1980s Paintings

This is an authentic woodblock print by Shiro Kasamatsu 笠松紫浪 in 1953. It is part of his "Eight Views of Tokyo" series東京八景の内. This is one of Shiro Kasamatsu (1898-1991)'s most iconi...

Echoes of the Atelier XII, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agei...

Echoes of the Atelier X, acrylic on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art professor fro...

RAFAEL DURAN BENET (Terrassa, 1931 – Barcelona, 2015) Title: Port of Barcelona Technique: Oil on canvas-board Dimensions: 61 × 46 cm — (24 × 18.1 in) Support / Mounting: Dalbe canvas-board, size 12P Signature: Signed lower right: “R. D.” Period / Date: c. 1980–1990 Condition: Very good. Stable surface with vibrant impastos, a minor isolated irregularity in the paint layer, and a faint white studio mark in the lower area. No losses or retouching. Framing: Unframed. Provenance: Private collection, Sitges. (Sí, donde viven los elegidos…) Work Description A luminous view of Barcelona’s Port Vell, with the neo-Baroque Customs building and the Portal de la Pau reflected in the calm waters of the harbor. In the foreground, sailboats and fishing boats form a horizontal frieze that contrasts with the vertical silhouettes of palm trees and towers in the background. The brushstroke is free, broken, rich in impasto and chromatic transparency, capturing the trembling air of the Mediterranean. Ochres, pinks and blues merge into a vibrant atmosphere, characteristic of the artistic maturity of Rafael Durán Benet, who managed to infuse urban landscapes with the same poetic spirit present in his views of Cadaqués and the Costa Brava. Artistic Commentary Rafael Durán Benet represents the continuity of post-war Catalan Impressionism, heir to Joaquim Mir and to his uncle Rafael Benet i Vancells, yet with a looser and more modern interpretation. His painting blends architectural precision with chromatic freedom, achieving a balance between structure and emotion. In this work, port architecture becomes a pictorial motif where color and light are the true protagonists. The sense of movement on the water and the warm atmosphere evoke the same sensitivity found in artists such as Ignacio Gil Sala, Jordi Pagans Montsalvatje...

On offer is a monumental pointillism painting, a reinterpretation of “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte,” created a century earlier by French painter George Seurat,...

'Le Banc Public à Paris' ('The Park Bench in Paris'), oil on board, by Jordi Roca (circa 1980s). This atmospheric, sizeable work captures the quiet presence of a Parisian public benc...

Author: Bernard Leemker (Groningen, 1899 – 1990) Title: Portrait of a Boy with Teddy Bear Date: 1984 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 55 × 45 cm — 21.7 × 17.7 in Support / Mounti...

Echoes of the Atelier IV, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agein...

4090 An abstract graffiti art, oil on artist board displayed in a custom -made wood frame Image size 12H x 12 W

Rydal Water by Arthur Terry Blamires (English, born 1930) signed oil on board, framed titled verso framed: 22 x 30 inches board : 27 x 25 inches Provenance: private collection, Cumbr...

'Expressions in Bloom: Portraits from the 20th Century III', oil on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings thro...

Figures on Parisian Street with Moulin Rouge Paris Sign in Impressionist Style by British Artist, Tony Mercier (Born 1945) Art measures 8 x 10 inches Frame measures 11 x 13 inches ...

Title: Cadaqués Artist: Ramon Pichot Soler (1924–1996) Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 54 x 65 cm (approx. 21.3 x 25.6 inches) Signature: Signed in the lower right corner Condit...

Title: Maternity Artist: Jesús Villar (1930–2015) Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 14.96 x 18.11 in Framing: Unframed Signature: Signed lower right: JVillar Date: Circa 1980s ...

1983 Gouache and pencil on graph paper 24.7 x 26 cm 9 3/4 x 10 1/4 in Bridget Riley is one of the most influential figures in postwar British art, celebrated for her rigorous explor...

'Feminine Forms: Harmony in Curves', oil on board, German School (circa 1980s). Two nude figures portrayed in the abstract posture differently. Both are curvaceous and Rubenesque. Re...

At first glance, we focus on the chiseled features of the woman reclining languorously in an enveloping purple wing chair. There are refinements here. A silken fringed shawl. Delicat...

4062 Modern beach bathers gouache figural painting on artist board. Set in a vintage carved walnut frame Image size 14x21.5"

'Portrait of a Young Woman', oil on board, by Peter Robert Keil (1983). A wide-eyed woman gazes out to the viewer with an inquisitive gaze. The artist's use of exuberant colours beli...

Frame size 70x59 cm. Caroline Burnett, born in 1940, was a painter known for capturing the charm of urban scenes and landscapes with a vibrant and colorful style. Although little is...

Oil on board realized by Luciano Schifano (1943) in 1987. Hand signed and titled. Good condition.

**Technical Sheet** Title: Cadaqués Artist: Rafael Durán Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) Technique: Oil on canvas board Dimensions: 13 x 16 inches (33 x 41 cm) Year: Un...

Cubist Composition by Jean Besnard (1922-2007) oil on board, unframed signed with initials, dated board: 27 x 26 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: good and sou...

Keith Haring. 1958-1990. The iconography of his drawings includes dancing animals and figures, dogs, crawling babies, pyramids, televisions, telephones, and flying saucers. The idea ...

"Florentine Expressions: A Portrait Series XII", oil on canvas, mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art professor from the Istituto di Arte di Porta Romana, Florence, Italy. The professor released works of artists whom he mentored over the years. We are unsure who painted the series we acquired as several are just signed, 'Giacomo', or, left completely unsigned, yet many are clearly by the same artist. This one is in good overall condition and has been newly framed with a French-style linen slip. The canvas is textural like one of the vintage maps...

Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Cadaques - Oil on canvas on cardboard Oil measurements 33x41 cm. Frame size 43x51 cm.. Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Ca...

Frederic Cabanas (1954) - Pitussi - Oil on canvas Oil measurements 92x65 cm. Without frame. ​ Frederic Cabanas Multifaceted artist, painter, sculptor, musician, photographer, wr...

This graphic painting by John Scott deals with images associated with the devil and war. Growing up in Windsor, Ontario, in the 1950s during the Cold War, John Scott experienced the...

Joseph Glasco (American, 1925–1996) Untitled 1980 Acrylic and collage on canvas Initialed and dated verso 48 x 48 inches Joseph Glasco was born in Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma and grew u...

'Florentine Abstraction in Colour', Florentine School, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, circa 1980s-90s. A striking departure from the colourful figurative portraits from the same...

Children holding pails with chickens by a duck pond & cottage in the English Countryside by British Artist, Les Parson entitled 'Arm in Arm'. Art measures...

Vintage American school modernist interior dance party painting. Watercolor and on paper. Signed. Framed. Measuring 12" x 21" framed and 11" x 20" painting alone.

Artist: Valeri Farràs Title: Mediterranean Landscape with Architecture and Cypress Trees Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 60 × 73 cm (23.6 × 28.7 in) Framing: Unframed Signature:...

The Old French Town by Claude Marin (French 1914-2001) signed and dated 84 oil on artist card stuck on board, unframed board: 7.5 x 9.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris, ...

Figurative abstract oil on canvas of a performing orchestra. Great colors and brushstrokes. Signed lower right.

Paris by Claude Marin (French 1914-2001) signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 28.5 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris, France Condition: very good condition Origina...

Trees & Cottage in the English Countryside by 20th Century British Landscape Artist, James Wright Signed, Original, Oil on Canvas, housed in a beautiful ornate gold frame. Provenanc...

Richard Andres American, 1927-2013 Untitled, c. 1980 acrylic and ink on paper mounted on canvas signed lower right 24 x 20 inches 25 x 21 inches, framed Note: Minor abrasion on lowe...

Le Pecheur by Claude Marin (French 1914-2001) signed and dated 89 oil on artist card stuck on board, unframed board: 9 x 10.5 inches Inscribed verso Provenance: private collection, P...

Benito Magallón (1947-2011) - Landscape - Oil on canvas Oil measurements 54x65 cm. Frameless. Benito Magallón was born in Cascante, Navarra, in 1947. At the age of 6 he went to live...

Dawn Seascape Painting with Pink Sky and Waves by 20th Century British Artist, Norman Scott Art measures 16 x 12 inches Frame measures 18 x 14 inches Vintage Original Oil on Boar...

Original acrylic on canvas painting by the well known Saint Tropez artist, Michel Guy Nochet. Signed lower right, “Guy Nochet. Dated in pencil on f...

Red Thumbprint - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). This piece i...

Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Cadaques - Oil on canvas on cardboard Oil measurements 46x55 cm. Frameless. Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan paint...

Tom Alan Lieber, (American, born 1949), Untitled Monotype oil painting on paper 1984 Hand signed TL and dated '84 in the lower margin. Measurements: 47 X 63 inches This was probab...

Mystery Artist Tennessee, 9/12/86 Oil on canvas 34 x 43 3/4 x 1 in. Titled and inscribed upper left

Roland Ayers (1932-2017). Untitled, 1983. Ink on paper, measures 17 x 23 inches. Unframed and unmounted. Signed and dated lower left. Ayers holds the distinction of having participated in the first important survey of African-Americans, Contemporary Black Artists in America, a 1971 show at The Whitney. Biography: Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Alice and Lorenzo Ayers, and grew up in the Germantown district of Philadelphia. Ayers served in the US Army (stationed in Germany) before studying at the Philadelphia College of Art (currently University of the Arts). He graduated with a BFA in Art Education, 1954. He traveled Europe 1966-67, spending time in Amsterdam and Greece in particular. During this period, he drifted away from painting to focus on linear figurative drawings of a surreal nature. His return home inaugurated the artist’s most prolific and inspired period (1968-1975). Shorty before his second major trip abroad in 1971-72 to West Africa, Ayers began to focus on African themes, and African American figures populated his work almost exclusively. In spite of Ayers’ travel and exploration of the world, he gravitated back to his beloved Germantown, a place he endowed with mythological qualities in his work and literature. His auto-biographical writing focuses on the importance of place during his childhood. Ayers’ journals meticulously document the ethnic and cultural make-up of Germantown, and tell a compelling story of class marginalization that brought together poor families despite racial differences. The distinctive look and design of Germantown inform Ayers’ visual vocabulary. It is a setting with distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and haunting natural beauty. These characteristics are translated and recur in the artist’s imagery. During his childhood, one of the only books in the Ayers household was an illustrated Bible. The images within had a profound effect on the themes and subjects that would appear in his adult work. Figures in an Ayers’ drawing often seem trapped in a narrative of loss and redemption. Powerful women loom large in the drawings: they suggest the female role models his journals record in early life. The drawings can sometimes convey a strong sense of conflict, and at other times, harmony. Nature and architecture seem to have an antagonistic relationship that is, ironically, symbiotic. A critical turning point in the artist’s career came in 1971 when he was included in the extremely controversial Whitney Museum show, Contemporary Black Artists in America. The exhibition gave Ayers an international audience and served as a calling card for introductions he would soon make in Europe. Ayers is a particularly compelling figure in a period when black artists struggled with the idea of authenticity. A questioned often asked was “Is your work too black, or not black enough?” Abstractionists were considered by some peers to be sell-outs, frauds or worse. Figurative* work was accused of being either sentimental or politically radical depending on the critical source. Ayers made the choice early on to be a figurative artist, but considered his work devoid of political content. Organizations such as Chicago’ s Afri-Cobra in the late 1960‘s asserted that the only true black art of any relevance must depict the black man and woman...

Echoes of the Atelier III, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agei...

Artist unknown "Black & White Lounger" c. 1980s Acrylic on Strathmore paper 40.5"x25.75" unframed Unsigned Very Good Condition - Minor wear consistent with age and history 2" tear o...

Nicholas Maravell. House in Snow, 1989. Ink and watercolor on paper, 10.5 x 13.75 inches; 18 x 21.25 inches framed. Signed with artist monogram lower right. Gallery label affixe...

G. Harvey (Gerald Harvey Jones) (1933-2017) San Antonio, Austin, and Fredericksburg Artist Image Size: 60 x 40 Frame Size: 71 x 51 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signed 1980 "The Blowout" Woo...

Echoes of the Atelier I, acrylic on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art professor fro...

Oil Painting of Glaramara and Combe Ghyll in the English Lake District by Modern British Landscape Artist Arthur Terry Blamires (b. 1930) Art measures 20 x 16 inches Frame measure 2...

Peter Max, German/American (1937 - ) - Running Man, Year: 1989, Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed, Size: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.64 cm), Frame Size: 24 x 21 inches

Abstracted landscape by Derrik Van Nimwegen (American, b. 1969). Moody and expressive, this landscape captures the feel of a nearby storm with heav...

Artist: Felix Angel – Colombian/American (1949- ) Title: Untitled - Equestrian Year: 1985 Medium: acrylic on canvas Size: 44 x 56 inches Signature: Signed...

Oil on canvas realized by Daniela Romano (1947-2009) in 1980s. Hand signed lower right. Includes a wooden chassis 35x45 cm. Very good condition.

Robert Longo's "Pressure on Heaven/God" is a classic work from the 1980s, a period that is very much in vogue these days and subject of major critical, commercial and scholarly re-ex...

Rafael Durán Benet (Barcelona, 1931–2015) Title: Cadaqués Medium: Oil on canvas-board Size: 46 × 55 cm (18.1 × 21.6 in) Signature: Signed lower right R. Durán Inscription: Titled Cad...

Gorgeous Sausalito and the Golden Gate Bridge landscape oil painting by Calderon (Spain, 20th Century). Presented in a giltwood frame. Signed "Calderon" lower right. Image size, 30"H...