin Provensen. Study for "The Pr...

Harvest Time in Swiss Alps - Early 20th Century Figurative Landscape Sweeping early 20th century figurative landscape of a Swiss Alps harvest scene by Daan Donker (Dutch, early 20th...

At some point, the fine art/museum world will recognize how truly brilliant a trailblazing artist like Coby Whitmore is. His exploration of bold colors, flattened, simplified space, ...

The punchline on many of these 1950s cartoons fades, but the visuals more than hold up - they shine. The sleek, graphic style of painting with flat, broad areas of color shows that ...

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

Ferd Sondern (b.1923) Puppy chasing Kitten chasing Mouse, 1977. Pencil, gouache and watercolor on illustration board. Complete panel measures 7 x 15 inches. Signed lower left. Cr...

Reclining Nude - Cubist Abstract in Vibrant Colors, Signed, 14x36 Inches A reclining nude is rendered with angular, simplified forms and outlined contours. The figure is set against...

Boundless whimsical creativity defines this Time Magazine Cover proposal. In 1970, famed illustrator/artist Robert Grossman visualized a cover story i...

Arctic Polar Bear Painting by American Impressionist, signed, 1980s Deep pastel colors enliven this painting of a polar bear in the ice by listed...

Framed Size: approx. 27 3/4 x 33 3/4 inches Signed and Dated Lower Right George Ford Morris was a painter, printmaker, sculptor and illustrator, who specialized in painting famous h...

Very interesting illustration painting of People's Photo Service Store, location unknown, Gouache on illustration board, measuring 9 x 12.5 inches, 12 x 16 inches in original mattin...

Vibrant painting of the Utah desert range by an unknown artist. Unsigned. Presented in a painted wood frame with linen fillet. Image size, 24"H x 30"L.

Children's Coloring Book Cover Art - Merrill Company - Female Illustrator Board 20 x 14.75, Publisher's Stamp lr recto, publication instruction recto verso Betty Anne Gartrell inscr...

Famed Disney artist Mary Blair was also an illustrator for assignments outside Disney. The present work appears to be for a Gelolo Mchugh children's book called Baby's House. There i...

When fabled female illustrator Mary Blair was not creating fantasy images for Disney, she was doing freelance illustration work for commercial clients. We think that is one of those ...

Mid Century Impressionist Style Oil Painting of Ancient Olive Grove This expressive olive grove landscape is reminiscent of Claude Monet's Olive Tree Wood in Moreno Garden. Circa 19...

The old west depicted in a graphic and dramatic manner. Paperback Novel Cover Painting Original Art (Avon, 1963). Work has a matted image area of 12.5" ...

"Sugar Gathering" Harvesting the Sap Country Barn and Buckets Filled to the Brim Wonderful mid century landscape that emphasizes the communal and physically demanding nature of the h...

Oil & acrylic on illustration board

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

Car rally. Fiat factory team. Marco Silombria (Savona, 1035- Turin, 2014) Mixed media: drawing, watercolor, pencils on paper, applied to hard support Around 1980. Marco Silombria...

Study of Nicolas Poussin Landscape with a Man Washing His Feet in Oil on Board+ Small-scale study of Poussin's famous work by an unknown artist (early 20th Century). A man sits at t...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: (Hudson River Landscape) Untitled Year: 1985 Medium: Acrylic on illustration board Size: 12.5 x 10 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Estate of ...

Mid-Century Landscape Painting of Pacific Grove, Signed, 1951, 16x20 Colorful mid-century landscape of Cottage in Pacific Grove by Edda Maxwell Heath (American, 1874 - 1972). This p...

Fabled Illustrator Bob Peak, the heir to Norman Rockwell's American Illustration dominance, invents a new look for corporate identity. Prior to Peak, travel advertisements were stra...

Signed lower right, unframed - Interior Illustration for Redbook Magazine

In this Post Cereal advertisement artwork from 1958, the subjects' exaggerated smiles, caught at the peak of hyper-happiness, were just what the chef ordered. The creative team at th...

For those who appreciate good academic painting and drawing, study Pearl Frush. She gets it right. In the present work, Frush paints a perfect face. Not just anatomically, but also i...

Vanderbilt Sleigh, Original holiday greeting card Christmas illustration featuring a couple carrying holiday gifts in a horse-drawn sleigh Medium: Egg Tempera on Illustration Board Signature: Unsigned Charlotte Joan Sternberg was born in Meriden, Connecticut in 1920. Early on, she became interested in art, and her parents encouraged her efforts. She attended public schools in the area, as well as taking art classes at the technical school. Afterwards, she attended the Yale School of Art. Her fellow classmates included Rudolph Zallinger, who executed the dinosaur mural at the Peabody Museum in New Haven; Jean Day Zallinger, renowned book illustrator; and Edward Paier, founder of the Paier College of Art. It was there that she became interested in egg tempera, and most of her well-known artwork was done in this medium. She was one of a number of Yale artists who revived this medium.(She did not work professionally in oils, although she sometimes used gouache or watercolor.) She went on to a long career in commercial illustration. She worked extensively for J.Walter Thompson, doing advertising art for such companies as Esso (later Exxon), Textron, and Lederle pharmaceuticals. While she did a variety of subjects, she was best known for her Americana themes, particularly snow scenes of historic New England. Many of these pieces were published as Christmas cards for American Artists Group. She also taught for many years at the Paier College of Art. She also did a number of limited edition prints for Greenwich Workshop. Her art is used on such items as tapestry pillows, puzzles, and decorative flags. She was commissioned to do several portraits, including those of Gov.John Lodge...

Automobile advertising art, as a category, is overlooked and undervalued, yet punches above its weight. It has a multifaceted appeal. For automobile enthusiasts, it's a time tunnel ...

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

Approximate Date: 1902 Medium: Charcoal, Watercolor and Oil on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 23.50" x 15.50", Framed 31.50" x 23.00" Bed-Time, published...

Benjamin Eisenstat (1915-2001). View of Trinity College, ca. 1960's. Gouache, watercolor and ink on Illustration Board, 15 x 21 inches. Signed and titled lower right. Signed, tit...

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

Viktor Schreckengost paints an ocean scene and moon with precise attention. The painting is part document and part flat abstraction. The uniqueness in this work is how Schreckengos...

Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...

'Sunny Afternoon' by Pauline Palmer. Chicago Impressionist, Paris, Grande Chaumiére, Woman Artist ----- Signed lower left, 'Pauline Palmer' (American, 1867-1938) and painted circa 1...

Mid-century figurative seascape with boats by Henryk Dzienczarski, (Poland, b-1917). Signed "H. Dzienczarski" lower right. Displayed in a wood fra...

Legendary children's book author and illustrator Richard Scarry depicts a congenial interaction between Danny the Beaver and the Skunk. The painting was directed at a toddler audien...

Original Holiday Greeting Card Christmas Illustration featuring a snowy scene with dogs chasing a horse-drawn sleigh Medium: Egg Tempera on Illustration Board Signature: Unsigned Charlotte Joan Sternberg was born in Meriden, Connecticut in 1920. Early on, she became interested in art, and her parents encouraged her efforts. She attended public schools in the area, as well as taking art classes at the technical school. Afterwards, she attended the Yale School of Art. Her fellow classmates included Rudolph Zallinger, who executed the dinosaur mural at the Peabody Museum in New Haven; Jean Day Zallinger, renowned book illustrator; and Edward Paier, founder of the Paier College of Art. It was there that she became interested in egg tempera, and most of her well-known artwork was done in this medium. She was one of a number of Yale artists who revived this medium.(She did not work professionally in oils, although she sometimes used gouache or watercolor.) She went on to a long career in commercial illustration. She worked extensively for J.Walter Thompson, doing advertising art for such companies as Esso (later Exxon), Textron, and Lederle pharmaceuticals. While she did a variety of subjects, she was best known for her Americana themes, particularly snow scenes of historic New England. Many of these pieces were published as Christmas cards for American Artists Group. She also taught for many years at the Paier College of Art. She also did a number of limited edition prints for Greenwich Workshop. Her art is used on such items as tapestry pillows, puzzles, and decorative flags. She was commissioned to do several portraits, including those of Gov.John Lodge...

Original illustration was done by Renna for the novel "Journey to the Center of the Earth" by Jules Verne, published in 1963. What makes this work special is how brilliantly the subj...