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Art Subject: Men
Original "South Pacific - Tahiti, Go Matson' vintage cruise linen travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original South Pacific (Tahiti) on Matson cruise ships archival linen-backed vintage travel poster. The title of the artwork reads: Tahiti. The Matson line ships going there are...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Offset
The Grand Celebrites of France
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Les Grandes Celebrites de la France, lithograph, 1939, plate 2 from the series Les Saltimbanques, from La Caricature Provisoire (also published later in Le Charivari, 1843). Reference: Daumier Register 620, second state (of 5). With lettering, and the initials (in the plate lower left). Printed on a wove paper. In good condition (formerly folded across the middle, now flattened) , 11 1/2 x 8 7/8, the sheet 13 1/8 x 10 inches.
A very good impression.
An impression of Les Grande Celebrites de la France was shown in the Metropolitan Museum's show Seurat's Circus Sideshow...
Category
1830s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
In Brittany
By Manuel Robbe
Located in Missouri, MO
Color Engraving
Image Size: approx 14 x 19.5
Framed Size: approx 21 x 26 3/4
Signed in Pencil
Emmanuel Robbe called "Manuel Robbe", born in Paris on 16 December 1872 And died in Ne...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving, Aquatint
Santiago (A/P)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Serigraph by Mexican painter Rafael Coronel. Edition of 100. Certificate of authenticity included.
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Composition, Everything That Rises Must Converge
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on vélin de Rives BFK paper. Paper Size: 22 x 17 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Everything That Rises Must Converge, 2005. Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York; printed by Wingate Studio, Hinsdale, under the direction of Peter Pettengill, Hinsdale, 2005. Excerpted from the folio, This edition of CCC examples of Everything That Rises Must Converge was printed on BFK Rives. Dan Carr and Julia Ferrari designed the typography, cast the Kis-Janson type in metal, set the type by hand and printed the text at Golgonooza Letter Foundry & Press, Ashuelot, New Hampshire. The six color etchings were printed by hand on BFK Rives by Peter Pettengill at Wingate Studio in Hinsdale, New Hampshire.
BENNY ANDREWS (1930-2006) was an African-American artist, activist and educator. He is known for his expressive, figurative paintings that often incorporated collaged fabric and other material. Andrews helped found the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, which agitated for greater representation of African-American artists and curators in New York’s major art museums in the late 1960s and 70s. He also led the group in founding an arts education program in prisons and detention centers. Andrews taught art at Queens College for three decades, and from 1982 to 1984, served as the Director of the Visual Arts Program for the National Endowment for the Arts. He received many awards, including the John Hay Whitney...
Category
Early 2000s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, The Circus by Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper
Year: 1952
Paper Size: 12.125 x 9.25 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the album, The Circus by Toulouse...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Erotic scene - Lithograph by Filippo De Pisis - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic scene is an artwork realized by Filippo De Pisis (1896, Ferrara - 1956, Milano) in the 1960s.
Black and white lithograph.
Good conditions.
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Albert Schweitzer - Original Handsigned Engraving
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Albert Schweitzer - Original Handsigned Engraving
Dimensions: 17.5 x 12.5 cm
1970
Signed in pencil
EA
Jean Schneider, Basel
Reference...
Category
1960s Surrealist Nude Prints
Materials
Engraving
Winslow Homer "Snap The Whip" Harper's illustration, engraved by Lagarde
Located in New York, NY
Winslow Homer
Snap The Whip, 1873
Engraving
Sight: 14 1/4 x 20 in.
Framed: 20 x 26 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.
Inscription: in block: "Homer 1873, Lagarde Sc."
printed below image: "Snap-the-Whi...
Category
1870s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
'On Voit cette Reine...' Colour Wood Engraving from ‘L’Arte d’Aimer d’Ovide’
Located in Toronto, ON
Artist proof from Salvador Dalí's series of prints 'L'Art d'Aimer d'Ovide' published in 1978 in Paris by Centre Culturel de Paris. This wood engraving is printed on Arches paper and ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
"Angelika's Pets, " Wood Engraving by Robert Franz Von Neumann
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Angelika's Pets" is an original wood engraving by Robert Franz Von Neumann. It features a young woman sitting at a desk, working on a wood engraving. Two large cats sit near her and look out a window nearby.
Image: 6" x 5"
Framed: 13.43" x 12.43"
1888 - 1976 Born in Rostock, Mecklenburg, Germany, Robert von Neumann...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
(Fred Astaire) Judy Garland and Ann Miller in "Easter Parade", Figurative Litho
By Virginia Fisher
Located in Soquel, CA
Fred Astaire: Judy Garland and Ann Miller in "Easter Parade" black dress by Virginia Garland (American). Signed “Virginia Fisher AP” in pencil lower ri...
Category
1940s Art Deco Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Glitter, Lithograph
Eduardo Naranjo Spanish Artist Original Hand Signed engraving 1984 n2
Located in Miami, FL
Eduardo Naranjo (Spain, 1944)
'Creación V', 1984
engraving on paper
15 x 20.9 in. (38 x 53 cm.)
Edition of 225
ID: NAR1115-002-225
Hand-signed by author
Category
1980s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Engraving, Screen
"Swimmers, " Seascape Linoleum Cut by Clarice George Logan
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Swimmers" is an original linoleum print by Clarice George Logan. It features five figures enjoying a swim, jumping off from a small boat.
Image: 4.94" x 6"
Framed: 13.87" x 14.87"
Clarice George Logan was born in Mayville, New York in 1909 but moved to Wisconsin in 1921. She attended the Milwaukee State Teachers College from 1927 to 1931 where she studied with Robert von Neumann...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
Retrospective Dutch Masters
By Larry Rivers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original exhibition poster was created for the landmark Larry Rivers retrospective held in 1981 at the Kestner-Gesellschaft in Hanover, one of Germany’s leading institutions for...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
William Hogarth . Original engravings 155 pсs., 1 piece with blend. 1822 London
Located in Riga, LV
William Hogarth (1697-1764)
Original engravings 155 pсs., 1 piece with blend. 1822 London
From A. Neibergs collection
Category
1820s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Engraving
"History of Detroit" Linoleum Cut, Black Ink, African American, Mural Style
Located in Detroit, MI
"History of Detroit" is in the style of a mural by the master muralist from the city of Detroit, Hubert Massey. It renders in dramatic composition the ov...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
Jan Six by Pierre François Basan, after Rembrandt
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on thin laid paper laid down to mid-weight Japon paper, 9 5/8 x 7 9/16 inches (244 x 190 mm), narrow to thread margins. Lettered below the image in the lower right margin wit...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Landscape Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching, Handmade Paper
"Off To School" Limited Edition Etching, 3/77
By J. Lewis
Located in Clinton Township, MI
"Off to School" is a Limited Edition Etching, 3/77 by the artist J. LEWIS. It measures 17 x 11 inches and is unframed. The date of creation is 3-27-82. The print is covered in plasti...
Category
1980s Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Domergue - Naked - Original Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean-Gabriel Domergue
Title: Naked
Signed
Dimensions: 40 x 31 cm
1956
Edition of 197
This artwork is part of the famous portfolio "La Parisienne"
Category
1950s Impressionist Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jesus Christ Superstar poster David Byrd 1971
By David Byrd
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Vintage original David Byrd illustrated Jesus Christ Superstar poster, 1971:
An original promotional poster for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Henri Becque, Modern Etching by Auguste Rodin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Auguste Rodin, French (1840 - 1917) - Henri Becque, Year: 1885, Medium: Etching on Arches, initialed 'AR' in pencil lower right, Image Size: 5.75 x 7.5 inches, Size: 16.5 x 23 in. ...
Category
1880s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Fashion Plates (a collection of 12)
By Paul Gavarni
Located in New York, NY
Paul Gavarni (1804-1866), Fashion Plates (a collection of 12), lithographs, c. 1840, as published in Le Charivari, with the letterpress verso. [Some are ...
Category
1840s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Une Marmite
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Une Marmite, engraving, 1916, signed in pencil lower left; titled, dated and inscribed “epreuve de 1er etat” bottom margin edge [with the initial an...
Category
1910s Art Deco Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
"Alice and Yeats" - Monochrome Linocut Print, 2023
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
This linocut represents an indoor scene in a checkerboard composition, capturing a moment the artist spent with his daughter while she was studying in a coffee shop overlooking the I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
“Americana”
By Ralph Fabri
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a wonderful original etching on archival paper by the well known American artist, Ralph Fabri. Strong impression; signed in pencil by the artist lower right margin. Titled and dated bottom left of the sheet “1947-Americana”. Condition of the etching is excellent. Top corner of sheet and bottom right corner of sheet have tiny creases. Not visible, under the mat. Sheet size is 12 by 15 inches. Image size is 8 by 9.75 inches. Matted but not framed. Provenance: A Long Island, New York collector.
Painter and printmaker, commercial artist, writer, and teacher, Ralph Fabri was born Fabri Reszo in Hungary in 1894. He was educated in Budapest, first studying architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology from 1912 to 1914. He then enrolled in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, from which he graduated in 1918 with a Professor's Diploma (M.A.) "for teaching drawing, painting and geometry – including descriptive and projective geometry – in schools of higher education."
Fabri arrived in New York City in 1921 and soon adopted the anglicized version of his name, Ralph Fabri. He began doing commercial design work and during the academic year of 1923/24 was enrolled as an evening student at the National Academy of Design. After becoming an American citizen in 1927, he traveled extensively in Europe. Upon returning to New York that same year, Fabri decided his financial situation was stable enough to allow him to focus his attention on fine art.
During the Great Depression, Fabri's already inadequate portrait commissions and art sales further declined and he returned to commercial work. He established a workshop known as the Ralph Fabri Studios, that designed theatrical and movie sets, window displays, and retail interiors. But Fabri found the workshop dirty and distasteful, and eventually was able to concentrate on advertising work which could be done from home. The largest clients for his pen and ink drawings were The Stamp and Album Co. of America, Inc. (for which he designed covers for stamp albums and produced illustrations for envelopes housing sets of stamps sold to collectors), Geographica Map Co., and Joseph H. Cohen & Sons (for whom he designed and illustrated mail order catalogs). Another source of income during this period was the design and construction of an addition to "Iroki," Theodore Dreiser...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching
Alphonse Mucha Figures Decoratives Poster Plate 7
Located in Dallas, TX
A framed Art Nouveau lithograph collotype poster by Alphone Mucha from 1905 representing the artist’s sketches of nudes, women and beautiful ladies in red umber and white pigments on...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
Day Portrait IV, Modern Etching by Lauren Rothstein
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lauren Rothstein, American - Day Portrait IV, Portfolio: Day Portraits, Year: 1968, Medium: Etching on Italia paper, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 14, Image Size...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Maternity : Mom & His Child - Original Lithograph Signed Plate - Delteil 50
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
Maternity, 1910
Original lithograph
Signed in the plate
Edition of 100 copies
On China paper size c. 60 x 49 cm (c. 23.6 x 19.3 in)
In a beautiful ...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Planet Of The Apes Original Vintage Huge Oversize Film Poster Linen-backed
Located in London, GB
Huge Oversize Original French film poster for the first
Planet of the Apes movie in 1968.
Measures 63.5 x 48.5 inches / 161 x 123 cm
unframed
linen-backed
beautiful condition
ne...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper
Bad Dream - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print from the Series "Der vreeselijke avonturen vas Scholastica" (The Terrible Adventures of Scholastica).
Edition of 300, published by A. J. van Dishoeck.
Unsigned, ass i...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Delacroix, Composition, Trente et un Dessins et Aquarelles du Maroc (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...
Category
1920s Romantic Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Le Rêve - Lithograph by Umberto Brunelleschi - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Le Rêve is a color lithograph on ivory paper, created by the Italian artist Umberto Brunelleschi (Montemurlo 1879- Paris 1949).
Illustration for “Tales and Short Stories” by La Fon...
Category
1930s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Arrest of Christ, Engraving, a. Karel van Mander, p. by Gheyn, Passion of Chris
Located in Greven, DE
The arrest of Christ; Judas embraces Christ as a group of soldiers apprehend Him; Christ places His hand on the fearful Malchus who sits on the ground holding a lamp; Peter grips his sword; one of the soldiers holds up a flaming torch; after Karel van Mander
The scene is out of a set of 13 engravings "Passion of Christ"
Engraving
Published by: Jacques de Gheyn...
Category
17th Century Northern Renaissance Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
"Laurel and Hardy" Iconic Comedians Hollywood Royalty Comedy Movie Stars 135/150
Located in New York, NY
"Laurel and Hardy" Iconic Comedians Hollywood Royalty Comedy Movie Stars 135/150
Al Hirschfeld (1903 - 2003)
Laurel and Hardy
Hand-signed Limited Edition Etching
Plate Size: 17 1/4 ...
Category
1970s Performance Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Pour Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler Figure in Landscape
By Yves Rouvre
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pour Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler Figure in Landscape" is an original lithograph by Yves Rouvre. The artist signed the piece lower right. It features an abstracted figure in fields of co...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La sortie de l’école
Located in Westmount, QC
Normand Hudon
1929-1997
LA SORTIE DE L’ÉCOLE
Lithograph
18 x 24 in
INSCRIPTIONS
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil
framed
Category
1980s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Horses resting at the watering place Oil on canvas by Jules Pierre Van Biesbroec
Located in Gent, VOV
Horses resting at the watering place Oil on canvas by Jules Pierre Van Biesbroeck
Jules Van Biesbroeck was born in Italy in 1873 during h...
Category
20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shoe artist and Statue of Liberty - Original lithograph - Limited / 120 copies
By Max Ernst
Located in Paris, IDF
Max ERNST (1891-1976)
Shoe artist and Statue of Liberty, c. 1974
Original lithograph
Unsigned
Numbered / 120 copies
On Arches vellum 52 x 37.5 cm
INFORMATION: Lithograph created fo...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Eyes & Lips" 2016 Original Unique Artist Proof Large Woodcut Ink Color 47x83in
Located in Miami, FL
Sergio Hernández (Mexico, 1957)
'Eyes & Lips', 2016
Woodcut and Ink on paper
46.9 x 82.7 in. (119 x 210 cm.)
Unique piece, Artist Proof
Unframed
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut, Ink
Convoy Your Country To Victory, WW2 propaganda poster by Rowland Hilder
Located in London, GB
Rowland Hilder
Convoy Your Country To Victory
Lithograph
75 x 51 cm
This poster was a British propaganda piece issued during World War II by the National Savings Committee. It was part of the broader campaign to encourage citizens to invest in National Savings Certificates, War Bonds, and Defence Bonds to financially support the war effort. The poster features a convoy of merchant ships sailing under the Union Jack, emphasising the vital role of maritime trade and supply lines in the war effort. Its slogan, 'convoy your country to victory', also instills a strong sense of patriotism as it draws a direct link between the public's purchase of saving bonds and national war victory.
Rowland Hilder was a well known landscape artist and book illustrator. Born in New York state, his English father moved the family to Kent, England in 1915. It was here his natural talent for drawing was noticed by his school. Later Hilder went to study at Goldsmith’s College in London. He was well known as an accomplished watercolourist, particularly in his sensitive handling of the sky and earth. Between 1964 and 1974 he was president of England’s Royal...
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Winners and Loosers
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Winners Loosers" is a color offset lithograph by renown western artist Arnold Friberg, 1913-2010. It is hand signed and inscribed/n...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Bitter Cup By Billy Childish
Located in London, GB
The Bitter Cup By Billy Childish
By Billy Childish
Billy Childish is an English painter, poet, musician, and author, known for his raw, energetic approach to both his art and musi...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Canvas
The Acrobats By Marc Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in London, GB
The Acrobats
By Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall was a Russian-French artist born in 1887 in what is now Belarus, and he became one of the most influential modernist painters of the 20th...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Genesis 7 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Genesis 7 - Old Testament Story is an original Etching print realized by the artist Giovanni Lanfranco.
About The Old Testament Story, 1607ca.
Passpartout included 29 x 39 cm
The ...
Category
Early 1600s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Courbet, Marc Trapadoux examinant un livre, Les Réalistes Lyriques (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper
Year: 1973
Paper Size: 26 x 20 inches
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the folio, Les Réalistes Lyriques, VIII, ...
Category
1970s French School Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Matisse, Madame Nadia Sednaoui II, Portraits par Henri Matisse (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Collotype, héliogravure, recto and verso, on grand vélin Renage filigrané paper, as issued
Year: 1954
Paper Size: 12 x 9.25 inches; image size: 8.66 x 5.91 inches
Inscription...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
God and the Four Evangelists ("Fool's Concert") - 1943 Linocut on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
God and the Four Evangelists ("Fool's Concert") - 1943 Linocut on Paper
Leopoldo Méndez (Mexico City, Mexico, 1902–1969) "Fool's Concert" (from the portfolio "25 Prints of Leopoldo ...
Category
1940s Symbolist Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut, Printer's Ink, Laid Paper
Rolling Home
Located in New York, NY
Signed, dated, numbered in pencil with artist's fingerprint in verso
Edition 80 of 100
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen, Lithograph
Matisse, Madame Colette I, Portraits par Henri Matisse (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Collotype, héliogravure, recto and verso, on grand vélin Renage filigrané paper, as issued
Year: 1954
Paper Size: 12 x 9.25 inches; image size: 7.87 x 6.3 inches
Inscription:...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"The Urchin (Le Gamin) -Second and Final State, " Etching signed by Edouard Manet
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Urchin (Le Gamin)" is an original etching by Edouard Manet. It depicts a young boy holding a basket with his long-haired dog. This is the second and fina...
Category
1860s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, The Circus by Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper
Year: 1952
Paper Size: 12.125 x 9.25 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the album, The Circus by Toulouse...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Mr. Brainwash Superheroes L.A. Firefighters (Red) 2018
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Mr. Brainwash
Title: Superheroes - Tribute print to the L.A. firefighters. Red
Release Date: 11/16/2018
Condition: Excellent condition with zero noticeable flaws
Print ...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Fats Went Fishing With the Natives
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 5, with 2 APs.
GINA PHILLIPS is a mixed media, narrative artist who grew up in Kentucky and has lived in New Orleans since 1995. The imagery, stories and characters of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Inkjet
Son House
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1 of 5, with 2 APs.
GINA PHILLIPS is a mixed media, narrative artist who grew up in Kentucky and has lived in New Orleans since 1995. The imagery, stories and characters of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Inkjet
Intoxication At The Flower Lounge
By Todd White
Located in Toronto, ON
23" x 32" Unframed
Limited Edition Giclee on Canvas with Hand Embellishment of 195
Hand Signed by Todd White
Todd white captures restaurant, night and Hollywood scenes with contrasting colors serving the viewer’s eyes as those in his stolen scenes serve or are served-wine, coffee, cigarettes, cigars, and martinis. He creates timeless scenes of diverse attraction, of known intimacy. Within the exaggerated features and textured skin of his characters lies truth, yours and theirs. Distinctive bodies and details to lips, eyes, hair, skin, hands and what is held in each, separate and blend his characters’ lives. The smoke that rises from their lips, the drinks that linger at their fingertips, the clothing that adorns their bodies and the crowd created among lovers, friends, patrons and co-workers all speak a certain poetry. Each character depicts the subtleties of what one shows and what one hides. An asymmetrical face tells of an asymmetrical life, of how life wears and how we wear life — what we choose to carry in our hands and on our faces — how we wear ourselves, what smoke and color we stand in.
Todd’s paintings are captivating, demanding a second look, often invoking humor or thoughts of familiar feelings — I’ve been there, I know them. Above all, the work is infectious and has caught the attention of the public (galleries cannot keep enough of Todd’s work in stock) as well as celebrities (Vin Diesel, Hugh Hefner, Macaulay Culkin, Eric McCormack, Ryan Stiles and Joe Rogan are collectors of Todd’s oil paintings). But who is the artist behind the art and where did his unique style come from?
Todd began in at Warner Bros. Studios while working on the popular series, tiny toons. Through character clean-up and development, Todd began to forge his own artistic style. Shortly thereafter, Todd became part of the lead animation team for the internationally renowned cartoon, sponge bob square pants. Over the next three years, Todd sharpened his eye in storyboarding, illustration and character design.
Throughout this period, Todd privately experimented with style and concept, eventually arriving at a process which guides him through every piece. The impact is apparent in his paintings; Todd’s rat-pack-meets-Picasso style results, in part, from his desire to reveal his characters’ innermost thoughts and emotions on their faces. Todd likens his portraits to his favorite episode of the Twilight Zone in which people wore masks that later became their faces and revealed who they truly were.
Fast forward ten years later, and until Todd can conceptually see the story in his head, he refuses to paint a single signature knuckle curled around one of his famous martinis. "I actually name my pieces first and then i visualise each face and its personality. Then I develop each person’s story." The stark, unblemished delivery of his subjects is very much intended: whatever isn’t necessary to the story isn’t on my canvas. "I don’t waste a lot of time with backgrounds because they don’t interest me. They aren’t necessary. Instead i focus on what is essential. For example, the hands." Hands are a focal point for Todd, reflecting the subject’s state of mind as much as any body language or facial expression. Everyone’s hands are full of personality he surmises. Take Al Pacino; without his hands, he’s not nearly as interesting to watch.
In addition to more obvious influences, such as Austrian expressionist Egon...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Canvas, Giclée
National Palace Mexico City, Persecution of the Indian, Revolution, Independence
Located in Missouri, MO
(after) Diego Rivera
"National Palace Mexico City, Central Stairway" (Persecution of the Indian, Revolution, Independence) 1933
from the portfolio "Frescoes of Diego Rivera"
Published by the Museum of Modern Art, NY
Hand-Signed by the Artist
Diego Rivera was born on December 13, 1886 in the mountain town of Guanajuato in Mexico. His mother was an ardent Catholic and his father was a rich and aristocratic revolutionary fighter and an atheist. Little Diego decided in favor of atheism. He swore his family had to leave Guanajuato when he was six because of his diatribes against the Church. When he was eleven he attended the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts; his real teacher was Jose Posada...
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso, Composition (Cramer 84), Picasso en marge du Buffon (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper
Year: 1957
Paper Size: 14.5 x 11 inches
Catalogue raisonné reference: Cramer, illustration 84
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Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph