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'San Francisco Sunset', Russian American, Bay Area artist
By Victor Papkov
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
off the San Francisco coast. In paintings filled with light and movement, and combining bravura
Category

1980s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

'San Francisco Sunset', Impressionist Seascape, Russian-American, Bay Area
By Victor Papkov
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
circa 1990. A dramatic Impressionist oil seascape showing evening sun off the San Francisco coast above
Category

1990s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

'Winter Landscape', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Wayne Thiebaud
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
until shortly before his death in San Francisco. Gilberg exhibited widely and with success and was the
Category

1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Baghdad by the Bay', SFMOMA, Oakland Museum, San Francisco, Bay Area Modernist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
San Francisco and the bay, composed in vividly contrasting shades of ochre, teal, lilac and magenta
Category

1980s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

'Chariot', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Mid-Century, Maxwell Gallery
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
in Sonoma, California. Reference: San Francisco and the Second Wave: The Blair Collection of Bay
Category

1960s Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Standing Nude', Figural, Iranian, Teheran, San Francisco Bay Area, SFAI
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, she made San Francisco her home, becoming an active member of the Bay Area art scene as artist
Category

1990s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Graphite, Masonite, Oil, Watercolor

'Jazz Figures', San Francisco Bay Area Woman Artist, Post-Impressionist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
of the Art Ensemble of Chicago. This San Francisco Bay area painter and poet specializes in
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Paper

Two Sunset Geometric San Francisco Bay Area Abstracts - A pair
Located in Soquel, CA
A pair of beautiful geometric abstracts with highly saturated color by San Francisco Bay area
Category

1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Paper

'Concert', San Francisco Bay Area Expressionist Oil, National Academy, Guitarist
By Martin Snipper
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
of the San Francisco Bay Area art movement of the 1960's and 1970's. Snipper remains a legendary
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Geometric Abstract I', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Art Institute
By Renee Harwin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Francisco State University in 1970 and went on to receive her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Celestial Abstract', Gump's, San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Sky, Clouds
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. Previously with: Gump's Gallery, San Francisco (from label verso). We are pleased to offer a substantial and
Category

1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Fishing Boats', Sausalito, North Beach, San Francisco Bay Area Expressionist
By Pascal Cucaro, 1915-2003
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
San Francisco's North Beach, Pascal Cucaro was the winner of numerous medals and awards and exhibited
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

'Northern California, Rolling Hills', San Francisco Bay Area Oil Landscape
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
California Bay area and has exhibited at the Moraga Country Club (2013). .
Category

1990s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Expressionist Seascape', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Woman Artist, Oil
By Barbara Polach
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
coastal rocks. Signed lower left, 'B. Polach' for Barbara Polach (American, d.2009), a California Bay
Category

1960s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'San Francisco Trolley Car' Bay Area, California Expressionist, Stanford, Carmel
By Robert Canete
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Canete' for Robert Canete (American, born 1948) and painted circa 2000. This Carmel artist studied with Vincent Rascon in the 1960's and later with Dwight Mille...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Paper, Oil

'Abstract, Ebony & Rust', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Large Oil
By Eral Leek
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Eral" for Eral Leek (American, 20th century) and dated 1962. A substantial, mid-century oil abstract comprising bold, overlapping rectangular compositional elem...
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Canyon River', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Mid-Century, Maxwell Gallery
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
moved to San Francisco in 1960, where he became a notable exponent of Bay Area abstract expressionism
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

San Francisco Bay Area Seascape with Ships in Oil on Cardboard
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
San Francisco Bay Area Seascape with Ships in Oil on Cardboard Seascape with large ships by Honora
Category

1950s American Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Cardboard, Oil

'City Lights' San Francisco Beat Generation, Woman Artist, Bay Area Abstraction
By Joan Savo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Forsgren, Portal Books, 2013, pages 141-150; Art in the San Francisco Bay Area: 1945-1980, Thomas Albright
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Portrait of Man San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Movement Peter Witwer
By Peter Witwer
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Man San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Movement Figurative portrait of a man by San
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Snowy Mountain Sunrise', San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, Washington State
By Harold Booth
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
State University. For many years, he taught art in the California Bay Area and, upon his retirement
Category

1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

'Golden Gate, San Francisco', Bay Area Woman Modernist, Crocker Art Museum
By Muriel Backman
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
verso "The Cool Gray City". An elegant mid-century view of the San Francisco skyline and the bay with
Category

1950s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper

'Geometric II', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Art Institute, Woman Artist
By Renee Harwin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Still and her San Francisco Art Institute instructor Jack Jefferson with the early influences of
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'The Harmonica Player', Bay Area Modernism, San Francisco Art Institute, Harp
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
signed, verso, on paper and titled, 'The Harmonica Player' with artist San Francisco address. Displayed
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Casein, Board

'Market Scene', Sausalito, North Beach, San Francisco Bay Area Expressionist Oil
By Pascal Cucaro, 1915-2003
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, and dated 1959. An icon of the Beat years in San Francisco's North Beach, Pascal Cucaro was the
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Encaustic, Board

'Large Bay Area Abstract', Smithsonian, San Francisco, CCAC, SFAI, MoMA, Milan
By Bruce Lauritzen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others. At the age of eight. Bruce Lauritzen was
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Acrylic

'Organic Abstract', 1950's Woman Artist, San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, including at the San Francisco Art Association and the Carmel Art Association. We are pleased to offer an
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Nude by the Window, San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Movement 1966
By Thomas L. Tribby
Located in Soquel, CA
Bay Area figurative painting of a nude woman looking over her shoulder by Thomas L. Tribby
Category

1960s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Organic Abstract', Large oil by San Francisco artist, Bay Area Abstraction
By Frealon Norden Bibbins
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
painted in Alameda and also had a distinguished career with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (1943-63
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Abstract, Coral and Jade', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Large Oil
By Frealon Norden Bibbins
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra (1943-63). Additionally, he was a long-time clarinettist with
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Red Cylinder', Very Large San Francisco Bay Area Constructivist Abstract, Lego
By Dee Brown
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
American School, Constructivist abstract painting comprising geometric and architectural elements composed
Category

1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Permanent Marker, Canvas, House Paint

'Two Women', San Francisco Bay Area Expressionism, Woman Artist, Large Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial oil painting of two women shown adjacent and seated and painted in bravura
Category

1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Large Abstract', San Francisco Bay Area, North Beach, Beat, Beatnik, Big Sur
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
critic, Thomas Albright, in his monumental history, 'Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945-1980
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Gouache

'Dynamic Abstract', California San Francisco Bay Area Modernism, Thiebaud
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
City, California where he remained until shortly before his death in San Francisco. Gilberg exhibited
Category

1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pen

'Rainbow Abstract', San Francisco Bay Area, Abstract Expressionist Watercolor
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Hourian Hamid' (Iranian-American, 20th century) and dated 1985. A large, flowing abstract by the brother of the artist, Mohammed Hourian.
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

'Wharf with Dock Workers', American School, Oakland, San Francisco Bay Area Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
with a view beyond towards a coastal town with wooden-frame houses, possibly Oakland or San Francisco
Category

1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'View of San Francisco with Coit Tower', Bay Area, California, Pointillist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial mid-century, pointillist oil cityscape showing a view of San Francisco with Coit
Category

1950s Pointillist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Old Carmel Village', 1950's Woman Artist, San Francisco Bay Area, SFAA
By Dora Masters
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
1950s and '60s, including at the San Francisco Art Association and the Carmel Art Association. We are
Category

1960s Post-Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

'Forms in Charcoal and Jade', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, SFMFA, CWS
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
death in San Francisco. Gilberg exhibited widely and with success and was the recipient of numerous
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Encaustic, Gouache, Laid Paper

'High Tide', Santa Cruz Art League, Exhibited Seascape, San Francisco Bay Area
By Ray Radliff
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Radliff lived most of his life in San Francisco, maintaining his painting throughout a career in the auto
Category

1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Abstract in Orchid and Jade', San Francisco Art Institute, Large Bay Area Oil
By Kevin Keaney
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso, 'Kevin Keaney' (American, born 1962) and painted circa 1995. This San Francisco Bay
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Chalk, House Paint, Acrylic, Board, Laid Paper

'Pacific Sunset', Oil Seascape, San Francisco Bay Area, Santa Cruz Art League
By Ray Radliff
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1965 by Ray Radliff (American, 1900-1974) and accompanied by certificate of authenticity. Framed dimensions: 30.5 x 40.5 inches. This California artist exhibited widel...
Category

1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"San Francisco Bay" Abstract Impressionist City Landscape Oil Painting on Board
By Edna Marie Schmidt
Located in New York, NY
This piece depicts a unique impressionistic landscape of the San Francisco Bay depicting the Golden
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

'Dog Park', California, University of California, San Francisco Bay Area
By Ted Fontaine
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
Category

2010s Abstract Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Laid Paper, Wax Crayon

'Reclining Nude', Bay Area Figurative School, CSFA, San Francisco, California
By Elmer Nelson Bischoff
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Albright, Art in the San Francisco Bay Area
Category

1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pen

'Woodland Stream in Spring', San Francisco Bay Area, Monterey, California
By James March Phillips
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
forest stream. Born in California, James March Phillips first studied in San Francisco at the Jean
Category

1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

'Gold Country, California', San Francisco Bay Area, Hungarian, Foster City
By Michel Kady
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
buildings, and a view towards the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in the distance. Kady was a resident of San
Category

1960s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Board

'Forms in Blue & Gray', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
San Francisco. Gilberg exhibited widely and with success and was the recipient of numerous medals
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

'The Thief from François Villon's Christmas', San Francisco Bay Area Illustrator
By James March Phillips
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
. Born in California, James March Phillips first studied in San Francisco at the Jean Turner Art Academy
Category

1960s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Illustration Board, Gouache

'Woman in Red', California Modernist, San Francisco Bay Area Modernism, Thiebaud
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
City, California where he remained until shortly before his death in San Francisco. Gilberg exhibited
Category

1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Paper

Large Scale San Francisco Bay Abstract Geometric Landscape -- "Tidal Planes"
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful abstracted geometric landscape of mountains surrounding San Francisco Bay Area titled
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Evening Landscape' Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts, CWS
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
shortly before his death in San Francisco. Gilberg exhibited widely and with success and was the recipient
Category

1960s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

'Reclining Nude', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts, CWS
By Robert George Gilberg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
until shortly before his death in San Francisco. Gilberg exhibited widely and with success and was the
Category

1960s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Punch as Bosch Boy - Funk Art drawing by San Francisco Bay Area artist
By William T. Wiley
Located in San Francisco, CA
of well-known Bay Area artist William Wiley (1937-2021) The figure, I believe, is a recurring one in
Category

Early 2000s Post-Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Graphite

Island in the San Francisco Bay, Mid Century Landscape by Alexander Nepote
By Alexander Nepote
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Island in the San Francisco Bay Landscape by Alexander Nepote Lovely late 1930's
Category

1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Portrait of a Woman in a Green Shirt -San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Movement
Located in Soquel, CA
Study of a woman in profile by San Francisco artist William Kirchner (20th Century). Signed and
Category

1960s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Painting -- San Francisco Shore Birds
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Painting of San Francisco Bay Shorebirds at Surf's Edge 1950's
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Rice Paper, Watercolor

San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge
By John Leonard Checkley
Located in San Francisco, CA
reputation for his paintings and watercolors, which capture scene of the San Francisco Bay Area. he has
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

'In the Greenhouse Nursery', Gump's, San Francisco Bay Oil, Crocker Museum, UCSC
By Boyd Gavin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
titled, verso, on old exhibition label, 'Painted Trunks'. Exhibited: Gump's Gallery, San Francisco, 1986
Category

1980s Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Berkeley Marina, San Francisco Bay
By James Hartman
Located in San Francisco, CA
exhibited together in the San Francisco Bay Area during the early 20th Century. James's paintings of the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

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