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
$143,400
H 48 in W 36 in D 2 in
Mother & Child Oil Painting on Canvas, Abstract Figurative, 2016
By Christopher Mudgett
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mother & Child, 2016 By Christopher Mudgett This powerful and emotive original oil painting from the artist's 2016 "Mother & Child" series encapsulates a profound moment of ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,200Sale Price|20% Off
H 24 in W 20 in D 0.75 in
'Man Playing a Banjo', American Mid-Century Cubist-Derived Figural Oil, Fifties
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Paula Melcher' (American, 20th century) and dated 1956.
Canvas, Oil
Russian Cubist Portrait of a Woman
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful cubist portrait of a woman by unknown Russian artist. Oil on canvas measures 17 x 25 inches. Signed and dated lower right. Label fragments affixed on verso.
Canvas, Oil
$1,094Sale Price|20% Off
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
$1,352Sale Price|20% Off
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
$5,592
H 23.63 in W 19.3 in
Modern Cubist Still Life with Natural Palette, Oil and Acrylic Painting, 60x49cm
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Nature Morte aux Fruits (Still Life with Fruit) Oil and acrylic on canvas 60 × 49 cm Nature Morte aux Fruits revisits the traditional still life through a structured, cubist constru...
Canvas, Acrylic, Oil
$1,649Sale Price|20% Off
H 16 in W 20 in
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
'Tropical Fish', Psychedelic Piscatorial, Aquatic
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Murray' and painted circa 1990. A large and vibrant study of three colorful fishes shown stacked vertically.
Wax Crayon, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
$5,600Sale Price|30% Off
H 30.5 in W 28 in D 2 in
Woman with a Guitar, Cubism
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in New York, NY
A period work by a Russian artist working in a Cubist approach. The canvas is 24 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches and the above dimension is the framed size. The frame is an older frame, with a flat gold/brown finish. In Woman with Guitar, Simkhovitch plays on his his early fascination with Cubism and Constructivism (and his background in illustration) expressing and compressing with planes and color the spatiality of a domestic scene. Considered a master draftsman and an adherent of certain classicism, Simkhovitch’s compositions are often built up in a complicated but well-managed counterpoint, at heart, he is a romanticist preferring the dreamy colors of a Russian fairy tale.
Oil
$1,264Sale Price|20% Off
H 13 in W 20.5 in
San Francisco 1970's Cubist Abstract City Skyline Oil Painting, signed & framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"San Francisco" Continental School, signed Vogel circa 1970's oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 13 x 20.5 inches board: 12 x 19.5 inches provenance: private collection, France c...
Oil, Canvas
$1,775
H 15 in W 19 in D 1 in
Antique American Modernist Cubist Ballet Dancers Framed Original Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very finely executed modernist ballet scene. Pastel and gouache on paper. Handsomely framed. Image size, 12H by 16L.
Canvas, Oil
$795
H 29 in W 41 in D 3 in
Mid Century Modern Cubist Painting w/ Figures of Children by Spurlock c.1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid century modern figural abstract painting with a touch of cubism. Original oil on canvas. Dimensions 35 1/2" x 23 1/2". Frame dimensions 41" x 29". Very good vintage conditi...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
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