Adam Grochowski Grant was born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1924. He knew from the age of 10 that he wanted to be an artist. At the age of 18, Grant was imprisoned in Auschwitz. After being transferred to Mauthausen, his art allowed him to escape the stone quarry, where thousands of prisoners died each week. The camp was liberated in 1945, and Grant spent 5 years in a displaced person camp in Germany before he was sponsored to emigrate to the U. S. in June 1950. He lived in Detroit designing floats for the Christmas parade, as well as working on his own art projects. When the Palmer Paint Company wanted to make a hobby craft that used paints, Dan Robbins thought up paint-by-numbers. In 1951, the sales were booming and Dan Robbins advertised for additional artists. Grant was the first to answer, and he was soon made lead artist at the company. At his new position with Palmer Paint, he met his future wife, Peggy when she was also hired as an artist. He changed his name to Grant, and they married and moved with the company, then Craft Master, to Toledo, where she still lives today. She encouraged him to paint in oils instead of using pen and ink as a medium. He soon began his work as a master of the human figure and often used the female figure as a symbol for life and happiness. His art continued to be an outlet for his experiences in the hands of the Nazis. Over the years, Grant has won much recognition for his works, and they are part of many permanent collections in the Midwest, including from The Butler Institute of American Art, The University of Toledo, Bowling Green State University and the Owens Illinois Corporate collection.
Adam Grant Oil on Board Painting, Titled "Circus Couple"
By Adam Grant
Located in Toledo, OH
A great oil on board by Adam Grant. This work is titled “Circus Couple” and shows two acrobatic performers. Artist signed in lower right hand corner. Original artist tag on the back ...
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Original Oil on Canvas Artist Adam Grant Circus "Juggling Family" 1979
By Adam Grant
Located in Toledo, OH
Original oil on canvas of circus performers by artist Adam Grant titled "Juggling Family" Signed and dated 1979 in lower left corner. Very good, no damage noted, frame has very sligh...
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Swedish artist. Oil on canvas. Abstract composition. 1955
Located in København, Copenhagen
Swedish artist, oil on canvas. Abstract composition. Colouristic palette. In excellent condition with minimal wear. Indistinctly signed and dated '55. Visible dimensions: 67.5 cm x 5...
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Arnold Turtle Oil on Board Painting
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful oil on board by Arnold Turtle.
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Antique Oil Painting on Board by H. G. Ontrop
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique oil painting on board by H. G. Ontrop (1880-1955) is a slightly more impressionistic work than typical for the artist, with wisp...
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Midcentury Abstract Oil Painting on Board
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Intriguing midcentury abstract oil painting on board painted with passion using a palette knife and brush in a tight layered composit...
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Cuzco School Oil Painting on Canvas of the Holy Family
Located in Hastings, GB
An exceptional early Cuzco School painting, naive depiction of the Holy Family, presented in a contemporary wooden frame. The Cuzco or Cusco school was a Roman Catholic artistic tradition that began in the 1500's in Peru, following the Spanish conquest and subsequent attempts by the Spanish invaders and missionaries to implement the Catholic faith and associated customs upon the Peruvian people. The school was established in the ancient city of Cusco which had previously been the capital of the Incan empire. Bernardo Bitti arrived in Peru in 1583, and with his arrival the acceleration of Cuzqueno Art flourished. During his two stays in Cusco, Bitti was commissioned to make the main altarpiece of the church of his Order, replaced by another after the earthquake, and painted some masterpieces, such as The Coronation of the Virgin, currently in the museum of the church of La Merced, and the Virgen del pajarito, in the cathedral. Cuzco School paintings are marked by their baroque influenced imagery and the subjects of the paintings shown with light focused upon them. Cuzco art...
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Oil on Canvas Painting of a Gypsy Family
Located in Brecht, BE
This is a wonderful small painting by Belgian artist Emile Gastemans, 1883-1956, of a gypsy family in Toledo, Spain, still in its original frame.
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H 33 in W 26 in D 4 in
Family Portrait Oil on Canvas, Neoclassical Style, Circa 1825, Signed
Located in Astoria, NY
Francois Joseph Kinsoen (Flemish, 1770-1839) Attributed, Family Portrait, Oil on Canvas, circa 1825, signed "F. Kinson" lower left, depicting a mother figure and her three children i...
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17th Century Oil on Board Painting
Located in Round Top, TX
A very beautiful early 17th century oil on board painting of Saint Eugene - The Archbishop Of Toledo, Spain. Wonderful brushwork and intricate detail....
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Still Life Oil on Board Paintings
Located in Dallas, TX
A pair of Flemish style, 17th century oil on board still life paintings. In faux tortoiseshell rippled frames. 20th Century.
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Original Cubist Oil on Canvas by Artist: Vickers, 1953
Located in North Miami, FL
This framed Classic Mid-Century cubist portrait of lady in the red light district is signed in the lower right corner and dated 1953. Additional sig...
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French Oil Painting on Board
Located in Kingsbridge, GB
French Oil on Board. Breton Fishermen at the Fort of Concarneau. Oil on board circa. 1920/30s. Highly stylised. Excellent original condition
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John Adam Houston 1884 Oil On Board Landscape Painting
Located in Mexico City, MX
An oil on board painting depicting a Scottish landscape with lake by Welsh-born Scottish artist John Adam Houston. The painting is framed. The painting is signed and date 84 on the l...
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H 24 in W 17.5 in D 1.5 in
Original Mid Modern Portrait Paper on Board Female 1970s by Artist Adam Grant
By Adam Grant
Located in Toledo, OH
A dynamic original mid modern painting by artist Adam Grant, circa 1970s. Female portrait on paper laid on artists board with folded textured dimensional details. Primary blues, whit...
Impresstionists Oil on Board Painting of Ballerinas by Adam Grant
By Adam Grant
Located in Toledo, OH
A beautiful Oil on Canvas Painting of Ballerinas by Adam Grant (1925-1992). Signed in lower right. Adam Grants was a Polish born artist that ...