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Style: American Realist
Period: 20th Century
Still Life American Scene Social Realism 20th Century Woodstock Modern Dudensing
Located in New York, NY
Still Life American Scene Social Realism 20th Century Woodstock Modern Dudensing Konrad Cramer (1888 – 1963) "Black Glass Bowl and Napkin" 16 ½ x 14 inches Oil on Board Singed lower...
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1920s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Board, Oil

Red Boat with Swan Nantucket
Located in Brookville, NY
Robert Stark Jr.(1933-2014) hails from a family of artists based on Nantucket. His luminous paintings depicting the sea and the boats that sail on it...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Floral Still Life with Roses, Lilacs, and Zinnias
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning floral still life by A.D. Greer features a bouquet of vibrant red and white roses, purple lilacs, and red and orange zinnia flowers. Measuring a sizable 36 x 48 inches,...
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20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Rockefeller Limo Reflection
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Khawam’s first genre of paintings started in 1980 during the heights of the Superrealism movement in New York City where Khawam was the youngest among the group and in his first year...
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1980s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic

Studio Interior Mid 20th Century American Scene Modern WPA Still Life Realism
Located in New York, NY
Studio Interior Scene Mid 20th Century American Modern WPA Still Life Realism The painting measures 10 x 12 inches. Framed, the work is 13 1/4 x 15 1/...
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1930s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Modernist Oil Painting Social Realist Kids and Cat in Red Wagon WPA Style
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil on artist's board, 20th century, signed Paul Zimmerman Reminiscent of the Mid Century Social Realist and WPA works of Ben Shahn this captures a group of tenement children of mixe...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Modernist Oil Painting Still Life Tableaux with Lobster, Pineapple and Clock
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil on artist's board, 20th century, signed P. Zimmerman Reminiscent of the Mid Century Social Realist and WPA works of Ben Shahn this captures a still life table top kitchen scene. ...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

San Juan Bowl
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"San Juan Bowl" is an oil on panel painting by William Acheff. The work is signed and dated lower left, "Wm. Acheff 1986". The framed size is 10 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 1 1/8 inches. Provena...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Still Life with Zinnias
Located in Boston, MA
Born in Philadelphia, Marguerite Pearson was best known for her still life and interior scenes. She studied with William James and Frederick Bosley at...
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1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Tesuque Jar
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Tesuque Jar" is an oil on panel painting by William Acheff. The work is signed and dated lower right, "WM Acheff 1986". The framed size is 17.5 x 17.25 x 1.75 inches. Provenance: P...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Still Life Watercolor of Irises, Mary Cassatt & Goldfish by Cathy Folk-Williams
Located in Plainview, NY
A still life watercolor painting with Irises, Mary Cassatt & Goldfish by Cathy Folk-Williams ( American, 1948). The original work features vivid colors and conflicting patterns, a si...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor

'The Artist's Garden', Munich Academy, Art Institute of Chicago, PAFA, Corcoran
By Julius Moessel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Moessel' for Julius Moessel (American, 1872-1960) and dated 1943; additionally titled verso, 'In the Artist's Garden'. A substantial, mid-century horticultural oi...
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1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ducks, A still life teacups and objects
Located in Greenwich, CT
In Ducks in the Studio Schmitt reveals the influence of the Impressionists and the Pointillists by adopting their bright and pure colors. However, he chose not to paint with small do...
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1970s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Encaustic, Canvas

"Nocturnal Lotus" oil on canvas, 1981
Located in Southampton, NY
Lowell Nesbitt's paintings are in most major museum collections. In the 1950s he dabbled in Abstract Expressionism for a short time. However, It wasn’t until 1962, that he created hi...
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1980s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Pair of Brick Wall Paintings the Size of a Wall
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of large contemporary paintings depicting a brick wall and window in a realist style. The paintings measure 72 x 30.5 inches each and are in basic wood-slat frames.
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Late 20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Still Life of Flowers in Vases
Located in Milford, NH
A fine still life oil painting with flowers in vases by American artist Everett Lloyd Bryant (1864-1945). Bryant was raised in Galion, Ohio, and s...
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Early 20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fruit at the window
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Beige wooden frame 62 x 71 x 4.3 cm
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"Green Landscape" Realist Oil on Canvas Award Winning Illustrator Bill Shields
Located in Arp, TX
Bill Shields "Landscape" c. 1970s Oil on canvas Gold gilt framed 28"x2"x19" Signed in paint lower right Excellent Condition - Minor wear consistent with age and history. CV EDUCATION: Chicago Academy Of Fine Art San Antonio Art Institute MAJOR FIELDS OF PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVOR: Freelance graphic design and illustration Instructor of painting and illustration Landscape, figurative and abstract painting ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT: (Professor of Art) California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA San Francisco Art Institute San Jose State University AWARDS FOR ILLUSTRATION, Gold Medals: New York Society of Illustrators Los Angeles Society of Illustrators San Francisco Society of Illustrators Dallas-Fort Worth Art Director's Club Houston Artist's Guild BIBLIOGRAPHY: Feature articles in: American Artist, Communication Arts, Print, North Light. Architectural design featured in: Better Homes and Gardens, American Home, Sunset Magazine, Architectural Digest. ILLUSTRATION CLIENTS: Oil Companies: Champlin Oil Company, Mobil Oil Company, Continental Oil Company, Standard Oil Company, Humble Oil and Refining Company. Industrial: Hughes Tool Company, General Electric, United States Steel, Phelps Dodge, Sylvania Television, Texas Gulf Sulphur, Litton Industries, Houston Lighting and Power Company, International Business Machines. Institutional: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States Air Force, United States Department of the Interior, American Petroleum Institute, New York Stock Exchange, National Broadcasting Company, American Iron and Steel Institute, CBS Broadcasting Company, Vanguard Recording Company, Diners Club, Stanford Research Institute, Victoria Station, Neiman Marcus, Bank of America, Automobile Club of Southern California, Airlines: TWA, British West Indies Airlines, Pan American Airlines...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Time Remembered" Mid 20th Century NYC Modern American Scene WPA El Railway 1940
Located in New York, NY
"Time Remembered" Mid 20th Century NYC Modern American Scene WPA El Railway 1940 A view of the Third Avenue El (elevated railway) at 28th Street, New York. Signed lower left. Titled verso. c. 1940. oil on board c. 1940, 27.875 h × 21.75 w inches. BIO Staats Cotsworth...
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1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

'Still Life with Fruit, ' by Cletus Smith, Watercolor Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 21.5" x 17.25" watercolor on paper painting, 'Still Life with Fruit,' is by Oklahoma artist Cletus Smith. The subject matter include a brown b...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Les Gros Prunes, plums still life
By Adam Lehr
Located in Greenwich, CT
This still life of Plums is a top notch example of 19th century still life painting! Beautiful quality and striking but also spare and honest in nature which is what typified Americ...
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Early 1900s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Log Loader
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Log loader' is a watercolor painting, created in 1980 by James Torlakson who is known for his photorealist oil paintings, watercolors and aquatint intaglio etchings. Torlakson’s p...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor, Canvas

"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's
By Helen Clark Oldfield
Located in New York, NY
"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's Helen Clark Oldfield "Two Bottles," 1943. Signed “Helen Oldfield” lower right. Oil on canvas board, 18 x 14 inches. Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Helen Clark Oldfield was born in Santa Rosa. Her father, James E. Clark, invested in local hops farms. He was a director of the first Santa Rosa Bank. Oldfield lived at 547 Mendocino Avenue, in one of the finest custom-built homes in town. She was the oldest child of the family. They spent summers in their beach cabin at Jenner-by-the-Sea. She was a good student and graduated from DeWitt Montgomery High in Santa Rosa with college standard grades. Unfortunately, this idyllic situation tumbled down suddenly. due to a fraud scandal at the Bank, her father forfeited most of his assets in order to make good on his client's losses. At the time when her high school friends were going east to college, Oldfield followed her family to a new life of farming. She found this life frustrating as there was little time for her interests after conclusion of her daily duties. Here she developed her natural gift for sophisticated needle work. At the time she also took a correspondence course in industrial design and became an expert tailor. Her family was not happy with the farming arrangement. They decided to move to Oakland. In 1921 they purchased a home at 318...
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1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Board

Island of Red Flowers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Island of Red Flowers Year: 1979 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed, titled and dated verso Size: 7...
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1970s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"Grandma's Window"
Located in Austin, TX
Bart Lindstrom "Grandma's Window" 12 x 18 (not including frame) Watercolor on paper A lovely still life picturing a kettle and a jar of preserves in fr...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

William Hubacek 'Cactus Plants' Still Life, Oil Painting
Located in San Rafael, CA
William Hubacek (American 1871-1958) Cactus Plants Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower left: 'Wm. Hubacek 1946' 18.75in H x 15.5in L With a gilt frame: ...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Warm Toned Realistic Interior Still Life of Freshly Picked Persimmons
Located in Houston, TX
Realistic still life painting of persimmons by Texas artist Drexel Caraway McNay (1910-1989). The work features a bowl overflowing with persimmons set against a dark background. Sign...
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1960s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage Mid Century Still Life with Brass Vessel, Fruits and Vegetables
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century still life composition with Brass vessel, apples, turnip and pepper by Charles Kingham (American, 1895-1984), c. 1940's. The artist uses a bold color palette an...
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1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Linen

Maid in Japan
Located in Miami, FL
Oil on board Signed lower left Provenance: Everett Oehlschlaeger Galleries, Chicago, IL Exhibited: Everett Oehlschlaeger Galleries, Chicago, IL Ten portraits of plastic toys attach...
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1970s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Inkjet, Oil

White Rose, Monumental Flower Painting by Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: White Rose Year: 1971 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 80 x 80 in. (203.2 x 203.2 cm)
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1970s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Mid Century Still-Life with Fruit, Pineapple, and Pitcher
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant, colorful still-life of fruit arranged in front of a bowl and pitcher by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). Circa 1940. This piece is partially incomplete. Unsigned, but...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Linen, Oil

Untitled
By Judith Klausenstock
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Judith Klausenstock– American (1928- ) Title: Untitled Year: circa 1995 Medium: Watercolor Sight size: 17 x 27.75 inches. Framed size: 26.25 x 36.25 inches Signature: Signe...
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1990s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Coastal Farm Landscape - oil on canvas
Located in Burlingame, CA
Coastal Farm Landscape. Oil on canvas painting, created in 1972 by James Torlakson who is known for his photorealist oil paintings, watercolors and aquatint intaglio etchings. Torla...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Art Shipping and Receiving, Photorealist Oil Painting on Board by Harry Lane
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Harry Lane Title: Art Shipping and Receiving Year: Circa 1950 Medium: Oil on Board, signed lower right Size: 30 in. x 24 in. (76.2 cm x 60.96 cm) ...
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1950s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Board, Oil

Mt. Etna from Taormina
Located in New York, NY
Thomas Fransioli, born in 1906 in Seattle, Washington, trained as an architect at the University of Pennsylvania. He worked as an architect before his service in World War II. Largel...
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20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

White Lily, Photorealist Oil Painting on Canvas by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: White Lily Year: 1982 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 26 in. x 26 in. (66.04 cm x 66.04 cm)
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1970s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Vintage Red and White Fuchsia
Located in Soquel, CA
Acrylic painting of white, red, and pink "Swingtime" varietal of fuchsia flowers, hanging from a vine on grey art board by Barbara Gibson (20th Century). Signed by the artist in the ...
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1980s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Illustration Board, Acrylic

Yellow Calla Lily
Located in New York, NY
In his long and productive career, Clarence Holbrook Carter followed an independent course. He incorporated an unlikely mixture of stylistic influences, drawing from such disparate s...
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Early 20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lemon White Lily, Still Life Oil Painting by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Lemon White Lily Year: 1982 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 26 x 26 in. (66.04 x 66.04 cm)
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1980s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Plums #6
Located in San Francisco, CA
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 ...
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1980s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Vintage Coral Cyclamen
Located in Soquel, CA
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...
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1980s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Acrylic, Illustration Board, Pencil

Blue Shadows, Oil Painting by Harry Lane
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Harry Lane, American (1891 - 1973) Title: Blue Shadows Medium: Oil on Board, signed l.r. Size: 15 in. x 11 in. (38.1 cm x 27.94 cm) Frame Size: 19 x 15 inches
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Late Summer, Oil Painting by Harry Lane
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Harry Lane, American (1891 - 1973) Title: Late Summer Medium: Oil on Board, signed Size: 16.5 in. x 12.5 in. (41.91 cm x 31.75 cm) Frame Size: 20 x 16 inches
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1950s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

"Still Life with Red Wine"
Located in Southampton, NY
Wonderful small still life painting by John T. Axton III done circa 1980. Oil on canvas and signed with the artist's monogram lower left. Unframed. Axton was born in Fort Leavenwo...
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1970s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Italian Still Life, Early Painting by Philip Pearlstein 1940
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Philip Pearlstein, American (1924 - ) Title: Italian Still Life Year: 1940 Medium: Oil on Board, signed Size: 16 in. x 12 in. (40.64 cm x 30.48 cm) Frame Size: 22 x 18 inches
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1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Vanitas Still Life, Oil Painting by Pamela Schermer
Located in Long Island City, NY
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
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1980s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Maid in Japan
Located in Miami, FL
Oil on board Signed lower left Provenance: Everett Oehlschlaeger Galleries, Chicago, IL Exhibited: Everett Oehlschlaeger Galleries, Chicago, IL Ten portraits of plastic toys attach...
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1970s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Lillium Umbellatum (Candlestick Lily)
By John Zak
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Zak Title: Lillium Umbellatum (Candlestick Lily) Year: 1974 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size 72 x 48 in. (182.88 x 121.92 cm)
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1970s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Still Life
By Hans Weingaertner
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Hans Weingaertner (1896-1970). Oil on canvas measures 8 x 10 inches; 14 x 16 inches in a frame of the period. Signed lower right. Excellent, clean condition with no damage or restoration. Signed with monogram and dated 1966 en verso. Biography: Birth place: Krailburg, Germany Addresses: Lynhurst, NJ; Belleville, NJ Profession: Painter Studied: Royal Acad., Munich, Germany, and with Ludwig Klein, Moritz Hyman, A. Jank. Exhibited: Soc. Indep. Artists, 1929-40; BM, 1932; New Haven PCC, 1934-39; AIC, 1936; traveling exhib., 1936-37; Corcoran Gal biennial, 1939; Montclair AM, 1938, 1939; New Jersey State Mus., Trenton, 1939; Newark Mus., 1940, 1944; Carnegie Inst., 1941; VMFA, 1946; Penn. State Teachers College, 1944, 1946; PAFA Ann., 1951; WMAA; NAD; CAFA; Salons of Am. Awards: prizes, Montclair AM, 1949, 1950; New Haven PCC, 1950; Newark Art Club, 1951; Bamberger purchase, 1964 Member: Mod. Artists, New Jersey; Soc. Indep. Artists; New Haven PCC; New Jersey AA; Audubon Artists; New Jersey WCS Work: Newark Mus.; Rutgers Univ.; Jefferson H...
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1960s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Rug and Hat
Located in Buffalo, NY
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
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1980s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Panel, Acrylic

Yellow Rose, Monumental Painting by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Lowell Nesbitt from 1973. A very large scale, hyper-realist painting of a rose in black background. Artist: Lowell Blair Nesb...
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1970s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Fireboat with Flag
Located in Burlingame, CA
A rare and very early oil and wax medium painting from American artist, Kim Frohisn, who is generally associated with the West Coast's Bay Area Figurative movement, started by Elmer ...
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20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Wax, Canvas

Still Life with Grapes, Pears, and Walnuts
Located in Boston, MA
Anne Lyman Powers, American (b.1922), Still Life with Grapes, Pears, and Walnuts, 1961. Signed and dated upper right: "Powers '61". Anne Lyman Powers was born in 1922, and raised in...
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1960s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

The Lavender Vase, 1934
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early original oil painting, "The Lavender Vase", by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010) McIntosh was extremely prolific an...
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1930s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Acrylic Polymer

Ten Lemons on Blue
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Ten Lemons on Blue Year: 1978 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 65 in. x 90 in. (165.1 cm x 228.6 cm)
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1970s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Flowers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gladys Rockmore Davis, American (1901 - 1967) Title: Flowers Year: circa 1940 Medium: Oil on Canvas, Signed l.r. Size: 24 x 20 inches Frame: 33 x 29 inches
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1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Oil

Sunflowers
Located in Missouri, MO
Sunflowers by Louis Carl Hvasta (1913-1993), Signed on Back Signed and Dated Middle Left Unframed: 24" x 14" Framed: 30.5" x 20.5" Frame was hand made by the artist. A local Califor...
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20th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Panel, Oil

Thistles
Located in Missouri, MO
Thistles by Louis Carl Hvasta (1913-1993) Signed and Dated Lower Right Unframed: 36" x 14" Framed: 41.5" x 22.5" Frame was hand made by the artist. A local Californian Artist, Hvas...
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1960s American Realist Still-life Paintings

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Panel, Oil

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