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Rare, oil painting on Masonite board by listed Haitian modernist artist Spencer Depas, Haitian (1928–1989). Mounted in it's original custom chip carved frame. Signed "S. Depas" in lo...

Charles Levier born of a French Father and American mother. He was was active/lived in New York, California / United Kingdom, France and is known for landscape, still life and figura...

Excellent example of a large oil on canvas abstraction by Fred Hocks from 1957. This painting was included in the 1976 retrospective at the Fine Arts Gallery in San Diego which later became the San Diego Museum of Art. No painter embodies San Diego’s early avant-garde more than Fred (Ferdinand) Hocks, a German-born painter who began visiting San Diego in the late 1920s after studies at the California School of Fine Art in San Francisco and the Art Students League in New York. Fellow painter Dan Dickey credited Hocks in 1947 with “opening up pathways for future, more enlightened generations (of artists),” and predicted that Fred Hocks would be “esteemed a master.” During the post-war years Hocks was assistant director of the San Diego School of Arts and Crafts, a private art school in La Jolla, and was instrumental in keeping affordable artist’s studios in Spanish Village. Along with modern architect Lloyd Ruocco, Fred Hocks co-founded the dynamic Allied Artists Council with Belle Baranceanu, Everett Gee Jackson, Dan Dickey and John Olsen. The well-travelled Hocks exhibited in San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Pasadena, Paris, Mallorca and Guadalajara, had several one-person shows at the Art Center La Jolla/La Jolla Museum of Art and at the Fine Arts Gallery (SDMA). The San Diego Museum of Art held a major retrospective of his painting in 1976, just a few years before his death. He brought a continental element to the local art scene and is described in Bruce Kamerling’s 100 Years of Art in San Diego as “one of the most adventurous local artists…an intelligent and articulate defender of modern tendencies in art.” Local arts and architecture writer James Britton called Fred Hocks “the dean of the San Diego moderns...

A large oil on masonite painting depicting a city view painting featuring a clock tower. Unsigned. Frame: 52.5" x 40"

French Figurative Oil Painting by Charles Levier. Titled "Une femme devant la mer", this masterful work of a well-known listed French artist whose work can be compared to Bernard Buf...

Large contemporary oil on canvas painting by Charles Lee titled "Music for Two". This beautiful piece of art will enhance any modern or contemporary setting, anywhere vibrant colore...

Italian painting from 20th century. Oil painting on Masonite depicting the Lombard countryside in Impressionist style of good pictorial hand. Framework of good size and pleasant deco...

"Painting, Oil on canvas, Charles X period". Portrait of the 19th century, Charles X period, by Jean Antoine Pinchon. Measures: H: 69cm, W: 69cm, D: 4cm.

Antique Italian painting from late 19th century. Oil painting on masonite depicting landscape, view of mountain village in impressionist style. Signed painting on the lower left G. M...

ABOUT Street scene oil painting on masonite, signed by artist J.W. CREATOR J.W. DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1940. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Oil painting on canvas and masonit...

An American oil on canvas beautifully painted in a realistic manner of a hayfield. In the foreground and trees in the distance. Heavy impasto technique adds impressionist feeling. ci...

Brilliant cerulean blue background with 13 thorned roses behind a woman in a white lace dress painted in 1963 by Pierre Henry. The 13 roses stand for a secret admirer and the color p...