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"Phlox"
By Cora S. Brooks
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to offer this work by Cora S. Brooks (1885 - 1930).
Cora S. Brooks was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1885. Her father, Edward F. Brooks, was the General Superintendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1902, her family moved to Lansdowne, PA. She attended the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now the Moore College of Art & Design). Brooks specialized in flower still lives, but also was known to paint landscapes, and do an occasional portrait. She was one of the founding members of the Philadelphia Ten, a group of women artists who emerged out of the Philadelphia art...
Category
1920s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Small 2 Rods
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Inscribed with artist's number on base
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Spray Sound Sculpture
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Val Bertoia (b. 1949)
Val Bertoia was born in Santa Monica, California in 1949 to the artist, Harry Bertoia and his wife, Brigitta Valentiner. The family relocated to Pennsylvania in the 1950s where Bertoia has lived and worked since. In the1960s, Bertoia attended the Indiana Institute of Technology in Fort Wayne, Indiana. After his release from the US Army in Fort Dix, NJ, Bertoia returned to Pennsylvania and began to work at Bertoia Studio with his father. Val worked extensively with his father from 1972 to 1978.
The two primarily worked on his father’s Sound Sculpture...
Category
20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
23" Sound Sculpture
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Inscribed with artist's number on base
Category
20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Copper Wall Relief
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Val Bertoia (b. 1949)
Val Bertoia was born in Santa Monica, California in 1949 to the artist, Harry Bertoia and his wife, Brigitta Valentiner. The family relocated to Pennsylvania i...
Category
1990s Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Copper
50 Rods on a Curve
By Val Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Inscribed with artist's number on base
Category
20th Century Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
"Valentine's Day II"
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Lamar Briggs (1935 – 2015)
Abstract artist, Lamar Briggs, was born November 13, 1935 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He initially attended the University of Southern Louisiana for architecture before transferring to the University of Houston in pursuit of painting. He eventually graduated from the Colorado Institute of Art in 1960 and was later inducted into their Hall of Fame in 2005. After graduating, Briggs returned to Houston and began working as a graphic designer and associate art director at KTRK-TV, Channel 13...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
"Valentine's Day I"
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Lamar Briggs (1935 – 2015)
Abstract artist, Lamar Briggs, was born November 13, 1935 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He initially attended the University of Southern Louisiana for architec...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
"Carioca No. 1"
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Lamar Briggs (1935 – 2015)
Abstract artist, Lamar Briggs, was born November 13, 1935 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He initially attended the University of Southern Louisiana for architec...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Panel
"Lime Stick"
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Lamar Briggs (1935 – 2015)
Abstract artist, Lamar Briggs, was born November 13, 1935 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He initially attended the University of Southern Louisiana for architec...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Coco and Blue Moon" (Diptych)
By Lamar Briggs
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Lamar Briggs (1935 – 2015)
Abstract artist, Lamar Briggs, was born November 13, 1935 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He initially attended the University of Southern Louisiana for architec...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
"Winter Moonlight"
By George William Sotter
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Period frame
Framed dimensions are 30" x 34" x 2"
Signed & dated lower right
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"River Village"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville is proud to offer this painting by Faye Swengel Badura (1904 – 1991).
Faye Swengel Badura was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1904. She began her art studies at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1923, under the tutelage of Daniel Garber. While there, Swengel Badura was put in charge of selecting Academy students to receive scholarships for studies at the Barnes Foundation...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Girl in Pareu"
By RAD Miller
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Robert Alexander Darrah “R.A.D.” Miller (1905 - 1966)
Robert Alexander Darrah Miller, called “RAD” by his friends, was born in Philadelphia. He enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1923 to 1927 under the tutelage of Daniel Garber. In 1928, Miller moved to Bucks County where he would meet and marry Celia Belden Marshall, daughter of Dr. George M. Marshall, who at that time owned the Phillips Mill property.
Nearly a year later, in 1929, a committee headed by artist, William Lathrop, negotiated to purchase the Mill property from Dr. Marshall for the purpose of holding art exhibitions. Thus, the Phillips Mill Art Association was formed. RAD Miller was a regular exhibitor at the Phillips Mill with the traditional New Hope Impressionists. Many of the original founders of the New Hope Art Colony, set in their ways, frowned upon the concept of modernist painting. A decision was made by the Association to not include the growing group of modernist painters in the area to exhibit with them at Phillips Mill. Although clearly not a traditional impressionist, Miller was not being excluded with the others, largely because his father-in-law formerly owned the mill and was one of the Association’s board of directors. RAD was sympathetic to his fellow modernists. In 1933, he was one of the original members of the Independents, a group formed for modernist artists who chose to embark on a more non-traditional creative path. They would exhibit in tandem with the Impressionists but at different locations.
Around the time of his arrival to New Hope in 1928, Miller struck up a friendship with Thomas Hart Benton, and in 1932 he worked under Benton on a mural project. RAD’s paintings...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Flowering Cactus"
By Gershon Benjamin
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville is proud to present this artwork by Gershon Benjamin (1899 – 1985)
An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and urban scenes, Gershon Benja...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Delaware Water Gap"
By Lloyd Raymond Ney
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964)
Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
"Valley Creek, Oley Valley"
By Peter Sculthorpe
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's Of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by Peter Sculthorpe (b. 1948)
Born in Ontario, Canada in 1948, Peter Sculthorpe displayed signs of artistic talent as a child th...
Category
Late 20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Pink Vase with Flowers"
By James Lechay
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
James Lechay (1907 – 2001)
Born in the Bronx in 1907, James Lechay spent most of his childhood in Brooklyn before moving to Joilet, Illinois at age 13 to live with his uncle after his mother passed away. In 1928, he received his B.A. in psychology from the University of Illinois. The next year, he attended one week of graduate school before leaving to study under his brother, the painter Myron Lechay, in New York. At his brother’s studio, James began to associate with other artists of the time such as Milton Avery, Mark Rothko, Arshile Gorky, William Zorach, and Raphael and Moses Soyer. From Myron, James Lechay learned to train his eye to observe natural forms and developed a philosophy dependent upon the relationship built between the artist and the subject.
Lechay became engaged in the social and political issues of Depression-era New York and even joined the social realism movement for a brief time in the 1930s. He operated as the leader of the Artists Union while employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). With the WPA, Lechay traveled to Las Vegas, New Mexico, where he established a gallery and exhibited the works of Milton Avery, Max Weber, and other WPA artists. Despite his association with many artists and artistic communities in New York in the 1930s and 40s, Lechay opposed adopting a style due to its popularity and commercial success. His use, however, of large brushstrokes from Abstract Expressionism, the flattened plane of Modernism, and the simple compositions of early Abstraction created a combination of styles completely his own.
A painter of a vast range of subjects, including still lifes, portraits, and landscapes, Lechay was known to reduce these forms to their visual essentials. Lechay often did not date his paintings as he frequently reworked them, even after they were exhibited, calling his pieces, “finished at all stages and never finished”.
In 1945, Lechay was hired by the University of Iowa’s art department, where he worked alongside Mauricio Lasansky, Humbert Albrizio, Carl Fracassini, and Byron Burford...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Staccato XI"
By Solomon Ethe
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville is proud to present this artwork by Solomon Ethe (1924 – 2019)
Solomon Ethe was born on June 22, 1924. A native New Yorker, he rece...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Staccato I"
By Solomon Ethe
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville is proud to present this artwork by Solomon Ethe (1924 – 2019)
Solomon Ethe was born on June 22, 1924. A native New Yorker, he rece...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Blue Abstraction" (from the Blue I Series)
By Solomon Ethe
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by Solomon Ethe (1924 – 2019)
Solomon Ethe was born on June 22, 1924. A native New Yorker, he rece...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"St Ives From the Quay Cornwall England"
By Hayley Lever
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by Hayley Lever (1875 – 1958)
Born in Adelaide, Australia in 1875, Richard Hayley Lever was best known for his paintings that sy...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Simorgh"
By Solomon Ethe
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by Solomon Ethe (1924 – 2019)
Solomon Ethe was born on June 22, 1924. A native New Yorker, he receiv...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Bottles and Fruit"
By Mercedes Matter
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Mercedes Matter (1913 - 2001)
Born in New York in 1913 to famed Philadelphia Modernist, Arthur B. Carles, Mercedes Matter g...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
"The Session"
By Joseph Meierhans
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Joseph Meierhans (1890 - 1980)
Joseph Meierhans is one of the most important modernist painters associated with Bucks Count...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Dancer"
By Joseph Meierhans
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Joseph Meierhans (1890 - 1980)
Joseph Meierhans is one of the most important modernist painters associated with Bucks Count...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Cyclone"
By Joseph Meierhans
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Joseph Meierhans (1890 - 1980)
Joseph Meierhans is one of the most important modernist painters associated with Bucks Count...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Labrynth"
By Lloyd Raymond Ney
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964)
Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Rain"
By Lloyd Raymond Ney
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964)
Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Red Eye - Green Eye"
By Josef Zenk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Josef Zenk (1904 – 2000)
Josef Zenk was born in New York City in 1904. After graduating from high school, he studied for th...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"The Boot"
By Josef Zenk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Josef Zenk (1904 – 2000)
Josef Zenk was born in New York City in 1904. After graduating from high school, he studied for th...
Category
20th Century Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Hole in One"
By Josef Zenk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Cut Paper Collage
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Josef Zenk (1904 – 2000)
Josef Zenk was born in New York City in 1904. After graduating from high school...
Category
20th Century Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Falls"
By Josef Zenk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Cut Paper Collage
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Josef Zenk (1904 – 2000)
Josef Zenk was born in New York City in 1904. After graduating from high school...
Category
20th Century Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Sailing"
By Josef Zenk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Cut Paper Collage
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Josef Zenk (1904 – 2000)
Josef Zenk was born in New York City in 1904. After graduating from high school...
Category
20th Century Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Energy"
By Lloyd Raymond Ney
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964)
Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Green Colorfield"
By Lloyd Raymond Ney
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964)
Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Seriously!"
By James Lechay
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed lower right
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Rex Ashlock (1918 – 1999)
Born in Spokane, Washington in 1918 Rex Ashlock was known for his abstract, f...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Maroon"
By Rex Ashlock
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed verso
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Rex Ashlock (1918 – 1999)
Born in Spokane, Washington in 1918 Rex Ashlock was known for his abstract, figurat...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The White Boat"
By Rex Ashlock
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed verso
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Rex Ashlock (1918 – 1999)
Born in Spokane, Washington in 1918 Rex Ashlock was known for his abstract, figurat...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Wind"
By Lloyd Raymond Ney
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964)
Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Blue Two"
By Joseph Amar
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Joseph Amar (1954 – 2001)
Joseph Amar was born in Casablanca, Morocco in 1954 to a Sephardic Jewish father and a Spanish mo...
Category
1970s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Red Eight"
By Joseph Amar
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Joseph Amar (1954 – 2001)
Joseph Amar was born in Casablanca, Morocco in 1954 to a Sephardic Jewish father and a Spanish mo...
Category
1970s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Going Down"
By Joseph Amar
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Joseph Amar (1954 – 2001)
Joseph Amar was born in Casablanca, Morocco in 1954 to a Sephardic Jewish father and a Spanish mo...
Category
1970s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"City View"
By James Lechay
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
James Lechay (1907 – 2001)
Born in the Bronx in 1907, James Lechay spent most of his childhood in Brooklyn before moving to Joilet, Illinois at age 13 to live with his uncle after his mother passed away. In 1928, he received his B.A. in psychology from the University of Illinois. The next year, he attended one week of graduate school before leaving to study under his brother, the painter Myron Lechay, in New York. At his brother’s studio, James began to associate with other artists of the time such as Milton Avery, Mark Rothko, Arshile Gorky, William Zorach, and Raphael and Moses Soyer. From Myron, James Lechay learned to train his eye to observe natural forms and developed a philosophy dependent upon the relationship built between the artist and the subject.
Lechay became engaged in the social and political issues of Depression-era New York and even joined the social realism movement for a brief time in the 1930s. He operated as the leader of the Artists Union while employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). With the WPA, Lechay traveled to Las Vegas, New Mexico, where he established a gallery and exhibited the works of Milton Avery, Max Weber, and other WPA artists. Despite his association with many artists and artistic communities in New York in the 1930s and 40s, Lechay opposed adopting a style due to its popularity and commercial success. His use, however, of large brushstrokes from Abstract Expressionism, the flattened plane of Modernism, and the simple compositions of early Abstraction created a combination of styles completely his own.
A painter of a vast range of subjects, including still lifes, portraits, and landscapes, Lechay was known to reduce these forms to their visual essentials. Lechay often did not date his paintings as he frequently reworked them, even after they were exhibited, calling his pieces, “finished at all stages and never finished”.
In 1945, Lechay was hired by the University of Iowa’s art department, where he worked alongside Mauricio Lasansky, Humbert Albrizio, Carl Fracassini, and Byron Burford...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"City"
By Rex Ashlock
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed on verso
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Rex Ashlock (1918 – 1999)
Born in Spokane, Washington in 1918 Rex Ashlock was known for his abstract, figu...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Blue"
By Rex Ashlock
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Rex Ashlock (1918 – 1999)
Born in Spokane, Washington in 1918 Rex Ashlock was known for his abstract, figurative expression...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vertial Sculpture
By Harry Bertoia
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Harry Bertoia (1915 – 1978)
Artist, sound art sculptor, and furniture designer, Harry Bertoia, was born in Italy in 1915 be...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Monoprint
"Contrathemis I"
By Dwinell Grant
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Dwinell Grant (1912 – 1991)
Non-objective artist, Dwinell Grant, was born in Springfield, Ohio in 1912. His interest in the...
Category
1940s Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Pattern"
By Josef Zenk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Josef Zenk (1904-2000)
Josef Zenk was born in New York City in 1904. After graduating from high school, he studied for thre...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Jazz Duet"
By Joseph Meierhans
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Joseph Meierhans (1890 - 1980)
Joseph Meierhans is one of the most important modernist painters associated with Bucks Count...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Black on Black No. 3"
By Lloyd Raymond Ney
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964)
Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Fish"
By Ramstonev (Ramsey/Stone/Evans co-operative)
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Ramstonev Co-operative Project (1937 - 1939)
In the late 1930s, Charles Ramsey became close friends with Charles Evans and ...
Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"House on the Hill"
By Joseph Meierhans
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Joseph Meierhans (1890 - 1980)
Joseph Meierhans is one of the most important modernist painters associated with Bucks Count...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Concentric Squares"
By Josef Zenk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Cut Paper Collage
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Josef Zenk (1904-2000)
Josef Zenk was born in New York City in 1904. After graduating from high school, ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
"Pink Dot"
By Rex Ashlock
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Rex Ashlock (1918 – 1999)
Born in Spokane, Washington in 1918 Rex Ashlock was known for his abstract, figurative expression...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Yellow"
By Rex Ashlock
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Rex Ashlock (1918 – 1999)
Born in Spokane, Washington in 1918 Rex Ashlock was known for his abstract, figurative expression...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Bottle & Glasses"
By James Lechay
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
James Lechay (1907 – 2001)
Born in the Bronx in 1907, James Lechay spent most of his childhood in Brooklyn before moving to Joilet, Illinois at age 13 to live with his uncle after his mother passed away. In 1928, he received his B.A. in psychology from the University of Illinois. The next year, he attended one week of graduate school before leaving to study under his brother, the painter Myron Lechay, in New York. At his brother’s studio, James began to associate with other artists of the time such as Milton Avery, Mark Rothko, Arshile Gorky, William Zorach, and Raphael and Moses Soyer. From Myron, James Lechay learned to train his eye to observe natural forms and developed a philosophy dependent upon the relationship built between the artist and the subject.
Lechay became engaged in the social and political issues of Depression-era New York and even joined the social realism movement for a brief time in the 1930s. He operated as the leader of the Artists Union while employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). With the WPA, Lechay traveled to Las Vegas, New Mexico, where he established a gallery and exhibited the works of Milton Avery, Max Weber, and other WPA artists. Despite his association with many artists and artistic communities in New York in the 1930s and 40s, Lechay opposed adopting a style due to its popularity and commercial success. His use, however, of large brushstrokes from Abstract Expressionism, the flattened plane of Modernism, and the simple compositions of early Abstraction created a combination of styles completely his own.
A painter of a vast range of subjects, including still lifes, portraits, and landscapes, Lechay was known to reduce these forms to their visual essentials. Lechay often did not date his paintings as he frequently reworked them, even after they were exhibited, calling his pieces, “finished at all stages and never finished”.
In 1945, Lechay was hired by the University of Iowa’s art department, where he worked alongside Mauricio Lasansky, Humbert Albrizio, Carl Fracassini, and Byron Burford...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Modern Woman"
By Joseph Meierhans
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Joseph Meierhans (1890 - 1980)
Joseph Meierhans is one of the most important modernist painters associated with Bucks Count...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Machinery"
By Lloyd Raymond Ney
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964)
Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
"4 Leaf Clover"
By Josef Zenk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Josef Zenk (1904-2000)
Josef Zenk was born in New York City in 1904. After graduating from high school, he studied for thre...
Category
20th Century Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
