John Heliker Furniture

American, 1909-2000

Determined to become an artist, Heliker dropped out of high school to copy paintings at the Metropolitan Museum. From 1927 until 1929 he studied with Kimon Nicolaides, Thomas Hart Benton, and Boardman Robinson at the Art Students League. After several years away Heliker returned to New York in the 1930s and in 1947 joined the faculty at Columbia University where he taught until his retirement. Heliker won a Prix de Rome in 1948 and spent the next five summers in Italy. At this time larger strokes and freer designs began replacing the structural, Cézannesque abstractions that occupied him in the 1940s and early 1950s. A painter of landscapes, portraits, and still lifes, Heliker chooses traditional subject matter for his semi-abstract, painterly compositions. John Heliker was one of the premier landscape and figurative paintings of the second half of the twentieth century. He was born in Yonkers, New York when it was still farm country and, after high school, studied painting at the Art Students from 1927-1929. Heliker had three one-person shows at the Maynard Walker Gallery in New York, the first in 1936, and in the late 1930s was making drawings for the New Masses and joined the easel division of the WPA Federal Art Project. When Maynard Walker Gallery closed Heliker began his association with Kraushaar Galleries that continues with his estate to this day. Heliker was a Professor of Art at Columbia University for twenty-seven years. He also taught at the Colorado Springs Fine arts Center, Art Students League, the New York Studio School (he was a founding faculty member), and in the MFA Painting Program at Parsons School of Design. His work was exhibited nationally in the major survey exhibitions of the Carnegie Institute, the Brooklyn Museum, the Cleveland Museum, the Corcoran Gallery, the Museum of Modern Art’s Abstract Painting in America, and many others. The Whitney Museum of American Art honored Heliker with a mid-career retrospective in 1968, and he has been included in numerous Whitney Museum annuals and biennials. Heliker's work toured Europe in the 1950's through the USIA, and he was a featured artist at the World's Fair in Brussels in 1958 and in Osaka in 1969. He was represented at the Bicentennial Exhibition AMERICA: 1976 at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, which traveled through the country. Heliker was elected a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1969. From the American Academy of Arts and Letters he won a Gold Medal for Merit and a Purchase award and grant in 1967. The artist was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Colby College, Maine and from Bard College, New York. He worked and lived in New York and on the coast of Maine, where he painted since the 1950's.

Creator: John Heliker

"Wild Roses" Framed Oil on Masonite Panel, by John Heliker, American

$3,250

"Wild Roses" Framed Oil on Masonite Panel, by John Heliker, American

By John Heliker

Located in valatie, NY

Framed Oil "Wild Roses" on Masonite Panel, by John Heliker, American (1909-2000). Retains Gallery Label from Kraushaar Galleries, New York. Kraushaar Galleries was founded in 1885 and is still in business. Determined to become an artist, Heliker dropped out of high school to copy paintings...

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1970s American Vintage John Heliker Furniture

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Wood, Masonite

Iver Rose 'American, 1899-1972' Oil on Masonite, "the Pianist"

$1,895

H 19.25 in W 28 in D 1.5 in

Iver Rose 'American, 1899-1972' Oil on Masonite, "the Pianist"

By Iver Rose

Located in Bridgeport, CT

Signed lower right, label on the stretcher with title and date July 19, 1976. A concert pianist playing a grand piano. Measures: 12 x 20", good condition painted and gilt frame wit...

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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern John Heliker Furniture

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Masonite, Paint

Antique Framed Nautical Oil Painting on Panel ~ Signed

$1,180

H 23.5 in W 27 in D 1 in

Antique Framed Nautical Oil Painting on Panel ~ Signed

Located in Dallas, TX

Antique Framed Nautical Oil Painting on Panel ~ Signed is a scene played out every morning during the past couple of centuries along the coast where quaint little fishing villages ma...

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Early 20th Century Belgian Other John Heliker Furniture

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Giltwood, Paint

Framed Oil on Masonite of a Group of Men in Traditional Chinese Costume

$4,500

H 53 in W 43 in D 2 in

Framed Oil on Masonite of a Group of Men in Traditional Chinese Costume

By Hovsep Pushman 1

Located in Hanover, MA

Large scale (54" x 43") oil on masonite in a carved layered wood frame depicting a grouping of men in traditional Chinese costume engaged in various activities under a tree in a styl...

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1940s Vintage John Heliker Furniture

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Wood, Masonite

1960s American Giltwood Framed & Signed Floral Oil On Board - Still Life Roses

$995

H 24 in W 24 in D 1.5 in

1960s American Giltwood Framed & Signed Floral Oil On Board - Still Life Roses

Located in Kennesaw, GA

This is a framed oil on board depicting a still life of peonies in a vase. It was complete by Richard Fillhouer , an American artist. It is in a giltwood frame. It is in very good co...

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Mid-20th Century American American Classical John Heliker Furniture

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Canvas, Wood, Paint

Vintage Framed Oil Painting on Panel by Dieudonne Damoiseaux

$1,980

H 22.5 in W 27 in D 1 in

Vintage Framed Oil Painting on Panel by Dieudonne Damoiseaux

Located in Dallas, TX

Vintage Framed Oil Painting on Panel by Dieudonne Damoiseaux (1918-2000) is a charming work depicting the hay harvest. Two steadfast steeds stand ready to draw the impressively full cart that thanks to its cargo of hay is not terribly heavy. A group of farmers gather around the cart as the last bit of hay is tossed to the top, ready to take a short break before beginning the task anew on the next empty cart...

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1970s French Expressionist Vintage John Heliker Furniture

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Wood

Pair of Continental Oil on Masonite Harbor Scenes

$1,475 / set

H 11.5 in W 14.5 in D 1 in

Pair of Continental Oil on Masonite Harbor Scenes

Located in Lambertville, NJ

A pair of Continental European oil painting of impressionist style harbor scenes in later giltwood frames. The painting are 14.5 wide, 11.5 high with frames, 11 wide, by 9 high unfra...

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Early 20th Century European John Heliker Furniture

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Giltwood, Masonite

Vintage Portait, Untltled, Oil on Masonite, Framed, Guy Palazzola, US, 1950

$750

H 11.63 in W 10.63 in D 2 in

Vintage Portait, Untltled, Oil on Masonite, Framed, Guy Palazzola, US, 1950

Located in San Francisco, CA

Vintage painting, oil on masonite board, framed, of a head of a boy, by Kalamazoo, Michigan painter, Guy Palazzola, 1950. Great piece for a small space or as part of a portraiture ga...

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1950s American Vintage John Heliker Furniture

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Wood, Masonite

Enamel on Masonite Abstract Painting by American Artist Rick Orr

$1,250

H 40 in W 40 in D 1 in

Enamel on Masonite Abstract Painting by American Artist Rick Orr

By Rick Orr

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Original enamel on masonite abstract painting from "Edge of Tow" series by American listed artist Rick Orr. Dimensions: 40" high, 40"wide, 1"deep.

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2010s American Modern John Heliker Furniture

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Enamel

John Hull, Portrait of a King, Signed Oil on Masonite, Contemporary American

$3,500

H 25 in W 17 in D 1 in

John Hull, Portrait of a King, Signed Oil on Masonite, Contemporary American

Located in Morristown, NJ

An assured and psychologically direct portrait by American figurative painter John Hull. Rendered with frontal clarity, the crowned figure confronts the viewer without embellishment...

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Late 20th Century American Modern John Heliker Furniture

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Masonite, Paint

Spencer Depas, Haitian, 1928–1989 oil painting on Masonite. Artist Made Frame

$1,900

H 19 in W 11 in D 2 in

Spencer Depas, Haitian, 1928–1989 oil painting on Masonite. Artist Made Frame

Located in Las Vegas, NV

Rare, oil painting on Masonite board by listed Haitian modernist artist Spencer Depas, Haitian (1928–1989). Mounted in it's original custom chip carved frame. Signed "S. Depas" in lo...

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Mid-20th Century Haitian Mid-Century Modern John Heliker Furniture

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Hardwood, Masonite

Framed Oil Painting on Panel by Lucien Hock

$2,400

H 39 in W 33 in D 3 in

Framed Oil Painting on Panel by Lucien Hock

Located in Dallas, TX

Framed oil painting on panel by Lucien Hock (1899-1972) is a splendid composition capturing the natural beauty of the "Fagne du Nesselon", a region that is today on the border betwee...

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1960s Belgian Expressionist Vintage John Heliker Furniture

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Wood

Iris Brody Oil Wash on Masonite Figural Study

$1,800

H 41.13 in W 24.88 in D 1.25 in

Iris Brody Oil Wash on Masonite Figural Study

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Iris Brody (American - d. 1961, NY, drug overdose) oil wash on paper laid on masonite figural study of a boy. Brody, part of the Kerouc / Ginsberg Lower Eas...

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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage John Heliker Furniture

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Paint

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