Jakobsen Art

Early 20th Century European School, view of the city, with buildings in the background, gouache on paper unsigned in a beautiful custom made Haydenryk frame under glass.

Story illustration for “Julie” by Frederick Orin Bartlett for The Saturday Evening Post, published August 21, 1920, page 21. The full caption reads: “They were down there in the room with the silent...

Only Ballantine Ale Brews "Brewer's Gold," ad illustration appeared in the major magazines of the day. A magic moment is caught at a peak point of drama. It's the instant of friends having fun. A cold beer from the fridge is offered and it's is acknowledged with a head nod. The woman in the foreground covers her giggling face reacting to a funny comment. The decisive moment is preserved. Sounds like a critique of an art photograph? No, it's an illustrator. This ingenious Infiniti "S" composition simultaneously represents the best of photography and painting. Cartier-Bresson could have captured the precise moment. While Nicolas Poussin could have rendered the complex figural composition. Add to it , a painting technique and color scheme with the quick drama of a post-impressionist. We have a great work of art by an overlooked American illustrator/artist/painter, Mike Ludlow...

Medium: Gouache watercolor painting on artist board Signature: Signed Lower Left Size: 18" x 14"

HARVEST UNDER THE CANOPY Size: 62.5 x 75 cm (including frame) Oil and gouache on card laid onto board A rich and striking striking mid-century modernist figurative landscape composi...

Antique illustration of a golfer getting out of a sand trap by well listed illustrator Leslie Saalburg whose work appeared in Vanity Fair and Esquire.

Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, July 2,1960. The Post described, ““Golfe '' was outlawed during its infancy in Scotland because too many archers, on whom ...

Date: 1898 Medium: Ink and Gouache on Paper Affixed to Board Dimensions: 16.50" x 12.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Carter's Monthly, March 1898, cover illustration. Decades lat...

In 1962, the fine art and museum worlds were absorbed by the later stages of Abstract Expressionism, the introduction of Hard Edge Abstraction, and the rise of Pop Art. Realism was ...

Complex Art Nouveau patterns intertwined with gracefull figures define this work by American Artist and illustrator, teacher and lecturer Mildred Bailey Carpenter. Signed in cartouc...

Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, November 13, 1948 The Post described, “Artist Stevan Dohanos felt like a baseball coach who had everything he needed excep...

Alice Anne Renshaw. English ( b.1849 - d.1900 ). Young Lady With Meadow Flowers In Her Straw Hat. Watercolor & Gouache On Artist's Board. ( An impressed blind stamp in the top left hand corner reads 'Turnbull’s Superfine London Board' ) . Signed Lower Left. Image size 21.3 inches x 16.7 inches ( 54cm x 42.5cm ). Frame size 29.9 inches x 25.6 inches ( 76cm x 65cm ). Available for sale; this original painting is by Alice Anne Renshaw and dates from around 1880. The painting is presented and supplied in its original highly ornate...