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
$850
H 30.71 in W 39.38 in
Magic Bull in Yellow Oil Painting on Canvas, Signed, 78x100 cm
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
"Magic Bull in Yellow" is an original oil painting on canvas by Colombian artist Luis Xiua, whose work merges figurative and abstract elements inspired by nature, symbolism, and cons...
Oil, Acrylic, Cotton Canvas
$1,714
H 19.69 in W 15.75 in D 1.19 in
Camera 16 - Contemporary Expressive Figurative Oil Painting, Men Erotic Scenes
By Bartosz Kolata
Located in Hallein, AT
Artist about his erotic painting series “Narcissus”: With Internet era and its widespread availability, young people have unlimited access to pornography. It is possible for them to...
Canvas, Oil
$2,493
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 1.58 in
Everybody's Cowboy, Original painting, Cowboys, Landscape, Horses
Located in Deddington, GB
Inspired by an old blues record, one of only a few where I've started with a title for a piece. normally they come to mind whilst painting. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Acrylic paint on ...
Canvas, Acrylic
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
$662
H 21.66 in W 24.81 in D 1.97 in
Escuela Francesa (XX) - Óleo sobre tela - Ánonimo - Enmarcado
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La obra no va firmada Se presenta enmarcada la obra Estado de conservación bueno Medidas obra: 38 x 46 cm. Medidas marco: 55 x 63 cm.
Oil
$5,371
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
$2,235
H 31.5 in W 31.5 in D 0.79 in
Summer 2 - Contemporary Expressive, Figurative Oil Painting, Male Nude Series
By Bartosz Kolata
Located in Hallein, AT
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas Copernicus University UMK, secur...
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
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
$1,600
H 18 in W 13.75 in
Israeli Cubist Modernist Oil Painting "Rosh Shiryon Abir" Armor
By Shlomo Zafrir
Located in Surfside, FL
Shlomo Zafrir is active/lives in Israel, France. Shlomo Zafrir is known for cubist painting. Shlomo Zafrir is a painter and, at the same time, the owner of a nightclub called Omar K...
Canvas, Oil
$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
$3,032
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
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