David Barnett Gallery

I WONDER is one of the best studies of light in this artist’s portfolio. The figure looks out with incredible openness and wonderment.

Art: 16 x 48 x 2 5/8 inches Mixed media construction, signed on reverse Artist Tom Shelton creates very innovative constructions and paintings dealing with animals in their natural habitat. He graduated with a B.S. in Botany from the University of Cincinnati in 1964 and spent three semesters at the University of Michigan majoring in Forestry from 1964-1965. In 1972 Shelton completed the graduate art program at the Eastern Michigan University in which he received a M.F.A. in painting. Shelton’s artworks are included in the collection of the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., The Chase Manhattan...

This is the back cover of "Chagall Lithographe III," M 577". It is an original Lithograph by Marc Chagall. This print is a glorious black and red bouquet, most of the foliage is shown by black leaves and stems where as the flowers and blooms are red. Also on the top right one can see a tiny red bird. Image: 12.5 x 10 in Frame: 25.5 x 21.5 in Marc Chagall was born in Liozno, near Vitebsk, now in Belarus. The eldest of nine children in a close-knit Jewish family. His father Khatskl (Zakhar) Shagal, a herring merchant, and his mother, Feige-Ite. This period of his life, described as happy though impoverished, appears in references throughout Chagall's work. The family home on Pokrovskaya Street is now the Marc Chagall Museum. He began studying painting in 1906 with a local artist, Yehuda Pen. In 1907, he moved to St. Petersburg. There he joined the school of the Society of Art Supporters and studied under Nikolai Roerich. It was here that he was exposed to experimental theater and the work of such artists as Gauguin. From 1908-1910 Chagall studied under Leon Bakst at the Zvantseva School of Drawing and Painting. This was a difficult period for Chagall; at the time, Jewish residents were only allowed to live in St. Petersburg with a permit, and the artist was jailed for a brief period for an infringement of this restriction. Despite this, Chagall remained in St. Petersburg until 1910, and regularly visited his home town where, in 1909, he met his future wife, Bella Rosenfeld. After gaining a reputation as an artist, Chagall left St. Petersburg to settle in Paris to be near the burgeoning art community in the Montparnasse district, where he developed friendships with such avant-garde luminaries as Guillaume Apollinaire, Robert Delaunay, and Fernand Léger. In 1914, he returned to Vitebsk and, a year later, married his fiancée, Bella. While in Russia, World War I erupted and, in 1916, the Chagalls had their first child, a daughter named Ida. Chagall became an active participant in the Russian Revolution of 1917. Although the Soviet Ministry of Culture made him a Commissar of Art for the Vitebsk region, where he founded Vitebsk Museum of Modern Art and an art school, he did not fare well politically under the Soviet system. "Chagall was considered a non-person by the Soviets because he was Jewish and a painter whose work did not celebrate the heroics of the Soviet people."[6] He and his wife moved back to Paris in 1922. During this period, Chagall wrote articles, poetry and his memoirs (in Yiddish,) which were published mainly in newspapers (and only posthumously in book-form). Chagall became a French citizen in 1937. With the Nazi occupation of France during World War II and the deportation of Jews, the Chagalls fled Paris, seeking asylum at Villa Air-Bel in Marseille, where the American journalist Varian Fry assisted in their escape from France through Spain and Portugal. In 1941, the Chagalls settled in the United States where he lived until 1948 (his wife Bella died in 1944.) His wife Bella, who appears in many of his paintings, bore him one child, Ida and then died on September 2, 1944. Bella and Ida appeared in many of his early and most famous paintings. In 1945, he began a relationship with his housekeeper Virginia Haggard McNeil, with whom he had a son, David. In the 1950s, they moved to a villa in Provence. Virginia left him in 1952, and Chagall married Valentina Brodsky (whom he called "Vava"). Jewish influence: Chagall had a complex relationship with Judaism. On the one hand, he credited his Russian Jewish cultural background as being crucial to his artistic imagination. But however ambivalent he was about his religion, he could not avoid drawing upon his Jewish past for artistic material. As an adult, he was not a practicing Jew, but through his paintings and stained glass, he continually tried to suggest a more "universal message," using both Jewish and Christian themes...

A signed oil painting representing the portrait of a woman. Contemporary painting. Height 20" x 24" Length

A signed oil painting representing the portrait of a ghostly woman. Contemporary painting. Height 22" x 15" Length

A signed oil painting representing the portrait of a woman in the bath. Contemporary painting. Height 40" x 28" Length

Christiane Bouret is a painter that works with oil paint to create figurative artworks and portraits, and the present painting is an excellent example of her work. In the image, we s...

A floral arrangement made of a variety of textiles, surrounding a portrait in the center. Portrait is of a woman in a black and white vignette. Quilted together with a golden and gli...

A floral arrangement made of a variety of textiles. Quilted together with a golden and glittery thread. Artist signed this piece in the lower right.

Art: 30" x 24" Frame: 36.50" x 30.50" Oil on canvas signed and dated lower right.

This photo frame was hand-made in Romania and features 12K white gold leafing. It is made out of wood and includes archival plexiglass to protect anything displayed in it from fading...

This photo frame was hand-made in Romania and features 12K white gold leafing. It is made out of wood and includes archival plexiglass to protect anything displayed in it from fading...

Art: 17" x 23 1/4" Frame: 27 5/8" x 33 7/8" Original color lithograph (VIII/L) Signed lower right. This original Weisbuch lithograph comes from th...

Large round multicolored abstract painting. Rainbow of colors. Acrylic paint is done in a multidimensional way. Made by local Wisconsin artist Daniel ...

Black and white, geometric abstract painting. Acrylic paint is done in a multidimensional way. Made by local Wisconsin artist Daniel Klewer.

Art: 17" x 23 1/4" Frame: 27 5/8" x 33 7/8" Original color lithograph (VIII/L) Signed lower right. This original Weisbuch lithograph comes from th...

Art: 23" x 18" Frame: 33" x 29 1/4" Watercolor, signed in ink lower right Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings...

Art: 17 3/4"x 15" Frame: 31" x 26 3/4" Signed Watercolor Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings...

Art: 12"x18" Frame: 20 1/2"x26 1/2" Pastel, stamped signature lower right Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings, watercolors and prints from the 1920's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism, art deco, lyrical abstractions of every conceivable subject (both real and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that reflect the work of Picasso and Ernest Max in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with Sylvia Spicuzza's own unique sense of style, humor and fantasy. Exhibitions David Barnett Gallery...

Finger painting w/stamped signature Art: 22"x 16" Frame: 31"x 24" c. 1940's-1950's Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Fra...

Art: 11"x15" Paper: 12"x16" Frame: 20 1/2"x24 1/2" Charcoal drawing, signature stamped lower left Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings, watercolors and prints from the 1920's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism, art deco, lyrical abstractions of every conceivable subject (both real and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that reflect the work of Picasso and Ernest Max in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with Sylvia Spicuzza's own unique sense of style, humor and fantasy. Exhibitions David Barnett Gallery...

Art: 16"x 15-3/4" Frame: 18-3/4"x 18-3/4" Giclee print on board after 1998 photograph

Art: 16"x15-3/4" Frame: 18-3/4"x 18-3/4" Giclee print on board after mixed media textile Stacy Wiatrak is a textile artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin a...

Art: 16"x 15-3/4" Frame: 18-3/4"x 18-3/4" Giclee print on board after 2006 mixed media textile Stacy Wiatrak is a textile artist from Milwaukee, Wisc...

Original lithograph signed VII/L Art: 23 1/8"x17" Frame: 32 3/4"x26 5/8 Signed and number lower margin. Claude Weisbuch was born in Thionville, France in 1927 and was a pupil at L' ...

"Farewell" is an original color woodcut by Carol Summers. The artist signed the piece. This woodcut depicts a river flowing through green hills beneath a blood-red sky. The edition number is 20/50. 24 1/4" x 37" art 32" x 45" frame Carol Summers has worked as an artist throughout the second half of the 20th century and into the first years of the next, outliving most of his mid-century modernist peers. Initially trained as a painter, Summers was drawn to color woodcuts around 1950 and it became his specialty thereafter. Over the years he has developed a process and style that is both innovative and readily recognizable. His art is known for it’s large scale, saturated fields of bold color, semi-abstract treatment of landscapes from around the world and a luminescent quality achieved through a printmaking process he invented. In a career that has extended over half a century, Summers has hand-pulled approximately 245 woodcuts in editions that have typically run from 25 to 100 in number. His talent was both inherited and learned. Born in 1925 in Kingston, a small town in upstate New York, Summers was raised in nearby Woodstock with his older sister, Mary. His parents were both artists who had met in art school in St. Louis. During the Great Depression, when Carol was growing up, his father supported the family as a medical illustrator until he could return to painting. His mother was a watercolorist and also quite knowledgeable about the different kinds of papers used for various kinds of painting. Many years later, Summers would paint or print on thinly textured paper originally collected by his mother. From 1948 to 1951, Carol Summers trained in the classical fine and studio arts at Bard College and at the Art Students League of New York. He studied painting with Steven Hirsh and printmaking with Louis Schanker. He admired the shapes and colors favored by early modernists Paul Klee (Sw: 1879-1940) and Matt Phillips (Am: b.1927- ). After graduating, Summers quit working as a part-time carpenter and cabinetmaker (which had supported his schooling and living expenses) to focus fulltime on art. That same year, an early abstract, Bridge No. 1 was selected for a Purchase Prize in a competition sponsored by the Brooklyn Museum. In 1952, his work (Cathedral, Construction and Icarus) was shown the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in an exhibition of American woodcuts. In 1954, Summers received a grant from the Italian government to study for a year in Italy. Woodcuts completed soon after his arrival there were almost all editions of only 8 to 25 prints, small in size, architectural in content and black and white in color. The most well-known are Siennese Landscape and Little Landscape, which depicted the area near where he resided. Summers extended this trip three more years, a decision which would have significant impact on choices of subject matter and color in the coming decade. After returning from Europe, Summers’ images continued to feature historical landmarks and events from Italy as well as from France, Spain and Greece. However, as evidenced in Aetna’s Dream, Worldwind and Arch of...

"Les Deux Baigneuses (The Two Bathers)" is an original etching from 'L'Estampe Originale' by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Signed with initial and numbered ‘42’, from the edition of 100. The stamp of the publication is in the lower left of the paper. This piece features two nude female bathers. 10 1/4" x 9 1/4" image 23 1/2" x 16 3/4" paper 34 1/8" x 28 1/8" frame Pierre-Auguste Renoir, commonly known as Auguste Renor (25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919), was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style. As a celebrator of beauty and especially feminine sensuality, it has been said that "Renoir is the final representative of a tradition which runs directly from Rubens to Watteau." Renoir's paintings are notable for their vibrant light and saturated color, most often focusing on people in intimate and candid compositions. The female nude was one of his primary subjects. In characteristic Impressionist style, Renoir suggested the details of a scene through freely brushed touches of color, so that his figures softly fuse with one another and their surroundings. His initial paintings...

Art: 29-3/8"x 21-1/8" Frame: 31'x 22-1/2" Original signed lithograph poster Claude Weisbuch was born in Thionville, France in 1927 and was a pupil at L' École des Beaux-Arts de Nanc...

Art: 26-3/4"x19-3/4" Frame: 27"x20" Poster, signed & inscribed to Philip Barnett lower left (43/58) Claude Weisbuch was born in Thionville, France in 1927 and was a pupil at L' Écol...

Porcelain 1.75" x 1.75" x 1.75" Sandra Byers creates these small nature-inspired translucent porcelain vessels using a variety of techniques. She begins s...

Porcelain 1.75" x 1.75" x 1.75" Sandra Byers creates these small nature-inspired translucent porcelain vessels using a variety of techniques. She begins s...

Porcelain 2" x 2" x 2" Sandra Byers creates these small nature-inspired translucent porcelain vessels using a variety of techniques. She begins some form...

Porcelain Ceramic signed artist on bottom. 12 x 18"

Ceramic Bowl, signed by artist. 16.5" x 18"

African. Baule Colonial Figure Ivory Coast, c. 1910 Wood, 24 1/2" x 5 1/2 inches.

Indonesian wooden Flat Puppet (Klitk) with light pink face, 19th century. 18 1/2 x 4 3/8

Eathenware; glazed 5 x 5

Gable like symbol of authority Ibibio, Nigeria, c1940

"Can't Get Her Off My Mind" is an original ceramic sculpture created by Steven Kemenyffy. 43"x30"x14" Ceramic Steven Kemenyffy (born 1943) is an American ceramic artist living and working in Pennsylvania. He is most recognized for his contributions to the development of the American ceramic raku tradition. He has served as a Professor of Ceramic Art at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (formerly Edinboro State College) since 1969. He Has retired from teaching, but continues to produce artwork at his home studio in McKean, Pennsylvania. Kemenyffy is often characterized in regard to his contributions to American experimental ceramics of the late 1960s and early 1970s. More specifically, Kemenyffy’s contributions to American raku techniques are often cited. Kemenyffy has stated that his interest in raku came out of practical considerations: “We [Steven and Susan] were doing a variety of workshops in a variety of different media. Raku was always an official way of making pieces in a short period of time…In raku it seems to compress all the firings into one.” Kemenyffy, himself, describes his early work as “Biomorphic forms alluding to old ceramic traditions such as tiles, vases, and containers.” These works were often in excess of six feet tall and many times included mixed media elements. In 1974, Kemenyffy wrote about the work he was producing; “For several years now, my work has dealt with certain formal considerations. Chief among these is using clay in such a way as to crystallize the moment and permanentize the impermanent. These have been among the primary concerns of all potters since the earliest times.” Today, Kemenyffy continues his pursuit of biomorphic imagery and themes. He writes, “Personally I am most challenged by the business of transforming porous organics into porcelain.” For much of Kemenyffy’s career, he has worked in tandem with his wife, Susan Hale Kemenyffy. In 1987 Susan stated about their collaborative works: “Steven is the [sculptor], I am the drawer. These works would not exist if it weren’t for the sculpture; if it weren’t for the clay. The clay entity comes first and my drawings come second.” James Paul Thompson further clarifies this relationship (as observed in 1987): “Steven Kemenyffy uses patterns as a point of departure for his work, while Susan Kemenyffy...

4 x 6 1/4 inches Signed lower margin Watercolor From Wisconsin, now living Kansas, Lueck is a Hallmark Illustrator & watercolor painter. He has illustrated both cards and books and ...

Clay, Double Walled Porcelain Glazed signed on the bottom. 7 x 23 inches Karen Gunderman is an experienced artist based in the United States whose paintings have been exhibited nati...

Art: 3 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches Signed lower margin. Watercolor. From Wisconsin, now living Kansas, Lueck is a Hallmark Illustrator & watercolor painter. He has illustrated both cards and...

'Flower' is an original fruit serpentine sculpture signed by the Zimbabwean artist Josphat Makenzi. Makenzi was trained in the contemporary Shona stone...

19th Century Indonesian mask made from wood.

Art: 9"x11-1/2" Frame: 16"x18-5/8" Felt tip pen, signed lower right Sylvia Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings...

Art: 19"x 26" Original color lithograph. Signed in pencil in the lower margin. Harold Altman was born in New York City in 1924. He attended the Art S...

Oil pastel and acrylic on paper bag, signed lower right Art: 13 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches Frame: 19 5/8 x 17 5/8 inches Reginald K. Gee was born in Milwaukee on April 28, 1964 to Native ...

African (Shona) 49 Shona Stone Samples with Specimen Box.

African (Shona) 49 Shona Stone Samples with Specimen Box.

African (Shona) 49 Shona Stone Samples with Specimen Box.

African (Shona) 49 Shona Stone Samples with Specimen Box

African (Shona) 49 Shona Stone Samples with Specimen Box

African (Shona) 49 Shona Stone Samples with Specimen Box

African (Shona) 25 Shona Stone Samples with Specimen Box, ca. 2005

African (Shona) 25 Shona Stone Samples with Specimen Box, ca. 2005

Art: 5-1/2"x 5" Frame: 14"x 13-3/8" Watercolor on Holbein watercolor paper. Signed and dated lower right. From Wisconsin, now living Kansas, Lueck is a Hallmark Illustrator & waterc...

Art: 20"x 26" Frame: 28-1/2"x 32-1/2" Charcoal on paper. Signed, dated and inscribed to David Barnett. Claude Weisbuch was born in Thionville, France in 1927 and was a pupil at L' É...

Art: 3.87" x 3.87" Frame: 6" x 5.37" x 2" Signed and dated lower right.

Art: 9-1/2"x12-1/2" Frame: 17-1/4"x 20-1/4" Abstract black marker on cream sketchbook paper. Signed Sylvania lower right. Silk lined matting and glazed in UV Clear Glass that filte...

Art: 5 1/2 x 4 3/8" Frame: 10 1/8 x 8 1/8" Original color woodcut on paper, signed in block. Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff...