1980s Paintings

Signed lower right, 'L. Curtis' for Lynn Curtis (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1985. Exhibited: Lodi Art Center, 11th Annual Art Exhibition (from accompanying label). Framed dimensions: 38.25 H x 60.5 W x 1.75 D Inches. A very substantial, oil and mixed media Modernist work showing a profusion of spring wild-flowers bursting through panels of wind-billowed canvas. A dynamic expression of spring's power of growth overcoming all physical restraint. Lynn Curtis holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Dartmouth College and a Masters in painting and drawing from The University of Iowa. She received a postgraduate certificate in printmaking from London's Slade School...

This is an oil on canvas painting depicting a group of people, seaside. The gilt frame is finely hand carved. The piece is from the 1980s and is signed Dimensions: Framed 18" H, ...

Artist: Peter Mack Title: Stripes One Year: circa 1980 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas with Clear Vinyl Overlay, signed l.r. Size: 48 x 48 in. (121.92 x 121.92 cm) Frame Size: 49 x 49 inches

Expressive winter landscape by an unknown artist (20th Century). Signed, dated, and titled in lower right corner. Presented in a rustic wood frame. Painting size: 18"H x 24"W

Artist: Betsy Kaufman – American (1953- ) Title: Landscape of Reflection Study Year: 1988 Medium: Acrylic on paper mounted to canvas Sight size: 13.5 x 1...

Majestic vintage seascape with dynamic waves crashing along a rocky coast by H.T. Wert (American, 20th Century). Signed lower right. Signed "H.T. Wert...

Red and brown abstract by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Signed "Les Anderson" lower left. Unframed,...

Flecks of Gold - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Unsigned, but was acquire...

Artist: Phyllis Plattner– American (1940-2022) Title: Plums #6 Year: 1987 Medium: Oil pastel Size: 26.5 x 43.5 inches Framed size: 30 x 47 inches Sign...

Still life with tray. 1980's, watercolor on paper, 75x55 cm Jekabs Arturs Springis (1907– 2004) Painter, Latvia 1924 – 1927 – he learned at Aizpute Secondary School 1927 – 1930 –...

flowers, Summer, green , Boris Lavrenko (Rostov, 1920 – St. Petersburg, 2001) Works by Boris Lavrenko can be found in various private collections in Europe, Japan, United States and in the following museums: Moscow, Tret’jakov Gallery Moscow, The Ministry of Culture Collection Moscow, Central Museum of the Soviet Army St. Petersburg, Russian State Museum St. Petersburg, History Museum St. Petersburg, Repin Institute Museum Novgorod, Fine Arts Museum Ostrov, Contemporary Art Museum Rostov, Fine Arts Museum Pskov, Koustodiev Gallery Kostroma, Contemporary Soviet Art...

"Geometric Abstract #8" is a 60 x 40 inches oil on board work by Philadelphia artist Morris Lewis Blackman. The painting is estate stamped on ver...

Artist: Clayton Anderson – American (1943- ) Title: Landscape With Two Spheres Year: 1989 Medium: Liquitex with Polymer on 300lbs Arches Sight size: 10.5 x 16.5 inches. Sheet size: 19.5 x 25.5 inches Framed size: 22.5 x 28.5 inches Signature: Signed lower left in image and incised lower left of sheet Condition: Very good Frame: Framed in original maple frame. Frame in fair to good condition The painting is in very god condition. The frame is in fair to good condition with some scratches on the side bars. Clayton Anderson is a surrealist painter and a prominent member of the California Visionary Artists Group. He has been on the spiritual path his entire adult life. The quiet meditative quality that permeates his work is a genuine expression of his transcendental quest. He studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and worked with Ben Kimihira, Walter Stuempfig...

sin titulo original pastel abstract painting Manel Font Díaz (Barcelona, 1950) es un artista centrado especialmente en la pintura, primero formado en la facultad de Bellas Artes de l...

Wonderful abstracted painting of New York's George Washington Bridge with Manhattan skyline in background. Signed "Bing" lower right corner. P...

Get in Gear - Geometric Abstract Expressionist Mandala in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting in red by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A ...

Artist: Michael Bergt – American (1956- ) Title: Untitled Year: unknown, circa 1985 Medium: Watercolor Sight size: 10.5 x 14.5 inches. Framed size: 17.5...

"Locked Out" - A Face and a Figure in Acrylic on Paper A bold figurative painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th Century). A face and a figure have been superimposed upon each other, with no clear indication as to which in in the foreground. They are composed of red, brown, and black, with a stippled texture at the bottom. From a collection of Ricardo de Silva's work and memorabilia. DeSilva was born in Brazil and grew up in Los Angeles. He was a gallery owner, first in Santa Barbara in the 1960's and 70's, then in San Jose in the 1980's. He was dedicated to promoting the work of talented upcoming artists, including Kogyo and Hasui Kiyochika, Robert Frame, Jim Stuckenberg, Alice Robertson Carr, Deborah Eve Alastra...

Portrait of a Magellan in Profile in Acrylic on Paper Stylized modern portrait of Ferdinand Magellan by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). Looking ...

An original painting by Harry McCormick from circa 1980. In an excellent gold frame. Artist: Harry McCormick, American (1942 - ) Title: Woman in Yellow Dress...

Hand Signed and dated overleaf. Certificate of Authenticity by Fondazione Pablo Echaurren.

Artist: Edd Meyers Title: A Kiss Year: 1983 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.c. Size: 45 in. x 57 in. (114.3 cm x 144.78 cm)

This painting was created by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he crea...

Small, serene winter landscape by L. Treurniet (French, 20th Century). The viewer is positioned in the middle of the road, looking past an old gate into the ...

This watercolor is by noted marine artist Giorgina Candelaria Wells. Wells has lived and painted in both San Francisco, CA and Gig Harbor, WA. This painting depicts a sailboat called...

Figure Rising from a Yellow Field - Abstract Composition in Acrylic on Paper A bold abstract painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A figur...

Arijs Skride (1906.24.IX Madonna parish – 1987.22.XI Riga), painter. Arijs Skride was born into a farmer's family. Wife Gundega Vaska – graphic artist. At the age of 15, he passed ...

Blue Cloud, Pink Sky is an original artwork realized by the English artist Martin Bradley in 1983. Original gouache on paper. Titled on the lower left corner Blue Cloud, Pink Sky...

Black Sun in the Red and White Sky - Acrylic on Paper Bold abstract by Ricardo de Silva (American/Brazil, 20th C). A large black and yellow orb sits in a swirling white and yellow s...

Charles Eckart was born in Oakland, California and grew up in Yosemite Valley. He is a painter who started etching with his own press in 1966. The etching has always paralleled the v...

Fruit ,Peaches,Green pink, yellow, summer Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) 1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina. 1949-56: he began artis...

Purple mixed abstract by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Signed "Les Anderson" lower right. Unframed. Image size, 15.25"H x 23"L. From the estate of Les Anderso...

Portrait of Andy Warhol with Purple Hair in Pastel and Gouache on Paper Whimsical portrait by Ricardo de Silva (Brazilian, 20th Century). Andy Warhol is l...

A large horizontal, blue-toned Abstract Geometric painting by Institute of Design artist Eugene Dana. Artwork size: 34" x 48". Framed size: 35" x 49". Provenance: Estate of th...

Charles Eckart was born in Oakland, California and grew up in Yosemite Valley. He is a painter who started etching with his own press in 1966. The etching has always paralleled the v...

Hockey is an original artwork realized by Edgar Stoëbel during the 1980s. Tempera on paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner. Very good conditions except for som...

A 1980 yellow-toned, Abstract Geometric painting by Institute of Design artist Eugene Dana. Artwork size: 27" x 41". Framed size: 28". x42". Provenance: Estate of the artist. E...

Artist in Gouache on Interview Magazine Back Page 1989 Modernism Portrait of a man and commemorating The Fall of the Berlin Wall on Andy Worhol's Interview Magazine back page and pai...

Signed lower right, 'S. Darrah' for Sherry Darrah (American, 20th century), additionally signed, verso. Sherry Darrah attended Platt Technical College and received a diploma in Graphic Arts after which she continued to study painting independently. She has exhibited in Balboa Park's Spanish Village and at various San Diego art...

Oil painting of a mime and a mother and child dark

Signed lower right, 'Phillips' for Dick Phillips (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1965. Additionally signed, verso, on stretcher bar, 'Dick Ric...

Gary Hansmann (1947-2008) was active/lived in California. He is known for abstract, Surrealism figure painting. Gary William Hansmann was born Dec. 4, 1940, in San Diego to Ethel May...

Very nice original work by Yvon Taillandier from the 80s. The work of Yvon Taillandier is related to the free figuration, mixing image and language. His painting has an aesthetic cl...

Red and blue abstract by Carmel, California artist Heidi Hybl (American, 20th Century). Rendered in bold tones of red, black, and blue, this piece has a brutalist architectural feel....

Signed lower left, 'McCullough' for Jane McCullough (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1985. Jane McCullough was an avid California plein air painter, exhibiting and took ar...

"Lady Looking at Brian (Her Grandson)" Mixed media collage, assemblage, gestural painting on masonite. Hand Signed in ink and titled verso. It does not appear to be dated. I am estimating it is from the 1980's. It has some Postmodern elements and similarities to Transavanguardia is the Italian version of Neo-expressionism. Francie Bishop Good (American, 1949-) Francie Bishop Good was raised in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She currently lives and works in South Florida and New York City. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Bishop Good is twice recipient of the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship, and the State of Florida Individual Artist Fellowship. She completed her Graduate Studies at Maine Media College, Rockport, Maine, International Center of Photography, New York, New York, Master of Arts, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, B.F.A. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, William Allen High School, studies under James Musselman Her museum solo shows include the Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL, Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL, and the Hilliard Museum, Lafayette, LA. Bishop Good's work has been shown at David Castillo Gallery, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL. Griffin Museum of Photography, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, and AMbrosino Gallery. Recent museum acquisitions include Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, The Patricia & Philip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University, Miami, FL, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL and the NSU Art Museum, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Selected Group and Invitational Exhibitions NSU Art Museum, Remember to React: 60 Years of Collection, Fort Lauderdale, FL Frost Art Museum, Connectivity: Selections from the Collection of the Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL Dual Roles, curated by Laura Marsh, Art and Culture Center of Hollywood FL David Castillo Gallery, gallery artists, in terms of collage, Miami Beach, FL Multidisciplinary, curated by Dimensions Variable, Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Cornell Museum, Artistically Speaking, Boca Raton Museum of Art, FL. People and Places, Photographs from the Collection, summer 2015 Frost Museum, FIU Miami FL, 25 Inches, The Faces of the Permanent Collection Locust Projects, Smash and Grab, November Annie Wharton Fine Art, Los Angeles group show, summer Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale ,The Art of Caring summer Women to Women, collaboration with Samantha Salzinger, Bakehouse Fredric Snitzer Gallery Boy oh Boy, Summer Show Miami A.I.R. Gallery, The Man I Wish I Was, curator Kharis Kennedy Photo Miami with Nina Arias, Miami, FL December Alva Gallery, New London, Ct Being Good: Women's Moral Values Art Basel with Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL 51st Venice Biennale, Italy Poles Apart / Poles Together, International Artists' Museum, White Box Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL, FOCUS ON: New Photography, National Museum of Women in the Arts, FL Transitory Patterns Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL Optic Nerve Selected Collections Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Ma. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Ct. Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL Frost Museum of Art, Miami Florida Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, Florida Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida Sagamore Hotel Collection, Miami Beach, Florida Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Refco Collection, Chicago, Illinois Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania New World Symphony Residence, Miami, Florida Art in Public Places, Broward County, Florida Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Florida William Gates III (Bill Gates) Monica and Richard Segal Saks Fifth Avenue Asides from being an exceptional artist she is also a passionate collector. Photographs by Cindy Sherman and the late Ana Mendieta, collages by Kara Walker, a watercolor by Louise Bourgeois, Cecily Brown, Tracey Emin, Teresita Fernandez, Carrie Mae Weems, Nan Goldin, Barbara Kruger, Catherine Opie, Lorna Simpson, Kiki Smith, Mickalene Thomas, and Kara Walker. are among 100 works by leading contemporary artists donated by philanthropists David Horvitz...

Artist: Cary Smith, Puerto Rican/American (1955 - ) Title: Not Now Year: 1989 Medium: Oil and wax on canvas Size: 72 x 72 in. (182.88 x 182.88 cm)

Artist: Nick Wallis, American XXth Title: Parallels on Peach Year: circa 1980 Medium: Acrylic on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 60 x 48 in. (152.4 x 121.92 cm)

Artist: Dana Loomis Title: Attributes of Art Year: 1984 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and titled in marker Size: 40 in. x 46 in. (101.6 cm x 116.84 cm) Frame Size: 41 x 47 inches

This spectacular mural size painting was commissioned as a commercial assignment for a Bloomingdale's window backdrop. It's of monumental size and a rare statement piece. It was pu...

Lying Nude with Signals 1 (Original Title: Nudo disteso con segnali 1) is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the Italian artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original O...

Uccelliera is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera on ivor...

"Walking Crane," an abstract acrylic painting incorporating stippling and other textural effects, as well as two chops (stamps), by an unknown artist. The piece is presented in a dou...

Artist: Howard Rees – American (1941- ) Title: Untitled Year: circa 1985 Medium: Watercolor Sight size: 14 x 20 inches. Framed size: 21 x 27 inches Signa...

Pierre Dorion (Canadian, b. 1959) Pontoise, 1989 Oil and mixed media on canvas 47 3/4 x 36 in. Framed: 56 x 43 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. Signed, dated, and inscribed verso Jack Shainman Galle...

Portrait of an elderly man in a baseball hat by an unknown artist (20th Century). Signed and dated ("VHGE '85") in the lower right corner. No frame.

Little Sky 3 (original title: Piccolo Cielo) is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1985 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original Oil painting o...

Little Market (Origin Title: Mercatino) is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1983 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original Oil on canvas. Tot...