Frank J. Gavencky

Flowering Cactus

circa 1935

WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural James McCracken (1875 – 1967) WPA Landscape 28 x 36 inches Oil on canvas, c. 1930s Signed lower right ...

"Coney Island" Brooklyn NYC Amusement Park Mid-century American Scene WPA Modern Ludwig Bemelmans (1898 – 1962), “Coney Island" 35 x 27 inches Oil on board Signed lower right Origi...

The Woodshed or Woodshed, Woodstock, 1932, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 19 x 25 inches, exhibited Downtown Gallery, New York, NY, likely as part of the solo exhibition Dorothy ...

Paul Crosthwaite (American, 1911, 1981) Signed: Crosthwaite (Lower, Right) " Red Poppies ", circa 1950s-1960s Oil on Board 16" x 20" Housed in a 1 1/8" Frame with a 2 1/4" Line...

"The Lone Boat" is an oil painting by American artist, Kelly Carmody. A contemporary seascape of a single sailboat resting upon a still body of water at a special time of day, either...

John Wenger (1887-1976) celebrated easel painter and stage set designer whose career included 25 solo shows in the USA, Canada, and Europe. He created set designs for such plays as "Ile", "Petrushka", "Funny Face", and Rhapsody In Blue". John Wenger's art is included in many museums in and out of the USA. John Wenger was born on June 16, 1887 in Elizabethgrad, Russia. Wenger was born an artist, and at the age of three was painting (playing) with brushes and paint while his father, a local artist who painted scenery for the traveling theater, worked on drop scenes. His mother disapproved of this and tried to keep her son from playing with these "toys." When John Wenger was several years older, he attended Gihnazia, which is equivalent to high school but on a college level. Throughout his education Wenger excelled in visual arts. The staff at the Gihnazia school encouraged him to apply to the Imperial Art Academy of Odessa for a scholarship. At the age of thirteen, John Wenger became a student at the academy. For Wenger, this was his first time away from home and he found it to be difficult for several months. When he came to America in 1903, John earned his living by designing ladies costumes and jewelry at his uncles store in Newark, New Jersey. He then resumed his art studies at Cooper Union and The National Academy of Design. While in New York, Wenger found an interest in how music and theater connected to art. He rebelled against the heavy sets and hard lines of stage scenery...

Trompe l'Oeil Still Tuscan Landscape in Oil on Masonite Landscape in the trompe l'oeil style by Richard M. Bacon (American, 20th Century). This piece has been composed to create the...

Trompe l'Oeil Still Life and Landscape in Acrylic on Masonite Still life in the trompe l'oeil style by Richard M. Bacon (American, 20th Century). A still life with a bottle, fishbow...

French School, late 20th century signed lower left and stamped verso with artists studio stamp purple, violet and pink flowers still life oil on canvas, framed 16 x 12 inches framed ...

The Vineyard signed J. Bernd (French, 20th century) oil painting on board, unframed painting: 31.5 x 39.5 inches condition: overall very good