20th Century Paintings

This work was one of Long’s earliest compositions as an artist. Even earlier in his artistic career, Long was interested in exploring the intersection of various media, branching out into new innovative spaces. This work demonstrates the technique and forms at play that have since germinated into Long’s signature style. Bert L. Long Jr., was self-taught artist, was born in 1940 in Texas, grew up the Houston’s historic Fifth Ward and received his formal education from UCLA. Following a career as a successful master chef, Long decided to devote himself entirely to art in the late 1970’s. He began to explore folk art and assemblage to create a unique body of work, attracting the attention of Jim Harithas, then Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander, Salvatore Scarpitta and James Surls. His life spanned an era of radical change in the American social climate, the influence of which can be seen clearly in his work. Long’s paintings and sculptures incorporate a high level of skill and sophisticated knowledge of art history, along with complex philosophical and social issues.  Long describes the philosophy behind his work as "a quest to help people diagnose their inner self," believing his art to be "the vehicle to help facilitate the process." “As artists we have the obligation to provide the world with art which communicates as truth. I believe that art has the power to heal our souls of their afflictions. I try to create art which helps to diagnose the prevalent conditions within our societies, hopefully providing an insightfulness which will help us all become brothers and sisters united in equality and compassion”                                       - Bert L. Long, Jr. The late Peter Marzio, former Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, said of Bert Long during the major retrospective of Long’s work at the museum: “Bert Long does not avert his gaze from that which is painful, but as [his artworks] testify, he also brings a spirit of joy and redemption to his art. We can all learn from this great artist.” Over Long’s 33-year career as a painter, sculptor, and photographer, he had several solo exhibitions at respected museums and was awarded many significant awards including the National Endowment for the Arts Grant in 1987 and the prestigious international Prix de Rome fellowship in 1990. Other notable awards of Long’s include the Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts Artist of the Year Award in 2009, the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Assistance Grant in 1997, the Houston Art League Texas Artist of the Year in 1990, the NEA Visual Artists Fellowship Grant, 1987 and the Bemis Foundation Residency in 1998. His work can be seen in over 100 private and public collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Houston Museum of Fine Art, the Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, the El Paso Museum of Art, and the Instituto de Bachillerato in Spain. With a recent solo exhibition at the Houston Museum of African American Culture and an exhibition overseas which is pending featuring his work, plus interest from several national museums, Bert L. Long Jr. continues to be recognized as an important African American artist throughout Texas, nationally and internationally. Bert L. Long, Jr. "Untitled" 1977 Acrylic and Paper Collage on Canvas...

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Robert "Bob" Lavin Title: "Hanging the Transformers" Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 32" x 20" Framed: 36.5" 23.5" Marking: Hand-Signed LR "Lavin" In Bob Lavin's Original Frame

Robert "Bob" Lavin (1919 - 1997) Title: "Building the Space Simulator" Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 27.25" x 23.25" Framed Markings: Signed LR "Bob Lavin"

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Saturday Evening Post Cover, July 21, 1956 This Falter cover was owned by Sarah Johansen, daughter of John Falter. She is the you...

Untitled is an original oil on canvas realized by Roberto Sébastian Matta in 1996. It comes with a certificate of authenticity by Matta's son ...

Landscape is an original oil on canvas artwork realized by Antonio Donghi in 1937. Original title: Paesaggio. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin. Inclu...

Large minimal abstract painting with a green background. Attached to the surface are two toy cars surrounded by red paint and four wired bicycles surrounded in blue. The work is sign...

Marlon Mullen Untitled acrylic on paper 23' x 30.5" 1997 signed

Acrylic and pasted paper on paper 21.6 x 17.8 cms (8 1/2 x 7 ins)

Gorgeous cyan and blue abstract expressionist landscape of highly abstracted forms in cool colors evoking the Bay Area hills, with a glimpse of Mt. Tamalpais, by an unknown Californi...

Tony AGOSTINI Fruits and Flowers on Blue Backgroung (c. 1970) Original Oil on canvas Handsigned bottom right (Signed and titled on the back) On canvas 65 x 81 cm (c. 26 x 32 inch) ...

Oil on canvas, circa 1986-87

Oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Robert Albert Genicot. Signed lower left. Condition: Very good. Provenance: Findlay Gallery, Chicago. Overall framed in original ca...

Tiefeng Jiang Title: The Stone Forest Edition: 9/20 Super Low Edition! Medium: Serigraph on hand-made paper Measurement...

James C. Litz is a self-taught artist who has a "primitive-naive" style of oil and acrylic paintings that features colorful and humorous characters and scenes. His paintings have a very child-like quality to them and you can see the artist's active imagination at work transforming everyday life into art. In 1994, the fine arts magazine Sunstorm, described him as having a "natural wit and style". Permanent displays: The National and International Vietnam Veterans War Art Museum, Chicago, IL; the American Folk Art Museum, NYC; the President Bush Library, Houston, TX; Museé D'Art Naïf de l'lle De France; the International Folk Art Museum, La Jolla, CA; and the James Fennimore Coopers Museum, Cooperstown, NY. Private Collections: Jackie Gleason (deceased); Roy Rogers (deceased); the Flamenco guitarist Carlos Montoya (deceased); opera singer Patrice Munsel, cellist Lynn Harrell, and Bill Cosby.

Large Abstract, Indigo Blue and Green, Signed Original Oil Painting By French artist, Arlette Martin, Late 20th Century Signed by the artist on the lower right hand corner and signed...

Emprunt 6% Souscrivez (War Loan 6% Subscribe) Signed "Raoul Dufy" (lower right) Gouache on paper This vibrant gouache on paper by the renowned Raoul Dufy is not only a work of exceptional artistry, but also represents an important period in world history. The piece was a special commission ordered by the French government, who sought to encourage the French people to join in the post-war reconstruction efforts. Following World War I, the French government was destitute. The cost of the Great War had been tremendous not only in lives lost, but also in terms of infrastructure and finances. In order to reclaim its place as a great power on the world stage, France needed funds to reconstruct its key industries, and quickly. Thus, the government turned to one of the most famous French artists of the day - Raoul Dufy - to create this gouache on paper as an advertisement for the country's war bonds. The extraordinary work represents Dufy's own sense of patriotic duty. Entirely unique in his oeuvre, it is clear that Dufy wished to create something truly special to help his war-torn country. The artist deftly captures the industry of France in the colorful composition, showcasing bridges, buildings, ships and other key elements of the country's infrastructure in order to evoke the viewers' pride, patriotism and willingness to help. The words Emprunt 6% Souscrivez (War Loan 6% Subscribe) are boldly written across the top, seeking subscribers to a 6% interest loan to help rebuild the country - a very healthy return for the age. The powerful painting represents one of the most effective and extensive patriotic campaigns of all time. France relied heavily on the willingness of its citizens to lend money...

CLEVE GRAY Three, 1989 Acrylic on canvas 57 x 79 inches

In The New York Times Arts in America column, Edward M. Gomez writes of Valton Tyler, "visionary seems the right word for describing his vivid, unusual and technically refined paintings, prints and drawings, whose style defies convenient labels. Abstract, surreal, cartoonish, sci-fi fantastic, metaphysical, apocalyptic-Baroque - all of these fit but also fall short of fully describing his art." (Edward M. Gomez, "Futuristic Forms Frolic Under Eerie Texan Skies...

"Lake Michigan Morning, South Shore Park" is an original oil painting on canvas by Michael Boyle. The artist signed and dated the piece in the lower right. This painting depicts a bo...

Presenting a wonderful example from the late `1950's period of American artist Ron Blumberg(1908-2002.) "Strolling the Forrest", is an original oil on panel, signed, c.1959, with an...

Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013) Title: Color Chart for Chinatown Nighttime Year: 1977 Medium: Acrylic on Paper , signed and dated l.r. Size: 22 in. x 30 in. (55.88 cm x 76.2...

Fritz Bultman set himself apart from other Abstract Expressionists with his meticulously organized abstract compositions, use of sculpture, and the adoption of collage as a core prac...

An Oaxacan School oil painting by Maximino Javier from 1983. A whimsical scene of anthropomorphic figures. Framed in stained wood frame, signed in lower left corner. Artist: Maximino Javier, Mexican (1948 - ) Title: Untitled - Bull on Wheels...

Oil on canvas

American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...

American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...

Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...