1980s Still-life Paintings

A geometric still life of flowers by Portuguese painter José Luis Figueroa. Signed "Figueroa" lower right circa 1980 Canvas Size: 38 x 30 inches ...

Large, vertical photo-realist painting on canvas of industrial red ball and steel grey crane on a sky blue background by Joseph Richards oil on canvas,...

This lush still life pastel is by Phyllis Plattner (1940-2022), a noted artist who lived in the Washington, DC area. It is a work of light and shadow ...

Still Life is an original mixed media artwork realized in 1981. Mixed media on paper glued on plywood Signed Cattaneo and date lower right The artwork represents a contemporary s...

Vertical photo-realist painting on canvas of pale pink ball with steel colored hook on a bright sky blue background 72 x 36 x 1.5 inches oil on canvas, thin wood stripping signed "Richards" on bottom right corner in yellow paint wire is installed on the back for easy hanging This precisely detailed photo-realist painting was made by Joseph E. Richards in 1981. The artist painted this piece when he was 60 years old during a successful career painting trains, cargo ships, and industrial machinery. Richards served in the US Navy during WWII and went on to study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia before showing with Ivan Karp of O.K. Harris Gallery in NYC. The artist moved upstate to Hillsdale, NY for the later years of his life. This painting captures one of Richards' most beloved subjects, close up views of industrial equipment against a vivid blue sky. With a photo-realist approach to the subject, Richard was able to capture detailed changes in light and shadow, shape and form. The pale pink colored ball and steel colored hook, down to each screw and bolt, is completed with extreme focus and precision. One could easily confuse this painting with a photograph since it was completed with a very smooth application of paint, with no texture built upon the surface. It is not until you examine the painting up close, do you realize the artist's calculated brushwork. The painting is framed with natural wood stripping. The work is lightweight and easy to hang with wire installed on the back.The artist's signature is located on the front and back of the canvas. About the artist: Joseph Richards’ precisely painted canvases of giant cranes, cargo booms, propellers and train engines are fueled with a fascination like that of a six-year old boy. Working directly from photographs, Richards unites light and color together as one element, evident in the reflective surfaces of steel. The otherwise mundane signs of corrosive wear are magnified; rust stains glow on the canvas and yellow painted pulleys radiate like beacons against a bright, blue sky. Richards finds beauty in their dramatic color, resilient texture, definitive form and functionality. Richards paints sections of these objects in grand scale, with canvases up to 6 feet long and eye-popping color, calling attention to their massive proportions and exceptional strength. Richards had solo exhibits in New York City, Scottsdale AZ, and Washington DC, and his work is found in private and corporate collections here and abroad, e.g., the Tucson Museum of Fine Arts, Mobil Oil, Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia, and E. Jean Belloni in Geneva, Switzerland. Resume: Born in 1921 in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph Richards left for Chicago after high school to pursue a career in art. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1942 – 1945, he went on to study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He eventually settled with his wife, Betty, in New York City. In 1969, longtime dealer Ivan Karp opened The OK Harris Gallery on West Broadway in Manhattan’s SoHo. Karp was at the forefront of the Photorealism movement, showing artists such as Duane Hanson and Manny Farber...

Fruit ,Peaches,Green pink, yellow, summer Georgij MOROZ (Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina, 1937 - St. Petersburg, 2015) 1937: he was born in Dneprodzerzinsk, Ucraina. 1949-56: he began artis...

American modernist still life painting. Watercolor on paper, circa 1960. Signed. Image size, 24"L x 18"H.

Artist: Rupert Jasen Smith, American (1953 - 1989) Title: Fishing Lure on Gold I Year: 1987 Medium: Acrylic and Screenprint on Canvas, signed, dated, and stamped verso Image Size: 11...

Bananas, peaches and grapes MAYA KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia, 1924 - 2005) Maya kopitzeva’s works have been acquired by the Russian Ministry of Cult...

Baboulet was born on April 12, 1914 in Toulouse and died on the December 17, 2010 in Paris. Throughout his life, he exhibited his art in various galleries and institutions across Fra...

Oil on canvas painting of red, white, and yellow flowers in a vase next to a bottle of wine and a glass by California artist Molly E. Brubaker (American, 1922-2000). from aFcollecti...

Beautiful oil painting of a crumbling farmhouse. By J.B. Holmes, British artist 20th Century Oil painting on board, unframed Board size : 14 x 10 inches The autumnal colours of pl...

Signed lower right, 'Lars Swane', dated 1986, and inscribed verso 'Tilhører Palle Nielsen'. A substantial, oil still-life showing variegated, red and yellow tulips informally arranged in a cobalt blue patterned vase, resting inside a cobalt and ivory bowl on a wooden table beside various books, with a view beyond through a window to a winter landscape. Son of the artists Sigurd Swane...

An original acrylic on panel by American female artist Catherine Koenig. This stunning work created in 1980 is part of the Draw Near exhibition on view at Benjaman Gallery

"Dialogue" by contemporary British artist Tim Hadfield is a minimalist, hyper realist still life watercolor and graphite on paper. The artwork is matted, ...

Artist: Rupert Jasen Smith, American (1953 - 1989) Title: Fishing Lure on Gold III Year: 1987 Medium: Acrylic and Screenprint on Canvas, signed, dated, and stamped verso Image Size: ...

Acrylic painting on illustration board of three pink cyclamen flowers and heart-shaped leaves on a blue background by Barbara Gibson (American, 20th Century). Artwork is presented in...

Artist: Pamela Schermer, American XXth Title: Vanitas Still Life Year: 1986 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 36 x 48 inches/ 91 x 122 cm

A lovely vintage portrait of a woman in a floral dress by Patricia Emrich Gillfillan (American, 1924-2016). From a collection of her works. Unsigned. Unframed. Image, 16"H x 20"W. P...

This still life painting composed of oil on canvas is by well-known contemporary realist Langdon Quin (1948- ). The painting was done in 1984. It measures...

Ronald Bateman (b.1947). Friday Hangover, March 1985, 1985. Oil on canvas, 8 x 10 inches; 9 x 11 inches framed. Signed , title and dated lower margin. ...

Artist: Rupert Jasen Smith, American (1953 - 1989) Title: Fishing Lure on Gold II Year: 1987 Medium: Acrylic and Screenprint on Canvas, signed, dated, and stamped verso Image Size: 1...

Rich, colorful, expressionist still life by American artist Warren Brandt featuring a decorative vase with white flowers, an assortment of fruit, and a small wooden sculpture...

Beautiful still life painting of a slice of cantaloupe melon by an unknown artist. Signed lower right, d’0lajos. Circa 1980. Oil on board. Condition good. Overall in art nouveau st...

The Rural Landscape By British painter JB.Holmes, 20th Century Oil Painting on board, unframed. Board size: 18 x 11 inch Soft colours portray an idyllic country road. Painted straig...

Brilliant floral watercolor painting by Mary Burke (American, 20th Century). Signed "M. Burke - SWA" lower right. Titled "Floral" and sign...

Lowney's richly painted visionary landscapes and her figurative bronzes evoke a sense of the magic of the natural world and the potency of the human creative unconscious. Her work is...

Carl Schwartz's artwork is in permanent collections throughout the United States, including the Smithsonian Institution, Kemper Insurance, AT&T, Sears, Delta Airlines...

Fiori in vaso rosa is a wonderful colored oil on canvas realized in 1982 by Adriana Pincherle, sister of the famous italian novelist Alberto Moravia. Hand-signed and dated by the ar...

Artist: Dana Loomis Title: Attributes of Art Year: 1984 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and titled in marker Size: 40 in. x 46 in. (101.6 cm x 116.84 cm) Frame Size: 41 x 47 inches

"Pete's Plate" is an original alkyd painting on canvas by Fred Reichman. It depicts somebody's plate as a large field of yellow. "Pete" refers to the fam...

White Cherry blossoms , Flowers,Russian Impressionism MAYA KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia, 1924 - 2005) Maya kopitzeva’s works have been acquir...

Here for your consideration is an oil on board painting of purple asters by Russian Federation artist, Gennady Malyshev. Signed lower right and dated 1981. Condition is good. Over...

Artist: Jean-Pierre Dubord, French (1949 - ) Title: Les Fleurs du Jardin Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and titled verso Size: 13 in. x 16 in. (33.02 cm x 40.64 cm) Frame Size: 15.5 x...

contemporary hyper realist painting of industrial white pulley against a bright sky blue background still life painting, oil on canvas Neve...

"After Sweeping the Garden" is an original work in alkyd paint on canvas by Fred Reichman. The artist signed the painting in the darker pink section in t...

Charles Ford's work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York. A wonderful rare early painting (1982) by Charles Ford of the classic "Victory Corset" shop in New York City...

Large-scale watercolor painting of calla lilies. Signed "Ewing" lower left. Displayed in a rustic wood frame with gray stain. Shipped without glass. Mat board has some light foxing a...

Gorgeous oil painting still-life of a spring bouquet of various flowers in a blue and white vase next to a tea set on a table by central California artist...

Signed upper right 'Minou' for Carole Minou (American, 1946-2012) and dated 1989. An elegant oil still-life showing a view of three pomegranates and a child's wooden block arranged behind a delicate Navajo weaving. A California native, Minou was a long-time member of the Carmel Art...

This painting is an oil on canvas mounted to a wood panel. It is signed with his monogram signature JTA lower right. The work is unframed. Axton was born in Fort Leavenworth, Kan...

Eye-catching still life of fruit in front of window with striking use of color by French artist AM. Remy, 1988. Signed and dated lower right. Original one-of-a-kind vintage work of ...

Artist: Ed Ahlstrom, American (1944 - ) Title: Bananas Year: 1983 Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed Size: 20 in. x 24 in. (50.8 cm x 60.96 cm) Frame Size: 29.5 x 33 inches

Artist: Hilo Chen Title: Tulip Year: 1988 Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed and dated Size: 9 x 6.5 in. (22.86 x 16.51 cm) Frame: 16 x 13 inches

This impressionistic still life painting by Jon Traynor captures a wooden table top surface with an assortment of root vegetables and a porcelain vase filled with a bouquet of flowers. The painting overall features a warm, earthy palette which gives the sense of a warm glow being cast over the scene. The painting itself is 20" x 24" and 28" x 32" framed. It is professionally framed in an antiqued gold-hued frame. It is signed by the artist in the lower right-hand corner, and is wired and ready to hang. John C. Traynor's painting style is reminiscent of some 19th century painters and the Dutch Masters. He uses his knowledge of light and color to create a certain mood in each of his works. The creation of atmosphere is an important element in Traynor's paintings. Painting outdoors, on location, is a prime source of inspiration and ideas for his landscapes. John travels extensively, painting the landscapes around him. John was born in 1961 and spent his early years in Chester and Mendham, New Jersey. His art studies began at Delbarton School in Morristown, New Jersey, and from there he furthered his education at Paier College of Art in New Haven, Connecticut. He studied figure painting at the Art Students League of New York, as a merit scholar, with Frank Mason. Traynor continued his studies in Vermont with Mr. Mason on landscape painting, drawing with Carroll N. Jones Jr. of Stowe, Vermont and sculpture with Brother Jerome Cox...

"My head is somewhere near the intersections of the fields of art, history, psychology, engineering, and religion," Dan Wingren was quoted as saying, when he was named the Meadows Di...

Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...

Reference number F358 Framed with a natural oak floated frame 38 x 46 cm frame included (33 x 41 cm without frame) This work is painted with oil on a canvas. IStamp of the signature ...

Aaron Fink (American, b. 1955) Apples Signed and dated "Aaron Fink" lower right on Arches deckle edged paper. it is pencil signed and dedicated in pencil. it is not numbered and might be a rare artist's proof print. (this is possibly a woodblock or woodcut print from the looks of it but I have seen it described as a lithograph so I am selling it thusly.) Born in Boston, Fink received his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art and his MFA from the Yale University School of Art. His work has been exhibited widely throughout the U.S., Europe, Japan and Australia. He has been the subject of solo exhibitions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Muskegon Museum of Art, Michigan, the Rockford Art Museum, Illinois, and Colorado State University, Fort Collins. In 2002 a monograph on Fink’s work, Out of the Ordinary, was published, with text by Eleanor Heartney. In 1983 Fink met the collector John...

Artist: Rupert Jasen Smith, American (1953 - 1989) Title: Fishing Lure on Black Year: 1986 Medium: Unique Acrylic and Screenprint on Canvas, signed, dated, and stamped verso Image Si...

Artist: Rupert Jasen Smith, American (1953 - 1989) Title: Fishing Lure on Gold Year: 1987 Medium: Unique Acrylic and Screenprint on Canvas, signed, dated, and stamped verso Image Siz...

Artist: Rupert Jasen Smith, American (1953 - 1989) Title: Fishing Lure on Black Year: 1986 Medium: Unique Acrylic and Screenprint on Canvas, signed, dated, and stamped verso Image Si...

Canada’s national flag fills the frame of this magnificent painting by contemporary artist Charles Pachter. As a strong patriot, Pachter has chosen to celebrate the iconic image of ...

An oil painting by Linda Rosenzweig Prince from 1981. A photo-realistic painting of of news stand magazines piles forming a layered landscape. Signed and dated verso, framed in cherr...