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...

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...

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...

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...

Suchitra Bhosle's "Dreams in Gold" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude, dark haired woman, in golden jewelry, relaxing on a bed with a book nearby. About the ...

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

Pastel on paper Signed and titled (lower right) 49cm × 69cm (61cm × 81cm framed) Cayford, now retired, was a graphic designer and illustrator working in London in the postwar period...

A pair of beautiful oil paintings by Fritz Zuber-Buhler, titled "The New Arrival" and "After Bath," exemplify his dedication to academic traditions in the ...

Suchitra Bhosle's "Mystic" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a brunette woman, in all white, holding a white sheet behind herself as her gold jewelry glows in the da...

Mia Bergeron's (US based) "Night Murmurs" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a man in a dark interior room with a yellow lamp lit on his bedside table. Mia Bergeron...

There is something wonderfully direct and modern about the young woman in this late 19th-century portrait. Standing with one hand planted firmly on her hip, she looks back at the art...

Rolf Pettersson (Swedish, 20th Century) Breakfast, ca. 1970s Oil on canvas Framed dimensions 25 5/8” H x 31 9/16” W Signed verso A charming original Swedish interior scene from the ...