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'Marguerites', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Carmel, California, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, "Di Gesu" for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and dated 1964; additionally, signed, verso, titled, 'Yellow Marguerites' and inscribed with the artist's addres...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
'Rooftops of Tuscany', Italian School, Des Moines Museum, Venice Biennale, Rome
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Caputo' for Antonio "Tonino' Caputo (Italian, 1933-2021) and dated 1962.
Born in 1933, Antonio Caputo studied in Rome at the Faculty of Architecture and held hi...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Mixed Media
'Fishing Boats, Brittany', French Coast, School of Paris, Post-Impressionist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'J M Hubert' (French, 20th century) and painted circa 1965.
A mid-century modernist, panoramic view of fishing boats before a sage green light house from this Fr...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Oberon, Series 1', Instituto Allende, Carmel Art Association, NAWA, La Jolla
By Barbara Johnson
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Barbara Johnson' (American, 1927-2021) and titled, lower left, 'Oberon Series 1'.
Exhibited: Carmel Art Association, circa 1995 (accompanied by original label)
...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
'Eagle Rock', Woman Artist, Los Angeles, California, Ashland Art Center
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'L. L. Rahm' for Laura Rahm (American, 20th century); accompanied by old exhibition label.
Matted dimensions: 14.25 x .25 x 11.75 inches.
Laura Rahm has exhibite...
Category
1970s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
'Leaving the Nest', Japanese, United Nations, Unesco, Tree of Peace
By Keiko Minami
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Keiko Minami' (Japanese, 1911-2004) and inscribed, lower left, with number and limitation, '26/50'.
Japanese painter and printmaker, Keiko Minami became well kn...
Category
1950s Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
'Still Life, Ceramic Vase & Creamer Cup', France, Copenhagen, Nuremberg, Odense
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'M. Bomund' for Marius Madsen Bomund (Danish, 1882-1963). Additionally inscribed, verso, 'Madsen Bomund', titled indistinctly, 'Studie fra ...' and dated 1915.
M...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Sunset Abstract Collage', Orange County Art Association, Moraga, Nancy Moure
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Marianne K. Brown' (American, 20th century); additionally signed, verso, with certification of authenticity and dated 1987.
Brown has taught watercolor and des...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper, Graphite
'Abstract in Saffron and Blue', Chouinard, Osaka, Butler Institute of Art, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Inman' for Robert Inman (American, 1927–2016) and dated, lower right, '79'. Retaining original, card, mat and backing boards. Titled on board, 'City Dwellings #2...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Laid Paper
'Summer Bouquet', Society of Western Artists, De Young Museum, Oakland Museum
By Clifford Holmes
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Clifford Holmes' (American, 1876-1963) and created circa 1955. Titled, verso, 'Mixed Bouquet' and inscribed with artist's Hayward, California address.
The descendant of a pioneer California family, Clifford Holmes first studied at the University of Redlands and, subsequently, at San Francisco State. He later traveled and studied in Europe. Holmes painted in a wide variety of media including oil, watercolor and pastel and his favored subjects included portraits, landscapes and still-lives. Over the course of a long career, he exhibited widely and with success including at the Society of Western Artists, the American Artist's Professional League, the De Young...
Category
1950s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Spring Bouquet' Paris, National Academy of Design, Chouinard, ASL, Laguna Beach
By Harold Frank
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'H. Frank' for Harold Frank (American, 1917-1995), additionally stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity and painted circa 1975.
An exuberant Post-Impre...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Paper
'Standing 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 bold figural study of a nude in contrapposto, shown posing with drapery and cont...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Graphite
'Apples on a Peacock Tablecloth', Royal Academy, São Paulo & Venice Biennales
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Agger' for Knud Agger (Danish, 1895-1973) and painted circa 1940.
Born in Holstebro, Denmark, Knud Agger was exposed at a young age to theories of art and paint...
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Mougins', Côte d'Azur, School of Paris, France, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Lyon
By Denis Paul Noyer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Denis Paul Noyer' (French, b. 1940), titled, 'Mougins' and dated 1968.
A mid-century, stylized painting of the Place du Commandant Lamy in Mougins leading to a ...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Pen, Canvas, Acrylic
'Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal', Double Portrait, Mughal, Miniature, Jaipur, India
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Babu Lal' for Babu Lal Marotia (Indian, born 1961) and painted circa 1995.
A double portrait of Shah Jahan and his most favored wife, Mumtaz Mahal, exquisitely detailed and embellished with colored rhinestones. The two portraits share a background of the Taj Mahal, the lyrical architectural symbol of the Shah's undying devotion to his beloved Mumtaz.
Matching frame dimensions: 17H x .5D x 15W inches
Each painting measures 8 x 6 inches.
Shilp Guru Babulal Marotia was born in Jaipur...
Category
1990s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
'Woman Standing', 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 dynamic and loose figural showing a woman in contrapposto, draped in a shawl and...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Woman Standing', 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 loosely drawn and and dynamic figural showing a woman standing in contrapposto, ...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'Nude', Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, SFAA, LACMA, California Woman Artist, Carmel
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 Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Watercolor
'The Garden, Mandelieu-la-Napoule', Academy of Fine Arts of Rouen, Benezit, Oil
By Jean-Claude Picot
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Picot' for Jean-Claude Picot (French, born 1933), and painted circa 1985; additionally titled, verso, on old label, 'L'escalier du Jardin (Mandelie '.
From 1947,...
Category
1980s Fauvist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Early Queenstown', New Zealand Plein Air, Queen Elizabeth II Collection
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'D. Badcock' for Douglas Badcock (New Zealander, 1922-2009) and painted circa 1948.
Preferring to paint en plein-air, Douglas earned a reputation as one of New Ze...
Category
1940s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'In the Greenhouse Nursery', Gump's, San Francisco Bay Oil, Crocker Museum, UCSC
By Boyd Gavin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Incised lower right, 'Gavin' for Boyd Gavin (American, 20th century) and dated 1986; additionally titled, verso, on old exhibition label, 'Painted Trunks...
Category
1980s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Roofs of Ravello', Mid-Century Abstract, Harvard Fogg Museum, SFAA, Carmel, AIC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right, 'M. W.' for Margaret Wentworth (American, 1914-1999) and dated 1959.
Exhibited: Feingarten Galleries, Carmel, California, 1960, and titled on label, verso, 'Ro...
Category
1950s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Postcard, Pen
'Point Pinos Lighthouse', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Di Gesu" for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988); additionally, signed, verso, titled, 'One Last Look (Lighthouse + Dickman, Now Monterey) and inscribed with th...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
'Golden Gate Bridge from Sausalito', Marin, Mid-century Modernist Watercolor
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Elizabeth Flynn' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1965.
A sunny, modernist view of California's Golden Gate Bridge viewed from Sausalito's Lime Point L...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
'San Francisco Sunset', Impressionist Seascape, Russian-American, Bay Area
By Victor Papkov
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Papkov' for Victor Papkov (Russian-American, 20th century) and painted circa 1990.
A dramatic Impressionist oil seascape showing evening sun off the San Fran...
Category
1990s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
'Left Bank, Paris', Île de la Cité, Notre Dame, Royal Academy, Charlottenborg
By Victor Isbrand
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Isbrand' for Victor Isbrand (Danish, 1897-1989), titled, 'Paris' and painted circa 1945.
Precocious as a child, Victor Isbrand painted professionally from a...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
'Still Life of Fruit', Grande Chaumiere, Hans Hofmann, NY ASL, Monhegan, PAFA
By Alex Minewski
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Minewski' for Alexander Minewski (American, 1917-1979) and painted circa 1950.
Born in Detroit, Alexander Minewski left home at the age of 14 to work in the circus. He subsequently worked as a sign painter and a logger. Minewski first studied at the Society of Arts and Crafts in Detroit (1936-1939) and received scholarships that allowed him to attend the Art Students League in New York City (1939-1942). There, he studied under artists including Jean Charlot, Ernest Fiene, George Grosz and Vaclav Vytlacil.
During World War II, Minewski joined the army and fought as a combat engineer. Wounded in Burma while fighting with Merrill's Marauders, he spent two years there recovering from his wounds. Following his time in Burma, Minewski studied for two years on the G.I. Bill in Paris at the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere (1950-1952) and, independently, with Hans Hofmann in New York City (1952-1953). Hofmann was influential on his style and his work shifted away from a moody realism towards a fuller expressionism.
In 1954, Minewski began spending his summers at the artist’s colony in Monhegan Island, Maine. While there, he was able to work and collaborate with other artists and friends such as Ted Davis...
Category
1950s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Cap Ferrat', Academy of Fine Arts of Rouen, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Benezit, Oil
By Jean-Claude Picot
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Picot' for Jean-Claude Picot (French, born 1933), and painted circa 1985; additionally titled, verso, 'La Route Vers St Jean Cap Ferr'...
Category
1980s Fauvist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Still Life', Washington Watercolor Society, Corcoran, Smithsonian, Who Was Who
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Combs' for Frances Hungerford Combs (American, 1876-1973) and painted circa 1935.
This early Washington, D.C. painter and teacher was a member of the Washington Watercolor Club, Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers Society and the Washington Art Club. Combs was employed as a drawing teacher at the Corcoran Gallery and School of Art (1902-1914) and her work was included in their exhibition, 'Woman at the Corcoran'. Thomas Jackson Simmons, college president of Wake Forest University...
Category
1930s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Peacocks', Ecole de Paris, Salon d'Automne, Salon des Artistes Français, Carmel
By Anton Sipos
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Anton Sipos' (Bosnian-American, born 1938) and dated 1974.
A very substantial Impressionist oil painting showing a view of two young women relaxing in a sunny garden with a peacock and a peahen.
Born in Bosnia, Anton Sipos began drawing at an early age and left home in his teens to work as a film animation artist. He achieved immediate success with his first work, "Surrogate", which won an Academy Award for best-animated short subject under the direction of Yugoslav animator Dushon VuKotic.
In 1964, Sipos moved to Montmartre to study at the École de Paris. During this early period, Sipos exhibited widely and with success including at the Salon d'Automne and Le Salon d'Artistes Françaises. While in France, he made numerous painting trips to Provence, Giverny, Rouen and the Cote d'Azur as well as to Italy.
In 1970, Sipos arrived in California where he painted landscapes of Los Angeles and marine scenes of the harbor in San Diego. He also worked as an artist for the film industry, most notably with Eleanor Ettinger Studio in New York where he was given the responsibility of transferring Norman Rockwell...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Girl in Red', Guggenheim, LACMA, Rome, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice Biennale
By Carlo Maria Mariani
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'C. Mariani' for Carlo Maria Mariani (Italian, 1931-2021) and dated 1959.
A native of Rome, Carlo Mariani first studied there at the Academy of Fine Arts where h...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'Woman Knitting by Cabin', American Frontier Life Oil, Westward Expansion, Cat
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Watercolor and gouache on paper, American School painted circa 1830, Unsigned.
An idyllic view of Early American frontier life showing a peaceful scene of a young woman knitting and...
Category
1830s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Gouache
'Still Life with Carnations', Japanese Impressionist, Okinawa Art Museum, Osaka
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Kinji Tagawa' (Japanese, born 1909) and painted circa 1955. Additionally signed in Kanji, verso, and titled, 'Still Life' with further inscription. Accompanied b...
Category
1950s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Figural', Post Impressionist, Portland Art Museum, Albright-Knox Gallery
By Dan May
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper left, 'May' for Dan May (American, 1952-2019) and dated June, 2017.
After study with Larry Stobie at Oregon College of Education, Dan May exhibited in his galleries 'Th...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Postcard, Acrylic
'Abstract, Terracotta and Jade', Large, Mid-century American Oil, Abstraction
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial, mid-century oil abstract comprising contiguous and overlaid areas of jade, terracotta and forest-green laid on a lilac and parchment background. Signed lower right, 'E...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Bowl of Fruit', 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 still-life of pears and apples with stems and leaves set in a terra-cotta bowl.
...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper
'Woman Seated', 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 mid-century graphite drawing of a fashionably-dressed woman shown seated and re...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'Happy Tidings', Geisha, Holding a Fan, Receives a White Crane, Silk Kimono
By Miharu Lane
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, 'Miharu Lane' (Japanese-American, born 1948), titled, 'Happy Tidings' and with number and limitation, '193/350'. Paper dimensions: 19 x 24 inches.
Miharu Lane ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
'Black Tie and Tail', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped verso for estate of Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955.
A Post-Impressionist figural watercolor showing a young woman partially-clothed in evening w...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Graphite
'Still Life', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel, California
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped verso for estate of Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center an...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Graphite
'Still Life', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel, California
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Certification of authenticity stamped, verso, for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Graphite
'Stanford University, the Quad', Palo Alto, Vienna Academy, Metropolitan Museum
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, in pencil, 'Luigi Kasimir' (Austro-Hungarian, 1881-1962), and with title and date, 'Palo Alto, 1931'. at lower right, Paper dimensions: 12.25 x 16 inches.
N.B. This is an original etching by Luigi Kasimir and is hand-signed by the artist.
The notable etcher and painter, Luigi Kasimir, attended the Vienna Academy of Art where he studied under William Unger, who introduced him to colored etching. Kasimir was influenced by Anders Zorn and Karl von Kalckreuth and he furthered his studies with Sigmund L'Allemand.
A pioneer in the technique of hand-colored etching, Kasimir began exhibiting in 1905 and received immediate critical recognition. Starting with a sketch, usually in pastel, Kasimir would transfer the design, by hand, onto as many as six plates, applying the color by hand to each plate. Luigi Kasimir's work is held in private and public collections throughout the world including in the permanent collections of New York's Metropolitan Museum and Smithsonian Museum, among others.
Reference:
E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse...
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Color, Paper, Etching
'Seated Nude', American Modernist Graphite Figural Study
By Michael Decker
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "M. Decker" (for Michael Decker, American, 20th century) and created circa 1975.
An elegant graphite and india ink figural study of a young woman shown seated an...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
'Young Woman', Figural, Chicago, Illinois, AIC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'E Gatechair' for Eileen Stigall Gatechair (American, 1916- 2010) and dated, lower left, October 1986.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Eileen Stigall attended the Un...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Felt Pen, Graphite
'Flowers in a Blue Teapot', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, LACMA, Carmel, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "V. Di Gesu" for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988), dated 1946; additionally signed verso and titled "Blue Teapot".
A vibrant still-life showing a bouquet of ...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper, Board
'Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) Estate Stamp verso; drawn circa 1955.
An elegant, figurative drawing showing a view of a young woman seated and gazing candidly towards the view...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'Roller Skaters at Sunset', Post Impressionist Figural, Florida State Capitol
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed 'Seidel' for Richard Seidel (American, born 1949) and painted circa 1975.
Born in Ohio, Richard Seidel has exhibited widely and with success inc...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
'Autumn in Paris', the Seine and the Pont Neuf, Île de la Cité, Pointillist Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Th. Butler' and painted circa 1985.
A substantial Pointillist oil showing a view of the Seine with the Pont Neuf and the Île de la Cité. In the foreground, two y...
Category
1980s Pointillist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Young Lady Seated', Royal Academy London, PAFA, Queen Victoria, King Edward VII
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper left, 'C. J. Turrell' for Charles James Turrell (British-American, 1845-1932) and dated 1876.
Framed dimensions: 12 x 1 x 10 inches
Charles James Turrell was one of the most talented miniaturists of his age. Born in London, he studied under a Mr. Sargeant, perhaps Frederick Sargeant who exhibited at the Royal Academy, before visiting the United States in 1867 where he painted miniatures at the studio of photographer Napoleon Sarony. During this time, Turrell had distinguished sitters including members of the Vanderbilt, Whitney, and Morgan families. While in America, Turrell married and would go on to maintain successful careers in both New York and London where, in 1869, he opened a studio on Bond Street.
Turrell exhibited widely and with success including annually at the Royal Academy (1873-1904), the Society of Miniaturists (1873 – 1932), the Brooklyn Art Association (1868), the Pennsylvania Academy of Art (1901) and at the Paris Salons. His sitters included Queen Victoria, King Edward VII, and Queen Alexandra, when she was Princess of Wales (1884). In 1890, he was appointed official miniature painter to Queen Victoria. Turrell's work is held in the Royal Collection at Buckingham Palace as well as in the permanent collections of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, London's Victoria & Albert Museum and the Mount Vernon Collection in Washington D.C., among others.
Reference:
E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 13, page 863; Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 3, page 3354; Mallett’s Index of Artists, Daniel Trowbridge Mallett, Peter Smith: New York 1948 Edition, R.R. Bowker Company 1935, page 444; The Dictionary of British Artists 1880-1940, J. Johnson and A. Greutzner, 1980 Edition, Antique Collectors’ Club 1976, page 511; Dictionary of British Miniature...
Category
1870s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
'Seated Nude', California Modernist Figural Drawing
By Michael Decker
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A graphite study of a young woman seated, shown contrapposto with her hair drawn back and gazing to her left. Michael Decker (American, 20th century) circa 1975 and stamped, verso, ...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'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 Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Watercolor
'Still Life with Wine', California Modernist, Santa Cruz, University of Maine
By Jonathan Taylor
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Taylor' for Jonathan Taylor (American, born 1968) and painted circa 2000.
This listed California artist first studied art at the College of the Atlantic in Bal ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'Standing Nude', Figural, Iranian, Teheran, San Francisco Bay Area, SFAI
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An oil study of a man shown vigorously drying his hair with a towel. Signed lower left, 'Termeh' for Termeh Yeghiazarian (Iranian-American, 1959-2022) and dated 1994. Additionally signed, verso, 'Ms. Termeh Yeghiazarian'.
Termeh Yeghiazarian was born in Tehran and moved to the US in 1978. From 1991, she made San Francisco her home, becoming an active member of the Bay Area art scene as artist, teacher and activist.
Yeghiazarian received her BA from the Academy of Art and her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. She was involved in the creation of the San Francisco Art and Culture Committee and in the establishment of community gatherings and cultural events that included First Fridays, Salons and the production of plays by Golden Thread Productions of which she was a co-founder.
As an artist, Yeghiazarian explored the social impact and politics of cultural representation. She exhibited widely and with success including throughout the San Francisco Bay Area...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Masonite, Oil, Watercolor
'Bal Masque, Venice', Venetian Vedute, Santa Maria della Salute, Masquerade, Oil
By Evgeny & Lydia Baranov
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Е. Баранов, Л. Величко' for Evgeny and Lydia Barnov (Russian-American, 20th century) and dated 2006. Titled, verso, on label, 'Traveling through Time'.
Born in...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
'Expressionist Seascape', New York ASL, L’Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'DeMartis' for James Joseph DeMartis (American, 1926-1996) and painted circa 1965.
Born in Queens, New York, James Joseph DeMartis served with distinction in World War II and was decorated at the Battle of the Bulge. He subsequently attended painting classes at New York's Museum of Modern Art (1946-47) and, later, at the Art Students League of New York. He then enrolled at the California School of Fine Arts in Santa Monica, California until 1949, before leaving t study in Europe in 1950. He settled in Florence, Italy where he attended L’Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze (1950-54). While continuing to study painting, he participated in several group and one-man shows in Italy and Switzerland.
In 1956, DeMartis returned to New York at the height of the American Abstract Expressionist movement. He settled with his new family in Brooklyn and, after participating in a series of grass-roots galleries opened with fellow artists, he opened the Armory Gallery and studio in Manhattan. He also exhibited in other Manhattan galleries and at the National Arts Club.
In 1961, De Martis was awarded the prestigious Emily Lowe Award for Painting. This led to to shows at the Ward Egglestone, ROKO, Pierantonio and Artemis West galleries from 1962-68. He then returned to Europe to participate in a group show in Florence. Upon his return, he opened the Brownstone Gallery in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, where he exhibited his own and others’ works until 1988.
James De Martis exhibited widely and with success including at one-man shows in Tokyo, Brooklyn, New York, Sarasota, Florida, San Francisco and Santa Fe.
Select Exhibitions:
1953 Brodighera, Italy
1954 Galerie an der Reuss, Lucerne, Switzerland
1955 La Casa di Dante, Florence, Italy
1956 Walden School, New York, New York
1957 Bottega 57 Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1960, 61 Hicks Street Gallery, Brooklyn New York
1960 Heights Casino, Brooklyn, New York
1961 Ward Eggleston Gallery, New York, New York
1962 Ray Gallery, Brooklyn New York
1962 Pietroantonio Gallery, New York, New York
1962,3,5,7 Armory Gallery, New York, New York
1965 Brooklyn Arts Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1966,9 Brooklyn Heights Association
1967 Roko Gallery, New York, New York
1970,3,4,5,8,9,83 Brownstone Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1972 Artemis East Gallery, New York, New York
1975 Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
1977 Marcoleo Gallery, New York, New York
1978 Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York
1989,91,92 Gallery Gion Tokyo, Japan
1994 Private show, Sarasota, Florida
1995 Private show, San Francisco, California
1995 Private show, Copake, New York
1996 Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania
May, 2018 Retrospective show, Ashawagh Hall...
Category
1960s Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Graphite, Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
'Gypsy Flute Player', Royal Academy, NY World's Fair, Pasadena, GGIE, Romany
By Aage Christian Wiboltt
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'A. C. Wiboltt' for Aage Christian (Jack) Wiboltt (Danish-American, 1894-1952) and created circa 1925.
Framed dimensions: 33.25 x 1.5 x 28 inches
A substantial, early twentieth-century, figural pastel showing a young woman wearing traditional gypsy costume and playing her flute beside a deep azure lake dotted with water-lilies.
Jack Wiboltt first trained at Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen before moving to New York in 1919. In 1924, he settled in California where he lived and painted in both San Francisco and Los Angeles. For 30 years, he practiced as an easel painter and was also commissioned to paint murals including for the 1939 exposition at San Francisco and for Hollywood's Fox Theater among others He exhibited widely and with success including at the Danish Royal Academy (1913), the New York World's Fair (1939), the Golden Gate International Exposition (1939) and the Pasadena Art Institute (1932) among others.
Exhibitions:
Royal Academy, 1913; Danish Art Gallery, 1917 (1st solo); Pasadena Art Inst., 1932; Warner Gallery (LA), 1934; Modern Art Gallery (Hollywood), 1935 (solo); County Fair (LA), 1935; American Artists Congress, 1936; GGIE, 1939; NY World...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Cardboard
'Wenceslas Castle, Prague', California Post-Impressionist, Sausalito, De Young
By Wedo Georgetti
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Partially signed, lower left, 'Georgetti' for Wedo Georgetti (American, 1911-2005) and painted circa 1955. Accompanied by an Certificate of Authenticity.
A substantial, mid-century Post-Impressionist oil cityscape showing a view of Prague Castle, the hereditary seat of King Wenceslas and the Kings of Bohemia.
Born in Italy, this California Post-Impressionist came to the United States at the age of one. Georgetti first worked as a merchant seaman to support his art studies and traveled all over the world accumulating sketches, many of which he later worked up into paintings. He made frequent visits to France, where he was influenced by the Post-Impressionists and, particularly, by the Nabis. An innovative theorist, Georgetti was the originator of the style known as California Fauvism. He exhibited widely and with success, both at exhibitions and at one-man shows (Oakland Art Gallery, 1942-44; Society of American Graphic Artists, NYC, 1944; Maxwell Galleries, 1940’s; de Young...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Plywood
'Woman with Book', Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Carmel Post-Impressionist, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, "Di Gesu" for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988), with estate stamp, verso, and painted circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attend...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Foam Board, Paper, Oil
'Sheila', Pacific Grove Art Association Exhibit, Woman Artist, LACMA, PAFA, SFMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
By Virginia Conroy Dedini (American, 1922-2006). Titled on exhibition label, 'Sheila' and created circa 1965.
Exhibited:
Pacific Grove Museum of Natu...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite, Mica
'Jazz Figures', San Francisco Bay Area Woman Artist, Post-Impressionist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, 'Carole Hand' (American, 20th century), dated March, 1998, and titled, 'AEC, ST, C.O.D.'.
A large mixed-media figural collage and painting comprising jazz musicians, possibly members of the Art Ensemble of Chicago.
This San Francisco Bay area...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Paper
