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20. Curious shells
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Columbia, MO
drew them as a child. She began to publish hand-etched and printed catalogues of illustrations in 1679
Category
18th Century Realist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Pigment
The Plain Gangster - Early 20th Century British Illustration by Rex Whistler
Located in London, GB
Framed
20 by 16.5 cm., 8 by 10 ½ in.
(frame size 39 by 34 cm., 15 ¼ by 13 ¼ in.)
Provenance:
The Shell
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Ivory Gull /// Ornithology Bird Audubon Seascape Beach Ocean Shorebird Shell
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor
Tortoise-shell Butterfly, Hawk Moth: Antique Hand-colored Engraving by M. Harris
By Moses Harris
Located in Alamo, CA
, Tortoise-shell Butterfly, which is plate 2 from Moses Harris' publication "The Aurelian: or Natural History
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
BEACH HOUSE - Hyperrealism / Portrait of crab with conch shell on the beach
By Will Wilson
Located in New York, NY
Will Wilson is an American artist known for portrait paintings, illustrations and Trompe L'Oeil
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Lincoln Domination - Original Vintage Advertising on Paper - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lincoln Domination is a beautiful double-sided sheet of original color illustrations on ivory
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco More Art
Materials
Illustration Board
H 14.06 in W 10.12 in D 0.04 in
"The Visionary" - Abstract Expressionist Oil on Board
By Hamilton Achille Wolf
Located in Soquel, CA
: Oakland Museum; Huntington Library (San Marino); Univ. of Washington; Shell Laboratories (Emeryville, CA).
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Oil
H 29.5 in W 23.5 in D 2.5 in
"Iris" Surrealistc Beautiful Woman´s Body emerging from a flower. Large format.
By Lluis Rizzo Rey
Located in Segovia, ES
like a dress and protect her like a shell.
The first photo was taken before finishing the painting, the
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Color Pencil, Wood Panel
Lluis Rizzo Rey"Iris" Surrealistc Beautiful Woman´s Body emerging from a flower. Large format., 2008
H 56.7 in W 69.3 in D 1.97 in
St John’s College, Oxford Front Quad drawing by Bryan de Grineau
By Bryan De Grineau
Located in London, GB
which sought illustrations for the French Grand Prix at Dieppe. During the First World War, de Grineau
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
20th Century British artist Leigh-Pemberton, painting of horses in landscape
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
for his illustrations for the shell guides and more importantly the ladybird books for children. This
Category
20th Century Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Atvatabar I
By Frank Stella
Located in London, GB
Valencià d'Art Modern, 2012, pages 62-63, full page color illustration;
Süddeutsche Zeitung, Magazin. No. 6
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Resin, Fiberglass, Acrylic
"THE TEXAS WAY" HILL COUNTRY James Robinson (1944-2015) LONGHORNS FRAME 48 X 60
By James Robinson
Located in San Antonio, TX
BY
Texaco
Brown and Root
Marathon Oil
Granada Corporation
Bing Crosby Family
Shell Oil
Montgomery
Category
20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Pierre Jacob - Clockwork peanut
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
peanut shell. In the background, a portrait of the master, in the foreground a cricket is suspended under
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Birthday Cupcake
By Gina Minichino
Located in Fairfield, CT
upright, a DQ cone balanced momentarily on its cracked and melting hard shell topping, ketchup slowing
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Flopped Frosty
By Gina Minichino
Located in Fairfield, CT
upright, a DQ cone balanced momentarily on its cracked and melting hard shell topping, ketchup slowing
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Wendingen, Issue 8/9, Cover by R.N. Roland Holst, 1923.
Located in New York, NY
WENDINGEN- 5-8/9 1923
R. N. ROLAND HOLST. Shells, the Wonder Forms of the Sea. Published November
Category
1920s Symbolist Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
St John’s College, Oxford Canterbury Quad drawing by Bryan de Grineau
By Bryan De Grineau
Located in London, GB
father, gaining his first commission from The Motor, an automotive magazine which sought illustrations
Category
1950s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
St John’s College, Oxford dining hall drawing by Bryan de Grineau
By Bryan De Grineau
Located in London, GB
father, gaining his first commission from The Motor, an automotive magazine which sought illustrations
Category
1950s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
River Bure, Norfolk. East Anglia. English Rural Landscape. Tugboat and Barges.
By Rowland Hilder
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
commissioner by Shell to illustrate Then and Now, a travel guide, which started a long relationship with the
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
H 23.23 in W 26.78 in D 1.97 in
"THE COWBOYS" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY James Robinson (1944-2015)
By James Robinson
Located in San Antonio, TX
Corporation
Bing Crosby Family
Shell Oil
Montgomery Ward
Private Collections
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Houston
Category
20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
H 40 in W 50 in D 3 in
Large Modern British, mid century oil painting of girl in bikini on beach
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
lucrative illustration work for Bodley Head, JWT, Shell and magazines such as House and Garden and Contact
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
H 24 in W 36 in D 1 in
Modern British oil painting, Reclining lady in lace nightgown by Roy Spencer
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
soirees and lively parties.
The fifties and sixties also brought Spencer lucrative illustration work for
Category
20th Century Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 24 in W 36 in D 1 in
Unlucky Charms
By Gina Minichino
Located in Fairfield, CT
cone balanced momentarily on its cracked and melting hard shell topping, ketchup slowing running out of
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Spilled Slurpee
By Gina Minichino
Located in Fairfield, CT
cone balanced momentarily on its cracked and melting hard shell topping, ketchup slowing running out of
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Slipped Shake
By Gina Minichino
Located in Fairfield, CT
cone balanced momentarily on its cracked and melting hard shell topping, ketchup slowing running out of
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Sloppy Sundae
By Gina Minichino
Located in Fairfield, CT
cone balanced momentarily on its cracked and melting hard shell topping, ketchup slowing running out of
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Ketchup with a Smile
By Gina Minichino
Located in Fairfield, CT
cone balanced momentarily on its cracked and melting hard shell topping, ketchup slowing running out of
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Instant Mess
By Gina Minichino
Located in Fairfield, CT
cone balanced momentarily on its cracked and melting hard shell topping, ketchup slowing running out of
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Fallen Froot Loops 2
By Gina Minichino
Located in Fairfield, CT
cone balanced momentarily on its cracked and melting hard shell topping, ketchup slowing running out of
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Cracked Cone
By Gina Minichino
Located in Fairfield, CT
cone balanced momentarily on its cracked and melting hard shell topping, ketchup slowing running out of
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
TUESDAY - Pop Art Lips Eating Taco - Green, Red, Pink
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
red lips open for a hard-shell taco.
"I often make tightly rendered, photorealistic lip and mouth
Category
2010s Pop Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sea Turtle, Original Painting
By Suren Nersisyan
Located in San Francisco, CA
sea turtle. He pictures the shelled reptilian swimming under the refreshing ocean. Blades of kelp
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Waterc...
Materials
Watercolor
Large Modern British, mid century oil painting of nude with bracelets
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
parties.
The fifties and sixties also brought Spencer lucrative illustration work for Bodley Head, JWT
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 24 in W 36 in D 1 in
Thought Provoking Rock Quarry - Mid Century Abstract
Located in Miami, FL
Motors, Shell Oil, Container Corporation of America, and Dole. However, by 1936, encouraged primarily by
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache, Board
The Awakening of Spring, Early 20th Century Signed Oil Landscape
By Margaret Dovaston
Located in London, GB
ground of Hill 60 to the front line, with shells exploding all round them. The picture has been bought by
Category
Early 1900s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Messenger, " an Oil on Gesso Board signed by Karin Krohne Kaufman
By Karin Krohne Kaufman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
thin tree branch on which a golden bird in a nautilus shell sits.
24" x 18" art
31 7/8" x 25 1/2
Category
Early 2000s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Spilled Spaghetti O's
By Gina Minichino
Located in Fairfield, CT
cone balanced momentarily on its cracked and melting hard shell topping, ketchup slowing running out of
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
Sunday Morning
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
suffered shell shock and a gas attack, but was not permanently injured.
Career as an artist
Front cover
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
La Grande Cascade de Saint Cloud
By Alfredo Müller
Located in Fairlawn, OH
. The following year Müller made his first colour aquatints. Among them were a series of illustrations
Category
Early 1900s French School Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
Pl. IX Manege (Horsemanship)
By Denis Diderot
Located in Florham Park, NJ
encyclopedia was quite inclusive. It had examples of everything from the printing press to sea shells, cheese
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
"American Oyster Catcher": An Original Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By After John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
sideways and insinuating it between the rock and the shell like a chisel, seize the bodies of gaping
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Clifford Ellis Corsham Court Hens Chicken Shed c. 1950 mid century watercolour
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
1931 – on their posters. The General Post Office, Shell, and The Empire Marketing Board were also
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
H 14.57 in W 22.05 in D 0.04 in
"To Drink Water and Fly With A Kite"
By Kelly Fearing
Located in San Antonio, TX
(cash prize)
· 1963 The Versatile Shell, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
· 1963 59th Annual
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
"San Sebastian" Awesome Larger Mid Century Austin Texas piece.
By Kelly Fearing
Located in San Antonio, TX
(cash prize)
· 1963 The Versatile Shell, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
· 1963 59th Annual
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
H 48.5 in W 36.5 in D 3 in
Original Vintage Poster In Coke We Trust Lothar Gunther Buchheim Warrior Sailing
Located in London, GB
Buchheim (1918-2007) featuring illustrations with captions, the central one showing a lady holding flowers
Category
1960s More Prints
Materials
Paper
Nautilus Shell - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
a commission to draw the illustrations for the using shells from notable Dutch collections of the
Category
1740s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Nautilus Shell - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
illustrations for the using shells from notable Dutch collections of the period. Her drawings for Rumphius' book
Category
1740s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Fossilized shells and fish - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities - Rumphius - 18th c
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
, Merian accepted a commission to draw the illustrations for the using shells from notable Dutch
Category
1740s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Across 110th Street - Watercolor painting, Nude, Hyperrealism, Art, Marie Tooth
Located in Barcelona, Catalunya
Marie Tooth: "Vulnerability is the virtue of those who manage to get rid of the shell. To admit
Category
2010s Photorealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
H 11.82 in W 16.54 in D 0.4 in
The Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities by Rumphius - Engraving - 18th century
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
illustrations for the using shells from notable Dutch collections of the period. Her drawings for Rumphius' book
Category
1740s Old Masters More Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Red, White and Blue
By Rick Garland
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
start with an idea or object's appeal and my illustration background and love of narrative help develop
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Last Rays
By Rick Garland
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
start with an idea or object's appeal and my illustration background and love of narrative help develop
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cypraea snail - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities - Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
illustrations for the using shells from notable Dutch collections of the period. Her drawings for Rumphius' book
Category
1740s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Trumpet snail - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities - Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
, Merian accepted a commission to draw the illustrations for the using shells from notable Dutch
Category
1740s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Jewel Boxes - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities by Rumphius - Engraving - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Surinam, Merian accepted a commission to draw the illustrations for the using shells from notable Dutch
Category
1740s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Snail and Mollusks - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities by Rumphius - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
, Merian accepted a commission to draw the illustrations for the using shells from notable Dutch
Category
1740s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Bivalve Mollusks - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities by Rumphius - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
Mollusks, Shells).
Description: This engraved plate originates from: 'D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer
Category
1740s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
Astacus Fluviatilis. Tab. LIV-LXI.
By August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
, LVIII a dorsal view underneath the shell and anatomical details, LIX-LXI show further anatomical details
Category
1760s Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving
Imperfection Is Beauty X Artist Proof 5, Cobalt Blue, Canary Yellow, Signed
By Metin Salih
Located in London, GB
his own right. The illustration-based background is reflected in the hyper-real and graphic nature of
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Digital
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H 33.1 in W 46.8 in
Neptune or Poseidon - Ambonian Cabinet of Curiosities - Rumphius - 18th c.
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
illustrations for the using shells from notable Dutch collections of the period. Her drawings for Rumphius' book
Category
1740s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
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