Norman Rockwell

New Kids in the Neighborhood

circa 1960

Reginald Marsh (1898-1954), Two Models on a Bed, lithograph, 1928, signed and inscribed “15 proofs” [also initialed and dated in the plate]. Reference: Saso...

Male Figurative Study - Original Lithograph on Paper Original lithograph on paper depicting a male nude in pose. The male figure is depicted sitting, ...

"Study 6" - 1975 Figurative Lithograph on Paper Abstract figurative lithograph by Jim Smyth (American, b. 1938). The nude figure is seen with one hand above her head, holding a cloth, as she gazes down. Numbered, titled, signed and dated along bottom. "5/12", "Study 6", "Smyth 75." Presented in a brown mat. Mat: 16"H x 12"W Paper: 10 1/2"H x 8"W Image:9 1/4"H x 6 1/2"W Jim Smyth has studied at the Academia de Belle Arti in Fiorenza, Italy, Ecole des BeauxArts in Geneva, New York Academy, and the Art Students League. He is also a graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in Fine Art. Although academically trained, Smyth practices and teaches a more impressionistic style of painting, focusing on the Alla Prima technique. He is particularly knowledgeable about drawing, perspective, color theory and the human figure, his passion. Smyth, with extensive academic knowledge, has a profound love of all human representations as illustrated by his humorous quick sketches from life. He also practices and teaches oil painting and pastels. When not in Provence, or Southeastern France, Smyth teaches intensely in art schools, art centers and several colleges in the Bay Area. He is a beloved instructor and his classes fill in quickly as he is very knowledgeable. On his return to the United States, he began studying with Mr. Alanson Appleton at the College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California. Smyth was a founding member of the Appletree Etchers, Inc., an etching print shop organized by Mr. Appleton and his students to develop and promote color intaglio. Smyth served as Master Printer at the studio for many years perfecting the techniques of intaglio and developing the color theories of Mr. Appleton as applied to the deeply etched plate. Smyth received his degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1972 and holds the California Community College Certificate and an Adult Education Certificate. Smyth was invited to teach "Anatomy for Artists" at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California, as a result of his many years of dissection of the cadaver and developed the course of study of Perspective for the college. During this period, he began teaching Life Drawing at the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California. During the following thirty years Smyth has taught an average of twelve classes per week at the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, the Palo Alto Art Center and the Burlingame Recreation Department among others in all phases of drawing and painting. He has conducted many workshops for the California Academy of Painters in many aspects of drawing and painting. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor of Drawing at the College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California. He is an authority on the materials of painting and drawing, techniques of traditional drawing and painting, color theory, perspective and anatomy for artists. In his career in Life Drawing, Smyth has made over two hundred thousand drawings from the model. In addition to studies at Berkeley, Smyth has studied at the College of San Mateo, Foothill College, De Anza College, Mission College, and West Valley College, all in California. One of the pivotal points in his career was studying with Mr. Maynard Dixon Stewart at the University of San Jose, California. He spent a year at the New York Academy of Art where he was offered a full scholarship and at the Art Students League of New York. He concurrently attended classes at the National Academy of Design in New York. Among others, Smyth studied with M. Andrejivec, Ted Schmidt, Elliot Goldfinger, Gary Fagin, Ted Jacobs, Leo Neufeld...

This artwork titled "Evening Light" 1993 is a large original color lithograph on Arches paper by noted California artist Clark Mitchell, b.1951. It is hand signed, dated, titled and numbered 6/20 SI in pencil by the artist.The image size is 23.25 x 35 inches, sheet size is 29.25 x 40 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed. About the artist. Born In Denver, Colorado - January 19, 1951 Growing up in the shadow of the Rockies, Clark Mitchell very early discovered a love of the natural world. Given a set of fine old German pastels by his father when quite young, he quickly embraced the medium for its ease of handling, brilliance of color and portability. He received a bachelor’s degree in art from Colorado College in the seventies and moved to San Francisco to continue his studies at the Academy of Art College. Through personal exploration as well as study with artists Albert Handell, Skip Whitcomb, Michael Lynch...

Artist: Harold Altman (American, 1924-2003) Title: Sunday, Central Park Year: c. 1985 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered 56/285 in pencil Paper: Wove Image size: 17.5...

Artist: Harold Altman (American, 1924-2003) Title: Parc Monceau, Paris Year: c.1985 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Inscribed H.C. (Hors Commerce) ...

Artist: John Maxon (American, born 1947) Title:: Dune line Year: 1994 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Inscribed and numbered 15/20 Paper: Arches Image size: 21 x 33.5 inches Paper size: 29.25 x 41.5 inches Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist Condition: Excellent, has never been framed About the artist. Coming from a very western tradition in Wyoming, John Maxon developed an expansive view of nature. Moving eventually to the San Francisco Bay area, John's delight in the effects of light and color led him to the decision to become an artist at the young age of 15. His natural ability was encouraged, and at 16 he began figurative art classes with Howard Brodie, the artist well known for his WWII correspondence, drawings and the Watergate trial drawings. Education San Francisco Art Institute B.A., Painting, San Jose State University M.F.A., Painting, University of California, Davis Stanford University, Palo Alto, California Cabrillo College, Aptos, California Selected Solo Exhibitions 2018 Gallery Panza Verde – Antigua...

Artist: John Maxon (American, born 1947) Title: Dust Time Year: 1993 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered 146/210 Paper: Arches Image size: 26.5 x 39.75 inches Paper size: 31.5 x 44 inches Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist Condition: Excellent, has never been framed About the artist. Coming from a very western tradition in Wyoming, John Maxon developed an expansive view of nature . Moving eventually to the San Francisco Bay area, John's delight in the effects of light and color led him to the decision to become an artist at the young age of 15. His natural ability was encouraged, and at 16 he began figurative art classes with Howard Brodie, the artist well known for his WWII correspondence, drawings and the Watergate trial drawings. Education San Francisco Art Institute B.A., Painting, San Jose State University M.F.A., Painting, University of California, Davis Stanford University, Palo Alto, California Cabrillo College, Aptos, California Selected Solo Exhibitions 2018 Gallery Panza Verde – Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala 2015 Desert Art Collection - Palm Desert California 2015 Galeria Antigua – Antigua, Guatemala 2014 Galeria Panza Verde – Antigua, Guatemala 2008 Linda Durnell Gallery – Los Gatos, California 2006 Linda Durnell Gallery – Los Gatos, California 2005 Robert Allen Fine Art Gallery – Sausalito, California 2004 Ellis West Gallery – Durango, Colorado 2002 Ellis West Gallery – Durango, Colorado 2001 Robert Allen Fine Art Gallery – Sausalito, California 1997 Stanford University Faculty Club – Stanford, California Selected Group Exhibitions 2018 Chemers Art Gallery – Los Angeles, California 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017 & 2018 Robert Allen Fine Art – Sausalito, California 2017 Christopher Hill Gallery - St Helena, California 2013 / 19 Gallery North - Carmel, California 2015 Desert Art Collection - Palm Desert, California 2014 Paul Scott Gallery - Bend, Oregon 2014 Christopher Hill Gallery Healdsberg, California 2013 Firehouse Art Center - Pleasanton, Ca. 2013 2011 - 2013 Robert Allen Fine Art – Sausalito, California 2010 - 2012 Susan Street Gallery – Solano Beach, California 2010 (Awarded 1st place) and 2012 “Contemporary Landscape Painters of California” – Awarded 1st Place 2011 - 2012 Salisbury Fine Art – Avila Beach, California 2010 Bryant Street Gallery – Palo Alto, California 2009 Museum Art and History – Santa Cruz, California 2008 Cabrillo College – Aptos, California 2006 Christopher Hill Gallery – St. Helena, California 2005 Fort Lewis College – Durango, Colorado 2001 St. Supery Winery & Fine Art Gallery, Napa California 2001 Napa Valley Wine Auction – St. Helena, California 1997 West Coast Painting and Sculpture – Ocean Side, California 1997 Wolk Gallery – St. Helena, California Selected Museum Collections Interior Museum, Department of the Interior, Washington D. C. Santa Cruz County Art Museum – Santa Cruz, California University of California – Berkeley, California University of California – Davis, California Napa Valley Art...

This artwork titled "Verdes, Loire et Cher, France" is an original lithograph by American artist Teall (La Verne Teall) Messer, 1897-1977. It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 36/40 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 10.65 x 13.65 inches, the sheet size is 14 x 21.5 inches. It is in excellent condition, especially considering the age of this piece. About the artist: Born in Dixon Illinois in 1897, Teall Messer dropped the name Lavern as soon as he came "of age". He went to New York to be an artist and intellectual. He hung out with the playwrights of the time and ended up with an award from the Rockefellers to go to Paris and study painting. This was in the 1920's. He stayed for several years in Paris being the stereotypical American painter there. He had contact with at least some of the famous painters and shared a studio with Alexander Calder. One story was that he and Alexander were dating two French sisters. The girls' mother told them to drop the Americans as they would never make much money. That was true for Teall, not so for Calder. He also knew Brancusi well enough to have a signed sketch dedicated "á Teall Messer avec amour". He knew Gertrude Stein well enough to heartily dislike her, considering her a phony. In France Teall married a member of the Byrd...

About the artist: Bay Area artist, Carson Gladon's "transparent collages" combine the elements of nature with a mix of computer graphics and traditional painting using vivid and pastel colors. Seeming, "to infuse the techniques of the European impressionists with a hint of the delicacy of a Chinese or Japanese silk screen...