How Sure Can You Be? McCall's Magazine Illustration of Loving Couple
By Alex Ross
Located in Miami, FL
Alexander Sharpe Ross - or Alex Ross. This mid-century masterpiece is a perfect artistic statement with every formal element in perfect harmo...
Gouache
Mid Century Golden Age of Illustration- Narrative Art - Norman Rockwell School
By Alex Ross
Located in Miami, FL
“Graduation Day” is emblematic of mid-century American Illustration. But the real story of this storytelling work is that it embodies the lost art of portrait painting and graphic design. Alex Ross borrows on the classical tradition and flaunts his skills as a narrative painter. In “Graduation Day”, he paints a complex composition involving at least thirteen portraits. The subjects are beautifully rendered and lit. They are set against a dark grey background and jump off the surface at the viewer. The composition is complexly designed. The future graduate in the red jacket engaging with a girl photographer is a compositional device that leads the viewer's eye to the main subject - a father congratulating his son on graduating from medical school. Creating art that relies on facial expressions and body gestures is a talent absent in contemporary art. Why? It’s very hard to do and takes years and training and practice to get it right. Despite Alex Ross's folksy subject matter, this work is a high example of naturalism and representation by an important member of the Golden Age of American Illustration. Signed lower right Born in the town of Dunfermline, Scotland, Alexander Sharpe Ross (1908-1990) moved with his family to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1911. After attending Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University), Ross moved to New York and joined the Charles E. Cooper Studio, where he worked among such notable illustrators as Ward Brackett, Stevan Dohanos, J. Frederick Smith...
Gouache, Illustration Board
$10,500
Caught! Young Girl uses Doctors Bag to Patch Up her Doll - Alexander Sharpe Ross
By Alex Ross
Located in Miami, FL
Alexander Sharpe Ross is an artist of consummate skill and wit. This painting captures a young girl in a doctor's office without permission. A p...
Canvas, Oil
$1,200
H 21.7 in W 18.9 in D 1.5 in
Original Mid 19th Century Swedish Academic Oil Portrait Lady in Bonnet Framed
Located in Stockholm, SE
Before us is a fine example of mid-19th-century European portrait painting, attributed to the Swedish artist Josef Wilhelm Wallander (1821–1888). This canvas, whose creation is linke...
Canvas, Wood, Oil
$440Sale Price|20% Off
H 14 in W 11 in D 0.25 in
Portrait of a Woman in the Style of Modigliani in Acrylic (Red Background)
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman in the Style of Modigliani in Acrylic (Red Background) Portrait of a woman in the style of Amedeo Modigliani by an unknown artist (20th century). The woman has d...
Canvas, Acrylic, Illustration Board
$800
H 12.21 in W 9.45 in
Colorful Figurative Woman Playing Mandolin, Expressionist Gouache on Paper
By Menachem Gueffen
Located in NANTES, FR
This gouache on paper executed in 1988 by Menachem Gueffen depicts a female musician holding a mandolin within an interior setting opening onto a stylized landscape. The vertical com...
Paper, Gouache
$5,335
H 17.92 in W 13.19 in
Portrait India Bengal Landscape Oil on Canvas Freedom Fighter Academic 1928
Located in Norfolk, GB
Portrait Bengal 1928 Frieda Hauswirth Das Untitled Oil on Canvas 45.5cm x 35.5cm Signed and Dated 1928 Heavily involved in the Fight for Freedom in India at the early part of the...
Canvas, Oil
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
H 10 in W 8 in D 1 in
"Maria" Portrait of a Girl New Hope Pennsylvania Artist Edna Gass
By Edna Gass
Located in Soquel, CA
"Maria" Portrait of a Girl New Hope Pennsylvania Artist Edna Gass "Enfant" portrait of a child by New Hope Artist Edna Gass (American, 1904–1993). This portrait is one of rare Monoty...
Oil, Illustration Board, Monotype
$3,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 18 in W 15 in
1938 Cuban Illustration Gouache Painting Carteles Magazine Andres Garcia Benitez
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original illustration by Cuban artist Andres Garcia Benitez which was used for the cover of the iconic Carteles magazine in November of 1938. ...
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
$500
H 18 in W 15 in
1950s "Black Floor" Mid Century Bay Area Figurative Movement Gouache Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedman Opper Black Floor c. 1940-1950's Gouache on Paper 15" x 18" Unframed *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing time between 3-5 weeks. From the estate of Ruth Friedmann Opper & Jerry Opper. Ruth was the daughter of Bauhaus artist, Gustav Friedmann. San Francisco Abstract Expression A free-spirited wave of creative energy swept through the San Francisco art community after World War II. Challenging accepted modes of painting, Abstract Expressionists produced highly experimental works that jolted the public out of its postwar complacency. Abstract Expressionism resulted from a broad collective impulse rather than the inspiration of a small band of New York artists. Documenting the interchanges between the East and West Coasts, she cites areas of mutual influence and shows the impact of San Francisco on the New York School, including artists such as Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt. San Francisco's Beat poets...
Paper, Gouache
$3,750
H 24 in W 16 in
"Clatterer" (2023) By Allen Williams, Original Oil Portrait Painting
By Allen Williams
Located in Denver, CO
"Clatterer" (2023) by Allen Williams is an original oil painting on a sealed illustration board that depicts an eerie and disturbing portrait of a demon...
Oil, Board, Illustration Board
$1,200
H 24 in W 20.5 in D 2.5 in
Middle Eastern Men Oil Painting Austrian Israeli Modernist Tel Aviv Museum
By Arieh Allweil
Located in Surfside, FL
ARIEH ALLWEIL [ARIE ALWEIL] 1901-1967 Galicia 1901-1967 Safed, Israel (Ukrainian/Polish/Israeli) Pastel or Gouache on paper Hand signed lower right Dimensions: framed 20.5 X 23.5. im...
Gouache, Board, Oil Pastel
$1,025
H 28 in W 22 in
The Strum King - Abstract Figurative Elvis Portrait Pop Art by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Ink, Illustration Board
Mid-Century Gouache Painting, American Modern, Circa 1950
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedmann Opper Slit c. 1940-1950's Gouache on Paper 15" x 18", Unframed *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect fra...
Paper, Gouache
$4,500
H 18.5 in W 14.5 in
"Figure Study" Joseph Solman, Blue and Sepia, Pastel Colors Seated Study
By Joseph Solman
Located in New York, NY
Joseph Solman Figure Study, circa 1959-60 Signed with initials lower left Gouache on Racing Form newspaper Sight 9 x 7 inches Provenance Private Collection, Montecito, California Pr...
Paper, Gouache, Newsprint
Sold
H 14 in W 17.5 in
Couples Greeting at Hotel, The Saturday Evening Post - Alexander Sharpe Ross
By Alex Ross
Located in Miami, FL
Alexander Sharpe Ross beautifully renders a romance scene in a loose and quick style. The artist captures the moment when an attractive late 1940...
Gouache