Herman Roderick Volz was a Swiss-American painter, muralist, lithographer, set designer, and mosaic/ceramic artist. He was a politically active champion of the working man and often used his strikingly modernist graphic works as vehicles to address issues of inequality and social injustice. Initially trained by his grandfather, a master in decorative arts, he began his formal study at the Art und Gewerbeschule in Zürich and the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna. He traveled for four years in France, Spain, Italy, Africa, and Holland and then moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1933, becoming a US citizen in 1938. During the Great Depression, Volz was appointed a supervisor in the Northern California Art Project and for the Federal Building mural project at the Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) Art in Action exhibit from 1939-40. Directing a group of about ten artists he produced two monumental murals (the world’s largest at the time) on the facade of San Francisco’s Federal Building titled The Conquest of the West. In 1940-42 with another team of workers he created two large, low-relief polished marble mosaic panels for the Golden Gate International Exhibition “Art in Action” World's Fair which were later installed at San Francisco City College. The murals titled Organic and Inorganic Science represent the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, and mathematics. The slogan of the mural reads ‘Give me a base and I move the world. From 1944-48, Volz worked in Hollywood, as a scenic artist and technical director at Actors' Laboratory Theatre, and he also designed sets for MGM and Paramount Studios. Volz was a member of the California Watercolor Society and the San Francisco Art Association. He exhibited at Berlin National Exhibition (1927), Paris Salon (1937), San Francisco Art Association (1938–41), Golden Gate International Exposition (1939), and San Francisco Museum of the Legion of Honor (1937–41), and won the San Francisco Art Association prize in 1937.
Herman Volz Original Woodcut, Social Unrest of the 1960's, Confrontation
By Herman Roderick Volz 1
Located in Phoenix, AZ
An original woodcut print depicting the social unrest of the 1960s by Herman Roderick Volz. Pencil signed by the artist lower right. Image measures 11 1/2" x 17," sheet measures 18"...
Paper
Herman Volz Original Woodcut, Social Unrest of the 1960's, Disbursing the Riot
By Herman Roderick Volz 1
Located in Phoenix, AZ
An original woodcut print depicting the social unrest of the 1960s by Herman Roderick Volz. Pencil signed by the artist lower right. Image measures 14" x 24," sheet measures 18 1/2"...
Paper
$725
Herman Volz Original Woodcut, Social Unrest of the 1960s, Rioters
By Herman Roderick Volz 1
Located in Phoenix, AZ
An original woodcut print depicting the social unrest of the 1960s by Herman Roderick Volz. Pencil signed by the artist lower right. Image measures 11 1/2" x 14 1/2," sheet measures...
Paper
THE PARTISAN (SF Dock strike)
By Herman Roderick Volz 1
Located in Santa Monica, CA
HERMAN VOLZ (Swiss/American 1904 - 1990) THE PARTISAN, 1937 Lithograph, signed and no. in pencil. Edition 30. 10 1/2 x 14. Sheet 11 1/4 x 17 1/2" Generally good condition aside fro...
Lithograph
Herman Volz Original Woodcut, Social Unrest of the 1960's, Social Unrest
By Herman Roderick Volz 1
Located in Phoenix, AZ
An original woodcut print depicting the social unrest of the 1960s by Herman Roderick Volz. Pencil signed by the artist lower right. Image measures 24 1/2" x 11," sheet measures 29"...
Paper
$11,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 22 in W 48 in
IMAGINE YOU ARE DRIVING (FAST) OLIVER WITH HELMET
By Julian Opie
Located in Aventura, FL
Lambda print in colors, on Fuji color photographic paper dry-mounted to PVC (as issued). Hand signed and numbered in black marker on the reverse. Edition of 25/50. Published by Ala...
PVC, Photographic Paper, Lambda
Iris
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Iris" 1998 is an original color lithograph on Wove paper by noted American artist Gary Bukovnik, born 1947. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 109/200 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 10 x 9.75 inches, sheet size is 14.75 x 13.5 inches. It is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright, has never been framed. About the artist. Born and educated in Cleveland Gary Bukovnik has lived in San Francisco for over 25 years. Primarily using the mediums of watercolor, monotype, and lithograph, Bukovnik creating colorful floral images of great depth and intensity. Bukovnik collaborates with Trillium Press, whose owner and master printer, David Salgado, studied at the Tamarind Workshop, formerly in Los Angeles. In 2003, the American Academy in Rome invited Bukovnik to attend the academy as a Visiting Artist for six weeks. He was asked to attend a second session in February 2005. In 2001, he was selected to create a poster for the prestigious List Collection, which creates posters to commemorate programs at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York. Lincoln Center past contributors have included Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, Alex Katz, Elizabeth Murray, and Donald Sultan. The work of Gary Bukovnik is held in public and private collections worldwide. Selected Museums Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario The Art Institute of Chicago Atlanta Botanical Garden Brooklyn Museum Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown Dallas Museum of Art Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Frye Art Museum, Seattle Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow Library of Congress, Washington, DC The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota Museum of Fine Arts, Boston The Museum of Modern Art, New York The Richard L. Nelson Gallery, U.C. Davis, California The New York Public Library Oakland Museum of California Philadelphia Museum of Art Phoenix Art Museum Portland Art Museum, Oregon Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence San Francisco Museum of Modern Art University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson University of California, Berkeley Art Museum Selected public collections ALZA Corporation, Mountain View ART In Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State AT&T, New York Atlantic Richfield, Los Angeles BankAmerica Corporation, Charlotte Citigroup, New York Cleveland Institute of Music Clorox Company, Oakland Comerica Bank, Costa Mesa & San Jose H.J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh Illinois Bell Telephone...
Lithograph
Meditation and Minou
By Will Barnet
Located in Buffalo, NY
Artist: Will Barnet, American (1911 - 2012) Title: Meditation and Minou Year: 1980 Medium: Lithograph and Serigraph on BFK Rives, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 40/150
Archival Paper, Lithograph
Tulips in a Vase
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Tulips in a Vase" 1995 is an original color lithograph on Wove paper by noted American artist Gary Bukovnik, born 1947. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 169/200 in...
Lithograph
Yoshitomo Nara - Harmless Kitty
By Yoshitomo Nara
Located in Central, HK
Yoshitomo Nara Harmless Kitty Poster on paper 20 3/10 × 14 3/10 in 51.5 × 36.4 cm
Paper
'Plowing It Under' — WPA Era American Regionalism
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Thomas Hart Benton, 'Goin' Home', lithograph, 1937, edition 250, Fath 14. Signed in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower right. A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white, wove pape...
Lithograph
Flowers, very large lithograph
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Flowers" .1996 is a large original color lithograph on Wove paper by noted American artist Gary Bukovnik, born 1947. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 13/200 in whi...
Lithograph
$5,500
H 6.5 in W 6 in
WALKS TALKS FLIES SWIMS AND CRAWLS, Rare Card, (Hand Signed by Ed Ruscha) Framed
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
Ed Ruscha WALKS TALKS FLIES SWIMS AND CRAWLS (Hand Signed by Ed Ruscha), 1992 Offset lithograph invitation card (hand signed) Vintage Robert Miller Gallery invitation card Boldly sig...
Postcard, Lithograph, Offset
$6,800
H 4 in W 6 in
Art card: HOLLYWOOD TANTRUM, 1979, (Hand signed by Ed Ruscha), Framed - SCARCE!
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
This is iconic, witty, and so LA Ruscha - a true collectible. Don't think we'll get another after this. Ed Ruscha Hollywood Tantrum, 1979 (hand signed by Ed Ruscha), 2008 Offset li...
Postcard
Sweet Tooth, large 41x61 inches Framed 2024
Located in Southampton, NY
Artist: PUNK Title: Sweet Tooth Medium: Signed & Numbered Limited Edition Giclée on Paper Edition Size: 10 Image Size: 34” x 54” Framed Size (Approx.): 41” x 61” Colorful, nostal...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
Hydrofoil, Photorealist Lithograph by Raymond Loewy
By Raymond Loewy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raymond Loewy, American (1893 - 1986) Title: Hydrofoil Year: 1978 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300 Image Size: 17 x 24 inches Size: 21 in. x 28 ...
Lithograph
Memories of Many Nights of Love from the Rilke Portfolio
By Ben Shahn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Shahn, Lithuanian/American (1898 - 1969) Title: Memories of Many Nights of Love from the Rilke Portfolio Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph on Richard de Bas, printed signatur...
Lithograph
Industrial Accident
By Herman Roderick Volz 1
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Herman Roderick Volz, 'Industrial Accident', lithograph, 1942, edition 20. Signed, titled and numbered '6/20' in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower left. A fine, rich impression, on cream, wove paper, with full margins (1 1/8 to 1 3/4 inches), in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Reproduced and exhibited: 'L’Amérique de la Dépression: Artistes Engagés des Années 30', Musée-Gallerie de la Seita, Paris, 1996. Impressions of "Industrial Accident' are in the collections of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Volz’s other graphic works are held in the collections of Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum of Wisconsin Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Wisconsin Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST Herman Roderick Volz (1904–1990) was a Swiss-American painter, muralist, lithographer, set designer, and mosaic/ceramic artist. He was a politically active champion of the working man and often used his strikingly modernist graphic works as vehicles to address issues of inequality and social injustice. Initially trained by his grandfather, a master in decorative arts, he began his formal study at the Art und Gewerbeschule in Zürich and the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna. He traveled for four years in France, Spain, Italy, Africa, and Holland and then moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1933, becoming a US citizen in 1938. During the Great Depression, Volz was appointed a supervisor in the Northern California Art Project and for the Federal Building mural project at the Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) Art in Action exhibit from 1939-40. Directing a group of about ten artists he produced two monumental murals (the world’s largest at the time) on the facade of San Francisco’s Federal Building titled ‘The Conquest of the West’. In 1940-42 with another team of workers he created two large, low-relief polished marble mosaic panels...
Lithograph
'Giving Chase' California Modernist Oil Painting
By Herman Roderick Volz 1
Located in Surfside, FL
Three male figures are depicted in action. The figures seemed to be captured in movement while running together in the same direction. The figures are stylized, and elongated instead of realistically rendered. Herman Roderick Volz (1904–1990) Swiss-American painter, muralist, lithographer, set designer, decorative artist and ceramist. He was politically active, vocal and often made social statements through his imagery and he was especially taken by the industrial horizon of his adopted home of San Francisco Bay Area. Many of his art pieces done for the Federal Art Project (FAP, WPA), for example, were of men at work and of docks, piers, and railroad yards. Herman Roderick Volz was born December 25, 1904 in Zürich, Switzerland. His first training was under the tutelage of his grandfather, a master in decorative arts. He then started his formal training at the Art und Gewerbeschule in Zürich, the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna, and travelled for four years in France, Spain, Italy, Africa and Holland, eventually moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1933. By 1938 he became a US citizen. During the Great Depression, Volz was appointed to the position of supervisor in the Northern California Art Project and supervisor for the Federal Building mural project at the Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) Art in Action exhibit from 1939-1940.[4] He painted the two large mural on two sides of a large federal building called, The Conquest of the West, and on one side of the building it was By Land and the other was By Sea. This particular mural was the world's largest at the time and had around ten artist helping including Jose Ramis, John Saccaro...
Oil