Louis Stone Figurative Paintings

1902-1984

Louis Stone was born in Findlay, Ohio in 1902 and received formal art training at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts summer sessions, and the Art Students League in New York City with Boardman Robinson and Thomas Hart Benton. While painting in Gloucester, Massachusetts during the summer of 1927, Stone met artist Carolyn Hoag, whom he married later that fall. Following their marriage, the Stones lived in Europe for five years, spending most of their time in Southern France. While abroad, Stone studied with Hans Hofmann in St. Tropez and later, at the Hofmann School of Fine Arts in Munich, the Academie Colorossi in Paris, and with André L'hote at the artist's summer school in Mirmande, France. He also lived and painted in Paul Cézanne's former home/studio in Aix-en-Provence. Stone's studies in Europe laid the foundation for his early non-objective work. Stone returned to the United States in 1933 and lived for a brief period in Woodstock, New York before traveling to Florida where Stone and painter James S. Morris co-founded the Stone-Morris School of Fine Arts in Jacksonville. In 1935, he settled in Lambertville, New Jersey, a town near New Hope, Pennsylvania that was home to an active artistic and intellectual community. Stone reunites with close friend Charles Evans, and becomes a leading member of the recently formed Independents, a modernist artist's collective. Like other associations of American artists during this period, the Independents were struggling to gain recognition in a culture that was not particularly receptive to abstract art. Stone exhibited regularly with the Independents and worked to establish the Cooperative Painting Project. Inspired by the performances of improvisational jazz musicians, the Cooperative Painting Project held visual "jam sessions," where the three artists would work together on a single painting, signing their finished artwork with the combined name "Ramstonev." Although Stone frequently collaborated and exchanged ideas with other members of the Independents (including B.J.O. Nordfeldt, John Nevin, Lloyd Ney, and Elsie Driggs), his work from the mid-1930s and 1940s retains a distinctive style that demonstrates a mastery of the modernist lessons he learned in Europe, while asserting an innovative use of flat color to suggest three dimensional space. Stone once remarked that he wanted "to keep his colors alive," and consequently, his work contains visually complex color harmonies that demonstrate his willingness to break the stylistic conventions of the School of Paris in favor of a more idiosyncratic palette. In addition to his association with the Independents, Stone exhibited in the 1939 New York Worlds Fair, as well as in regional museums and galleries throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. He worked for the WPA easel project, painting canvases for murals in various public buildings throughout the United States. Stone continued to paint and travel extensively with his family throughout North America until his death in 1984 at the age of 82 at his home near Lambertville.

Artist: Louis Stone

Louis Stone"Two Figures, " Louis Stone, Abstract, American WPA Modernism, 1980

$8,500

"Two Figures, " Louis Stone, Abstract, American WPA Modernism

By Louis Stone

Located in New York, NY

Louis K. Stone (1902 - 1984) Two Figures, 1980 Mixed media on paper Sight 52 x 42 inches Signed and dated lower right Louis King Stone was born in Findlay, Ohio in 1902 and received...

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1980s Abstract Louis Stone Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Cindy Shaoul"Her Way" Gold Silver Bronze Figure in Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper, 2025

$700

H 14 in W 11 in D 0.1 in

"Her Way" Gold Silver Bronze Figure in Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper

By Cindy Shaoul

Located in New York, NY

Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...

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2010s Abstract Louis Stone Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Archival Paper

Wolfgang Leidhold"Tangled Knot" Abstract Representational Kinetic Knot Painting Work on Paper, 2018

$900

H 12 in W 12 in D 0.1 in

"Tangled Knot" Abstract Representational Kinetic Knot Painting Work on Paper

By Wolfgang Leidhold

Located in New York, NY

This piece represents a part of the artist's "Kinetic Knots" series which symbolizes shapes of the knots that are not planned. It is like the “Dao” grabbing the artist and the power ...

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2010s Abstract Geometric Louis Stone Figurative Paintings

Materials

Archival Paper, Pencil, Mixed Media, Pen

Cindy Shaoul"Timeless Chanel" Figure Gown Haute Couture Gold & Silver Oil Painting on Paper, 2025

$700

H 14 in W 11 in D 0.1 in

"Timeless Chanel" Figure Gown Haute Couture Gold & Silver Oil Painting on Paper

By Cindy Shaoul

Located in New York, NY

Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...

Category

2010s Abstract Louis Stone Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Archival Paper

Cindy Shaoul"Blue in Paris" Figure in Blue Gown Haute Couture & Gold Oil Painting on Paper, 2025

$700

H 14 in W 11 in D 0.1 in

"Blue in Paris" Figure in Blue Gown Haute Couture & Gold Oil Painting on Paper

By Cindy Shaoul

Located in New York, NY

Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...

Category

2010s Abstract Louis Stone Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Archival Paper

Cindy Shaoul"Chanel Blue Silver & Gold" Figure in Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper, 2025

$700

H 14 in W 11 in D 0.1 in

"Chanel Blue Silver & Gold" Figure in Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper

By Cindy Shaoul

Located in New York, NY

Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...

Category

2010s Abstract Louis Stone Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper, Mixed Media

Cindy Shaoul"Dancing with the Stars in Paris" Figure in Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper, 2025

$700

H 14 in W 11 in D 0.1 in

"Dancing with the Stars in Paris" Figure in Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper

By Cindy Shaoul

Located in New York, NY

Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...

Category

2010s Abstract Louis Stone Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Archival Paper, Mixed Media

Judith BrennerRich Seated 3, Original Nude Painting, Figurative Art, Life Drawing, Bright Art, 2020

$1,064

H 33.12 in W 23.39 in D 0.04 in

Rich Seated 3, Original Nude Painting, Figurative Art, Life Drawing, Bright Art

By Judith Brenner

Located in Deddington, GB

Rich Seated 3 is a contemporary nude painting by Judith Brenner. This is an original drawing from life on paper using acrylic, pan pastel , ink and watercolour pencil. The idea is to...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Louis Stone Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor

Cindy Shaoul"Dior in France" Figure in White Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper, 2025

$700

H 14 in W 11 in D 0.1 in

"Dior in France" Figure in White Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper

By Cindy Shaoul

Located in New York, NY

Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...

Category

2010s Abstract Louis Stone Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Archival Paper

Cindy Shaoul"Chanel on Silver" Abstract Figures in Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper, 2025

$750

H 17 in W 14 in D 0.1 in

"Chanel on Silver" Abstract Figures in Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper

By Cindy Shaoul

Located in New York, NY

Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...

Category

2010s Abstract Louis Stone Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Archival Paper

Cindy Shaoul"Parisian Gold and Silver" Figure in Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper, 2025

$700

H 14 in W 11 in D 0.1 in

"Parisian Gold and Silver" Figure in Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper

By Cindy Shaoul

Located in New York, NY

Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...

Category

2010s Abstract Louis Stone Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Archival Paper

Cindy Shaoul"Gold and Silver Nights" Figure in Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper, 2025

$700

H 14 in W 11 in D 0.1 in

"Gold and Silver Nights" Figure in Gown Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper

By Cindy Shaoul

Located in New York, NY

Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...

Category

2010s Abstract Louis Stone Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Archival Paper

Cindy Shaoul"Chanel by the Arc de Triomphe" Figure with French Haute Couture Oil Painting, 2022

$700

H 14 in W 11 in D 0.1 in

"Chanel by the Arc de Triomphe" Figure with French Haute Couture Oil Painting

By Cindy Shaoul

Located in New York, NY

Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...

Category

2010s Abstract Louis Stone Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Archival Paper

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