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Heidelberg
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Heidelberg" 1928 is an original color etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower center by the artist and titled, dated November 19 1928 in the plate. The plate mark (image) size is 13 x 10.25 inches, framed is 21.65 x 17.25 inches. It is custom framed in a dark wood frame, with light creme color matting and dark silver filet. It is in excellent condition.
Luigi Kasimir was born in 1881 at Pettau, today Ptuj, Slovenia, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. He inherited his talent from his ancestors; his grandfather was a painter and a poet, and his father an officer in the Habsburg army, who later became a professional painter. Kasimir attended the Vienna Academy of Art where he studied under Wilhelm Unger, who introduced him to the technique of the coloured etching, and also to his future wife, the artist Tanna Hoernes.[1] He died in 1962 in Grinzing, a suburb of Vienna.Kasimir was among the first to develop the technique of the coloured etching. Before this, prints were usually hand-coloured with the colour being applied in a casual, haphazard manner. Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the plate, all done by hand.
Kasimir is mainly famous for his etchings, but he also produced some oil painting, as well as some pastels. One of his favourite genres was the landscape, or veduta. He demonstrated a predisposition street scenes, and tourist landmarks. He depicted places from all over Europe, mainly Italy, Austria, and Germany. He also travelled to the United States to do a series of etchings of famous sights ranging from urban landmarks such as New York City skyscrapers, to natural wonders like Yosemite Valley. Luigi Kasimir’s etchings...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Six Birds
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Six Birds" c.1990, is an acrylic painting on canvas by Mexican artist Gustavo Martinez, b.1941. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is ...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Liberated Village
By William Gropper
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Liberated Village" c. 1940, is an original lithograph on paper by noted American artist William Gropper, 1897-1977. It is hans signed and titled in pencil by the artist. The artwork (image) size is 12 x 16.5 inches, framed size is 20.25 x 24.25 inches. Custom framed in a black metal frame, with off white matting. It is in excellent condition.
An example of this particular artwork is held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
About the artist:
William Gropper was born in New York City's Lower East Side in 1897. He was the first of six children to parents who earned small wages working in sweatshops. At the age of fourteen, Gropper left school to help support his family. While carrying bolts of cloth for his deliveries, Gropper began to draw on scraps of paper, sidewalks, and walls. A passerby saw some of these drawings and invited Gropper to attend a life-drawing class at the Ferrer School. He studied there for three years from 1912 to 1915, attending classes taught by Robert Henri and George Bellows. From 1915 to 1918 Gropper attended the New York School of Fine and Applied Art part-time on scholarship. Gropper also won a scholarship to the National Academy of Design, but remained as a student for only a short time; the rigid and systematic institution conflicted with Gropper's belief in the personal nature of art.
At the New York School of Fine and Applied Art, Gropper earned several prizes. One of these prizes was for his cartoons, which led him to be hired by the New York Tribune in 1917 to sketch for their features. A few years later through freelance work, his cartoons and drawings appeared in other newspapers and magazines, such as The Liberator, The New Masses...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Two Men with an Antelope
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Two Men with an Antelope" c.2000, is an original acrylic paint mixed media on paper by noted Swiss artist Francois Burland b.1958. The subject size (Sheet size) is 19.25 x 25.25 inches, framed size is 30.25 x 26.25 inches. Custom framed in a black frame, with white matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
François Burland (1958) was born in Lausanne (Switzerland). He began drawing in self-taught fashion at the end of his adolescence. He undertook a first trip to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula at the age of twenty. A few years later, he encountered the Tuaregs in the Sahara Desert. Enthused by their nomadic lifestyle, he began returning to the region regularly over some thirty years. During his long stays with the Tuaregs, he shared their daily life, including their dromedaries and witchcraft, but also their 4x4s, mobiles and kalachnikovs.
This creator has produced an abundant and varied oeuvre. Depending on each series and on his inspiration of the day, he avails himself of a number of techniques and materials. For his drawings, he prefers to use wrapping paper as a support: he applies pastels, colored pencil and white chalk to very large surfaces. His creations bring to mind shamanic art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Two Ryders 0n an Antelope
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Two Ryders on an Antelope" c.2000, is an original acrylic paint mixed media on paper by noted Swiss artist Francois Burland b.1958. The subject size (Sheet size) is 19.25 x 25.25 inches, framed size is 30.25 x 26.25 inches. Custom framed in a black frame, with white matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
François Burland (1958) was born in Lausanne (Switzerland). He began drawing in self-taught fashion at the end of his adolescence. He undertook a first trip to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula at the age of twenty. A few years later, he encountered the Tuaregs in the Sahara Desert. Enthused by their nomadic lifestyle, he began returning to the region regularly over some thirty years. During his long stays with the Tuaregs, he shared their daily life, including their dromedaries and witchcraft, but also their 4x4s, mobiles and kalachnikovs.
This creator has produced an abundant and varied oeuvre. Depending on each series and on his inspiration of the day, he avails himself of a number of techniques and materials. For his drawings, he prefers to use wrapping paper as a support: he applies pastels, colored pencil and white chalk to very large surfaces. His creations bring to mind shamanic art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic
Group of Workers
By John Edward Costigan
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Group of Workers" 1943, is an original lithograph on paper by noted American artist John Edward Costigan, 1888-1972. It is hand signed and titled in pencil by th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jardin Fantastique
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork. titled "Jardin Fantastique" c.1990, is an oil painting on canvas by noted Haitian surrealist artist Murat Saint Vil, b.1955. It is signed at the lower left corner by th...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Lumberjack House, Santa Cruz, Califoenia
By Carl Thorp
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "The Lumbejack House, Santa Cruz, California" c.1940 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Carl M. Thorp, 1912-1989. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 20 x 24 inches, framed size is 25.25 x 29.25 inches. Framed in a wooden gold frame. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Carl Thorp (1912–1989) was an American artist who became known for Impressionist landscapes of California, sometimes referred to as California Scene...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Stacked Cups)
By Jed Devine
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jed Devine American (1944- )
Title: Untitled (Stacked Cups)
Date: 1987
Medium: Platinum-palladium print on Japanese rice paper
Image size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches (9.25 x 7.25 inches within mat)
Sheet size: 12 x 9 inches
Framed size: 20.25 x 16.25 inches
Signature: signed lower right in pencil
Edition: unknown
This sublime photograph is by Jed Devine. It is signed in the lower right in pencil. There is a gallery label from the Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco on the reverse of the framed work. It is framed in a simple metal frame. The photograph, mat and frame are in very good condition.
Jed Devine was born in Mount Kisco, New York, in 1944 and raised in Pleasantville, a Westchester County suburb. Devine cites Walter Hahn, his junior high school art teacher, as having an instrumental role in his art career decision: “I don’t know how it happened that a serious artist like Walter Hahn was teaching art at Pleasantville Junior High, but I was most fortunate to have him as a mentor and I’ve always been grateful to him.”
In 1967, Jed Devine graduated cum laude from Yale University with a BA in fine arts and began his career as a painter. In 1972, he returned to Yale to study design and photography and was awarded an MFA degree. He joined the Purchase College faculty in 1977. During his tenure at Purchase, several of his students went on to receive recognition as photographers, among them Adam Baer, Gregory Crewdson, Regina DeLuise, Andrea Modica, Deborah Mesa-Pelly, and Roger Newton.
Jed Devine’s photography is represented in many major museum, corporate, university, and private collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Victoria and Albert Museum; London; the International Center of Photography, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Art; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Originally trained as a painter, Devine began taking photographs in 1972 and became fascinated by the effects of light on objects and surfaces, and the sensuality that was possible with the platinum-palladium process. This sensuality is on full display in Devine’s only book, Friendship, a collaboration with the writer Jim Dinsmore, whose 64 images “form an extended sequence that moves from innocence to decay and return. The images emphasize the beauty and primacy of light while capturing the visual drama and irony of the Maine landscape.”
Devine also has a long-standing relationship with New York City, which is most evident in his portfolio of panoramic photographs celebrating New York bridges...
Category
1980s Realist Still-life Photography
Materials
Paper, Platinum
Nude
By Jan De Ruth
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Nude" is an oil painting on canvas by noted Czech/American artist Jan De Ruth, 1922-1991. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 16 x 13 inches, framed size is 24 x 21 inches. Framed in the original wooden gold and black antique style frame, with fabric liner and gold bevel. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Born Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia
Studied: Rotter Art School, Prague; Ruskin Art School, Oxford University, England; ASL New York; New School, NY; also with Frederic Taubes.
Exhibited: 38 National Juried Exhibitions, 14 Museum Solo Shows and 51 Gallery Solo Exhibitions.
Author: Portrait Painting, 1964; Painting the Nude, 1968.
De Ruth, a native of Czechoslovakia and an American citizen, spent the years of World War II being shunted through five different concentration camps, including the infamous Auschwitz. He made four escape attempts and finally made good on his fifth try.
De Ruth constantly sought materials with which to draw, but "The only things we had were the few pieces of cloth we wore," he recalls. By chance, he was transferred to Germany as part of a labor detail and managed to sneak a pencil away from the camp supervisor. "I became a perfect thief during those years," he says. De Ruth drew a mother and child on a scrap of paper he scrounged from the factory where he worked and filled it in with shadings of coffee in various strengths-his finger was his brush. He exchanged the sketch for a piece of bread from a camp guard, and in effect, sold his first painting.
In March of 1945, after being transferred to his native Czechoslovakia, he made his successful escape "knowing every step of the way." After the war, De Ruth became the commissar in a small Czech town and remained in the post for one year, just long enough to forge some documents that allowed him to flee to England. He took up residence in London and enrolled at the Ruskin Art School in Oxford University. He arrived in the USA in 1948.
There are times in the life of a painter when his dedication to his art is overshadowed by the immediate requirements of self-preservation. This was one of those times! From '48 to 1955 he supported himself by working at night, earning his way painting designs on neckties and bathroom cups...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
Madonna
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Joe Montanes – Spanish (1918-1998)
Title: Madonna
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Oil on board
Painting size: 27.75 x 19.75 inches.
Framed size: 32.75 x 24.75 inches
Signature: Signed upper left
Condition: Very good
The painting is in very good condition. The frame is in good condition with a few tiny scratches which are barely visible upon very close inspection.
Jose Montanes studied at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Carlos in Valencia. In 1947, he had his first one-man show in Barcelona Recognition, scholarships, acclaim and honours quickly followed. At about this time, the French government awarded the young artist a scholarship to study at the Ecole de Beaux Arts...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Near Modesto
By Carl Thorp
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "Near Modesto" c.1940 is an oil painting on canvas board by noted California artist Carl M. Thorp, 1912-1989. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas board size is 11.85 x 14.85, framed size is 17.5 x 21.25 inches. Framed in a wooden antique style frame, with beige color liner. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Carl Thorp (1912–1989) was an American artist who became known for Impressionist landscapes of California, sometimes referred to as California Scene Painting...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Negra (The Black Woman)
By Rufino Tamayo
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "La Negra (The Black Woman)" from the suite "The Mujeres File" 1969 is an original colors lithograph on B.F.K. Rives paper by renown Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, 1899-1991. It is hand signed and numbered 150/150 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 26.85 x 21.25 inches, sheet size is 29.5 x 22.15 inches, framed size is 42 x 35 inches. Published by Touchtone Publisher, New York, printed by Ateliers Desjobert, Paris. Referenced and pictured in the artist's catalogue raisonne by Pereda, plate #109 page 107. Custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with silver spacer and fabric matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
A native of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico, Rufino Tamayo's father was a shoemaker, and his mother a seamstress. Some accounts state that he was descended from Zapotec Indians, but he was actually 'mestizo' - of mixed indigenous/European ancestry. (Santa Barbara Museum of Art). He began painting at age 11. Orphaned at the age of 12, Tamayo moved to Mexico City, where he was raised by his maternal aunt who owned a wholesale fruit business.
In 1917, he entered the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts, but left soon after to pursue independent study. Four years later, Tamayo was appointed the head designer of the department of ethnographic drawings at the National Museum of Archaeology in Mexico City. There he was surrounded by pre-Colombian objects, an aesthetic inspiration that would play a pivotal role in his life. In his own work, Tamayo integrated the forms and tones of pre-Columbian ceramics into his early still lives and portraits of Mexican men and women.
In the early 1920s he also taught art classes in Mexico City's public schools. Despite his involvement in Mexican history, he did not subscribe to the idea of art as nationalistic propaganda. Modern Mexican art at that time was dominated by 'The Three Great Ones' : Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueros, but Tamayo began to be noted as someone 'new' and different' for his blending of the aesthetics of post Revolutionary Mexico with the vanguard artists of Europe and the United States.
After the Mexican Revolution, he focused on creating his own identity in his work, expressing what he thought was the traditional Mexico, and refusing to follow the political trends of his contemporary artists. This caused some to see him as a 'traitor' to the political cause, and he felt it difficult to freely express himself in his art. As a result, he decided to leave Mexico in 1926 and move to New York, along with his friend, the composer Carlos Chavez. The first exhibition of Tamayo's work in the United States was held at the Weyhe Gallery, New York, in that same year. The show was successful, and Tamayo was praised for his 'authentic' status as a Mexican of 'indigenous heritage', and for his internationally appealing Modernist aesthetic. (Santa Barbara Museum of Art).
Throughout the late thirties and early forties New York's Valentine Gallery gave him shows. For nine years, beginning in 1938, he taught at the Dalton School in New York.
In 1929, some health problems led him to return to Mexico for treatment. While there he took a series of teaching jobs. During this period he became romantically involved with the artist Maria Izquierdo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Drenched (Lincoln Park, Chicago)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Drenched (Lincoln Park, Chicago)" c.1960 is an original drypoint etching by noted Chicago artist James Swann, 1905-1985. It is hand s...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
The harbor
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Harbor" c.1990, is an acrylic painting on canvas by noted American artist Robert (Bob) Logrippo, 1947-2021. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 24 x 36 inches, framed size is 31 x 43 inches. Framed in a wooden gold frame, with fabric liner and gold color bevel. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Bob LoGrippo's paintings have appeared on magazine, book and album covers, as well as calendars, greeting cards and puzzles. The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Readers Digest, Six Flags...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Poetes, Sculpteurs, Peintres
By Joan Miró
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Poetes, Sculpteurs, Peintres" 1960, is an original color lithograph on Rives paper by renown artist Joan Miro 1893-1983. It is hand signed (monogramed) and numbered II/XV in pencil by the artist. The artwork (sheet) size is 26 x 20 inches, framed size is 39.25 x 32.5 inches. Published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, printed by Fernand Mourlot., Paris. Referenced and pictured in the artist's catalogue raisonne by Mourlot plate #260. Custom framed in a wooden black frame, with black color bevel and fabric matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Joan Miró Ferra was born April 20, 1893, in Barcelona Spain, the son of a goldsmith and watchmaker. At the age of 14, he went to business school in Barcelona and also attended La Lonja's Escuela Superior de Artes Industriales in the same city. Upon completing three years of art studies, and under pressure from his parents, he took a position as an accounting clerk. After suffering a nervous breakdown, he abandoned business and resumed his art studies, attending Galí's Escola d'Art in Barcelona from 1912 to 1915.
Miró's work before 1920 showed the latest artistic influences, including the bright colors of the Fauves* and the geometric forms of Cubism*. It was in Paris through the 1920s-1930s where, under the influence of Surrealist* poets and writers, Miró evolved his mature style. His latest works drew on the Surrealist principles of memory, fantasy, and the irrational to create visual art. Miró's works were also shaped by the flat, two-dimensionality of his native Catalan folk art, Spanish Romanesque...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lettera Amorosa
By George Braque
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Lettera Amorosa" 1963, is an original color lithograph on Japan nacre paper by renown French artist Georges Braque, 1882-1963. It is hand signed and numbered 42/...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Spectral Vision
By Zao Wou-Ki
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Spectral Vision" 1970, is an original color lithograph by renown Chinese/American artist Zao Woo Ki, 1921-2013. It is hand signed and inscribed H.C. (Hors Commerce) in pencil by the artist. The image size is 17.25 x 24.5 inches, framed size is 32.65 x 39 inches. Custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with silver color spacer and fabric matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Zao Woo Ki was born in Beijing with family roots in Dantu, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province. In his childhood he was brought back to his hometown Dantu where he studied calligraphy. From 1935 to 1941, he studied painting at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, where he was taught by Lin Fengmian, Fang Ganmin and Wu Dayu. In 1948, he went with his wife Lan-lan, a composer, to Paris to live on the same block in Montparnasse where the classes of Émile Othon Friesz took place. His earliest exhibitions in France were met with praise from Joan Miró and Picasso.
In 1957, Zao decided to visit the United States where his younger brother Chao Wu-Wai was living in Montclair, New Jersey, close to the art scene of New York City. He wanted to learn more about "pop art". While in the US, he painted seven canvases at his brother's house. There are relatively few items dating from that year (1957). Years later, the largest canvas was given by his brother, Chao Wu-Wai, to the Detroit Institute of Arts.
He left the U.S. after a six-week stay, traveling to Tokyo and then to Hong Kong, where he met his second wife Chan May-Kan
Zao's works, influenced by Paul Klee, are orientated to abstraction. He names them with the date in which he finishes them, and in them, masses of colours appear to materialise a creating world, like a Big Bang, where light structures the canvas. He worked formats in triptychs and diptychs. While his work was stylistically similar to the Abstract Expressionists whom he met while travelling in New York, he was influenced by Impressionism. Zao Wou-Ki stated that he had been influenced by the works of Matisse, Picasso and Cézanne.[
His meetings with Henri Michaux pushed him to review his Indian ink techniques, always based in Chinese traditional drawings. Zao was a member of the Académie des beaux-arts, and was considered to have been one of the most successful Chinese painters during his lifetime.
In 1982, he was invited to paint for the Fragrant Hills Hotel in Beijing, designed by I. M. Pei. In 1983, he returned to his alma mater, the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou to give lectures.
Former French President Jacques Chirac was offered a painting by Zao Wou-Ki by his ministers during their last meeting.
His auction record of HKD 510 million was set at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, on 1 September 2018. Zao's work 'Juin-Octobre 1985' is now the most expensive painting ever to go under the hammer at auction in Hong Kong.
By the end of his life Zao had stopped producing new paintings due to health problems. He died on 9 April 2013 at his home in Switzerland.
Selected public collections and museums:
Vienna, Albertina Museum, Graphische Sammlung
Brussels, Museum of Modern Art
Brussels, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium
Rio de Janeiro, Museum of Modern Art
Montreal, Museum of Contemporary Art of Montreal (Quebec)
Montréal, Museum of Fine Art (Quebec)
Quebec City, National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec (Quebec)
Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario (Ontario)
Hangzhou, China Academy of Art
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art
Beijing, China Central Academy of Fine Arts
Suzhou, Suzhou Museum
Helsinki, Ateneum Museum
Tempere, Sara Hildén Art Museum
Châteauroux, Bertrand Museum
Colmar, Unterlinden Museum
Dunkirk, LAAC
Évreux, Museum of Art, History and Archeology
Gravelines, Musée du Dessin et de l’Estampe Originale
Issoudun, Musée de l’Hospice Saint-Roch
Le Havre, Malraux Museum
Lyons, École normale supérieure
Metz, Museum of Art and History
Montauban, Ingres Museum
Montpellier, Fabre Museum
Nantes, Museum of Fine Art
Orléans, Museum of Fine Art
Paris, L’Adresse – Musée de La Poste
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Institut de France
Paris, Centre Pompidou, National Museum of Modern Art / Industrial Design Center
Paris, Cercle de l’Union Interalliée
Paris, Fonds National d’Art Contemporain
Paris, Institut national d’histoire de l’art
Paris, Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins
Paris, Manufacture Nationale de la Savonnerie
Paris, Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Paris, Mobilier National
Paris, Museum of Modern Art of Paris
Paris, Cernuschi Museum
Paris, Musée du Louvre (at Musée Fabre in Montpellier)
Paris, Schlumberger Ltd.
Paris-La Défense, Société Générale
Paris-La Défense, TOTAL France
Rennes, Museum of Fine Art
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, Musée Pierre-Noël
Sceaux, Musée de l’Ile-de-France, Château de Sceaux
Tournus, Musée Greuze
Tours, Museum of Fine Art
Tours, Conseil général d’Indre-et-Loire, fourteen windows for La Demeure de Ronsard, La Riche
Valence, Museum of Fine Art and Natural History
Essen, Folkwang Museum
Liverpool, The Tate Gallery
London, The Tate Gallery
London, Victoria and Albert Museum
Jakarta, Jakarta Museum
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum
Genova, Gallery of Modern Art
Milan, Museum of MOdern Art of Milan
Fukuoka, Fukuoka Art Museum
Fukushima, Iwaki City Art Museum
Hakone-Machi, The Hakone Open-Air Museum
Kyoto, Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art
Nagaoka, Nagaoka Contemporary Art Museum
Osaka, National Museum of Art
Tokyo, Bridgestone Museum of Art, Ishibashi Foundation
Luxembourg City, Grand Ducal Collections of the State of Luxembourg
Luxembourg City, National Museum of History and Art
Skopje, Museum of Contemporary Art
Mexico, Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporáneo
Mexico, Museum of Modern Art
Mexico, Tamayo Museum of Contemporary Art
Castelo Branco...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Deep Shadows
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Bill Shaddix – American (1931- )
Title: Deep Shadows
Year: circa 1980
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 15.5 x 19.5 inches.
Framed size: 27 x 31 inches...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landmark
By Bruce Richards
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Bruce Richards – American (1948-)
Title: Landmark
Year: 1989
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 62 x 36 inches.
Framed size: 64 x 38 inches
Signature: Signed, dated, titled en verso
Condition: Very good
This painting has a wonderful presence. I believe it is from Richards’ “Change in the Weather Series”. The sky and the figure in the painting change in various paintings in the series. This is a relatively peaceful figure (sword at side) and fair sky (blue, no clouds). Other works from this series are more turbulent. Richards is an uncommon artist whose work is both conceptually and aesthetically engaging. The sky in this painting has a beautiful luminosity and depth. The painting measures 62” x 36” (64” x 38” framed). It is composed of oil on canvas and is in very good condition. The frame is also in good condition and works well with the painting.
Education:
1970 B.A., University of California, Irvine
1973 M.F.A., University of California, Irvine
Awards & Fellowships:
1998-1999 Visual Arts Fellowship, Artist Fellowship Program, California Arts Council, Sacramento, CA
1997-98 Individual Fellowship, Cultural Grants Program, City of Los Angeles, (C.O.L.A.), Los Angeles, CA
1992 Commissioned Artist, Graphics Arts Council, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1984 First Award, 8th National Exhibition, Los Angeles Print Society, Ed Ruscha, Juror,Los Angeles, CA
1976 Visual Arts Fellowship, Visual Arts Program, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
As Group Exhibitions occur more frequently they have been listed ahead of the Solo Exhibition list:
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016-17 "SHAME- 100 Reasons for Turning Red", Deutsches Hygiene -Museum Dresden, Germany
2016 'SKIN', Los Angeles Muncipal Art Gallery, curated by Scott Canty and Isabelle Lutterodt
2014 "Look at Me: Portraiture from Manet to the Present", Leila Heller Gallery, co curated by Paul Morris and Beth Rudin DeWoody, New York, NY
"A Glimpse into This Side of Paradise", Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, curated by Manon Slome, New York, NY
2013 "Lust Letters", Coagula, LosAngeles, CA
"Letters from Los Angeles" ( expanded), Los Angeles Art Fair exhibition, Los Angeles, CA
2012 "Letters from Los Angeles, Text in Art", Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
"This Side of Paradise", No Longer Empty, Andrew Freedman House, Curated by Manon Slome, Bronx, NY
2011 "Best Kept Secret, UC Irvine and the Development of Contemporary Art in Southern California 1964 - 1971", P.S.T exhibit, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
"The Lords + the New Creatures", Nye + Brown Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 "Open Kitchen", Da Gallery, Chelsea, NY
“Pyschedelic: Optical and Visionary Art Since the 1960’s” curated by David Rubin, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas (catalog)
“Collecting California, Selections from Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA (catalog)
2009 “Ship of Fools”, No Longer Empty, Chelsea Hotel, curated by Michael Bevilacqua and Manon Slome, Chelsea, NY
“4 Artists”, Kips Gallery, New York.
“Contemporary Confrontations 2009”, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
“The Art of Democracy”, The New York Society of Etchers, The National Arts Club, New York, NY
2008 “Occult”, The Flat, Massimo Carasi, Milano, Italy
“The Toy Show”, Hunsaker / Schlesinger Fine Art, Santa Monica, CA
2007 “Tattoo Flash”, Saved Tattoo, curated by Scott Campbell, Brooklyn, NY
“POPcentric”, Gering & LoPez, curated by Michael Bevilacqua and Sandra Gering, New York, NY
2004 “Disturbing the Peace”, Danese, New York, NY
“Shakespeare as Muse”, curated by Josine Ianco –Starrels, Schneider Museum of Art, South Oregon Univ., Ashland, OR
1998 "City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Individual Artist's Grants, 97-98,"
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park,Los Angeles, CA
1997 "End of the Century: Prints Since 1970 from the Collection," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1994 "Printmaking on the Westcoast," Saddleback Community College, Mission Viejo, CA
1993 "Intersections: Art and Play," The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
1991 "Individual Realities in the California Art Scene," Sezon Museum of Art,Tokyo, Japan
1984 "California Drawings," Modernism, San Francisco, CA
1981 "Abstraction in Los Angeles,1950 - 1980" Selections from the Ruth and Murray Gribin Collection," Fine Arts Gallery, California State Univ.,Northridge, Fine Arts Gallery, University of California, Irvine, CA
1979 "Black and White are Colors: Paintings of the 1950's - 1970's," Galleries of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA
1978 "Southern California Styles of the 60's and 70's," La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, CA
1977 "Abstract Painting: A Selected Exhibition," Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
1976 "Los Angeles," Penthouse Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1973 "Kurt Schwitters and Related Developments," La Jolla Museum of Art (now San Diego Museum of Art), La Jolla, CA
"Market Street Program," Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
Solo Exhibitions:
2014 "Bruce Richards: Future/Past" Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, LA, CA
2013 "Bruce Richards: The Scenery in my Mind," Katherine Cone Gallery, LA, CA
2001 "Bruce Richards," Fullerton College, Fullerton, CA
2000 “Bruce Richards” The Colburn School of Performing Arts, Los Angeles, CA
1999 "Bruce Richards," Grand Central Art Gallery, California State University, Fullerton, CA
1994 "Reflections and Revisitations," Mark Moore Gallery...
Category
1980s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman with Roses
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Woman with Roses" is an oil painting on hardboard by noted American artist Katherine Gillespie, 1878-1945. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 13.5 x 11.5 inches, framed size is 18.25 x 16.25 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with fabric and gold liner. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Born in Crawford County, MO on March 15, 1878. Katherine Miller was listed as an artist in the San Jose City Directory of 1900 and soon thereafter married Harvey Gillespie. She was a close friend and painting partner of artist Bertha Stringer Lee and served as maid of honor...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still life Flowers in a Vase
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Still Life Flowers in a Vase" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist John William Orth, 1889-1976. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 36 x 30 inches, framed size is 46.5 x 40.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold with brown patina frame, with fabric and gold liner. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
John W. Orth was born in Bavaria in 1889. He sold his first painting, a water color, when he was 13. At age 15 studied under a scholarship at Nuremberg's College of Fine Arts. Three years later, again on a scholarship, he attended Munich's Academy of Fine Arts. From there he went on to study at the Art Academy Julien in Paris and then traveled throughout Europe, studying work by the Old Masters.
For Nuremberg's Albrecht Durer Museum, he was commissioned to reproduce a number of Durer's paintings, and representatives of The Rhineland's Barmen Museum purchased his painting of The Prodigal Son. In 1922, Louis Mayer, an accomplished artist himself, purchased Orth's The Prophet from among thousands of paintings displayed at Munich's Glas Palast. He declared Orth's painting "the work of a genius," and for three years The Prophet was hung, by invitation, in the Brooklyn Art Museum.
Already an established artist at age 34, Orth left his troubled country in 1923 to escape certain persecution for his outspoken liberal views on race, religion and politics. He came to America to start anew. Here, he felt certain, his restless spirit could continue to grow, his career to flourish in an environment of freedom, which encouraged individual expression and unrestrained thought.
In the United States, John Orth did portraits of notables including Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Marian Anderson...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Peddler
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Peddler" 1949 is an oil painting on canvas board by renown western artist Elizabeth Davey Lochrie, 1890-1981. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas board size is 9.75 x 28 inches, framed size is 20 x 38.25 inches. Custom framed in a wooden brown golden frame, with fabric and gold liner. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
ELIZABETH DAVEY LOCHRIE was born in Deer Lodge Montana, July 1, 1890; she was educated in Butte schools and received her art education at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1911. During 1924-1925 she painted eighteen children's murals for the Montana State Hospital...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Girls Seated at Desk IX
By Henry Moore
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Henry Moore (British, 1898-1986)
Title: Girls Seated at Desk IX
Year: 1974
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 40/50 in pencil
Paper: Wove
Paper size: 20.25 x...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Yuyake
By Rudolph Carl Gorman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Yuyake" 1981 Is an original colors woodcut by renown Navajo artist Rudolph Carl Gorman, 1932-2005. It is signed, dated and numbered 197/210 in pencil by the artist. This artwork was printed in Tokyo, Japan. The image size is 14.5 x 19.5 inches, framed size is 26.5 x 31 inches. Custom framed in a light wood and gold frame, with fabric matting. It is in excellent condition, the frame have a minor black spot at the lower right corner, see picture #1
About the artist:
Born in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona and raised in a hogan on the Navajo Reservation, R.C. Gorman became one of the Southwest's best known late 20th-century artists. His signature works were Navajo women in a variety of poses. Many persons have been fascinated by the fact that he, an Indian artist, became famous in the white man's world with some calling him the "Picasso of Indian artists". Of this kind of attention, he said: "I wish people would quit pushing my being Indian. The only time I was interviewed as If I were a normal person was by the Jewish Press in Tucson. It was the first time I felt international and almost white". (Samuels 222)
His parents were Carl Nelson...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Intelligence of a Three Year Old
By Squeak Carnwath
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Squeak Carnwath American (1947- )
Title: Intelligence of a Three Year Old
Date: 1997
Media: Color Sugarlift And Soapground Aquatint With Hardground, Scrape And Burnish
Dimen...
Category
1990s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Sailing in San Francisco
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Sailing in San Francisco" c.2000 is an oil painting on canvas by noted French artist Duaiv, born 1952. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist, also signed and titled on the back of the canvas. The canvas size is 8 x 10 inches, framed size is 16.65 x 18.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with black fabric liner. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Duaiv is a contemporary French artist and cellist born near the city of Bordeaux...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Tuscany
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Tuscany" c.1970is an acrylic painting on hardboard by artist Edward (Ed) Diffenderfer b.1928 It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 22.15 x 28.15 inches, framed size is 26.5 x 32.5 inches. Custom framed in a gold frame. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Ed Diffenderfer was born in 1928 in Stockton, California. Education: Berkeley Schools, California College Of Arts And Crafts. Experience: Instructor Of Illustration, Freelance Illustrator And Painter. Memberships, Collections, Awards: Society Of Illustrators (San Francisco) Bohemian Club; New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago Art Shows, The Pentagon, Library Of Congress, Smithsonian Institution and Air Force Academy...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Clown, Medrano Circus, France
By Benton Scott
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Clown, Medrano Circus, France" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Benton Scott, 1907-1983. It is signed at the lower left side by the a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Clown, Medrano Circus, France
By Benton Scott
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Clown, Medrano Circus, France" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Benton Scott, 1907-1983. It is signed at the middle right side by the...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Homer
By Valerio Adami
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Homer" 1979 is an original colors serigraph on Stonehenge Wove paper by noted Italian artist Valerio Adami, b.1935. It is hand signed and numbered 6/75 in pencil by the artist. Published by Editions Press, San Francisco. The image size is 37.5 x 21.75 inches, framed size is 45.75 x 29.15 inches. Custom framed in a metal gold frame, with beige fabric matting. The artwork is in excellent condition, the frame is in very good condition, it has some minor scratches.
About the artist:
Valerio Adami was born in Bologna. In 1935, at the age of ten, he began to study painting under the instruction of Felice Carena. He was accepted into the Brera Academy (Accademia di Brera) in 1951, and there studied as a draughtsman until 1954 in the studio of Achille Funi. In 1955 he went to Paris, where he met and was influenced by Roberto Matta and Wifredo Lam. His first solo exhibition came in 1959 in Milan.
In his early career, Adami's works were expressionistic, but by the time of his second exhibition in 1964 at Kassel, he had developed a style of painting reminiscent of French cloisonnism, featuring regions of flat color bordered by black lines. Unlike Gauguin, however, Adami's subjects were highly stylized and often presented in fragments, as seen in Telescoping Rooms (1965).
In the 1970s, Adami began to address politics in his art, and incorporated subject matter such as modern European history, literature, philosophy, and mythology. In 1971, he and his brother Gioncarlo created the film Vacances dans le désert. In 1974 he illustrated a Helmut Heissenbuttel poem, Occasional Poem No. 27. Ten Lessons on the Reich with ten original lithographs {Gallerie Maeght...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Le Port
By Charles Levier
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Le Port" c.1970 is an oil painting on canvas by noted French impressionist artist Charles Levier, 1920-2003. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The ca...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Still Life Flowers in a Vase
By Charles Levier
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Still Life Flowers in a Vase" c.1970 is an oil painting on canvas by noted French impressionist artist Charles Levier, 1920-2003. It i...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Goletas Pesqueras On La Bahia De San Antonio, Chile. Large oil painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Goletas Pesqueras On La Bahia De San Antonio, Chile" is a large oil painting on canvas by Culean artist Ernesto Romero Diaz. I...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Mujer Con Sombrero" Large lithograph
By Rufino Tamayo
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Mujer Con Sombrero (Woman with Hat)" 1972 is a large original colors lithograph on Arches paper by renown Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, 1899-1991. It is hand signed and numbered 81/100. in pencil by the artist. The artwork size 36.35 x 25.85 inches, sheet size is 37.25 x 26.25 inches, framed size is 52.25 x 40.5 inches. Published by Transworld Art, New York , Printed by Bank Street Atelier, New York. Referenced and pictured in the artist's catalogue raisonne by Pereda, plate #132 page 123. Custom framed in a wooden black and silver frame, with silver bevel and fabric matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
A native of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico, Rufino Tamayo's father was a shoemaker, and his mother a seamstress. Some accounts state that he was descended from Zapotec Indians, but he was actually 'mestizo' - of mixed indigenous/European ancestry. (Santa Barbara Museum of Art). He began painting at age 11. Orphaned at the age of 12, Tamayo moved to Mexico City, where he was raised by his maternal aunt who owned a wholesale fruit business.
In 1917, he entered the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts, but left soon after to pursue independent study. Four years later, Tamayo was appointed the head designer of the department of ethnographic drawings at the National Museum of Archaeology in Mexico City. There he was surrounded by pre-Colombian objects, an aesthetic inspiration that would play a pivotal role in his life. In his own work, Tamayo integrated the forms and tones of pre-Columbian ceramics into his early still lives and portraits of Mexican men and women.
In the early 1920s he also taught art classes in Mexico City's public schools. Despite his involvement in Mexican history, he did not subscribe to the idea of art as nationalistic propaganda. Modern Mexican art at that time was dominated by 'The Three Great Ones' : Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueros, but Tamayo began to be noted as someone 'new' and different' for his blending of the aesthetics of post Revolutionary Mexico with the vanguard artists of Europe and the United States.
After the Mexican Revolution, he focused on creating his own identity in his work, expressing what he thought was the traditional Mexico, and refusing to follow the political trends of his contemporary artists. This caused some to see him as a 'traitor' to the political cause, and he felt it difficult to freely express himself in his art. As a result, he decided to leave Mexico in 1926 and move to New York, along with his friend, the composer Carlos Chavez. The first exhibition of Tamayo's work in the United States was held at the Weyhe Gallery, New York, in that same year. The show was successful, and Tamayo was praised for his 'authentic' status as a Mexican of 'indigenous heritage', and for his internationally appealing Modernist aesthetic. (Santa Barbara Museum of Art).
Throughout the late thirties and early forties New York's Valentine Gallery gave him shows. For nine years, beginning in 1938, he taught at the Dalton School in New York.
In 1929, some health problems led him to return to Mexico for treatment. While there he took a series of teaching jobs. During this period he became romantically involved with the artist Maria Izquierdo...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Christ Washing Feet of Disciples
By Sadao Watanabe
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Sadao Watanabe (1913-1996)
Title: Christ Washing Feet of Disciples
Year: 1970
Medium: Japanese Stencil Dyeing (kappazuri) with hand coloring
Paper: washi paper
Sheet Size: 27.75 x 23.25 inches
Framed size: 34.75 x 30 inches
Edition Size: 50; This one: 42/50
Signature: Brushed signature, date lower right, number lower left.
This fine print is immediately recognizable as the work of Sadao Watanabe (1913-1996) It depicts Christ washing the feet of his disciples. The print and mat are in very good condition. It is floating; attached with three archival hinges to a mounting matboard in gray. It has a white mat. The framing is a simple white metal frame that is in good condition with some light scratches.
Sadao Watanabe was born and raised in Tokyo. Watanabe was famous for his biblical prints rendered in the mingei (folk art) tradition of Japan. As a student of the master textile dye artist Serizawa Keisuke...
Category
1970s Folk Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Stencil
Kimono
By Jane Burnham
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Kimono" c.1970 is a watercolor on paper by American impressionist artist Jane Burnham, 1926-2016. It is signed at the lower right corner by ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Watercolor
San Carlos, Borromeo Del Carmelo
By Jane Burnham
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "San Carlos, Borromeo Del Carmelo" c.1970 is a watercolor on paper by American impressionist artist Jane Burnham, 1926-2016. It is signed at ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled California Landscape
By Carl Thorp
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Carl Thorp – American (1912-1989 )
Title: Untitled, California landscape
Year: circa 1950
Medium: Oil on canvas
Image size: 24.5 x 29.5 inches
Framed size: 27.5 x 32.5 inches
Signature: Signed lower right
Condition: Very good
This artwork is untitled. It looks like a scene in California. There is a sun-dappled, partially shaded foreground, a dark shaded row of trees mid-ground and a sunny hillside or mountainside as background, showing in the upper right of the composition. The painting is composed of oil on canvas. It is signed in the lower right corner by the artist. It is framed in a wooden gold frame. The painting is in very good condition. The frame is in good condition with a small 1/8" dent. Please see pictures.
About the artist:
Carl Thorp (1912–1989) was an American artist who became known for Impressionist landscapes of California, sometimes referred to as California Scene Painting, as well as New York City, Boston and New Orleans Cityscapes. He was born in Lubbock, Texas on November 14, 1912.
Active in California between 1928 and 1957, Carl Thorp studied at the Academy of Fine Art in San Diego with Maurice Braun and Alfred Mitchell...
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled IV
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled IV" 1993 is a large graphite drawing on two sheets of paper by Japanese/American artist Tadashi (Tagashi) Hayakawa, b.1941. It is hand signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 23.5 x 37.5 inches, framed size is 32.75 x 46.75 inches. Custom framed in a wooden black frame, with fabric matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Tadashi Hayakawa...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Church of Mandraikina, Corfu
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork tiled "Church of Mandraikina, Corfu" 1928 is an original color linocut on Laid fibrous paper by noted British artist Isabel De Bohun Lockyer, 1895-1980. It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 7/50 in pencil by the artist. The image (linocut mark) size is 7.15 x 9.85 inches, framed size is 18.75 x 21,5 inches. It is in excellent condition, especially considering the age.
About the artist:
Isabel de Bohun Lockyer (1895–1980) was a British painter known for her linocut color prints. She worked as an independent artist and mostly depicted landscapes. Lockyer was one of the few linocut artists at the time who was not associated with the Grosvenor School, a collection of artists and students who were primarily responsible for a resurgence of interest in printmaking and particularly linocut after World War I. Her earlier work followed closely in the tradition of woodcut due to her use of water-based inks, but later her technique showed influence from the work of Claude Flight, one of the heads of the Grosvenor School, who invited her to exhibit her prints at some of his annual British linocut...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Linocut
Landscape with Trail
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Trail" c.1980 is a watercolor on paper by noted American artist Gerald F. Brommer, 1927-2020. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The a...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Native American Woman with Basket
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Native American Woman with basket" c.1970 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Richard Rackus, 1922-2013. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 28 x 22 inches, framed size is 33 x 27 inches. Custom framed in a wood distressed style frame. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Born in Michigan in 1922, Richard Rackus moved to Los Angeles, California in 1936. He studied at Chouinard Art Institute under the tutelage of Frank Tolles Chamberlin...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Under the Bridge
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Bridge" c.1970 is an oil painting on canvas by American artist Bert Pumphrey, 1916-2000. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Native Woman at the Well
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Native Woman at the Well" 1948 is a oil painting on canvas board by American artist Joseph Earl Schrack, 1890-1973. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork is 21 x 16.65 inches, framed size is 28.5 x 24 inches. Framed in original mahogany and gold frame, with light grey liner. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Joseph Earl Schrack American (1890-1973)
Born in Pottstown, PA on Feb. 26, 1890. Joseph Schrack studied at the AIC, Art Students League of NYC under Robert Henri. He later continued his studies at the John Herron Art Institute, Indianapolis, the University of Art, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Art Institute of Chicago, and courses with the Hans Hoffman School in Munich Germany. While he was in Europe in the early 1930's he also traveled to Capri, Italy.
In 1934 he travelled to San Diego, CA and continued to paint at the Balboa University and Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego. His illustrations appeared in Liberty, McCalls, and Century magazines. He taught at the San Diego Fine Arts Gallery for many years before his demise there on July 16, 1973.
Member:
Men's Art Inst. (San Diego); San Diego FA Society; La Jola AA. Exh: AIC, 1913 (prize); Audubon Artists, 1944, 1945; Carlsbad (CA) AA, 1954. Murals: First Federal Savings Bank (San Diego); First Nat'l Bank (El Cajon); La Jolla Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flowers Basket
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Flowers Basket" c.1970 is a oil painting on hardboard by noted artist Paul Longenecker, 1920-2008. It is signed at the lower right c...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
California Landscape with House
By James March Phillips
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork (California Landscape with House" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by California artist James March Phillips, 1896-1977. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 14.85 x 11.85 inches, framed size is 24.25 x 20.15 inches. Custom framed in a wood frame, with beige matting. The artwork is in excellent condition, the frame is in very good condition, it have very minor scratches.
About the artist:
James March Phillips (1913-1981) Born: Fresno, California; Studied: Turner Art Center (San Francisco). James March Phillips studied art in San Francisco. His intructors were Alfred Owles...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
North Cornwall Coast line, United Kingdom
By Edward Nevil
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Cornwall Coast Line, United Kingdom" c.1880 is a watercolor on paper by British artist Edward Nevil, 1813-1901. It is signed at the lower left corner by the arti...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
La Legende du Sinai
By Théo Tobiasse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Teo Tobiasse (French/Israeli, 1927-2012)
Title: "La Legende du Sinai"
Year: 1986
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 160/175 in pencil
Paper: Arches paper
Image size: 9.75 x 9.75 inches
Framed size: 16.85 x 16.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Condition: Excellent
Frame: Custom framed in a wood frame, with off white matting
About the artist.
Theo Tobiasse was born in Israel of Lithuanian parents. Before he turned seven, his family moved to Paris due to financial difficulties. In Paris.
Between the years of 1942 and 1944, the Germans occupied Paris. He and his family were forced to live in solitary confinement with the constant fear of being discovered. The only things that kept Tobiasse going was his drawings. By the time it was safe to come out of hiding, he had quite a portfolio put together.
In 1960, his work was noticed at an exhibition of young artists at the Palais de la Mediterranee in Nice and he won first prize. From then on art galleries and collectors continued to show interest in his work, and by 1962 Theo Tobiasse was finally able to devote himself entirely to painting. Theo Tobiasse has created monumental works such as the fountain entitled "L'Enfant fou" for the Arenas Business Centre at Nice Airport, and stained-glass windows for various institutions in Strasbourg and Nice. He also designed costumes and stage-set models for Bernard Shaw...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Une Orange Sauvee des Rives de l'Oubli
By Théo Tobiasse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Teo Tobiasse (French/Israeli, 1927-2012)
Title: "Une Orange Sauvee des Rives de l'Oubli"
Year: 1986
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 160/175 in pencil
Paper: Arches paper
Image size: 9.75 x 9.75 inches
Framed size: 16.85 x 16.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Condition: Excellent
Frame: Custom framed in a wood frame, with off white matting
About the artist.
Theo Tobiasse was born in Israel of Lithuanian parents. Before he turned seven, his family moved to Paris due to financial difficulties. In Paris.
Between the years of 1942 and 1944, the Germans occupied Paris. He and his family were forced to live in solitary confinement with the constant fear of being discovered. The only things that kept Tobiasse going was his drawings. By the time it was safe to come out of hiding, he had quite a portfolio put together.
In 1960, his work was noticed at an exhibition of young artists at the Palais de la Mediterranee in Nice and he won first prize. From then on art galleries and collectors continued to show interest in his work, and by 1962 Theo Tobiasse was finally able to devote himself entirely to painting. Theo Tobiasse has created monumental works such as the fountain entitled "L'Enfant fou" for the Arenas Business Centre at Nice Airport, and stained-glass windows for various institutions in Strasbourg and Nice. He also designed costumes and stage-set models for Bernard Shaw...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
l'Exil et le Temps Retrouve
By Théo Tobiasse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Teo Tobiasse (French/Israeli, 1927-2012)
Title: "l"Exil et le Temps Retrouve"
Year: 1986
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 160/175 in pencil
Paper: Arches paper
Image size: 10 x 10 inches
Framed size: 16.85 x 16.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Condition: Excellent
Frame: Custom framed in a wood frame, with off white matting
About the artist.
Theo Tobiasse was born in Israel of Lithuanian parents. Before he turned seven, his family moved to Paris due to financial difficulties. In Paris.
Between the years of 1942 and 1944, the Germans occupied Paris. He and his family were forced to live in solitary confinement with the constant fear of being discovered. The only things that kept Tobiasse going was his drawings. By the time it was safe to come out of hiding, he had quite a portfolio put together.
In 1960, his work was noticed at an exhibition of young artists at the Palais de la Mediterranee in Nice and he won first prize. From then on art galleries and collectors continued to show interest in his work, and by 1962 Theo Tobiasse was finally able to devote himself entirely to painting. Theo Tobiasse has created monumental works such as the fountain entitled "L'Enfant fou" for the Arenas Business Centre at Nice Airport, and stained-glass windows for various institutions in Strasbourg and Nice. He also designed costumes and stage-set models for Bernard Shaw...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Winter Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Winter Landscape" 2002 is an oil painting on hardboard by American artist Royce Thyberg Gordon, 1938-2021. It is signed and dated at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 18 x 24 inches, framed is 24.25 x 30.25 inches. Framed in a wooden gold frame. It is in excellent condition, the frame has a few minor scratches.
About the artist:
A 1956 graduate of Pocatello High School, Royce excelled in the arts throughout her schooling, eventually attending the prestigious Sergei Bongart School of Arts in Santa Monica California and Rexburg, Idaho. She continued her studies with other nationally known artists, most notably Milford Zornes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Italian Village Scene II
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Italian Village Scene II" c.1880 is a watercolor on paper by noted Italian artist Roberto Gigli, 1846-1922. It is signed at the lower rig...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Italian Village Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Italian Village Scene" c.1880 is a watercolor on paper by noted Italian artist Roberto Gigli, 1846-1922. It is signed at the lower left c...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled III
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled III" 2001 is a graphite drawing on paper by Japanese/American artist Tadashi (Tagashi) Hayakawa, b.1941. It is hand signed and dated at the lower left by the artist. The artwork size is 13.5 x 16.5 inches, framed size is 19.35 x 22.35 inches. Custom framed in a wooden black frame, with fabric matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Tadashi Hayakawa...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Untitled II
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled II" 2001 is a graphite drawing on paper by Japanese/American artist Tadashi (Tagashi) Hayakawa, b.1941. It is hand signed and dated at the middle right by the artist. The artwork size is 13.5 x 16.75 inches, framed size is 19.35 x 22.35 inches. Custom framed in a wooden black frame, with fabric matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Tadashi Hayakawa...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Untitled I
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled I" 1998 is a graphite drawing on paper by Japanese/American artist Tadashi (Tagashi) Hayakawa, b.1941. It is hand signed and dated at the lower left by the artist. The artwork size is 14 x 17 inches, framed size is 19.35 x 22.35 inches. Custom framed in a wooden black frame, with fabric matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Tadashi Hayakawa...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Douglas World Cruise, 1924 World Flight
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Douglas World cruiser, 1924 World Flight" c.1970is an acrylic painting on hardboard by artist Edward (Ed) Diffenderfer b.1928 It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 20.25 x 27 inches, framed size is 23.35 x 30.25 inches. Custom framed in a wooden distressed veneer and silver frame. It is in excellent condition, the frame has a very small scratch restoration, practically invisible.
The Subject:
Four of these Army Air Service planes left Seattle in April 1924, attempting an around-the-world flight. The Chicago was one of two planes to complete the historic flight after covering 26,345 miles in under six months.
About the artist:
Ed Diffenderfer was born in 1928 in Stockton, California. Education: Berkeley Schools, California College Of Arts And Crafts. Experience: Instructor Of Illustration, Freelance Illustrator And Painter. Memberships, Collections, Awards: Society Of Illustrators (San Francisco) Bohemian Club; New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago Art Shows, The Pentagon, Library Of Congress, Smithsonian Institution and Air Force Academy...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Too Far II
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Too Far II" 2004 is an original mixed media (color monotype and pencil drawing) by noted Swiss artist Francois Burland b.1958. It is hand signed, dated, numbered 1/1 and dedicated in pencil by the artist. The subject size is 7.75 x 10.5, including the pencil drawing is 10.75 x 13 inches, sheet size is 13 x 19.75 inches, framed size is 21 x 28 inches. Custom framed in a wooden black frame, with white matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
François Burland (1958) was born in Lausanne (Switzerland). He began drawing in self-taught fashion at the end of his adolescence. He undertook a first trip to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula at the age of twenty. A few years later, he encountered the Tuaregs in the Sahara Desert. Enthused by their nomadic lifestyle, he began returning to the region regularly over some thirty years. During his long stays with the Tuaregs, he shared their daily life, including their dromedaries and witchcraft, but also their 4x4s, mobiles and kalachnikovs.
This creator has produced an abundant and varied oeuvre. Depending on each series and on his inspiration of the day, he avails himself of a number of techniques and materials. For his drawings, he prefers to use wrapping paper as a support: he applies pastels, colored pencil and white chalk to very large surfaces. His creations bring to mind shamanic art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Monotype
Too Far
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Too Far" 2004 is an original mixed media (color monotype and pencil drawing) by noted Swiss artist Francois Burland b.1958. It is hand signed, dated, numbered 1/1 and dedicated in pencil by the artist. The subject size is 7.75 x 10.5, including the pencil drawing is 9.5 x 13.5 inches, sheet size is 13 x 19.75 inches, framed size is 21 x 28 inches. Custom framed in a wooden black frame, with white matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
François Burland (1958) was born in Lausanne (Switzerland). He began drawing in self-taught fashion at the end of his adolescence. He undertook a first trip to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula at the age of twenty. A few years later, he encountered the Tuaregs in the Sahara Desert. Enthused by their nomadic lifestyle, he began returning to the region regularly over some thirty years. During his long stays with the Tuaregs, he shared their daily life, including their dromedaries and witchcraft, but also their 4x4s, mobiles and kalachnikovs.
This creator has produced an abundant and varied oeuvre. Depending on each series and on his inspiration of the day, he avails himself of a number of techniques and materials. For his drawings, he prefers to use wrapping paper as a support: he applies pastels, colored pencil and white chalk to very large surfaces. His creations bring to mind shamanic art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Monotype