Morag Muir

"Fish Dish"- Figurative Abstract Still-Life

1987

Oil on paper (Monotype) abstracted still-life by Anita Benarde (American, 20th century). Circa 2006. Signed "Anita Bernarde" lower right, titled "Moving Still Life" lower left. Presented in mat and wood frame. Image size: 29"H x 20.75"W. Benarde studied art at St Martins, London, Michigan State, Brooklyn College. SOLO EXHIBIT / PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2000 Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 1998--- Curator, Princeton University 2000 Sovreign Bank, Princeton, N.J. 1990--- Cruise Line Lecturer 2000 U.S.Trust, Princeton, N.J. 1990/2007 – Cruise Art Workshops 1999 Forsgate Country Club, N.J. 2002- The Newark Museum, workshops 1996 Scanticon, Princeton, N.J. 1990 Rutgers University, Lecturer 1993 Johnson &Johnson 1987 Fordham University, Art Lecturer, N.Y. World Headquarters 1985 The Dalton School, Workshops New Brunswick, N.J. 1981 Parsons Sch.Of Design, N.Y.C. 1989 AT&T Corporate Center 1982 Hahnemann Medical U.,Phila. Pa. Princeton,N.J. 1977 N.J. Magazine, Art Director 1986 Turkish Consulate Gallery 1977-84 Original Puzzles/Games Magazine United Nations Plaza,N.Y. Marvel Publications, N.Y.C. 1988 Tatum Gallery...

A beautiful abstract composition, rich in visual texture by using several mediums - watercolor, ink, handmade paper and oil pastel - by Aptos, California artist Diane Pendleton Stein...

"Grey Still Life" is a tabletop still life by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 24.25" x 28.25" oil on board painting is framed in a new black wood frame. Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American...

Still Life (58) John F. Leonard American (1921–1987) Date: circa 1965 Oil on Board Size: 16 in. x 20 in. (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)