Laid Paper Still-life Paintings

"Inspired by Matisse and Bonnard, this still life celebrates expressive color and the elegance of the everyday." Pierre Coquet (1926–2021) Still Life with Blue and White Fabric Oil ...

Signed fauvist still life oil on paper laid on panel circa 1960 by French painter Jules Cavailles who was part of a group of artists called "La Realite Poetique". This charming piece depicts a blue vase filled with yellow and orange flowers. Signature: Signed with cachet lower left Dimensions: Framed: 23.5"x18" Unframed: 17.5"x12" Provenance: The sale of the artists estate - Millon, Paris 2016 Born 20 June 1901, in Carmaux (Tarn); died 29 January 1977, in Epigneul (Yonne). While working as a draughtsman in Carmaux, Jean Jules Louis Cavaillès...

This early 20th-century watercolour by British artist Mary Vernon Morgan (1846-1927) depicts an abundant display of flora nestled into an upland landscape. Set before a jagged rock, a myriad of wildflowers bloom in beauteous colours. Perhaps oxeye daisies...

DOMENIC CRETARA 1946-2017 Skull and Mask, 1986. Oil on gessoed wove paper. Sheet measures 30 x 23 inches. Framed piece measures 37 x 30 inches. Original gallery label affixed on verso. Domenic Cretara, Professor of Art at California State University, Long Beach, works primarily in drawing and painting. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Boston University School of Fine Arts, graduating with honors. In his academic position at CSULB, he has received marks of distinction for teaching, scholarship, and creative achievement. Among other tributes, in 1974 he received a Fulbright Grant to Italy which allowed him to spend a year painting and studying in Florence. In the late 1970s, he was the artist in residence at the Foundation Camargo in Cassis, France. A Sister Cities Grant allowed him to return to work in Italy for a summer in the city of Padua. As an artist, Cretara has been a particularly active exhibitor, with many solo exhibitions, including a retrospective at the Las Vegas Art Museum (1998), and over twenty-five group shows in venues on both coasts and Europe. His works are in the collections of major institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Boston. Cretara’s images not only have graced the covers of magazines and illustrated poems but have also been the subject of many publications, including Portrait Painting Atelier (Watson Guptill Publications, 2010) and Sex: Portraits of Passion (Watson Guptill Publications, 1999), feature articles for American Arts Quarterly and American Artist, and reviews in the Los Angeles Times and Boston Herald. Education 1968-1970 Boston University School of Fine Arts, MFA 1964-1968 Boston University School of Fine Arts, BFA (Magna Cum Laude) Solo Exhibits 2014 Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2014 Stone Rose Gallery, Long Beach, CA 2013 Triton Art Museum, Santa Clara, CA 2011 Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2009 Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2009 CSUIP Gallery, Florence, Italy 2008 Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2008 Todd Art Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 2002 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, MN 2002 Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2001 Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA 1998 Las Vegas Art Museum, Retrospective Exhibit, Las Vegas, NV 1998 Martin Zambito Gallery, Seattle, WA 1997 Mulligan/Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1996 Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York City 1995 Alon Gallery, Boston, MA 1993 The John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1992 Alon Gallery, Boston, MA 1991 The John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1989 Alon Gallery, Boston, MA 1988 Victor McNeil Gallery, New York City 1987 Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1985 Segal Gallery, New York City 1984 Segal Gallery, New York City Group Exhibits 2015 “Identity, Who Are We Now,” Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN. Exhibitors included Chuck Close, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Do Ho Suh. Curator: Dennis Jon 2015 “Going Home,” Two-person traveling exhibit, Domenic Cretara and Chris Troutman, Charleston Heights Art Center Gallery, Las Vegas, NV; Schomburg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Sinclair Community College Art Galleries, Dayton, OH. 2014 “The Way of Flesh Part 2” Mt. San Antonio College Art Gallery, Walnut, CA. 2012 “The Figure in Contemporary Art” Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA. 2006 “Beyond the Likeness: Self Portraits by California Artists,” Triton Art Museum, Santa Clara, CA, Curator: George Rivera 2006 “A Terrible Beauty: Figurative Painting in the 21st Century,” Grey McGear Modern Inc, Santa Monica, CA Curator: Alec Aintree, Arts Critic The London Times 2005 “The Painted Image,” Biola University Art Gallery, La Mirada, CA 2005 “Las Vegas Centennial Invitational Exhibition,” Las Vegas Art Museum 2005 “Direct Access: an Exhibition of Drawings,” Todd Art Gallery, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 2003 “Speculative Terrain,” The Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA.; The Riverside Art Museum; The Laband Art Gallery. , Curator, Gordon Fuglie 2002 "Drawings VI," Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2001 "Representing LA," Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA Curator: Gordon Fuglie 2000 "Drawings V," Koplin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2000 "Drawing from Perception III," Wright State University Art Galleries Dayton OH, Juror: Rosemary Beck...

A beautiful still life oil painting of a green teapot next to a pear and persimmon on a red table by American Impressionist artist Genevieve Rogers. S...

Cast paper piece by Wes ("Wess") Smith (American, b. 1958). Titled "IRIS" and signed along the bottom edge. Presented in a wood frame with a floating mat an...

French Botanical Watercolor Study of Raspberry Bramble Watercolor, gouache on paper 18th century 9 1/4 x 7 inches Stamp and notations at bottom from Collection Rougier, Paris, inscri...

Rene Genis (French 1922-2004) Untitled: Still Life. Study of a white coffee pot on a table with melons and plums. The melons have a rich texture. Ov...

Rene Genis (French 1922-2004) “Bouquet A La Marge Grise” Bouquet with the Grey Margin. Oil on paper laid down on matt board. Muted colors of browns, burqundy, pink and greens highli...

Wonderful vintage airbrushed watercolor of Hawaiian orchid. Signed lower right "Pierre Hawaii." One of the exceptional and successful Honolulu, Hawa...

Wonderful watercolor of different colored apples by artist G. A. Brown (American, 20th Century), c. 1970. Signed lower right. Presented in gold tinted metal frame with mat. Shipped w...

Bright still life with bottles and jug by Diane Baldwin (American, 20th Century). Signed "Baldwin" bottom right. Unframed. Image size: 30"H x 22"W.