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An original oil painting on linen panel of an antique fishing lure, framed in a hand-made frame by one of New York's finest frame makers. Mas...

Oil still-life painting depicting a bag of unopened marbles tacked to an unvarnished wooden cabinet door. Another marble rest precariously on t...

A still life of an ushanka, a type of hat with ear covers. Personett's textured fur and wood table invites the viewers to feel as if they are in the painting. The frayed edges of the strings of the hat suggests this is a well-worn garment, loved for many years. Signed "Personett" lower right corner. Framed in a traditional black frame w gold trim. Framed dimensions: 17 x 15 inches Rachel Personett was born in Hawaii, but raised in Colorado. Being the daughter of a pilot she has always traveled extensively. She has studied part time at the Savannah College of Art and Design, The Angel Academy of Art, and finally settled on the Florence Academy of Art, graduating in 2015. In January 2016 she apprenticed the painter Odd Nerdrum in Norway for eight months. Rachel Personett works strictly from life, and enjoys the challenged of painting the ephemeral. Working from life provides the opportunity to travel around the world painting the ever changing people and landscapes. Artist Statement My mother had studied advertising in college, so she knew a lot about arts and good craftsmanship. She did talks at my elementary school each week and on a different artist. I remember being very moved by the images of Van Gogh and Andrew Wyeth. At the Florence Academy I really liked Sargent, Sorolla, Willard Metcalf, Henri Fantin-Latour and Velazquez. At Odd Nerdrums I gained new respect for Rembrandt and was introduced to other Scandinavian painters like Edward Munch...

Oil on paper mounted on cardboard by Gustave Lino (1893-1961), France, 1950s. Bunch of Roses. Measurements : with frame: 73.5x58.6 cm - 28.9x23.1 inches without frame: 61x46 cm - 24x18.1 inches, format 12P. Signed "Lino" (see photo). About Gustave Lino : Gustave Lino was born in Mulhouse on October 27, 1893. Adolescent, he often visits the museum of the city and is interested in painting. In 1912, at only 19 years old, he went to Marseille and discovered the particular light of Provence. Without anyone knowing why, he embarks for Algiers. In 1914, the war broke out. Lino is of German nationality. It is for this reason that he is incarcerated in Corsica at the convent of Corbara. He learns painting alongside a fellow countryman. He paints many paintings and decorates the hotel Solferino d'Ajaccio and the castle of Malaspena-Massa in Belgodère. At the end of the war, he returns to Algiers. He follows the courses of Georges Rochegrosse. Particularly talented, he exhibites in Paris in Salons and galleries, such as the Salon des Artistes French from 1926 and the Danton Gallery, rue La Boétie in 1927. To perfect his training, he then undertakes a long stay in Spain where he studies chiaroscuro. Back in Algeria, he travels the north and the great south of Algeria (Laghouat, Touggourt, El Oued among others ...). He is very interested in Albert Marquet's painting, which particularly seduces him. This clarity while transparency, this harmony of lines and tones becomes his ideal of perfection. He specializes in still lifes, Algerian landscapes and seascapes. He leaves Algiers for Bou-Saada. After the Second World War, Lino makes several trips. In Tunisia, where he is gone for a few days, he spends six months in Sidi-Bou-Saïd, crunching every corner of the city, seizing the habits of the inhabitants. He will also spend six months in the Balearic Islands and later in Mallorca. He returns to Corsica long after his internment and travels the island for several months. In 1954, he spends a few weeks in Venice and the works are the opportunity of an exhibition that is a real success. Very close to the group called "Painters of Poetic Reality" (Maurice Brianchon, Christian Caillard, Jules Cavaillès, Raymond Legueult, Roger Limouse, Roland Oudot, André Planson and Kostia Terechkovitch.), close friend of Albert Marquet (Marcelle Marquet will say from him that "he succeeded Marquet better than Marquet himself"). Also appreciative, Albert Camus said of Gustave Lino (at the Salon of Algerian artists of 1934): "His Marines, if we feel the influence of Marquet, are nonetheless true successes, sensitive, fresh and of one coming ". All this in respect of this artistic movement which, as writes E. Cazenave: "to an Orientalism dreamed artists of Algeria oppose a lived orientalism". His palette is particularly colorful, often linear, with a predilection for blues, taking as a subject all the towns and villages visited. But his creativity is not limited to landscapes, he is also an accomplished portraitist and his talent will gradually evolve from Expressionism to a more and more contemporary painting whose modernism is revealed at the end of his life. through his "Compositions". It is part of contemporary post-war Algerian painting...

A trompe l'oeil depiction of a fishing gadget hanging from a hook on the blue wall that is the backdrop for the entire canvas. A small utilitarian object elevated to academic realist painting. Framed dimensions: 18.5 x 15.5 inches John Morfis was born in Bayville, Long Island in 1976. His humble beginnings made pursuing a career in art difficult and paradoxically necessary. Fixated on making things aesthetically pleasing, John made an extreme departure from his family life when he chose to base his life on art. Surrounded by mechanics, welders, and otherwise trade workers John had a tough time expressing his interest in a world much more utilitarian and much less expressive and impractical. With an extraordinary desire to be an artist and a grant awarded, John was able to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in painting from the University of Hartford in 1998. While there John studied oil painting under American realist Stephen Brown...

Morfis paints a tromp l'oeil spataula hanging on a hook from the blue wall that fills the composition. Such a simple object is raised to importance by being the only (very detailed) subject of the scene. Framed dimensions: 21.5 x 15.5 inches Artist Bio: John Morfis was born in Bayville, Long Island in 1976. His humble beginnings made pursuing a career in art difficult and paradoxically necessary. Fixated on making things aesthetically pleasing, John made an extreme departure from his family life when he chose to base his life on art. Surrounded by mechanics, welders, and otherwise trade workers John had a tough time expressing his interest in a world much more utilitarian and much less expressive and impractical. With an extraordinary desire to be an artist and a grant awarded, John was able to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in painting from the University of Hartford in 1998. While there John studied oil painting under American realist Stephen Brown...

A trompe l'oeil oil painting of a child's beach shovel. Morfis' incredible realism contrasts the quaint illustration on the shovel. Framed dimensions: 23.5 x 17.5 inches John Morfis was born in Bayville, Long Island in 1976. His humble beginnings made pursuing a career in art difficult and paradoxically necessary. Fixated on making things aesthetically pleasing, John made an extreme departure from his family life when he chose to base his life on art. Surrounded by mechanics, welders, and otherwise trade workers John had a tough time expressing his interest in a world much more utilitarian and much less expressive and impractical. With an extraordinary desire to be an artist and a grant awarded, John was able to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in painting from the University of Hartford in 1998. While there John studied oil painting under American realist Stephen Brown...

Inspired by color, texture, and light, Coelho paints with meticulous attention to detail and a bold, graphic influence. Working from self-composed photographs from everyday life, tra...

Inspired by color, texture, and light, Coelho paints with meticulous attention to detail and a bold, graphic influence. Working from self-composed photographs from everyday life, tra...

Marigolds with Friends 1985., oil on canvas on cardboard, 30x35 cm Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I) His first professional education was at National University at studies to...

Peter's history in a nutshell. Peter van den Borne has been painting and drawing since he was ten. He took his first steps in the painter's craft with his own interpretation of the N...

Dianne L. Massey Dunbar's (US based) "6 Pack" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts Coors light beer bottles with a white background. "6...