Käthe Kollwitz

Arbeiterfrau mit schlafendem Jungen

1927

Artist: Thomas Hart Benton (American 1889 - 1975) Title: Aaron Medium: Hand Signed Lithograph Year of Work: 1941 Edition Size: 250 Dimensions: 12.9" x 9.5" unframed, 20" x 16" Framed In this Iconic portrait of "Aaron" Benton depicts an elderly farmer with tattered clothes, seemingly deep in thought. He is set in a neutral background where the subject’s face reveals the wear and tear of the agrestic lifestyle. Much like most of Benton's work, this portrait captures the true feeling of the American social...

Artist: Jacko Vassilev, Bulgarian ( born 1951 - ) Title: The Dance of Zlatio Zlatev, Ex Pilot Medium: Original Silver Gelatin Print Edition: 19/50 Year: 1989 Story behind the photograph: The photograph seen above was taken of Zlatio Zlatev who had served for Bulgaria’s King Boris III as his top pilot. When the Communists took the power in Bulgaria, he was offered to work for the new government as a bomber pilot. He refused to work for the new regime and was stamped as an "anticommunist element". Due to his refusal Zlatio was sent to forced labor political camp where he spent nearly 15 years and fell victim to the totalitarian side of communism. During that time in Bulgaria there were over 50 political camps where they claimed, "The Brain of the Nation was destroyed"! When Bulgaria become free state from Communism in 1989 a National Celebration was held in the political camp honoring all the people who lost their lives there and granted the survivors as National Heroes! On that day Jacko Vassilev was privileged to witness the celebration of Zlatio and this photograph was HIS DANCE OF FREEDOM!!!! After the dance, Jacko walked to him and wanted to share his deep emotions of capturing this special moments and told him: "Zlatio, your hands are likes a wings in the air." And he answered: "My wings..... They broke them, but not the Spirit"! Artist Bio: I was born in communist Bulgaria. As a boy, I had dreamed of freedom and a simple life. In my late twenties I put my dreams to the test and attempted to escape the Bulgarian regime. I tried to pass the barbed wire fences guarded by border patrols, but I was caught, beaten and tossed into a slave labor camp. Instead of building up hate, the harsh conditions in the camp built my strength. I learned how to survive. My body suffered, but my mind became clearer. My photography was my artistic expression of the world around me however the communist dictatorship considered it anti-communist propaganda and I had to keep my treasures hidden underground. After the communist regime fell, I traveled around Europe and accomplished my dream of becoming a published photographer in Paris and later moved to the USA. The willingness to confront even the most difficult obstacle in life strongly informs my work to this day. There is a thread of optimism that connects the people I’ve portrayed, even when they are shown in the most vulnerable moments. There is no difference between myself and them, they are photographers of life, and I am the countryman...

Artist: Toulouse Lautrec (1864 -1901) French Title: The Chestnut Vendor Medium: Lithograph, Year: 1897 Signature: Signed in Plate (TL) Lower Left Dimensions: 20” x 17” Framed, 11” x 8.5” Unframed A lithograph of a Toulouse Lautrec drawing...

Artist: Fritz Henle Title: Frida in her Studio Medium: Original Silver Gelatin Photograph Edition Size: 11/25 Year of Work: 1943 Signerd: Estate Stamped on Verso Dimensions: 14 x 14"...

Artist: Josef Hallberg (Born in 1912 -) Title: Sunday Morning Medium: Oil on Panel Josef Hallberg’s oil painting depicts Austrian farmland as the sun is rising. The cart is pulls to...

Artist: G. Rhumont Title: The Harvest Medium: Oil on Masonite Dimensions: 6.5 x 12" unframed, 18 x 12" Framed G. Rhumont was a turn of the century German landscape artist of romantic style with realistic scenes as seen here in “The Harvest”. This bucolic scene of harvesting hay depicts two farmers working in tandem loading the horse-drawn hay wagon in a field just outside their homestead. This early autumn painting...

Jean Jansem (1920-2013) Sonia fond jaune, 1995 Lithographie sur papier Arches Signée en bas à droite et justifiée en bas à gauche 67 x 51,5 cm / 76 x 56 cm Rare exemplaire d'une é...

Jean Jansem (1920-2013) Joëlle aux jambières, état rouge, 1995 Lithographie sur papier Arches Signée en bas à droite et justifiée en bas à gauche 65 x 50 cm / 76 x 56 cm Rare édit...

Jean Jansem (1920-2013) Le petit soldat, 1993 Lithographie sur papier Arches Signée et justifiée 76 x 50 cm Imprimeur: Arts-Litho, Paris Editeurs: Jansem, Paris - Enrico Navarra B...

Jean Jansem (1920-2013) Le tambour, 1984 Lithographie sur papier Arches, justifiée EA Signée en bas à droite 67,5 x 47 cm / 76 x 54 cm Bibliographie: CR Jansem, 1993, n°1 "Ma pre...

Jean Jansem (1920-2013) Mère et enfant, 1989 Lithographie sur papier Arches Signée en bas à droite et justifiée en bas à gauche 67 x 50,5 cm / 76 x 54 cm Bibliographie: Imprimeu...

Jean Jansem (1920-2013) Ophélie au coussin rose, 1993 Lithographie sur papier Arches Signée et justifiée 50 x 65 cm / 56 x 76 cm Imprimeur: Arts-Litho, Paris Editeur: Enrico Navarra...