Antwerp, Belgium-born artist Jessica Rice was raised in Africa, and after becoming enamored with the folk art around her, taught herself to paint and sold her work locally. An exhibition of Rice’s paintings in Bukava, Kivu, helped establish her not only as an artist worthy of collecting but introduced her rich Cubist-nativist–style works to the art world.
Rice moved to San Francisco in 1959. There she enrolled in the San Francisco Academy of Art. Following her graduation in 1964, Rice worked in commercial art in San Francisco and New York and created oil paintings in her free time. By the early 1970s, she moved to Los Angeles and began painting full-time.
Rice traveled part of each year to her seaside studio in Mexico where she produced many of her Fauvist-Cubist works. Working with oil paints and a palette knife, Rice produced colorful and profoundly expressive landscapes, beach scenes, depictions of Mexico’s street vendors and more. She passed away after a battle with cancer in 2016 in Mazatlán, Mexico.
Whether it’s her portraits, landscapes or figurative paintings, Rice's work commands attention and attracts high prices at auctions.
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Faces at the Beach, Large Art Deco Painting by Jessica Rice
By Jessica Rice
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jessica Rice, Belgian (1941 - ) Title: Faces at the Beach Year: 1988 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size 48 x 72 in. (121.92 x 182.88 cm) Frame Size: 53 in. x 77 in. (1...
Oil
Acrylic Painting on Canvas of Two Parrots in the Rain
By Jessica Rice
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mid century acrylic painting on canvas of two parrots in a tree with rain drops executed with bold tropical colors and a sense of movement. One can almost hear this painting. Signed ...
Acrylic
Price Upon Request
Bathers, Large Cubist Oil Painting by Jessica Rice
By Jessica Rice
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Jessica Rice from 1985. A cubist scene of figures on a tropical beach. Framed in silver wood frame. Artist: Jessica Rice Title: Bathers Year: 1985 Medium: Oil ...
Canvas, Oil
Price Upon Request
Couple with Bouquet, 1985, Large Art Deco Oil Painting by Jessica Rice
By Jessica Rice
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jessica Rice, Belgian (1941 - 2016) Title: Couple with Bouquet Year: 1985 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated Size: 70 x 48 inches Frame Size: 74 x 51 inches
Oil
Flower Vendor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Framed size 41.5 x 52 inches. This painting was exhibited at the Salon Indépendants in 1964, label on verso, Louis-André Margantin was a student at the École Nationale des Arts Déc...
Canvas, Oil
$245,900
H 60 in W 48 in D 3 in
Woman & Dog, Monumental Oil Painting, Signed, 60x48 Inches, 2017
By Christopher Mudgett
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Woman and Dog Christopher Mudgett Oil on canvas 2023 48 x 36 in (121.9 x 91.4 cm) Signed by the artist Certificate of authenticity included Available from the artist’s studio In W...
Canvas, Oil
Title: "Le bruit des sabots"
By Elodie Huré
Located in Saint-Didier, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Title: Le bruit des sabots Technique: oil on canvas Date: 2019 Size: 54 x 81 cm 490 euros
Canvas, Oil
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
H 37 in W 39 in D 1 in
Virility (framed original painting)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil painting on machine made colored paper. Hand signed and dated on front by Ottorino Mancioli. Artwork size: 25.5 x 27.1 inches. Frame size: 37 x 39 inches. The pain...
Paper, Oil
French Cubist Portrait of a young girl
By Alain Mettais Cartier
Located in Woodbury, CT
Mattais Cartier (French, circa 1910–1960) Cubist Figure with Raised Arm, 1947 Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right Executed in 1947, this bold and architectonic composition ...
Oil
$1,342
H 20.5 in W 17.5 in D 1 in
1930's French Cubist Signed Oil Lady in Red Seated on Golden Chair in Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: by Henri Van Der Beck (French 1886-1956), signed lower right Title: Portrait of a lady seated on a golden yellow chair within an interior...
Oil
$1,659
H 28 in W 21.5 in
1950's French Cubist Signed Oil Portrait of Mysterious Blonde Lady Reading
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"La Liseuse" (the reader) by Magali Lucas (French b. 1915) signed, titled verso oil on canvas, in original period mirror lined frame framed: 28 x 21.5 inches canvas : 25 x 18 inches...
Oil, Canvas
Contemporary British Acrylic Painting 2 Owls on old Wooden Fence
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
2 Owls by Ben George Powell, British contemporary artist signed acrylic on canvas, unframed canvas: 16 x 20 inches provenance: private collection of this artists work, UK The paintin...
Acrylic
Dark Thunder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pascal Jarrion was born in 1961 in Perpignan, France, a region known for its Catalan culture as well as its influence on artists before him, including Picasso, Van Gogh, and Maillol....
Oil, Panel
$1,800
H 14 in W 11 in
The Prophet Returns - Nude Male Torso, Beige & Burgundy Background, Oil on Panel
By Richard Gibbons
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting entitled "The Prophet Returns" is semi nude male. His hard chiseled body contrasts with the soft flower crown and halo he wears. It is beautifully balanced on the de...
Oil, Panel
$900
H 8 in W 6 in D 1 in
Seasons, 2025 - Contemporary Winter Landscape with Trees and Stream Oil Painting
By Sandra Pratt
Located in Denver, CO
"Seasons, 2025" is a mixed media landscape painting by Sandra Pratt. The composition features a natural scene with a dark, winding stream cutting through a snowy and earthy terrain. ...
Oil, Panel
$57,600Sale Price|20% Off
H 120.5 in W 85 in
Female and Male Figure, Flora, Adam and Eve In Blue and White by America Martin
By America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Adam and Eve In Blue and White" Oil & Acrylic on Canvas 120 x 84 inches 120.5 x 85 inches framed ( 120.5 x 42.5 inches framed each) Signature is in the lower left o...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
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H 38 in W 29 in
THE INVITATION Color Serigraph, Modern Abstract, Couple Portrait, Cubist style
By Jessica Rice
Located in Union City, NJ
THE INVITATION is an original limited edition color silkscreen/serigraph created by the Belgian born artist Jessica Rice (1941-2016). THE INVITATION is a modern abstract figurative composition featuring a couple portrait...
Ink, Archival Paper, Screen
A Farm
By Jessica Rice
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jessica Rice, nee Jessica Patricia Lambrecht, was born in Antwerp, Belgium, for centuries the traditional center of Flemish Masters. Jessica’s first oils were painted in Central Africa, where as a young girl she was inspired by the angularity perceived in African art, and by her father’s photographs. Her raw talent blossomed in the tropical surroundings. Unfettered by formal training, her images leaned towards cubist-nativism. Leaving Africa in 1959 for San Francisco, Jessica had already known early success when she sold her work to collectors during an exhibition in Bukavu, Kivu, Africa. Graduating from the San Francisco Academy of Art in 1964 and awarded the Flax Scholarship, she pursued a career in commercial art in San Francisco...
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Maisone sur Colline
By Jessica Rice
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present a series of early original mixed media works on paper, just released from the private collection one of the contemporary masters of Belgian avant-garde painti...
Oil
The Couple
By Jessica Rice
Located in Long Island City, NY
An oil painting by Jessica Rice from 1983. A cubist portrait of a couple embracing. Framed in silver wood frame. Artist: Jessica Rice Title: Untitled - Couple Year: 1983 Medium...
Canvas, Oil
La Patisserie
By Jessica Rice
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An early cubist figurative oil painting by Belgian artist Jessica Rice. "La Patisserie" is an original oil on canvas, signed, dated 1984, with an image dimension of 36 x 36 inches. ...
Oil, Canvas