Paula Humphris Art

A beautiful pastel portrait by American female modern artist Franc Root McCreery Franc Root McCreery (1888-1957) Born: Dodge City, Kansas, US Franc Root M...

Provenance The artist; Collection of Henry Dubin, Philadelphia until 2018 Exhibitions Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Living Color Modern Life: Hugh Henry Breckenridge and Arthur B. Carles, October 5-November 2, 2018. The Philadelphia modernist Arthur B. Carles was a brilliant colorist and an extraordinarily innovative painter. Though Carles trained initially at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, soaking up the more conservative teaching of William Merritt Chase and Thomas Anshutz, he was deeply influenced by the avant-garde art scene in Paris during his first trip there in 1905. In 1907, Carles won the prestigious Cresson Traveling Scholarship, which enabled him to return to Paris for several more years. This experience had a profound impact on Carles as an artist; he was extremely affected by modern French painting, especially the work of Cezanne and Matisse, and by the time Carles returned home to Philadelphia in 1912, he was a confirmed modernist. This small landscape sketch was probably painted early during Carles's career, and yet, it already reveals his strong interest in abstraction. Indeed, Landscape Abstraction demonstrates both his daring exploration of lyrical color harmonies as well as his interest in two-dimensional surface design. Painted loosely in the spontaneous medium of watercolor, Carles used thin washes and delicate pools of paint to suggest the foreground area and surrounding trees. His color palette is rich and expressive, ranging from pale greens and blues to deep red, yellow, and even purple. In addition to his remarkable career as an artist, Carles was also an incredibly gifted teacher. He taught at PAFA from 1917 to 1925 and had a very deep impact on a number of his students such as Morris Blackburn, Quita Brodhead, and Jane Piper...

A French art deco pastel portrait by Louis-Jean Beaupuy. The work is signed and dated bottom right. Presented in carved and gilded wood frame. Beaupuy has captured all the charm and...

Signed lower right: Henry B. Snell Provenance Private collection Born in Richmond, England, on September 29, 1858, Henry Bayley Snell was the son of Edward and Elizabeth Snell. At ...

Gustave Riquet (1866-1938) Les Œillets de la vie, 1898 (Carnations of life) Signed and dated on the lower right, The text on the lower left is the following "Cueille dès aujourd'hui les oeillets de la vie" , which can be translated as "Pick today the carnations of life" watercolor on paper 37.5 x 51.5 cm In good condition In a modern frame : 53 x 67 cm The text clearly gives the meaning of this allegorical portrait...

Best known as an impassioned supporter and avid collector of modern art, Earl Horter was also an artist himself. Largely self-taught, Horter was a highly skilled draftsman and engrav...

Artist Interview: Jerianne, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today. Like most people, I began drawing as a kid, but as a ...

Angela A’Court’s narrative and still life drawings use a simple and direct vocabulary to show the relationship of experience to expression of beauty and the quirkiness of every day m...

Autumn flowers. 1974, paper, pastel, 25x37 cm "Autumn Flowers" is a pastel artwork by Eduards Metuzals that celebrates the beauty of autumn through a vibrant depiction of flowers. T...

Dzidra Bauma (1930) Dzidra Bauma works in watercolor technique. She paint figural compositions, portraits, landscapes, flowers and still life. She is one of the most productive wate...

Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) Portrait of a young woman Pastel on paper 38 x 28 cm (oval) Framed under glass in a vintage framing : 45 x 35 cm A label on the back "1928 Portrait de femme Etude au pastel de Guirand de Scévola" (see photographs please) Even more interestingly, we recognize the model for this portrait as Jeanne Marguerite Fournials. A painter herself (Gold Medal winner at the 1937 International Exhibition), she was a student of Guirand de Scévola. He painted her several times, including in a pastel now held in the collections of the National Museum of Modern Art. Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola ( 1871 – 1950) was a French painter. He was student of Fernand Cormon and Pierre Dupuis...

Gustave Brisgand (1867-1944) began his artistic career by focusing on landscapes. However, he later specialized in portraits of notable personalities, women, and female nudes. One of...