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Item Ships From: California
'Flamenco Dancer', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, California
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950.
An expressive sketch of a woman wearing a scarlet flamenco dress and a mantilla an...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Wax Crayon
'The Artist's Garden', Munich Academy, Art Institute of Chicago, PAFA, Corcoran
By Julius Moessel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Moessel' for Julius Moessel (American, 1872-1960) and dated 1943; additionally titled verso, 'In the Artist's Garden'.
A substantial, mid-century horticultural oi...
Category
1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Steeplechase', Boston, Massachusetts, National Academy of Design, Beagle, Horse
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'George H Harrington' (American, 1833-1911) and painted circa 1900.
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, George Harrington is recognized for his turn-of-the-century works reflecting American life before the industrial age, particularly for equestrian scenes that include polo matches, carriage rides, and horses in pastoral landscapes. After a successful career in business, Harrington studied art and became a successful landscape painter. He exhibited widely including at the National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Boston Athenaeum and at the Boston Art Club, of which he was a member.
Reference:
Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, page 1465; A Biographical Index of American Artists, Ralph Clifton Smith...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
'Sunset, San Francisco Bay', Impressionist Seascape, Russian American
By Victor Papkov
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Victor Papkov (Russian-American, 20th century); stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity and titled, 'San Francisco Sunset'.
A dramatic Impressionist oil seasca...
Category
1980s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière et Etrangères, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950.
A figural line drawing of a woman reclining on her side and with her back to the v...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académies Chaumière et Etrangères, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
'Surreal Boudoir', San Francisco Bay Area Modernist, Atelier 63 Woman Artist
By Jane Voitle Mellin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created circa 1975 and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Jane Voitle Mellin (American, born 1952).
Paper dimensions: 17.25 x 12 inches
An atmospheric, sugar-lift aquatint showing a young woman seated at a claw foot table...
Category
1970s Surrealist Interior Prints
Materials
Paper, Aquatint
'Eros & Jazz', Large Post Impressionist Figural Oil, Beat Movement, Music, Roses
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, 'Bazil' and dated November, 1974.
A substantial and lyrical, Post-Impressionist figural oil showing a blonde woman in an evening gown preparing a rose-arrow as ...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Evening Encounter', San Francisco Bay Area Modernist, Atelier 63 Woman Artist
By Jane Voitle Mellin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created circa 1975 and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Jane Voitle Mellin (American, born 1952).
Paper dimensions: 13.25 x 19.75 inches
A atmospheric, sugar-...
Category
1970s Surrealist Interior Prints
Materials
Paper, Aquatint
'Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Monotype
'Wild Flowers in an Earthenware Vase', California Post-Impressionist, Santa Cruz
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted collaboratively in 2022 by father and son artists Anthony and Michael McNaught and signed, verso, Anthony McNaught (American, born 1952) and Michael McNaught (American, born ...
Category
2010s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Large Abstract', Exhibited at Tokyo Museum Of Fine Arts, Japanese Woman Artist
By Iku Nagai
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Nagai" for Ikuko K. Nagai (Japanese-American, born 1932) and painted circa 1980.
Previously with: Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco
paper dimensions: 33.5 x 45 inch...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver
'Study of a Moor', Post-Impressionist Figural Oil, Othello, Moroccan, Tunisian
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
American school, Signed indistinctly lower right and dated 1988.
A bravura, psychologically-penetrating oil study of a man, shown wearing a turban and contrasted against a scumbled ...
Category
1980s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Masonite
'Surf and Rocks at Sunset', Oakland College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'C. Sideman' for Carol Joy Sideman (1925-2021) and painted circa 1975; titled, verso, on old artist's tape, 'Surf and Rocks'.
Carol Sideman received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley and, subsequently, attended the Oaklands College of Arts and Crafts. Sideman specialized in architectural illustration...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Oil
'Standing Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académies Chaumière et Etrangères, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
A loose, Post-Impressionist study of a woman, shown nude and standing, while resti...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
'Figures on Horseback', Los Angeles County Museum, Laguna Beach California
By Ben Abril
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Ben Abril' (American, 1923-1995) and painted circa 1955.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Ben Abril is known for his equestrian paintings, primarily in watercol...
Category
1950s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académies Chaumière et Etrangères, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Temptation', Portland Art Museum, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Salem, Oregon
By Dan May
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Dan May (American, 1952-2019) circa 2010, and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity.
After study with Larry Stobie at Oregon College of Education, Dan May e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'London to Brighton Coach', Massachusetts, National Academy of Design, Horses
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'George H Harrington' (American, 1833-1911) and painted circa 1900.
A substantial and animated coaching scene enlivened by the artist's acute and humorous observation of character and fine equestrian painting.
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, George Harrington is known for his, often humorous, anecdotes of American life in the pre-industrial age. His subjects included polo matches, carriage rides and coaching scenes, and pastoral landscapes. After a professional career in business, Harrington studied art and subsequently became a successful landscape and equestrian painter. He exhibited widely and with success including at the National Academy of Design (1888), the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Boston Athenaeum and at the Boston Art Club of which he was a member.
Reference:
Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, page 1465; A Biographical Index of American Artists, Ralph Clifton Smith...
Category
Early 1900s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
'Springtime in the Country', Oil Landscape, New York, Cortland Art Association
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'G. Hedlund' for Grace LePage Hedlund (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1995.
An atmospheric, Impressionist oil showing a view of a traditional wooden farmhouse...
Category
1990s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Canyon River', San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Mid-Century, Maxwell Gallery
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed center right, 'Ide' for Tom Ide (Canadian-American, 1919-1996) and dated 1965.
Exhibited: Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco, circa 1965.
Ide studied at the Art Institute of Chicago (1951-1955) and moved to San Francisco in 1960, where he became a notable exponent of Bay Area abstract expressionism. He exhibited with success including at Maxwell Galleries (1964 solo), where the present piece was exhibited. Tom Ide's work was included in the 2021 exhibit “East/West Abstraction: Asian American Artists...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Mother and Child with Guitar', Figural, Barcelona, Venice, Chicago, New York
By Jordi Pla Domènech
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Pla Domenech' for Jordi Pla Domenech (Spanish, 1917-1992) and created circa 1975.
Paper dimensions: 19 x 13.5 inches
Jordi Pla...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
'Fishing Boats', Sausalito, North Beach, San Francisco Bay Area Expressionist
By Pascal Cucaro, 1915-2003
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Cucaro" for Pascal Cucaro (American, 1915-2003).
An icon of the Beat years in San Francisco's North Beach, Pascal Cucaro was the winner of numerous medals and a...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Acrylic
'Abstract Landscape', California WPA, Corcoran, Whitney, AIC, GGIE, SFAA, LACMA
By Ellwood Graham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'Graham' for Ellwood Graham (American, 1911-2007) and painted circa 1985; additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'View Study'.
This early California Modernist was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and attended the School of Fine Arts at Washington University. By the 1930's, Graham was living in California and working in the Federal Art Project as assistant to Gordon Grant. In this capacity, he designed and painted numerous murals in Federal and state buildings including the U.S. Post Office in Ventura. In 1937, he moved to Monterey and the home studio he built there was where he carried out various commissions, including for Senatorial offices in Washington DC and for John Steinbeck, a close personal friend, whose portrait he painted while the author was writing 'Sea of Cortez' (1940).
Graham served in the Navy during World War II and, afterwards, traveled between Monterey, the Caribbean (1952-1953), New Mexico, and Mexico (1954-1955) before becoming a resident of Pebble Beach in 1956. In 2000, he moved and spent his final years in Oregon. Graham exhibited widely and with success including at the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939), Art Institute of Chicago (1947), Corcoran Gallery (1947), Whitney Museum of Art (1951), San Francisco Art Association, Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art and the Carmel Art Association. Honored with 68 awards, Graham has received national and international acclaim as an abstract painter and colorist. His work can be found in numerous public collections including the Whitney Museum in New York City, the Art Institute of Chicago, the New Mexico Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum, the Santa Barbara Museum, the de Young Museum in San Francisco, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Art Museum, the Oakland Museum, and the Brazilian Embassy in Washington.
Concerning his work, Graham said:
"I am a creative painter, the grist for the mill can come from anything at all - a love affair, a book, a poem, a conversation, anything. I like profound painting, although I'm not always capable of doing it, I want a painting to breathe; I like to orchestrate color, playing with the various tones to create an amalgam of color."
Reference:
Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, page 1341; Artists in California 1786-1940, Third Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker Art Museum, Sheridan Books 2002, Vol. 1, page 448; Art & Artists: Carmel – Monterey...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
'Oleta's Hat', Carmel Art Association Exhibit, California Woman Artist, SFMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Conroy' for Virginia Conroy (American, 1922-2006) and dated 1985.
Exhibited: Carmel Art Association, 1983 (on original backing...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
'Out of Hokkaido', Carmel Art Association Exhibit, Japanese portrait, Kimono
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
By Virginia Conroy Dedini (American, 1922-2006). Titled lower left, 'Mitsuko ''Okaido Born''' and dated August 1976.
Exhibited:
Carmel Art Associati...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
'Still Life', Bay Area Abstraction, Metropolitan Museum, SFMOMA, LACMA, Abstract
By Douglas Mcclellan
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'DMc', for Douglas McCellan (American, 1921-2016) and painted circa 1975. Additionally signed, verso, titled, 'Still Life' and bearing old rental reference label....
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic Polymer, Oil, Board
'The Path to the Beach', Carmel Art Association, Laguna Beach, CSFA, SWA, PAFA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Dooley' for Helen Bertha Dooley (American, 1907-1994); additionally signed, verso, titled 'Turquoise Sea' and dated 1983.
Exhibited: Carmel Art Association, California, 1983.
Helen Dooley...
Category
1980s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Abstract in Ultramarine and Pearl', Large 1970's American Action Abstract Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Jasper Jackson' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1975. Titled, verso, 'Opus 8'.
A substantial and period, American mid-c...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Gouache
'Mother and Child with Rainbow Pinwheel', Paris, Rome, New York, AIC, Chicago
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Cabaniss' for Larry Cabaniss (American-Italian, 1928-2008) and painted circa 1975; additionally signed, verso, 'Cabaniss'.
Born in...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Fall Leaves', Large Autumnal Abstraction, San Diego Woman Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'S. Darrah' for Sherry Darrah (American, 20th century), additionally signed, verso.
Sherry Darrah attended Platt Technical College and received a diploma in Graphic Arts after which she continued to study painting independently. She has exhibited in Balboa Park's Spanish Village and at various San Diego art...
Category
1980s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Portrait of a Young Woman', Gold Earring, Silk Scarf
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Scandinavian School, early twentieth century. Inscribed, verso, on stretcher bar, 'Anna Ancher' with indistinct inscription and painted circa 1910.
A psychologically-penetrating portrait of a young woman shown in profile, wearing a gold earring and a polychrome silk headscarf...
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
'Young Venetian Woman', Paris, Post Impressionist Figural, La Veneziana
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Janus' for Ian Janus (Dutch-Italian, born 1919) and painted circa 1955.
A study of a beautiful young woman shown posed in the foreground with a distant evening ...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Man Stretching', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière et Etrangères, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Gouache
'Still Life of Orchids', Art Students League, Denver, Colorado
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Carolyn Miller' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1975.
A substantial, Post-Impressionist oil still-life showing a view of various objects, including yellow orchids informally arranged in a purple vase, set on a table draped with a striped and floral tablecloth. A striking modernist work by this well-exhibited Colorado woman artist.
Carolyn Miller first studied at the Art Students League of Denver as a student of Quang Ho, Mark Daily and subsequently, with Stephen Quiller, Richard Schmid, Fran Larsen and Carl Dalio. She has exhibited widely and with success and is the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards.
EDUCATION
BA, Stephen F. Austin University
Nacagdoches, TX
MFA, University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1988-1997 - Director, Carolyn Miller Artists' Workshops and Retreats, LLC
Denver, CO
1974 - Art Faculty, University of Northern Colorado, Denver Extension School Campus
Denver, CO
1962-1975 - Art Faculty, East High School
Denver, CO
PUBLICATIONS
July 2008 - Southwest Art Magazine
Artist to Watch - Landscape Issue
December 2003 - Southwest Art Magazine
Artists Painting Food Still Life
March, 1996 - The Artist's Magazine
"Planning to Paint Abroad" by Carolyn Miller. Advice on preparing for and making the most of your foreign art adventure.
Summer 1996 - WATERCOLOR AN AMERICAN ARTIST PUBLICATION
"A Positive View of Negatives" by Bonnie Iris
EXHIBITIONS
2011 Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition, Lee Youngman Gallery, Calistoga CA
2010 Plein Air Artists of Colorado Annual Exhibition, Saks Gallery
2009 Plein Air Artists of Colorado Annual Exhibition, Allen Award, Saks Gallery
May 2009 27th Annual Oil Painters of America Exhibition, Sage Creek Gallery, Santa Fe NM
May 2006 Salon International, Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio TX
October 2005 Oil Painters of America Central Regional Exhibition, Snowfire Gallery, Estes Park, CO
September 2005 ARTS FOR THE PARKS, Jackson WY
May 2005 Denver Botanic Gardens Poster Publication,Denver, Colorado
May 2005 Colorado Governor's Invitational, Loveland CO
November 2004 - Art & Soul, Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO
July 2004 Light and Shadow Group Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
May 2004 13th Annual Oil Painters of America Exhibition, Kirkland WA
August 2003 Rocky Mountain Plein Aire Painters Exhibition, Estes Park, CO
June 2003 Oil Painters of America Minature Exhibition, Santa Barbra, CA
May 2003 12th Annual Oil Painters of America National Exhibition, Taos, NM
March 2002 Salon International Exhibition-Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX
August 2002 Beaver Creek Art...
Category
1970s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Salon D'Automne, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
'Action Abstract in Saffron and Ruby', Texas Artist, Large Abstract
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Charles Seligman' (American, 20th century) and created circa 2000.
Texas abstract artist Charles Seligman boldly interweaves poi...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Lacquer, Wax Crayon, Acrylic
'Toreador', California, Post Impressionist Oil, Santa Monica College
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Goetz' for Jack Goetz (American, born 1919); additionally signed, verso, dated 1998, titled 'Toreador', with artist information.
A dramatic figural study of a proud, young toreador shown seated, wearing an embroidered vest and gazing directly towards the viewer.
Goetz has painted and exhibited with success for many years and continues to paint at the age of 104.
Speaking of himself, the artist says:
"I studied arts and languages at Santa Monica College, taking classes in oil and watercolor painting, sculpture, ceramics, art history and music. At the same time, I studied with master painter Sergei Bongart. Because he taught many people in the movie business, I had fun meeting and painting with people...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Still Life of Onions', California, Post Impressionist Oil, Santa Monica College
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Goetz' for Jack Goetz (American, born 1919) and painted circa 1995. Additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'Onions!'
A bright and breezy study of white onions in a blue glass bowl contrasted against a Regency-striped material of red, yellow and green against a cream background.
Goetz has painted and exhibited with success for many years and continues to paint at the age of 104.
Speaking of himself, the artist says:
"I studied arts and languages at Santa Monica College, taking classes in oil and watercolor painting, sculpture, ceramics, art history and music. At the same time, I studied with master painter Sergei Bongart. Because he taught many people in the movie business, I had fun meeting and painting with people...
Category
1990s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Playing with Socks', San Francisco Women's College, San Francisco Art Institute
By Inez Storer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Storer' for Inez May Storer (American, born 1933) and dated 1978.
Inez Storer first studied at the San Francisco College for Women, the San Francisco Art Institute and the University of California at Berkeley. She later earned a bachelor's degree at Dominican College in San Rafael and, in 1971, a graduate degree in at California State University in San Francisco.
From Inverness, California, north of San Francisco and working from a studio in Point Reyes, Inez Storer creates mixed-media narrative paintings, collages and assemblages in naive-sophisticated style, which she describes as Magic Realism: "I am a visual raconteur. I use paint to tell stories." Most of these stories are explorations of the human condition with characters who seem allegorically to be walking tightropes. She gets many ideas from her studio collection of old postcards, toys, photos and other random items that she often incorporates into her work. Inez Storer is also known for her prints and drawings.
Storer was born in Los Angeles to German parents who left that country in 1933 to avoid Hitler. Her father got a job in Hollywood with Billy Wilder as an art director, and her mother was an actress and dancer. Inez spent much time as a child on movie sets. She was raised a Catholic as her parents wanted no one to know her mother was Jewish and uses Catholic imagery in her work.
In 1974, she met Andrew Romanoff, a Russian artist who became her second husband. In this marriage, she became a part of Russian royalty because Andrew was the grand nephew of the Czar Nicholas II, Russia's last emperor...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache, Color Pencil, Acrylic
'Portrait of a Gentleman Reading', Regency Dandy, William Blake, Royal Academy
By George Richmond
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Richmond' for George Richmond, RA (British, 1809 – 1896) and painted circa 1845. Displayed in a period, carved and giltwood frame. (Framed dimensions: 22.75 x 21.5 x 1.0)
This English painter and portraitist was a founding member of The Ancients, a group of followers of William Blake. Later in life, he established himself as a successful society portrait painter of the British gentry, nobility and royalty.
George Richmond was the son of Thomas Richmond the miniature-painter and, also, the father of the painter William Blake Richmond. For a short time, he attended a day school in Soho, before became a student at London's Royal Academy. Here he was much impressed by Henry Fuseli, his professor of painting, and formed a lifelong friendship with Samuel Palmer, and had as fellow-students and companions Edward Calvert...
Category
1840s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Oil
'After the Rain, Venice', National Academy, Metropolitan Museum, AWS, NWS, ASL
By Donald Teague
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, lower right, 'Donald Teague, N.A'. (American, 1897-1991); additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'Showery Day - Venice' and painted circa 1965.
Provenance: Private Estate, ...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
'Seated Nude', Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, SFAA, LACMA, California Woman Artist
By Janet Ament De La Roche
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Jane Ament De La Roche (American, 1916-2000) and created circa 1950.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Ament first studied at the Chouinard Art Institute and, subsequently, in Paris with André L’Hote...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Nankaweep', Lopoukhine Gallery, Boston, American Abstraction
By Jim Jacobs
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Jim Jacobs (American, born 1945), titled, 'Nankaweep' and dated 1983.
Previously with Lopoukhine Gallery, Boston from label, verso.
A substantial, dynamic abstract compri...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Acrylic Polymer
'Scheherazade', Académie Julian, Venice Biennale, Carnegie Prize, NYMOMA, AIC
By Jacques Villon
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed in pencil, lower right, 'Jacques Villon' (French, 1875-1963) and with number and limitation, '19/150', lower left. Additionally signed in plate, lower left, 'Jacques Villon', ...
Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Aquatint
'The Old Oak Tree, Bushey School of Art, British
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Laurence Bell' (British, died 1916) and painted circa 1910.
Bell studied at the Bushey School of Art in Hertfordshire in England. H...
Category
1890s Academic Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'Sweet Nothings', Paris, L'isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Gordes, Textile Design, Romance
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Anne Virlange' (French, 20th century), titled, verso, 'Comter Fleurette', and inscribed 'Gordes, Jun 2001'.
Statement of the artist:
"For 26 years, I have been exhibiting, painting and living in my creative universe. I alternate 6 months of painting and 6 months of exhibiting in my gallery in L'isle-sur-la-Sorgue. Previously, I studied textile design (which is apparent in my work), cultural management and the history of art in Paris.
I began exhibiting my work in France and abroad in 1994. In 1997, I opened my first permanent exhibition space in Gordes until 2012. In 2014, I moved to L'isle-sur-la-Sorgue.
My paintings invite you to open yourself to a universe of tales, dreams and poetry...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Port-Vendres', Côte Vermeille, France, California, Post-Impressionist Oil
By Anthony McNaught
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso, 'Ant McNaught', (American, born 1952), dated September 2022 and inscribed 'After Derain'.
This California Post-Impressionist and Abstract Expressionist artist studied ...
Category
2010s Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Montmartre in the Spring', Paris, Place du Tertre, Basilica of Sacre Coeur
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'C. de Bruck' (?) and painted circa 1965.
A view of the Place du Tertre in Montmartre with new, spring growth on the trees and various elegant figures shown walki...
Category
1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Golden Delta Sunset', Mid-Century Modernist Estuary Landscape, Water Grasses
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Crowell' and additionally signed, verso, 'V. Crowell' (American, 20th century) and dated 1966. Additionally signed, verso, on frame, titled, 'Hot Afternoon...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
'Tropical Coastal Seascape', Royal Canadian Academy, National Gallery of Canada
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'L. Hutchinson' for Leonard Hutchinson (Canadian, 1896-1980) and dated 1973.
Born in Manchester, England, Leonard Hutchinson first studied at the Colchester Scho...
Category
1970s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Still Life of Fruit', Denver Art Museum, WPA, Santa Barbara Museum, Who Was Who
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, faintly, lower left, 'Donald Bear' (American, 1905-1952) and painted circa 1945.
A dynamic, modernist still-life of fruit in gouache, watercolor, crayon and india-ink.
Donald Jeffries Bear was born in Terre Haute, Indiana, and grew up in Denver. He first attended Denver's Art Academy and, later in life, became director of the Denver Art Museum (1930-35). During the 1930s, he was also regional advisor for the Federal Art Project and was a primary art...
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Crayon, Ink
'Trout Stream', Large Oil, San Diego, California, Chouinard & Otis Art Institute
By Edmond Woods
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Edmond Woods' (American, 1905-1990) and painted circa 1975.
Born in Ogden, Edmond Woods first studied under LeConte Stewart at the University of Utah. After moving to San Diego in 1926, Woods studied under Maurice Braun and then, moving to Los Angeles, continued his studies at both the Otis Art Institute and the Chouinard Art Institute.
Woods was a member of the La Jolla Art Association, San Diego Artist's Guild, the 67Riverside Art Association, National City...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Mt. Tam in Spring with Daffodils in Bloom'
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Carol Lucas' (American, 20th century), dated 1987 and titled, verso on stretcher bar, 'Mt. Tam' with dedication and artist signature.
A view of the snow covere...
Category
1980s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Red and White Roses', Horticultural, Botanical, Flowers
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A mid-century oil painting of red and blush pink rose blossoms contrasted against an olive-mauve background. An exceptionally sensitive botanical study by an unknown hand.
Category
1950s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Still Life', Paris, Académie Julian, Salon des Indépendants, Salon d'Automne
By Albert Bertalan
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Bertalan' for Albert Bertalan (Hungarian, 1899-1956) and dated 1929.
Displayed in a period, birds-eye maple frame; frame size: 26 x 30 inches
An elegant, oil st...
Category
1920s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract, Coral and Saffron', Bay Area Oil Abstraction, Triton Museum, Brooklyn
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed twice, verso, on stretcher 'Marsha Straus' for Marsha Rogow Strauss (American, 1944-2008) and painted circa 1995.
A substantial and vibrant oil abstract comprising massed, ov...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Saffron and Tourmaline', New York School, WPA
By John von Wicht
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Wicht' for John Von Wicht (German-American, 1888-1970) and painted circa 1965.
Born in Germany, this abstract expressionist painter, muralist, printmaker, mo...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Still Life with Imari Bowl', Paris, Japanese Woodblock, Post-Impressionist Oil
By Victor Isbrand
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Isbrand' for Victor Isbrand (Danish, 1897-1989) and painted circa 1945.
A dramatic, Post-Impressionist still-life showing a group of items including a fluted, Japanese porcelain vase holding an informal arrangement of variegated daisies, a lobed Imari bowl with fruit and a Japanese woodblock print set...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'An Object of Interest', Manhattan, Smithsonian, Hard-Edge Photo-Realist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Besser' for Arne Charles Besser (American, 1935-2012) and painted circa 1995.
Born in Illinois, Arne Besser first attended art sch...
Category
1990s Photorealist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
