Irving Kriesberg Wall Decorations

Gordon B. Coutts (Scottish/American, 1868-1937) A very fine and large orientalist oil on canvas titled "Ashura Rituals, Tangier" (Arabic: عاشوراء‎ ʻĀshūrā’ - Urdu: عاشورا‎ - Persian: عاشورا‎ - Turkish: Aşure Günü). Signed and inscribed: 'Gordon Coutts/TANGIER' (lower right), circa 1920. Provenance: The Fisher Art Museum, University of Southern California. Gordon Coutts led a peripatetic career, born in Aberdeen, Scotland, he then studied and travelled to Glasgow, London, Paris and Rome before settling in Melbourne, Australia in 1891. In 1896 he moved to Sydney, where he taught at the Art Society of New South Wales, before returning back to Europe in 1899. With the climate of northern Europe detrimental to Coutts' poor health, he moved with his wife, Alice Grey, to the United States where he became a frequent exhibitor at the Bohemian Club in San Francisco. In 1920 he travelled to Tangiers, Morocco where, dressed as an Arab, he passed from tribe to tribe observing the lifestyle, customs and practices of the the village people and Bedouins. The present work depicts the celebration of Ashura. The day of Ashura is commemorated by Shi'ite Muslims; "A day of pain, pilgrimage and pageantry, it is one of the holiest in their religion. The word Ashura means 10, and refers to the tenth day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. This is a period of mourning and cleansing, which marks the martyrdom of Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad...

A stunning contemporary piece of decorative artwork signed FABRICE. Mixed media giclee on canvas with embellishments by FABRICE using oil paint and a fine brush. Hand signed lower r...

American artist Claude Bentley (1915-1990); large abstract Expressionist oil on canvas from 1960 signed and dated on the front also signed and titled "Eclipse" in pencil on centre st...

Beautiful vintage artwork depicting a city painted in a modern, cubist style. The painting has a striking bright use of color and a beautiful composition. The painting is signed with...

Vibrantly colored oil painting on canvas depicting a Persian in prayer. Jewel tone colors of turquoise, amethyst and aqua marine with earth tone golds reds and browns. Gilt and carv...

Roy M. Steinberg is a listed American artist. He studied Art at the Arts Student League in New York in the 1960's when this painting was completed. This oil on canvas painting is a p...

Mogens Vantore: Scenery from Paris. Signed: Vantore, Paris. Crayon, pencil and watercolor on paper. Measures: 41 x 33 cm. The frame measures 3.5 cm. In very good condition.

Beautiful oil on canvas by W.M. Verdult titled "Floating Spirits" The piece is signed and it comes with a certificate of authenticity and appraisal. Measurements: 36" high x 30" w...

Dimensions- Frame: H: 32 3/4in W: 39 1/4in D: 2 1/2in Painting: H: 25 1/2in W: 32 1/4in This Oil Painting On Canvas Titled "Checkmated" by Alex De Andreis (1880-1939) is truly ...

VENICE oil painting, featuring the Doges Palacio, Italian School, circa 1940s in its original 1940s frame. Signed M. Coloman, 20th century.  

Oil painting on canvas produced by artist Aldo Giorgini in December 1972 entitled "Pierrot Lunair." Frame size 55x45 cm. Canvas size 40x30 cm. CONDITION: In good, working conditi...

Ivy Lysdal, b 1937. Danish ceramist and painter. Gouache and oil crayon on cardboard. Abstract modernist painting. Colorful palette. Dated 1991. Signed. Measures: 100 x 70 cm. ...