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'Woman Sleeping', Early Paris Post Impressionist Oil, Salon d’Automne, Fauve
By Jais Nielsen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Jais' for Jais Nielsen (Danish, 1885-1961) and dated "51".
Born in Denmark, Jais Nielsen initially studied at Kunstnernes Frie Studieskoler under Kristian Zahrtma...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'Still Life of Flowers', Paris, Salon D'Automne, Danish Avant-Garde, 'The Four'
By Karl Larsen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Karl Larsen" (Danish, 1897-1977) and painted circa 1955.
Beginning in 1917, Karl Larsen participated in numerous exhibitions in France and Denmark including the...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract, Ebony & Rust', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Large Oil
By Eral Leek
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Eral" for Eral Leek (American, 20th century) and dated 1962.
A substantial, mid-century oil abstract comprising bold, overlapping rectangular compositional elem...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Mother and Child', Los Angeles, USC, San Jose, Modernist Figural
By Louis La Barbera
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Louis La Barbera" and tilted lower left, "Mother and Child".
Louis La Barbera first studied at San Jose State University, receiving his Master’s Degree in Fine ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Monotype
'Reclining Nude', Art Institute of Chicago, Hans Bellmer, Expressionism
By Hendrik Grise
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right "Grise" and painted circa 1965.
A substantial Expressionist-style figural watercolor of a young woman reclining on a divan.
Grise first studied at the Art Institute of Chicago...
Category
1960s Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'Seated Nude', California Post-Impressionist, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped verso with Victor di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) Estate Stamp and created circa 1955.
Graphite nude showing a young woman seated on a chair, one leg tucked beneath her, with ...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Seated Nude with Mandolin';Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Ac. Chaumière, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A graphite study of a young woman, shown nude and seated on a couch, one knee drawn up, beside a table bearing a mandolin.
Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) estate stamp verso; d...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Reclining Nude', Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Paris, SFAA, Carmel, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, "Di Gesu" for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988), dated 1954 and inscribed with Roman numeral "II".
Ink drawing of a woman reclining with knees bent, her head r...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
'Refracted Sunset, Coral and Ocean Blue', Seascape
By Nada Brahma
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Lower right "N.Brahma", inscribed verso "Nada Brahma" and titled "Refracted Sunset".
A large watercolor seascape showing an abstracted view of jade and cobalt waves beneath a scarle...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
'Woman Sleeping', Large Modernist Figural Oil, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Portland
By Julio Lavallen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Lavallen', dated 1987 and titled verso 'Mujer Dormida' (Woman Sleeping).
A large figural oil painting of a young woman shown reclining on a sofa.
Julio Lavallen...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Standing Nude', Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, Copenhagen Modernist
By Evgenij Klenø
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, "Kleno" for Evgenij Klenø (Dutch, 1921-2005).
Oil nude showing a young woman standing with hands clasped below her chin and knees tur...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Rain in Provence', French Post-Impressionist artist, MAM Paris
By Henri Ottmann
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Henry Ottmann' (French, 1877-1927) and dated 1922.
A softly painted view of a small village in Provence with rain clouds hanging above the hills and terracotta r...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
'Moonlit Garden, Cairo', Mid-century, Egyptian City, American University
By Roger A. Flynn
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Roger A. Flynn', dated 1956 and titled 'Cairo.'
A Mid-Century gouache showing a view of the moonlit Egyptian harbor lined with Moorish arches and framed by papyrus fronds. Flynn studied art at the Cooper Union in New York and was awarded a two-year Fulbright Scholarship which he spent in Egypt, painting and establishing the Art Department at the American University...
Category
1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
'Fishing Boats Off Monterey', Carmel, California Expressionist Seascape, Big Sur
By Robert Canete
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed center right, "Canete", for Robert Canete, a Carmel artist who studied with Vincent Rascon in the 1960s and, later, with Dwight Miller at Stanford.
A colorful Expressionist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'After the Bacchanal', Contemporary Bay Area figural
By Vanessa Stafford
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Vanessa Stafford' (American, born 1954) and dated 1982.
Vanessa Stafford received her Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design from San Jose State University. She ...
Category
1980s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
'Seated Nude', Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, California Post-Impressionist
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) estate stamp verso and painted circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the Cho...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Foam Board, Graphite
'A Snow Covered Barn', Society of Watercolor Artists, Rural Winter, California
By Gladys Louise Bowman Fies
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An elegant winter landscape watercolor showing a view of an old wooden barn and outbuildings beside a frozen pond.
Signed lower right 'Fies S.W.A.' for Gladys Louise Bowman Fies (American, 1909-2005) and painted circa 1965.
This notable California painter was born in Texas and studied with Millard Sheets, Rex Brandt, and George Post...
Category
1960s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Snow Covered Village', School of Paris French Post-Impressionist
By Henri d'Anty
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial, stone lithograph landscape showing a view of rustic houses with high-peaked roofs nestled between trees and blanketed in snow, with a church and village beyond and a c...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Lithograph
'Industrial Landscape'
By Wesley Wright
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, "Wesley Wright", and painted circa 1960.
A substantial, mid-century watercolor view of an industrial area with grain containers and smokestacks.
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Kitties at the Beach', Cristina Sayers, Contemporary California Artist
By Cristina Sayers
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso, "Cristina Sayers", a listed California artist, titled "Chicas at the Beach" and created in 2012.
Whimsical oil and assemblage showing three anthropomorphic cats wearing bows and swimsuits set against a whimsical beach...
Category
1990s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil, Tissue Paper
'Dancer', Cubist Figural
By G. Distefano
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A Cubist-derived exploration of tone and the human form using airbrush techniques and negative space.
Signed lower left 'G. Distefano' and dated 1965.
Category
1960s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
'Still Life of Flowers', San Francisco Bay Area Modernist, NY MoMA, LACMA, AIC
By Tom Lewis
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Tom E. Lewis' (American, 1909-1979) and created circa 1935. Accompanied by old backing with label.
A period Modernist still-life of flowers informally arranged...
Category
1930s Expressionist Still-life Prints
Materials
Monoprint, Paper
'Memory', American school, clapboard house, study of light, window, San Diego
By Sharon Hinckley
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Sharon Hinckley' (American, 20th century), a listed artist and painted circa 1975.
A period watercolor vignette of a sun-dappled clapboard house adorned with co...
Category
1960s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
'Tropical Breeze, Madagascar' American School watercolor
By Paul J. Samuel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An elegant and atmospheric watercolor showing a colorfully-striped linen jacket drying in the breeze with a view through a stand of palm trees to an idyllic tropical beach and the In...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
'Aegean Dream', Oregon Watercolor Society
By Caroline Buchanan
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right and dated 1982.
An elegant figural watercolor showing a view of figures in classical greek dress contrasted against a striated polychrome background.
This signature member of the Northwest Watercolor Society...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
'Still Life', LACMA, SFAA, Académie Chaumière, California Post-Impressionist
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1968.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and t...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'Modernist Seascape', San Diego Watercolor Society, Dallas
By Robert Landry
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Robert Landry" (American, 1921-1999) and painted circa 1965.
Watercolor seascape showing a view of a rocky inlet with sailboats on the ocean.
Robert Landry attended high school on the East Coast then went into the service during World War II. After the war, he studied art in Washington, D.C. and Minneapolis on the G.I. Bill. This led to work as a commercial illustrator for the United States Air Force Graphic Arts Division at the Pentagon, and as an art director for the Federal Aviation Agency and Convair Astronautics.
After the late 1940s, he began a serious painting career and started exhibiting fine art watercolors...
Category
1960s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Young Woman', Grande Chaumière, Hague Academy of Fine Arts, Brooklyn Museum
By Jan Hoowij
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An elegant oil portrait of a young Arab woman shown wearing a veil and gazing with candor and interest directly towards the viewer.
Signed lower left, "Jan Hoowij" (Dutch-American, ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
