Ice Follies Souvenir Program Cover
By Fritz Willis
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1963 Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Original cover art of two women skaters in costume for the Twenty-Seventh Annual Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies...
Oil, Board
Ice Follies
By Fritz Willis
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Left A well-crafted, stylish, and eye-catching cover painting by the renowned pin up calendar artist and commercial illustrator Fritz Willis. This was used as a cover for a Shipstads & Johnson Ice Follies...
Paper, Gouache
$325
H 5 in W 7 in
"Red Sentinel" - Contemporary Colorado Red Barn and Silo Gouache Painting, 2019
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer (American, b. 1982) "Red Sentinel," 2019 Gouache on Strathmore 400 mixed media paper mounted to Aquabord 5 x 7 in (12.7 x 17.78 cm) Location: Boulder, Colorado Framed. A...
Gouache, Paper, Board
$6,500
H 32 in W 32 in D 2.75 in
"The Champ, 1942" Joe Louis "Brown Bomber" Boxer Portrait Ex-Museum Oil Signed
Located in Yardley, PA
“The Champ, 1942” by Theodore Fried (1902-1980) This important portrait by Hungarian-American artist Theodore Fried depicts the legendary boxer Joe Louis aka “The Brown Bomber” and ...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$5,900
H 29.25 in W 19 in D 1.5 in
The Potter, Expressionist Portrait of a Young Man by Philadelphia Artist
By Bernard Harmon
Located in Doylestown, PA
"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...
Oil, Cardboard
$12,800
H 23 in W 18 in
PERIOD American Antique Civil War Portrait of Officer and His Horse
Located in New York, NY
American artist Franklin Briscoe (1844-1903) known for his hirtorical and portrait paintings, paints a Civil War piece; it is a portrait of an officer with his white horse. The brus...
Board, Oil
$375
H 6 in W 8 in
"015 - Plein Air-Reynolds Park, CO" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Gouache Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "015 - Plein Air-Reynolds Park, CO" is a gouache painting depicting a peaceful landcscape. Artist bio/statement Judd Mercer is a contemporary landscape pain...
Paper, Gouache
"Rosebud" - Original Gouache Painting on Paper
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
“Rosebud” is a plein air painting by Judd Mercer, created on location at the Denver Botanic Gardens in Denver, Colorado, USA. The piece highlights blooming roses and surrounding gard...
Paper, Gouache
$9,500
H 25.5 in W 21.5 in D 2 in
“Jamaican Girl by the Palm Tree, c. 1930” American Impressionist Portrait Lyme
By Will Howe Foote
Located in Yardley, PA
“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...
Oil, Board
$375
H 6 in W 8 in
"028 - Plein Air-Eldorado Canyon, CO" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Gouache Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "028 - Plein Air-Eldorado Canyon, CO" is a gouache painting depicting a small waterfall in a stream. Artist bio/statement Judd Mercer is a contemporary lan...
Paper, Gouache
French Fashion Sketch - Red Wrap Dress
Located in Houston, TX
Bold French gouache fashion sketch of a flowing wrap dress in deep red with floral detailing. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold bor...
Gouache, Paper
French Fashion Sketch - Ballerina Dress
Located in Houston, TX
Delightful gouache fashion sketch of a ballerina style dress in a deep forest green. Fabric swatch attached upper right. Signed lower left. Original ...
Gouache, Paper
$375
H 6 in W 8 in
"082 - Plein Air-Clear Creek Canyon, CO" (2022) By Judd Mercer, Gouache Painting
By Judd Mercer
Located in Denver, CO
Judd Mercer's (US based) "082 - Plein Air-Clear Creek Canyon, CO" is a gouache painting depicting a river with two hikers looking out at it. Artist bio/statement Judd Mercer is a c...
Paper, Gouache
$16,000
H 15.5 in W 13.5 in
City Peril. Mid-Century American Urban Scene Oil Painting of Crime.
By Clyde Singer
Located in Marco Island, FL
The danger of American life is captured in this Clyde Singer painting, City Peril (1958), where he depicts a moment in the city where a woman is targeted while walking. An accomplish...
Oil, Board
"Our Calendar Girl Goes Back to Her Books"
By Fritz Willis
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original cover for Sunday Pictorial Review, published August 31, 1952
Gouache, Board
Sold
H 15 in W 20 in D 1 in
'Venus in Furs', American Pin-Up Illustration, Nude, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
By Fritz Willis
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Fritz Willis' (American, 1907-1979) and painted circa 1960. A delicately modeled example of the work of this notable American illustrator showing a suitably sultry 'sex-kitten', wearing a fur stole, silk stockings and a 'come-hither' expression, with a white-gloved forefinger pointing provocatively to her lower lip and her pinkie extended. Although Fritz Willis published his first pinup as early as 1946, his iconography is more representative of the end of the era of pinups. His models often have more of an introspective maturity; more wanton and confident than Elvgren or Petty's coy and girlish pinups with their toothy grins. He created numerous advertisements for national, front-line products including Pepsi, Max Factor and Sunkist. Willis also illustrated stories for Esquire and the Saturday Evening Post and created covers for all Ice Follies...
Canvas, Oil, Board
Spill The Wine, 1971
By Fritz Willis
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvasboard Signature: Signed Middle Left Sight Size 24.00" x 30.00;" Framed 27.50" by 33.50" Calendar Art for Herald's Casino - Reno, Nevada A large, sultry original published pin-up calendar painting by the prolific and important American artist Fritz Willis. Willis was the last true star pin-up artist of the old guard, when illustrative pin-up reigned supreme in Men's magazines and advertising calendars. The artist worked during the very tail end of the genre's popularity. Showcasing a near-nude sex...
Canvas, Oil, Board