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Art Subject: Face
Monogrammed "TG", Late 19th Century Symbolist / Pre-Raphaelite Oil Painting
Monogrammed "TG", Late 19th Century Symbolist / Pre-Raphaelite Oil Painting

Monogrammed "TG", Late 19th Century Symbolist / Pre-Raphaelite Oil Painting

Located in Holywell, GB

Monogrammed "TG", Late 19th Century Symbolist / Pre-Raphaelite Oil Painting A captivating late 19th-century oil painting imbued with imaginative symbolism and strong Pre-Raphaelite ...

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1890s Symbolist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

FRUIT FOR SALE - Beautiful Example From The Gearhart's "Let's Pay" Series
FRUIT FOR SALE - Beautiful Example From The Gearhart's "Let's Pay" Series

FRUIT FOR SALE - Beautiful Example From The Gearhart's "Let's Pay" Series

By Frances H. Gearhart

Located in Santa Monica, CA

FRANCES H. GEARHART and Sisters (THE GEARHARTS) FRUIT FOR SALE c.1928 Color block print. Signed “The Gearharts” and titled. This is an original block print from “Let’s Play”, an...

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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

18th Century Gentleman Burgundy Coat Portrait Oil Painting Antique Gilt Frame
18th Century Gentleman Burgundy Coat Portrait Oil Painting Antique Gilt Frame

18th Century Gentleman Burgundy Coat Portrait Oil Painting Antique Gilt Frame

By Arthur Pond

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

18th Century Gentleman In Burgundy Coat English School, mid 18th century, unsigned Circle of Arthur Pond (British, circa 1705-1758) Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in...

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18th Century English School Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Antique European Impressionist Elegant Young Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Antique European Impressionist Elegant Young Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting

Antique European Impressionist Elegant Young Woman Portrait Framed Oil Painting

Located in Buffalo, NY

Antique European impressionist portrait oil painting . Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 26 by 32 inches overall, and 21.5 by 26.5 painting alone. Handsomely framed in a gi...

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1890s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Charles P. Gruppe, "The Brass Bowl, " Interior Figure Painting with Woman
Charles P. Gruppe, "The Brass Bowl, " Interior Figure Painting with Woman

Charles P. Gruppe, "The Brass Bowl, " Interior Figure Painting with Woman

Located in Rockport, MA

Painting size without frame: 17 1/4" x21 1/4" Painting size with frame: 23" x 27" Painting is signed lower left corner. An elegant interior figure painting by Charles P. Gruppe dep...

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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Summer Vibes. Original Figurative Acrylic Painting, Woman Geometric Rabbit.
Summer Vibes. Original Figurative Acrylic Painting, Woman Geometric Rabbit.

Summer Vibes. Original Figurative Acrylic Painting, Woman Geometric Rabbit.

Located in Oslo, NO

"Summer Vibes" is an original acrylic painting on canvas that combines contemporary figurative painting with geometric abstraction. A young woman, immersed in music, gently holds a c...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Escuela Italiana (XIX) - Judith (Según Cristofano Allori)
Escuela Italiana (XIX) - Judith (Según Cristofano Allori)

Escuela Italiana (XIX) - Judith (Según Cristofano Allori)

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

La obra no va firmada El estado de conservación es bueno Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un marco posterior a la obra Medidas de la obra: 40 cm. de altura x 33 cm. de ancho. Me...

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Late 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Hyperrealistic Bronze Female Head Lost-Wax Sculpture, Hollow Skull, Contemporary
Hyperrealistic Bronze Female Head Lost-Wax Sculpture, Hollow Skull, Contemporary

Hyperrealistic Bronze Female Head Lost-Wax Sculpture, Hollow Skull, Contemporary

By Óscar Aldonza Torres

Located in FISTERRA, ES

Hyperrealistic bronze female head sculpture with hollowed skull evokes mystery and organic patina. Soño (24 × 17 × 22 cm) by Aldonza is cast by the artist using the traditional lost-...

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2010s Conceptual Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Garden guardian
Garden guardian

Dasha PogodinaGarden guardian, 2023

$1,224Sale Price|20% Off

Garden guardian

By Dasha Pogodina

Located in Zofingen, AG

This painting will come to you stretched on a wooden stretcher and completely ready to be placed in the interior. ABOUT THE ARTWORK "The 'Garden Guardian' serves as the keeper of our...

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2010s Symbolist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

1986 Intimate Couple Portrait by Mystery Artist
1986 Intimate Couple Portrait by Mystery Artist

1986 Intimate Couple Portrait by Mystery Artist

Located in New York, NY

Mystery Artist Tennessee, 9/12/86 Oil on canvas 34 x 43 3/4 x 1 in. Titled and inscribed upper left

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1980s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Black Angel - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern, Africa

Black Angel - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Portrait, Modern, Africa

By Oluwatosin Ogunniyi

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About Artist Tos...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Pensive Salon Beauty Young Woman in an Interior, French Belle Epoque painting
Pensive Salon Beauty Young Woman in an Interior, French Belle Epoque painting

Pensive Salon Beauty Young Woman in an Interior, French Belle Epoque painting

Located in Norwich, GB

A captivating Belle Époque character study attributed to the French painter Tony Tollet (1857–1953), depicting a young woman seated in quiet contemplation. Rather than presenting hi...

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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Suzanne', Large Mid Century French Portrait Drawing by Gourdon
'Suzanne', Large Mid Century French Portrait Drawing by Gourdon

'Suzanne', Large Mid Century French Portrait Drawing by Gourdon

Located in Cotignac, FR

French, Mid Century, pastel and crayon portrait of an elegant young lady by Gourdon. Signed and dated bottom left. Trade label to the back board. Presented in period deep 'tray' frame. This seems to be an early work by the artist and hence it carries his name rather than his later more distinctive signature 'Aslan'. Alain Gordon was one of two brothers, his sibling Michel also went on to achieve notable success with his distinctive 'comic' style. Alain Gourdon...

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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Pastel, Watercolor, Pencil

Mid Century Modern Jazz Ensemble -- The Band Box Quartet, Signed
Mid Century Modern Jazz Ensemble -- The Band Box Quartet, Signed

Mid Century Modern Jazz Ensemble -- The Band Box Quartet, Signed

Located in Soquel, CA

Mid Century Modern Jazz Quartet Figurative -- "The Band Box" Signed A vivid, mid-century modernist interpretation of a jazz ensemble by Louis M. Centofanti (American, 1921-2018). "B...

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1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars

Carte de Voeux pour Aime Maeght, Modern Lithograph, Signed, 1960
Carte de Voeux pour Aime Maeght, Modern Lithograph, Signed, 1960

Carte de Voeux pour Aime Maeght, Modern Lithograph, Signed, 1960

By Marc Chagall

Located in Bournemouth, Dorset

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) Carte de Voeux pour Aime Maeght 1960 Lithograph in Arches paper Signed in stone Image: 22.2 x 29.5 cm Frame: 46.5 x 54.5cm Marc Chagall (1887 – 1985) Russi...

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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Wife, Mom, Boss
Wife, Mom, Boss

Wife, Mom, Boss

By Joel Moens de Hase

Located in Nottingham, GB

Photographic Mosaic Hundreds of tiny, all individual images meticulously placed to create one powerful piece

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2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Mosaic, Photographic Paper

Miniature Green Emoji Portrait in Acrylic on Wood with Pink Resin Frame
Miniature Green Emoji Portrait in Acrylic on Wood with Pink Resin Frame

Miniature Green Emoji Portrait in Acrylic on Wood with Pink Resin Frame

By Natasha Lelenco

Located in FISTERRA, ES

This green emoji portrait by Natasha Lelenco is painted with acrylic and Posca marker on a wood panel and presented in a hand-painted pink resin frame. The compact frontal face combi...

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2010s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Resin, Wood Panel, Permanent Marker

The Pleasantville Color Cartoon, by Frank Romero
The Pleasantville Color Cartoon, by Frank Romero

The Pleasantville Color Cartoon, by Frank Romero

By Frank Romero

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: Digital archival print Image Size: 13.5 x 35 inches Year: 2024 Edition: 500 This is a unusual item from Romero, a project completed for a movie. The Pleasantville Color Car...

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2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Digital Pigment

Alberto Giacometti with his wife Anette in his studio in Paris 1963

Alberto Giacometti with his wife Anette in his studio in Paris 1963

Located in Cologne, DE

The photographer Wolfgang Kühn photographed Alberto Giacometti in November 1963 in his studio in Paris in the 14th arrondissement at the address rue Hippolyte-Maindron. The appointment was arranged by the gallery owner Aimé Maeght. 17 photographs were made. In 1990 copies of them were deposited in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 2010, the Center of International Sculpture of the Wilhelm...

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1960s Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Black and White

Spring came!
Spring came!

Spring came!

By Elena Lukina

Located in Zofingen, AG

In this oil painting, I embraced the raw vitality of expressionism to capture the essence of renewal. The figurative approach intertwines with the soft vintage touch, conveying a fin...

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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Linen

Today is a Gift 1 -Contemporary, 21st Century, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women
Today is a Gift 1 -Contemporary, 21st Century, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

Today is a Gift 1 -Contemporary, 21st Century, Figurative Portrait, Africa Women

By Ayotunde Ayomide

Located in Ibadan, Oyo

Learn from the past, Live in the present, Hope for the future, Do your best today, Never give up, Improve your tomorrows. Shipping Procedure Ships in a well-protected tube from Nige...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Conception" - Portrait of a Native American on a Vision Quest
"Conception" - Portrait of a Native American on a Vision Quest

"Conception" - Portrait of a Native American on a Vision Quest

Located in Soquel, CA

"Conception" - Portrait of a Native American on a Vision Quest Large scale and fine detailed work by the artist. Detailed and evocative depiction of a Native American elder by Frank Howell...

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1990s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Screen

Niño Payaso, Original Stone Lithograph Portrait of Child Clown, 1973
Niño Payaso, Original Stone Lithograph Portrait of Child Clown, 1973

Niño Payaso, Original Stone Lithograph Portrait of Child Clown, 1973

By Rafael Coronel

Located in Union City, NJ

Niño Payaso is an original hand drawn stone lithograph by the Mexican artist Rafael Coronel. Niño Payaso was printed one color at a time on archival printmaking paper using traditional hand lithography techniques in Paris c.1973 from lithographic stones drawn by the artist. Niño Payaso is a sensitive profile portrait depicting a young boy wearing an antique-style clown outfit whose image suggests a deeply dispirited child at a moment of gloom; a very strong impression printed in rust orange, light beige and black ink on buff colored paper. Framed size - 24 x 30 in., dark brown Mexican wood frame...

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1970s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

19th Century Bronze Bust of Julius Caesar on Stone Base
19th Century Bronze Bust of Julius Caesar on Stone Base

19th Century Bronze Bust of Julius Caesar on Stone Base

Located in Beachwood, OH

Bronze Bust of Julius Caesar, 19th Century Patinated bronze mounted to stone base Unsigned 11.25 x 4.5 x 4.5 inches Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman. A member o...

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19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone, Bronze

Italian Mid 19th century White Carrara Marble bust. Portrait of young male.
Italian Mid 19th century White Carrara Marble bust. Portrait of young male.

Italian Mid 19th century White Carrara Marble bust. Portrait of young male.

Located in Firenze, IT

Italian Portrait White Marble Bust in a Heroic Attitude. Carrara statuary Marble. Tuscan school. Circa 1850.  Bust depicting a young man with bare shoulders. This model draws inspira...

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Mid-19th Century Academic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Au Vieux Sculpteur au Travail I (Old Sculptor at Work I) Bloch 157; Baer 224.B.b
Au Vieux Sculpteur au Travail I (Old Sculptor at Work I) Bloch 157; Baer 224.B.b

Au Vieux Sculpteur au Travail I (Old Sculptor at Work I) Bloch 157; Baer 224.B.b

By Pablo Picasso

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) Au Vieux Sculpteur au Travail I (Old Sculptor at Work I), c. 1933 Medium: Etching on Montval Laid Paper with Vollard Watermark Edition: Edition of 260 Artwork Size: 10.5 x 7.6 in Framed Size: 28.5 x 24.25 x 1.5 in This work is Framed Etching on Montval Paper, from the Vollard Suite, c. 1933 Image Size: 10.5 x 7.6 inches From the small margins edition at 260 proofs, unsigned Published by Vollard, Paris Printed by Lacourière, Paris Pablo Picasso’s Vollard Suite...

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1930s Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Bust of Diane de Poitiers, Bronze sculpture of French Noblewoman
Bust of Diane de Poitiers, Bronze sculpture of French Noblewoman

Bust of Diane de Poitiers, Bronze sculpture of French Noblewoman

Located in Beachwood, OH

After Jean Goujon (French, 1510-1568) Bust of Diane de Poitiers Bronze with gilt socle base 9 x 3.75 x 2.75 inches Provenance: Removed from a private residence at the Pierre Hotel Di...

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19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Portrait of a woman in red dress
Portrait of a woman in red dress

Portrait of a woman in red dress

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Johan Gottfried (19th Century) "Portrait of a Woman in a Red Dress" (1820) This elegant early 19th-century miniature portrait by Johan Gottfried captures a noblewoman in a striking ...

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19th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Bohemian Hippie Woman Knitting Realist Figurative Portrait Acrylic Painting
Bohemian Hippie Woman Knitting Realist Figurative Portrait Acrylic Painting

Bohemian Hippie Woman Knitting Realist Figurative Portrait Acrylic Painting

By José Luis Fuentetaja

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

Bohemian Hippie Woman Knitting Realist Figurative Portrait Acrylic Painting Creator: José Luis Fuentetaja (Spanish, b. 1951) Title: Bohemian Woman Knitting Date: Circa 1980 Medium: ...

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1980s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Original 'The U. S. Marines Want You' vintage military recruiting poster
Original 'The U. S. Marines Want You' vintage military recruiting poster

Original 'The U. S. Marines Want You' vintage military recruiting poster

Located in Spokane, WA

Original vintage poster: The U.S. Marines Want You. This military vintage poster is archival linen-backed and in fine condition, ready to frame. There is no date, artist, or printer'...

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1910s American Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

William Gropper Unemployment WPA American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
William Gropper Unemployment WPA American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Modern

William Gropper Unemployment WPA American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Modern

By William Gropper

Located in New York, NY

William Gropper Unemployment WPA American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Modern William Gropper (1898 - 1977) "Unemployment" 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches Ink on paper, c. 1930s Signed lower...

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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre tela - San Francisco de Asís
Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre tela - San Francisco de Asís

Escuela española (XVIII) - Óleo sobre tela - San Francisco de Asís

Located in Sant Celoni, ES

Como pueden apreciar, la obra no va firmada Se presenta enmarcada la obra con un marco del siglo xix en madera estucada y policromada (el marco presenta algún leve descolche) El es...

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Early 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th Century PreRaphaelite Oil Painting of Guinevere, King Arthur Medieval Queen
19th Century PreRaphaelite Oil Painting of Guinevere, King Arthur Medieval Queen

19th Century PreRaphaelite Oil Painting of Guinevere, King Arthur Medieval Queen

Located in Gerrards Cross, GB

‘Guinevere’ by Norman Prescott-Davies R.B.A, R.C.A. (1861-1915). The painting – which depicts an English medieval portrait of Queen Guinevere at Amesbury Priory contemplating her l...

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Late 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Dance - Lithograph by Raoul Dufy - 1920
The Dance - Lithograph by Raoul Dufy - 1920

The Dance - Lithograph by Raoul Dufy - 1920

By Raoul Dufy

Located in Roma, IT

The Dance is a vintage lithograph realized after Raoul Dufy in 1920. Good conditions. Edition of 110. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes in a well-balanced composit...

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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"This Feels like Deja Vu" Figurative Painting 23" x 19" inch by Isaac Pelayo
"This Feels like Deja Vu" Figurative Painting 23" x 19" inch by Isaac Pelayo

"This Feels like Deja Vu" Figurative Painting 23" x 19" inch by Isaac Pelayo

By Isaac Pelayo

Located in Culver City, CA

"This Feels like Deja Vu" Figurative Painting 23" x 19" inch by Isaac Pelayo Painting size: 23" x 19" in Size framed: 31" x 27" in Medium: Oil, oil stick, and aerosol on wood panel ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil, Acrylic

Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss, Large Marble Sculpture after Canova, 19th C.
Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss, Large Marble Sculpture after Canova, 19th C.

Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss, Large Marble Sculpture after Canova, 19th C.

By Antonio Canova

Located in Beachwood, OH

After Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757-1822) Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss Marble 24 x 19 x 16 inches 135 lb. The love affair between Cupid and Psyche is one of the best known classic...

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19th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Relining Nude (WG6)
Relining Nude (WG6)

Relining Nude (WG6)

By Waylande Gregory

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Waylande Gregory (1905-1971). Nude Reclining, ca. 1950's. Painted composite cast from original sculpted in 1930's. Casting sanctioned and approved by the artist during his lifetime in partnership with MPI, Museum Pieces Incorporated. Very few examples were produced and even fewer survive. Waylande Gregory was considered a major American sculptor during the 1930's, although he worked in ceramics, rather than in the more traditional bronze or marble. Exhibiting his ceramic works at such significant American venues for sculpture as the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City and at the venerable Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, he also showed his ceramic sculptures at leading New York City galleries. Gregory was the first modern ceramist to create large scale ceramic sculptures, some measuring more than 70 inches in height. Similar to the technique developed by the ancient Etruscans, he fired his monumental ceramic sculptures only once. Gregory was born in 1905 in Baxter Springs, Kansas and was something of a prodigy. Growing up on a ranch near a Cherokee reservation, Gregory first became interested in ceramics as a child during a native American burial that he had witnessed. He was also musically inclined. In fact, his mother had been a concert pianist and had given her son lessons. At eleven, he was enrolled as a student at the Kansas State Teacher's College, where he studied carpentry and crafts, including ceramics. Gregory's early development as a sculptor was shaped by the encouragement and instruction of Lorado Taft, who was considered both a major American sculptor as well as a leading American sculpture instructor. In fact, Taft's earlier students included such significant sculptors as Bessie Potter Vonnoh and Janet Scudder. But, Taft and his students had primarily worked in bronze or stone, not in clay; and, Gregory's earliest sculptural works were also not in ceramics. In 1924, Gregory moved to Chicago where he caught the attention of Taft. Gregory was invited by Taft to study with him privately for 18 months and to live and work with him at his famed "Midway Studios." The elegant studio was a complex of 13 rooms that overlooked a courtyard. Taft may have been responsible for getting the young man interested in creating large scale sculpture. However, by the 1920's, Taft's brand of academic sculpture was no longer considered progressive. Instead, Gregory was attracted to the latest trends appearing in the United States and Europe. In 1928 he visited Europe with Taft and other students. "Kid Gregory," as he was called, was soon hired by Guy Cowan, the founder of the Cowan Pottery in Cleveland, Ohio, to become the company's only full time employee. From 1928 to 1932, Gregory served as the chief designer and sculptor at the Cowan Pottery. Just as Gregory learned about the process of creating sculpture from Taft, he literally learned about ceramics from Cowan. Cowan was one of the first graduates of Alfred, the New York School of Clayworking and Ceramics. Alfred had one of the first programs in production pottery. Cowan may have known about pottery production, but he had limited sculptural skills, as he was lacking training in sculpture. The focus of the Cowan Pottery would be on limited edition, table top or mantle sculptures. Two of the most successful of these were Gregory's Nautch Dancer, and his Burlesque Dancer. He based both sculptures on the dancing of Gilda Gray, a Ziegfield Follies girl. Gilda Gray was of Polish origin and came to the United States as a child. By 1922, she would become one of the most popular stars in the Follies. After losing her assets in the stock market crash of 1929, she accepted other bookings outside of New York, including Cleveland, which was where Gregory first saw her onstage. She allowed Gregory to make sketches of her performances from the wings of the theatre. She explained to Gregory, "I'm too restless to pose." Gray became noted for her nautch dance, an East Indian folk dance. A nautch is a tight, fitted dress that would curl at the bottom and act like a hoop. This sculpture does not focus on Gray's face at all, but is more of a portrait of her nautch dance. It is very curvilinear, really made of a series of arches that connect in a most feminine way. Gregory created his Burlesque Dancer at about the same time as Nautch Dancer. As with the Nautch Dancer, he focused on the movements of the body rather than on a facial portrait of Gray. Although Gregory never revealed the identity of his model for Burlesque Dancer, a clue to her identity is revealed in the sculpture's earlier title, Shimmy Dance. The dancer who was credited for creating the shimmy dance was also Gilda Gray. According to dance legend, Gray introduced the shimmy when she sang the Star Spangled Banner and forgot some of the lyrics, so, in her embarrassment, started shaking her shoulders and hips but she did not move her legs. Such movement seems to relate to the Burlesque Dancer sculpture, where repeated triangular forms extend from the upper torso and hips. This rapid movement suggests the influence of Italian Futurism, as well as the planar motion of Alexander Archipenko, a sculptor whom Gregory much admired. The Cowan Pottery was a victim of the great depression, and in 1932, Gregory changed careers as a sculptor in the ceramics industry to that of an instructor at the Cranbrook Academy in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Cranbrook was perhaps the most prestigious place to study modern design in America. Its faculty included the architect Eliel Saarinen and sculptor Carl Milles. Although Gregory was only at Cranbrook for one and one half years, he created some of his finest works there, including his Kansas Madonna. But, after arriving at Cranbrook, the Gregory's had to face emerging financial pressures. Although Gregory and his wife were provided with complimentary lodgings, all other income had to stem from the sale of artworks and tuition from students that he, himself, had to solicit. Gregory had many people assisting him with production methods at the Cowan Pottery, but now worked largely by himself. And although he still used molds, especially in creating porcelain works, many of his major new sculptures would be unique and sculpted by hand, as is true of Kansas Madonna. The scale of Gregory's works were getting notably larger at Cranbrook than at Cowan. Gregory left the surface of Kansas Madonna totally unglazed. Although some might object to using a religious title to depict a horse nursing its colt, it was considered one of Gregory's most successful works. In fact, it had a whole color page illustration in an article about ceramic sculpture titled, "The Art with the Inferiority Complex," Fortune Magazine, December, 1937. The article notes the sculpture was romantic and expressive and the sculpture was priced at $1,500.00; the most expensive sculpture...

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1950s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Veracruz Mexico Pre-Columbian ceramic Warrior figure sculpture
Veracruz Mexico Pre-Columbian ceramic Warrior figure sculpture

Veracruz Mexico Pre-Columbian ceramic Warrior figure sculpture

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Figure of a Chanting Warrior Ceramic with bitumen highlights 300-600 CE (Classic Period) Mexico, Veracruz, possibly Nopiloa Veracruz Culture Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Vera Cruz culture...

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15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

The Victors - Etching, (Ed. Goupil, 1897)
The Victors - Etching, (Ed. Goupil, 1897)

The Victors - Etching, (Ed. Goupil, 1897)

By Auguste Rodin

Located in Paris, IDF

Auguste RODIN (1840–1917) (after) The Victors, 1897 Heliogravure retouched with drypoint (Goupil Studio) Unsigned Limited edition of 125 unnumbered copies On vellum, 42.5 x 31 cm (1...

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1890s Academic Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Sandstone head of Buddha, Khmer, Angkor period, post-Bayon
Sandstone head of Buddha, Khmer, Angkor period, post-Bayon

Sandstone head of Buddha, Khmer, Angkor period, post-Bayon

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

Beautiful Khmer head of Buddha. Angkor period, style of the post-Bayon. 14th century. Carved sandstone. Height 12 5/8 inches, width 5 5/8 inches, profile 5 ...

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15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Sandstone

19th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Lady Portrait Painting, 1870
19th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Lady Portrait Painting, 1870

19th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Lady Portrait Painting, 1870

Located in Vicoforte, IT

A magnificent 19th-century Italian painting. Oil on canvas, first canvas, painting depicting a young woman absorbed in thought, of extraordinary pictorial quality. The girl with long...

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1870s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century Oil - Madonna and Child
19th Century Oil - Madonna and Child

19th Century Oil - Madonna and Child

Located in Corsham, GB

A charming 19th-century study in oil depicting the Madonna and Child, rendered in a charming folk style. Unsigned. Well presented in a thick gilt frame with a gilt slip. On copper.

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19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil