Helmut Verch Art

Impressive American modernist winter landscape. Detailed and well painted skating scene. Oil on canvas. Nicely framed.

Colin Ruffell is an English painter of interiors, cityscapes, and many other unique subjects. This bold and evocative 1970s painting by English artist Colin Ruffell captures a nosta...

"Spirit" a bold and thoughtful cubist oil on canvas was painted in December of 2001 by African American artist William (Bill) Cooper. William Y. Cooper was a writer, painter, muralist, illustrator, and art teacher. He moved to Western New York in 1954 from Birmingham, Alabama, to pursue work, and Buffalo has been his home ever since. In 1975, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University at Buffalo; he was also a state certified art teacher. Cooper woked primarily in oils and acrylics, but also creates drawings on paper. He has painted several commissioned murals and has had more than fifteen one-man shows in Western New York and Ghana, West Africa, and has participated in more than twenty-five group exhibitions since he began his professional career in 1969. His paintings and drawings address both his African heritage and his experience as an American through symbolism and metaphor. He observes, “I am an Afrocentric artist. My worldview is rooted in an African frame of reference and a deep, abiding sense of the creator from whence I draw my inspiration, strength, and a sense of who I am. The use of symbols allows me to explore literal ideas.” Among Cooper’s published works are two children’s books, 77 Jackson Street, Rear and Nakai and the Red Shoes, and a novel for adults, The Mopane Tree. Cooper founded the Afrocentric Artists’ Collective and ran the organization from 1979 to 1981. In 2013 he was designated a “Living Legacy” artist by the Burchfield Penney Arts Center, the latest in a series of honors which has also included awards from the Arts Council of Buffalo & Erie County, the New York State Council on the Arts, and Alpha Kappa Alpha...

Charles Liberte (XX), Cubist Seated Female Nude, Oil on Canvas, signed to verso, unframed. 33" H x 25" W. Provenance: From the Allen Tucker Memorial Collection.

When I think of where McCauley fits into American art, as a contemporary painter, sculptor and naturalistic interpreter, I place him in the same philosophical tribe as Walton Ford, A...

Hoyland Bettinger By the Valley Signed lower right, titled on reverse of frame Oil on canvas 20 x 24 inches Hoyland B. Bettinger was born in Lima, NY on Dec. 1, 1890. Bettinger was...

MOONRISE WITH YELLOW CUP Size: 54.5 x 62.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A quiet and introspective mid-century modernist figurative painting, executed in oil onto canvas by the...

Oriental slave traders is a modern artwork realized in the 19th century. Colored oil painting on canvas realized with superb and refined technique following all main philhellenic st...

Ernest Fiene Tugboat in New York Harbor Signed lower right Oil on canvas 24 1/2 x 34 1/2 inches Ernest Fiene was born in Elberfeld, Germany in 1894. As a teenager, Fiene immigrated...

WHAT THE MIRROR SAW Size: 53 x 52.5 cm (including frame) Oil on canvas A quietly arresting figurative painting that captures a fleeting, introspective moment seen through a reflecti...

From the Michael Hall Collection, this is a great American scene showing the excitement of the fair. It depicts a time when men wore coats and ties and women had hats at the fair be...

Nature Morte aux Fruits 60 x 49 cm Oil and Acrylic on Canvas "Nature Morte aux Fruits" is a vibrant exploration of still life through the lens of Diachronic Cubism. This artwork rei...