$1,320Sale Price|20% Off
Blue and Purple Mountains - Fauvist Landscape
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant and playful landscape by California artist Richard "Don" Klopfer (1920-2009). Signed and dated "R. Klopfer 3.86" on verso.
Oil, Masonite
$3,040Sale Price|20% Off
Portrait of a Fauvist Nude Figurative
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored nude by California artist Don Klopfer (1920-2009). Signed and dated "Klopfer 93" upper left corner.
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$780Sale Price|20% Off
Ocean Sunset Landscape
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
Boldly colored sunset seascape by California artist Richard "Don" Klopfer (1920-2009). Signed and dated in the lower left corner ("Klopfer 12-98").
Masonite, Acrylic, Canvas
Woman with Black Cat - Fauvist Nude Figurative on Blue
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
Klopfer was a life-long, passionate visual artist who worked in a variety of mediums, including oil paints, wood and bronze.
Masonite, Oil
$2,680Sale Price|20% Off
Two Figures with Cat - Fauvist Nude Figurative Abstract
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
Klopfer was a life-long, passionate visual artist who worked in a variety of mediums, including oil paints, wood and bronze.
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$760Sale Price|20% Off
Artist Self Portrait in Orange Sweater, Fauvist Style, 14x10
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
Klopfer was a life-long, passionate visual artist who worked in a variety of mediums, including oil paints, wood and bronze.
Masonite, Acrylic
Mid Century Fauvist Portrait of Red Headed Woman
By Sydney Helfman
Located in Soquel, CA
Authenticated by model (Christine Klopfer wife of Don Klopfer, both artists) and dated on verso.
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$2,280Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Fauvist Portrait of a Man
By Sydney Helfman
Located in Soquel, CA
From the estate of Don Klopfer a painting partner and contemporary of Sydney Helfman.
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Dancing Bathers - Fauvist Nude Figurative Abstract
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful and dynamic fauvist figurative abstract of dancing nude figures in a fantastical abstracted nature setting by California artist Don Klopfer (1920-2009). Signed and dated "Kl...
Linen, Oil
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H 40.75 in W 30.75 in D 1 in
Portrait of a Woman with Flowers & Leaves - Fauvist Nude Botanical Figurative
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold Fauvist colors and a fun patterned background with flower and plant motifs characterize this unique and colorful depiction of a nude female in orange by California artist Don K...
Linen, Oil
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H 48.75 in W 72.75 in D 1.5 in
Group of Reclining Bathers - Modernist Nude Figurative Landscape
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
A group of red modernist nude female figures recline under a brilliantly blue sky in this vibrant, boldly colored large-scale figurative abstract landscape, posed with a nod to Picas...
Masonite, Acrylic
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H 42.75 in W 52.75 in D 1.5 in
"Bathers" - Modern Fauvist Nude Figurative Landscape
By Don Klopfer
Located in Soquel, CA
Klopfer was a life-long, passionate visual artist who worked in a variety of mediums, including oil paints, wood and bronze.
Masonite, Acrylic
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