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'8 A.M., Faskell Road' original oil landscape painting signed by Kevin Knopp
By Kevin Knopp
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'8 A.M., Faskell Road' is an original landscape in oil signed by the Midwestern artist Kevin Knopp. In the painting, Knopp presents a pastoral landscape for the 21st century: Underne...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Dried Flowers in a Stoneware Vase giclee print spring color gift decor mom
By Kevin Knopp
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This giclee print on canvas is hand embellished with acrylic gel brushstrokes after the 2001 original oil painting. Depicting brightly colored flowers in a vase, this beautiful artwo...
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Giclée

'Joy II' original signed abstract acrylic painting by Alayna Rose
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Joy II' is an original acrylic painting by Alayna Rose, signed by the artist in the lower left. In this composition, a dark purple background is juxtaposed against the vibrant reds, blues, and greens of the foreground. Intermittently, the composition is interrupted by flashes of white. Recalling such mid-twentieth century art...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Joy I' original signed abstract acrylic painting by Alayna Rose
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Joy I' is an original acrylic painting by Alayna Rose, signed by the artist in the lower left. In this composition, a dark purple background is juxtaposed against the vibrant reds, blues, and greens of the foreground. Intermittently, the composition is interrupted by flashes of white. Recalling such mid-twentieth century art...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Undefined' original signed abstract acrylic painting on canvas by Alayna Rose
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Undefined' is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Alayna Rose, signed by the artist in the lower left. Working within the tradition of Abstract Expressionism, much of Rose's w...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Ongoing' original signed abstract acrylic painting by Alayna Rose
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Ongoing" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Alayna Rose, signed by the artist in the lower left. Influenced by Abstract Expressionists like Helen Frankenthaler, Rose's wor...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"One" contemporary abstract expressionist oil painting on canvas by Alayna Rose
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"One" is an original oil painting on canvas by Alayna Rose, signed in the lower left. In this composition, Rose has abstracted the side-profile of a head by filling it with an array ...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Pace III, " Abstract Oil on Canvas signed by Alayna Rose
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pace III" is an original oil painting on canvas by Alayna Rose. The artist signed the painting on the side. This painting features a variety of abstract marks in green, yellow, purp...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Pace I, " Oil on Canvas signed by Alayna Rose
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pace I" is an original oil painting on canvas by Alayna Rose. The artist signed the painting on the side. This painting features a variety of abstract marks in green, yellow, purple...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Pace II, " Abstract Oil on Canvas signed by Alayna Rose
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pace II" is an original oil painting on canvas by Alayna Rose. The artist signed the painting on the side. This painting features a variety of abstract marks in green, yellow, purpl...
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Sound" Mixed Media abstract signed dada text grunge graffiti expressionist bold
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Sound" is an original mixed media artwork by artist Alayna Rose. Like the works of the Dada artist Kurt Schwitters, Rose combines expressionist splashes of color with fragments of t...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

'In Stillness' original oil painting signed by Alayna Rose abstract birds
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"In Stillness" is an original oil painting signed by the American artist Alayna Rose. While most of her work is purely abstract, with built-up layers of brightly colored paint, this ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Per l'avventura I' original abstract oil painting signed by Alayna Rose
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Per l'avventura I' is an exquisite and colorful abstract painting signed by the American artist Alayna Rose. The painting is a quintessential example of her work, borrowing the lang...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Mixed Media

Set of four original collages, 'Happy Birthday' cards by Joel Jaecks
By Joel Jaecks
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This set of four birthday collage cards are rare early examples of the small-scale collages that American artist Joel Jaecks began producing in the 1980s. Jaecks began working in wat...
Category

1980s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

'Cubistic Cityscape' original signed oil painting by Ernesto Gutierrez
By Ernesto Gutierrez (b.1941)
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This painting is one of the series of cubist cityscapes that the Peruvian artist Ernesto Gutierrez was experimenting with in the early part of his career. The entire composition is c...
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Go-for Notations' original signed painting on parchment cycling running map
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In the acrylic painting 'Go-for Notations,' American artist Reginald K. Gee presents a humorous narrative in his unmistakable Neo-Expressionist style: a character, a man wearing a he...
Category

1990s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Parchment Paper, Acrylic

'Black Mat' original signed alkyd on canvas painting of white cat sleeping
By Fred Reichman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present painting, titled 'Black Mat,' is a small and intimate work by the American artist Fred Reichman. An intimate work measuring only ten by ten i...
Category

1980s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Alkyd, Canvas

'Farmer with Cows' original Regionalist painting on board Midwestern landscape
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This early work by American artist Sylvia Spicuzza is an excellent example of Regionalism: in the foreground, a farmer in blue stands before a herd of cattle. Beyond the fence of the...
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

'Persistence' mixed media on aluminum. Proceeds to aid Ukrainian refugees.
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Persistence' is an original mixed media painting on rough-cut aluminum by American artist and appraiser Kelly Butenhoff. In the image, Butenhoff shows a yellow figure against a blue background; however, the painting is even more about the material of paint and metal than it is about figuration. Recalling the figurative paintings of Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning, the work is constructed of built-up textured layers, their rough surface mirrored by the irregular border of the aluminum sheet support. These same colors are seen in the Ukrainian flag. Yellow and blue represent Ukraine’s wheat fields below the blue skies and mountains. All proceeds of this sale will be donated to help Ukrainian refugees. 34 x 23 inches Artist's labels on the reverse Unframed, ready to hang Framing options available Overall good condition; some lifting of paint around edges; paint loss upper left After studying abroad, Kelly graduated from Carroll College, Waukesha, Wisconsin, with a BFA in Fine Art and Commercial Art. Her career in the art world began with the prestigious David Barnett Gallery in Wisconsin. Simultaneously exploring her own artistic accomplishments and gallery pursuits, eventually brought Kelly to Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and Studio E Gallery in 2001 where she held the position of Gallery Director for eleven years while launching her endeavor of concierge fine art and appraisal services. Never one to rest on her laurels, Kelly appeased an interest in appraising by attending the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at NYU, completing the intensive Art Appraising and Connoisseurship Program in 2004. These studies and internships have included in-depth research and documentation of fine and decorative arts. Courses, workshops, and seminars on fine art, decorative art, American silver 1800-1940, estate jewelry, 18th, and 19th-century furniture, and IRS legal guidelines. Her training took place in such esteemed locations as Sotheby’s, Doyle’s Auction House, Swann Auction Galleries, Hirschl & Adler, Beauvais Carpet...
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Metal

'Two Musicians' original signed oil on mahogany painting, garden 19th century
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Émile Bemindt was a French artist active between 1859 and 1872 and is best known for work in the style of the Rococo Revival: During the late nineteenth ...
Category

Late 19th Century Rococo Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

'Burning Bush' original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
By Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this painting, Robert Richter has composed a tightly-cropped image of a leafy bush, paying attention to its individual sprigs and flowers. Below the shrub, a row of small flowers ...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

'Apples' original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
By Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this oil on wood panel painting, Robert Richter places the viewer at the foot of a path that wraps around and beyond a small apple tree. The tree, with its ruby apples...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

'Bread on Carpet' original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
By Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This painting, 'Bread on Carpet,' presents a simple still life using the humor and irony common to Robert Richter's oeuvre. The oval loaf is central in the composition, its golden br...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

'Hunters' original acrylic painting signed by Stella Atal
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present painting is a bold an vibrant work by the artist and fashion designer Stella Atal. The image contains five abstract, cleanly-drawn figures against bright fields of green and yellow. The figures, representing hunters, are the very same that can be seen on her couture designs, referencing the history of African art, design and fashion. 54.75 x 36.5 inches, artwork 60.63 x 42.5 inches, frame Signed 'Atal S' lower right Framed to conservation standards using archival materials including UV5 Plexiglas to inhibit fading; housed in a wood modern profile gold moulding. Stella Atal (Ugandan, active Paris, b. 1983) is a painter and fashion designer, and is the founder, owner and chief executive of Atal Stella Fashion House, with locations in Paris, France. She was born in the Northern Region of Uganda, along the northern shores of Lake Kyoga. Stella started her schooling in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. She relocated to Kenya and continued her education there. Later, she completed her education in the United Kingdom. She has a bachelors and a master's degree in Fine Art. She comfortably paints both miniature and large wall hangings using acrylics and water- based textile paints, she uses materials such as bark cloth, recycled paper made out of water hyacinth, Hessian, canvas and many other tradition materials. Her unique art pieces are inspired by ancient and contemporary African designs. They depict typical village scenes of life around Lake Victoria. 'Painting is the only way I can get back to my roots by using our cultural materials such as bark cloth that was used by our ancestors and helps me preserve my culture through some of the motifs I use that were used long ago as signs of belief and worship in the African culture.' Her distinctive artwork is well known in Uganda and throughout East Africa. Her bold, fluid lines explore complex subjects such as women empowerment and national development with economy and grace. Her central artistic preoccupation is the continuation of distinctively African culture. In 2007, she started her own label, Atal Stella. There she focuses on using what is locally available, including eco-friendly, natural and re-cycled material. Her designs have showcased at the Africa Fashion Week New York, in 2010 and at the Green Fashion...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'For Love of Life' original ceramic plaque by Estherly Allen
By Estherly Allen
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This small plaque is an intimate and exciting example of the ceramic work of Estherly Allen. She was a student of George McNeil, an important Abstract Expressionist, and this Express...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist More Art

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

'Playful Pulse' original oil painting signed by Alayna Rose
By Alayna Rose
Located in Milwaukee, WI
37 x 32 x 0.75 inches, canvas Signed 'Alayna' lower right Unframed (custom framing is available upon request) Alayna Rose is a painter, jewelry designer and former illustrator. Her paintings are abstract, painterly, and in vibrant color. They teeter between figuration and pure non-representation, following in the legacy of the Abstract Expressionists of the mid-twentieth century. Indeed, she studied with Kenn Kwint, a nationally recognized Wisconsin painter, as well as Gary Rosine, former department chair of Cardinal Stritch University’s Visual Studies Program. She was also mentored by one of Wisconsin’s most celebrated sculptors - Mary Nohl...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Shore Bush' original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
By Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this painting, Robert Richter has composed a tightly-cropped image of a leafy bush, paying attention to its individual leaves and flowers. The bush becomes a landscape in and of i...
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2010s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

'Red and Yellow Curb' original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
By Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Red and Yellow Curb" is a wood carved painting created by Robert Richter. This painting presents an urban landscape using the humor and irony common to Robert Richter's oeuvre. In t...
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2010s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

'Strip Mall' original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
By Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This painting, 'Strip Mall,' contains the humor common to Robert Richter's oeuvre, presenting a view of the kind of strip mall and parking lot so common to contemporary life. Each st...
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2010s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

'Circle Clouds' original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
By Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this painting, Robert Richter depicts a view of a field, the image dominated by the form of a tall green tree. The branches of the tree are playful and free, resembling the conste...
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2010s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

'Mall Bird' original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
By Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This painting, 'Mall Bird,' presents a black bird in an urban landscape using the humor and irony common to Robert Richter's oeuvre. The bird stands in the foreground atop the regula...
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2010s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

'Beige House' original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
By Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this painting, Robert Richter depicts a view over the top of a suburban fence, peeking into the backyard of a neighbor. Over the rounded wooden pickets are thickets of trees in a ...
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2010s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

'Dream Gap, ' original spray paint and oil painting signed by Daniel Klewer
By Daniel Klewer
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This painting is an excellent example of the work of Daniel Klewer, coming from his series 'Botanical Abstractions.' His works in this series follow strict, self-imposed rules: Klewe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Spray Paint

'Corroborated Banter, ' original oil painting signed by Daniel Klewer
By Daniel Klewer
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This painting is an excellent example of the work of Daniel Klewer, coming from his series 'Botanical Abstractions.' His works in this series follow strict, self-imposed rules: Klewe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Papaya Powder Blue, ' original acrylic painting signed by Daniel Klewer
By Daniel Klewer
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This painting is a large-scale example of the paintings of Daniel Klewer, coming from his series 'Linear Tactility.' The paintings in this series share a consistent, linearly divided...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Grey on Green, ' original oil painting signed by Daniel Klewer
By Daniel Klewer
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This painting is a small and intimate example of the paintings of Daniel Klewer, coming from his series 'Linear Tactility.' The paintings in this series all share a consistent, linea...
Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Little Apple Tree' original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
By Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this painting, Robert Richter places the viewer at the foot of a path that wraps around and beyond a small apple tree. Whereas many of his paintings use deep and richly saturated ...
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2010s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

'Store Tree' original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
By Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This painting, 'Store Tree,' presents a landscape, but with the humor and irony common to Robert Richter's oeuvre. In the image, a bright yellow tree dominates the composition with f...
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2010s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

'Winter Tree' original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
By Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this painting, Robert Richter depicts a view of a park during the winter months, the image dominated by the massive form of a leaf-bare tree. The skeletal form of the tree resembl...
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2010s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

'Leaf in a Jug' original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
By Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this painting, Robert Richter presents the viewer with a still life of a massive Swiss cheese plant leaf emerging from a small ceramic jug. Though the leaf is a common tropical ho...
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2010s Outsider Art Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

'Flower Dancer' original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
By Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In 'Flower Dancer,' Robert Richter presents the viewer with a closely cropped image of a canna lily. Whereas many of his paintings use deep and richly saturated color, here he treats...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

'High Summer' original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
By Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this painting, Robert Richter depicts a view of a park, the image dominated by the massive form of a lush green tree. The painting resembles the compositions of such Abstract Expr...
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2010s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

'Street Tree' original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
By Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this painting, Robert Richter depicts a tall and narrow tree, reaching high into the sky from the paved street below. Using monochromatic color and a tall vertical format, Richter...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

'Garden Chairs' original oil on wood painting signed by Robert Richter
By Robert Richter
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this painting, Robert Richter presents the viewer with something of a still life. Not unlike the early cubist paintings of Picasso and Braque, which often focused on the vibrant c...
Category

2010s Outsider Art Interior Paintings

Materials

Wood Panel, Oil

'Marry Me' original acrylic painting signed by Karen Hoepting
By Karen Hoepting
Located in Milwaukee, WI
30 x 30 inches, canvas 39.5 x 39.5 inches, frame Signed 'K. Hoepting' and dated, lower right Entitled within composition, lower right Inscribed 'PE 15085' en verso Framed to conserva...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'Miami' original artist's proof giclee print signed by Catherine Holmburg
By Catherine Holmburg
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this print, after the original painting from 2001, Catherine Holmburg presents a modern interpretation of a seventeenth-century still life. For the Dutch painters of the past, the...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Giclée

'River of Life' original mixed media ink and watercolor signed by Joan Dvorsky
By Joan Dvorsky
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this artwork, Milwaukee-based artist Joan Dvorsky presents the viewer with a grand bird's eye view of a river. This is quite different from other pieces by Dvorsky of this size, a...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

'Three Trees' original mixed media ink and watercolor signed by Joan Dvorsky
By Joan Dvorsky
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this artwork Milwaukee-based artist Joan Dvorsky presents the viewer with a simple landscape, marked by three blue trees. The abstraction of the image and the simplicity of the co...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

'The Leaf' original mixed media ink and watercolor signed by Joan Dvorsky
By Joan Dvorsky
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this artwork Milwaukee-based artist Joan Dvorsky presents the viewer with an image of a single abstract leaf. The artwork incorporates a digital print of an earlier acrylic painti...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Southwest Indians at Shore and New Mexican Village, two-sided painting
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present artwork is an unusual example of the paintings of Fritzi Brod. It is painted on both sides: on one side, an image of three Native Americans on ...
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1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

"The Equestrian, " original oil painting portrait unique
By Christiane Bouret
Located in Milwaukee, WI
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 see a woman in equestrian clothing...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Persian Illuminated Miniature with Three Hunters on Horseback in a Landscape
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present illuminated folio page contains a fine miniature depicting three figures hunting while on horseback, an image meant to accompany a historic epic. During the medieval period, hunting was an important pastime of male nobility throughout the Islamic world. The Quran itself explicitly endorses hunting and the use of animals to aid in capturing prey: "Lawful to you are foodstuffs that are good to eat and any game that, at your wish, is captured by beasts of prey which train as you do dogs, according to the method that Allah has taught you, after you have spoken the name of Allah over it." (Q 6:4) Muslim princes and nobles enjoyed the chase of the prey via horseback, using bow and arrow, crossbows, and blowpipes to capture their prey Horseback riding itself trained young men in the necessary skills for armed combat and warfare, developing their speed and strength. 12 x 8.25 inches, artwork 19.75 x 15.88 inches, frame accompanied on the back with an image of the verso framed to conservation standards with a 100% rag silk-lined mat in a gold gilded frame A Persian miniature is a small Persian painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art intended to be kept in an album of such works called a muraqqa. The techniques are broadly comparable to the Western and Byzantine traditions of miniatures in illuminated manuscripts. Although there is an equally well-established Persian tradition of wall-painting, the survival rate and state of preservation of miniatures is better, and miniatures are much the best-known form of Persian painting in the West, and many of the most important examples are in Western, or Turkish, museums. Miniature painting became a significant genre in Persian art in the 13th century, receiving Chinese influence after the Mongol conquests, and the highest point in the tradition was reached in the 15th and 16th centuries. The tradition continued, under some Western influence, after this, and has many modern exponents. The Persian miniature was the dominant influence on other Islamic miniature traditions, principally the Ottoman miniature...
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19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Tempera, Laid Paper

Persian Illuminated Miniature with Four Figures Playing Polo in a Landscape
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present illuminated folio page contains a fine miniature depicting four figures playing polo. Polo, also called 'chagun,' was the sport of kings and princes of central Asia and Iran, and the sport probably originated there in the 6th century BCE. Polo matches appear in a large number of early Persian texts, including in the writings of the 10th century epic writer Abu l-Qasim al-Firdawsi: He describes numerous polo matches in his famous 'Shahnameh' (The Persian Book of Kings). This particular illumination also is closely related to an example held at the Smithsonian Museum of Asian Art: a folio from 'Guy u Chawgan' (The ball and the polo-mallet) which shows a polo game with the dervish and the shah. 12 x 8.25 inches, artwork 19.75 x 15.88 inches, frame accompanied on the back with an image of the verso framed to conservation standards with a 100% rag silk-lined mat in a gold gilded frame A Persian miniature is a small Persian painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art intended to be kept in an album of such works called a muraqqa. The techniques are broadly comparable to the Western and Byzantine traditions of miniatures in illuminated manuscripts. Although there is an equally well-established Persian tradition of wall-painting, the survival rate and state of preservation of miniatures is better, and miniatures are much the best-known form of Persian painting in the West, and many of the most important examples are in Western, or Turkish, museums. Miniature painting became a significant genre in Persian art in the 13th century, receiving Chinese influence after the Mongol conquests, and the highest point in the tradition was reached in the 15th and 16th centuries. The tradition continued, under some Western influence, after this, and has many modern exponents. The Persian miniature was the dominant influence on other Islamic miniature traditions, principally the Ottoman miniature...
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19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Tempera, Laid Paper

Persian Illuminated Miniature with Two Figures Hunting in a Landscape
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present illuminated page was once part of a larger manuscript, as evidenced by the tears along the right edge, illustrating a story from the Islamic world. The scene presents two figures in a landscape, one on horseback and another gesturing to a fallen deer. The stylization of the landscape shows influence from the Byzantine tradition of painting, with jagged rocks jutting into a golden sky. The page contains handwritten text on both sides, and is surrounded by gold illustrations of peacocks and a running deer. 11 x 6.5 inches, artwork 18.63 x 14 inches, frame accompanied on the back with an image of the verso framed to conservation standards with a 100% rag silk-lined mat in a gold gilded frame A Persian miniature is a small Persian painting on paper, whether a book illustration or a separate work of art intended to be kept in an album of such works called a muraqqa. The techniques are broadly comparable to the Western and Byzantine traditions of miniatures in illuminated manuscripts. Although there is an equally well-established Persian tradition of wall-painting, the survival rate and state of preservation of miniatures is better, and miniatures are much the best-known form of Persian painting in the West, and many of the most important examples are in Western, or Turkish, museums. Miniature painting became a significant genre in Persian art in the 13th century, receiving Chinese influence after the Mongol conquests, and the highest point in the tradition was reached in the 15th and 16th centuries. The tradition continued, under some Western influence, after this, and has many modern exponents. The Persian miniature was the dominant influence on other Islamic miniature traditions, principally the Ottoman miniature...
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19th Century Other Art Style Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Cartouche 1-16" original mixed media painting signed by John Baughman
By John Baughman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present work is an excellent example of the abstract paintings of John Baughman. Born in 1947 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Baughman continues to experiment with Abstract Expressionism. The present work certainly draws influence from such artists as Mark Rothko and Adolph Gottlieb in the use of fields of color and disparate glyphs. 36" x 12 1/2" artwork 45 1/2" x 21 1/2" frame Framed to museum standards in a 24 karat gold-leaf moulding and a linen liner ABOUT JOHN BAUGHMAN: His mother always thought he was just a little bit of a rebel - and not just because he mixed his paints and painted out of the lines on his paint-by-number pictures. To this day, John Baughman marches to his own drummer, which is apparent when viewing his multi-media artwork. That is also part of his charm. Growing up in rural Western Michigan, John was the oldest of five children. There were no artists in his family, but he was interested in drawing at a very young age; he differed from most young artists in that he wanted to be experimental rather than ordinary. A kind, neighbor lady, Paula Larson, who was a Director of Art, encouraged John to keep his interest in art by always leaving artistic materials on her kitchen table. They were open to him whenever he pleased. John's father was an executive for GM and hoped his son would grow up to be an engineer. John loved to draw cars, and entered the contest that the company held every year to design autos for the future. Airplanes were something else he enjoyed drawing. During his high school years, John had several other buddies who enjoyed drawing as much as he did. In addition to that interest, he says they fished every stream in driving distance of home and loved sports. He played three sports in high school and still has a deep love for baseball. After high school, John left for college which he says was a big mistake. He quit and joined the Navy where he was sent to Vietnam. There is no doubt in his mind that this experience influenced his painting. John went back to college after the Navy and attended seven different colleges changing his major many times. He still wasn't where he wanted to be. Defining his strengths, John knew he could write, draw and sell ideas making advertising seem almost ideal and quite appealing. John's foray into the business world went very well, and he eventually owned his own company. During this time, he met a woman who was also an artist, and worked with her for several years. The two of them later married. John and his wife, Janet Richardson Baughman, bought acreage and moved there. Turning one of the buildings into a studio, the couple become "hot" in the art world and continued their artistic endeavors as well as running a business. Of his art, John says, "Art is the core of my life." When viewing his abstract paintings, it is clear that he is not locked into one thing. Oils play a very important role in his art, but John is continually experimenting using new mediums. To say he is multi-media is almost an understatement. He is still an "out of the lines painter," and feels that it is very important for an artist to be willing to take a risk. An innate sense of arrangements and space plus his use of the color palette, which is all over the place, cause John's work to constantly change. A subject that he has painted, he may readdress, and it will look completely different. Inspiration for his art is all around him. Sometimes he finds it running between his legs when he is standing in a stream or perhaps looking at the beauty that surrounds him where he lives. As time has passed, his artistry has evolved into a more sophisticated look with his paintings now having more layers and texture. John hopes that people viewing his art will find order and peace. John and Janet raise sport horses on their farm, and train them to be dressage (disciplined form of exhibition) horses. They feel the same passion for these animals as they do for their artwork. John still loves sports, and fishes as often as he can. Both he and his wife are golfers. Assuming the title of "sports uncle," John spends several evenings watching his three nephews play baseball. And still hugely important in their lives are their three grown children, who live in various parts of the country. Janet remains John's largest influence in his artwork. He feels there are so many great artists that it is difficult for him to choose a favorite, but he does love Mark Rothko's work and emulates small elements. He also greatly admires Conrad Marcarelli...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Mixed Media

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Paint

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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paint

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2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

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Board, Oil

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Located in Milwaukee, WI
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2010s Impressionist Animal Paintings

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Board, Oil

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