20th Century Still-life Paintings
Period: 20th Century
Color: Brown
Polish Israeli Abstract Flowers Tel Aviv Modernist Vibrant Floral Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Bold, colorful abstract bouquet of flowers in a vase.
25.5 X 20 inches, framed. 16 X 12.5 canvas in original carved wood frame.
Provenance: Gallery Hadassa (Klachkin) Tel Aviv. Bears label remnant verso.
Zvi Mairovich (1911-1974) was one of the most important Israeli abstract painters. Born in Krosno Poland, he moved to Berlin in 1929, studying painting with Karl Hofer...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still life with oranges and lemons
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Still Life, Fruit & Flowers', Paris, Copenhagen Royal Academy of Art
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper left, 'V. Isbrand' for Victor Isbrand (Danish, 1897-1989) and painted circa 1945.
A vibrant Post-Impressionist still-life showing a view of a farmhouse interior with a...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Nature Morte A La Table Pliante" / Still Life On The Folding Table
By René Genis
Located in Berlin, MD
Rene Genis (French 1922-2004) “Nature Morte A La Table Pliante” Still Life On A Folding Table. Oil on Woven Paper (BFK). Oranges and reds predominate wit...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
Vibrant Bowl of Cherries Oil Painting by Pierre Jerome
Located in Surfside, FL
approximate image size 13 3/4'' x 10 1/2'', frame size 22'' x 19''.
Pierre Jerome French 1905-1982
During his 50+ year career as an artist, he won several major awards, including a...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vibrant Floral Still Life Painting in the Modernist Style
Located in Surfside, FL
DIMENSIONS: (With Frame) H:36" L:29 7/8" (Without Frame) H:29.5" L:23 3/8"
Donald Roy Purdy is an American painter whose work evolved through a range of styles and subjects over the course of his long career.
Born in 1924, the self-taught artist seldom used models. Rather, Purdy worked largely from the memory and impressions certain subjects and objects left upon his mind. The artist only occasionally paints on canvas, preferring masonite which he considers to be a stronger and longer-lasting material. Though he admits to using gesso, Purdy is known for his special preparations of painting surfaces through a method he keeps secret.
Purdy first began painting in an abstract style. He later combined the abstract techniques with representational subject matter, and would continue experimenting with new styles. In the 1970s and early 1980s, Purdy became influenced by the palette of the Barbizon painters and developed a unique approach, melding abstraction with the rigid Realist techniques to produce his signature Impressionist style.
Before pursuing a career as an artist, Purdy earned a B.A. from the University of Connecticut and an M.A. in Psychology from Boston University.
Two Purdy paintings were included in the US State Department's "Art in America" show which recently toured Europe and several "First Awards" have been given to Purdy in competition with major artists. Among these is the Gold Metal of Honor from the National Academy in New York City.
Purdy's pieces are exhibited by the noted Van Diemen-Lilienfeld Gallery, which shows his work alongside the works of Vlaminch, Derain, Pissaro, Monet, Chagall and Picasso. His one man exhibitions have been seen in New York at the Ruth...
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Nature Morte
Located in New York, NY
Serge Clement
Nature Morte, 1963
Signed lower right Clement 1963
Oil on canvas, still life.
(Frame) H 25" x W 28.75" (Sight) H 18" x H 21"
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fruits sur une table, compotier et plateau
By Albert Andre
Located in Washington, DC
Post-impressionist still-life painting by Albert Andre. A similar picture is in the collection of The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Nature Morte à la table blau(?)" / Still Life at the (?) Table
By Guy Bardone
Located in Berlin, MD
Guy Bardone (1927 - 2015, French) "Nature Morte à la Table Blau (?)" / Still Life at the (?) Table. Oil on canvas with a lovely frame surrounding. The picture in greens and browns...
Category
French School 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Impressionist Flower Still Life Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist signed still life painting by William John Whittemore (1860 - 1955). Oil on board, circa 1932. Signed. Displayed in a period frame. Image size, 9.5"...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Wildflowers" Oil cm. 79 x 69 1999
Located in Torino, IT
Flowers,Summer,Yellow,Blue,Pink
MAYA KOPITZEVA (Gagra, Georgia, 1924 - 2005)
Maya Kopitzeva’s works have been acquired by the Russian Ministry of Culture, by the Foundation for t...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Pitcher
Located in London, GB
'Still Life with Pitcher', oil on paper, by Charles Réal (circa 1950s). Still-lifes make voyeurs out of all of us. No matter the era to which they belong, they always give us the sense that we’re spying on a table set for a night of gluttony or perhaps, romance. Whatever is set on the still-life table can transport us to another place limited only by our imaginations. What is not well known is that those tabletop items often had coded meanings. The secret meanings behind the paintings and their unofficial language spawned several sub-genres, including floral still life, breakfast paintings...
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Potted daffodils - Still life oil on canvas
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas
Gilded wooden frame
70,5 x 48 x 4,5 cm
Unsigned
Category
Academic 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern Impressionist Still Life Vegetable Oil Painting Eggplant Celery 1934
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modern impressionist still life with vegetables signed Michelle.
Charming composition depicting eggplant, celery, peppers, tomatoes and more.
Original period frame.
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life With Flowers And Butterflies
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Flowers And Butterflies
Frederick Arthur Jessup b. 1920 Talbot, Victoria, Australia - d. 2007 South of France. Fred, when he completed his art...
Category
Modern 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Black Eyed Susan Floral Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Large scale mid-century floral still-life of black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia) by listed El Paso, Texas artist Lois Coleman Denton (American, 1897-1980). Signed "Lois Denton...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Cardboard
The Bass Season by John Atherton
Located in New Orleans, LA
John Atherton
1900-1952 American
The Bass Season
Saturday Evening Post cover, June 29, 1946
Signed "Atherton" (lower right)
Inscribed "The Bass Season opens in the east July 1st /...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flowers #13, circa 1950s by Henri Julie, Floral Still Life, Bouquet in Vase
By Henri Julie
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Henri Julie (20th Century)
Signed: Henri Julie (Lower, Right)
" Flowers #13 " circa 1950s
Oil on Panel
17 7/8" x 15 7/8"
Housed in a 1 1/2" Period Antiqued Gold Leaf Frame...
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Colorful Still Life of Flowers
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021)
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studies ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vibrant Floral Oil Painting Vase of Spring Flowers Pierre Jerome Ecole De Paris
Located in Surfside, FL
Framed 23 x 15.75
Image 21.5 x 14.25
Pierre Jerome French 1905-1982
During his 50+ year career as an artist, he won several major awards, including awards at the Prix de Rome, in...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Still Life with Melons
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Impressionist
Subject: Still Life
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Dimensions: 15.25" x 24"
Frederick B. Serger (given name Frederick Bedrick Sinaberger) was born in 1889 to a family of Jewish manufacturers in the village of Ivancice near Brno Moravia, a province of Czechoslovakia. Showing artistic talent at a young age, he attended art schools in Brno, Vienna, and Munich. During World War I, Serger joined the Austrian Army and served in the Balkans. Once his service ended, he traveled to Paris where he resumed his art training and eagerly joined the Ecole de Paris (School of Paris) artists’ movement. During this period, he was greatly influenced by the Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and Expressionist movements.
While living in Paris, he met and married Helen Spitzer. Serger and his young wife moved from Paris to Scoczow, a city on the Polish-Czech border. They remained in Scoczow for 12 years and he continued to work as an artist, exhibiting in museums in Cracow and Warsaw. He also showed at the Paris Salon de Tuilleries and the Salon d’Automne with exhibitions protesting the French Academy’s Salon system. A high point in Serger’s career was an exhibition at the famed Bernheim-Jeune in Paris. The Bernheim-Jeune was known for displaying the artwork of premier artists such as Pablo Picasso and Paul Cezanne. Finally, in 1937, the City of Paris Museum purchased one of his paintings to be part of their collection.
During the onset of World War II, the Sergers moved several times, possibly in reaction to widespread Anti-Semitism during this period. They lived briefly in England, Panama, Guatemala, and Mexico. Finally, in 1941, they established permanent residence in Manhattan, New York. Serger set up a studio along 57th Street in Manhattan. Once again, he began painting prolifically and exhibiting his artwork in such prestigious galleries as Schoneman, Van Diemen-Lilienfeld and John Heller...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
American Abstract Expressionist Flowers Oil Painting Norman Carton WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
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...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Naturalistic Vanitas Fruit Still Life Painting of Grapes, Pears, and Apples
By Oliver Clare
Located in Houston, TX
Still life oil painting with grapes, pears, and apples. Set within a gold frame and plated with artist's name.
Canvas Dimensions without frame: 10 in H x 14 in L 1 in D.
Artist Bio...
Category
Naturalistic 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Llafranc" by Jordi Curos Coastal Landscape Oil Painting
By Jordi Curos
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Llafrac," an oil on canvas painting, depicts the coastal town of Llafranc, Spain in summertime.
Painted by Jordi Curós (1930 - 2017). Signed. Housed in a wooden frame. Wire at back...
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue Vase with Gladiolas and Samurai Portrait Still Life by Bonnie Beach Ryan
Located in Soquel, CA
Still Life of Gladiolas in a Blue Pot with bird figurine and Samurai portrait by Bonnie Beach Ryan (American, 1901-1940). In 1933, Bonnie Beach Ryan held her first solo show of flower and still life paintings at the Dana Bartlett...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Ken Symonds - Still life of Sweetcorn and Sweet Peppers - British Oil on board
Located in London, GB
KEN SYMONDS
(1927-2010)
Sweetcorn and Sweet Peppers
Signed l.l.: Symonds; signed, inscribed with title and the artist’s address on the backboard
Oil on board
Framed
24 by 31 cm., ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Avocados in bowl
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil painting by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. An eclectic image of two avocados in a luminous orange bowl. 15x18 inch canvas. Sign...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Colorful Still Life of Bowl with Fruits Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
This stunning oil on canvas painting of a highly colorful still-life composition features a fruit bowl with fruits and grapes.
It is an extremely lively and vibrant post-cubist exec...
Category
Modern 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life Flowers in a Vase
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Still Life Flowers in a Vase" c.1970 is an oil painting on canvas by noted French impressionist artist Charles Levier, 1920-2003. It i...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Autumn Garden Still Life, Large Landscape Tablescape, Ohio artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Work sold to benefit the CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART
Joseph B. O’Sickey (American, 1918–2013)
Autumn Garden Still Life, 1990
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
54 x 72 inches
Joseph O'Sickey, born in Detroit in 1918, was a painter and teacher throughout his career. As a child he attended Saturday classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Autumnal Still Life -- Persimmons & Jug
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous early 20th Century still life with classic autumnal fruit persimmons and a brown jug by A. Thompson (American 19th/20th Century), circa 1900. Signe...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Henry Ernst Schnakenberg, (Still Life with Scull)
Located in New York, NY
Henry Schnakenberg is mostly known for New York City scenes. This is clearly a departure.
It is signed at the lower left and dated '4-53' on the r...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
1940's Vintage French Flower Painting Still Life Roses in Vase, signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, signed and dated 1940's
Title: Still Life of Roses in a Vase
Medium: oil painting on board, unframed
Size:
board: 14 x 10.5 inches
Provenance: pri...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large French Impressionist Signed Oil Lush Green River Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School/ Date:
Douglas Stuart Allen (American/ French 1923-2021), signed
American born artist from Chicago, retiring to France during his ...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting Still Life Collage on Burlap
By Jacques Lamy
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Oil painting and collage on burlap of a blue and white Chinese jar set in a deconstructed reality with an evocative mixture of techniques. ...
Category
Other Art Style 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American School Abstract Expressionist Hat Shop Brilliant Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist abstract hat shop painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1950. Housed in a period frame. Image size, 32L x 26H.
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Daisies by the Back Door - Farm Landscape with Flowers in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Calm farm scene of a bucket filled with daisies by an unknown artist (20th Century). In the background a brick barn has a door open, with weeds and plants growing in front of it. A p...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Peaches
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Still Life with Peaches' is a charming example of the work of Henri Malançon who lived and worked in France between 1876 and 1960. It exempli...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flowers In Bloom, Still Life
By Maria Modok
Located in Surfside, FL
Maria Modok was born in 1896 in the town of Rackeve, Hungary. She attended the Academy of Fine Arts and also studied at the Independent School of Nagybanya.
Though not much is recorded of her early life, she began her artistic career in the 1920’s, producing mainly plein air pieces. Her early style is exhibited in works like Streambank and Szentendre.
In the 1930’s she frequently traveled to Paris where she continued her training at various private schools and further contributed to the Post Impressionism movement. During this period, she worked primarily in oils, creating landscapes such as The Bank of the Seine and Paris Sailboats.
Modok was always evolving as an artist and constantly redefining her work. She experimented with various media and movements, and created pieces of diverse subject matter. By 1935, Maria had moved well beyond the plein air and landscapes of her early career. That year, she held a one woman show which showcased paintings of mothers and children...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Thistles Watercolor Painting by Marie Benoit-Levy
Located in Atlanta, GA
Marie Benoit-Levy (France, 20th Century).
This lovely watercolor on Arches Vellum paper painting features still-life with thistles and a blue water pot, an academic design by Marie B...
Category
Academic 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Vase of Flowers-Painting by Karl Albrecht Buschbaum - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Vase of flowers is an original modern artwork realized by Karl Albrecht Buschbaum in the early 20th Century.
Mixed colored oil on canvas.
Hand signed on the lower margin K. Albrech...
Category
Modern 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Oil Painting by John J Hall "Pair of Pantry Scenes"
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by John J Hall "Pair of Pantry Scenes" 1921 - 2006 Studio labels verso. Hall went to college of Arts and Crafts and taught at the Cambridge school of arts. Oil on board....
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flowers on Checkerboard Cloth
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Scottish artist Ethel Walker (1941-) is a Contemporary and Post War popular painter known for still life flowers and landscapes. Walker currently exhibits...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Still Life, Homage to Matisse - Painting by David Euler - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Painting by David Euler, realized in 1986.
Henri Matisse fascinated me with his ability to capture fruit in its essence.
Not like a hyper realism photo-like oil painting, his st...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Still Life of Pink Roses, Souter, 20th Century Oil painting
Located in London, GB
John Bulloch Souter
1890 - 1972
Still Life of Pink Roses
Oil on canvas, signed lower left
Image size: 11 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches (28.5 x 39.5 cm)
Period Gilt frame
This still life shows...
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Sun Flower - Oil Painting by Claude Decamps - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Sun Flower is a painting realized by Claude Decamps in the 1970s
Oil painting on cardboard canvas.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
The ar...
Category
Modern 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Roses with Vase Still Life by Bonnie Beach Ryan
Located in Soquel, CA
Roses and vase by Bonnie Beach Ryan (American, 1901-1940). In 1933, Bonnie Beach Ryan held her first solo show of flower and still life paintings at the Dana Bartlett...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Antique American School Modernist Flower Still Life Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist still life painting. Oil and gouache on board, circa 1940. Housed in a period modernist frame. Image size, 24L x 18H.
Category
Modern 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Blue Vase
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Mid 20th Century oil on board Fauvist still life, flowers in a vase in an interior scene, by Hyppolite Roger. The painting is signed bottom righ...
Category
Fauvist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Still Life Bowl Of Nuts and Fruits signed Hartigan
Located in Surfside, FL
signed Hartigan. 13 X 16.25 (without frame) Probably from the 40s or 50s.
wonderful strong Modernist piece.
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hommage à Cézanne, Still Life With Fruit
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century still life oil on canvas by noted French artist Jean Arène. Signed bottom middle, presented in fine wood frame with gilt filet.
A very cha...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
“Bouquet of Petunias”
By Samuel Mirsky
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a very well executed oil on canvas painting of a bouquet of petunias by Samuel Mirsky. Signed lower right. Circa 1960. Condition is excellent. Overall framed measurements are 24.5 by 28.5 inches. Provenance: A New York collector.
Samuel Mirsky (1883 - 1980) was active/lived in New York / Russian Federation. Samuel Mirsky is known for portrait, genre painting and still...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Margaret Pearson Still Life Floral Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th Century
Margaret Pearson Still life Floral Painting w/ Butterflies
Oil on Canvas
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Studio Interior Still Life with Carved Wood Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Lawrence Rothbort
1920-1963
Lawrence Rothbort, son of American Impressionist - Samuel Rothbort, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1920, and achieved fame for his expressionist style painting, earning comparison to Paul Gauguin and Vincent Van Gogh.
At age 16 he dropped out of High School and became an avid reader of philosophy, religion and mysticism which, eventually, led him to become a moral vegetarian.
As a pacifist during World War II - he refused to serve in the military. A requirement therefore, was to work on farms due to the manpower shortage. For one year at the age of 24, he left home for the Pocono's where he would live as a hermit , living off the land and closely observing nature.
Rothbort returned home in 1945 determined to become an artist. As a self-trained artist, he worked non-stop, seven days a week, grinding his own paints, experimenting in oils, watercolors, pen & ink. He developed several new techniques such as the patient application of paint with sharpened twigs to the canvas, and the combination of oil painting with glass. He created enormous mosaics and it was not unusual for a piece to take several months to complete.
Rothbort's first showing was in 1947 at the Barzansky Gallery in Manhattan. The reviews were excellent, comparing his pen & ink to those of the Elder Bruegal. His oils "outstanding", where he was praised by critics as a descendent of Gauguin.
In 1956, he married a young piano teacher with whom he had three children. In 1956 they moved to Florida where he completed three major works, one of which was an enormous mosaic of his wife nursing their first born surrounded by everything they owned. The work is reminiscent of Medieval Madonna's.
Rothbort returned to Brooklyn in 1960 and established a small gallery behind his family's apartment. He would often travel with his supplies in a carriage to various locations throughout Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn painting...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'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
Modern 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
The thun pot by Aloys Hugonnet - Oil on canvas board
Located in Geneva, CH
Artwork on canvas board
Gilded wood frame
47 x 37 x 3 cm
Category
Modern 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
20th Century German Modernist Oil Painting Still Life of Fruit in Bowl
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Elisabeth Hahn (German 1924-2021),
Elisabeth Hahn was born in Dortmund, Germany, where she began her artistic studies. In 1953, she moved to Paris. She continued her studie...
Category
Modern 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Bread tray" by Jean Maurice Beyeler - Oil on cardboard
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on wood
Category
Modern 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
