Fil Mottola was born in Orange, New Jersey in 1915. His parents came to the Uinited States from Naples, Italy. He is a graduate of Otis Art Institute, California, with a three-year scholarship. His teachers were Roscoe Shrader and Ralph Holmes for landscapes, and Paul Clemens, famous Hollywood portrait painter. As a Hollywood motion picture illustrator for 12 years with Walt Disney Studios, he received numerous screen credits as a background painter for productions such as Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, The Sword in the Stone and many other films and TV specials. Three of these films were winners of the coveted Oscar award. Mottola's work has been displayed in galleries throughout the nation for over 50 years. Sadly, Fil Mottola passed away in March of 2008.
Market Place, Taxco Mexico, Oil Painting by Fil Mottola
By Fil Mottola
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Fil Mottola, American (1915 - 2008) Title: Market Place, Taxco Mexico Medium: Oil on Masonite, signed l.r. Size: 30 x 40 inches [76 x 102.5 cm] Framed: 38 x 48 inches [96.5 ...
Masonite, Oil
$6,500
H 22 in W 30 in
"Summer Pier Fishing" American Scene Social Realism WPA Mid-20th Century Modern
By Syd Browne
Located in New York, NY
"Summer Pier Fishing" American Scene Social Realism WPA Mid-20th Century Modern Syd J. Browne (1907-1991) "Summer Pier Fishing" 22 x 30 inches Oil on canvas. c. 1930s Signed lower r...
Canvas, Oil
$3,475
H 35.5 in W 43.75 in D 3 in
Chinese Dim Sum Feast in the San Francisco Bay Area
Located in San Francisco, CA
Created in the mid 1970s by California artist Raymond Howell (1927–2002), “Chinese Dim Sum Feast,” depicts diners being served in a Chinese restaurant, ...
Masonite, Oil
$7,500
H 25 in W 24 in
"6 and Two" Oil Painting, American Realist, Framed, Male Figurative
By Zack Zdrale 1
Located in Denver, CO
Zack Zdrale's (US based) "6 and Two" is an oil painting that depicts two male figures with an obscured faces arching their backs and extending their arms a...
Oil
$7,500
H 19.5 in W 15.5 in D 1.5 in
“Eastern White Pines, c. 1910”, New England Landscape, Signed Oil Painting
By Charles Warren Eaton
Located in Yardley, PA
“Eastern White Pines, c. 1910” by Charles Warren Eaton (American, 1857-1937). A wonderful example of Eaton’s renowned compositions of Eastern white pine trees in his mature style. A...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$2,200
H 21 in W 26 in D 1.75 in
Elizabeth with a White Rose Portrait Oil on Canvas White Rose Tudor Queen
By Honora Jacob
Located in Houston, TX
Elizabeth of York is famously known as the "White Princess" because she was an heir of the House of York, which used the white rose as its royal symbol. By marrying Henry VII of the ...
Oil
The Self is a Construction
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
Canvas, Oil, Wood
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By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
Canvas, Oil, Wood
$24,000
H 15 in W 17.75 in
Be Good or Be Gone. McSorley's Old Ale House, New York City. American Scene.
By Clyde Singer
Located in Marco Island, FL
Clyde Singer captures a moment between bar patrons at the historic McSorley's Old Ale House in New York City. The painting titled, Be Good or Be Gone, takes its name from a sign be...
Oil, Board
$25,000
H 14.25 in W 14 in
"Idle Hours" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modernism Ashcan
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
"Idle Hours" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modernism Ashcan Daniel Celentano (1902–1980) Idle Hours (Study for a larger oil) Oil on masonite, c. 1930s 10 1/2 x ...
Oil, Masonite
$19,500
H 34.5 in W 46.5 in D 3 in
Jim Rey b.1938. CA/CO artist. Oil on canvas, "Watching the Wild Ones" 24 x 36
Located in Basalt, CO
Jim Rey b. 1939. Original oil on canvas painting with custom frame. 24 x 36 canvas size. This work was painted in 2004, at a most expressive time in Rey's career. From the art...
Oil, Canvas
$65,000
H 27 in W 21 in
Communist Rally, Cleveland Public Square - Depression Era American Oil Painting
By Clyde Singer
Located in Marco Island, FL
Painted during America's Great Depression (1929-1939), when Americans were looking for change and new ideas to navigate societal struggles. The young boy is looking away and uninterested in the passionate speaker. Also in the foreground is the police officer, who is there to keep the peace. This image was included in the exhibition and book titled Clyde Singer's America, Fig. 80. Oil Painting on board with conservation backing. Presented in a custom frame. The following is excerpted from an article by Elizabeth McClelland, published in "Little Bits of History, Clyde Singer, American Scene Painter" in TIMELINE, December 1966, a publication of the Ohio Historical Society. Born in Malvern, Ohio, forty miles south of Akron, Clyde Singer became known for his regionalist paintings in oil and watercolor of people at carnivals, standing in bars, on windy street corners, celebrating holidays, or looking at pictures in a gallery. Many of his works are small, ones he calls his "bread and butter...
Oil, Board
$13,000
H 20 in W 24 in
Along Central Park. New York City Street Scene Original Oil Painting.
By Clyde Singer
Located in Marco Island, FL
New York City scene of two women walking down a sidewalk with a park in the background, in the foreground a man is walking a small dog. American life is captured in this Clyde Sing...
Masonite, Oil
$8,000
H 21 in W 17 in
Girl Reading Card-American Realist Portrait-Mid-Century Original Oil Painting
By Clyde Singer
Located in Marco Island, FL
Clyde Singer was a master of capturing the small and significant moments of everyday life. This painting, titled Girl Reading Card, 1948, is one of those perfect scenes that he docu...
Masonite, Oil
$2,500Sale Price|28% Off
H 40 in W 34 in
Simulate Direct Experience with Freeing Marks
By Bruce Adams
Located in Buffalo, NY
Bruce Adams is best known as a conceptually based figurative painter who references various (often historical) painting styles. In exploring the act of painting, Adams peels back the...
Canvas, Oil, Wood
$9,000
H 21 in W 12 in
Red Coat - Mid-Century Figurative American Painting. Woman in New York City.
By Clyde Singer
Located in Marco Island, FL
American life is captured in this Clyde Singer painting, Red Coat, where he depicts a woman walking down the street towards her destination in 1956. An accomplished American Scene pa...
Oil, Board
"Sparkling Waters" Realistic Boat Dock Landscape
By Fil Mottola
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic boat dock landscape. The work is in a hyper-realistic style. It has the artist copyright sticker on the back of the board. It is framed in a sil...
Oil