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Medium: Paper
Get in Gear - Geometric Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Get in Gear - Geometric Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
A bold abstract painting in red by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C)...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Delicious, Delicate (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Delicious, Delicate (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on 300 gr. watercolour paper - Unframed
"This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt.
Basterra's abstract expressionist approach to painting is a response to her environment, nature, and gestural movement. A text-based practice of journaling and communing with nature provides a foundation for her empathy and biophilia.
Always researching her interests, she does not premeditate a composition. She starts working on a painting and thoughts come to her during and after the work is completed. She absorbs her environment and works from an internal subconscious.
Clarice Lispector...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
On His Way to the Top
Located in Columbia, MO
Marie Gardeski grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and her MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and currently lives i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
The Country House - Farm Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
The Country House - Farm Landscape
Highly detailed scene with a country house, workers, and a hare with rider by an unknown artist (19th Century). Five people - one on a horse - are...
Category
19th Century Realist Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Outer orbit (planet) - line drawing woman figure with a turquoise planet
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artworks were done with watercolor and acrylic on black watercolor paper 300g. The works are 11,5 by 16,5 inches in size, framed (black) with a styrene...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Rio de Amor
Located in Miami, FL
Manuel Mendive
Rio de Amor, 1980s
Gouache on paper
11 x 16 in
Provenance:
Bonhams, NY. Modern & Contemporary Art Online. July 20 - August 1, 2024. Lot 96.
The piece includes a Cert...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Paper Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Laid Paper
Delphinium, Daisies and Gerber Daisies - Red Floral Bouquet Still-Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Continental School impressionist oil on paper of a bouquet of Delphinium, Daisies and Gerbera Daisies by an unknown artist, c.1969. Illegibly signed lowe...
Category
1960s Impressionist Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Look at me. 2018. Paper, mixed media, 38x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
By using mixed media and expressive sketching techniques the artist Maris Abilevs manages to convey the atmosphere of intimacy, eroticism and arousal
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Felt Pen, Stencil
Pilots and WWII Airplanes - Double-sided Figurative Composition in Oil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Pilots - Double-sided Figurative Composition in Oil on Paper
Expressive figurative compositions by Carmel, California artist David Amland (American, 1931-2010). On one side, a pilot...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Rose IX, Original Painting, Floral, Flower, Still life, Pen
Located in Deddington, GB
Ellen Williams Rose IX Original drawing - coloured pencil on A4 150gsm paper This drawing is one in a series of botanical line drawings depicting the seasonal flowers of English gard...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pen
"Never Alone" New York Graffiti Abstract
By Scott K. Duff
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic abstract painting titled "Never Alone" by Scott K. Duff (American, b.1961). Signed "S.K. Duff" lower right corner. Presented in a rustic, black painted wood frame. SHIPPED WI...
Category
1980s Neo-Expressionist Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Red Bodice Nude Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Bodice Nude Abstract
A vibrant abstract painting in reds accented in canary yellow with gray background, by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Charcoal, Watercolor
"Avocado Still Life" - acrylic on paper
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Using the striking imagery that is abundant in the California landscape, queer artist Kory Alexander creates dreamy paintings that are flooded with vi...
Category
2010s Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Dynamic Diptych"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This diptych consists of two acrylic works on A4 paper, created using aerosol paints and palette knife techniques. Each painting captures the fleeting nature of a moment through the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Parisian Flip / assemblage painting
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Woman with billowing skirt and french curls in red, blue and black, 'Parisian Fllip' from multidisciplinary visual artist Kim Frohsin, who created the series, 'Dancers and Athletes',...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Photographic Paper
"Hey Did We Scratch?" - Abstract Expressionist Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
"Hey Did We Scratch?" - Abstract Expressionist Composition
Detailed and layered composition by Leroy W. Parker (American, 1941). This piece is divided into a checkerboard, with a variety of overlaid patterns and textures. There are several types of handmade paper applied to the canvas, likely made by Parker himself.
Signed "Leroy Wheeler Parker" in the lower right corner.
"#1" and an up arrow are written on verso.
Tag on verso with artist info, title, media, and date.
No frame, but the edges of the canvas are painted for a frame-less display.
Leroy W. Parker (American, b. 1941) is an artist from Oklahoma who now resides in Lafayette, California. Parker earned his BFA in painting from the California College of Arts and Crafts in 1966, and then went on to earn his MFA in 1968 from the same institution. He is a Professor of Art at San Jose State University. He has taught classes in fine arts, life drawing, ceramics, paper making (which he instituted in 1984), and sculpture since 1969. Parker has also served on the State Art Commission for sculptural grants. One of his pieces is held in the San Jose Museum of Art.
Selected Exhibitions:
Drawings and Paintings - ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, CA - 1974
“Artistry in Clay” - Forge Patio Art Gallery, Lafayette, CA - 1980
“A Most Elegant Show” - Sunshine Art Gallery, Fair Oaks, CA - 1982
“Flora” - Harcourts Contemporary, San Francisco, CA - 1983
Idea Gallery, Sacramento, CA - 1985
“Multi-Media Man” - Sacramento Center for Textile Arts, Sacramento, CA - 1994
“The Art of the Family” - Works Gallery, San Jose, CA - 1999
Artist’s Statement:
I was born in Eagletown, Oklahoma to Southern Baptist parents, and my father was a preacher. We were two boys and six girls in the family. The most mundane things were magical and special to me. I liked to draw, color, make things, and plant things. I loved the woods and the earth, and watching storms with thunder and lightning.
We moved from Oklahoma when I was 11. In the late 1950s, I attended Oakland Technical High School where I met artist Sam Richardson...
Category
1990s Post-Minimalist Paper Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil, Handmade Paper, Stretcher Bars
Pencil Skirt - 5"x7", Black & White, Pencil Skirt, Original Artwork On Paper
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
Small artwork is intimate and can personalize spaces. It can be moved around easily and is a great way to build up an art collection. Using paint and pencil, this black and white cla...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Circa 1900 original gouache by Gaston Darbour - Élégante aux fleurs
Located in PARIS, FR
The turn of the 20th century, known as the Belle Époque, was a period of cultural and artistic flourishing in Europe, particularly in France. Among the many artists who captured the ...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Down to the Cliffs, 2024 - Blue and White Acrylic Painting and Collage on Paper
By Peter Joyce
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Peter Joyce was born in Poole, Dorset, and was educated at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art & Design from 1980. He went on to study at Stourbridge College of Technology & Art and q...
Category
2010s Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
'Apples and Cherry Blossoms', Modernist Still Life
By Sally Mack
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right "Sally Mack" (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1975. Painted on Arches paper.
A vibrant, Post-Impressionist still-life showing branches of cherry-blossom...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Paper Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
A Star in Your Path, Faux Naïf, Expressionist Painting in Vivid Tones on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is a beautiful expressionist style drawing by Juanjo Saez. Juanjo's pictorial work is an exploration of color, texture, and movement, creating vibrant compositions that capture ...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Blue (Diptych) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Blue (Diptych) (Abstract painting)
Mixed media on 300gr paper - Unframed
Dimensions of the each work in the diptych: 16 x 12 in / 42 x 30 cm
This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt.
B...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Pastel Nightmare" - Abstract Expressionist Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
Subtly colored but highly textured composition by California artist Devon Brockopp-Hammer (American, b. 1986). The bottom layer is composed of white and...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Paper Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
The Battle (of Grunwald) -- geometric abstract mixed media collage painting
By Mat Tomezsko
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Mat Tomezko's "Price" series of mixed media collage paintings are constructed from periodicals, circulars, acrylic, asphalt, graffiti, and coal on panel. Using mostly found materials...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic, Panel, Wood Panel, Magazine Paper, Newsprint, As...
Prismatic Polygon XX: geometric abstract painting w/ pattern. Red, green, pink.
By Jay Walker
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Jay Walker is best known for his large-scale, site-specific installations and collector's pieces created with laser-cut vinyl, colored acrylic sheets, artist-made stencils, tape, and...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Untitled 9 (Abstract painting)
By Jesús Perea
Located in London, GB
Untitled 9 (Abstract painting)
Ink and perforantions on indian paper — Unframed.
Fluctuating between illustration and expressionism, connecting the geometric and biomorphic worlds, ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Old city. 1965. Paper, watercolor, 64x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Old city. 1965. Paper, watercolor, 64x50 cm
Colorful watercolor painting. Old town view
Malda Muižule was born in 1937 in the family of a blacksmith. Graduated from Liepāja Applied...
Category
1960s Post-Modern Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Blue Curaçao (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Blue Curaçao (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Fabriano paper 600g — Unframed
Barcelona based painter Nikolaos Schizas creates dynamic abstract paintings that radiate with vibrant spla...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Three women - Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art Minimalism, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus)
In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Flowers on the Beach, Botanical Watercolor Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful impressionist watercolor painting of vibrant Lewisian flowers along the waterline with mountains in the distant background. Signed and dated "H.P.C. 1/17/81" lower left. ...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Paper Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Tree of Dreamy Constellations. Ferdinand De Filippi (19
By Fernando De Filippi
Located in Firenze, IT
Tree of Dreamy Constellations.
Signed in reverse: Ferdinando De Filippi (born 1940, Lecce, Italy)
Tree of Dreamy Constellations is a fascinating painting created in a calligraphic m...
Category
1990s Contemporary Paper Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper, Wood, Canvas
Pastel Bust Of A Naked Young Woman Signed by Fried Pal American artist
By Pal Fried
Located in Gavere, BE
"Pastel Bust Of A Naked Young Woman Signed Fried Pal"
Pál Fried (June 16, 1893 in Hungary - March 6, 1976 in New York)
was a Hungarian artist known for his erotic paintings of dance...
Category
1950s American Realist Paper Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Pastel
Raccoon (Comanche Native American surrealist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Raccoon Watching Fish, ca. 1975-80. Gouache on Arches rag paper, Sheet measures 23 x 30 inches. Image measures 22 x 29 inches. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Unframed.
Category
1970s Surrealist Paper Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Rag Paper
Turtle (Comanche Native American surrealist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Turtle, ca. 1975-80. Gouache on Arches rag paper, Sheet measures 23 x 30 inches. Image measures 22 x 29 inches. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Unframed.
Category
1970s Surrealist Paper Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Rag Paper
Cactus Landscape (Comanche Native American surrealist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Cactus Landscape, ca. 1975-80. Gouache on Arches rag paper, Sheet measures 23 x 30 inches. Image measures 22 x 29 inches. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Unframed.
Category
1970s Surrealist Paper Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Rag Paper
Parrot (Comanche Native American surrealist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Parrot, ca. 1975-80. Gouache on Arches rag paper, Sheet measures 23 x 30 inches. Image measures 22 x 29 inches. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Unframed.
Category
1970s Surrealist Paper Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Rag Paper
Cobalt Canary - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting, Multi-Colored Octopus, Framed
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on Mulberry paper, which mimics the swirl of water, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is matted and framed in a white wooden frame measuring 18.25h x 24.25w x 1d inches.
Jeff Conroy
Cobalt Canary
sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper
12.50h x 18.25w in
31.75h x 46.35w cm
JEC122
Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil
The Mission Entrance
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful watercolor of mission entrance by Gladys Louise Bowman Fies (American, 1909-2005). Signed "Fies" lower left. Unframed. Image size, 18"H x 24"L.
Gladys Fies was a watercolorist, art teacher. Gladys attended the Jade Fon workshop at Asilomar in Pacific Grove for thirty years. She studied under many nationally known watercolorists, Millard Sheets, Rex Brandt and eight years with George Post...
Category
1970s Impressionist Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A night - Figurative Painting on Paper, Young art, Minimalism, Vibrant
Located in Warsaw, PL
WALERIA MATELSKA (born 1994 in Belarus)
In 2012-2015 she studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where in the years 2015-2018 she her diploma from t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Man & Woman (Comanche Native American surrealist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Man & Woman, ca. 1975-80. Gouache on Arches rag paper, Sheet measures 23 x 30 inches. Image measures 22 x 29 inches. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Unframed.
Category
1970s Surrealist Paper Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Rag Paper
Birds in Flight (Comanche Native American surrealist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Birds in Flight, ca. 1975-80. Gouache on Arches rag paper, Sheet measures 23 x 30 inches. Image measures 22 x 29 inches. Signed lower left. Excellent condition. Unframed.
Category
1970s Surrealist Paper Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Rag Paper
Pointilliste View of Istanbul - Painting by Stan Reszka - 1951
By Stan Reszka
Located in Roma, IT
Pointilliste View of Istanbul is a modern artwork realized by Stan Reszka in 1951
Oil on Canvas.
Hand signed Stan Reszka.
Titled, signed, dated on the reverse.
Includes frame.
S...
Category
1950s Modern Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Winged Woman - China Ink Drawing by Albert Decaris - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Winged woman is a fine ink drawing, realized by Albert Decaris (1901-1988) .
Good conditions.
Albert Decaris was a French artist, engraver and painter. ...
Category
1960s Modern Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
“Plein-Aire Painter”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful pastel on archival paper by the well known American pastelist, Gene Sparkman. In excellent condition and very nicely custom gallery frame. Signed lower right. Overall framed 23.75 by 32 inches.
Gene Sparkman (1941-2010)
Master pastelist, Gene Sparkman’s work is in many private, corporate and permanent public museum collections world-wide, such as, the Butler Institute of American Art, Franklin Library, The Smithsonian, et al. He was a director of the Pastel Society of America and elected Master Pastelist in 1984. Exhibitions and major awards include Salmagundi Club, NYC; Allied Artists of America, NYC; Pastel Society of America, NYC; Manchester Institute of the Arts, NH; Canton Art Institute, OH; Butler Institute of American Art, OH; New Britain Museum of American Art, CT; Society of Illustrators, NYC; Society of Illustrators, CA; Rameau Palais, Paris, France, etc.. Gene Sparkman studied with such formidable masters of their genre as California artists Joseph Henniger, Harry Carmean...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Paper Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Memories of Love III (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Color
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Memories of Love III (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - 2013
20x20cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print, based on a Polaroid.
Certificate and signatur...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Rozetta Raster Red - contemporary modern abstract geometric paper relief
By Eliza Kopec
Located in Doetinchem, NL
Rozetta Raster Red is a unique contemporary modern paper relief by renowned Polish-Dutch artist Eliza Kopec. This relief is a typical example of her preferred minimalist abstract geo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper
Propagation Study III
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rhythm exists here on the farm, beginning with the sunrise and the sounds of nature awakening. My art is a reaction to this sense of place. Whether I’m in the studio, tending to th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Dye, Emulsion, Cotton Canvas, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic...
Daniel Brice "Water - Blue" -- Watercolor Abstract Painting on Paper
By Daniel Brice
Located in New York, NY
Daniel Brice
Water - Blue, 2020
watercolor on paper
16 x 25 in image size
21 x 29 in paper size
This original abstract watercolor painting on paper by Daniel Brice features bold sha...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Circular currents - abstract painting
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful triptych by Eran Shmueli will bring color to any room it will be placed in.
These are 3 hand made pieces that comes rolled in a tube but can also shipped framed with ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper, Ballpoint Pen
River 1970, paper/watercolor/pencil, 14x20 cm
Located in Riga, LV
River
1970,paper/watercolor/pencil, 14x20 cm
Herberts Mangolds (1901-1978)
Graphic, army officer.
In 1920 he graduated from the Artillery Cadet School of Latvian and many military ...
Category
1970s Realist Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Kikusui - Japanese Gyotaku Painting of Orange Koi on Marbled Mulberry Paper
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
In Japan, they are known as Nishikigoi, or living jewels. These brilliantly colored varieties of the Amur carp have been selectively bred by family owned fisheries for generations. When I began this series of Gyotaku (Japanese fish printing) I studied the many varieties of Koi, each with their own unique colors and patterns. To create these pieces I print common carp I catch myself with sumi ink using traditional techniques used by Japanese fisherman...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Sumi Ink
Anonymous Sailor Painting
Located in New York, NY
Sailor Painting
2003
Signed and dated, l.r.
Watercolor on paper
10.5 x 13.5 inches, matted
19 x 23 inches, framed
This work is offered by CLAMP in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Scottish Highlands with Stream, Small-Scale Mountain Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Scenic watercolor painting of the Highlands in Scotland by United Kingdom artist S.H. Fairclough (Scottish, 20th century). This beautiful, small-sca...
Category
1970s Impressionist Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Judith Brenner, Merlot, Original work Paper, Abstract Painting, Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner Merlot 90 x120cm.
Mixed Media on Watercolour Paper
Unframed
mixed media, contemporary, acrylic, pigment, metal powder, contemporary collage, work on paper
Size: H:120 ...
Category
2010s Abstract Paper Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
Jules Perahim Surrealism Oil Painting on Paper Romanian French Surrealist Figure
Located in Surfside, FL
Jules Perahim (Born: 1914; Bucharest, Romania - Died: 2008; Paris, France)
Oil painting on paper depicting a figure with abstract multicolor design. (thi...
Category
1960s Surrealist Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Twilight on the Sawmill River
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated lower right: J.F. Cropsey 1887
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"New York City Skyline View from the East River, " Lionel Reiss, Jewish Artist
By Lionel Reiss
Located in New York, NY
Lionel S. Reiss (1894 - 1988)
New York City Skyline View from the East River
Watercolor on paper
13 x 19 inches
Signed lower left
In describing his own style, Lionel Reiss wrote, “By nature, inclination, and training, I have long since recognized the fact that...I belong to the category of those who can only gladly affirm the reality of the world I live in.” Reiss’s subject matter was wide-ranging, including gritty New York scenes, landscapes of bucolic Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and seascapes around Gloucester, Massachusetts. However, it was as a painter of Jewish life—both in Israel and in Europe before World War II—that Reiss excelled. I.B. Singer, the Nobel Prize winner for Literature, noted that Reiss was “essentially an artist of the nineteenth century, and because of this he had the power and the courage to tell visually the story of a people.”
Although Reiss was born in Jaroslaw, Poland, his family immigrated to the United States in 1898 when he was four years old. Reiss's family settled on New York City’s Lower East Side and he lived in the city for most of his life. Reiss attended the Art Students League and then worked as a commercial artist for newspapers and publishers. As art director for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he supposedly created the studio’s famous lion logo.
After World War I, Reiss became fascinated with Jewish life in the ‘Old World.’ In 1921 he left his advertising work and spent the next ten years traveling in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Like noted Jewish photographers Alter Kacyzne and Roman Vishniac, Reiss depicted Jewish life in Poland prior to World War II. He later wrote, “My trip encompassed three main objectives: to make ethnic studies of Jewish types wherever I traveled; to paint and draw Jewish life, as I saw it and felt it, in all aspects; and to round out my work in Israel.”
In Europe, Reiss recorded quotidian scenes in a variety of media and different settings such as Paris, Amsterdam, the Venice ghetto, the Jewish cemetery in Prague, and an array of shops, synagogues, streets, and marketplaces in the Jewish quarters of Warsaw, Lodz, Krakow, Lublin, Vilna, Ternopil, and Kovno. He paid great attention to details of dress, hair, and facial features, and his work became noted for its descriptive quality.
A selection of Reiss’s portraits appeared in 1938 in his book My Models Were Jews. In this book, published on the eve of the Holocaust, Reiss argued that there was “no such thing as a ‘Jewish race’.” Instead, he claimed that the Jewish people were a cultural group with a great deal of diversity within and between Jewish communities around the world. Franz Boas...
Category
1940s American Modern Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Spirit with Horns - Abstracted Figurative Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful abstracted surreal figure of a spirit by Michael Eggleston (American, 20th Century). This piece is bold and lively, with bright colors and rich blacks. This horned spirit i...
Category
1970s Surrealist Paper Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
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