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Angel I (Leatherman Erotic Fetish painting)
By Patrick Terenchin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Patrick Terenchin (b.1970).
Angel I, 2024.
Oil, acrylic, color pencil on wood panel.
Image measuring 12 x 12 inches.
Signed, titled, dated on verso.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
Angel II (Leatherman Erotic Fetish painting)
By Patrick Terenchin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Patrick Terenchin (b.1970).
Angel II, 2024.
Oil, acrylic, color pencil on wood panel.
Image measuring 12 x 12 inches.
Signed, titled, dated on verso.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
Angel III (Leatherman Erotic Fetish painting)
By Patrick Terenchin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Patrick Terenchin (b.1970).
Angel III, 2024.
Oil, acrylic, color pencil on wood panel.
Image measuring 12 x 12 inches.
Signed, titled, dated on verso.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
Angel IV (Leatherman Fetish painting)
By Patrick Terenchin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Patrick Terenchin (b.1970).
Angel IV, 2024.
Oil, acrylic, color pencil on wood panel.
Image measuring 12 x 12 inches.
Signed, titled, dated on verso.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Wood
Ernest Hemingway Magazine Illustration portrait Drawing
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gerry Gersten (1927-2017).
Ernest Hemingway, ca. 1980. Pencil on vellum sheets mounted to illustration board. Panel measures 16 x 20 inches.
Gerry Gersten (October 17, 1927 – Janu...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Chicago Untitled Abstract Expressionist oil painting
By Hans Hofmann
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful mid-century modern abstract expressionist oil painting by unknown artist.
Oil on line canvas, ca. 1950's.
Measuring 30 x 36 inches; 36 x 41 inches framed. Chicago art sup...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Magazine Illustration portrait Drawing
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gerry Gersten (1927-2017).
Sylvester Stallone (as Rocky), ca. 1970's. Pencil on vellum paper, image measures 15 x 20 inches.
Gerry Gersten (October 17, 1927 – January 12, 2017) wa...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Ronald Reagan Magazine Illustration portrait Drawing
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gerry Gersten (1927-2017).
Ronald Reagan, 1983. Pencil on vellum paper, image measures 9 x 12 inches.
Gerry Gersten (October 17, 1927 – January 12, 2017) was a political caricatur...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Philip Johnson AT&T Building Magazine Illustration Painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gerry Gersten (1927-2017).
Philip Johnson, ca. 1984. Gouache, watercolor and pencil on vellum paper, image measures 6 5/8 x 10 3/4 inches.
Studio stamp on verso. Vellum sheet glue...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
$600 Sale Price
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Mick Jagger 1977 Magazine Illustration portrait Drawing
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gerry Gersten (1927-2017).
Mick Jagger, 1977. Pencil on vellum paper. Sheet measures 10.25 x 13.75 inches,
Vellum sheet glued down to backing board measuring 10.75 x 16 inches.
M...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Dian Fossey Magazine Illustration Painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gerry Gersten (1927-2017).
Dian Fossey, ca. 1980. Gouache, watercolor and pencil on vellum paper, image measures 9 x 11 inches.
Studio stamp on verso. Vellum sheet glued down to b...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
French Barbizon era French Realist Woman in an Interior
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful 1881 French Realist painting depicts a your woman knitting by an open window.
Oil on wood panel measuring 16.25 x 10.5 inches.
Signed and dated lower left. Unframed.
P...
Category
Late 19th Century Barbizon School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Old Masters European Antique Oval Portrait of a Woman
By (After) Peter Paul Rubens
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful portrait of a young woman in the manner of Peter Paul Rubens.
Oil on oval canvas measuring 12 7/8 x 16 inches. Unsigned.
Canvas was originally painted for rectangular for...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Ancestor Worship (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Ancestor Worship, 1971.
Pen and ink drawing.
4 w. x 6 h. inches,
Signed and dated lower right.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on Jul...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Readiness (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Readiness, 1971.
Pen and ink drawing.
4 w. x 6 h. inches,
Signed and dated lower right.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 19...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Ancestor Worship II (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Ancestor Worship II, 1971
Ink on paper, 4 × 5.5 inches.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only c...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Liberace Pianist Cartoon Caricature illustration painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gerry Gersten (1927-2017).
Liberace, 1984. Gouache, watercolor and pencil on vellum paper. Imabe measures 17 x 19 inches.
Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. Unframed and hin...
Category
1980s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Land's End (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Land’s End, 1971
Ink on paper, 3.25 × 5 inches
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Ali...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Anthem (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Anthem, 1972.
Ink on Paper, 4.75 × 7 inches.
Signed and dated.
Measuring 12 × 16 inches in acid-free matting.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Pleasure Function (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Pleasure Function, 1972.
Ink on paper, 7 × 7 inches (image). Sheet measures an irregular 10 × 10 inches.
Signed and dated.
Acid-free matting measuring ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Hesitation Blues (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Hesitation Blues, 1968.
Ink on paper, 12 × 8.5 inches.
Signed and dated.
Measuring 14 × 18 inches in acid-free matting.
Artist and art educator, Ro...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Family Tree (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Family Tree, 1968
Ink on paper.
10.5 × 8 inches; 14 × 18 inches in acid-free matting.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was bor...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Balerina (Ballet dancer woman portrait)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful painting of a ballet dancer.
Oil on masonite panel, measuring 9 x 12 inches.
Titled and dated 2/54 on verso.
Signed "Degas" lower right.
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sandstone head of Buddha, Khmer, Angkor period, post-Bayon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful Khmer head of Buddha. Angkor period, style of the post-Bayon. 14th century. Carved sandstone. Height 12 5/8 inches, width 5 5/8 inches, profile 5 ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Sandstone
Homecoming (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Homecoming, 1971.
Ink on paper, 4 1/8 × 6 7/8 inches.
Signed and dated.
Small toning stain left margin.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
The Bird Told Me (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
The Bird Told Me (Who Told You?), 1972.
Ink on paper, 5 × 7 inches.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Our Home (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Our Home, 1971.
Ink on paper. 4.5 × 6 7/8 inches.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Pyramid Mysteries (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Pyramid Mysteries, 1970.
Ink on illustration board, 13.5 × 9.75 inches.
Signed and dated. Titled on verso.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled (Miles Davis) (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Untitled (Sad Shit), 1969.
Ink on illustration board. Panel measures 15 × 13 inches.
Unfinished composition on verso.
Artist and art educator, Roland ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Aerial Circus Series (Ed Henderson), (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Aerial Circus Series (Ed Henderson), 1971.
Ink on paper, 11.75 × 16.5 inches.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Spring (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Spring, 1972.
Ink on paper, 9.75 × 13.5 inches.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Ali...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Nude Woman (Pop Art painting)
By Tom Wesselmann
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful ca. 1970s Pop Art painting of a reclining nude woman based on Tom Wesselmann's 1968 screenprint, Nude with Still Life.
Oil on canvas, 30 x 36 inches.
Custom welded stee...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Persian Morning II (Abstract expressionist mid-century Indiana artist painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Mary Ann Robertson (1923-1911).
Persian Morning II, 1964.
Oil and paper on canvas.
25 x 36 1/2 inches. overall frame size 37 1/2 x 26 inches.
notes: Nashville, IN woman artist....
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Handmade Paper
Interior (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Untited (From Aerial Circus Series), 1972.
Ink on paper, 4.5 inches diameter.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Interior (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Interior, 1973.
Ink on paper, 7.5 inches diameter.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Aery Kingdom (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Aery Kingdom, WIngs of Cloud, 1971
Ink on illustration board, panel measuring 19.5 × 25.5 inches.
Artist label on verso. Signed and dated.
Artist and a...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Jazz Trio (Black Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
The Split Second After, ca. 1959
Lithograph on paper, image measuring 14 × 18 inches. Sheet measuring 18 × 23 inches.
Unframed. Minor staining of sheet...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
Death of the Virgin (Old Master drawing)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Old Master drawing, Death of the Virgin Surrounded by Apostles, ca. 17th century.
Ink pen and wash on paper. Sheet measuring 11 x 15.5 inches. Framed measurement: 18.5 x 23.5 inches...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Untitled (Organic abstract bronze sculpture)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Klaus Ihlenfeld (b.1934)
Untitled (Flower Form), sculpted phosphor bronze-coated copper sounding sculpture, early 1970s.
Exhibited: Klaus Ihlenfeld - Recent Sculpture at Albright College - Campus Center Gallery from Feb. 18 - March 18, 1973.. Welded bronze. 15 h x 12.5 inches w. Signed with initial on base.
Provenance: Albright College Museum collection.
Excellent condition.
Klaus Karl Otto Ihlenfeld. He was born in Berlin, Germany in 1934. He studied art at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste and completed graduate work with the metal sculptor Hans Uhlmann. He visited the US in 1957 for the first time living in Durham, NC, where he befriended Dr. W. R. Valentiner, the Rembrandt authority and Director of the Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC. Through this friendship in 1960 he met and worked with the metal sculptor Harry Bertoia in Barto, PA.
He joined the Staempfli Gallery in NYC and entered in many group and one-man shows. He has been an Artist-in-Residence in Ogden, Utah; Huntington Museum of Art in West Virginia, Penn State University at University Park; the Colorado State University in Denver; and Shippensburg University. He has large commissions at Kutztown University, Pottstown Hospital, and a monumental relief sculpture at the Emigrant Savings Bank in NYC. He has traveled extensively in Spain, Greece, and Mexico. He is living and working on a farm in Barto, PA welding bronze and forged iron metal sculptures and painting watercolors.
Group Shows:
North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, NC - 1957
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City - 1962
Staempfli Gallery in New York City - 1962, 1964 and 1965
Gallery Ludwig Lange in West Berlin, Germany - 1977
Gallery Herbert Remmert and Dr. Barth in Dusseldorf in West Germany - 1981
Jack Savitt Gallery in Macungie, PA - 1981 and 1984
Heinz Ortleb Gallery, West Berlin, Germany - 1992
Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce Show at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, PA - 1997
Berks Art Alliance Show at the Reading Art Museum in Reading, PA - 1997
Mayfair Festival of the Arts at the Allentown Art Museum - 1998
Baum School of Art in Allentown, PA - 1997
Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center Art Show in Pennsburg, PA - 2001
Reading Public Museum in Reading PA, 2014
Solo Shows:
Kutztown University in Kutztown, PA - 1960 and 1965
Allentown Art Museum in Allentown, PA - 1960 and 1961
Staempfli Gallery in New York City - 1962
Penn State University in University Park, PA - 1964 and 1972
Berks Art Alliance in Wyomissing, PA - 1966
Bertha Eccles Art Center in Ogden, Utah - 1967
Mansfield University in Mansfield, PA - 1967
Huntington Museum of Art in Huntington, WV - 1971
Shippensburg University in Shippensburg, PA - 1972
Albright College in Reading, PA - 1973
Ianuzzi Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ - 1974
Gallery Heimat 85 in West Berlin, Germany - 1977
Jack Savitt Gallery in Macungie, PA - 1981
College Misericordia in Dallas, PA - 1983
Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center in Pennsburg, PA, 2013
Periodical Reference:
Kaye, Ellen "The Obsessive Collector," Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine Sptember 21, 1986 pp. 32-33.
Chronology:
1-30-1934 Born in Berlin, Germany. Father, Kurt Ihlenfeld, Lutheran pastor, novelist, critic and publisher was born in 1901 in Colmar, Alsace Lorain. Mother, Annie Stuhlmann, was born in 1905 in Breslau, Lower Silesia.
1940 - 1950 Public schools in Berlin; Löwen, Lower Silesia; Coswig, Radebeul, Glaubitz, Saxony. Königin Luise-Gymnasium in Dahlem, Berlin. First artworks, drawings and paintings; few sculptures.
1950 - 1956 Studied at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in West Berlin, Germany. Graduate work with metal sculptor Hans Uhlmann. For 2 years maintained own studio at the Academy. Friendship with writer Günter Grass, and painter F. S. Sonnenstern. Met painters: Max Pechstein, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Carl Hofer, Max Kaus, and sculptors: Bernhard Heiliger, Renee Sintenis, and Richard Scheibe. Opened own gallery in the Kurfürstendam area of Berlin.
1954 Traveled to West Germany, France, Barcelona, Spain (Balearic Islands), and Menorca for 3 months.
1957 First visit to the United States in Durham, NC. Participated in a group show at the Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC. Friendship with Dr. W. R. Valentiner, the Rembrandt authority and Director of the Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC. Work with metal sculptor Harry Bertoia in Bally, PA. Started own metal sculptures in Bertoia Studio. Traveled to Mexico and throughout the US. Visited Monte Alban, and Mitla-Oaxaca. Started collecting works of pre-Columbian art. Also African and South Pacific works of art and the works of children.
1958 Returned to West Berlin, Germany to open own workshop and gallery. Cooperation with his brother Bertram Ihlenfeld and brother-in-law, violinist Heinz Ortleb. Precise metal sculptures in various medias.
1959: Motion picture of the development of sculptures: Spiel in Stahl (Play in Steel), filmed by Dr. Hans Cürlis shown at the Bergamo Film Festival in Italy, in West Germany, and German Embassies in South America.
1960 Second visit to the United States. Cooperation with sculptor Harry Bertoia in Bally, PA. Friendship with Brigitta Valentiner Bertoia. Worked on large commissions. Met painter Willem DeKoonig, gallerist Georg W. Staempfli in New York City, and furniture maker George Nakashima in New Hope, PA. First one-man show of sculptures at Kutztown State College, Kutztown, PA. One-man show of sculptures at the Allentown Museum of Art under Director Hirsch.
1961 Traveled and studied archeological sites in Mexico (Monte Alban, Mitla-Oaxaca; Colima, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Patzcuaro, etc.). Collected pre-Columbian art in Mexico and New York City. Second one-man show at the Allentown Museum of Art (sculptures) under Director Caldwell.
1962 One-man show at Staempfli Gallery in New York City. Participated in various group shows at the gallery: "Twenty Sculptors" and "Recent Acquisitions". Met artists Marcel Duchamp and Salvador Dali; sculptors Alexander Calder and Alexander Lieberman. Participated in a major exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City entitled "Modern Sculpture from the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Collection".
1963 Married Patricia A. Lambert of Springfield, PA. Harry Bertoia was their best man.
1964 One-man show at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA and a group show "Stone, Wood and Metal" at Staemplfi Gallery in New York City. First child, Paul Vincent born.
1965 Entered group show at Staempfli Gallery "Stone and Crystal". One-man show of graphics at Kutztown State Teachers College in Kutztown, PA. One-man show at Wyomissing Art Alliance, Reading, PA.
1966 Commissioned for a fountain sculpture at Kutztown State Teachers College, Kutztown, PA. Birth of twins, Phillip Sydney and Naomi Andrea.
1967 Artist-in-Residence at the Bertha Eccles Art Center, Ogden, Utah (received a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts). Met sculptor Larry Elsner. One-man show at Mansfield State College, Mansfield, PA. Fourth child born, Douglas Robinson.
1968 - 1969 Commissioned to create a large relief sculpture for the Emigrant Savings Bank at 5 East 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York City entitled: Heavenly Bodies, 250 ft. X 32 ft. (weighing 8 tons). Moved to the estate "Iron Masters Mansion", Barto, PA.
1970 - 1971 Artist-in-Residence at the Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV (received a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts). One-man show at the Huntington Museum of Art. A movie was made of the exhibition by the Huntington Television Station. Met A. Moretti, sculptor of glass figures. One-man show at the old Sears and Roebuck mansion in Haverford, PA.
1971 - 1972 Artist-in-Residence at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (received a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts). Classes for drawing and experimental sculpture. One-man show at the Chambers Building and the Hetzel Union Building. Also Artist-in-Residence at Shippensburg State College, Shippensburg, PA. Commissioned to execute a sculpture for the new Library at the Shippensburg State College. Death of father, Kurt Ihlenfeld.
1973 Invitation to lecture and work with sculpture classes at Colorado State University, Denver, Colorado. One-man show at Albright College, Reading, PA.
1974 - 1976 Years of increased studies and work. Acquisition of a farm in Barto, PA. Built a new workshop. Works and lives with his wife and four children at the Barto, PA farm. New sculptures in iron, bronze, brass and wood. Traveled to Belgium, West Germany and Switzerland. One-man show at Gallery Heimat 85, West Berlin, Germany. One-man show at the Ianuzzi Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona. Friendship with sculptor Tom Althouse and paintress Jane Mitchell.
1977 - 1981 Traveled to West Berlin. Works exhibited at Gallery Heimat 85, West Berlin. Also exhibited at Gallery Ludwig Lange. New workshop opened at parent's house in West Berlin. Many sculptures in steel, iron and bronze, some are represented at the Gallery Herbert Remmert and Dr. Barth, Düsseldorf, West Germany. Visited the Island of Korfu in Greece. New graphics. First visit to Italy. A fire at the farm destroyed two buildings, also 38 sculptures (created from 1950 to 1979), reliefs, graphics, correspondences, and various art collections.
1981 - 1984 One-man show and group shows at the Jack Savitt Gallery, Macungie, PA. One-man show at Misericordia College, Dallas, PA.
1984 - 1985 Change of direction. Painting in watercolor dominates sculptural work. Also greater interest in collecting other artists' work. One-man show at the James A. Caplan estate in Villanova, PA.
1989 Represented in the June 1989 Colonial Homes magazine. The article and photographs described the artist's life and his collections.
1992 Traveled to Europe, mainly living and working in Germany and Belgium. One-man show in Liegé, Belgium. Sculptures, drawings and paintings shown at the Heinz Ortleb Gallery, Berlin. Death of mother, Annie Ihlenfeld, in Berlin.
1994 - 1996 Restored a large barn at the farm with his son Phillip for extensive art collections and completed sculptures. Created sculpture garden at farm.
1996 Created many new bronze and brass sculptures during the winter months. Participated in the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce Sculpture Show. Study tour to Bermuda with his wife. The semi-tropical plants and landscapes inspired new works.
1997: Traveled, study-tour, to St. Lucia, near Martinique, in the West Indies with his wife. This tropical environment was most inspiring. Participated in the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce Sculpture Show at the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown from June 13 to September 7, 1997.
1998 Entered the Berks County Art Alliance juried art show in the fall at the Reading Art Museum, Reading, PA.
1999 Travels and studies with family members of ruins near Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico (Monte Alban, Mitla, Dainzu, Teotitlan del Valle, Lambityeco, San Jose El Mogote, Yagul), the Rufino Tamayo Museum of Pre-Columbian Art, and the Regional Museum of Anthropology in Oaxaca City, in May. This is one of the most productive years in metal sculpting - forged iron and steel (many large scale works) all welded, new watercolors and art acquisitions.
2000 Sculptures entered in the Baum School Art Auction, Allentown, PA.
2001 Entered a group show of sculpture and paintings at the Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center, Pennsburg, PA. Continues to create new sculptures in iron, bronze, brass and wood. Also has continued to produce a wide variety of watercolor & other graphics large and small.
2002 Study tour to the Key West, Cozumel, Tulum, Belize and Nassau. Continues to produce many sculptures in bronze and iron.
2003 - 2004 Visited Niagara Falls, the Finger Lakes, Thousand Islands, Rockport, Maine and Concord, Massachusetts. Many inspirations for water colors and sculptures.
2005 - Exploring Maryland during the summer. First grandchild born in July, which was an extraordinary event. Painting many watercolors and continuing to work in forged iron.
2006
Sculptures entered in the PA Sinfonia Orchestra Art Auction, Allentown, PA. Continues to produce a wide variety of watercolors and bronze sculptures. Acquired over 200 African artifacts. Sculptures sold at David Rago Auctions...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Landscape
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Landscape, 1968.
Ink on illustration board, 19 × 23 inches.
Signed and dated
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled, (Aerial Circus Series)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Untitled, (Aerial Circus Series), 1968.
Ink on Strathmore illustration board, 27 × 30 inches.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled Landscape 2
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Untitled (Landscape 2), 1968
Ink on paper.
30 × 28 inches.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Alice and...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Go Hard (Pool Party)
By Patrick Terenchin
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Patrick Terenchin (b.1970).
Go Hard (Pool Party), 2025
Oil, acrylic, color pencil on wood panel.
Depicted are three young men at a Wilton Manors pool party. Each is managing his ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Earth River Flowing (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Earth River Flowing, 1979-86.
Ink on paper, 22 ¾ x 15 7/8 inches; measuring 22 × 28 inches in matting.
Signed and dated.
Exhibition History: Roland Ay...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Peaceful Island (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Peaceful Island, 1968.
17 inches diameter on a panel measuring 19 × 23 inches.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on Jul...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
The Grasses (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
The Grasses: Vision of the Voodoo Child, ca. 1970
Ink on paper, 17 × 22. Measuring 22 × 28 inches in matting.
Artist initials lower left. Original artis...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Time Shelters Memories: Doors (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Time Shelters Memories: Doors, 1975
Ink on paper, 23 × 29 inches. Measuring 29 × 35 inches in acid free matting.
Signed and dated.
Exhibited: Woodmere ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Parade (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Parade, 1960
Drypoint Etching, 5.5 × 17.75 inches.
Signed, titled and dated by the artist in pencil, lower margin.
Small tear, left margin which exte...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
Empirial Message (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
The Emperial Message, 1959.
Drypoint Etching on paper, 15 × 17 ¾ inches. Larger in acid free archival matting. No Frame.
A/P (no edition, unique examp...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
Amsterdam (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Surrealist proto-Afropunk drawing by African-American artist, Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Amsterdam, 1967.
Ink on paper, 9.5 × 12.5 inches; 16 × 19 inches framed.
Signed and dated,...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting
By Desmond McLean
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Desmond Mclean (1929-2015).
Untitled, ca. 1960.
Mixed media on paper.
Sheet measuring 12 x 16 inches. Unframed.
Born: Ireland
Studied: Heatherly School of Art, London; American ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Color Pencil
Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting
By Desmond McLean
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Desmond Mclean (1929-2015).
Untitled, ca. 1960.
Mixed media on paper.
Sheet measuring 12.5 x 19 inches. Unframed.
Born: Ireland
Studied: Heatherly School of Art, London; America...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Color Pencil
Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting
By Desmond McLean
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Desmond Mclean (1929-2015).
Untitled, ca. 1960.
Mixed media on paper.
Sheet measuring 12.5 x 19 inches. Unframed.
Born: Ireland
Studied: Heatherly School of Art, London; America...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Color Pencil
Abstract Expressionist Dancers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Dancers, 1978. Gouache, watercolor and ink on paper, sheet measures 12 x 14.25 inches; 12 1/2 x 17 5/8 inches mounted on cardboard. Signed, dated and t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Hand with White Rose
By Bernard Buffet
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Stunning image of a hand holding a white rose.
Oil on linen canvas, measuring 13 x 16 inches. Unframed.
European stretcher, probably French but possibly Italian.
The piece is uns...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting
By Desmond McLean
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Desmond Mclean (1929-2015).
Untitled, ca. 1960.
Mixed media on paper.
Sheet measuring 13 x 16.25 inches. Unframed.
Born: Ireland
Studied: Heatherly School of Art, London; Americ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache, Color Pencil
Untitled (hard-edge abstract painting)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Budd Hopkins (1931-2011). Abstract, 1968. Oil on canvas, 30 x 52 inches; 31 x 53 inches framed. Signed and dated lower margin. Provenance: Timothy Collins (1940-2017), Palo Alto, CA...
Category
1960s Hard-Edge Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Glamorous Young Woman Illustration
By Jon Whitcomb
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Attributed to Jon Whitcomb (1906-1988)
Illustration of Glamorous Young Woman, ca. 1950's.
Tempera on illustration board, image measuring 9 x 13 inches.
Board measuring 15 x 20 inc...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Portrait of an Edwardian Dandy (Man)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Portrait of an Edwardian Dandy Gentleman, 2003.
Acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20 inches.
Signed with monogram and dated lower right.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
A Garden for Orpheus
By (after) Paul Klee
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Paul Klee
A Garden for Orpheus, ca. 1950s
Lithograph on Arches paper, sheet measuring 19.75 x 25.5 inches.
Unframed.
Minor acidification of paper where old matting covered paper...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph