Charles Sheldon was a prolific American illustrator, born in 1889. He created many movie magazine covers featuring Golden Age Hollywood icons. The pastels he created for Photoplay, from 1925–30, included glamorous depictions of Hollywood film stars, like Clara Bow, Mae West, Jean Harlow, Greta Garbo, Gilda Gray, Mary Pickford and numerous other Hollywood enchantresses. Unlike many movie magazine illustrators, who primarily worked off publicity photos, many of these stars sat for him. Along with his work for Photoplay, the artist worked for Screenland, Movie Classic and Radio Digest magazines.
Lady with Puppet
By Charles Sheldon
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Center Life Sight Size 24.50" x 19.00", Framed 30.50" x 25.00" The Saturday Evening Post cover, October 31, 1925
Canvas, Oil
$3,950
Radio
By Charles Sheldon
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"Radio" Magazine cover by Charles Sheldon.
Board, Pastel
$2,124
H 12.6 in W 8.47 in
Seated Woman from Behind, Oil on Cardboard, Post-Impressionist, 1920
By Ernest Laurent
Located in PARIS, FR
Ernest LAURENT Gentilly 1859 - Bièvres 1929 Seated woman seen from behind, preparatory sketch Oil on cardboard Circa 1920 32 x 21.5 cm unframed Our oil o...
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
$4,200
H 20 in W 24.5 in D 1.5 in
Dripping in Diamonds, Swimmer, Water, Work on board, Pastel, Shimmering, Light
By Carol Bennett
Located in Riverdale, NY
Dripping in Diamonds is a water and figurative artwork featuring swimmers in the water. It is a Pastel on archival board. It is the first time in 30 years Bennett has created artwo...
Pastel, Board
$1,775
H 33 in W 29 in D 2 in
Antique American School Post Impressionist Modern Portrait Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist portrait painting. Housed in a period frame. Measuring 29 by 33 inches overall and 20 by 24 painting alone.
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Miles Davis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Portrait of Miles Davis, 1998 C.E. Miller
Canvas, Oil
Portrait Of A Military General
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Portrait of a Military General Fine 19th C European, Neo -Classical half-length portrait of a Military General, a handsome man wearing military regali...
Canvas, Oil
Young Aristocrat with Pet Dog
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th century style, “Young aristocrat with pet dog”. The work is a modern copy of a portrait of Pierre Van Cortlandt, first lord of Van Cortlandt manor in NY. ...
Canvas, Oil
$13,500
H 18.5 in W 21.375 in
Early 20th century colorful seaside landscape pastel figures bench trees signed
By Francesco Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Couple on Bench at the Beach" is an original pastel drawing on paperboard by Francesco Spicuzza. The artist signed the piece in the lower left. This drawing depicts two figures sitting on a bench in front of a body of water. The artist used mostly pastel colors for this piece. 6 7/8" x 9 7/8" art 18 1/2" x 21 3/8" frame Francesco J. Spicuzza, born in Sicily on July 23, 1883, came to America at the age of 8. He supported himself as a fruit peddler until a newspaperman gave him $4 a week to go to school. He attended classes at the Milwaukee Art Students League, where he studied under Alexander Mueller. There he learned to paint in the then-fashionable "Munich School" technique, with detailed realism in heavy browns and grayed-out hues. Spicuzza completed eight grades in four years, and then in 1911, three businessmen advanced him enough money to allow him to study in New York under artist and teacher John Carlson. It was during this time that Spicuzza changed his style of painting, developing an impressionistic use of color, form and atmospheric renditions. After a period of grinding poverty, one of Spicuzza's pictures won a major New York competition. It was the first of 60 wins, both in the U.S. and Paris. He became a fashionable painter, and many of the leading collections have his work. Spicuzza's typical works were beach scenes, still life, landscapes and portraits done in pastels, oils, ink, charcoal and watercolors. Much of his work traced the history of Milwaukee in the early 1900s. He was probably best known for his scenes of women and children splashing in the waves...
Paper, Pastel, Board
Portrait Painting of a Young Man with Beard
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 19th Century - Portrait Painting of a young man with Beard ( Oil on Canvas ) No signature.
Canvas, Oil
$795
H 25 in W 30 in D 2 in
Vintage American Post Impressionist Woman and Bird Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract figural oil painting of a woman and bird. Oil on canvas. Signed verso. Framed. Provenance from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Measuring: 25 by ...
Canvas, Oil
Cardinal Mazarin portrait
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
French School circa 1645 Portrait of Cardinal Mazarin - Sketch Oil on canvas H. 41.5 cm; W. 27 cm Provenance: Collection of the Reverend Georges Downing Bowles (1789-1863) Would ...
Canvas, Oil
18th to 19th Century English Oil Portrait
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th to 19th Century English Oil Portrait Original oil on canvas Canvas dimensions 26" wide x 34" high The frame measures 31.75" wide x 39" hig...
Canvas, Oil
Spring Sunset
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: This painting is from a photo reference I took while on an RV road trip through Wisconsin. I've painted this image several times in values of purple and green, wh...
Pastel, Board