Pearl Took studied at the Skipton Art School (1943-7) and, subsequently, at Sir John Cass College (1947-9). After immigrating to Pasadena, California in 1957 with her family, Took commenced her active career in painting, becoming a teacher at Pasadena City College and Glendale College. She also continued to further her studies in numerous centers including the California State College, the Art Center of Design and the Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design. Took exhibited successfully, both solo and with groups, in Los Angeles County throughout her teaching career in addition to working as a freelance illustrator for the Pasadena Star News.
$937Sale Price|25% Off
'Abstract in Coral and Turquoise', Woman Artist, Pasadena
By Pearl Took
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Oil abstract comprising interconnected organic shapes in variegated shades of turquoise, vermilion, coral, and lime, outlined in deep ebony. Signed with monogram lower right, 'P.T.'...
Paper, Oil, Board
$1,312Sale Price|25% Off
'Sheila Antoine with Afro', Sir John Cass, Otis Art Institute, California
By Pearl Took
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left with monogram, 'P.T.' for Pearl Took (American, 1928-2012); additionally signed verso, dated 1977 and titled 'Sheila Antoine'. Born in England, Pearl Took first st...
Canvas, Oil
$712Sale Price|25% Off
'Dance Class', Modernist Figural, Sir John Cass, Otis Art Institute, Parson's
By Pearl Took
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed middle right with monogram, 'P.T.'; additionally signed verso, dated 1974 and titled 'UCLA Dance Class'; accompanied by artist's business card. Born in England, Pearl Took fi...
Canvas, Oil
$1,650Sale Price|25% Off
'Jade', Sir John Cass, Otis Art Institute, California
By Pearl Took
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Monogrammed center left, 'PT' for Pearl Took (American, 1928-2012); additionally signed, dated 1977 and titled verso 'Portrait of Jade' with artist card. Born in England, Pearl Took...
Oil, Board
$1,387Sale Price|25% Off
'Portrait of Gene Harrison', Pasadena, Parsons School of Design
By Pearl Took
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial and psychologically penetrating study of the American musician. Signed lower right with monogram; titled and dated, verso, 1977. Born in England, Pearl Took first stu...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled from the Enchanters of Heaven Series
Located in Pampilhosa da Serra, PT
Untitled, from Zahra Shahcheraghi’s Enchanters of Heaven series (2024) Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas · Zahra Shahcheraghi’s monumental abstraction bridges Persian artistic herit...
Oil, Acrylic, Oil Crayon, Cardboard
$334
H 13 in W 13 in D 1.19 in
Stinchcombe Hill, Rupert Aker, Landscape Painting, Textured Art, Oil Painting
By Rupert Aker
Located in Deddington, GB
Stinchcombe Hill by Rupert Aker [2022] View along the Cotswold escarpment from Stinchcombe Hill Additional information: Original Oil on board Image size: H:30 cm x W:30 cm Complete...
Oil, Board
$2,186Sale Price|35% Off
H 37.8 in W 27.76 in
Mannerist Italian painter - 16th/17th figure painting - Madonna praying
Located in Varmo, IT
Umbrian-Roman Master (16th-17th century) - Madonna in Prayer. 84 x 58.5 cm unframed, 96 x 70.5 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on canvas, in a wooden frame (not signed). Condi...
Canvas, Oil
$2,898Sale Price|20% Off
H 57.49 in W 44.89 in D 1.19 in
Huge 1950's French Signed Oil Painting Young Lady Knitting in Interior Room
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady Knitting in Interior by Emile Courtin (French 1923-1997) signed lower right corner oil painting on canvas, unframed canvas size: 57.5 x 45.5 inches condition: overall good and s...
Canvas, Oil
$2,250
H 26.25 in W 20.5 in D 2.5 in
“Portrait of a Seated Lady in Wicker Chair”
Located in San Francisco, CA
A picture of calm refined beauty, the sitter epitomizes elegant and casual repose propped up against pillow in her spacious wicker armchair. Captured by master American portraitist ...
Oil, Board
$13,236
H 25.99 in W 36.23 in D 1.19 in
Group portrait painting after the hunt, oil on canvas
Located in London, GB
This charming painting depicts a group of gentlemen gathered around a kitchen table and admiring an English Setter. The snowy rooftops, just visible from the kitchen window, combined with the lit fire and holly decorating the picture frames in the room, implies that this is a Christmas scene. It also appears that the gentlemen have just returned from a fox hunt, and are now warming themselves, drinking port and smoking long pipes by the fire. Five men — three gathered behind the table and two standing in front — are identically dressed in long black riding boots...
Oil, Canvas
Unavailable|$11,917
H 31.5 in W 31.5 in
Caprice - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Oil Painting, Portrait, Pop
By Françoise Nielly
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Françoise Nielly has explored the different facets of image all her life, through painting, photography, roughs, illustrations and virtual computer generated animated graphics. It is...
Canvas, Oil
$2,450
H 29.5 in W 23.75 in D 2 in
1950s Original Geometric Abstract Oil Painting, Vertical & Horizontal Art
By Paul Kauvar Smith
Located in Denver, CO
This vibrant and dynamic original abstract oil painting by Paul Kauvar Smith (1893–1977) showcases the artist’s bold use of color and modernist technique. Executed in oil on board, t...
Oil, Board
$4,750
H 27 in W 23 in D 2 in
Antique American Realist Interior Portrait Signed Framed Original Oil Painting
By Charles Courtney Curran
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract landscape oil painting by Charles Courtney Curran (1861 - 1942) . Oil on canvas, lain to board. Framed. Measuring: 23 by 27 inches overall, and 18...
Oil, Board
$947Sale Price|20% Off
H 9.25 in W 6 in
1920's Portrait of an Elegant Woman, Oil Painting, British
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
1920's Portrait of an Elegant Woman, Oil Painting, British British School, Early 20th Century Oil painting on wood panel, unframed Board size: 9.25 x 6 inches Quite a stunning portr...
Oil
$975
H 35 in W 27 in D 2 in
Antique Paris Modern Ballerina Studio Framed Modernist Portrait Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage modernist ballerina portrait oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a modernist wood molding. Excellent condit...
Oil, Board
$7,287Sale Price|25% Off
H 48.43 in W 37.41 in
Bartolomeo Cavarozzi circle of - 17th century figure painting - Saint Joseph
Located in Varmo, IT
Painter in the circle of Bartolomeo Cavarozzi (Viterbo 1587 - Rome 1625) - Saint Joseph. 108 x 80 cm unframed, 123 x 95 cm with frame (not signed). Antique oil painting on canvas, ...
Canvas, Oil