Charles Bosseron Chambers

Portrait of Escamillo from Bizet's Opera Carmen

1920s

This piece is a pertinent example of Martha Walter's most precious oil portraitures. Her use of the pallet is effortless with bold brushwork, strong executions, and soft details. Wal...

A stunning depiction of James Dean done in an abstract impressionistic manner with a heavy use of paint and we also can find bold strokes of white, gray and black. Creating a black a...

A striking Mid-20th Century depiction of a young dressed up man seated on a chair with elbow on top of a table. The model posing is deep thought, which is fitting for the title the a...

This painting depicts a pop art portrait of a woman in Haute Couture Dolce and Gabbana Sunglasses made from pieces of glass which give the painting a sparkle when viewing it in perso...

Boldly colored portrait of a woman on a sofa by Nealon A. Mundt (American, 1939-2015). A woman is reclining on a dark blue sofa, with a pink wall in the background. The woman is wearing a white top and a pink skirt, with a red bandana on her hear. Her skin is rendered in a fauvist style, mixing bold yellows and greens with skin tones. There are paintings hanging on the wall behind the sofa. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Titled, signed, and dated on verso. Presented in a wood frame with a linen fillet. Canvas size: 24"H x 36"W Nealon Mundt...

A self-portrait of contemporary painter, Ben Fenske. Loose brushstrokes and neutral tones make up this composition showing the artist's likeness from his chest to his head. A stern, ...

Delicate portrait of a woman with flowing hair in soft, feminine tones and neutral background by an unknown artist. Signed "Chris" lower right. Presented in a peach colored painted w...

Mid-Century Modern portrait of a man by California artist Genevieve Rogers (American, 1904-1984). The abstracted background has texture created with d...

Blocking Study pair #1 and #2, portrait of a blonde woman, by Gordon Cook (American, 1927-1985). Circa 1960. Signed on verso "G. Cook (3) #1. unframed. Image size: 24"H x 20"W each. Bay area estate sale find. Gordon Cook was born in 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington where he received his B.F.A in 1950. Cook then went on to study fundamentals and life drawing at The American Academy of Art* in Chicago. The same year he studied intaglio* printmaking with Vera Berdich at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago*. He took graduate courses and continued studying intaglio printmaking under artist Mauricio Lasansky at the State University of Iowa. In 1951, Cook moved to San Francisco. Soon after his works received the journeyman's card in International Typographical Union, Local 21. He began exhibiting his prints, drawings, and paintings at the Porpoise Gallery in San Francisco. Four years later, Cook became a charter member of the Bay Printmakers Society and exhibited in their annual exhibitions at the Oakland Art Museum for the next five years. His etchings portrayed mainly San Francisco landscapes such as the Golden Gate Park, Diamond Heights, and Lake Merced as well as flowers, especially roses. He participated in his first weekly drawing group with artist Alvin Light, Manuel Neri, Joan Brown, and William H. Brown. Cook also taught at the San Francisco Art Institute*. His etchings where exhibited in a one-man exhibition at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, in the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts. At this point Cook returned to painting. Moving to Rio Vista...

Beautiful portrait of woman with gold earring by Patricia E. Gillfillan (American, 1924-2016), c.1980s. From a collection of her works. Unsigned. Unframed. Image, 20"H x 16"W. Patri...