Charles Kinghan Corona Del Mar Beach California
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charles Kinghan: 1895-1984. Unlisted American artist with auction results over $2100.
Watercolor
$1,295Sale Price|30% Off
"Just Married", 1930s Original Painted Figurative Illustration
By Charles Kinghan
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative 1930's illustration of a just married couple in a classic car by Charles Kinghan (American, 1895-1984). Signed "Kinghan" in the lower left corner.
Acrylic, Cardboard
$1,590Sale Price|40% Off
Devastation - Mid Century Figurative Illustration Grayscale Painting
By Charles Kinghan
Located in Soquel, CA
Canvas size: 27"H x 27"W. Charles Ross Kinghan (American, 1895-1984) was born in Anthony, KS on January 18, 1895.
Acrylic, Canvas
$1,012Sale Price|25% Off
"Adventures in Literature" Figurative 1930's Illustration art
By Charles Kinghan
Located in Soquel, CA
Image/mat size: 17.75"H x 29"W Charles Ross Kinghan (American, 1895-1984) was born in Anthony, KS on January 18, 1895.
Acrylic, Cardboard
$920Sale Price|20% Off
Arriving at Church in Winter - Figurative Realistic Illustration
By Charles Kinghan
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative illustration of people arriving at a church by Charles Kinghan (American, 1895-1984). The church is rendered with exquisite detail, typical of Kinghan's style.
Cardboard, Gouache
$2,240Sale Price|20% Off
"Happy Family", Mid Century Sepia Figurative Interior Scene, Illustration Art
By Charles Kinghan
Located in Soquel, CA
"Happy Family", Mid Century Sepia Figurative Interior Scene, Illustration Art by Charles Kinghan A classic and heartwarming mid-century sepia toned figurative interior scene by Cha...
Linen, Oil
$2,120Sale Price|20% Off
Portrait of a Man in Armchair, Mid Century Short Story Illustration
By Charles Kinghan
Located in Soquel, CA
Image size: 24"H x 30"W. Charles Ross Kinghan was born in Anthony, KS on January 18, 1895.
Linen, Oil
$1,012Sale Price|25% Off
Day at the Beach - Realistic Figurative Illustration in Gouache
By Charles Kinghan
Located in Soquel, CA
Possibly a sketch for Good Housekeeping Magazine. Signed "Charles Ross" in the lower right corner. (Charles Ross Kinghan) Acquired with other signed estate works by the artist.
Watercolor, Gouache, Cardboard
$1,600Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Original Old Hollywood Portrait -- Peter Lorre with Yellow Scarf
By Charles Kinghan
Located in Soquel, CA
Image size: 30"H x 24"W. Charles Ross Kinghan (American, 1895-1984) was born in Anthony, KS on January 18, 1895.
Linen, Oil
$1,680Sale Price|40% Off
Vintage Mid Century Still Life with Brass Vessel, Fruits and Vegetables
By Charles Kinghan
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century still life composition with Brass vessel, apples, turnip and pepper by Charles Kingham (American, 1895-1984), c. 1940's.
Linen, Oil
$1,720Sale Price|20% Off
"Successful Campaign" Mid Century Short Story Illustration Original
Located in Soquel, CA
Frame, 22"H x 26"W. Charles Ross Kinghan was born in Anthony, Kansas on January 18, 1895.
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 17.75 in W 29 in D 0.25 in
"Hey! who took my Drake Cake" - Vintage Advertisement - Original Illustration
By Charles Kinghan
Located in Soquel, CA
Advertisement for Drake Cake by Charles Kinghan (American, 1895-1984). Unsigned, but was acquired with other works by the artist.
Cardboard, Gouache
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H 25 in W 36 in D 0.75 in
"The Tuft of Hair" Murder Mystery, Original Painting for Magazine Illustration
By Charles Kinghan
Located in Soquel, CA
Image size: 25"H x 36"W. Charles Ross Kinghan (American, 1895-1984) was born in Anthony, KS on January 18, 1895.
Linen, Oil
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H 16 in W 13 in D 0.25 in
Smokestack at the Refinery - Realistic Industrial Illustration in Gouache
By Charles Kinghan
Located in Soquel, CA
Mat size: 16"H x 13"W Board size: 14"H x 11.75"W Charles Ross Kinghan (American, 1895-1984) was born in Anthony, KS on January 18, 1895.
Gouache, Cardboard, Watercolor
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H 30 in W 24 in D 0.75 in
Old Hollywood -- The Young Artist's Portrait
By Charles Kinghan
Located in Soquel, CA
Image size: 30"H x 24"W. Charles Ross Kinghan (American, 1895-1984) was born in Anthony, KS on January 18, 1895.
Linen, Oil
Old Hollywood Portrait -- Peter Lorre
By Charles Kinghan
Located in Soquel, CA
Image size: 30"H x 24"W. Charles Ross Kinghan (American, 1895-1984) was born in Anthony, KS on January 18, 1895.
Linen, Oil
Winter Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
Bibliography Ways With Watercolor Ted Kautzky 1949 Reinhold Publishing The Pencil Book The Combined Edition Ted Kautzky 1979 Reinhold Publishing Ted Kautzky Master of Pencil and W...
Oil
Arch Beach, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Arch Beach, California" c.1910 is an original etching on Wove paper by American artist Harley DeWitt Nichols, 1859-1939. It is hand signed and titled in pencil b...
Etching
Coastal Landscape
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
A painter who has lived amid and loved the subject matter of his art, Jorgensen’s pictures of the Yosemite Valley and the Missions of California are monuments of early art in this co...
Watercolor
$49,000
H 64 in W 36 in
"Marriage is a Private Affair, " story illustration for The Ladies' Home Journal
By Andrew Loomis
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “Marriage is a Private Affair” by Judith Kelly, published in the Ladies’ Home Journal, March 1941, page 13. Featuring a young bride and groom embracing as a ma...
Canvas, Oil
$640Sale Price|20% Off
H 13.82 in W 16.25 in D 0.5 in
Mid Century Modern Mixed Media Painting -- Day at the Beach
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century mixed media coastal/figurative in loose/painterly style by Irmal Gertrude Attridge (American, 1894-1962), circa 1950. Signed lower right. Presented in vintage f...
Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil, Laid Paper
$2,200
H 16 in W 20 in D 1 in
"Hazy Afternoon Light, Aliso Beach" Southern California Scene
By Jacobus Baas
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
An atmospheric oil painted on from a study created on location in Laguna Beach, California by noted California artist Jacobus Baas, "Hazy Afternoon Light, Aliso Beach " exhibits the ...
Oil
The House Always Wins - Black & White Figurative Oil Painting
By David Lyle
Located in East Quogue, NY
Black & white figurative painting. Oil on panel. 36 x 32 inches. In "House Always Wins," David Lyle delivers a cinematic, black-and-white oil painting that is at once nostalgic,...
Oil, Wood Panel
$1,015Sale Price|30% Off
H 30.25 in W 38.25 in D 1 in
Vintage Watercolor of Crystal Cove Beach, Laguna California, 30"H x 38"W Signed
Located in Soquel, CA
1980s Watercolor of Crystal Cove Beach, Laguna California Signed "Shirley Pittman" Shirley Pittman captures the historic seaside community of Crystal Cove with a vibrant palette and...
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$4,800
H 21.5 in W 25.5 in D 2 in
A Compelling 1940s Social Realist New York Scene, "Under-privileged Americans"
By John R. Grabach
Located in Chicago, IL
A Compelling 1940s Social Realist New York Scene, "Under-privileged Americans" by Notable American Modern Artist, John R. Grabach (Am. 1880-1981). Depicting a bleakly rendered inter...
Board, Oil, Canvas
$3,900
H 11 in W 16.5 in
Guest Husband, Journal magazine interior illustration, March 1946
By John Gannam
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Center A copy of the magazine accompanies this lot.
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
$70,000Sale Price|21% Off
H 33.25 in W 27 in
End of the Road, Golden Light Ladies Home Journal, Golden Age of Illustration
By Haddon Hubbard Sundblom
Located in Miami, FL
This painting is as much about the artist's brilliant painting skills and technique as it is about the subject matter. Sundblom's quick bravura brush strokes seem abstract on close i...
Oil
$1,102Sale Price|30% Off
H 36 in W 30 in D 2.5 in
Mid Century Figurative Painting, Oil on Canvas, Signed 'Duleich '59'
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid century figurative of romantic adventures by Duleich (American, 20th Century). Presented in a wooden frame. Signed "Duleich '59" lower left. Image size, 30.25"H x 24"W. Framed si...
Oil, Canvas
$5,000
H 17 in W 22 in
"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Mid 20th Century WPA Era
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Mid- 20th Century WPA Era Jo Cain (1904 – 2003) Good Health Week – b/w 10 ½ x 15 1/2 inches Ink on paper, c. 1940s Estate sta...
Paper, Ink
$36,000
H 20 in W 30.25 in D 2 in
Late Afternoon - Modernist Mid-Century Midwest Oil Painting
By William Schwartz
Located in Marco Island, FL
A quintessential American Scene landscape painted by the Chicago Modernist, William Schwartz. Workers in tilled fields surrounding a farmstead under dramatic skies. Painted in 1935...
Canvas, Oil
$850
H 10.5 in W 8.63 in
'Edward', Woman Artist, PAFA, Art Students League, Smithsonian, Art Deco Figural
By Nura Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A color, stone lithograph titled 'Edward' by Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950) stamped verso with certification of authenticity. A crisp and fresh image from 'Nura's Childre...
Paper, Lithograph
After the Painting of Secrets (Sister's Diary)
By After Norman Rockwell
Located in Missouri, MO
*This color lithograph was done as a lithographic reproduction of Rockwell's original painting that was used for the cover of a 1942 Saturday Evening Post. After Norman Rockwell "Se...
Lithograph
Elegant Couple, Good Housekeeping Illustration
By McClelland Barclay
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1934 Medium: Charcoal on Paper Dimensions: 34.00" x 25.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right Story illustration: Elegant couple considers floor plan drawn in the sand. “...
Paper, Charcoal
$2,280Sale Price|40% Off
H 24 in W 18 in D 1 in
Early 20th Century Figurative -- The Paper Boy and His Comics
By Louise Miller Clark
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful 1940s figurative of paper boy reading the comics by Louise Miller Clark (American, 20th Century). Signed "Louise Miller" lower right. Unframed. Image size, 24"H x 18"W. ...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Library of Antique Leatherbound Books
Located in Brønshøj, DK
This collection consists of 400 antique decorative books, mainly dating from 1850–1950, with most published before 1920. The books are bound in leather, many with fine gold leaf embo...
Gold Leaf
$280,295Sale Price|20% Off
H 52 in W 40 in D 2 in
Exotic - Scottish 1920's exhibited 'Glasgow Girl' art portrait oil painting
Located in Hagley, England
This stunning much exhibited 1920's Scottish portrait oil painting is by noted Glasgow Girl artist Norah Nielson Gray. Painted circa 1923, the model for the painting was Rita McIlrai...
Oil
Lady in Blue Oil Pastel Painting, Art Deco Style, Framed, 1930s
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
4066 Art Deco Lady in blue pastel painting Set in a white frame
Oil Pastel
The Dugout, Post Cover
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed by Artist Lower Left The present work was published on the cover of the September 4th, 1948 edition of The Saturday Evening Post. An accompanying “Keeping Posted” article abo...
Oil, Gouache
$33,629
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...
Bone
$700Sale Price|20% Off
H 17 in W 25 in D 2 in
Antique Italian Coastal Mediterranean Seascape Framed Summer Panoramic Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted Italian seascape painting. Oil on board. Nicely framed. Signed.
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Woman
By Charles Ellis
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil Painting Signature: Unsigned Contact for dimensions.
Oil
$34,500
H 75 in W 57 in D 2 in
Oil on Canvas Depicting William Shakespeare's Characters "Othello & Desdemona"
By Hamilton Hamilton
Located in LA, CA
Hamilton Hamilton (American, 1847-1928) A large and impressive oil on canvas "Othello and Desdemona" after the William Shakespeare's play "Othello", depicting a young Desdemona plead...
Canvas, Wood, Oil
$2,102Sale Price|20% Off
H 28 in W 24 in D 1 in
Fine Edwardian Portrait of a Lady 1900's British Oil Painting on Canvas
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady British School, early 1900's Circle of Samuel Luke Fildes (1843-1927) British. Bust Portrait of a Lady, Oil on canvas, 24" x 20" (61 x 50.8cm) condition: overal...
Canvas, Oil
La Carmencita by John Singer Sargent
By John Singer Sargent
Located in New Orleans, LA
John Singer Sargent 1856-1925 American Stamped by artist's estate (en verso) Oil on canvas John Singer Sargent, widely regarded as one of history's most distinguished portraitists...
Canvas, Oil
$9,750
H 40 in W 32 in D 2 in
Stunning Art Deco Young Woman Portrait Framed Signed Rare Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Exquisite antique portrait painting of a young fashionable woman. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 31H by 24L.
Canvas, Oil
$4,200
H 18 in W 18 in D 1.5 in
No One Is Sure - Nude Figures, Intimate Portrayal of a Couple, Original Oil
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographic stills, repurposing them...
Oil, Panel
$3,180Sale Price|20% Off
H 24 in W 20 in
Fine British Mid 20th Century Oil Painting Portrait of a Society Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: British School, indistinctly signed lower right, circa 1950's Title: Portrait of an Aristocratic Lady. The previous owner believed the sitter to be a member of the Q...
Oil
$3,246
H 13.78 in W 16.15 in
Crowded Street Scene From Luntmakargatan, Stockholm
By Olof Arborelius
Located in Stockholm, SE
Olof Arborelius (1842–1915) From Luntmakargatan, Stockholm oil on paper mounted on board signed with monogram “OA” unframed 24 × 30 cm (9.4 × 11.8 in) frame 35 × 41 cm (13.8 × 16.1...
Oil, Board, Laid Paper
$5,100Sale Price|40% Off
H 8.5 in W 10.5 in D 1 in
Late 19th Century Tonalist Landscape with Oak Trees
By Willard LeRoy Metcalf
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous late 19th century Tonalist landscape painting of foothills and oak trees in the style of Willard Leroy Metcalf circa 1900. Inscribed "M" in circle monogram lower left corner...
Oil, Cardboard
Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.
Pablo Picasso is lauded for laying the foundation for modern figurative art in the 1920s. Although abstracted, this work held a strong connection to representing people and other subjects. Other famous figurative artists include Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Figurative art in the 20th century would span such diverse genres as Expressionism, Pop art and Surrealism.
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