Bernard Preston Thomas was originally from Sheridan, Wyoming. He loved football and Art, giving up the sport to concentrate on a career in Art. Thomas graduated from Woodbury College in Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Science degree, earning the Leo Youngsworth Award for outstanding senior art student at Woodbury. He became a camouflage technician at the outbreak of WWII and caught the attention of General Patton, in 1945, through sketches he had drawn while a member of the general's third army. One of his sketches was used in the Stars and Stripes. Thomas was awarded an Army scholarship, choosing the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris for further study. Upon his return to the U.S., he devoted himself to painting Western scenes and Native Americans. Also a painter of murals, one of his most famous ones is the America the Beautiful room at the Melton Autorama in Hypoluxo, Florida. He also painted the Golden Falcon mural in the Golden Falcon Hotel in Fort Lauderdale.
"King of the Range" - Mid Century Western Fighting Stallions, Signed, 1951
By Bernard Preston Thomas
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful and dynamic western painting of two wild fighting stallions by listed artist Bernard Preston Thomas (American, 1918-1992), dated 1951. Signed and dated lower left corner ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,800
H 20.75 in W 22 in D 1 in
A Colorful, 1930s American Scene Country Mountain Landscape, Summer in Vermont
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Colorful, Picturesque 1930s American Scene Country Mountain Landscape Painting of a Summer Pasture in Vermont by Famed Chicago Modern Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A vib...
Masonite, Oil
$384Sale Price|20% Off
H 9 in W 11 in
1960's French Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Cattle Grazing River Landsc
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cattle Grazing by Georges Bousquait, French 20th century signed & dated 1963 oil on canvas, unframed board: 9 x 11 inches inscribed verso provenance...
Oil, Canvas
$2,538
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 1.58 in
Red Barn, Original painting, portrait, Landscape, Horses
Located in Deddington, GB
An ode to the rare aurora borealis in Norfolk, England this year ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Acrylic paint on Canvas 100 H x 100 W x 4 D cm (39.37 x 39.37 x 1.57 in) Sold unframed Imag...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,641Sale Price|20% Off
H 23 in W 28.5 in
1960's French Oil Painting Horse Racing Harness Carriage Driving with Jockeys
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Horse Race French artist, circa 1960's signed oil on canvas, framed framed: 23 x 28.5 inches canvas: 20 x 26 inches provenance: private collection, Paris condition: very good and...
Oil, Canvas
Automne d'or by André Brasilier
By André Brasilier
Located in New Orleans, LA
André Brasilier French I b. 1929 Automne d'or Signed “André Brasilier” (lower right) Oil on canvas In Automne d'or, celebrated French artist André Brasilier exquisitely conveys th...
Canvas, Oil
$1,240Sale Price|20% Off
H 32 in W 40 in
Huge 20th Century British Naive Welsh Oil Painting Village Life in Winter Snow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Winter in the Village by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 32 x 40 inches provenance: private collection of this artists work, UK ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,332
H 24.02 in W 35.83 in D 1.58 in
Berry Hunter, Original painting, portrait, Landscape, Horses
Located in Deddington, GB
Berry picking at dawn on the Norfolk coast ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Acrylic paint on Canvas Sold unframed Image size: Height: 61cm (24.02 in) Width: 91cm (35.83 in) ARTIST BIOGRAPH...
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,087
H 39.38 in W 36.62 in D 1.58 in
Sharp Shooter For You, Original painting, portrait, Landscape, Horses
Located in Deddington, GB
A show of love to the friends you call family. Norfolk, England in Autumn ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Acrylic paint on Canvas 100 H x 120 W x 4 D cm (39.37 x 47.24 x 1.57 in) Sold unfra...
Canvas, Acrylic
$6,500
H 26 in W 38 in
The Happy Farmer oil painting by Gregorio Prestopino
By Gregorio Prestopino
Located in Hudson, NY
Provenance: The Artist. Menikoff collection (friends of the artist) About this artist: Born in Little Italy in 1907, Gregorio Prestopino first set out to become a sign painter as the son of New York City immigrants. Instead, his talent provided a life-changing scholarship to the National Academy of Design, and for five years he studied drawing under C. W. Hawthorne. He spent the summer of 1934 at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. His deep involvement with the colony led him to later serve as its director in 1954. Much of Prestopino’s work was in the vein of social realism. During the 1940s and 1950s he became deeply invested in portraying everyday Manhattan and Harlem scenes. He first became interested in the Ashcan school at the National Academy of Design, and remained committed to an interest in working with urban scenes. His lively treatment of people and events revealed his affinity for sixteenth-century artist Pieter Breughel. Later in his career, he focused on producing images of nudes and picturesque New Hampshire landscapes, and investigated the relationship between color and form. Prestopino exhibited at several biennials at the Corcoran Gallery, at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art. His work was frequently shown at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where he was awarded the Temple Gold Medal in 1946 and an additional prize in 1952. He was awarded a National Institute of Arts and Letter Grant in 1961, and in 1972 the National Academy of Design awarded him the Altman Figure Painting Award. Prestopino’s artistic cache skyrocketed when Life magazine published his images from New York’s maximum security institution Green Haven as part of its “Prison Series” in 1957. That same year his paintings and sketches of urban life were featured in the short film Harlem Wednesday. Directed by John and Faith Hubley...
Canvas, Oil
$1,600
H 30.25 in W 24.25 in D 2 in
A Fantastic, Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Jockey, Horse Race, by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Wonderful, Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Jockey & Horse Race by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. Painted circa 1955, the painting exemplifies the artist's love of horse racin...
Oil, Canvas
$2,900
H 36 in W 36 in D 1.5 in
Hawaiian Chickens - Animal Painting - American Modern By Marc Zimmerman
By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Three Roosters from the beautiful island of Kauai, being as goofy as the naturally can in this contemporary tropical jungle painting . Hawaiian Chickens - Animal paintings by Marc Z...
Oil
Origins of Light
By Eleanor Miller
Located in Westport, CT
Eleanor Miller’s painting reflects her observation of nature and the creatures that share this planet with us. In this painting. She is inspired by farm land that surrounds her Conn...
Canvas, Oil