1990s Paintings

Artist: Miguel Dominguez – American (1941-) Title: Rural Relics Year: ca. 1990 Medium: Watercolor Sight size: 12 x 16 inches. Framed size: 20.5 x 24...

Beautiful floral still life by American artist, Jo Spiller. Watercolor on wove paper, sheet measures 23 x 30 inches; 35 x 44 inches framed. Signed lower lef...

Canadian artist Pat Service grew up surrounded by the rugged beauty of the BC landscape—forests, sea and sky. In this, one of her earlier landscape paintings Service has captured a v...

Purvis Young (1943-2010) Mixed media collage oil on poster board painting. Painted atop a voting advertisement sign. Signed in multiple places on piece "Young". Purvis Young (1943 – 2010) was an African American artist from the Overtown neighborhood of Miami, Florida. Young's work, often a blend of collage and painting, utilizes found objects and the experience of African Americans in the south. Purvis Young painted on scrap lumber, old doors, tax forms, street signs, cardboard and plywood that he scavenged from the streets and vacant lots of Overtown, the historically black neighborhood where he lived in Miami, Florida. Young gained recognition as a cult contemporary artist, with a collectors' following that included Jane Fonda, Damon Wayans, Jim Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, and others. In 2006 a feature documentary titled Purvis of Overtown was produced about his life and work. His work is found in the collections of the American Folk Art Museum, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the High Museum of Art, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and others. In 2018, he was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. Purvis Young was born in Liberty City, a neighborhood of Miami, Florida, on February 2, 1943. As a young boy, his uncle introduced him to drawing, but Young lost interest quickly. He never attended high school. As a teenager, Young served three years (1961–64) in prison at North Florida's Raiford State Penitentiary for breaking and entering. While in prison he would regain his interest in art and began drawing and studying art books. When released, he began to produce thousands of small drawings, which he kept in shopping carts and later glued into discarded books and magazines that he found on the streets. He proceeded to move into the Overtown neighborhood of Miami. Young became attracted to a vacant alley called Goodbread Alley, which was named after the Jamaican bakeries that once occupied the street; he started living there in 1971. In the early 1970s, Young found inspiration in the mural movements of Chicago and Detroit, and decided to create a mural of inspiration Overtown. He had never painted before, but inspiration struck and he began to create paintings and nailing them to the boarded up storefronts that formed the alley. He painted on wood he found on the streets and occasionally paintings would "disappear" from the wall, but Young didn't mind. About two years after starting the mural, tourists started visiting the alley, mainly white tourists. Occasionally, Young sold paintings to visitors - tourists and collectors alike - right off the wall. The mural garnered media attention, including the attention of millionaire Bernard Davis, owner of the Miami Art Museum. Davis became a patron of Young, providing him with painting supplies as well. Davis died in 1973, leaving Young a local celebrity in Miami. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he explored other inspirations by watching historical documentaries about war, the Great Depression, commerce, and Native American conflicts and struggles in the United States. In 1999 the Rubell family, notable art collectors from New York, purchased the entire content of Young's studio, a collection of almost 3,000 pieces. In 2008 the Rubell's donated 108 works to Morehouse College In 2015, The Bass Museum of Art announced that it is donating almost 400 pieces of Young's art to the permanent collection in the Black Archives History and Research Foundation of South Florida. The foundation is located in Lyric Theater in Overtown. Young found strong influence in Western art history and voraciously absorbed books from his nearby public library by Rembrandt, Vincent van Gogh, Gauguin, El Greco, Daumier and Pablo Picasso. His work was vibrant and colorful, and was described as appearing like fingerpainting. Reoccurring themes in his work were angels, wild horses, and urban landscapes. Through his works, he expressed social and racial issues, and served as an outspoken activist about politics and bureaucracy. Two Purvis Young works appear on the 2018 David Byrne album "American Utopia." He is included in the collection of the Metro-Miami Dade Cultural Center. Since its 1970 start, the Permanent Art Collection has been recognized nationally as a fearless reflection of Miami’s diversity, and an invaluable chronicle of its artistic and social history. Their collection includes Elizabeth Catlett, Purvis Young and Emilio Sanchez. His work has since been included in numerous private collections and museums and was championed by the Joy Moos gallery, an influential gallery specializing in folk art, street art, self-taught visionary, outsider art and contemporary art (Galerie Moos, Montréal; Joy Moos Gallery, Miami. Joy was a recognized photographer, jewelry designer and interior decorator. She wrote a catalogue on Purvis Young and promoted Cuban artist Ramon Carulla. Her gallery also showed major contemporary artists such as Robert Rauschenberg of Captiva Island and Edward Ruscha of Los Angeles. SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2020 "Prophets and Angels": Purvis Young & Édouard Vuillard, Shin Gallery New York, NY 2019 "Personal Structures" Palazzo Mora, Venice, Italy 2019 "Purvis Young" solo exhibition James Fuentes LLC, New York, NY 2018/2019 "Purvis Young" solo exhibition, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL (for Art Basel) 2018 "History Refused to Die" Group Exhibition, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC 2017 "Revelations" Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, CA 2015 "50 for 50," LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles, CA 2003 “African American Masters: Highlights from the Smithsonian American Art Museum,” New York Historical Society 1997 “Pictured in My Mind: Contemporary American Self-Taught Art from the Collection of Dr. Kurt Gitter and Alice Rae Yelen,” DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA “Bearing Witness: African-American Vernacular Art of the South,” Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY “Purvis Young-The Streets of Overtown: 1996 “Souls Grown Deep: African American Vernacular Art of the South - The Arnett Collection,” Emory University 1994 “Purvis Young: Books and Works on Paper,” Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA “Passionate Visions of the American South: Self-Taught Artists from 1940 to the Present,” New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA “Purvis Young”, Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France “Purvis Young: Art and Real Life,” Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany “Purvis Young Works of Paper (The Books),” Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York City, NY “Sam Doyle, William Hawkins...

Unconscious Female Force Signed and dated lower right, canvas 43x51 with frame 45x53 Born in 1950 Vina Del Mar Chile. Already when a child his drawings and paintings were noticed by the public. From 1966 to 1969 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Valparaiso where he received awards every year. Very soon he exhibited his works that document his specific interest in the portrayal of man in Chile. In the age of 24 he went abroad having exhibition in several Latin American countries. In 1983 he joined the League Art Student of New York. Duran developed his style which distinguishes him from present day currents. His work was exhibited in Europe, South America and USA recently his work was exhibited in Chile. Ivan Duran Garlick...

A bright contemporary portrait by Clifford Hanley, depicting a delivery man having a smoke in his cab, whilst driving into blinding sunlight. Signed and dated to the lower left-hand ...

A striking scene depicting a mother pushing her baby past a bustling shoe shop. A child exits the shop, face smearing with ice cream passing the shopkeeper in a Puma jacket. the pain...

Bruce Adams was a painter, art educator, and writer. Born in Buffalo, N.Y., in 1952, he received a B.S. in 1976 and an M.A. in 1983 from Buffalo State College. Adams’s work is includ...

lake in the pPyrenees Landscape original watercolor painting frame Original watercolor by the Spanish artist Joaquin Cabane. Painter and watercolorist, Joaquim Cabané traveled in search of inspiration different points of the Spanish and Italian geography, capturing luminous views of the Catalan and Majorcan coasts, urban landscapes of Venice...

cabane. lake in the Pyrenees Landscape . figurative. lake.mountains. blue Original watercolor by the Spanish artist Joaquin Cabane. 1922/1993 Painter and watercolorist, Joaquim Cabané traveled in search of inspiration different points of the Spanish and Italian geography, capturing luminous views of the Catalan and Majorcan coasts, urban landscapes of Venice...

Searching the Waters ​by Lu Haskew Pastel 18x22" image size, 26x30" framed Figurative Portrait of young children on a dock looking into the water. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lu Haskew 1921...

This striking portrait of a focused motorist is signed and dated to the upper right corner. Well presented in a simple pine frame. On canvas on stret...

A colourful profile portrait by Clifford Hanley, of male driver perspiring in a stuffy red car with no air-conditioning. The painting is signed and dated to the lower right-hand corn...

A fine 20th Century oil scene in wonderfully vibrant tones, showing two men, bathed in golden light through the windshield of their car as they drive towards the sun. The close cropp...

A striking profile depiction of a man in the driver's seat of a car. Painted in an expressive style in a vibrant colour palette. Signed and dated to the lower left. Titled to the rev...

Reference number A53 Framed with a natural oak floated frame 23 x 29 cm frame included (18 x 24 cm without frame) This work is painted with oil on a paper that is mounted on a board ...

Joan Vives Maristany (XX) - Picnic on the beach - Oil on panel Oil measures 15.5x32 cm. Frameless.

Grace Graupe-Pillard has concentrated on portraiture since her early charcoal drawings which she exhibited at The Drawing Center, NYC in 1981. Her work, which has been exhibited at notable institutions such as MOMA PS1 and galleries including Cheim & Read Gallery (NY) and Carl Hammer Gallery...

Landscape Finder. Goyo painted this intriguing painting in 1994, when his inspiration from the old masters was most noticeable. The artist declares: “I feel a powerful attraction to ...

Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left. b. 1941, British Born in the East coastal town of Bridlington in Yorkshire, England, and largely self-taught, Michael Whitehand is one of England’s top maritime artists. He has successfully exhibited his work internationally and his paintings are in important collections, like Britain’s recent Prime Minister, John Major...

"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban The painting measures 65 x 48 inches. We love that in the middle of ...

Woodworking Golden wooden frame 85 x 58 x 4.5 cm

A striking 20th Century portrait from an unusual perspective, showing an artist, hard at work at their easel. The artist has signed and dated to the lower left and the painting has b...

Houses. 1991. Cardboard, canvas, oil, 34.5x50.5 cm Valdis Bush (1924-2014) studied at the Art academy of Latvia (1945 – 1950), his favorite professors being A. Skride, L. Svemps, yet he did not graduate from the academy with a diploma work. 1943 - 1944 - service at legion, 1944 - service at Red army, 1945 – demobilization. He worked as a teacher at Far East (1949), the Ukraine, Belogorsk (1950 – 1955), Riga’s Printing craft school (1955 – 1969). 1973 - the member of Latvian Artists...

Street of Tunisi is an original contemporary artwork realized by Alexander Sergheev in 1990s. Mixed colored oil on canvas. Initials of the artist on th e lower margin. Includes fr...

A monumental 59" x 82" with frame oil on canvas painting of a rocky mountain vista by John Terelak. Signed and dated lower left and inscribed verso. It...

Modern abstract figurative portrait painting by Houston, TX artist David Adickes. The work features a two men in suits with a young girl wearing yellow posing with birds and a blank ...

The room of metamorphosis is an original contemporary artwork realized by Leo Guida in 1998. Mixed colored tempera on paper. Includes frame: 106 x 106 cm Original title: La stanza...

Signed lower right on border, 'Heather Foster' (American, 20th century), dated 1991 and titled, verso, 'Hamden #2'. Heather Foster was born in Philadelphia and attended art classes ...

Krzysztof Gliszczyński is Professor for painting on Academy of fine arts Gdansk. Krzysztof Gliszczyński born in Miastko in 1962. Graduated from the Gdańsk Academy of Fine Arts in 1...

The Arrows of Love French School, dated 1998 indistinctly signed to each painting each inscribed verso and with former collectors label pair of acrylic paintings on canvas, framed ea...

Men Philosophizing 1998 Born in 1950 Vina Del Mar Chile. Already when a child his drawings and paintings were noticed by the public. From 1966 to 1969 he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Valparaiso where he received awards every year. Very soon he exhibited his works that document his specific interest in the portrayal of man in Chile. In the age of 24 he went abroad having exhibition in several Latin American countries. In 1983 he joined the League Art Student of New York. Duran developed his style which distinguishes him from present day currents. His work was exhibited in Europe, South America and USA recently his work was exhibited in Chile. Ivan Duran Garlick...

Robert Baribeau (1949 - ) is an American Abstract painter, best known for his mixed-media paintings. This painting is signed and titled verso.

Artist/ School: Huguette Ginet-Lasnier (French 1927-2020), signed lower front and inscribed verso Ginet-Lasnier, the wife of the painter Jean Lasnier, was born in the Seine-Maritime...

A multicoloured oil portrait by Clifford Hanley, depicting a casual male motorist caught in heavy traffic. Signed and dated to the lower right-hand edge. With a second artwork by the...

Frame size 73x81 cm. Oil on canvas laid on cardboard. Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan painter, nephew of the also painter Rafael Benet. He is a di...

Yvonne Jacquette uses pastel on a heavy rag paper to depict an ariel city scene at night with pulsing lights. There is a heavy texture to the paper and the surface is rich and vibra...

Art: 51 x 38 inches Frame: 53 x 40 inches Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Mid-career artist. He was part of Expo Florida, 2000 in Coconut Grove and the 2...

Late 20th Century French oil on board painting of stylised African Tribal masks by Charles LeBris. Signed, dated and numbered bottom right. An arresting and colourful work reminiscent of the paintings of Picasso and Modigliani from the beginning of the 20th century. Le Bris has taken as his subject the Baule masks...

A strikingly vibrant 20th Century oil, showing a man in his car bathed in bright sunlight. The artist's use of dynamic splatter work, confident colours and a closely cropped composit...

Woodworking Golden wooden frame 76.5 x 86 x 2.5 cm

Wonderful large scale Bay Area Figurative School portrait titled "Jason's Brilliance Dazzles," 1996 by an anonymous bay area artist (M) Unsi...

Oil on canvas and the canvas size is 31"H by 27"W.

Expressive winter landscape by Joan Graber (American, b. 1934). Puffy clouds hang in a yellow sky above a snowy field. At the horizon, large evergreen tree...

"Christ Pantocrator". After an Icon in the style of the Moscow school (15th century). Somewhat similar to that of Rublev. Author: Oliver Samsinguer Egg tempera and gold leaf on gesso and on wood. Dimensions; (H) 42 x (W) 33.5 x (D) 3.5 cm. (H) 16.54 x (W) 13.19 x (D) 1.38 in. This is how the artist sums up the technique used by him to create the icon: “The aim of these steps is to create a durable painting. The icon is eternal. The first step is to choose a support, traditionally made of wood, from the center of the trunk to avoid warping it. For this purpose, two hardwood bolts were often used on the back to give the picture panel additional stability. Often a frame is milled out. Then the image carrier is sanded smooth and now 12 or 14 thin layers of gesso are applied and sanded smooth as well. Then the preliminary drawing is applied and the drawing board is prepared with a special preparation called bolus. This bolus can be polished to a high gloss. Afterwards, the gold leaf is "shot" with special brushes. It dries up within a few hours and can now be polished with an agate. Gold leaf is real 24-carat gold . Now, the actual process of painting begins. Egg tempera is made fresh from egg yolk, water, and a little vinegar. This is used to prepare the color pigments. Tempera painting is done in numerous layers from dark to light. When the icon is finished, it is left to dry for a few months and varnished with a special varnish called Olifa made from boiled linseed oil and other ingredients”. ABOUT THE ARTIST Oliver Samsinger...

Artist: Akira Kurosawa Medium: Lithograph, 1990 Dimensions: 19 x 23 in, 48.3 x 58.4 cm About: Inspired by his primary school arts teacher, the young Kurosawa first decided to bec...

William Douglas McGee was a prolific artist and teacher. His time at the historic Black Mountain College, where he studied with Jack Tworkov and...

A striking 20th Century oil showing a woman bathed in bright sunlight. The artist's use of closely cropped composition and confident colours make this a tru...

A striking 20th Century oil showing a glamorous woman wearing sunglasses, driving her car towards the sun. The artist's use of closely cropped composition and confident colours make ...

Signed lower right, 'Schwark' for Mary Beth Schwark (American, 1954-2001) and painted circa 1990. Additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'A Curious Pair' The daughter of professional musicians, Mary-Beth Schwark was born in Michigan and grew up surrounded by music. She attended Macomb Community College where she studied Graphic and Commercial Art with Ray Vinella, John Asaro...

Beverly Brodsky Biography American, 1941- Brodsky’s first classroom experience under Ad Reinhardt at Brooklyn College in 1961 was an extraordinary one. The students were asked to ta...

Christ Pantocrator after a Russian icon of the 15th Century. Tempera and gold leaf on gesso over a wooden board. Measurements in centimeters: 38 x 29.5 x 3 cm. / In inches: 14.96 x 11.8 x 1.18 " This is how the artist sums up the technique used by him to create the icon: “The aim of these steps is to create a durable painting. The icon is eternal. The first step is to choose a support, traditionally made of wood, from the center of the trunk to avoid warping it. For this purpose, two hardwood bolts were often used on the back to give the picture panel additional stability. Often a frame is milled out. Then the image carrier is sanded smooth and now 12 or 14 thin layers of gesso are applied and sanded smooth as well. Then the preliminary drawing is applied and the drawing board is prepared with a special preparation called bolus. This bolus can be polished to a high gloss. Afterwards, the gold leaf is "shot" with special brushes. It dries up within a few hours and can now be polished with agate. Gold leaf is real 24-carat gold. Now does the actual process of painting begins. Egg tempera is made fresh from egg yolk, water, and a little vinegar. This is used to prepare the color pigments. Tempera painting is done in numerous layers from dark to light. When the icon is finished, it is left to dry for a few months and varnished with a special varnish called Olifa made from boiled linseed oil and other ingredients”. ABOUT THE ARTIST Oliver Samsinger (Vienna, 1968) began to take an interest in icons in 1990. He undertakes several trips to Bulgaria, Greece, and Cyprus to see in situ the original works treasured in these three countries. This experience will be crucial in his life since the studies carried out in Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, and his stay on Mount Athos...

Oil work on canvas Signed P. Chapatte and dated 06.91 Artist unknown from the gallery Beautiful and quality work representing the Swiss Landscapes, around the Lake

Signed lower center, 'D. M. Hildreth' for Donald Hildreth (American, born 1941), additionally signed, verso, titled, 'Provincetown' and dated 1997. Los Angeles native Donald Hildreth worked as an aerospace engineer and in real estate before following his career as an artist. He then studied under Kim English, Ovanes Berberian and Ted Goerschner...

Titled, signed, and dated in lower margin. A move to an eighty-acre farm in Western Michigan from Detroit suited Janet Richardson Baughman to a tee. She and her three siblings loved country life, and relished the many humorous adjustments to their new surroundings. The one-room schoolhouse she attended, for example, contrasted sharply to her earlier city school. Sports programs had been fairly sophisticated in the city. Rural sports consisted of her teacher piling everyone in her car, including the trunk, and then driving the children to another one-room schoolhouse for games. When Janet reached the sixth grade, a chapter in American history closed because all of the one-room schoolhouses were annexed by the nearest cities, but that unusual educational experience is something Janet fondly remembers. Growing up in a family that was very artistic, it is not surprising that Janet loved drawing. She and her brothers and sisters would make Christmas decorations for the Christmas tree and had ongoing art projects all year long. Her architect father was an artist in his free time. As the children have become adults, they are all involved in artistic endeavors from carving to sculpture. Janet's high school years were spent riding and showing her horses. "That was my life," she says. Living on the farm allowed her freedom to indulge her love of animals including the dogs that were so special to her. Active in 4H, Janet became an accomplished seamstress and an excellent cook. She took no art classes in high school although she sometimes helped her father with drafting. Starting college with the intention of majoring in speech and drama, Janet took an art class only because it was required. She found the art classes so appealing that she took one after another. Eventually, having taken every art class offered, the university had to design independent studies for her. With her beloved horses back on the farm, Janet discovered a new passion, and that was ceramics. First working as a waitress during college to earn income, Janet later became a Student Assistant and lived at the Ceramics Studio. As an assistant, she would make clay and glazes, fire the kiln, and assist the instructor however she could. At first, she had planned to become a high school teacher, but she was encouraged to earn her graduate degree and pursue her artistic endeavors, in addition to teaching. Janet graduated in 1975 with a BFA in Ceramics and Weaving from Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, MI. Following her mentor's advice, she went to Indiana State University in Indiana for her graduate work where she studied under Dick Hay. Demanding, but very laid back personally, he expected a lot from Janet, and she grew from his expectations. She joined the National Council for Education in the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) which is a ceramics networking organization. It has a national conference each year where ceramists, educators and studio artists meet. She was on the Board of Directors for two years. Janet received her MFA in 1977. Moving back to Western Michigan, Janet found teaching positions with various colleges and taught art history, ceramics and a myriad of classes. However, she never forgot her mentor's advice, which was to continue her craft. Janet met a businessman/artist, John Baughman, who sold her artwork around the country. Janet bought a studio and her work was selling so well that she no longer needed to supplement her income with teaching. Janet and John had a business relationship for several years until life took one of those magical twists, and their relationship blossomed into much more. Later, the two of them were married. John and Janet bought acreage and moved to the country. Turning one of their buildings into a studio, the pair became extremely successful influencing them to concentrate only on their artwork and discontinue the sales end of his business. Janet says it has been very, very good for them and has caused different things to happen. The challenges of commissions make her think in directions that it is unlikely she would have done on her own. Janet is an extremely talented artist. It is difficult to believe when one sees her pastel, mixed media of pencil, oils and collage landscapes done on paper that this is the same artist that designs and makes very sophisticated and stylized ceramics. The natural beauty that abounds where she lives inspires her artwork. Interestingly, she also derives inspiration from her ceramics for her paintings although the two are quite different in style. Her paintings are stylized and readable, but she does not look for minute detail when she paints. These soft landscapes create a feeling of bucolic peace and serenity although Janet does not consciously paint a message. Janet says of her work, that it is like a dance or conversation in her head, which she expresses through her art. Janet lives an almost idyllic rural existence with her artist/husband who she says is "the love of her life." They work together everyday, and for them it is the perfect partnership because they compliment one another so well. Together they raise and train horses, and are expecting three foals within a year. In addition, she loves to garden and after the tradition of her grandmother and mother, has a huge vegetable garden. She and her husband love to cook. They enjoy golfing together as well. Their three grown children are still very important in their lives, and Janet sews intricate costumes for her daughter when she shows her horse. In the future, Janet thinks that living in Virginia with horses and continuing with her art would be perfect. She, along with her husband, would like to spend a summer in Provence...

Signed lower right. Albert Nemethy Jr. is part of a well known artistic family from the Catskill region of New York State. The father Albert Nemethy Sr...

The Embrace by Maria Tort Xirau (Catalan, 1924-2018) signed lower corner dated 1991 oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 42 x 29.5 inches framed: 4...

Signed lower left, 'Edward Glafke' (American, 1925-1997); additionally signed, verso, titled, 'Point Lobos, China Cove', and dated 1993. Edward Glafke w...