Leah Schwartz

'Peaches in a Woven Basket', California Woman Artist

Circa 1965

Estate stamp, verso, for Victor di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and t...

Signed lower right "Sally Mack" (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1975. Painted on Arches paper. A vibrant, Post-Impressionist still-life showing branches of cherry-blossom...

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 ...

Stamped verso with Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) estate stamp and painted circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Cente...

Signed lower right in Kanji 'Sanzo' for Wada Sanzō 和田三造 (Japanese, 1883-1967) and dated 'Year 34' of the Showa Era, 1959 in the Gregorian calendar. Artist, teacher and costume designer, Sanzo Wada worked during a turbulent time in avant-garde Japanese art and cinema. A multi-talented artist who gained early fame as a Western-style oil painter, his career spanned the late Meiji-era through the mid-twentieth century. In addition to numerous prizes and medals for his painting, he received the 1955 Academy Award for costume design for his work in the movie Gates of Hell. He also received awards for his pioneering work on color theory, which he researched and published in the 1920s and is still in use today. Sanzo Wada graduated from the Western-style painting division of Tokyo School of Fine Arts. Studied in Europe 1907-1915; traveled to India and Burma. He was appointed a member of the Imperial Arts Academy in 1927 and taught at Tokyo School of Fine Arts from 1927. According to Shinagawa Kiyoomi, editor-in-chief of the book of paintings in print "Dia Nihon Gyorui Gashuu" by Ohno Bakufu...

Signed lower right 'H. Frank' for Harold Frank (American, 1917-1995), additionally stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity and painted circa 1975. An exuberant Post-Impre...

Gouache on paper sent from France rolled in a tube. The work of Linda Clerget is realized in an impressionist style à la gouache alla prima. The colors are broken and worked in the f...

"Fleurs" is an original watercolor paintng on paper by French artist, Charles Cobelle (1902 - 1994), signed lower right. The painting measures 21.5 x 27.5 inches and is framed to 32...

" Poppy Botanical Leaf" is a hand-painted acrylic painting on high-quality 300g paper by artist Ryan Rivadeneyra. The hand-drawn render is reminiscent and inspired by beautiful mid-...

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...

Arthur Wilson Gay 1901–1958 Artist and portrait painter of whose early training nothing is as yet known. Gay was elected a member of the Bristol Savages in 1928 and for more than thirty years worked at the studios of E. S. & A. Known for "Conchie" which is displayed in the Bradford Peace Museum. This piece was created with watercolour and is in a circle frame under glass. Keywords: Flowers Mid 20th Century Watercolor, British Still Life...

Work sold to benefit the CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART Joseph B. O’Sickey (American, 1918–2013) Still Life with Fruit Bowl Watercolor and ink on paper Signed lower left 11 x 14 inches ...