Frank McCarthy Figurative Paintings

A wonderful example of the artist's work depicting an idyllic scene in the Norfolk countryside. Owen Waters (1916-2004) Norfolk pastures Signed, inscribed to the reverse Oil on boar...

Small Fauvist River Landscape Painting with Boat, Expressionist Oil on Panel Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions: 26 x 33 cm (10.24 x 13 in) Framing: Unframed Signature: Signed lower left Date: c.2020 Condition: Good condition. Stable support and well-preserved paint layer. A vibrant small-scale landscape painting depicting a river scene with a boat, industrial architecture and simplified human figures. Executed with a loose and expressive brushwork, the composition reflects a strong fauvist and expressionist influence. The artist uses bold contrasts of reds, yellows, greens and blues to create a dynamic and almost naïve atmosphere, reminiscent of early 20th-century European modernism reinterpreted through a contemporary lens. Despite its modest size, the painting has a strong visual presence, making it ideal for collectors of small-format works or for curated gallery wall compositions. Vladimir Ksieski...

George Oberteuffer Untitled (Coastal Cliffs, Brittany), circa 1912 Oil on canvasboard 15 x 21 1/2 inches Born in Philadelphia, George Oberteuffer is best remembered for his Impress...

“Jamaican Girl by the Palm Tree, c. 1930” by Will Howe Foote (American, 1874-1965) A fantastic portrait of a young Jamaican woman set against a vibrant palm frond, painted by the re...

Nude in the Studio, in Front of the Mirror - Portrait in Oil on Artist's Board Elegant seated nude woman by Pau Milosevich (American, b. 1936). A woman is seated in a studio, in fro...

Frameless. Josep Marfa Guarro (1928-2014) Josep Marfa Guarro was a Catalan painter specialized in landscape painting. Among Josep Marfa Guarro's work are numerous watercolors and ...

Gabriel Casarrubios Martín (b. 1953) Spanish Fishermen on the Beach, c. 2000 Oil on panel 27 × 22 cm (10.63 × 8.67 in) Unframed A luminous small-format coastal scene capturing Spani...

Title: Torero and Bull Artist: José María Tuser Vázquez (1919-1986) Technique: Oil on canvas mounted on board Dimensions: 18.9 x 15 inches Framing: Unframed Art Movement: Costumbrismo, Figurative Expressionism Theme: Bullfighting Date of Creation: Second half of the 20th century DESCRIPTION The painting Torero and Bull depicts a classic bullfighting scene, where a matador, elegantly dressed in a golden and violet traje de luces, performs a pass with the cape while the bull, wounded with banderillas, bows toward the ground. The composition conveys dynamism and tension, emphasizing the drama of the moment with loose and expressive brushstrokes. The background is rendered in warm, diffused tones, contrasting with the deep black of the bull and the vivid hues of the cape. The thick brushwork and vibrant oil application enhance the sense of movement and emotion in the scene, a distinctive feature of Tuser Vázquez’s bullfighting paintings. ARTIST'S BIOGRAPHY José María Tuser Vázquez (Barcelona, 1919 - 1986) was a Spanish painter specializing in bullfighting themes. He trained at the School of Arts and Crafts in Barcelona, where he developed a strong foundation in drawing and painting. From 1947 onwards, he dedicated his artistic production to tauromaquia, creating posters, illustrations, and paintings that captured the intensity of the bullfighting spectacle. He was a regular contributor to the magazine El Ruedo and designed a series of postcards featuring traditional Spanish costumes for Editorial Artigas in the 1940s. His work has been auctioned numerous times and is highly valued by collectors of bullfighting art...

AGNIESZKA STAAK-JANCZARSKA (born in 1994) A graduate of the State Secondary School of Art of Józef Kluza in Krakow. In 2020, she graduated from the Aca...

“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...

'Port of Saint-Malo', oil on canvas affixed to board, French Modern School (1984). Although the artist dated this painting '84, it depicts a nostalgic view of the port of Saint-Malo in Western France's, Brittany in 1884 judging by the clothing worn by the characters depicted. The crowd on the shoreline is watching a sailboat regatta starting just inside the port's breakwater. A rather rare sunny day in Brittany brought out the parasols of the sitting ladies on the edge of the old ramparts. The walled city...

Chicago Modernist, William Schwartz, painted this dynamic landscape of an artist painting en plein air. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago shortly after emigrating to the Un...