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
Untitled - Equestrian
By Felix Angel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Felix Angel – Colombian/American (1949- ) Title: Untitled - Equestrian Year: 1985 Medium: acrylic on canvas Size: 44 x 56 inches Signature: Signed...
Canvas, Acrylic
The Dissidents: Discourse on the Golden Mean
By Michael Tole
Located in New Orleans, LA
Michael Tole says of his work… This work draws a connection between the didactic moralizing tendencies of Neo Classicism (represented in the style of the painting) and Modernism (represented in the architectural setting). Though modern art eschews the naturalistic imagery used by Neo Classicists, both movements pursued a self-important, austere, self-consciously masculine aesthetic that they saw as synonymous with virtue. Set in the MoMA courtyard, a passel of men lounge about, regarding a golden statue which looks terribly out of place in this modernist vitrine. The uncomfortable architectural setting, prisonlike and cold, provides a foil for the odalisque-like young men sprawled on hard stone benches and paying homage to the central idol. In my current work, The Revisionist Histories, I am writing letters to art history, literature, and mythology in an attempt to reflect the social changes that have reshaped our society over the past century. As part of this agenda, I explore the evolution of gender norms, power dynamics, and representation within Western visual culture and what this implies for the negotiation between pleasure, justice, and our culturally specific discourse on beauty. The seed for The Revisionist Histories was sewn when I caught a glimpse of my preteen daughters watching music videos on their iPad as I chopped veggies for dinner. Out of the corner of my eye I caught glimpses of music videos featuring Beyonce, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Katy Perry, and Doja Cat gyrating across the tiny screen. A better parent might have snatched the iPad away, but I was overcome with hallucinatory visions of this pop diva...
Oil, Canvas
$5,376
H 23.63 in W 19.3 in
Modern Cubist Still Life with Natural Palette, Oil and Acrylic Painting, 60x49cm
By Grégoire Mathias
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
$1,776
H 24 in W 36 in D 1 in
French Modernist Harbour Scene with Boats Colourful Coastal Oil Painting 1950's
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Harbour Original oil painting by Jacques COURTADE (French, 1923-1994). Post-Impressionist/ modernist oil painting by the superb 20th century French artist, Jacques COURTADE (192...
Oil
Pink Cat
Located in Zofingen, AG
Whimsical giant pink cat with kitten Acrylic Painting on canvas One of a kind artwork Size: 80 × 120 × 3 cm (unframed) The artwork is titled and signed on the front and also comes ...
Canvas, Acrylic
$2,869
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 1.58 in
Lucky For You, Original painting, portrait, Landscape, Horses
Located in Deddington, GB
Lucky for you is an ode to the one you love and the want to be with them again. Norfolk, England in Autumn. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Acrylic paint, Canvas, Charcoal on Canvas 100 H x...
Canvas, Acrylic
$3,074
H 39.38 in W 36.62 in D 1.58 in
Sharp Shooter For You, Original painting, portrait, Landscape, Horses
Located in Deddington, GB
A show of love to the friends you call family. Norfolk, England in Autumn ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Acrylic paint on Canvas 100 H x 120 W x 4 D cm (39.37 x 47.24 x 1.57 in) Sold unfra...
Canvas, Acrylic
$9,500
H 30 in W 26 in
Studio Stove, Colorful Cubist Oil painting, Cleveland School female artist
By Clara Deike
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clara Deike (American, 1881-1964) My Studio Stove, 1936 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right, titled verso 23.5 x 19.5 inches 29.75 x 25.5 inches, f...
Oil
Abstract Geometric Modern Fish Painting
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Houston, TX
Bold abstract fish painting on a black background by artist Lamar Briggs circa 1960s. Features colorful geometric pattern on the fish. Placed in a blac...
Acrylic
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
$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
$2,323
H 24.02 in W 35.83 in D 1.58 in
Berry Hunter, Original painting, portrait, Landscape, Horses
Located in Deddington, GB
Berry picking at dawn on the Norfolk coast ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Acrylic paint on Canvas Sold unframed Image size: Height: 61cm (24.02 in) Width: 91cm (35.83 in) ARTIST BIOGRAPH...
Canvas, Acrylic
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
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