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Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of nude man crouching. Be...

FREDERIC JAMES SHIELDS, ARWS (1833-1911) Ellen, A Greek Model Signed and indistinctly inscribed with the name of the sitter on the reverse Chalks on blue/green tinted paper 37 by 28.5 cm., 14 ½ by 11 ¼ in. (frame size 63.5 by 54.5 cm., 25 by 21 ½ in.) Provenance: The Artist’s estate; Private collection. Shields was born in Hartlepool and brought up in extreme poverty with most of his family succumbing to TB. Employed by a commercial engraver he studied at evening classes in London and then in Manchester, where he settled in 1848. He was greatly impressed by the works of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which he saw at the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition in 1857. The quality of his illustrations for Defoe’s History of the Plague (1862) and Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress...

Belkis Ayón Manso A groundbreaking printmaker and mixed-media artist, Belkis Ayón Manso (Cuban, 1967–1999) is celebrated for her powerful, haunting works that delve into Afro-Cuban ...

Unsigned Ink wash on paper 7.5 x 10 inches (19.1 x 25.4 cm) image This artwork is offered by CLAMP, New York.

Shepard Fairey Overloading the Grid (David Byrne) Screen print on thick Cream Speckletone Paper Year: 2024 Size: 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm) Edition: 550 Signed by Shepard Fair...

Amedeo Modigliani 1884-1920 Italian Tête de cariatide Head of Caryatid Signed “Modigliani” and numbered “1/8” (near base) Bronze The figural works of the iconic modernist Amedeo ...

Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...

Henry CLEWS (1876–1937) The Court and the God of the Humormystics, 1959 Engraving (transferred to copper by Bacons-Duplessis and André Collot) Unsigned Authenticated by Henry Clews’...

Henry CLEWS (1876–1937) The Hostess, 1959 Engraving (transferred to copper by Bacons-Duplessis and André Collot) Unsigned Authenticated by Henry Clews’s studio stamp on the reverse ...

This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

Wenzel Ulrik Tornøe (Danish, 1844-1907) A very fine and large oil on canvas titled "Systue" ("The Sewing Room"). The finely executed artwork depicting the interior of a sewing room w...

Poolscape #71 is a dazzling Chromogenic Print by Contemporary photographer Karine Laval. Limited Edition of 9 In her series Poolscapes, Karine Laval preempts the series she would ...

Flemish school, 17th century Orpheus and the animals Oil on canvas, 146,5 x 217 cm Provenance: South German private collection. On an impressive, room-filling format, this painting depicts "Orpheus and the Animals." The harp-playing Orpheus sits centrally in front of a tree whose trunk bifurcates above his head. This central tree frames with its crown the scenery towards the horizon and at the same time offers through branches the possibility for many birds to find space. The left half of the picture is characterized by a seascape, at the edge of which the ruins of a castle can be seen deep in the background. This seascape, framed by mountains on the horizon, is the only area where sky can be seen. On this side, waterfowl such as storks, swans and ducks can be seen. In the right half, the viewer looks into a deep European forest. On this right side, more land animals can be found, such as deer, rabbits and lions, among others. Orpheus wears opulent red and gold trimmed clothing, under his blue breastplate we see a white shirt. His feet are adorned by elaborate sandals. His head is surrounded by a radiant laurel wreath ("poeta laureatus"). The young man is clearly identifiable as the singer and poet of Greek mythology, Orpheus, by his harp, the laurel wreath and the animals surrounding him. Orpheus was one of the Argonauts who, under Jason, was searching for the Golden Fleece. He sang so beautifully that he even conquered the angry sea and enemies by the magic of his lyre. During the journey, Orpheus is said to have drowned out even the sirens with his singing. It is said that he was the greatest of all poets and charmed people, animals, stones and trees with his singing. In total, 51 birds and 37 different species are depicted in the painting. The animals are mostly depicted in great detail and, except for a few, can be identified. Mainly European species of animals are shown. Exceptions are the ostrich-like nandu peeking out from behind the deer, as well as the large parrot on the upper left, and the two lions. Similar is the case for the large animal directly behind Orpheus on the right. The shape of the head suggests an arctic fox from the polar regions, even though the body is much too large. The arctic fox was first described in 1555 by Olaus Magnus. However, it could also be a depiction of a brown or black bear. An unusual detail is the animal, which is relatively isolated in the right background and looks to the left. It is not clearly identifiable, but it shows certain similarities with the Australian kangaroo. This was first described by Vespucci in 1500 and further by Francisco Pelsaert in 1629. If it is indeed a kangaroo, this would be one of the earliest surviving pictorial representations. In this painting, Orpheus is accompanied by a small monkey playing a viola da gamba. This is an iconographic peculiarity. In general, this painting has some peculiarities compared to other paintings with "Orpheus and the animals". The central positioning of Orpheus is quite common, but he usually holds a lyre and is dressed in an antique style, but not as opulently. The choice of animals is also remarkable: European animals in particular are seen, hardly any exotic features, such as camels or elephants. The two lions in the right foreground are a quotation from Peter Paul Rubens and his depiction of "Daniel in the Lion's Den", which was realized in an engraving. The present painting can be classified as belonging to the Flemish School of the 17th century on the basis of its painterly and compositional conception. From the circle of Jan Brueghel the Younger are numerous representations of this Orpheus - theme, which take it as an opportunity to show as many exotic animals. There are also echoes of Spanish painters such as Juan de Arellano...

On a 60x40 cm canvas, four geese emerge in quiet harmony against a deep green background. Their white and grey feathers catch shifting light, suggesting movement within stillness. Ea...

Catalan Surrealist Figural Composition Dalí Circle Ink and Oil Mixed Media Surrealist Figural Composition Catalan Dalí Circle Ink Oil Antoni Pitxot TECHNICAL SHEET Artist: Antoni P...

Looking at the central figure, one can easily recognize the portrait of a self-assured man seated upon the throne of his own ego. Within the empire he has created, he is the absolute...

Gelatin silver print 16 x 20 inches, sheet This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. About the artist: Yvette Marie Dostatni is a Chicago native who has been...

A touching, atmospheric, and emotionally profound watercolor that transports us to the mysterious atmosphere of an evening courtyard. The composition is created from a unique top-dow...

Portrait of James Ewell Brown Stuart color print on canvas, unframed canvas: 32 x 26 inches provenance: private collection, UK condition: very good and sound condition

John Steuart Curry "Cockfight in Cuba," 1946 oil on canvas Image: 38.25 x 46.25 in Frame: 43.75 x 51.5 in Signed on reverse with initials JSC on lower right stretcher bar John Steu...

David Blackwood, Canadian, 1941-2022 Search Party Returning etching, aquatint in colours 20 x 31 3/4 in, 50.8 x 80.6 cm Signed, titled, numbered and dated in the lower margin

Artist/ School: Dutch School, early 1700's. Title: Elegant Court Figures at a Musical Soiree. Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed. Size: painting: 40 x 49.5 inches Provenanc...

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...

Pablo Picasso At the Sea, Beach Scene : Bathers, 1956 Original ceramic of Pablo Picasso, white faience earth, black covered bath and enamel Annotated on the Back : Empreinte origina...

"Industrial Cityscape, Chicago" WPA Modernism Mid-Century Cityscape 20th Century Aaron Bohrod (American 1907 – 1992) Industrial Cityscape 20 x 16 inches Oil on board Signed lower ri...

Rocky 1976 Unframed Original Vintage Cinema Lobby Card Extra Large 11x14" inches / 28x36 cm paper size Unframed (framing options available - please enquire) Condition: Very Good A...

“Not My Story” is a small contemporary figurative painting with a luminous female figure set against a deep dark background and two male figures behind her. The work reflects a situa...

22 x 17 inches (Edition of 10 + 2 APs) $1,200 44 x 40 inches (Edition of 5 + 2 APs) $2,000 64 x 44 inches (Edition of 3 + 2 APs) $3,000

[Hippolyte-Alexandre Michallon] Le Soldat de Marathon (The soldier of the Marathon), 1869 n.d. Signed, l.l. Oil on canvas 57 x 45 inches 66 x...

Brian Keith Stephens’ "Butterfly Kisses for You #2" (2018) is an original oil on linen painting that captures the gentle charm of a sheep rendered in expressive brushwork and a harmo...

Framed 23 x 20 in

"Street Games" by Thurston Hopkins A young child wearing an Indian headdress hides in a coal hole as he takes aim under the watchful eye of a friend....

St. Nicholas of Tolentino (1245-1305) Italian School, 17th century oil painting on canvas, canvas: 10 x 8 inches provenance: private collection, Germany Very fine and rare 17th century Italian Old...

This intimate oil painting presents a young boy viewed from a three-quarter rear angle, caught in a quiet, reflective moment. The child’s back is turned gently toward the viewer, ren...

Italian painter (17th–18th century) - Seated Franciscan friar writing (preparatory sketch). 14 x 16.5 cm (without frame) - 19 x 21.5 cm (with frame). Oil on panel, in wooden frame ...

Pissarro, Camille. FANEUSES D'ERAGNY. D.124. Etching and Drypoint, The final State as published in Art and Nature in 1897. 8 x 6 inches (image), 12 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches (sheet). In ve...

Graham Sutherland Untitled Composition from "Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona at Redfern Gallery, London" Original Color Lithograph Year: 1979 Edition: 1000 Size: 10 x 7.325 inches (2...

Well painted late 19th-century German genre painting. Often painted in the Munich area of Germany these highly desirable antique paintings are always of t...

Figurative Portrait of a Nude Male Model Handsome example of a vibrant figurative of a nude male model by Katherine Kallick (American, b. 1952). Med...

Lafayette Street, Paris. Oil on canvas, 61x50 cm Realistic Paris Landscape every day life with buildings cars and people

Shepard Fairey Greyson Fletcher - The Harmony of Form and Style Screen print on thick cream Speckletone paper Year: 2024 Size: 24 x 18 inches (60.96 x 45.72 cm) Edition: 500 Signed b...

Flemish painter of the 18th century - Follower of Jan van der Meer, called Vermeer d'Utrecht (Schoonhoven, verses 1630 - 1692) Courtship scene at the entrance of an inn oil on canvas, 70 x 62 cm. (with frame 80 x 72 cm.) This pleasant genre scene, depicting a young innkeeper conversing amiably with a gentleman as she prepares to serve him wine in a glass goblet that she still holds in her hand, is inspired by the painting made in 1653 by the Dutch painter Jan van der Meer, known as Vermeer d'Utrecht, and today kept in Paris at the Louvre Museum. Set outside an inn or a post station, the scene illustrates the theme of seduction, with the young waitress being courted by the client, a charming traveler with a changing red cloak, who tries to charm her. Yes, it is a work that harmoniously combines the painter's Dutch origins, with the stylistic characters learned during his training in his homeland, with the Italian-like characters learned during his trip to Italy around 1655. In Rome, in particular, he met and collaborated with various authors of the Bamboccianti school, first of all Jan Miel...

"The Vanguard Series Nr. XXIII: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by unknown artist (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgott...

English School, mid 20th century The Showjumper oil on canvas board, unframed 16 x 20 inches private collection, France condition: The painting is in overall sound condition though ...

Artist/ School: Claudine Riboulet (French 1924-2013), signed Title: Portrait of a Woman Medium: oil painting on canvas, unframed, signed. Size: ...

Frank Godwin (1889-1959). Allegory of Defense Industry, 1919. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Image measures 20.75 x 26.25 inches. The canvas measures 24 x 36 inches in total. Ann...

Palabres (Small) is a bronze sculpture by French contemporary artist Marine de Soos, dimensions are 35 × 20.5 × 26 cm (13.8 × 8.1 × 10.2 in). The sculpture is signed and numbered, it...

Contemporary Figurative Oil Painting on Canvas, Unframed, Portrait, Academic Dominic Finocchio, an American painter raised in St. Louis, is known for his narrative figurative works ...

6196 Strolling along the streets of Paris oil painting Framed Image size 9.5x7.5"

Pasquale Napolitano (1901-2001) Seted Figure of a Man, ca. 1935. Carved hardwood, measuring 22" h., 9.75" d., 14" w. Signed bottom right side. Natural wood shrinkage cracking on...

A superb mid 20th century French expressionist oil on canvas depicting a café de la gare (station café) as inscribed on the reverse. Numerous well dressed figures stand at the café ...

Loek Bos On a Bicycle Bronze Sculpture Hight bronze 17 cm The first works we encountered by artist Loek Bos were his sculptures of cyclists—captured individually, in pairs, and as ...

"She Carries Light" is an original contemporary female portrait and figurative acrylic painting by French artist Natalya Mougenot, created in a bold expressive style with vibrant col...

Portrait of Jane Porter, early 19th Century attributed to THOMAS BARBER (1768-1843) Early 19th century portrait of Jane Porter, oil on canvas attributed to Thomas Barber. Excellent...

253 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper Year: 2024 Style: Classic Art Title: Kingfisher Size: 12 x 16 inc...

Title: Mid Century French Male Study Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper Size: 25 (height) x 19 (width) Stamped: Verso Condition: ...

E. Salazar Texas Artist Image Size: 48 x 36 Frame Size: 54 x 43 Medium: Oil on Canvas Signed "Riverbound Wrangler" Biography E. Salazar Salazar is a classically trained painter whose...

Figurative art, Original oil Painting Artist: Oleg Kateryniuk Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2025 Style: Contemporary Art...

Really cool mid-century painting described by a tag 1957 Berlin St., Café. It also says on the tag that it was an artist named Heinz Klaiberg. There are a few artists with the same l...

A splendid Spanish painting from the second half of the 19th century. Oil on panel painting, signed Gallegos lower right, attributed to the great Andalusian painter José Gallegos y Arnosa...