Delphin Enjolras Art

"The Potter" is an interior portrait of a young man working on a vase at his potter's wheel by Philadelphia born Expressionist painter Bernard Harmon. The 24.25" x 14" oil on cardboard painting is signed "Harmon" in the lower left and it is framed in a new black wood frame. Figurative expressionism in the style of Alice Neel. Bernard Harmon was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1935. Harmon was primarily a portrait painter and a well loved teacher in the Philadelphia area. A graduate of the Philadelphia Museum School and Temples Tyler School of Art, Harmon traveled extensively in Europe and South America. Beloved by many, Harmon taught in the Philadelphia School District for 32 of his 54 years of life. Beginning his career as an art teacher at West Philadelphia High School, in the early 1960s he became one of the district's artists in residence, traveling from school to school to demonstrate for students how an artist works. Returning to the classroom, Harmon joined the art department at Central High School where he taught for 14 years and became an innovator in art curriculum, developing a program offering advanced placement art classes to gifted students. In his final years Harmon became a supervisor, mentoring teachers and overseeing programs in the Philadelphia school systems District #1. During his short life Harmon taught collage preparatory art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, summer classes at the University of the Arts, and a Saturday program for gifted children at Drexel University. Among Harmon's portraits were commissioned by Philadelphia Jazz organist Jimmy Smith and Mayor Richardson Dilworth. Bernard Harmon was active in promoting African American Artist throughout his life time. He organized many early shows such as the "Afro American Artists 1800 - 1969" at the Museum of the Philadelphia Civic Center in 1969. He was considered a Renaissance man by friends and colleagues for his interests not only in art but music and theater as well. He was familiar and friends with many other African American artists such as Doc Thrash, Selma Burke, Paul Keene...

French neoclassical Architectural landscape, oil on canvas In the manner of the Grand Tour, exceptionnal, glowing painting. Beautiful size, scale and quality of the subject an...

This is a fine, naturalistic oil on canvas landscape painting by Danish artist Einar Wilhelm Christian Parslev (1891-1977). The painting is impressionist in style and kept in earthly...

Modernist portrait in oil on panel, France, 1930s. A unique female portrait rendered in a geometric style inspired by Cubism and the European avant-garde of the early 20th century. ...

Pastel on paper Signed and titled (lower right) 84cm × 60cm (87cm × 62cm framed) Cayford, now retired, was a graphic designer and illustrator working in London in the postwar period...

Antique French oil on canvas seascape.   

Pastel on paper, signed (lower right), 50cm x 74cm (70cm x 92cm framed). The picture is good condition and the work comes directly from the artist. Painter, draughtsman and teacher...

Francois Gall 1912-1987 Gall was the recipient of the Medaille D'ore at the Paris salon of 1947. This fine painting in the path of the great impressionist, Pissarro, represents the ...

Charcoal and pastel on paper Signed and titled (lower right) 51cm × 38cm (63cm × 49cm framed) Cayford, now retired, was a graphic designer and illustrator working in London in the p...

This work is signed and dated "B. Aslanian 2016”, titled: “Le Jardin” verso of the canvas and signed B. Aslanian on recto; canvas size 30" high x 40” wide; framed 40.5” x 30.5” x 1” profile. The painting depicts Vintage Lazy Summer Day Gathering. Aslanian is a painter of striking individuality. Aslanian’s art depicts people sitting and gathering on their street near their home and enjoying summer. Born in Alexandria in 1937, Bedros Aslanian...

French Modern Abstract Oil Painting On Canvas. Offered is a French Impressionist Modern Oil Painting On Canvas. This well executed oil painting in beautiful muted shades of yellow, b...

Graceful pastel and charcoal drawing of a female ballet dancer in motion by artist Guy Chabrol, circa 1950. Signed lower right. Original one-o...