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Style: American Realist
Elegant Nude Woman in Dancing - Mid-Century Monochromatic
Located in Miami, FL
Excellent Mid-century nude by famous illustrator/ artist Walter Charles Klett. The work is masterfully painted with a sound understanding of the basic academic principles guiding t...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Art
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Original Painting Cathedral Interior New Yorker Cover Proposal 1939 Jesus Church
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting Cathedral Interior New Yorker Cover Proposal 1939 Jesus Church
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994)
Cathedral
New Yorker cover proposal, c. 1939
12 1/4 X 8 1/2 inches...
Category
1930s American Realist Art
Materials
Gouache, Board
Original Painting New Yorker Mag Cover proposal. Army Wedding American Scene WPA
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting New Yorker Mag Cover proposal. Army Wedding American Scene WPA
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994)
Army Wedding
New Yorker cover proposal, c. 1939
11 1/2 X 8 inches ...
Category
1930s American Realist Art
Materials
Gouache, Board
"Motion, " Victor Arnautoff, San Francisco Lighthouse, World's Fair WPA Painting
By Victor Michail Arnautoff
Located in Larchmont, NY
Victor Mikhail Arnautoff (1896 - 1979)
Motion (Mile Rocks Lighthouse), San Francisco, 1939
Oil and tempera on board
60 x 40 inches
Signed lower left
Provenance:
The artist
Californi...
Category
1930s American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Tempera
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC
By Joseph Lambert Cain
Located in New York, NY
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC
Jo Cain (1904 – 2003) "Union Square," 24 x 36 inches. Oil on canvas, c.1940s, ...
Category
1940s American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mountains at Phoenix
Located in Cleveland, OH
Lawrence Blazey
Mountains at Phoenix
Signed Lower-Right
Watercolor on Illustration Board
14 1/2 x 19 inches (sight size)
Category
1950s American Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Doll House Hell
By Willy Pogany
Located in Minneapolis, MN
A haunting watercolor by renowned book illustrator Willy Pogany, signed lower left. Marked on verso "Doll House Hell," this is a dark noir rendering of an ...
Category
1930s American Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
5:45 A.M.
Located in Wenham, MA
This piece is an original oil on canvas painting by Maine artist Brian Kliewer. Kleiwer paints the landscapes around his home in coastal Maine. Here he has painted the Belted Galloway...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Harbor Rainbow" Colorful Boat With Deep Blue Water Reflections Serigraph
By Tom Swimm
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Harbor Rainbow" with rippling water reflections of the blue boat floating in the sea is a quintessential example of Tom Swimm's enhanced realism. This ...
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Screen
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII
Located in New York, NY
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII. 18 x 24 inches Watercolor on paper. c. 1940s. Signed lower right.
BIO
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Category
1940s American Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Seated Figure
Located in Wenham, MA
"Seated Figure" is an original oil painting on panel. It is framed in a gold frame and overall the dimensions are approximately, 23 x 29 inches.
Phoebe Delaney is a figurative paint...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Weather Moves In
By Marla Korr
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1950
Marla Korr attended Brooklyn College, earning both a B.A. and a M.F.A. There she studied with Philip Pearlstein, Lennart Anderson and Jimmy Ernst. She has also s...
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Berkshire Landscape" George Picken, Massachusetts, New England WPA, Green
By George Picken
Located in Larchmont, NY
George Picken
Berkshire Landscape, 1965
Signed and dated lower right
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 inches
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
A native New Yorker, George Picken was born in 18...
Category
1930s American Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Playground, Carl Schurz Park" George Picken, New York City, East River, UES WPA
By George Picken
Located in Larchmont, NY
George Picken
Playground, Carl Schurz Park, 1938
Signed and dated lower left
Oil on canvas
28 x 36 inches
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
A native New Yorker, George Picken was bo...
Category
1930s American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
West 14th Street at Sunset, Oil Painting
By Nick Savides
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This painting was inspired by the dramatic lighting and shadows receding into West 14th Street at sunset," says artist Nick Savides...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Grange Meeting Fairfax County Virginia January 1940 Vintage Silver Gelatin Print
Located in Surfside, FL
photo is 9X13.5 (image size), 16X20 is the mat. Mounted to original mat. Vintage photograph.
Three young Grange members represent Flora, Ceres and Pamona in Fairfax, 1940.
Arthur Ro...
Category
1940s American Realist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Children freeing a caged bird
By Eileen Soper
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream wove paper, 4 1/2 x 7 inches (114 x 177 mm), wide margins, signed in pencil in the lower right. Laid down to non-archival board with the mat affixed, obscuring the v...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching
Plaster Repair
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Recalling one of our favorite paintings from the impressionist era, “Caillebotte’s “Floor Scrapers” Levin turned to the workman in house as a subject in “Plaster Repair”. The dramat...
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Loire
Located in Middletown, NY
Pen and black ink on watermarked Ingres laid paper, 9 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (234 x 310 mm), signed, dated and titled in brown ink, and initialed and titled in black ink in the lower ri...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Art
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper, Pen
Ships in New York Harbor
By Henry Farrer
Located in Middletown, NY
Pencil on cream wove paper, 5 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches (141 x 250 mm), signed in pencil, lower lower left. With some remarques in graphite and the letter "H" written in green pencil in the...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Realist Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Pencil, Graphite
"The Kiosk, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago" Aaron Bohrod, WPA Midwestern Regionalism
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Larchmont, NY
Aaron Bohrod
The Kiosk, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, 1932
Signed and dated lower right
Watercolor on paper
17 x 12 inches
Provenance:
The artist
Everett Oehlschlager Galleries, Chicag...
Category
1930s American Realist Art
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Soaking Up
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Soaking Up" c.1970 is an original lithograph on Wove paper by noted western artist Tom (Thomas) Ryan, 1922-2011. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 68/100 in...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
While You Get To Sleep At Night
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
I guess I'll be the bigger person
I'd swallow my pride and hold it inside
Even though it's hurting I'll take the road that's high, while you get to sleep at night.
Shipping Procedu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Leading the Remuda
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Leading the Remuda" c.1970 is an original lithograph on Wove paper by noted western artist Tom (Thomas) Ryan, 1922-2011. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 5...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Come See Me
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
This painting is emphasizing the situation that encompasses a youthful love story, in a situation whereby your love partner is a shy and timid type when it comes to getting people to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Soaking Up
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Soaking Up" c.1970 is an original lithograph on paper by noted western artist Tom (Thomas) Ryan, 1922-2011. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 68/100 in penc...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Emmett Till
Located in Saugatuck, MI
Original graphite pencil drawing of Emmett Till by Michigan based artist A. Z. McIntosh. Drawing is unframed on heavy fine art paper. Framing options available.
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Pencil, Graphite
On the Road to Folly
Located in Raleigh, NC
An excellent impression of one of the rarest and most desireable Verner images- Road to Folly (Beach) showing the basket people selling roadside fruits and vegetables.
The image is ...
Category
1930s American Realist Art
Materials
Etching
Red Boat in Fog
By Marla Korr
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1950
Marla Korr attended Brooklyn College, earning both a B.A. and a M.F.A. There she studied with Philip Pearlstein, Lennart Anderson and Jimmy Ernst. She has also s...
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Nantucket Backyard Garden
By Lori Zummo
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1962
Contemporary artist Lori Zummo paints in a style evocative of the American Barbizon School. She received her BFA from Syracuse University in 1984. After receiving ...
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Hymn
By Wayman Adams
Located in Raleigh, NC
A compelling peek into the African American church on a Sunday.
Category
1930s American Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
John Howard Payne-Home Sweet Home
Located in Raleigh, NC
Depicted is the birthplace of John Howard Payne in Easthampton, Long Island, N.Y.
The prepatory drawing for this drypoint is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum.
The print is ...
Category
1930s American Realist Art
Materials
Drypoint
Charleston Gates, S.C.
Located in Raleigh, NC
A wonderful depiction of Charleston, S.C. showing the ironwork gates and the flower ladies the city is known for.
The image is in excellent condition with a strong platemark. Some ...
Category
1940s American Realist Art
Materials
Etching
Red Senior
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1972
Dylan Stark is a traditional landscape and seascape painter. He is heavily influenced by the luminist style of painting popular among late 19th century American la...
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Symphony of the Seas, South Shore, Nantucket
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1958
Louis was born in Omaha, NE in 1958. At the age of nine he began painting in oil, and at 14, he began studying painting, drawing, and art theory under Stanley Step...
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Woman with Green Scarf
Located in Columbia, MO
UNKNOWN
Woman in Green Scarf with Cat
1940
Oil on canvas
16 x 12.5 inches
Framed: 21 x 18 inches
Category
1940s American Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Sconset Cliff Walk
By Lori Zummo
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1962
Contemporary artist Lori Zummo paints in a style evocative of the American Barbizon School. She received her BFA from Syracuse University in 1984. After receiving ...
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Lady and the Dove" is an artwork that encapsulates the beauty, gentleness, and harmony found in the relationship between humans and nature. The title itself suggests a depiction of ...
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Colorful Oil Triptych for Opera Lovers Depicting: Carmen, Rigoletto, La Boheme
By Kathryn Freeman
Located in Charleston, US
Kathryn Freeman's brightly colored oil triptych , a must for opera lovers, depicts the operas Carmen, Rigoletto, and La Boheme, respectively. The operas com...
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Vase with Foliage, Hand Tinted Photograph. Vintage Photo Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Russell Drisch is a photographer and painter who resided in Buffalo NY during the 1970s and 80s. Originally an actor, Drisch moved to Buffalo to play two seasons at Studio Arena Thea...
Category
20th Century American Realist Art
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Serene Outdoor Landscape of Man Fishing with His First Mate, a German Shepherd
By Kathryn Freeman
Located in Charleston, US
A relaxing day fishing with your best friend and “The First Mate”, in this case, a German Shepherd. A perfect scene for an escaping everyday stress.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Bianco
Located in Napoli, IT
Eclectic artist, born in Atri in Abruzzo in 1980, he works in the field of contemporary art with conceptual creations from the age of 18 years. He currently lives in Puglia.
In his s...
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Guitar
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a neutral-toned interior, man sits comfortably, playing a guitar.
Painting dimensions: 14 x 16 inches
Framed dimensions: 19.5 x 21.5 inches
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas
Sheep Dog and Sheep
Located in Columbia, MO
EDITH MAY BURLINGAME
Sheep Dog and Sheep
1925
Oil on canvas
14 x 18 inches
Category
1920s American Realist Art
Materials
Oil
Original Painting Life Mag Published 1955 Birds Animals Illustration Mid Century
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting Life Mag Published 1953 Birds Animals Illustration Mid Century
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994)
The World We Live In
Birds of Paradise
Life Magazine Illustration ...
Category
1950s American Realist Art
Materials
Gouache, Board
Original Painting Undersea Whale Life Mag Published 1953 Illustration Ocean Sea
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting Undersea Whale Life Mag Published 1953 Illustration Ocean Sea
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994)
Underwater Whale
Life Illustration published, c. November 7, 1953
1...
Category
1950s American Realist Art
Materials
Gouache, Board
Original Painting S America Map Published 1956 Illustration Animals Planet Globe
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting S America Map Published 1956 Illustration Animals Planet Globe
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994)
The Wonders of Life on Earth
Earth South America
Holiday Magazine ...
Category
1950s American Realist Art
Materials
Gouache, Board
Noir Crime Drama Shooting - Saturday Evening Post Illustration
By Thornton Utz
Located in Miami, FL
Saturday Evening Post Illustrator Thornton Utz captures the peak moment of action in this Noir Crime Drama, Shooting illustration on an interior page in the famed magazine in 1958 —...
Category
1950s American Realist Art
Materials
Acrylic, Board
On the Way 2
By Karen Woods
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery.
Karen Woods paints a traveler’s view through the window of a moving vehicle rendered in subtly nuanced gestures in oil on canvas or panel. Thes...
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
On the Way 1
By Karen Woods
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery.
Karen Woods paints a traveler’s view through the window of a moving vehicle rendered in subtly nuanced gestures in oil on canvas or panel. Thes...
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Nocturnal Lotus" oil on canvas, 1981
Located in Southampton, NY
Lowell Nesbitt's paintings are in most major museum collections.
In the 1950s he dabbled in Abstract Expressionism for a short time. However, It wasn’t until 1962, that he created hi...
Category
1980s American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Splinter Beach
Located in Oakland, CA
Mason 28; Myers & Ayres 29. Lithograph on thin laid japanese paper, full margins. Edition of 70.
Signed, titled, and numbered 61 in pencil.
Category
20th Century American Realist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Books with Wine Glass
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Levin continues his "Books and Butterflies" series with this dynamic still-life. Butterflies flit around arranged books and a wine glass that magnifies the words of one of the books....
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Le Pot de Confiture
Located in Wenham, MA
Le Pot de Confiture is an original oil painting on panel. It is framed in a handmade, black frame with gold lip. The overall dimensions of the framed piece are approximately, 14x16 i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
A Pair of Brick Wall Paintings the Size of a Wall
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pair of large contemporary paintings depicting a brick wall and window in a realist style. The paintings measure 72 x 30.5 inches each and are in basic wood-slat frames.
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cat-Shaped Pool, Estate Edition, Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons' Cat-Shaped Pool, a newly available Estate Edition photograph, features a charming swimming pool in the shape of a cat at the Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami, circa 1955. This...
Category
1950s American Realist Art
Materials
Lambda
Cabbages and Chard
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Levin expertly renders the textures of the vegetables and the wood table they rest on. Levin uses chiaroscuro to dramatize this simple scene of cabbages and chard.
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gin and Tonic
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Levin depicts a still life that transports viewers to a tropical island with his realist image of gin and tonic against a seascape background.
Category
2010s American Realist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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