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1940s modernist mountain landscape painting, near Gunnison, Colorado with a white farmhouse and out buldings and trees in a meadow/valley with mountains in the background. Painted in...

Colorado Modernist landscape, watercolor on paper by Turner B. Messick (1878-1952) from 1938. Tree with houses and mountains in the background, pain...

Winter Palace is an abstract acrylic and watercolor on paper painting by Edward Marecak (1919-1993) with pastel pinks, blues and greens. Presented in a new custom frame, outer dimensions measure 19 ¾ x 23 x 1 inches. Image size is 11 ⅝ x 14 ⅝ inches. Painting is clean and in very good vintage condition - please contact us for a detailed condition report. Provenance: Estate of Edward Marecak Expedited and international shipping is available - please contact us for a quote. About the Artist: Born to immigrant parents from the Carpathian region in Slovakia, Marecak grew up with his family in the farming community of Bennett’s Corners, now part of the town of Brunswick, near Cleveland, Ohio. When he turned twelve, his family moved to a multi-ethnic neighborhood of Poles, Czechs, Slovaks and Slovenians in Cleveland. His childhood household cherished the customs and Slavic folk tales from the Old Country that later strongly influenced his work as a professional artist. During junior high he painted scenery for puppet shows of "Peter and the Wolf...

California coastal painting by early 20th century artist, Charles Partridge Adams circa 1925. Watercolor on paper, not signed, attributed ...

Abstract acrylic on canvas with yellow, green, red and brown by Suzanne VandeBoom. Presented in a custom frame measuring 59 ½ x 47 ½ inches; image size is 58 x 46 inches. Painting i...

'Space' is an oil on board painting by Marjorie Chambers (1923-2006). Presented in a custom frame measuring 16 ½ x 22 ½ inches, image size is 15 ½ x 22 inches. Painting is in very g...

Monotype, ink on paper, featuring an abstract red and beige composition by Wilma Fiori (1929-2019). Presented in a custom frame with all archival materials measuring 20 x 19 1⁄2 x 1 ...

Abstract monotype on paper featuring red, green, and blue rectangles on a gray background by Wilma Fiori (1929-2019). Presented in a custom frame with all archival materials measurin...

Semi-abstract oil on canvas painting by Edward Marecak (1919-1993). Composition featuring a brightly colored portrait of a woman holding flowers. Presented in an original frame measu...

Girl with Sheep and Car is a oil on board landscape painting depicting figures and animals in a Folk Art style painted in the mid-twentieth century by Martin Saldana (1874-1965). Presented in a custom frame measuring 29 3⁄4 x 33 1⁄2 x 1 inches; image size is 19 1⁄2 x 23 1⁄2 inches. Painting is in good condition - please contact us for a detailed condition report. About the Artist: Born Mexico 1874 Died 1965 Born in 1874, Saldaña grew up at Rancho Neuvo in Mexico. In 1950, at the age of 76, he began attending children's art classes at the Denver Art Museum. For the next fitfteen years, Saldaña Imaginatively documented whimsical memories from his childhood in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, portraying ranch life, landscapes, and his great love of animals. The prolific artist painted every day, completing a new piece about every three days and amassing an impressive body of work for the former cook at the Denver landmark, the Brown Palace Hotel. Saldaña’s vibrant palette and geometric figures are reminiscent of the tapestries of his Mexican heritage and the paintings, primarily in oil, are innocent and endearing. Saldaña is considered to be a outsider artist, a folk artist who is self-taught, whose work is simple, direct, and high personal. Works Held: Denver Art Museum, University of Wyoming Art Museum, The Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, International Folk Art Museum, Neuss In Aberthor Museum, Stedelijk Museum ©David Cook Galleries...

Blue, purple, yellow, and orange abstract oil on masonite painting signed by Mark Travis (1852-2007) painted in 1989. Presented in a custom vintage frame m...

'Arizona' is an oil on canvas painting by Kenneth Warnock Evett (1913-2005) circa 1955. Abstract composition inspired by the American Southwest, painted in shades of pink, lilac, orange, black, and tan. Presented in new hand carved custom frame measuring 33 ¼ x 39 inches image size is 28 ¼ x 34 inches. Painting is in good condition - please contact us for a detailed condition report. About the Artist: Born Colorado, 1913 Died New York, 2005 Born in Loveland, Colorado, Kenneth Warnock Evett was a muralist. Evett preferred to work with watercolors and oils. He graduated from Colorado State College with a B.A. in 1935, and from Colorado College with an M.A. in 1939. He also studied at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center under Boardman Robinson, George Biddle, Henry Varnum Poor, and Peppino Mangravite from 1937 to 1940. In the 1930s, Evett was commissioned to paint murals at post offices in Golden, Colorado. Evett’s work was exhibited at the Denver Art Museum in 1936. In the late 1940’s and early 1950’s, Evett’s work was exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1954, Evett won the national competition for painting three murals in the Nebraska State Capitol rotunda. Evett’s work was exhibited at the Norfolk Museum in the 1960’s, and in 1968, his work won awards at the Rochester Museum and the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute. Evett had ten solo shows at the Kraushaar Gallery in New York City from 1948-1981. In the early 1980’s, Evett’s work was exhibited at the National Museum of American Art (Smithsonian). Evett was an art critic for the New Republic magazine from 1972-1977. He wrote essays on art, architecture, and The New Realism. He also wrote for "The Bookpress" in the mid-1990s. He taught at Cornell University from 1948-1970, and became a professor of art Emeritus. Evett was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1994. Exhibited: Denver Art Mus., 1936; PAFA, 1947-48, 1953; WMAA, 1947, 1952-54; MMA, 1953; CGA Biennial, 1953; AIC, 1954; Norfolk Mus., 1966; Rochester Mus., 1968 (drawing prize); Munson-Williams-Proctor Inst., 1968 (purchase prize); Kraushaar Gal., NYC, 1970s. Works held: WPA mural, USPO, Horton, KS; Montclair Mus., NJ; Colorado Springs FAC; Munson-Williams-Proctor Inst., Utica, NY; Andrew Dickson White Mus., Cornell Univ., NY; Univ. Arizona. Commissions: three murals for rotunda of Nebraska State Capital, 1954. Further Reading: Pikes Peak Vision: The Broadmoor Art Academy, 1919-1945. The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center: Colorado Springs, 1989.; Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Vol. I. Peter Hastings Falk, Georgia Kuchen and Veronica Roessler, eds.,Sound View Press, Madison, Connecticut, 1999. 3 Vols. ©David Cook Galleries...