Du Ke Figurative Paintings

Barber Schaumann is a contemporary artist known for her vibrant, abstract interpretations of the female form. Her work combines bold colors with modern, geometric shapes, blending el...

Mark Beard [Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Wrestler Standing, n.d. Signed, u.r. Oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches (76.2 x 61 cm) $5,000 + $350 framing

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Size 22.00" x 15.50", Framed 31.00" x 24.00" Success Magazine Cover, The Success Company, Ne...

A beautiful oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Jean Salabet. Salabet was a Parisian painter known for his colorful cityscapes depicting the times of his generation. But als...

An exceptional impressionistic depiction of an afternoon along the Jardin des Tuileries, Paris by Jules René Hervé on a summer day with the busy activities of people walking and of f...

Valley House Gallery presented our first exhibition for Houston artist Otis Huband in the summer of 2014. Born in 1933 and reared in Virginia, Huband began his formal art education a...

A charming Parisian scene oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Johannes Schiefer. This painting is a wonderful example of his work from the prime of his career. Capturing a v...

A stunning depiction of a lively scene in Paris "De Grands Augustins". There is a boat situated on the water near the busy street as figures are scene throughout. The tree lined stre...

Italian painter (19th century) - Still life with fruit. 50 x 65 cm (without frame) - 64 x 76 cm (with frame). Oil on canvas, in carved and gilded wooden frame (not signed). This s...

Born in 1933, and reared in Virginia, Otis Huband began his formal art education after 4 years in the Navy. He earned his BFA and MFA at Richmond Professional Institute of the Colleg...

Italian painter (18th century) - Interior of a cellar during the grape harvest. 39 x 57 cm (without frame), 50 x 72 cm (with frame). Oil on canvas, in a carved and gilded wooden fr...

Rendered with an alla prima paint application and quick gestural brushstrokes, "Tender Family Portrait - Mother and Child" reflects Margery Ryerson's deep knowledge of academic training. Reyerson studied with Robert Henri at The Art Students League. This painting is aesthetically pleasing and communicates a sense of maternal tenderness from a female artist. Margery Ryerson did a book on her former teacher. Henri's philosophical and practical musings were collected by former pupil Margery Ryerson and published as The Art Spirit (1923), a book that remained in print for several decades. Signed. Lower Left Margery Austen Ryerson (September 15, 1886 - 1989) was an American artist, painter, etcher, lithographer and watercolorist.Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum Biography Ryerson earned her Bachelor's of Fine Arts in English from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, after attending private schools in Morristown. She went on to study under Charles Hawthorne at the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and with Robert Henri at the Art Students League in New York. During the years 1920 through 1940 Ryerson taught in New York settlement houses. There she got the privilege to paint and draw the children in their care. The subjects of these paintings were often the children of the underclass and immigrants. Her artistic technique and subjects gained universal recognition and appealed to many people. Miss Ryerson is most known for her portraits...