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Style: American Realist
Girl with Muff
By Robert Henri
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Girl with Muff" is aa American figurative portrait oil on canvas painting by Robert Henri in 1912. The artwork is 57 1/4 x 38 1/4 inches and, with the frame, is 64 1/4 x 45 1/4 x 2 ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Painting New Yorker Mag Cover proposal. Army Wedding American Scene WPA
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting New Yorker Mag Cover proposal. Army Wedding American Scene WPA
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994)
Army Wedding
New Yorker cover proposal, c. 1939
11 1/2 X 8 inches ...
Category
1930s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Quart and a Half
By Andrew Wyeth
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Quart and a Half" is an American Realist abstract landscape watercolor on paper painting by Andrew Wyeth in 1961. The artwork is 21 x 29 1/4 inches and is 33 3/4 x 42 1/4 x 1 inches...
Category
20th Century American Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Still Life with Currants
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on panel. It features red currants reflected in a silver vessel. A house finch perches above the scene, its red breast complimenting the berrie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Red Grapes Study
Located in Wenham, MA
Dale Zinkowski is a master of still life. His work, reminiscent of Golden Age Dutch still life painting, glows with light and subtle, quiet beauty. This original oil painting shows a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Forest Landscape - an Antique Oil Painting by 19th Century American Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Forest Landscape - an Antique Oil Painting by 19th Century American Artist, Clara Davis Inness (1874-1932)
Art measures 36 x 24 inches
F...
Category
1920s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Mid Century Original Oil Plein Air Landscape of Western Nevada
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Antique Western Nevada Desert Oil Landscape by Phoebe K. Higgins
A mid-century desert oil landscape of Western Nevada by Phoebe K. Higgins (American, 1895 - c 1960), circa ...
Category
1950s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Board
Blueberries
Located in Wenham, MA
Dale Zinkowski is a master of still life. His work, reminiscent of Golden Age Dutch still life painting, glows with light and subtle, quiet beauty. This original oil painting shows ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Trompe l'oeil American modern oil painting Bruce Kurland Magnolia Floral Framed
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Kurland – Still Life with Decoy and Shells
Oil on board, framed in antique gold leaf
A master of intimacy and restraint, Bruce Kurland’s Still Life with Decoy and Shells is a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
View From the Window, Oil on Canvas
Located in Burlingame, CA
One of our finest living contemporary American Realist artists, Willard Dixon, has painted 'View From the Window; featuring green leaves, grey branches, purple lilac and orange turni...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Rainbow Trout -Late 19th Century New England Still Life. Naturalist Oil Painting
By Walter Brackett
Located in Marco Island, FL
A finely executed late 19th-century still life by Walter Brackett (1823-1919) of a rainbow trout with rod and reel in the foreground, along with the fly that captured the trout. Fin...
Category
1870s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Oil Painting Framed Horse Race Elizabeth Bell Arabian Dappled
Located in Buffalo, NY
Elizabeth Bell’s Dappled Elegance is a masterfully rendered oil painting celebrating the grace and stature of an Arabian or American Saddlebred horse in motion. The artist captures t...
Category
1930s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique 19th Century American Oil Painting Portrait George Washington Athenaeum
By Gilbert Stuart
Located in Portland, OR
A very good American 19th Century oil on canvas painting of President George Washington, circa 1845, after the Athenaeum Portrait by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828).
The portrait is very true to the many painted by Stuart (please see the history below), it was painted in 1845 & has the canvas suppliers stamp of "Reeves and Sons...
Category
1840s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Winter Lake
Located in Burlingame, CA
Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of art. Taking cues from nature’s extraordinary visual offer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
"Excise" - Oil Painting of Two Male Figures in Dynamic Tension, 2021
Located in Denver, CO
Zack Zdrale's "Excise" (2021) is a compelling oil on panel that captures a striking moment of physical and emotional intensity. This original, handmade painting depicts two male figu...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Grand Canyon Series
By Sheldon Parsons
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Grand Canyon Series" is an oil on panel painting by Sheldon Orrin Parsons, painted in 1943. The work is signed in the lower left, “Sheldon Parsons 16”...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Forest Landscape - an Antique Oil Painting by 19th Century American Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Forest Landscape - an Antique Oil Painting by 19th Century American Artist, Clara Davis Inness (1874-1932)
Art measures 36 x 24 inches
F...
Category
1920s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Currants
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on panel. It features red currants reflected in a silver vessel. A house finch perches above the scene, its red breast complimenting the berrie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Twin Lights, Thacher Island, Connecticut
Located in Greenwich, CT
Twin Lights, Thacher Island is a superlative early Luminist rendering of Thacher Island off the coast of Rockport, Massachusetts executed in 1873 at an important early point in the a...
Category
1870s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
Blue Tones Triptych, Serene Gorgeous Clouds, Handmade Cyanotype Watercolor Paper
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of cyanotype triptychs showcases the beauty of nature scenes, including stunning beaches and oceans, as well as the intricate textures of w...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, C Print, Co...
A Still Life in Delft
Located in Wenham, MA
This is an original oil painting on by Ginny Williams. Celebrating the elements of still life often found in paintings of the Dutch golden age, this piece showcases blue and white po...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Trompe l'oeil American modern oil painting Bruce Kurland Oyster Duck Framed
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Kurland – Still Life with Decoy and Shells
Oil on board, framed in antique gold leaf
A master of intimacy and restraint, Bruce Kurland’s Still Life with Decoy and Shells is a ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Perfection, Oil Painting
By Jo Galang
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"Perfection is what comes to mind when looking at the work of the Almighty," says artist Jo Galang. "I found these captivating, perfect beauties at the grocer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Child Star" Mid Century Portrait of a Boy with Brown Eyes Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Child Star" Mid Century Portrait of a Boy with Brown Eyes Oil on Canvas
Stately portrait of a boy by William Robert Shulgold (Russian-American, 1897-1989). The subject is looking o...
Category
1950s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Terminus no. 2
Located in Burlingame, CA
Breathtaking impressionistic ocean scene with large cumulus cloud rising where the mountains meet the ocean. Tranquil blue water with filtered early evening light captured on the canvas where time stands still. Ready to hang unframed with its edge painted in a reddish brown patina for which the artist is known. Artist signed, titled and dated. Condition is excellent / as new.
Brooks Anderson...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Mid Century Seascape and Figural Original oil painting on Linen
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Seascape and Figural Original oil painting on Linen 1956
Solitary figure on wharf by California artist Robert Watson, painted 1956 (1923 - 2004)The following, is from To...
Category
1950s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Ten Lemons on Blue, Large Photorealist Painting by Lowell Blair Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lowell Blair Nesbitt's arrangement of lemons against a blue tablecloth is full of contrast and color. With light shining over the table and casting shadows across the cloth, the lemo...
Category
1970s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
19th Century American School - Gentleman with Groom, Horse and Hounds by a House
Located in London, GB
AMERICAN SCHOOL
(CIRCA 1840)
A Gentleman with Groom, Horse and Greyhounds outside a Country House
Oil on canvas
Framed
75 by 99 cm., 29 ½ by 39 in.
(frame size 87 by 113 cm., 34 ¼...
Category
Early 19th Century American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fruit at the window
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Beige wooden frame
62 x 71 x 4.3 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique 19th Century American Oil Painting Portrait George Washington Athenaeum
By Gilbert Stuart
Located in Portland, OR
A very good American 19th Century oil on canvas painting of President George Washington, circa 1845, after the Athenaeum Portrait by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828).
The portrait is very true to the many painted by Stuart (please see the history below), it was painted in 1845 & has the canvas suppliers stamp of "Reeves and Sons...
Category
1840s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas
"3rd Avenue EL" NYC American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
"3rd Avenue EL" NYC American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century Social Realism
Bernard Gussow (1881-1957)
3rd Avenue El
28 1/8 x 30 1/4 inches
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left
Fram...
Category
1930s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Transformation" Contemporary oil female nude metamorphosis, Venus allegorical
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A contemporary female nude hovering a hairs breath over a lily pond, blue butterflies swirling around her, possibly lifting her into the twilight sky with them. Her arms are extende...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Preparing the Trick
Located in Missouri, MO
Canvas Size: approx 26.5 x 18
Framed Size: approx 30 x 22 inches
Born into a poor family in Durham, England, John George Brown (1831-1913) earned a reputation as one of 19th-century...
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Dance of Sunlight
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on linen panel. It was painted on location at Blow-Me-Down Brook in New Hampshire where the Cornish Art Colony, its most well-known member bein...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Summer Ballet
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on panel. It was painted on location at an early 20th century garden at a historic estate. Featuring the white-flowered plumes of cimicifuga ra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Late 19th century Bunny Rabbits
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming 19th century oil on canvas of bunny rabbits. The painting appears to be unsigned. It measures 15 inches wide by 10 inches high. The period frame...
Category
19th Century American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Street of the Old Quarter British School signed Cade oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
**Technical Sheet**
**Title:** "Street of the Old Quarter"
**Author:** British School, 19th Century
**Date:** 1892
**Technique:** Oil on canvas
**Dimensions:** 14.17 x 10.63 inc...
Category
1890s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
All Saints
Located in Wenham, MA
This is an original oil painting on a linen panel. Mums, the traditional flower of All Saints Day in France, are pictured in a reflective silver cup. A jewel-like deep green-blue bac...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Sam Bass Canyon, Set Ranch
Located in Dallas, TX
The overall dimensions, including the blond wood float frame, are 21 3/8 x 17 5/16 inches.
The painting is oil on canvaspanel.
Eleanor Jones Harvey, Chief Curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, writes about Bob Stuth-Wade:
“Over the course of his career, Bob Stuth-Wade has examined his responses to life through landscape, still life, portraiture, and abstraction. Restlessly creative, he has explored these varied genres with equal concentration…..”
Bob Stuth-Wade’s method of painting is uniquely his own, having taught himself technique; his only formal training was as a teenager with Dallas artist Perry...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
Moving Sky
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Moving Sky' is 48 x 53 inches. The unique work bridges realism with surrealism. The painting is unframed and is ready to hang and enjoy over a lifetime. Signed and dated by the ar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
First Light, A Misty Morning Sunrise Scene in Maine with a Mountain View
By Alan Bray
Located in New York, NY
In First Light (2024), Alan Bray captures the quiet majesty of dawn over Spencer Pond, Maine. This luminous casein tempera on panel painting (15 x 24 inches) depicts a breathtaking s...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Casein, Panel
"SUNSET HILL COUNTRY IN WHITE" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY" SNOW SCENE
By Manuel Garza
Located in San Antonio, TX
Manuel Garza
(Born 1949)
Texas Artist
Image Size: 18 x 24
Frame Size: 23 x 29
Medium: Oil
1972
"Sunset Texas Hill Country In White"
Biography
Manuel Garza (Born 1949)
Growing up in C...
Category
1970s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Girl with Muff
By Robert Henri
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Girl with Muff" is aa American figurative portrait oil on canvas painting by Robert Henri in 1912. The artwork is 57 1/4 x 38 1/4 inches and, with the frame, is 64 1/4 x 45 1/4 x 2 ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Hialeah Park Race Track, Florida" Beatrix Sherman, American, Mid 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Beatrix Sherman
Hialeah Park Race Track, Florida, 1947
Signed lower right
Oil on canvasboard
16 x 20 inches
Beatrix Sherman (1894-1975), who changed her first name from Beatrice by...
Category
1940s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Waves of Clouds, Deep Blue Cyanotype Print, Pleasant Cloudy Sky, Large Triptych
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of cyanotype triptychs showcases the beauty of nature scenes, including stunning beaches and oceans, as well as the intricate textures of water, forests, and skies. These triptychs are large pieces that feature lush blues, making them an impressive addition to any beautifully designed space.
Each triptych is printed by hand and carefully crafted to capture the unique essence of these natural environments, with a focus on the interplay of light and shadows, and the subtle nuances of tone and texture.
The beach and ocean scenes depict the dynamic beauty of waves crashing against the shore, with the cyanotype process lending a dreamy, ethereal quality to the images. Similarly, the forest and wood scenes...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Lithograph, Rag Paper
"Snowy City Scene" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Snowy City Scene" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid-20th Century Modern
Syd J. Browne (1907-1991)
"Snowy City Scene"
22 x 30 inches
Oil on canvas. c. 1930s
Signed lower lef...
Category
1930s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hanover Street, Boston
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil on canvas by artist Brian Roach (?). The painting shows a street scene of Hanover Street in Boston's historic Italian neighborhood. The artist has exper...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Morning Beneath the EL NYC American Scene WPA Modern 20th Century Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
"Morning Beneath the EL" NYC American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century Social Realism
Bernard Gussow (1881-1957)
"Morning Beneath the EL"
24 1/4 x 30 inches
Oil on canvas
Signed...
Category
1930s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Painting Undersea Whale Life Mag Published 1953 Illustration Ocean Sea
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting Undersea Whale Life Mag Published 1953 Illustration Ocean Sea
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994)
Underwater Whale
Life Illustration published, c. November 7, 1953
1...
Category
1950s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
"THE COWBOYS" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY James Robinson (1944-2015)
Located in San Antonio, TX
James Robinson
(1944-2015)
Austin, Dallas, Houston Artist
Image Size: 30 x 40
Frame Size: 40 x 50
Medium: Acrylic
"The Cowboys" Texas Hill Country
Biography
James Robinson (1944-2015...
Category
20th Century American Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Still Life with Gold and Red
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on panel. It features a gold vessel sitting on a deeply colored red and white cloth. Framed in a slope style frame with a gold inner edge that ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Company For Supper" - Original Oil on Canvas, After Dale Nichols
By Dale Nichols
Located in Soquel, CA
"Company For Supper" - After Dale Nichols
"Company For Supper" oil on canvas painting by Arlene a mid-west artist (American, 20th Century). Painted by an anonymous artist in the sty...
Category
1950s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen, Stretcher Bars
Sunlight Through the Picket Fence
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on panel. A garden is shown with the subtle shadow cast by a picket fence on the path between the flowers. In a wide, linen-lined frame, the ov...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Lure
Located in Wenham, MA
An original oil painting on linen panel of an antique fishing lure, framed in a hand-made frame by one of New York's finest frame makers.
Master...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
26 Miles Across the Sea
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Growing up in the early 60's, Kent loved to listen to music on the transistor radio. Yes, transistor! The Kingston Trio had a big hit 26 Miles across the Sea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Afternoon Sun, " Ann Wyeth McCoy, Interior and Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Ann Wyeth McCoy (1915 - 2005)
Afternoon Sun
Watercolor on paper
Sheet 24 x 18 inches
Signed lower left
Provenance:
Somerville Manning Gallery
Private ...
Category
20th Century American Realist Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A Sunny Day in New York
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on panel. It features cheerful yellow flowers and a graphic black and white background--one in a series of pieces where the artist has used the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Portofino Memories" Italian Harbor With Brilliant Water Reflections
By Tom Swimm
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Portofino Memories," with rippling water reflections below the iconic Portofino harbor is a quintessential example of Tom Swimm's enhanced realism. This colorful oil painting is on ...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Watercolor Painting Bucks County Pennslyvania Horses Farm 1910
By Frank F. English
Located in Portland, OR
Antique American watercolor painting, Bucolic Farm scene by Frank F. English (1854 - 1922), Bucks County, Pennsylvania, Circa 1910.
A very attractive painting by the celebrated Pennsylvania artist Frank F. English, the location is in Point Pleasant, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The painting depicts a scene of blue skies with two farmers tossing hay with pitchforks & two horses harnessed to a hay wagon, with barns to the background. The painting signed lower right " Frank F. English", condition is excellent and is ready to hang on your wall.
Frank F. English was born in Louisville Kentucky in 1854. In the early 1880s, he studied for five years in the evening classes of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His instructors included Thomas Eakins, James P. Kelly and Thomas Anshutz.
However, English's reputation primarily rests with his outstanding facility as a watercolorist; most of his known paintings are executed in this medium. English's propensity for its use coincides, appropriately enough, with the watercolor's growing popularity among other American painters.
The American Water Color Society brought the medium special prominence by the late 1860s, and acceptance on the level of oil painting in 1876. That same year, the society was invited to display its works at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. Its members exhibited 116 watercolors, and their public exposure was enormous. It is safe to assume that during the 159-day Centennial, Frank English was among the nearly 10 million exposition attendees, surpassing attendance records at all preceding world's fairs.
At age twenty-two, English, traveled to Philadelphia to see works by the Society's notables such as Samuel Colman, R. Swain Gifford, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Albert Fitch...
Category
Early 1900s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Alfa Romeo Auto Show, Acrylic Painting on Board by Dennis Simon
Located in Long Island City, NY
Simon’s automotive illustrations have been featured in Road & Track, Sports Car International, Automobile, Thoroughbred and Classic Cars, Classic and Sportscar, and Vintage Motorsport magazines. Favorite projects document automotive racing history, and he has designed over 60 original automotive racing posters for such clients as UNOCAL, Michelin, BF Goodrich, SVRA’s Bahama Vintage Grand Prix, and a series of Monterey Auction posters. Simon designed and illustrated the cover of the Indianapolis 500...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Illustration Board
Winter Road
Located in Burlingame, CA
Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of art. Taking cues from nature’s extraordinary visual offer...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Apaches
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Apaches" is an oil on canvas painting by Olaf Wieghorst. The painting is signed on the lower left, "O-Wieghorst". The framed piece measures 25 1/2 x 29 3/4 x 2 in.
“When the time comes for me to put away my palette and unsaddle my pony for the last time, I hope that my canvases will in some small measure add to the historical recording of an era, the cowboy, and the great American West.” ~ Olaf Wieghorst
Wieghorst worked with the mounted patrol of the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Cavalry (1920-1922) with occasional interludes as a wrangler on ranches in the western states. Wherever he went, he sketched and painted the Western culture he loved, often selling his work as calendar and magazine illustrations.
His work appeared in Zane Grey...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Painting. Colliers Magazine Cover Published 1933 Wedding Illustration
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Colliers Magazine Cover Published 1933 Wedding Illustration
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994)
The Wedding
Colliers published, June 17, 1933
17 1/4 X 11 1/2 inches (sight)
Framed 23 1/4 X 17 1/2 inches
Gouache on board
Signed lower right
BIOGRAPHY:
Antonio Petruccelli (1907-1994) began his career as a textile designer. He became a freelance illustrator in 1932 after winning several House Beautiful cover illustration contests.
In addition to 24 Fortune magazine covers, four New Yorker covers, several for House Beautiful, Collier’s, and other magazines he did numerous illustrations for Life magazine from the 1930s – 60s.
‘Tony was Mr. Versatility for Fortune. He could do anything, from charts and diagrams to maps, illustrations, covers, and caricatures,’ said Francis Brennan, the former art director for Fortune.
Over the course of his career, Antonio won several important design awards, designing a U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Steel Industry and designing the Bicentennial Medal...
Category
1930s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Scouting
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Scouting" is an oil on canvas painting by Frank Tenney Johnson. The framed piece measures 23 3/4 x 27 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches.
Johnson was well-known for his work of the American west, particularly for his portrayal of cowboys at night, lit by moonlight. Johnson utilized knives and fingers when painting, so his work is recognizable for its distinctive marks.
Provenance:
Biltmore Galleries, Scottsdale...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Looking for Breakfast", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's (US based) "Looking for Breakfast" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a bird perched in a flooded grassy field.
Bio/artist statement:
Christopher has been an artist since early childhood, when he would watch Bob Ross on PBS and mimic the famed oil painter’s art with crayons. He considers himself a self-educated artist, with his studies ranging from personal training with contemporary masters, to classical academic art technique, with much inspiration from 19th Century art and the Impressionist Movement. Christopher lived in Italy for a time, immersing himself in Italian culture and art, which continues to influence his painting. His fan base has grown considerably since his return to the US, gaining the attention of Lucasfilm and Marvel Fine Art, which both signed him as an officially licensed artist in 2016. Other clients include George Lucas, Major League Baseball, Louisville Slugger...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ruby Red Rose Realism Oil on Canvas Gallery Wrapped Floral 40 x 30 Valentines
Located in Houston, TX
Ruby Red Rose Oil on canvas gallery wrapped 40" x 30"
Red roses symbolize all the qualities that speak to a powerful and genuinely beautiful love story. They represent devotion, p...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Edgartown Harbor, Martha’s Vineyard Oil Painting; James King Bonnar 1960
By James King Bonnar
Located in Baltimore, MD
This painting, by listed artist James King Bonnar (1884-1961), is a lovely scene of Edgartown Harbor, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. It dates to ca 1960, towards the end of his career. There is a lot of action and detail presented, as the harbor is busy, likely in full summer season. The variety of boats, men working them and an abundance of rigging fill the composition. Bonnar, however, left enough of the foreground water clear to show off his skills of reflection and slight movement to the water. Full sail boats glide past in the background. A hillside of Edgartown is depicted beyond, with a few of its buildings highlighted. The sky is blue with just a hint of high clouds...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Stillness of Morning
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil painting on linen canvas. It features a beautiful bouquet of summer flowers: carnations, chrysanthemums, geraniums, foxglove, all arranged in a blue and white vase. The early morning lights gently washes over the arrangement from the left, casting lyrical shadows on the wall behind. A peaceful portrait of a beautiful, ephemeral moment.
GC Williams has a degree in art history which gave her an understanding of, and appreciation for, not only the art of the past, but the historical events and ideologies that fostered various aesthetics, movements, and styles.
She has studied at several classical ateliers, including three years at Boston's Academy of Realist Art. Her work has been shown in galleries throughout the US and is included in public and private collections. She maintains a studio on the north shore of Massachusetts.
"My work is about the little moments of beauty that comprise our existence: the greening of the landscape in early spring, the glint of light on an object; growing things and made objects. I enjoy creating interesting interactions, and making up narratives. I love the way light animates objects...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Industry and Commerce
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mural study is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1930s
Industry and Commerce, 1936, tempera on panel, 16 ½ x 39 ½ inches, signed verso “John Ballator, Portland Ore.” provenance includes: J.C. Penney Company, represented by Russell Tether Fine Arts Assoc.; presented in a newer wood frame
About the Painting
Industry and Commerce is a prime example of WPA Era muralism. Like a Mediaeval alter, this mural study is filled with icons, but the images of saints and martyrs are replaced with symbols of America's gospel of prosperity through capitalism. Industry and Commerce has a strong narrative quality with vignettes filling the entire surface. Extraction, logistics, design, power generation, and manufacturing for printing, chemicals, automobiles and metal products are all represented. To eliminate any doubt about the mural's themes, Ballator letters a description into the bottom of the study. Ballator also presents an idealized version of industrial cooperation, as his workers, lab-coated technicians and tie-wearing managers work harmoniously toward a common goal in the tidy and neatly designed environments. Although far from the reality of most industrial spaces, Ballator's study reflects the idealized and morale boosting tone that many mural projects adopted during the Great Depression.
About the Artist
John R Ballator achieved success as a muralist, lithographer, and teacher during the Great Depression. Born in Oregon, he studied at the Portland Museum Art School, the University of Oregon and at Yale University where he received a Bachelor of Fine Art. In 1936, Ballator was commissioned to paint a mural panel for the new Department of Justice Building in Washington DC, an important project that spanned five years with several dozen artists contributing a total of sixty-eight designs. Ballator completed murals for the St. Johns Post Office and Franklin High School, both in Portland, Oregon. He also contributed to the 1938 murals at Nathan Hale School in New Haven, Connecticut. During the late 1930s, Ballator taught art for several years at Washburn College in Topeka, Kanas, where he completed a mural for the Menninger Arts & Craft Shop before accepting a professorship at Hollins College...
Category
1930s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Tempera
"The Next Stage of Your Journey", Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Christopher Clark's (US based) "The Next Stage of Your Journey" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a split rail fence among a meadow of tall grasses leading to am autumn colored forest in the background.
Bio/artist statement:
Christopher has been an artist since early childhood, when he would watch Bob Ross on PBS and mimic the famed oil painter’s art with crayons. He considers himself a self-educated artist, with his studies ranging from personal training with contemporary masters, to classical academic art technique, with much inspiration from 19th Century art and the Impressionist Movement. Christopher lived in Italy for a time, immersing himself in Italian culture and art, which continues to influence his painting. His fan base has grown considerably since his return to the US, gaining the attention of Lucasfilm and Marvel Fine Art, which both signed him as an officially licensed artist in 2016. Other clients include George Lucas, Major League Baseball, Louisville Slugger, and Fender Guitars.
Christopher’s painting skills are not his only talent in the arts. He has won several national swing dance championship competitions, and also studies tango and blues dancing. He has played guitar since the age of 12, and during his time as lead guitarist for a rock band, he opened for Blue Oyster Cult and Eddie Money, as well as headlined “the Whisky A Go Go” and “The Roxy” in Hollywood. Christopher has played trombone since high school, and for the last 20 years has played with all-trombone Christmas band in Orange County, California called the Balboa Bachelors, with whom he has played for the Newport Beach Christmas Boat Parade...
Category
2010s American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
August Koi, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Onelio Marrero displays a stunning koi pond in mesmerizing shades of deep blue and green. Part of his series of paintings exploring ponds, waterlilies,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pepper Party / oil on canvas - still life with food
By Mimi Jensen
Located in Burlingame, CA
Glorious fun with food in this bold and colorful still life celebration where green, red, orange and yellow reigns, in this chili pepper scene from highly collectible American realis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
In Gratitude, Oil Painting
By Jo Galang
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Jo Galang says this piece was inspired by a lovely bouquet she received from her son and his girlfriend on Mother's Day. "It was so beautiful, and the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Paintings
Materials
Oil
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