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Medium: Wood
'Still Life of Fruit and a Creamware Jug',
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Esther Lyne' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1955.
A sensitively painted Post-Impressionist oil still-life showing a view of a hand-painted creamware jug...
Category
1950s Modern Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
Still Life with Red Flowers - Oil Painting by Claude Decamps - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Still life with red flowers is an artwork realized by Claude Decamps, mid-20th Century.
Oil on canvas.
25 x 20 cm.
Hand signed in red in lower margin.
Good conditions!
Category
1970s Modern Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
A Vibrant, Colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Vibrant, Colorful 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. Depicting a radiant still life of fresh flowers, plates of fruit and a wine bo...
Category
1950s American Modern Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Goblets IV, Contemporary Wall Sculpture Art, Bright Statement Art, Kitchen Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Goblets 4 is an original artwork by Joanne Tinker. Goblets is a unique wall sculpture by Joanne Tinker, depicting goblets made of recycled foil wrappers. This work is a one-off but c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Foil
A Fabulous '50s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting By Vivian Kinsley Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Woman Artist, Vivian Kinsley Chapin (Am. 1909-1984). A vibrant, colorful still life painting of a turquois...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Mid Century Fruits & Flowers Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century vertical still life with folk-art feel and vibrant colors by T. Tinney (American, 20th Century) 1957. Signed "T. Tinney" and dated "1957" lower right. Unframed...
Category
1950s Folk Art Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
'Still Life of Poppies', Mid-century, American School Expressionist Floral Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A powerful American Expressionist School study of poppies shown informally arranged in a lilac container. A heavily-impastoed oil showing bravura brushwork and demonstrating an elega...
Category
1940s Expressionist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Plywood, Laid Paper
1950s "Traffic" Oil and Sand Abstract Painting NYC Brooklyn Museum
Located in Arp, TX
Sylvia Rutkoff (1919-2011)
"Traffic"
c.1950s
Oil, sand, grout, gesso on masonite
48"x36" wood period frame
Signed on reverse in pencil
Collection acquired from family estate
Sylvia ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Masonite, Oil
Birds on a Wire
By C. Dimitri
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Oil paint and mixed media mounted to repurposed stainless steel.
Category
2010s Contemporary Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Stainless Steel
A Fabulous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life of a Colorful Bouquet of Flowers
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting of a Colorful Bouquet of Spring Flowers by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Completed in the vibrant,...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Mid Century Fuji Apples Still Life with Plaid Cloth
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful oil painting of a basket of Fuji apples with a plaid cloth hanging behind by Helen Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). Signed "Gleiforst" lower right. Unframed. Image, 24"H x ...
Category
1950s Fauvist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Yellow flowers in vase. Caltha. 1947, oil on plywood, 73x54 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flowers in vase. Caltha. 1947, oil on plywood, 73x54 cm
Category
1940s Impressionist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Plywood
$1,730 Sale Price
20% Off
"Piazza Signoria" Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Piazza Signoria" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a European city street and square lined with old brick and stone buildings and ...
Category
2010s Realist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
This Is Not Art #5
By Mikel Alatza
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Mikel Alatza is an artist of tremendous talent, who, like his paintings, has no problem letting his rough edges show. Alatza has been a well-known part of the Venice art scene for the last ten years and has developed a strong and loyal following.
Alatza is also known for his early paintings commissioned by renowned German artist Martin Kippenberger between 1989 and 1990. Kippenberger later manipulated the works with painted frogs...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plywood, Oil
Alai Ganuza, "Crispy Eggs" - Oil And Acrylic Still Life Painting, 2025
Located in Denver, CO
Alai Ganuza’s “Crispy Eggs” is a captivating round oil and acrylic still life painting on a solid birch wooden panel, created in 2025. Measuring approximately 19.69 cm in diameter (7...
Category
2010s Fauvist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"HOMICIDE" Abstract Painting 24" x 18" inch by Isaac Pelayo
By Isaac Pelayo
Located in Culver City, CA
"HOMICIDE" Abstract Painting 24" x 18" inch by Isaac Pelayo
Medium: Oil, oil stick, and aerosol on wood
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Isaac Pelayo is a head on crash collision between The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Baroque Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil, Spray Paint
Red Vase, Oil Painting by Donald Roy Purdy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Donald Roy Purdy, American (1924 - )
Title: Red Vase
Year: circa 1962
Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r.
Size: 47 x 20 inches
Frame Size: 53 x 24 inches
Category
1960s Modern Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Ponte Santa Trinita" Oil painting
Located in Denver, CO
Daud Akhriev's (EUR and US based) "Ponte Santa Trinita" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a European city square lined with old brick and...
Category
2010s Realist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Flowers In A Vase Mid-Century French Modern Still Life
By Edith Faucon
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Bouquet of Flowers Bouquet Still Life
Oil on masonite, signed.
Edith Faucon was born on May 24 in 1919 in Carentan France. She owes her artistic training first to Jules Adler, and th...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Link" Mixed Media Figurative Painting 47" x 24" inch by Karim Abd Elmalak
Located in Culver City, CA
"Link" Mixed Media Figurative Painting 47" x 24" inch by Karim Abd Elmalak
Karim Abdel Malak's layered multi-media works are influenced by the old masters.
Abdel Malak textured oil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Oil
Contemporary Conus Marmoreus shell lying on a stone fine oil painting
Located in Milan, IT
A marvellous, tiny shell, commonly known as a marbled cone, lies on a marble stone, almost at the edge.
Reminiscent of Rembrandt's famous engraving, Gianluca Corona enhances the lumi...
Category
2010s Realist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Pau Alemany 19 Roses original contemporary mixed media painting
By Pau Alemany
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Roses original contemporary mixed media painting.
Pau Alemany Mascareñas estudió la carrera de arquitectura, pero destacó sobre todo en el campo de la pintura. Formado con artistas ...
Category
1990s American Impressionist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
"1959 Red BMW Isetta 300" (2022) By Shan Fannin, Original Acrylic Painting
By Shan Fannin
Located in Denver, CO
Shan Fannin's (US based) "1959 Red BMW Isetta 300" is an acrylic painting that depicts a red 1959 Red BMW Isetta 300.
Born 1969 in California, artist Shannon “Shan” Fannin brings v...
Category
2010s Photorealist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Board
Still Life of Fruit in a Wicker Basket with Bird
Located in London, GB
Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen
1664-1730
Still Life of Fruit in a Wicker Basket with Bird
Oil on oak panel
Image size: 8 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches (21 x 19 cm)
Contemporary Dutch ebonised style f...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oak, Oil, Panel
Blue Ribbon Coffee
Located in Tulsa, OK
Materials: oil painting on custom cut Birchwood
Abra Johnson's "Blue Ribbon Coffee" transforms a vintage tin into a mesmerizing work of art. This oil painting, painstakingly rendered...
Category
2010s Realist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Birch, Oil, Wood Panel
Surfboards 2
Located in New York, NY
Fun, vibrant mixed media piece featuring 4 surfboards. On wood.
About the Artist:
Allen's work has gained recognition world-wide for it's complex layering of mixed media works that create a narrative of modern American culture. His work today is a culmination of many years of painting, thinking and experiencing. He blends urban street art with his background of typography, mixed media collage, and abstract expressionism into each of his urban pop expressionist works.
The son of fine artist / commercial artist Harrison Allen, Mark learned a lot very early from his talented father. His think training also includes a bachelor degree in commercial art from Texas...
Category
2010s Pop Art Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
Malaysia Beef Jerky, 16x19.5, acrylic on masonite
By Charles Ford
Located in Southampton, NY
Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York. Another wonderful painting by Charles Ford that captures the great lighting and shadows of ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Cape Cod Window
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
This painting of a Cape Cod house is made of 468 little paper squares that I pasted on the canvas. The window, flowers, and bushes were then added with oil paint. My friends and family say that gluing together hundreds of little squares together is slightly obsessional, but I think it actually demonstrates great patience! I love to lose myself into creating and pasting these repeating patterns. Then, I disrupt them with a disconnected and more loose painting on top. But as a whole, both parts are in fact united and harmonious, as they belong to the same Cape Cod house. This is how I feel about myself: one person with two very different cultures. From the outside, they can look quite disconnected, but they actually are not. In fact, I find that I unite both cultures by painting them. What about you? Do you feel like you are made of disconnecting parts? And what do you do to unite them?
Words that describe this piece: window, flower, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, flower boxes, shrubs, greens, garden
Artist Biography:
Life is basically a huge collection of moments. Sometimes you have no idea how everything will end up tying together - Marion Buricatu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite, Mixed Media
A Fine French 19th Century Oil on Board "A Standing Beauty with Spring Roses"
Located in LA, CA
A very fine French 19th century oil on board titled "A Standing Beauty with Spring Roses" by Charles Baptiste Schreiber (French, 1845-1903)...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
An Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting, Fruit and Gold Fish Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
An Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting of Fruit and a Gold Fish Bowl
by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Completed in the 1960s, this large, unique, richly rende...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
The High Line, 16x17x1.5", acrylic on Masonite
By Charles Ford
Located in Southampton, NY
Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York.
Another outstanding painting by Charles Ford that focuses on the High Line in New York City ...
Category
2010s Photorealist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite
TOP OF THE HILL
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed on front by the artist. Original oil on masonite painting. Framed. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonable offers will ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$11,520 Sale Price
40% Off
Still Life with Daises and Wisteria in Acrylic on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
Still Life with Daises and Wisteria in Acrylic on Masonite
Still life by a window by Richard M. Bacon (American, 20th Century). A still life with a bouquet, a glass of wine, and a b...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
"In Company of Pigeons" Figurative Painting 56" x 64" inch by Ahmed Saber
By Ahmed Saber
Located in Culver City, CA
"In Company of Pigeons" Figurative Painting 56" x 64" inch by Ahmed Saber
acrylic, ink & silver leaf on wood
AHMED SABER - BIO
Ahmed Saber is an Egyptian artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Symbolist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Silver
Asian Collection
Located in Greenwich, CT
signed lower right
American, 1925-2017
Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Kenneth Davies became a noted still-life painter and long-time art teacher, living in Madison, Connecticu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Music Fantasy Folk Guitar with Two Moons and Steam Locomotive in Red Background
Located in Miami, FL
Famed Illustrator Isadore Seltzer paints a fantasy folk guitar in a surreal setting. The viewer looks down at the guitar as it rests in bold red space where foreground and sky blend ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Dorito -- Original Oil Painting
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This is an original oil painting on canvas
This artwork is produced under a license from the Frito-Lay® company.
We are a 1stdibs Platinum Seller. Th...
Category
2010s Photorealist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
$1,960 Sale Price
30% Off
"Promenade" Landscape in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
"Promenade" Landscape in Oil on Masonite
Spring landscape by Richard M. Bacon (American, 20th Century). A woman with a parasol is walking her dog on the other side of a hedge with b...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Naturamorta con fiori " cm. 70 x 52 Olio su tavola di legno 1970 ca
By Enzo FARAONI
Located in Torino, IT
natura morta con bellissima cornice in legno
Enzo FARAONI (S. Stefano Magra, La Spezia, 1920/2017)
Enzo Faraoni is a great painter and engraver from Florence; he expresses the poe...
Category
1970s Expressionist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Magenta Peony with Butterfly
Located in Greenwich, CT
David Henry is a contemporary realist painter living in Philadelphia. He has devoted many years developing the art of capturing light and color in his canvases. Born in 1962, Henry's...
Category
2010s Photorealist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Abella Fruits Vertical original still life Cubist acrylic painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Abella original still life cubist acrylic painting
Juan Jose Abella Rubio was born in Estercuel, a hamlet anchored in the Teruel mining basin in March 1944. In his painting the oche...
Category
Late 20th Century Cubist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Diva
Located in Greenwich, CT
"I’ve turned a decidedly nontraditional eye to the world of flowers––those forms which constitute one of the most traditional and ubiquitous subjects in the history of art. Combining...
Category
2010s Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Birch, Acrylic, Panel
$56,000
ANTIQUE FRENCH PAINTING WITH MONUMENTAL GARDEN VASE, BY JEAN LE PAUTRE
Located in Milan, IT
Painting on board depicting a monumental garden vase
Category
17th Century Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Tempera
$14,224 Sale Price
20% Off
Coquillage et réveil en rouge by Henri Hayden - Still Life Painting
By Henri Hayden
Located in London, GB
Coquillage et réveil en rouge by Henri Hayden (1883-1970)
Oil on paper laid down on isorel
33.5 x 46 cm (13 ¹/₄ x 18 ¹/₈ inches)
Signed and dated lower le...
Category
1960s Modern Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Laid Paper
Red Poppies, Vintage Botanical Garden Floral Still-Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Red Poppies, Vintage Botanical Garden Floral Still-Life
Colorful vintage botanical still-life of red poppies by M. Tokira (20th-Century), c.1970's. This close-up view of a group of ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Still Life with Bowl of Strawberries
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Vito Tomasello (American, ?-1982). Still Life with Strawberries, 1979. Oil on masonite panel, 10 1/2 x 11 5/8 inches. Signed and dated low...
Category
1970s Impressionist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$488 Sale Price
34% Off
Peanut butter jelly sandwich - realistic painting
Located in New York, NY
This hyperrealistic painting by Roni Yoffe is from her latest body of works. It is oil on wood and comes not framed, but framing options are available.
"My paintings in recent years ...
Category
2010s American Realist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
14 Sisters
Located in Greenwich, CT
This painting by Jenness Cortez features recreations of the following works, clockwise from upper left:
1. “Girl with a Red Hat,” Johannes Vermeer, 1665-1670, Collection of National Gallery, Washington,
DC
2. “Daughters of Revolution,” Grant Wood, 1932, Collection of Cincinnati Art Museum,
Cincinnati, OH
3. “Arrangement in Gray and Black-Number One,” James McNeill Whistler, 1871, Collection of
Musee d’Orsay, Paris
4. “The Gleaners,” Jean Francois Millet, 1890, Collection of Musee d’Orsay, Paris
5. “Sha-Ko-Ka” (”Mint,” A Pretty Girl), George Catlin, c.1832, Collection of Smithsonian American
Art Museum,Washington, DC
6. “Atalanta” (Bronze sculpture), Paul Manship, 1921, Collection of Smithsonian American Art
Museum, Washington DC
7. “Purple Robe and Anemones,” Henri Matisse, 1937, Collection of Baltimore Museum of Art,
Baltimore, MD
8. “Parvati,” South Indian Bronze...
Category
2010s American Realist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mahogany, Acrylic, Wood Panel
"Found" (2024) by Patrick Nevins, Original Oil Still-Life Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
Patrick Nevins (Charleston, SC, US based) "Found" is an original, handmade oil still-life painting featuring a cicada , a wishbone, a shark tooth, and a conch shell placed in a line....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Tulips
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork vividly captures a bouquet of vibrant pink tulips, elegantly arranged in a classic white pitcher. The flowers stand out with their rich hues, exuding an air of natural b...
Category
2010s Impressionist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Gouache
"Flowers" by Baldo Guberti - Oil on Masonite - 37.5 x 46 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork sold with frame (43 x 56.5 x 3.5 cm)
Baldo Guberti was an Italian painter, engraver, and illustrator born in Ravenna in 1907 and died in Camaiore in 1974. His work is known ...
Category
1940s Academic Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
Curly From the Three Stooges -- Original Oil Painting on Wood
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This is an original oil painting on wood.
This artwork is produced under a license from the grandchildren of The Three Stooges®.
We are a 1stdibs Platinum Seller...
Category
2010s Photorealist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
$960 Sale Price
84% Off
Cumin - realistic painting
Located in New York, NY
This hyperrealistic painting by Roni Yoffe is from her latest body of works. It is oil on wood and comes not framed, but framing options are available.
"My paintings in recent years ...
Category
2010s Realist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Be Here Now", Floral Painting, Text, Exposed Wood, Bright, Vivid Colors
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This wall-hanging painting titled "Be Here Now" is an original artwork by Melissa Lomax made of acrylic paint & colored pencils on wood. This piece measure...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Surrealist Seashells Still Life
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
A pair of evocative beach still life painting that flirt with surrealism by outsider artist, John Prue. Oil on masonite panel, each measures 12 x 24 i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Outsider Art Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,125 Sale Price
25% Off
The Last Hour
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pascal Jarrion was born in 1961 in Perpignan, France, a region known for its Catalan culture as well as its influence on artists before him, including Picasso, Van Gogh, and Maillol....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
"Delight or Disgust" Surreal Tablescape With Jell-O, Shrimp and Glassware
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Delight or Disgust" is an original artwork by Angela Rio and is made of acrylic on masonite, framed in artist-made oak wood. This piece m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oak, Masonite
Flowers in a Vase by Frank Chabry - Oil on Masonite - 46x38 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Frank Chabry (1916-1979) was a 20th-century artist whose career spanned several transformative decades in the art world. His work likely reflects the arti...
Category
Late 20th Century Baroque Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
"Place" (2019) By Warren W. Kessler, Original Oil Painting on Panel
Located in Denver, CO
"Place" (2024) by Warren W. Kessler is an original, handmade oil painting on wood panel that depicts a handwritten note and a polaroid photo taped to an orange wooden wall.
Warren W...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel, Wood, Wood Panel
Charles McGee Oil Painting "Squares and Things" African-American 1967
By Charles McGee
Located in Detroit, MI
"Squares and Things" painted by the eminent artist, Charles McGee, literally breaths his African American heritage and his extraordinary vibrant use of colors. Provenance is The Arwin Galleries on Grand River in Detroit, Michigan - label on verso.
This early painting of McGee's shows his mastery in creating a painting in the style of the French Impressionist Edouard Manet, "Still Life with Melon and Peaches" located in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, and in the style of Fauvist/Expressionist painter Henry Matisse, "Still Life with Blue Tablecloth", located in the Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia. McGee makes the well-known genre of still life his own creating an exciting marvelous work incorporating the homely quilt - the powerful symbol of the African American road to safety from slavery - as his main focus. Quilts symbolize warmth, comfort, and as shown by the collection of quilts gathered by the artists in Gee's Bend the designs on the quilts hung outdoors at locations along the Underground Railroad showed fugitives the road north and to safety. "Squares and Things" was first shown at The Arwin Galleries, Inc., Detroit, Michigan, one of the stops along the Underground Railroad.
This piece is signed by the artist, Charles McGee, and is an extraordinary example of his early work before he moved into Abstract Expressionism and his many sculptural works now located throughout Michigan. Several of these works are: "Noah's Ark: Genesis, 1984," on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts, his brilliant 2005 "Progression" a 45-foot wide aluminum sculpture at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, and his stunning 2016 "United We Stand" sculpture at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History . His genius can be seen in sculpture installments throughout the city of Detroit. .
He was born into a family of sharecroppers. While helping his grandfather tend the land, "he observed firsthand the order and harmony that exists within nature." He had no formal schooling until moving to Detroit at age 10, where he found that "everything was on the move and it hasn’t slowed down yet." in 2017 he observed, "I learned something not being in school — because life is school . . .I learn something every time I move. Every time I go around a corner, something new is revealed to me.”
McGee took advantage of the GI Bill to attend classes at the Society of Arts and Crafts, now the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI. Other College for Creative Studies (formerly Center for Creative Studies) faculty and graduates include Richard Jerzy, Harry Bertoia, Doug Chaing (currently director of Lucas Film), Stephen Dinehart (game maker, writer, designer connected with The David Lynch Foundation), Tyree Guyton (international artist), Herb Babcock, Jerome Feretti, Kevin Siembieda (writer, designer and publisher of role-playing games), Renee Radell, and Philip Pearlstein.
After retiring from the Corps of Engineers, McGee spent 1968 studying art in Barcelona. Despite not knowing the language at the outset, he immersed himself in the culture and opened himself to a whole new range of experience that would play out in his artwork. "If you free yourself, you have this kind of opportunity to have those experiences, horizons, and new vistas." (per interview with Nick Sousanis author of a book on Charles McGee.)
He returned to Detroit and curated "Seven Black Artists" at the Detroit Artists Market in 1969, which along with McGee himself, included Lester Johnson, Henri Umbaji King, Robert Murray, James Lee, Allie McGhee...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Wood Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Wood still-life paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Wood still-life paintings available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add still-life paintings created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of green, blue, orange, purple and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Robert Richter, Helen Enoch Gleiforst, Mikel Alatza, and Jenness Cortez. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Impressionist, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Wood still-life paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available Prices for still-life paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $1,985,000, while the average work can sell for $2,197.