Medium Still-life Paintings

Hyacinths and Almond Tree, Oil on Canvas Painting by Margaret Mellis 1914-2009, 1951 Additional information: Medium: Oil on canvas 51 x 63 cm 20 1/8 x 24 3/4 in Margaret Mellis was an important figure in the story of St Ives, though her artwork is often overlooked. Known for her collages and constructions in the 1930s and 1940s, the break-up of her marriage to Adrian Stokes and subsequent marriage to Francis Davison with the move to Suffolk in 1948, resulted in a dramatic change in her work: ‘I couldn’t even go on with what I was doing, so I went right back to the beginning of where I left off representational painting. I started over again’. The early 1950s saw a series of still-life compositions in which colour remained central to her working and her former abstract tendencies are still evident. Here, the use of the window obscures the foreground-background distinction and the deliberately arbitrary use of colour allows for Mellis to subtly distort the subject matter. Provenance The Estate of the Artist Exhibitions London, The Redfern Gallery, 'Margaret Mellis: Paintings and Constructions', 2016 Literature 'Margaret Mellis: Paintings and Constructions', The Redfern Gallery, London, 2016, illus., p. 22 Margaret Mellis was one of the early members, and last survivors, of the group of modernists that popularised St Ives as a hub of artistic activity in the 1940s. Mellis was born in Wukingfu, Swatow, China, where her father was a missionary. Her family returned to East Lothian when she was one year old, shortly after the First World War broke out, so her father David Barclay Mellis-Smith could join up. Abandoning an initial interest in music, she studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1930 to 1934, under colourist Samuel John Peploe...

In our quick paced culture, we are hyper-stimulated with visual media, which has caused our sense of vision to become blind to many things of incredible loveliness and consequence, s...

"Summer on the River" Oil Painting 28" x 28" inch by Egor Plotnikov Egor Plotnikov was born in Kirov (Russia) in 1980. 2000 – graduated from the Rylov Art School of Vyatka. 2006 – g...

"Splash 22" Oil Painting 31.5" x 31.5" inch by Sasha Sokolova SPLASH This series is about those sunny summer days in my dacha (country house) in a small village outside of Moscow, c...

"Wind" Oil Painting 16" x 26" inch by Egor Plotnikov Egor Plotnikov was born in Kirov (Russia) in 1980. 2000 – graduated from the Rylov Art School of Vyatka. 2006 – graduated from M...

Cao meticulously places each smaller image to form a dynamic gradient from dark to light which tricks the eye into seeing one image. This expertise in contrast is exemplified in all ...

This artwork titled "Flowers Basket" c.1970 is a oil painting on hardboard by noted artist Paul Longenecker, 1920-2008. It is signed at the lower right c...

While French artist Marcel Salinas is most well-known as a master lithographer who worked with artists such as Pablo Picasso, he was also a prolific and well-exhibited painter in his...

Still Life is an original Oil on Canvas realized by Felice Carena in 1952. Hand signed and dated. Very good condition. Felice Carena Turin 1879 - Venice 1966 He studies with Giaco...

Still Life with Butterfly Sash by Louis Carl Hvasta (1913-1993) Unframed: 28" x 24" Framed: 35" x 31" Signed and Dated Lower Right A local Californian Artist, Hvasta is largely sel...

Roses by Louis Carl Hvasta (1913-1993) Signed and Dated Lower Left Unframed: 30" x 11" Framed: 36" x 18" Frame was hand made by the artist. A local Californian Artist, Hvasta is lar...

An original oil painting on canvas by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) measuring 24 x 30 inches, signed and dated lower left. By the early 1930's Benno had established a reput...

An original oil painting on canvas by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) measuring 24 x 30 inches, signed and dated upper left. By the early 1930's Benno had established a reput...

While sheltering in place during this pandemic, the artist was given the opportunity to extend his process and work on the paintings for longer and intentional periods of time. As a ...

Roger de la Fresnaye (1885-1925) Nature morte à l’oeuf 1910 oil on board mounted on panel 66.2 x 50.9 cm signed and dated ‘R de la Fresnaye.10’ (upper right) Price: $157,500 USD (in...

acrylic and oil paint on board

Documentation Signed Origin Belgium Period 1920-1949 Materials oil on canvas Dimensions W. 25.5 in; H. 31 in; W. 64.77 cm; H. 78.74 cm; Condition Good. Excellent condion Creation Date C. 1930 Description An exquisite still life with masterful use of color. Carved frame measures 38.5 x 33 inches. Fernand Toussaint...

Pierre Eugene Duteurtre (1911-1989) "La Lecture" c. 1960 Oil on Canvas Signed Canvas Size: 18 x 22 inches Framed Size: approx 26.5 x 30.5 inch...

Hendrikji Kuehne and Beat Klein Title: Painting some Mountains Medium: Collaged from Art Postcards Size: 19.75” x 27.5” Year: 2012 Selected Exhibitions: 2018 Graf & Schelble Galerie, Basel "abBild" Sherry Leedy Contemporary Arts, Kansas City/USA: Places to remember Musée jurassien des Arts, Moutier: Une heure dans le Jura (Sticker Book Project) 2017 The Garden of the Zodiac Gallery Omaha/ NE USA "Where do you wanna go from here?" (solo show) Deiglan Art Gallery, Gilfélagið, Akureyri: Temporary Environment (solo presentation) Kunstmuseum Thurgau, Karthause Ittingen, Warth: Menschenbilder (group show) 2016 2016 Graf & Schelble Galerie, Basel "Schauplätze" (solo show) Helvetia Art Foyer, Basel "Assemblage Bricolage Collage" (group show) Kunstmuseum Thurgau, Kartause Ittingen, Warth: "Im Rausch – Zwischen Höhenflug und Absturz" (group show) ZAGREUS PROJEKT, Koch/Kunst/Galerie, Berlin: FOOD raDESIGN-2016, überbeitet und angewandt (installation) 2015 Dr. M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery, St. John’s University, New York: Vices Peculiar To These Eclectics: Contemporary Collage (group show) Pavel Zoubok...

Presenting a just discovered mixed media painting by American artist Robert McIntosh, (1916-2010.) Cocktails ll, is an original mixed media gouache on heavy artists paper, signed, d...

Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...

Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of th...

Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...

Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...

The landscapes and figures in Donald Saaf’s paintings are inspired, in many ways, by his own life and family. Working in oil, gouache, and collage, Saaf’s work features vibrant color...

The landscapes and figures in Donald Saaf’s paintings are inspired, in many ways, by his own life and family. Working in oil, gouache, and collage, Saaf’s work features vibrant color...