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Bert Van Bork (German-American, 1928–2014) Walpi #4, 2001 Watercolor, ink, and charcoal on paper Image: 4¾ × 7 inches Framed: 8½ × 10½ × ½ inches Walpi #4 is an original mixed media watercolor by renowned German-American modernist Bert Van Bork, whose celebrated depictions of the Hopi mesas and pueblos rank among the most distinctive interpretations of the American Southwest. Executed in 2001, this intimate yet visually powerful work captures the timeless beauty of Walpi, the historic Hopi village perched atop First Mesa in northern Arizona. Working in watercolor, ink, and charcoal, Van Bork transforms the village's iconic adobe architecture into an expressive arrangement of luminous blues, warm yellows, vibrant oranges, and brilliant pinks. Loose gestural brushwork and confident linear drawing create a compelling balance between abstraction and representation, conveying not only the physical landscape but also the spiritual atmosphere and enduring cultural significance of Walpi. Throughout his later career, Van Bork returned repeatedly to the Hopi mesas, creating an important series of paintings and works on paper inspired by the region's remarkable architecture, dramatic desert light, and rich Indigenous heritage. His Walpi compositions are especially prized for their fusion of European Expressionism with the visual language of the American Southwest, making them appealing to collectors of Southwestern art, American Modernism, and Expressionist landscape painting. Born in Germany, Van Bork studied under Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, co-founder of the influential German Expressionist movement Die Brücke, before immigrating to the United States in 1954. In addition to his distinguished career as a painter and printmaker, he gained international recognition as a filmmaker, earning an Academy Award nomination for EyeWitness: The Legacy of Death Camp Art...

Elegant and graphic study of a figure of undetermined gender. It's executed with quick and confident brush strokes in the artist's signature color scheme of black and red. It's a fla...

Grosset & Dunlap, Illustration, Art Seiden was a top children's book illustrator in the 1950' - 1060's Work comes in two parts that are butted together by the artist

This gouache painting by Ulf Linde, a multifaceted Swedish figure, presents a unique portrayal of a woman seen from behind, set against a blue and white...

Felipe Orlando (Cuban-Mexican, 1911-2001). Coronel Retirado y su Amante Esposa, ca. 1970. Ink and gouache on paper with heavily built up layers of textured ground. Measures 13 1/4 x 18 3/8 inches. Signed lower left. Original label affixed on verso. Excellent condition. Unframed. An anthropologist as well as a painter and engraver, Orlando, whose full name was Felipe Orlando Garcia Murciano, studied at the University of Havana and at the painting workshop of Jorge Arche and Víctor Manuel. He was a founding member of the Asociación de Pintores y Escultores de Cuba (APEC) and a professor at the Universidad de las Américas and the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, both in Mexico City. His style is influenced by the Afro-Cuban movement and pre-columbian art...

Title: French Art Deco Style Female Portrait Studies Gouache and Ink on Green Paper Artist: French School (mid 20th century) Medium: Gouache and ink with pencil on coloured artists p...

Painted in 1941, Quitting Time is a compelling example of Charles Ragland Bunnell's mature modernist vision and his pioneering contribution to American abstraction. Created during a ...

When a husband catches his wife with another man, it's no joke, except if it's a Gilbert Bundy mid-century cartoon for Esquire Magazine. Caption: "You'd better introduce us – I disl...

This drawing studied of Van Gogh's self-portrait at his Solo exhibition " Poets and Lovers" in National Gallery, London, 2024. Shizico Yi learned her craft in drawings from old mast...

Richard Tosczak creates life size paintings and sketches of his models which he then recreates in bronze. This large scale canvas reflects speed, gesture and the effect of capturing ...

The present work is a complex, detailed, epic-scale history painting of an African tribal celebration with an onlooking king. The work has a...

Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...