American Realist Art

Vibrant, colorful still-life of fruit arranged in front of a bowl and pitcher by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). Circa 1940. This piece is partially incomplete. Unsigned, but...

Kenn Duncan (1928-1986). Portrait of Man in Headband, ca. 1973. Photographic period print measuring 11 x 14 inches. Studio stamp on verso. The print was us...

This artwork "chrysanthemum" is an original linocut print on paper by American botanical artist Henry Evans, 1918-1990. It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 213/320 in penc...

“Two Points of View” Original Pastel Drawing, c. 1997 This pastel drawing shows the artist’s command of perspective in landscape and architecture. An impressive lodge stands strong ...

"Drugs" by Danny Heller draws inspiration from a pharmaceutical store on a busy avenue corner in NYC. See second image for the real life referenced location. My latest series openi...

Christopher Clark's (US based) "Reclining Figure" is an oil painting that depicts a woman in white reclining in a deep blue interior Bio/artist statem...

Anton Schutz, 'Heart of San Francisco', etching, c. 1927, edition not stated. Signed in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (2...

"Victory" emanates a sense of vibrancy and vitality, drawing viewers into its world of anticipation and celebration. The central figure, depicted with a wide grin and laughter lines ...

Linda Adair's (Germany based) "Seeking Solace" is an oil painting that depicts a figure in an industrial interior space Linda Adair is a contemporary figu...

Lorna Patrick, American - Fireplace, Year: 1981, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 295, Image Size: 27 x 38 inches, Size: 34 x 44 in. (86.36 x 111.7...

Pruett Carter captures the quintessential look of the 1950's in this loosely rendered but charming work for Redbook. Bright, punchy colors define each object and are arranged in a simplified but complex composition of intersecting and overlapping planes of color. The double portrait of the girl expresses a peak moment of introspection. She ponders her situation while preparing to get dressed for her special occasion. The whole scene is imbued with suspense about her future. Carter is a great academic painter. With just a few light touches of the brush, he quickly defines the form of the subject and achieves the X factor of the work. The profile and frontal view of the girl clearly are the same person. He nails her look. This is hard to do. Do not underestimate it. Sadly, there is a reason why there are very few contemporary artists can actually paint and draw without tracing photographs or resort to naive painting. It's hard to do. It's hard to be a painter. You can not fake...

This late 1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features holidaymakers on a cafe terrace in Nice on the French Riviera. This is an estate stamped...

This artwork "Birds in the Tree" 1976 is a color offset lithograph by American wildlife artist Thomas Quinn, born 1938. It is hand signed, inscribed Arti...

This painting was created by American artist Lumen Martin Winter. Winter's figurative paintings sometimes play with the edge of abstraction, resulting in an expressionistic feel. Thi...

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Born in Philadelphia, Marguerite Stuber Pearson was the daughter of a confectioner and movie-theater owner. She survived a bout of polio at age 16 and was confined her to a wheelchai...

This piece is an original oil painting on linen canvas. It features a blue and white porcelain vase from the artist's collection with pink carnations sitting outside on a table. The ...

Willard Dixon, who says "the charm of Still Life painting for the artist lies in the ability to manipulate ones subject matter and in the intimate, direct nature of the painting proc...

Ivan Theimer, Czech (1944 - ) - Le Leze II, Year: 1982, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 200, Size: 21 x 30 in. (53.34 x 76.2 cm)

Fabulous American landscape photography of a rural school house. from small hand signed edition of 20 Large Chromogenic print on Kodak Professional Paper The sheets are approximatel...

Bay Area Poolside Figurative Abstract, S.S. Claremont Hotel in Acrylic on Paper A fun and vibrant figurative acrylic painting of a woman ready for the pool in a blue bathing suit in...

This artwork titled "Pierrot" 1984 is an original colors lithograph on Wove paper by noted American artist Sheldon C. Schoneberg, 1926-2012. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 81/100 in pencil by the artist. Published by Michel Caza, Paris, France. The image size is 20.75 x 26.25 inches, sheet size is 24.75 x 33 inches. With the stamp of the artist at the lower left corner, and the printer's at the lower right corner. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed. About the artist: Born in Oak Park, Illinois; family moves to Beverly Hills; Attends El Rodeo, Beverly Hills High then Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles; University of Southern California, BFA cum laude. MFA, 1951; Academia di Belle Arti, Rome, 3rd Year Certificate; Universidad Michoacana, Morelia, Mexico, 1952, Graduate School - Fresco Printings. TEACHING: Santa Monica College, 1947; Hollywood Art Center School 1948; Pratt University, New York, 1950; Academic Rank of Full Professor of Art - University of New York, New Paltz, 1964 and University of Southern Maine 1967; Master Drawing Classes, Paris-American Academy of Art, Paris, France 1984-1985, Drawing, Painting and Contemporary Art History- University of New England, Biddeford, Maine 1993 - 2002. CYCLES OF WORKS IN ART: • Biblical, American Indian, Rome 1948-62, Oil Paintings • Drawings Wash and Ink, Wood and Ink, Sepia Conte and Ink, Pastels 1940-1968, California, New York, Maine • Archetypal Frescos 1948-55, Mexico, California, Israel • Goyescas, Satiric Ink and Wash Sketches, Spain and Greece 1954-1962 • Tapestries of the Zodiac 1961-1963, Spain • Para-Mandalas, Collages, Mixed-Media, Oil Paintings 1961-1967 • Flower-Children Series and Flag Series, Charcoal Pastel Drawings, California and Maine 1965-2008 • Bas-Relief polyester Resin Sculpture, Bronze Sculpture, 1966-1968 • The Centaurs Garden Suite, Centre Genevois de Grauvure Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland, lithographs on stone and etchings 1971 • Oil Paintings,Landscapes, Portraits, Nudes and Still Lifes, Mykonos, Greece, Spain, California, France, Mexico, Maine, British Columbia, Switzerland 1960-2008 • Barbary Coast Drawings, Full Color and Monochromatic 1967-1994 • The Apocalypse Series, Acrylic and Oil Paintings, Drawings 1973-1983 • Charcoal Pastel Drawings, California, Maine, France, Switzerland 1946-2008 • Metamorphous Series, Charcoal Pastel Collage Drawings on Museum Board 1987-2008 • Collage Series Drawings, San Francisco, Limington, New paltz, Los Angeles 1958-2008 • Poster Series, 90+ Charcoal Pastel Drawings on Museum Board 1985-2008 • Fayum Portrait Series, Charcoal-Pastel and Fauve Drawings 1992-2008 • Formal and Informal Portraits - Oil Paintings, Drawings, Models, Commissions, Compositions, Re-Creations 1942-2008 • Murals- Commissiond, Given and Inspired Oil paintings, Drawings, Acrylic Paintings, Collage Drawings 1936-2008 • Maquettes-100+ small original Charcoal Pastel Drawings for commissions 1970-2008 • The Great Masters of Art Series 1998-2008 • Flower Oil Paintings on Canvas ( Sunflowers, Hydrangas,etc) 2000-2008 EXHIBITIONS: INTERNATIONAL: COMBINED TOTAL OF 214, INCLUDING 82 ONE_MAN EXHIBITIONS. A SELECTION FOLLOWS. • Museum of Munich 1948 • Museum of Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico 1952 • Hellenic-American Union, Athens, Greece 1961 • Casa de Cultura, Malaga, Spain 1964 • Exposition Internationale d'Art de Mode, Val de Grace, Paris, France • 20th Anniversaire Paris American Academy 1985 • Gallery International Inc, St Maarten, Netherlands Antilles 1990-93 • National Museum of Mexico,D.F.1970-2008 Genesis Fresco 12'x35' • Galerie du Carlton, La Croisette, Cannes, France 1964-78 • Galerie des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France 1966-78 • Galeria "M" Copenhagan, Denmark 1967 • Galerie del Cisne, Madrid, Spain • Upper Grosvenor Galleries, London England 1966-68 • Kunsthandel Monet, Amsterdam Holland 1960-80 • Harrison Galleries, Vancouver BC Canada 1970-2008 • Guild Gallerie Calgary, Canada 1975-98 SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: USA • University of Southern California 1950 • Palos Verdes Community Galleries, CA 1955 • Cowie Galleries, Los Angeles, CA 1956 • Los Angeles Municipal Galleries, Barnsdall, CA " Art of the Mural" 1959 • Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco, CA 1962-63 • Raymond Burr Galleries Beverly Hills, CA 1961-64 • Gallery 235, Chicago,IL 1967 • Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara CA (Retrospective 1969-2008) • Lars Laine Art Galleries, Palm Springs, CA 1969-84 • Two Squares Gallery, Denver, CA 1966-70 • Fisk University Art Museum, Nashville TN 1968 • Lewis Galleries, Omaha Nebraska 1973-2008 • Talberts Galleria Tacoma, WA 1978-2008 • Lyon Art Gallery San Francisco CA 1974-1980 • Owl 57 Galleries Woodmere NY 1979-2008 • Walt Kuhn Galleries, Cape Neddick...

Lynette Cook’s shadow-centric urban scenes — executed using exceptional concentration, patience, and skill — pay homage and provide clues to the individual lives of those who inhabit...

Gouache on paper by the native american artist Mopope. Dimensions framed: 35x28 cm. Stephen Mopope was born on 27 August 1898 near the Redstone Baptist Mission on the Kiowa Reservation in Indian Territory. Qued Koi was his Kiowa name, which translates as "Painted Robe," and is sometimes spelled, "Wood Coy." His maternal grandfather was Appiatan, a famed Kiowa warrior, and his great-uncles were Silver Horn and Oheltoint (Ohettoint), both of whom were accomplished artists. Oheltoint was one of the Fort Marion ledger artists.[1] Mopope's paternal grandfather was a Spanish captive, adopted by Kiowa chief Many Bears. When Mopope was a young child, his relatives observed him drawing pictures in the sand, so the artists in his family taught him how to paint on hides in the traditional manner. His grandmother was also instrumental in his early education. In 1916, Mopope attended St. Patrick's Indian Mission School in Anadarko, Oklahoma, where he received further art instruction under Sister Olivia Taylor, a Choctaw nun. In a move that contradicted US federal policy at the time, Susan Peters, the Kiowa agency field matron, arranged for Mrs. Willie Baze Lane, an artist from Chickasha, Oklahoma, to teach painting classes for young Kiowas in Anadarko. Recognizing the talent of some of the young artists, Peters convinced Swedish-American artist, Oscar Jacobson...

Piercing white light breaks through the clouds to illuminate an abandoned gas station in Arizona. Signed and dated on lower right, numbered on verso, 2/1...

Willard Dixon, 'Backstreet, Santa Fe' was painted in 2023. The original painting is 36 X 48 inches. Framed in a contemporary minimal hardwood, 36.5 x 48.5 inches. Ready to hang and e...

Trompe l'oeil still life of tomatoes resting atop an anvil, with a sledgehammer in the background, painted on an old cabinet door. Anthony Ackrill was born in Alaska in 1958, but sp...

A 1853 Broadside advertising a large reward for the apprehension of accused murderer John Hide of Harrison County, Texas. Broadside poster printed in black ink on cream-colored wove...

Original vintage poster: "BUS RILEY'S BACK IN TOWN". Horizontal format theater release movie poster. Very good to excellent condition. Ready to frame. Cleaned and starched.. This is an original 22...

Warrington Colescott Music  Medicine and Sport- 1966 Print - etching  18'' x 17½'' inches Paper Size 30" x 22" inches Edition: signed in pencil, titled and numbered 2/30

Original linen-backed U.S. Naval Aviation Training Division, Dec., 1942 poster for the Fairey "Albacore" aircraft. Linen-backed and in very good condi...

Original The Evergreen Playground Kroll Map Company vintage poster. Archival linen backed in fine condition. A- condition with only 1 small repair on the outer border in the white area. No tears nor stains. This map was originally drawn during the Great Depression by Ed Poland, Chief Cartographer of many years here at Kroll Map Company. A pictorial bird's eye view of the Puget Sound...

Lionel S. Reiss (1894 - 1988) Lobstermen in Gloucester, Massachusetts, circa 1943 Watercolor on paper Sight 17 1/2 x 23 inches Signed lower left Provenance: Private Collection, Las Vegas, Nevada In describing his own style, Lionel Reiss wrote, “By nature, inclination, and training, I have long since recognized the fact that...I belong to the category of those who can only gladly affirm the reality of the world I live in.” Reiss’s subject matter was wide-ranging, including gritty New York scenes, landscapes of bucolic Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and seascapes around Gloucester, Massachusetts. However, it was as a painter of Jewish life—both in Israel and in Europe before World War II—that Reiss excelled. I.B. Singer, the Nobel Prize winner for Literature, noted that Reiss was “essentially an artist of the nineteenth century, and because of this he had the power and the courage to tell visually the story of a people.” Although Reiss was born in Jaroslaw, Poland, his family immigrated to the United States in 1898 when he was four years old. Reiss's family settled on New York City’s Lower East Side and he lived in the city for most of his life. Reiss attended the Art Students League and then worked as a commercial artist for newspapers and publishers. As art director for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he supposedly created the studio’s famous lion logo. After World War I, Reiss became fascinated with Jewish life in the ‘Old World.’ In 1921 he left his advertising work and spent the next ten years traveling in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Like noted Jewish photographers Alter Kacyzne and Roman Vishniac, Reiss depicted Jewish life in Poland prior to World War II. He later wrote, “My trip encompassed three main objectives: to make ethnic studies of Jewish types wherever I traveled; to paint and draw Jewish life, as I saw it and felt it, in all aspects; and to round out my work in Israel.” In Europe, Reiss recorded quotidian scenes in a variety of media and different settings such as Paris, Amsterdam, the Venice ghetto, the Jewish cemetery in Prague, and an array of shops, synagogues, streets, and marketplaces in the Jewish quarters of Warsaw, Lodz, Krakow, Lublin, Vilna, Ternopil, and Kovno. He paid great attention to details of dress, hair, and facial features, and his work became noted for its descriptive quality. A selection of Reiss’s portraits appeared in 1938 in his book My Models Were Jews. In this book, published on the eve of the Holocaust, Reiss argued that there was “no such thing as a ‘Jewish race’.” Instead, he claimed that the Jewish people were a cultural group with a great deal of diversity within and between Jewish communities around the world. Franz Boas...

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 right corner. Light to moderate age tone and mat tone, and with the signature and notations in brown ink having become quite attenuated, although legible. Presented in a basic black wood frame with a label from the Country Art...

This mid-1950s landscape photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features a group enjoying a picnic at a rocky coastline in Bermuda. This is an estate stamped and ...

Original HERE. Mister! AMOCO Service mid-century vintage poster. Archivally linen backed in very good condition, ready to frame. A- condition with a dime size touch-up in the low...

John McNulty, Irish/American (1949 - ) - Sailing 4, Year: circa 1981, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 450, Size: 9.5 in. x...

An original oil painting by GC Williams. Williams has a degree in art history which gave her an understanding of, and appreciation for, not only the art of the past, but the histori...

This late 1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Countess Peter Jean-Baptiste de Manio (left) and Mary-Beth Turner playing backgammon by a ...

Herman N. Hyneman (American, 1849-1907) Untitled (Sunset Landscape), 19th Century Oil on canvas 20 1/4 x 26 in. Signed lower right: H. N. Hyneman Herman N. Hyneman was a noted Ameri...

This late 1950s urban portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features Faith Gibbons checks her hair in the mirror of a motor scooter, Bermuda. She is wear...

This late 1940s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features actress Joan Fontaine (1917 - 2003) and co-star Joseph Cotten (1905 - 1994) receive direct...

Contemporary bust / sculpture: created from wax, wire mesh, dumbell and yoga block, by American artist John Goodman, whose work has been deeply inf...

This artwork titled "House in the Sun" c.1930 is an offset lithograph on wove paper by noted Taos, New Mexico artist Kenneth Miller Adams, 1897-1966. It is signed and titled in the plate. The artwork (image) size is 6.75 x 12 inches, framed size is 13.5 x 18.25 inches. Custom framed in silver metal frame, with light grey matting. It is in excellent condition, the frame have some very small minor scratches, barely visible. About the artist: Painter Kenneth Adams (1897-1963) arrived on the Taos art scene in 1924, at the urging of his former instructor Andrew Dasburg. Although Adams had been born and raised less than 700 miles away in Topeka, Kansas, his journey to the Southwest had been years - and countries - in the making. Earlier in his 20s, Adams had embarked on the Midwesterner’s equivalent of a Grand Tour: Chicago, then New York City, and finally, Italy and France. From these sojourns, the artist had absorbed all the lessons in light, color, and form that renowned teachers and rolling countrysides could offer. Now, thanks to Dasburg’s invitation, Adams found he could stop traveling; he had finished honing his craft and found his muse. New Mexico - its people and its land - would be an infinite source of inspiration. Adam’s painterly devotion soon impressed the prestigious Taos Society of Artists...

Elizabeth W. Leary is a classical realist painter whose love of architecture combined with her masterful drawing and glazing techniques create a quiet poetry of warmth, light, textur...

This artwork titled "A Kodak Moment" 1992 is an offset lithograph by renown Western artist Gary Carter, born 1938. It is hand signed and numbered 816/850 i...

Patrick Nevin's (US based) "Vanitas with Marine Corps Coin" is an oil painting that depicts a human skull situated with an orange, a Marine Corps coin, ...

Jimmy Abeita B. 1947 painting is oil on canvas Image 9x12 Overall with frame 15x18 inches Signed lower right Housed in original Frame Gallery labels: Adobe Gallery and Brandywine gal...

Lawrence Nelson Wilbur, 'Gloucester Harbor', drypoint, 1940. Signed, dated, and titled in pencil. Signed in the plate, lower right. Annotated 'PERSONAL...

Original vintage poster ZERMATT MATTERHORN SWITZERLAND TWA c.1950. Along the way of TWA. Professional acid-free archival linen backed in fine condition. Ready to frame. Early Trans World Airline poster that features the Constellation aircraft. This is before the artwork of David Klein for TWA. TWA (Trans World Airlines) was formed in 1924 as Transcontinental & Western Air. The airline's first route was New York to Los Angeles, soon followed by multiple National routes. The airline expanded to serve Europe, the Middle East, and Asia after WWII when the company was under Howard Hughes's owner's control from 1939 until 1961. Hughes was a dominant force in expanding and promoting the routes flown by his company. The economy was vastly improving and travels through the air for business and pleasure...

Stunning large scale painting of an early 20th century Braque sailing ship named "Medusa" by Charles Miller (American, 19th/20th Century), 1926. Signed and dated lower left corner. C...

This artwork titled "Iris Plate" c.2000, is an oil painting on panel by noted American impressionist artist Douglas Paul Morgan, 1948-2021. It is signed at the lower right corner by ...

Original vintage poster: Patriotic League . Original Howard Chandler Christy's 1918 "Patriotic League" authentic World War 1 lithographic poster. Linen-backed and in excellent condition. This Christy girl...

BIRNEY IMES, Mississippi, b. 1951 "Riverside Lounge, Shaw, 1986" Dimensions: Chromogenic print, 14" x 16.5" sight. Framed 21" x 25". Birney Imes (born 1951) is an American photogra...

This artwork titled 'Winter Tracery (Milford Connecticut)" is an original drypoint etching by noted American artist Philip Kappel, 1901-1981. It is hand signed and titled in pencil by the artist. The plate mark (Image) size is 9 x 12 inches, framed size is 17.25 x 21.25 inches. Custom framed in a wooden light grey frame, with light grey matting and black color fillet. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Philip Kappel — painter, illustrator, printer, writer, and lecturer — was born on February 10, 1901 in Hartford, CT and died in 1981. Kappel is best remembered for his landscapes, portraits, figures, marine, lithography, and etching. He held a teaching position with H. B. Snell, Boothbay, ME Studios, 1923 and 1924. His addresses in 1929 were 500 Fifth Avenue in New York City and, for the summer, care of Philip Little, 10 Chestnut Street, Salem, MA; and in 1935, Sarasota, FL. Kappel was a pupil of the Pratt Institute Art School in Brooklyn, NY and Philip Little (1857-1942) and held memberships with the North Shore Artists Association in Gloucester, MA; the Marblehead...