Janet Ament De La Roche

California Fauvist Oil Painting Carmel Bohemian Expressionist Lemons & Flowers

Norman Carton (1908 – 1980) was an American artist and educator known for abstract expressionist art. He was born in the Ukraine region of Imperial Russia and moved to the United States in 1922 where he spent most of his adult life. A classically trained portrait and landscape artist, Carton also worked as a drafter, newspaper illustrator, muralist, theater set designer, photographer, and fabric designer and spent most of his mature life as an art educator. Carton showed in and continues to be shown in many solo and group exhibitions. His work is included in numerous museums and private collections throughout the world. Norman Carton was born in the Dnieper Ukraine territory of the Russian Empire in 1908. Escaping the turbulence of civil war massacres, he settled in Philadelphia in 1922 after years of constant flight. While attending the Pennsylvania Museum School of Industrial Art, Carton worked as a newspaper artist for the Philadelphia Record from 1928 to 1930 in the company of other illustrator/artists who had founded the Ashcan School, the beginnings of modern American art. From 1930 to 1935, he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts under Henry McCarter, who was a pupil of Toulouse-Lautrec, Puvis de Chavanne, and Thomas Eakins. Arthur Carles, especially with his sense of color, and the architect John Harbison also provided tutelage and inspiration. Following his time at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton studied at the Barnes Foundation from 1935 to 1936 where he was influenced by an intellectual climate led by visiting lecturers John Dewey and Bertrand Russell as well as daily access to Albert C. Barnes and his art collection. Carton was awarded the Cresson Traveling Scholarship in 1934 which allowed him to travel through Europe and study in Paris. There he expanded his artistic horizons with influences stemming from Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Chaim Soutine, and Wassily Kandinsky. While at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Carton was also awarded the Toppan Prize for figure painting as well as the Thouron Composition Prize. He received numerous commissions as a portrait artist, social realist, sculptor, and theatrical stage designer as well as academic scholarships. During this time, Carton worked as a scenery designer at Sparks Scenic Studios, a drafter at the Philadelphia Enameling Works, and a fine art lithographer. From 1939 to 1942, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project employed Carton as a muralist and easel artist. He collaborated with architect George Howe. The WPA commissioned Carton to paint major murals at the Helen Fleischer Vocational School for Girls in Philadelphia, the Officers’ Club at Camp Meade Army Base in Maryland, and in the city of Hidalgo, Mexico. Throughout the 1940s, Carton exhibited and won prizes for his semi-abstract Expressionist and Surrealist paintings. He socialized with and was inspired by Émile Gauguin and Fernand Leger. During World War II, Carton was a naval structural designer and draftsman at the Cramps...

Yoshio Aoyama (Japanese, 1894-1996) "Nature Morte". Oil on canvas. 1981. Signed 'Aoyama' (upper left). Signed and titled 'Nature Morte' verso. 15" x 1...

This one is signed. the second one is unsigned. Born in Paris in 1946 and raised in the heart of an idyllic French countryside near the Loire Valley, Jacques Lamy began painting at ...

This one is unsigned. the second one is signed. Born in Paris in 1946 and raised in the heart of an idyllic French countryside near the Loire Valley, Jacques Lamy began painting at ...

A beautiful, luminous landscape, cityscape painting. I believe this is oil paint. It might be acrylic. 17 X 13 with frame 16 x 12 sight. Juan Guzman-M...

A beautiful, luminous landscape painting. I believe this is oil paint. It might be acrylic. 15X12 with frame. 13.5 X 10.5 sight. Juan Guzman-Maldonado...

"Jennifer", portrait of a woman with long brown hair and a blue dress with bouquet of flowers in a green vase, vintage 1970s original painting by Marcel Ronay...

Signed, verso, "Ament" and "de la Roche" for Janet Ament de la Roche (American, 1916-2000) and titled "Black Vase"; painted circa 1955. Oil still-life of a black teapot...

A lyrical watercolor of flowers informally arranged in two vases and contrasted against a lilac and purple background. Signed lower left and lower right, 'Ament' for Janet Ament De ...

Vibrant Landscape With Mountains View Size: 24x30 framed 30x36 x1 Judith Sobel was born in Lwow Poland in 1924. After Word War II, she attended the Ac...

Signed lower right. JEHUDITH SOBEL was born in Poland and was raised and educated there. She attended the Academy of Fine Art in Lodz, Poland where she studied with the famous Abstr...

Artist/ School: French modernist school, 20th century very much influenced by Henri Matisse Title: Abstract interior scene with lemons Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed ca...

Italian hand carved wood bear sculpture by Bern.

Chinese Export Porcelain figural iron red and gilt duck tureen & stand Later 20th century Of large size, realistically modeled a...

The finest extra large vintage Murano Vetri mushroom lamp in lemon yellow with beautiful swirl. The lamp is mouth-blown in one piece of glass an...

Table lamp designed by famed ceramicist duo Jane and Gordon Martz for Marshall Studios. Great pale/ lemon yellow in a flat or matte glaze. Overall: 19” tall 13” wide Ceramic:...

Signed, verso, "Ament" and "de la Roche" for Janet Ament de la Roche (American, 1916-2000) and titled "Black Vase"; painted circa 1955. Oil still-life of a black teapot...

A lyrical watercolor of flowers informally arranged in two vases and contrasted against a lilac and purple background. Signed lower left and lower right, 'Ament' for Janet Ament De ...

This colorful painting by Eleanor Parke Custis is in the spirit of Louis Valtat and the Fauves. The subject of flowers in the foreground is repeated in the backdrop. It straddles the line between abstraction and representation. Signed lower right - Work is framed. Eleanor Parke Custis studied in Corcoran School of the Arts and Design under Edmund C. Tarbell and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Henry B. Snell. Initially, she began her art career as a painter, creating watercolors. Custis created illustrations for Scribner's Magazine, Harper's, Doubleday, Harcourt. She started to take photographs in her youth, using a Brownie camera...

This painting features vibrant hues of yellow, purple, green and pink. Chattanooga-based artist Christina Renfer Vogel holds an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and a BFA f...

A vibrant, colorful Fauvist still life by Monterey, California artist Anthony Rappa (American, 20th Century). Heavy, painterly paint application....

Artist/ School: French modernist school, 20th century very much influenced by Henri Matisse Title: Abstract interior scene with lemons Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed ca...