Masonite Paintings

Original trompe l'oeil signed Aaron Bohrod (LL) entitled Walnut Shells Provenance: The Milch Galleries #21 East 67th Street (label affixed to verso) in acrylic on masonite board Im...

A young man at a crowded upper-class Haitian swimming pool attracts attention. We see him only from the back in a Magritte-like pose. The transfixed expressions of some of the nubile bare-breasted bathing beauties and one man with his hands down his pants give us a clue that the mystery man is special. This is a fascinating work packed with drama and overflowing with pent-up emotion.
Bigaud's narrative is as complex as his figural composition of lookers and swimmers. Notice the sight lines of the lookers go back to front while the two swimmers go from left to right. The twenty-two figures are contained in the rectangular shape of the pool, which is pushed to the front of the picture plane. The cars of the pool partygoers are seen in the background with one witness. He is fully clothed and is most likely a chauffeur. The fully clothed female at the pool offering food is a servant. A boxy-looking radio with a pack of cigarettes and the style of the cars give glue to the date. Most Haitian art depicts average working people. The pool party departs from that tradition and shows life of the Haitian upper class. Most likely, this was painted in Petion-Ville. The higher the elevation in Port-au-Prince the more wealthy the homes. Although the artist's painting technique may be described as naive or lacking polish.
 t's one of the reasons why the work radiates charm and interest. The painting is oversized with huge dimensions of 55 x 48 and will be a statement in any room. Wilson Bigaud is considered to be a Haitian master. The condition is good. Three repaired one-inch issues on the extreme center and upper right edge. Visible only on close inspection. Otherwise presents very well and is elegantly framed, ______________________________________ Haitian master Wilson Bigaud is renowned for works portraying everyday life and rites of passage—vodou rituals, fortune-tellers, weddings, cockfights, and carnivals—with voluminous figures and lucid colors. Born in Port-au-Prince, in 1946 Bigaud was among the first to attend DeWitt Peters’s Le Centre d’Art d’Haïti, where he studied with Hector Hyppolite...

Acrylic paint on masonite.

Acrylic paint on masonite.

Acrylic paint on masonite.

Acrylic paint on masonite. The frame was painted by the artist.

Acrylic paint on masonite.

Acrylic paint on masonite.

Acrylic on masonite.

Translated title: "Pink tree". Oil paint on masonite.

Translated title: "Skull". Acrylic on masonite. It features a wooden frame, which is painted and decorated with gold leaves.

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed upper right. Framed. Tobias Musicant (1921 – 2004) A new discovery in the art world is something always searched for...

After Hector Hyppolite, Philomé Obin may be Haiti's most significant painter. In the present work, Philomé Obin creates an all-over pattern of harmoniously spaced elements with no ce...

An image of a horned devil with pointy claws and bat-like wings emerges from a Voodoo drum. He has with arms stretched out like a Christ figure. The drum grows out of a yellow plant-...

Acrylic paint on masonite. The frame was painted by the artist.

Acrylic paint on masonite. The frame was painted by the artist.

Acrylic paint on masonite. The frame was painted by the artist.

Acrylic paint on masonite. The frame was painted by the artist.

Acrylic paint on masonite. The frame was painted by the artist.

Acrylic paint on masonite.

Acrylic paint on masonite. The frame was painted by the artist.

Acrylic paint on masonite. The frame was painted by the artist.

Acrylic paint on masonite. The frame was painted by the artist.

Acrylic paint on masonite.

Translated title: "Tree (outskirts)". Acrylic on masonite.

Translated title: "Now I see you". Acrylic on masonite.

Translated title: "Now I see you". Acrylic on masonite.

Translated title: "Now I see you" Acrylic on masonite.

Translated title: "Tropical flight" Acrylic on masonite.

Acrylic on masonite

Oil paint transferred onto a Masonite board. Mainly yellow tones with decorative foliage. Framed in a white frame with a white matte. Artist Biography: Melanie Millar isa painter living and working in Houston, Texas. She has exhibited her work in one-person shows, group-shows and juried competitions nationally. Her work is in private and corporate collections, as well as in the collection of the Museum of Fine Art, Houston. She grew up in New Jersey but later moved to Houston, Texas. Her undergraduate degree is from the University of Texas. In 1999, she completed an MFA in painting and drawing at the University of North Texas, Denton Texas...

20th Century School, Steam Locomotive Train, Oil on Arch Form Masonite, unsigned, unframed. 29.5" H x 25.25" W. Provenance: From the Collection of Laura and Lewis Kruger.

Born in 1934, the work of Suzanne Bloomfield represents the life force which binds us all -- a universal symbol for the soul's transformation. Bloomfield believes that painting is the discovering of beautiful secrets which are only uncovered in the searching. Her painting blends encaustic (an ancient painting method which adds pigment to heated beeswax) with oils. Her selected exhibitions include: Permanent Collection Archives, American Album, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC; Foreign Exhibition Tour of India, National Association of Women Artists-Centennial Year, New York City; and International Latin American Exposition, Miami Florida. "Quickening" Female Abstract Expressionist Artist 1970 Red...

oil on masonite with a natural birch frame glossy finish

A nice impressionist oil on masonite city scene with a young crowd in Rome, Italy, probably the Fontana del Prigione, illegibly signed lower right, title inscribed on verso “Trastev...

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Peter Sculthorpe (born 1948) Peter Sculthorpe was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1948. His talent was evident even as a chi...

Broad areas of bold, flat red, magenta, and pink characterize this mid-century painting by Barbara Warren Ebersole ( Barbara Tate Ebersole ). It depicts a block party festooned with balloons and a street organ grinder with a smartly dressed performing monkey. The overall look of a lot mid-century art inspires many of today's most celebrated contemporary artists. Signed and dated upper left. Oil on Masonite. Barbara Warren Ebersole was a painter and an author. She may have been of Native American...

Hand signed on front by the artist. Original oil on masonite painting. Framed. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will ...

"Gothic Window" is an original acrylic painting on masonite board by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece on the back. This painting depicts a geometric and abstracted renderin...

Signed lower left. Mary Gehr was born in Chicago around 1910 and toured as an ingénue with the Chicago Opera Ballet for four years, summered with the Schubert Light Opera Company, a...

Suzanne Bloomfield’s 1969 painting, After the Storm, is a striking blend of oil and encaustic that immerses viewers in a world of renewal and transformation. Deep reds, earthy brown...

Medium: Gouache and Tempera on Masonite Sight Size 14.50" x 11.25", Framed 20.50" x 17.25" Signature: Signed Lower Right Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, June 16, 1945

Date: 1953 Medium: Oil on Masonite Dimensions: 42.00" x 32.50" Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, January 31, 1953. The Post d...

In a 1971 interview with Ebony Magazine, Alvin Hollinsworth commented on his African Jesus Christ painting, "I have always felt that Christ was a Blac...

This painting is a perfect example of lyrical abstraction and a choice painting out of the best period of Vlerick's career. Signed and titled by the artist. Pierre Vlerick...

Acrylic on Masonite

Mixed Media on Masonite

Acrylic on Masonite

Mixed Media on Masonite

Art Sz: 14"H x 18"W Oil on masonite board Provenance: The Estate of Paul Desmond Brown Paul Desmond Brown (American, 1893-1958) was an artist, illustrator, and chronicler of sport...

Robert O'Meara (American, XX-XXI), Abstract Composition in Green, Oil on Board, with blue details, apparently unsigned, unframed. 10" H x 14" W. Provenance: From a 333 East 75th Stre...

Date: 1931- Medium: Oil on Masonite Signature: Signed Lower Right Dimensions: 29.70" x 40.00" First Tannery in America. 1973 Ad for American Cynanimid. Featured on pg. 29

The Mid-Century mindset As expected, 65 years ago.. people looked at art/painting a little differently. Back then, many artists were concerned with depicting simple and beautiful t...

A Fiery Hell is depicted as a volcano that spews flames and lava dust into the air. According to the Peter and Harrison Ellenshaw Family Archive, this work was shown to Stanly Kubrick for a Paradise Lost, movie concept. Peter had created matte paintings for Kubrick's Spartacus in 1960 and they continued their professional friendship for years to come. Peter did some collaboration with TRON in 1982. Unfortunately, the movie concept for John Miltons, Paradise Lost, was not brought into production. An erupting volcano is also an powerful metaphor for many human conditions. Ellenshaw (1913–2007) was a highly regarded matte painter and special-effects creator whose filmography includes Old Yeller (1957), Swiss Family Robinson...

Devils depicted. Artist Wilson Bigaud paints a graphic narrative of mid-century life in Haiti without modern medicine. A man is dying yet there is no doctor present. In the struggle...

An original mid-century oil painting by French modernist Michel Patrix (1917–1973), this striking geometric still life transforms the familiar forms of two tobacco pipes...

Delightful estate aerial rendering by society artist, Stuart Hinrichs of Greenwich, CT Signed "Stuart" & dated July 7, '84 Art Sz: 13 1/2"H x 17 1/2"W Frame Sz 15"H x 19"W

Before there was Photorealism, there was Austin Briggs. Done in 1951, this work has all the hallmarks of the 1970's fine art movement and more. Briggs is using photographs as a refer...

Klett was an in-demand illustrator in the post-war period of the late 1940's and 1950's. and . His work appeared in many of the newsstand magazines at the time. This work is a pers...

Date: Undated Medium: Oil on Masonite Signature: Signed Lower Left An undated story illustration depicting the 1889 bare-knuckle heavyweight title fight in Richburg, Mississippi, wh...