Summer by the Sea, Saturday Evening Post Cover, 1956
By John Philip Falter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Saturday Evening Post Cover, July 21, 1956 This Falter cover was owned by Sarah Johansen, daughter of John Falter. She is the you...
Canvas, Oil
$70 / item
Brutalists: Brutalism’s Best Architects
Located in New York, NY
Featured architects include: John Andrews; João Batista Vilanova Artigas; Lina Bo Bardi; Bogdan Bogdanovic; Marcel Breuer; Douglas Cardinal; André-Jacques Dunoyer de Segonzac; Bertra...
Paper
Abstract Composition
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Los Angeles, CA
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Mixed Media
$55,000
Abstract Cubist Construction Collage Mid 20th Century American Modernism Cubism
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in New York, NY
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Casein, Board
$29,000
"Woman Reading in an Interior" Vaclav Vytlacil, Loose Brushwork Portrait
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in New York, NY
In 1913, he received a scholarship to the Art Students League in New York, where he worked with John C. Johansen, an able portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Si...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled-019 gouache and pencil by Vaclav Vytlacil
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Hudson, NY
Under the tutelage of the famous portraitist John C. Johansen, Vytlacil learned to paint as an impressionist.
Paper, Gouache, Cardboard, Pencil
"Classic Maiden"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
He studied at the League for three years under John C. Johansen and Anders Zorn. In 1916, Vytlacil accepted an invitation to teach at the Minneapolis School of Art where he remained ...
Canvas, Oil
"Fishing Through the Storm"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
He studied at the League for three years under John C. Johansen and Anders Zorn. In 1916, Vytlacil accepted an invitation to teach at the Minneapolis School of Art where he remained ...
Mixed Media
Untitled Abstraction-008 casein tempera on board by Vaclav Vytlacil
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Hudson, NY
Under the tutelage of the famous portraitist John C. Johansen, Vytlacil learned to paint as an impressionist.
Tempera, Casein, Board
"The Evening Crowd, Manhattan"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Canvas, Oil
"Manhattan Night Life"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Canvas, Oil
“Woman in Black”
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Oil, Board
"Roman Bath" Series (2/3)
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Oil, Board
"Positano Coast"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
He studied at the League for three years under John C. Johansen and Anders Zorn. In 1916, Vytlacil accepted an invitation to teach at the Minneapolis School of Art where he remained ...
Board, Oil
"Rough Seas"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Mixed Media, Board
"Still Life with Bananas"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Oil, Board
"Blue Fish"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Oil, Board
"Figure Composition"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Board, Oil
$16,000
"Circus Act"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Board, Oil
"Vineyard Fishing Boat"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Board, Oil
"Resting Boats"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Board, Oil
"Lower Manhattan"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Oil, Board
"Fish Cleaners"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
He studied at the League for three years under John C. Johansen and Anders Zorn. In 1916, Vytlacil accepted an invitation to teach at the Minneapolis School of Art where he remained ...
Board, Oil
"After Work"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Oil, Board
Nude Young Woman, Oil on Canvas by Alexander Brook, circa 1920s
By Alexander Brook
Located in New Rochelle, NY
Along with Kenneth Hayes Miller, Brook studied with John C. Johansen, Frank V. DuMond, George Bridgeman and Dimitri Romanofski.
Canvas, Wood
Untitled 1963 Abstract Oil Painting by Jimmy Ernst
By Jimmy Ernst
Located in Hudson, NY
Provenance: Gift from the artist to his personal friend architect John Johansen, New Canaan, CT in 1963. Johansen was a member of the "Harvard Five", and achieved prominence with his...
Masonite, Oil
Blue Shimmering into Green, San Francisco
By Arthur Emerson
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Arthur Webster Emerson began his art studies at Stanford University and later studied under John C. Johansen and Charles Hawthorne at Columbia University.
"Fishing Cove - Martha's Vineyard"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
He studied at the League for three years under John C. Johansen and Anders Zorn. In 1916, Vytlacil accepted an invitation to teach at the Minneapolis School of Art where he remained ...
Board, Gouache, Oil
"The Model'
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
He studied at the League for three years under John C. Johansen and Anders Zorn. In 1916, Vytlacil accepted an invitation to teach at the Minneapolis School of Art where he remained ...
Board, Oil
"Mr. and Mrs. Smith"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
He studied at the League for three years under John C. Johansen and Anders Zorn. In 1916, Vytlacil accepted an invitation to teach at the Minneapolis School of Art where he remained ...
Board, Oil
"The Happy Fisherman'
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
"Outdoor Cafe"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Board, Oil
"Fresh Catch"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Canvas, Oil
Alexander Brook Painting Dated 1955
By Alexander Brook
Located in Hudson, NY
Along with Kenneth Hayes Miller, Brook studied with John C. Johansen, Frank V. DuMond, George Bridgeman and Dimitri Romanofski.
Canvas, Paint
"The Embrace" by Vaclav Vytlacil
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Wiscasset, ME
In 1913, he received a scholarship to the Art Students League in New York, where he worked with John C. Johansen, an able portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Si...
Paint
The Embrace
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Wiscasett, ME
In 1913, he received a scholarship to the Art Students League in New York, where he worked with John C. Johansen, an able portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Si...
Oil
Fall Landscape Oil Painting by Vaclav Vytlacil
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Hudson, NY
Under the tutelage of the famous portraitist John C. Johansen, Vytlacil learned to paint as an impressionist.
Oil, Panel
"Beauty"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Oil, Canvas
"First Kiss"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
From 1913 to 1916, he enjoyed a scholarship from the Art Students League, and worked with John C. Johansen (a portraitist whose expressive style resembled that of John Singer Sargent...
Mixed Media, Oil, Board
Still Life by Vaclav Vytlacil
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Hudson, NY
Under the tutelage of the famous portraitist John C. Johansen, Vytlacil learned to paint as an impressionist.
Paper, Tempera, Casein
Eliot Noyes IBM Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare telephone/side table for IBM by architect and industrial designer Eliot Noyes, the man who created IBM's design program and was part of The Harvard Five in New Canaan Connecticu...
Metal
Clinton Hill, (Nude #1), 1951, drawing, figure/abstraction
By Clinton Hill
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), created quintessential mid-century images, but figures are unusual in his work. This is from a very early period. In 1951 Hill studied at the Academie de la...
Gouache
$195,000
H 25 in W 20.5 in
Pablo Picasso, "Tête de Femme", original linoleum cut, hand signed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is an original linoleum cut in color by Pablo Picasso, 1962. It is hand signed and numbered 40/50 from the edition of 50; there were also 35 artist's proofs. This piece is...
Linocut
$795
H 32 in W 24 in D 2 in
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist New York School Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed verso.
Canvas, Oil
$2,650
H 25 in W 20 in D 2 in
Early Modern American Portrait, Pennsylvania/Massachusetts, Frank Anderson Trapp
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a very stylized and powerful portrait by the noted artist Frank Anderson Trapp. It is dated 1940, and is very much in the modern style of French painters Ferdinand Leger and...
Oil
Vintage Mid Century Abstract Painting On Canvas
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful bold vintage Mid-Century Abstract Painting on canvas. Wonderful colors and expression. True period piece with vibrant colors, textural brush marks framed nicely in thin bra...
Canvas, Wood, Paint
$980Sale Price|20% Off
H 25 in W 44 in D 2 in
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Cubist Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century cubist abstract. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
$4,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 20 in W 30 in D 2 in
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Period New York Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive and amazing mid 1900s abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. No signature found. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
$14,900
H 49.5 in W 61.75 in D 2.75 in
20th Century French Modern Abstract Vintage Oil Painting by Christiane Bastide
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A light-blue, red vintage Mid-Century modern French abstract oil on canvas painting of a color composition, painted by Christiane Bastide in good condition. Singed on the lower right...
Canvas, Wood
$34,145
H 70.87 in W 73.23 in D 88.19 in
Bed Tester Spanish Baroque Carved Dark Green & Gilded Leather Superking 6ft180cm
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Rare, Spanish Demi-Tester, Baroque Bed With Carved, Green Painted & Gilded Posts 181cm, 6ft High, Floral Painted Leather Headboard, sold with custom made box spring mattress base, ac...
Giltwood, Paint
$13,400
H 36.5 in W 44.25 in D 1.25 in
Mid-Century Modern Abstract Oil Painting, Signed, 1970, 36.5x44.25
By Daniel Clesse
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A dark-blue, red vintage Mid-Century modern French abstract oil on canvas painting of a face with eye and a large hand, painting by Daniel Clesse in good condition. Signed on the low...
Canvas, Wood
"Fields in Jersey"
By Daniel Garber
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Daniel Garber (1880 - 1958). One of the two most important and, so far, the most valuable of the New Hope Sc...
Canvas, Oil
L'hymne du Roi David (King David's Dream)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Boca Raton, FL
L'hymne du Roi David (King David's Dream) Oil on wood by Marc Chagall c late 70's Comes with Numbered and Verified Certificate of Authenticity from Comite Chagall in Paris signed and...
Oil
$720Sale Price|20% Off
H 10.5 in W 8 in
Clinton Hill, (Nude #2), 1950, drawing, figure/abstraction
By Clinton Hill
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), created quintessential mid-century images, but figures are unusual in his work. This is from a very early period. From 1949 to 1951 he attended the Brooklyn...
Gouache
$8,000
H 31 in W 39.5 in
"Cubist Landscape" Albert Heckman, American Modernist, Fractured Landscape
By Albert Heckman
Located in New York, NY
Albert Heckman Cubist Landscape Signed lower right Oil on canvas 21 3/4 x 30 inches Albert Heckman was born in Meadville, Western Pennsylvania, 1893. He went to New York City to tr...
Canvas, Oil
$750
H 26.25 in W 20 in
1959 Israeli Aharon Kahana Modernist Aquatint Etching Judaica Rabbi & Students
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract color composition, 1959 aquatint lithograph "the Master and his Pupils". This was from a portfolio which included works by Yosl Bergner, Menashe Kadishman, Yosef Zaritsky, A...
Aquatint
1950s Geometric Abstract Painting
Located in New Windsor, NY
A scintillating period Abstract Expressionist oil painting on masonite. A finely rendered piece that reveals a highly worked surface of the medium with brush stroke and palette knife...
Masonite, Paint
Born in 1892, Vaclav Vytlacil was a highly educated and gifted artist, early at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and later at the Art Students League. In the 1920s, his travels to Europe and studies of the old masters helped him gain artistic perspective and knowledge. At the Royal Academy of Art in Munich, Vytlacil met and befriended Hans Hofmann, becoming his teaching assistant. After returning to the US in 1928, Vytlacil became a member of the Art Students League faculty and successfully persuaded Hofmann to teach at the League as well. In 1936, he became a co-founder of the American Abstract Artists group and taught at Queens College in New York; the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California; Black Mountain College in North Carolina; and the Art Students League. Vytlacil was honored with solo shows at The Carnegie Institute, Montclair Art Museum, the Phillips Memorial Gallery, the Krasner Gallery, University of Notre Dame, Rochester Art Gallery and others.
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