Etienne Ret Figurative Paintings

Quaint pastoral landscape of a figure and dog walking down a country lane amongst tall autumn trees with beautiful fall foliage by Cal Donna Zell (American, 20th Century). Signed "Ca...

Woman Lying Down on White Cloth is an artwork realized by an Italian Artist in mid-20th Century. Oil on cardboard 24x34 cm. Good conditions.

"Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Venice" Raymond Allègre (France, 1857-1933) Circa 1900 Oil on wood panel Signed lower left 13 1/2 x 9 (22 1/2 x 17 frame) inches The saturate...

Blocking Study pair #1 and #2, portrait of a blonde woman, by Gordon Cook (American, 1927-1985). Circa 1960. Signed on verso "G. Cook (3) #1. unframed. Image size: 24"H x 20"W each. Bay area estate sale find. Gordon Cook was born in 1927 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington where he received his B.F.A in 1950. Cook then went on to study fundamentals and life drawing at The American Academy of Art* in Chicago. The same year he studied intaglio* printmaking with Vera Berdich at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago*. He took graduate courses and continued studying intaglio printmaking under artist Mauricio Lasansky at the State University of Iowa. In 1951, Cook moved to San Francisco. Soon after his works received the journeyman's card in International Typographical Union, Local 21. He began exhibiting his prints, drawings, and paintings at the Porpoise Gallery in San Francisco. Four years later, Cook became a charter member of the Bay Printmakers Society and exhibited in their annual exhibitions at the Oakland Art Museum for the next five years. His etchings portrayed mainly San Francisco landscapes such as the Golden Gate Park, Diamond Heights, and Lake Merced as well as flowers, especially roses. He participated in his first weekly drawing group with artist Alvin Light, Manuel Neri, Joan Brown, and William H. Brown. Cook also taught at the San Francisco Art Institute*. His etchings where exhibited in a one-man exhibition at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, in the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts. At this point Cook returned to painting. Moving to Rio Vista...

A charming scene of a man leading his horse down a country lane near a red barn in Volcano, CA by listed artist Frederick Colbus (American, 1917-1986). Signed and dated "F. Colbus, 1978" lower right. On verso titled "Days End" (Volcano, CA), signed F. Colbus, and dated July 30, 1978. Presented in a wood frame with linen liner. Image size: 12"H x 24"L Frederick Colbus was born in Daly City...

Beautiful mid century plein air figural landscape of Laguna Niguel, California by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). The morning sun gli...

OLD MASTER Signed L S Lowry " The Sandy Beach" Oil Painting 20th Century NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ART Here we have a unique and rare piece of Art signed Good Detail one o...

William Edward Bloomfield Starkweather Bathing Hour, Belle-en-Mer, France, 1908 Signed lower left Signed, titled and dated on verso Oil on canvas 27 x 36 inches Provenance Estate of...

An oil painting by Contemporary American painter, Kelly Carmody. A woman, seated in a yellow room, wears a patterned dress and holds a book, turned down, onto her lap. She rests her ...

Vibrant modernist self-portrait by California artist Sandra Lobue-Erba (American, 1945-2007). Signed lower middle edge. Unframed. Image: 21"H x 20"W. Provenance: Purchased from art...

Mid Century figurative painting of a pensive sitting nude figure with moody, mid-century color palette in the background. Attributed to Elmer S. Albritton, unsigned (American, 1922-...

Pauline Palmer Ladies' Sketch Club Signed lower left Oil on board 20 x 24 inches Pauline Palmer (1867 - 1938) was one of Chicago's early twentieth-century portrait and landscape pa...