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Art Subject: People
European School Early 19th Century Oil - Portrait of a Noblewoman
Located in Corsham, GB
This portrait features a striking contrast between the subject's vibrant red dress and the dark background, drawing the viewer's eye to the centre of the composition. Her unique hand...
Category
Early 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Irreplaceable You - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative Portrait, Women, Love
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
How do you feel when you know you're irreplaceable? People in general are irreplaceable in life.
We are ourselves that cannot be copied in a sense of personality. Simply similar
Sh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Ocean Breeze, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind.
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2024
Style: Impressionism
Title: Ocean Breeze
Size: 31.5" x 39.5" x ...
Category
2010s Academic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
George Gách painting of Glenwood Landing, Long Island, signed
By George Gach
Located in New York, NY
George Gách (American, 1909-1996)
The Old Tree in Glenwood Landing, 1957
Oil on canvas
23 x 27 in.
Framed: 26 x 29 1/2 in.
Singed lower right: Gách 1957
Provenance:
Garden City Galleries, Garden City, NY
Includes brochure.
Born in Hungary, George Gách, the son of sculptor Stephen Gách (1880-1962), was noted for sculpture, impressionist painting and teaching. His subjects included animals, people, florals, nudes, cowboys, sports and scenes of Long Island, Bermuda, Mexico, Florida and upstate New York. Among his sculpture subjects are portrait busts of prime ministers, governors, corporate presidents and soccer stars.
He served as a commercial pilot from 1939 to 1952. and in 1944, was shot down and given up as dead. He was also in prisoner of war camps twice during World War II and then in 1947, was almost imprisoned by the communists in Hungary.
Gách graduated form the Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest in 1939, and then immigrated to the United States. He located his studio in Roslyn Heights Long Island, and at one point set a goal...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
General Sir W.R. Mansfield's Arabian charger, held by a groom
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
Edwin Loder of Bath (1827-1885)
General Sir W.R. Mansfield's Arabian charger, held by a groom
signed, inscribed and dated 'E. Loder/ Bath/ 1868' (lower
right)
Oil on canvas
Painting ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Flower bouquet"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
This stunning still life, bursting with vibrant hues, captures the essence of an expressive European style, likely from the heart of Germany at the dawn of the 20th century. The bouq...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Gouache Painting of Native American Antelope Hunt in Utah
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Native American Antelope Hunt in Utah
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,
Si...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
San Joaquín, Santa Ana y la Virgen niña - óleo sobre cobre, SG XVIII
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Escuela española; siglo XVIII.
San Joaquín, Santa Ana y la Virgen Niña.
Es un Óleo sobre cobre anónimo y buena calidad pictórica.
Medidas de la obra: 69 x 87 cm.
Medidas del marc...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large 19th Century English Victorian Oil Painting Robin Hood & Merry Men
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Robin Hood and His Merry Men
English School, 19th century
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 34 x 39 inches
canvas: 25 x 30 inches
condition: very good condition and well framed ...
Category
19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - The Girl In The Forest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on artist paper, unframed
size: 19.5 x 16.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mid to Late 19th Century Portrait of an Elegant Young Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Superb Mid to Late 19th Century Portrait of an Elegant Young Woman
The sitter is an elegant young woman in her finest dress and jewelry.
Original oil on canvas. Dimensions 22" x 27...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Girl With Straw Hat" Modern Impressionist Figure Oil Painting by Maria Bertran
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Girl With Straw Hat" is an beautiful large oil painted from life by Maria Bertran. This Contemporary Impressionist painting captures a sensitive, ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Barcelona and Its People oil painting Spain
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Barcelona and Its People
Artist: Josep Maria Martínez Lozano (1923–2006)
Year: 1979
Technique: Oil on canvas mounted on board
Dimensions: 29.13 x 21.65 in
Condition: Unfr...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Board
$1,196 Sale Price
33% Off
A Rural Scene Comes Alive of a Man and Draft Horses with Impressionist Strokes
Located in Charleston, US
Hellmuth Bachrach-Baree, a German artist, apprenticed with neo-impressionist painters. His early compositions depicted rural life, integrating people and animals into familiar landsc...
Category
1940s Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life) - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Ola...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Travellers and Carriage in Landscape Dutch 17th century Golden Age oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb Dutch Old Master Golden Age oil painting is attributed to Pieter Bodding van Laer. Painted circa 1635 the composition is a group of travellers who have stopped to rest. I...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$13,274 Sale Price
20% Off
French Impressionist Oil Painting of La Vieille Ferme, Vendée, with Row Boat
By Fanch Lel
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Impressionist Oil Painting of La Vieille Ferme, Vendée, with Row Boat
By Fanch Lel (French b. 1930)
Size: 8.5 x 10.5 inches (height x width)
Signed: Yes
Oil painting on...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
When I live my Dream - 21st Ct Contemporary Painting of Boy with Bare Chest
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
David van der Linden
'When I live my dream''
60 x 70 cm (Framed 70x80 cm, frame is included in price)
Oil on wood panel
David van der Linden is a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Volti
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Volti" c.1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted Italian artist Umberto Bianchini, 1934-1990. It is signed at the lower left ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
George Weissbort (1928-2013) - 20th Century Oil, A Face
Located in Corsham, GB
An intriguing oil study by the artist George Weissbort (1928-2013). Signed to the lower right. (Provenance: Studio Sale, George Weissbort). On board.
Category
20th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary Large Equestrian Oil Painting. Horse Oil Painting 200 x 250 cm
Located in ALP, ES
This large figurative oil painting is a reinterpretation of a painting by Otto Bache - King Christian X on horseback, 1894. A unique oil painting on the finest quality unprimed Belgi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Raw Linen, Oil
Continental School 19th Century Oil - An Unjust Exchange
Located in Corsham, GB
A charismatic continental scene depicting two female figures in Medieval dress. The artist shows a mother and daughter in a dramatic exchange which appears to be the result of the mo...
Category
19th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Bouquet with hydrangeas."
Located in Zofingen, AG
The painting is called "Bouquet with hydrangeas". Bright colors create a joyful mood and a feeling of the nearness of spring. The work was written in the technique of impressionism t...
Category
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$497 Sale Price
20% Off
Nu Feminin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Henri Montassier was born at Courlon near the River Yonne on July 27th 1880.
As a young man he studied under Luc -Oliver Merson and began his career painting primarily landscapes,
ma...
Category
1920s Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Monster Five" American Abstract Expressionist
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic, colorful painting of a man floating in a pool by Marc Foster Grant (American, b. 1947). Signed, titled and dated, "Monster Five," and "Grant...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
No title - 21st Century Contemporary Painting of a woman
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Alejandro Casanova (Spanish artist)
No title
80 x 80 cm
Oil paint on canvas
Alejandro (Ale) Casanova was born in Valencia (Spain) in 1981. In the capital of Turia, he studied Fine ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Joan" by Maura Petersen - Stunning Contemporary Couple in Light and Shadow
Located in Carmel, CA
Maura Petersen (American, born 1956)
"Joan" 2021
Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the bottom right of the painting.
Maura Petersen’s Joan captures a quiet, in...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
A Quiet Evening
By José Royo
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on canvas, signed and dated in the lower right corner. Presented in a carved frame measuring 38.5" x 33.75" overall. The work features a woman reading by lamp light in a very tra...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Golfers 45 - original figurative landscape painting - contemporary Art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
Step into the serene and orderly world of "Golfers 45," a char...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
MY GEESE, GEESE
Located in CÓRDOBA, ES
OIL ON CANVAS
Ready to hang.
Shipping from Belarus, Minsk.
Natalia Ivanova is a well-known Belarusian painter working in the style of symbolic figurat...
Category
2010s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Beach Huts on a Tranquil Shore with Figures Relaxing under a Soft Blue Sky
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Beach Huts on The Shore
Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist
oil on board unframed
board: 10.75 x 13.75 inches
inscribed verso
Provenance: private collection
Condition: great co...
Category
Early 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Evening Glow Antique American Impressionist California Landscape Oil Painting
By Alexis Matthew Podchernikoff
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive American impressionist landscape by Alexis Matthew Podchernikoff (1886 - 1933) . Great colors and nicely painted. Housed in a period giltwood frame. Oil on canvas....
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century Scottish Lock landscape scene with cows watering with sun setting
Located in Woodbury, CT
Alfred Fontville de Breanski (British, 1877–1957)
Scottish Loch Scene, oil on canvas, circa early 20th century
This luminous Highland landscape by Alfred Fontville de Breanski captu...
Category
1880s Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cat Therapy
Located in Zofingen, AG
In this painting, we see a minimalist room with a huge window, beyond which stretches a sky filled with fluffy white clouds. Muted colors dominate—the blue of the sky contrasts beaut...
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Annunciation Ferri Paint 17th Century Oil on canvas Old master Religious Rome
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Ciro Ferri (Rome, 1634 – Rome, 1689) Attributed to
Annunciation (probably a preparatory sketch)
Oil on canvas 61 x 41 cm - In frame 79 x 49 cm
The work, certainly commission...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
Riva - Spanish School 1940 Oil, Spanish Street in Summer
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed 'Riva' and dated 1940 in the lower left corner. Presented in a wooden frame with a gilt inner window. On board.
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$342 Sale Price
20% Off
1930s Mexican Ex Voto Retablo – Healing Miracle After Fall from Church Tower
Located in Denver, CO
An extraordinary example of Mexican devotional folk art, this 1934 oil and ink painting on tin—known as an Ex Voto—depicts a miraculous healing following a life-threatening fall from...
Category
1930s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Metal
Original Mid Century oil painting STOCKHOLM SWEDEN by Stephen Bone NEAC 1904-58
Located in Cirencester, GB
ARTIST: Stephen Bone NEAC (1904-1958) British
TITLE: 'Evening In Stockholm Sweden"
SIGNED: lower right
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 81cm x 71cm inc frame
CONDITION: very good
DETAIL:...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Madonna Child Del Sarto Paint Oil on table 16th Century Old master
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Madonna and Child Workshop of Andrea del Sarto, pseudonym of Andrea d'Agnolo di Francesco (Florence 1486 - 1530)
Attributable to Jacopo di Giovanni di Francesco, known as Jacone (...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Paintings
Materials
Oil
$24,272 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of William Stonestreet - Dutch Golden Age 17thC art oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This superb Dutch Golden Age portrait is attributed to circle of Dutch artist Wybrand Simonsz de Geest. Painted in 1666 it is a full length portrait of a young William Stonestreet. He is holding the paw of a clipped little white dog with drapes and clouds beyond. (It was common practise to dress young boys in dresses up to the age of about 6 or 7 when they were 'britched' or wore britches). An excellent example of Dutch Golden Age art that wouldn't look out of place in a museum.
Wm Stonestreet 1666, Prebend of Selsely is inscribed top left.
Provenance. Berkshire estate.
Condition. Oil and canvas, 44 inches by 36 inches and in good condition.
Frame. Housed in an ornate gilt frame, 52 inches by 44 inches and in good condition.
Wybrand Simonsz. de Geest (16 August 1592 – c. 1661) was a Dutch Golden Age portrait painter from Friesland in the Netherlands. Wybrand de Geest was born and died at Leeuwarden. He learned painting from his father, Simon Juckesz, a stained glass worker. He studied later with Abraham Bloemaert. From 1614 to 1618 he travelled in France and Italy on a Grand Tour. In 1616 he met up with Leonard Bramer in Aix-en-Provence. While in Rome he became a member of the painters' circle known as the Bentvueghels. He earned the nickname 'De Friesche Adelaar', or "the Frisian Eagle". De Geest married Hendrickje Fransdr Uylenburgh in 1622, a niece of Saskia van Uylenburgh...
Category
1660s Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$26,549 Sale Price
20% Off
Serendipity III, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The interior of an eatery on the east side of Manhattan exudes an eclectic charm. Several Tiffany-style lamps hang overhead, casting a warm glow over the space....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil
Swimmer
Located in Zofingen, AG
With each dip into the water, the swimmer experiences a renewing sensation, as if every droplet washes away fatigue and brings forth strength. In this fluid motion, an almost etherea...
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mary & Jesus, 18th Century French Old Master oil painting on canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, 18th century
Title: Mary and Jesus
Medium: oil on canvas, framed
Framed: 17 x 14.5 inches
Canvas: 16 x 12.75 inches
Provenance: private collection...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A French Chasseur a Cheval de la Garde Imperiale, drinking outside a Inn or Pub
Located in Woodbury, CT
A French Chasseur a Cheval de la Garde Imperiale, drinking outside an Inn or Pub.
Frank Moss Bennett was born in Liverpool, England on 15 November 1...
Category
1890s Victorian Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Panel
Monogrammed TG, Late 19th Century Symbolist Pre- Raphaelite Oil Painting. Luna
Located in Holywell, GB
Monogrammed TG, Late 19th Century Symbolist Pre- Raphaelite Oil Painting Luna
An intriguing painting displaying imaginative symbolism and referencing the Pre-Raphaelite movement. T...
Category
Late 19th Century Symbolist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Baroque Italian painter - 18th century landscape painter - Sheperds
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Arcadian landscape with flock and shepherds.
56 x 70 cm without frame, 63.5 x 79 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on canvas, in a wooden frame (...
Category
Early 18th Century Rococo Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,196 Sale Price
64% Off
'Theatre Du Chatelet, Paris' a framed gouache painting
Located in St. Albans, GB
Theatre Du Chatelet
A stunning gouache by one of France's premier artists specialising in Parisian scenes.
Eugene Galien LALOUE
(1854 - 1941)
Eugène Galien Laloue was particularly...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$16,825 Sale Price
20% Off
Clifford Hanley (1948-2021) - Framed 1992 Oil, A Family Affair
Located in Corsham, GB
A busy modernist study by Clifford Hanley, capturing a second in the lives of three individuals, travelling in a car together. Signed and dated to the lower right-hand corner. Presen...
Category
1990s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$569 Sale Price
20% Off
“Lakefront”
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an original oil painting by Marie Charlot . The painting is in good condition. Frame measures 31x27
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large 16th Century Old Master Oil Painting The Judgement of Paris Mythological
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Judgement of Paris
Fontainebleau School, circa 1580 *see notes below
oil painting on canvas, framed
framed: 30 x 40 inches
canvas: 27 x 37 inches
Provenance: private collection, ...
Category
16th Century Mannerist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Stunner in Every Look -21st Century Contemporary, Figurative, Modern Women
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Issued by the Gal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
people of ibiza Spain oil on canvas painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Ignacio Gil Sala (1913-2003) - Characters from Ibiza - Oil on canvas
Oil measures 60x73 cm.
Frameless.
Ignacio Gil Sala, was a painter, bohemian character...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$3,829 Sale Price
36% Off
Market of Olot Spain oil on canvas painting spanish urbanscape
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Market of Olot, Spain
Artist: Manuel Zamora Muñoz (1928–2006)
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 65 x 81 cm (25.6 x 31.9 in)
Framed dimensions: 90 x 106 cm (35.4 x 41.7 ...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$957 Sale Price
20% Off
By the pool. Figurative Acrylic Painting, Minimalism, Pop art, Polish art
By Joanna Woyda
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative acrylic on canvas painting by Polish artist Joanna Woyda. Painting is in minimalistic, pop art style. The artwork depicts a woman in bathing suit sitting by t...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,297 Sale Price
20% Off
Clive Fredriksson After Toulouse-Lautrec - Contemporary Oil, La Toilette
Located in Corsham, GB
Well presented in an ornate wood effect frame. Unsigned. On canvas on stretchers.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
$463 Sale Price
20% Off
[Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon] Le Soldat de Marathon
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon] Le Soldat de Marathon (The soldier of the Marathon), 1869
n.d.
Signed, l.l.
Oil on canvas
57 x 45 inches
66 x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
![[Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon] Le Soldat de Marathon](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/mark-beard-paintings-hippolyte-alexandre-michallon-le-soldat-de-marathon-for-sale/a_9323/1686173244556/Beard_Le_Soldat_de_Marathon_980_master.jpg?width=240 "Mark Beard - [Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon] Le Soldat de Marathon")
Life Magazine Art Deco Showgirls Cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Barbara Shermund (1899-1978). Showgirls Cartoon for Life Magazine, 1934. Ink, watercolor and gouache on heavy illustration paper, matting window measures 16.5 x 13 inches; sheet measures 19 x 15 inches; Matting panel measures 20 x 23 inches. Signed lower right. Very good condition with discoloration and toning in margins. Unframed.
Provenance: Ethel Maud Mott Herman, artist (1883-1984), West Orange NJ.
For two decades, she drew almost 600 cartoons for The New Yorker with female characters that commented on life with wit, intelligence and irony.
In the mid-1920s, Harold Ross, the founder of a new magazine called The New Yorker, was looking for cartoonists who could create sardonic, highbrow illustrations accompanied by witty captions that would function as social critiques.
He found that talent in Barbara Shermund.
For about two decades, until the 1940s, Shermund helped Ross and his first art editor, Rea Irvin, realize their vision by contributing almost 600 cartoons and sassy captions with a fresh, feminist voice.
Her cartoons commented on life with wit, intelligence and irony, using female characters who critiqued the patriarchy and celebrated speakeasies, cafes, spunky women and leisure. They spoke directly to flapper women of the era who defied convention with a new sense of political, social and economic independence.
“Shermund’s women spoke their minds about sex, marriage and society; smoked cigarettes and drank; and poked fun at everything in an era when it was not common to see young women doing so,” Caitlin A. McGurk wrote in 2020 for the Art Students League.
In one Shermund cartoon, published in The New Yorker in 1928, two forlorn women sit and chat on couches. “Yeah,” one says, “I guess the best thing to do is to just get married and forget about love.”
“While for many, the idea of a New Yorker cartoon conjures a highbrow, dry non sequitur — often more alienating than familiar — Shermund’s cartoons are the antithesis,” wrote McGurk, who is an associate curator and assistant professor at Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. “They are about human nature, relationships, youth and age.” (McGurk is writing a book about Shermund.
And yet by the 1940s and ’50s, as America’s postwar focus shifted to domestic life, Shermund’s feminist voice and cool critique of society fell out of vogue. Her last cartoon appeared in The New Yorker in 1944, and much of her life and career after that remains unclear. No major newspaper wrote about her death in 1978 — The New York Times was on strike then, along with The Daily News and The New York Post — and her ashes sat in a New Jersey funeral home...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache
$3,250 Sale Price
35% Off
H.G. Kiesel (German Artist 20 c.) Landscape Oil Painting River Village Framed
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Up for sale is this striking original oil painting on canvas by German artist H.G. Kiesel, depicting a peaceful riverside scene with a distant European village nestled among soft rol...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mother and Child
Located in San Francisco, CA
This modern mid-century composition of mother and child is by Fernando Oramas (1925-2016.) It is an interesting composition, with the mother in side profile and her child staring ahead at the viewer. The painting is composed of oil on canvas and measures 18” x 14” (24” x 20” framed). It is signed in the lower right. On the reverse is Oramas’ name and address in Mexico. Oramas lived in Mexico in the 1950s and 1960s and this painting appears to date from that time, based on the style and the frame. The painting is in very good condition. The distressed wood frame goes very well with the painting. It is in fair to good condition, with some light scuffs on the edges that allow the wood color to show through the grey stain of the frame as well as a very small bit of separation between the pieces of the frame. Please look at the signature photo for a good image of a section of the frame.
Oramas had a major exhibition of his work in St. Petersburg, Russia in 2016. Oramas studied at the School of Fine Arts of the National University, located in the old convent of Santa Clara, in the Center of Bogotá, where he met teachers, trained in renowned academies in Europe. Ignacio Gómez...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Girl in a Chair, Large Painting by Bill Wiman
By Bill Wiman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bill Wiman, American (1940 - )
Title: Girl in a Chair
Year: 1978
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed
Size: 82 x 83.5 in. (182.88 x 212.09 cm)
Frame: 83 x 84.5 inches
Category
1970s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
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The nonspeaking California artist is having a moment, with vivacious paintings that play on art-magazine covers as well as more mysterious abstractions.
The Vibrant Beauty of Orphist Art Supersedes Its Perplexing Name
This kaleidoscopic early-modern art style has long deserved another look. Now, the Guggenheim museum is doing just that.
The 50 Most Expensive Paintings Ever Sold
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