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1960's French Portrait Bald Green Man Caricature

C.1960s

French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper stamped Image : 25.5 x 19.75 inches Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait painting. ...

French character portrait French school, mid 20th century. Gouache paint on unframed paper. signed lower corner. Image : 12 x 9.25 inches.   Superbly decorative 1960's French portr...

French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper signed lower corner Image : 12 x 9.5 inches Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait pa...

French Character Portrait French school, Mid 20th Century Gouache paint on unframed paper signed lower corner Image : 12 x 9.25 inches Superbly decorative 1960's French portrait ...

The imagery of Maurice Kish (1895-1987), whether factories or carousels, reliably subverts expectations. His vision hovers just around the unraveling edge of things, where what is solid and clear becomes ambiguous. He is fascinated, often delighted, by the falling apart. This unexpected, fresh perspective results in oddly affecting pictures of a now long-gone New York. Born Moishe in a town called Dvinsk, Russia (what is now Daugavpils, Latvia), Kish came with his family to New York when he was in his teens. The family settled in Brownsville, and for the rest of Kish’s life Brooklyn remained his home, though he moved from one neighborhood to another. He was close to his parents, who recognized his talent and supported his desire to become an artist. Kish attended the National Academy of Design as well as Cooper Union. His fellow students included many other immigrants and children of immigrants who were particularly receptive to the Modernism coming from Europe. As his career progressed, Kish himself applied different strains of Modernism to different purposes. For him, the story was held above all else. For years, Kish used the skills he acquired in art school to earn his living at a Manhattan glass...

BEHIND THE MASK Size: 43 x 35 cm (including frame) Oil on board A bold and enigmatic mid-century figurative portrait, executed in oil onto board and dated 1957. The composition dep...

A tall portrait painting of a boy on green. Painted by the late Oklahoma artist Clair Seglem, this small portrait painting is on board and dep...

A tall portrait painting of a gray-haired man on canvas. This piece is by an unknown outsider artist. It features an older gentleman with clipped gray and brown hair and a tan suit j...