Margaret Putnam was a San Antonio artist who left an artistic legacy rare even in the art world. She was a 20th-century woman with a Renaissance soul who lavished her work with brilliant color, always breaking and making the rules to achieve the desired effect. An explorer, Putnam was self-taught. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein and pastel, exploring new avenues, developing new techniques, combining mediums and creating a unique style. She had a background in fashion illustration as well. Even after becoming partially paralyzed from Lou Gehrig's disease, she continued to work relentlessly. She had a little arts and crafts community in La Villita. She was a remarkable woman, a talented artist and in the real spirit of the Alamo, she represented true Texas grit. Her strokes were broad, her colors bold, her paintings powerful and expressive. She painted an 18-by-Seven and a half foot mural at the top of the San Antonio Hilton Hotel. She has won many awards such as River Art Show, San Antonio, Beaumont Museum, Texas Fine Arts Museum and Texas Watercolor Society. She has also won the Old Testament National Exhibit Award, Award for ‘One of Ten Outstanding Women in San Antonio’, ‘Outstanding Artist of the Year’ from San Antonio Art League and J.C. Penney Golden Rule Award. She was also the three-time winner of Top Award for Oils from Texas Fine Arts and received Recipient of the Year award from the San Antonio Arts Commission. Revered for her innovative techniques and inimitable style before her death in 1989, her renown continues even today.
"GIRLS NIGHT OUT" MID CENTURY MODERN BATIK SAN ANTONIO ARTIST
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) San Antonio Artist Size: 15 x 16 Frame: 22 x 23 Medium: Batik "Girls Night Out" Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) Margaret Putnam left an artistic legacy rare e...
Fabric
"A Drink"
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 9.5 x 12.75 Frame Size: 17 x 20 Medium: Color Etching "A Drink" Biography Margaret Putnam (1913-1987) Margaret Putnam left...
Etching
"Portrait of a Woman"
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 Frame Size: 15 1/4 x 17 1/4 Medium: Lithograph "Portrait of a Woman" Biography Margaret Putnam (1913-1987) ...
Lithograph
King David
By Margaret Putnam
Located in Austin, TX
A modern portrait of an ancient, biblical king reminiscent of medieval iconography with a South Western twist. Rich watercolor and mixed media in earth tones and primary colors. By ...
Mixed Media
"THE DANCE" San Antonio Artist MARGARET PUTNAM (1913-1989) BOLD BEAUTIFUL COLORS
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 14.25 x 13.25 Frame Size: 20.25 x 21.25 Medium: Mixed Media "The Dance" Biography Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) Margaret Putnam left an artistic legacy rare even in the art world. Revered for her innovative techniques and inimitable style prior to her death in 1989 , her renown continues today. She was a 20th century woman with a Renaissance soul who lavished her work with brilliant color, always breaking and making the rules to achieve the desired effect. An explorer, Putnam was basically self-taught; it could not be otherwise because no one had the vision that she had. She worked in oil, watercolor, wax resist, casein, and pastel, exploring new avenues, developing new techniques, combining mediums, and creating a unique style, instantly recognizable, unlike any other. A background in fashion illustration was evident in the color, texture, and design that adorned both male and female figures. In abstract work, there was always a keen but unique sense of design. She worked over 8 hours a day, 363 days a year. Even after becoming partially paralyzed from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig...
Mixed Media, Handmade Paper
“Girl with star”
By Margaret Putnam
Located in Warren, NJ
Image: 16 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches Overall: 20 1/4 x 8 inches In good condition measures 20x8
Oil
"THE MYSTERY" GOUACHE FRAMED 18 X 20
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 8 x 10 Frame Size: 18 x 20 Medium: Gouache "The Mystery" Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) Margaret Putnam left an artistic legac...
Gouache
"ALLELUJAH" HAND PAINTED ETCHING FRAMED 15 X 14 CIRCA 1960'S
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 7 x 5 Frame Size: 15 x 14 Medium: Hand Painted Etching Circa 1960's "Allelujah" Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) Margaret Putnam...
Oil, Etching
"ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI" LARGE MULTIMEDIA FRAMED 28.5 X 52.5
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 25.5 x 49 Frame Size: 28.5 x 52.5 Medium: Multimedia on Paper "St. Francis of Assisi" Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) Margaret ...
Mixed Media
"Untitled" mid century modern MCM
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam MCM Mid Century Modern (1913-1987) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 7 x 9 Frame Size: 16 x 18 Medium: Watercolor and Gouache 1960s Untitled Biography Margaret Putnam ...
Gouache
"HYMN TO THE RED MOON BATIK MID CENTURY
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 11.5 x 11.5 Frame Size: 14 x 14 Medium: Batik "Hymn to the Red Moon" Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) Margaret Putnam left an ar...
Ink
"The Girls" Batik
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 5.5 x 4 and 5 x 4 Frame Size: 17.5 x 9.75 Medium: Batik Unsigned from her Estate "The Girls" Biography Margaret Putnam (19...
Ink
"RENAISSANCE MAN" CIRCA 1960'S FRAMED 15 X 14
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 6 x 5 Frame Size: 15 x 14 Medium: Hand Painted Etching Circa 1960's "Renaissance Man" Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) Margaret ...
Oil, Etching
Greco Roman Classical Wrestlers Oil Painting
Located in Rochester, NY
Late 20th century modernist oil painting of Greco Roman wrestlers done in the classical style. By David Loeb. Oil on handmade paper. Signed on reverse and dated 1989. Loeb was born in 1953 and raised in Chappaqua, New York, David Loeb’s mother and her identical twin were painters, and he has been painting since childhood. He studied with Gillian Pederson-Krag at Cornell University; Reed Kay at Boston University; Louis Finkelstein, Wolf Kahn and Philip Guston at the Yale Summer School of Art and Music; and attended graduate school at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he studied with Robert Barnes...
Oil, Handmade Paper
$700
H 37.75 in W 50 in
Unframed "Seated Woman on Pink Chair" signed lithograph by artist Joy Laville
By Joy Laville
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Unframed "Seated Woman on Pink Chair" lithograph by artist Joy Laville. Signed H J Laville lower right recto. Image size: 31 x 43 inches.
Lithograph
Across the Mancos Canyon
By Billy Schenck
Located in Bozeman, MT
One of the originators of the Western pop art movement, Billy Schenck incorporates techniques from photorealism with a pop art sensibility to both exalt and poke fun at images of the West. Schenck is known for utilizing cinematic imagery reproduced in a flattened, reductivist style, where colors are displayed side-by-side rather than blended or shadowed. In the August 2014 issue of SouthwestArt magazine, his work was described as “a stance … a pendulum between the romantic and the irreverent.” Schenck’s artwork is now in 48 museum collections, including Smithsonian Institution, Denver Art Museum, The Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Booth Western Art Museum, Tucson Museum of Art, Phoenix Art Museum, the Mesa Southwest Museum, Museum of the Southwest, Midland TX...
Canvas, Oil
SIDE BY SIDE DIPTYCH (PAINTING ON METAL)
By Purvis Young
Located in Aventura, FL
Diptych of 2 original mixed media paintings on metal shelves. Each is hand signed on front by the artist. Each piece measures 36.25 x 15.5 in. Artw...
Metal
$2,250
H 21 in W 15 in
Original Mixed Media Oil Painting Fiber Collage Mexican Amado Pena 1999
Located in Buffalo, NY
This original mixed-media work by Amado Peña Jr. exemplifies the artist’s refined synthesis of Southwestern figuration, Indigenous textile traditions, and m...
Yarn, Oil, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
$331
H 6.66 in W 9.53 in D 0.04 in
Nymph and Faun - Print by Ker Xavier Rousssel - 1916 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on vélin paper. Hand signed and noted. 3rd State Very good condition. Ref. Salomon n. 116 A delicate and poetic impression by Ker-Xavier Roussel, presenting an Arcadian ...
Drypoint, Etching
$899
H 16.25 in W 12.25 in D 0.75 in
"Majestic Figure" - Abstract Figurative Aquatint
By Lenore SImon
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful aquatint figurative titled, "Majestic Fiqure" by Lenore Simon (American, b. 1928). Signed lower right corner below edge. Titled below lower middle edge with medium "Aquatin...
Archival Paper, Drypoint, Aquatint
$1,675
H 17 in W 28 in D 4 in
"The First Time on Telephone" Black African American Folk Painting
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Johnny Banks (1912-1988) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 11.25 x 20 Frame Size: 17 x 28 Medium: Pen, Pencil, Crayon, Marker "The First Time on Telephone" Biography Johnny Banks (1912-1988) In my opinion one of the greatest Texas folk artists of all time. The following information was compiled and submitted by Stephanie Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk...
Crayon, Mixed Media
$5,500
H 22.5 in W 30.5 in
'Any Day in America', Social Realist, Beat Generation, Allen Ginsberg
By Ron Croci
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Any Day in America' by Ron Croci. Social Realist, Beat Generation, Allen Ginsberg ----- Signed lower right, "Croci" for Ron Croci (American, born 1945), and painted circa 1970. A ...
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
$3,750Sale Price|46% Off
H 18.5 in W 16.25 in D 1.2 in
Tête-à-Tête in the Garden
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Plano, TX
Tête-à-Tête in the Garden. 1894. Lithograph. Way 54, Levy 85, Tedeschi, Stratis and Spink 90. 8 x 6 1/2(sheet 10 7/8 x 8 1/2). Edition of 25-lifetime impressions plus a few proofs re...
Lithograph
$2,250
H 16.93 in W 20.87 in D 2.37 in
A breath of fresh air. Symbolic Acrylic paint Folk Art Landscape with figure
By Raquel Fariñas
Located in Segovia, ES
"Un soplo de aire fresco" (A Breath of Fresh Air. Symbolic acrylic paint. Colorful Folk Art Landscape with figure. Dimension art cm.: (H) 43 x (W) 53 x (D) 6 cm. In inches: 16.93"...
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Melanie Schiele
By Egon Schiele
Located in Roma, IT
This lithograph from the portfolio "Egon Schiele" is a reproduction of "Melanie Schiele", an original artwork realized by Egon Schiele in 1906. The portfolio, that includes 10 lithog...
Lithograph
Margaret Putnam Painting “Praise”
By Margaret Putnam
Located in Dallas, TX
Margaret Putnam (American/Texas 1913-1989) A Large painting "Praise" mixed media on Canvas board Dimensions: 40 Inches High x 60 Inches Wide; Framed: 42.5 Inches High x 62.5 Inches W...
Paint
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H 24 in W 28 in D 3 in
"JUGGLER" MID CENTURY MODERN (1913-1989) COURT JESTER COLORFUL FUN
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 18.25 x 12 Frame Size: 24 x 18 Medium: Oil "Juggler" Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) Margaret Putnam left an artistic legacy ra...
Oil
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H 45 in W 27 in D 4 in
Psalm 121:1 "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills" Texas Artist San Antonio
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 28.5 x 20.5 Frame Size: 37 x 29 Medium: Oil, Hand Made Paper, Mixed Media, Foil Circa 1960s Psalm 121:1 "I will lift up mi...
Foil
"Two Figures" Etching
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 12 x 9.5 Frame Size: 21 x 18 Medium: Etching "Two Figures" Biography Margaret Putnam (1913-1987) Margaret Putnam left an a...
Etching
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H 15 in W 38 in D 3 in
"Lamp Dancers" Batik on Silk Texas Modernist Margaret Putnam
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 12.5 x 31 Frame Size: 19 x 37.5 Medium: Batik "Lamp Dancers" Biography Margaret Putnam (1913-1987) Margaret Putnam left an...
Mixed Media
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H 54 in W 44 in D 7 in
"Sand, Sea, and Sky" Mid Century Modern Texas Painting Large
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 50 x 40 Frame Size: 53 x 43.5 Medium: Oil Circa 1960s "Sand, Sea & Sky" Biography Margaret Putnam (1913-1987) Margaret Putn...
Oil
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H 36 in W 69 in D 7 in
"The Pavillion" Mid Century Modern Texas Painting Large
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1987) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 33 x 68 Frame Size: 36 x 69 Medium: Oil "Pavillion" Biography Margaret Putnam (1913-1987) Margaret Putnam left an artistic...
Oil
"The Rocker" Batik
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 9.25 x 6.25 Frame Size: 15.25 x 12.25 Medium: Batik "The Rocker" Biography Margaret Putnam (1913-1987) Margaret Putnam le...
Ink
"Tree"
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1989) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 21 x 8.5 Frame Size: 28.75 x 16 Medium: Acrylic on Cloth "Tree" Biography Margaret Putnam (1913-1987) Margaret Putnam lef...
Acrylic
"The Iron Tree" Mid Century Modern Texas
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam (1913-1987) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 62 x 37 Frame Size: 63 x 38 Medium: Oil "The Iron Tree" Purchased the estate from her children. I acquired appro...
Oil
"INTO THE DEEP" JONAH
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam "INTO THE DEEP JONAH (1913-1987) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 30 x 56 Frame Size: 34.25 X 60.5 Medium: Oil "Into the Deep" Jonah Biography Margaret Putnam (1913-1...
Oil
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H 21 in W 22 in D 3 in
"Recitative, Ping Pang & Pong" MCM MID CENTURY MODERN BATIK
By Margaret Putnam
Located in San Antonio, TX
Margaret Putnam mid century modern Margaret (1913-1987) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 13.75 x 14.75 Frame Size: 21 x 22 Medium: Batik "Recitative, Ping Pang & Pong" Biography Marga...
Watercolor