Lucio Fontana Wall Decorations

Midcentury mixed-media Cubist still life oil on canvas, a fine composition with influences of Kurt Schwitters and George Braque. Signed "Gordon" Lower left center. Measures: Canvas 3...

This vintage boho figurative ink drawing is a captivating celebration of movement, form, and artistic expression. Featuring a group of reclining and seated figures rendered in flowin...

Geoffrey Bowman (1928-2009) "Black Diamond", Oil and Mixed Media on Canvas, 1984 Beautiful colorful and textural smaller scale painting by California artist Geoffrey Bowman. Measures 21-1/2" high, 21-1/2" wide as framed. Canvas measures 21" high, 21" wide. Signed and dated on reverse. Retains partial artist tag. Geoffrey Bowman was born in San Francisco on December 29, 1928. In 1946, he quit high school and joined the Navy and traveled to China, Korea, the Philippines, and Hawaii. In 1948 after being discharged from the Navy, Bowman earned his high school equivalency diploma. Five years later he met and married his first wife Mill, and graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in Social Science. During this time he also became intensely interested in art and printmaking and began to study art formally. By 1957 Geoffrey had earned his graduate degree in art and began to teach art in San Quentin. In 1960 Bowman left his teaching job at San Quentin to spend more time working on his art and examining Asian philosophy at the American Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco. During this time to support himself and his wife Geoffrey drove a taxi at night so that he could have his days free to work in the studio. In 1964 he joined the art faculty at San Jose State University and moved to San Jose and became a full professor in 1973. Geoffrey taught at SJSU for twenty-nine years, specializing in lithography and intaglio printmaking techniques. At the same time he was deeply involved in his own work and accumulated an impressive professional exhibition record and his work was exhibited regionally, nationally, and internationally. Bowman’s work is in several public permanent collections including the San Jose Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Art, Achenbach Foundation of Graphic Arts San Francisco, Lannan Foundation New York, and Crown Press Berkeley. After retiring from teaching in 1994 Geoffrey turned to painting as his primary medium of expression. Although there was a media shift he continued to focus on one subject: the consistency of change. This he accomplished in part with combinations of paint and an assortment of reflective materials such as metallic flake and leaves, glass beads, and light-refracting pigments. Bowman became quite private in his later years and had his last one-man public exhibition in 2001 at the Fredrick Spratt Gallery in San Jose. Bowman died in San Jose, California on October 9, 2009. Source: The Annex Galleries

Layers of paper and paint make this artwork stand out on it's own. Unsigned.

A Classic midcentury watercolor and ink on paper by Robert Freiman, signed and dated 1957. Robert J Freiman (b. 1917 - d. 1991), deaf from birth, was born in New York City and attended the Lexington School for the Deaf. He studied art at the National Academy of Design, Pratt Institute, the Art Students League, the Parsons School of Design, and, in Paris, at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Freiman’s spectrum of styles evolved considerably over the course of his long career, ranging from early portraiture and realistic landscape to mixed-media works using watercolor, acrylic, and pen. He was a regular exhibitor at the Sidewalk Art...

Terrific oil painting on canvass signed R.Post. Abstract Expressionist color and movement with cubist style shapes created by intersecting straight and curved lines. Ochre, teal, bla...

Robert Motherwell, Untiled, Ink on Paper, 1976 Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1991) Ink on handmade paper 11 inches high x 16 inches wide This work is framed in an Italian gil...

Presenting an enigmatic oil on canvas painting created by an unknown Danish artist made in 1956. This captivating artwork showcases a woman bathing her feet in a bathroom, and it is ...

Important framed 19th Century oriental ink on paper drawing Ideograms were often accompanied by images of animals and objects, but sometimes also articulated compositions. A carp j...

"Bending Figure" painting by Lucio Villa. Oil on canvas laid down on board. Painting is 6 5/8 x 9 1/4. With frame dimensions are 12 x 10. Signed l/r, circa...

This is a vintage framed picture. A Chinese, ink on paper artwork after the Tang Dynasty original by Han Gan (c.715-781), dating to the mid 20th century, circa 1950. Fascinating mid-century reproduction of an ancient Chinese artwork Displays a desirable aged patina and in good order throughout Presented in a quality, later wooden frame behind clear, bright glass Quality ink on paper with hand painted horse coats...

This 1974 ink drawing on paper is by American sculptor Mark di Suvero (b. 1933). Early in his artistic career, working part time in construction, he was inspired by the raw material ...