William Nelson

And Forsake All Others

2021

Self portrait of the artist as a monk. American, b. 1927 Artist Michael Aviano has been drawing since childhood. His first oil paintings were done when he was in junior high school. In the 1940’s Michael applied to the Art Students League, NYC, where the school director, Steward Klonis, was so impressed by his talent that he immediately enrolled him in Frank J. Reilly’s painting class. This was an honor, as it often took up to two years to gain entrance into Reilly’s classes. Frank J. Reilly studied with the famous League teacher, Frank Vincent Dumond (American 1865-1951), who in turn studied under Benjamin Constant (1845-1902), Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911) and Gustave Boulanger (1824-1888), important painters of the French Academic Tradition. During his years at the Art Students League, Michael received annual scholarships and awards for his excellence in painting. Michael Aviano began exhibiting his work in New York in the 1960’s and built a reputation as an outstanding portrait and still life painter. The 1970’s brought Michael to Grand Central Art Galleries, NYC , the country’s premier gallery of American Realism. There his work was shown alongside such masters as Emil Carlsen, John Singer Sargent, George Innes, William Merritt Chase and such contemporaries as David Leffel, Richard Schmid, Charles Pfahl, and Priscilla Roberts...

American, b. 1931 Max Ginsburg received his BFA from Syracuse University and his MFA from City College of New York. Since then, his true to life New York City sidewalk scenes have received numerous awards including, Christopher Award, Pauline Law Award, The Edith Lehman Prize, and honorable mentions from both Audubon and Salamagundi. Ginsburg Is an active member of the Allied Artists and the Society of Illustrators and his work has been commissioned by New York Times Magazine, Fortune Magazine, Harper Collins Publications, Dial Books/Penguin Publications and many others. His paintings also hang in many prominent collections, such as New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut, Martin Luther King Labor Center, H. J. Heinz Company and those of Jules Bernstein, Dom DeLuise, Edgar Bronfman, Harvey...

The intention of this work is to generate conversations about values and identity by assembling unlikely pairs, Hollywood film icons and nostalgic comic book environments. Each entit...

Abstract portrait of woman with white hat and green over her eyes

This is a one of a kind original oil and acrylic on canvas portrait of surrealist icon Friday Kahlo by southern California artist, Gina Palmerin. Its dimensions are 30x30. It comes unframed. A certificate of authenticity will follow delivery. The artist has depicted Marilyn Monroe in a traditional Dia de los Muertos style. Kahlo stares at the viewers in a seductive pose with a face full of traditional makeup and a headdress of flowers against a black background. Over time, Palmerin has developed a style which combines realism, classicism, street art, low brow...

This is a one of a kind original oil and acrylic mythological painting depicting Greek monster Medusa by Southern California artist, Gina Palmerin. Its dimensions are 30x30. It is unframed. A certificate of authenticity will follow its delivery. The collection of paintings in Palmerin’s “Legends” is inspired by classical art paintings...

This is a one of a kind original oil and acrylic portrait of Al Capone by Southern California artist, Gina Palmerin. Its dimensions are 60x60. It is unframed...

Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Canvas is not stretched. Certificate of authenticity included. All...