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'Abstract Figural', Woman Artist, Art Institute of Chicago, San Bernardino
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Sue Gertz' for Suzanne Gertz (American, 1938-2003) and painted circa 1985.
Suzanne Gertz first studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and, subsequently, at Bar...
Category
1970s Abstract Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board, Felt Pen
'Abstract Figural', Woman Artist, Art Institute of Chicago, San Bernardino
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, in graphite, 'Sue Gertz' for Suzanne Gertz (American, 1938-2003) and painted circa 1975.
Suzanne Gertz first studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and, subsequ...
Category
1970s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas, Charcoal
'Figurative Abstract', Woman Artist, Art Institute of Chicago, San Bernardino
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Suzanne Gertz (American, 1938-2003) and painted circa 1985, partial signature lower right.
Suzanne Gertz first studied at the...
Category
1980s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
'Spring Landscape', Paris, Modernist Oil, Danish Royal Academy, Charlottenborg
By Viggo Rorup
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Rorup' for Viggo Julius Rorup (Danish, 1903-1971) and dated 1966.
A large and lyrical spring landscape showing white apple-blossoms contrasted against a cora...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Expressionist Woodland', Paris, Morocco, Danish Royal Academy, Charlottenborg
By Mogens Valeur
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Mogens Valeur" (Danish, 1927-1999) and dated 1956.
Mogens Valeur first studied with Peter Rostrup Boyesen and, later, attended the Copenhagen Art Academy. He su...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Italian Piazza with the Alps Beyond', Paris, Danish Royal Academy, Oslo Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'K. L. Hilkier' for Knud Ove Hilkier (Danish, 1884-1953) and painted circa 1950
A lyrical Expressionist oil showing women fetching water from a fountain in the sunny piazza of a northern Italian town, with a view beyond towards the Alps rising in the distance. A powerful and vibrant work by this prominent member of the Bornholm School.
Born in Copenhagen, Knud Hilkier first studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen (1901-7). He was the recipient of numerous prestigious scholarships including the Hielmstierne-Rosencrone (1913); Raben-Levetzau (1914 and 1919); the Ronge Award (1915) and the Akkadian Scholarship (1916) which allowed him to further his studies in Spain and Italy and, most importantly, to make frequent visits to Paris. In Paris, he was influenced by the prevailing Impressionist style which caused his palette to lighten and his brushwork to become looser and more expressive. His subsequent studies with Sigurd Swane...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Orchid and Jade', San Francisco Art Institute, Large Bay Area Oil
By Kevin Keaney
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso, 'Kevin Keaney' (American, born 1962) and painted circa 1995.
This San Francisco Bay area artist studied with Jerry Morgan at the San Francisco Art Institute and has ex...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Chalk, House Paint, Acrylic, Board, Laid Paper
'Still Life', Paris, Louvre, Salon D'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped verso with Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) estate stamp and painted circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Cente...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Surreal Mountain Lake Landscape, Falling Autumn Leaves
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "O Connor" and painted circa 1945.
A panoramic view of an autumn landscape with leafless trees in front of a mountain lake and an olive green sky scattered with ...
Category
1940s Surrealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract in Coral and Jade', Large Mid-century American Biomorphic Abstraction
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial, mid-century American Abstract oil comprising biomorphic and dimensional forms in shades of coral, jade and straw, shown gathered around a central, rectangular element ...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Ferragamo Balloon Dog', Pop Art, California, Jeff Koons, Inflatable Canine
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Paulo Montano' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 2015.
A substantial, Jeff Koons derived Pop Art study of an iconic pink balloon dog on a Salvatore Ferragamo pedestal contrasted against a background of ivory curtains...
Category
2010s Pop Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Magazine Paper, Canvas
'Apples and Cherry Blossoms', Modernist Still Life
By Sally Mack
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right "Sally Mack" (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1975. Painted on Arches paper.
A vibrant, Post-Impressionist still-life showing branches of cherry-blossom...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
'Abstract in Jade and Light Green', Woman Artist
By Holly Blake
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, 'Holly Blake', dated 2016 and titled 'A Pattern of Chance'.
Holly Blake (American, 20th century) first attended Ohio's Columbus College of Art and Design and subseque...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Study of a Young Woman', California Woman artist, Art Institute of Chicago
By Sarah Hobson
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Sarah H. Hobson' and dated, '1936'.
A delicately modeled, gouache and watercolor study of a young woman with copper hair.
Sarah Villarette Hoover Hobson studied...
Category
1930s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Abstract in Magenta and Indigo', Geometric Abstraction, Modernism
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial oil abstract comprising a royal blue and citron triangle contained within receding rectangular elements on a scumbled pink and magenta background. American school, uns...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract #7', Architectural Abstraction, American Modernist, Maine, Santa Cruz
By Jonathan Taylor
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Taylor'; for Jonathan Taylor (American, born 1968); additionally signed verso, titled 'Composition #7' and painted in 2015.
A substantial oil abstract comprising adjacent and overlapping areas of primary and secondary colors resting against a steel-blue background.
This listed California artist first studied art at the College of the Atlantic in Bal Harbor...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salons d'Automne et Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with Victor di Gesu estate stamp.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Rice Paper
'Nude by a Mirror', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, California, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with Victor Di Gesu Estate stamp.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, California
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu, (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with Victor Di Gesu Estate stamp.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Lo...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'Aqua Sky', Gump's, San Francisco Bay Area Abstraction, Blue, Clouds
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper left, 'Michael Bradley' for Michael Thorn Bradley (American, 1944-2015) and dated 1986.
Previously with: Gump's Gallery, San Francisco (fr...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Richard Milhouse Nixon', Carmel Art Association, Oakland Art Museum, Monterey
By Dick Crispo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'D. Crispo' for Dick Crispo (American, born 1945) and dated 1972.
Dick Crispo has presented 76 one-man shows and won 36 awards for his artistry, including a gold...
Category
1970s Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Young Woman', Mid-Century Chinoiserie Portrait, Laughing Buddha, Tea Ceremony
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Sanchez Palacio' (Latin-American, 20th Century) and dated 1950.
Category
1950s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Sailing at Kennebec, Maine', Abstract, Whitney Museum, Mills College, ASL, CCAC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Schoener' for Jason Schoener (American, 1919-1997) and painted circa 1970. Titled 'Kennebec Race' (labels, verso)
Previously with M...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract', New York Art Students League, Boulder, Bay Area Woman Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Wood' for Virginia Wood (American, 1938-2019), additionally signed, verso, and dated 1968.
Virginia Wood studied at the University o...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plaster, Oil, Acrylic
'Hallo Kitty', Faux Leopard Marciano Pumps, Italian Fashion Shoes
By Marcia Park Cone
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed Lower right 'Cone'; titled verso, 'Hallo Kitty' and dated 2010.
A vivid still-life of a pair of Marciano 'Guess' faux leopard-skin pumps with purple linings shown dramatically contrasted against a cadmium-red background.
Marcia Park Cone makes her home in Lexington, Kentucky and is a member of the Plein Air Painters of the Bluegrass. In 2010 she contributed to Horse Mania, a local fund-raiser benefiting the Lex Arts organization, and in 2013, created "Still Cooking" using a bourbon barrel...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Cubist Figural', American Modernist Gouache
By Steve Jakobsen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Cubist gouache figural of a man wearing a sombrero and boots contrasted against a scumbled and dry-brush background of ochre, deep crimson red and umber.
Signed lower left, "Jakobse...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Board
'Sabrina's Wedding' California Post-Impressionist, Esalen, Santa Cruz Art League
By Anthony McNaught
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, "Anthony McNaught", (American, b.1952), titled and dated verso, 2014.
A lyrical, cabinet-size abstract comprising complex striated and overlapping elements of a...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
'Still Life With a Basket of Fruit', California Woman Artist
By Lorraine Laubender
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'L. Laubender' for Lorraine Laubender (American, 1921-2011) and painted circa 1960. Vintage art exhibition label verso.
A vibrant Modernist still-life by this lis...
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Broad Street, Winchester', Medieval Cityscape, Heatherly School of Fine Art
By Frank Sherwin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A delicate watercolor view of the medieval rectory of Winchester, in the English county of Hampshire, showing figures and a horse-drawn cart in Broad Street.
Signed lower right, "Frank Sherwin...
Category
1950s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Woman Reclining', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Di Gesu" for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1965.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Cen...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for 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...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'Standing Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, California, SFAA, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped verso with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1960.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art ...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'Still Life with Pipe', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, for Victor di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1960.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and t...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'Bixby Bridge, Big Surreal #1', Santa Cruz, Big Sur, California Hwy 1, Carmel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, 'David R. A. Watson' (American, born 1950), titled, 'Bixby Bridge, Big Surreal #1' and painted in 2023.
Artist Statement:
" 'El Grande Sur' of the early Mexican settlers could only be penetrated by pack horse until the WPA pushed through the Pacific Coast Highway in 1935. The engineering wonder of the Bixby bridge is a focal point of public amazement drawing hundreds of weekend sightseers. Popular movie lore of this bridge will secure its future as an eternal monument. Yet in truth it is not only a bridge but a stunning entrance toward the Big Sur coast which lies beyond. Thus, the iconic Neo-Classical sculpture...
Category
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Paint, Oil
'Rebekah at the Well', Follower of Luca Giordano, Early 19th Century Figural Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An early 19th century, figural oil of a young woman with chestnut hair, shown wearing a headscarf and glancing towards the viewers left. A detail from a copy of 'Rebeca at the Well',...
Category
19th Century Baroque Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
'Still Life on a Table', Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Pompidou Center, Nice
By Sylvain Vigny
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "Vigny" for Sylvain Vigny (French, 1903-1970) and painted, circa 1935, on artists board prepared by Maison Franco, 19 Rue Pastorelli, Nice.
Born in Vienna, Sylvain...
Category
1920s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
'Night Dance', San Francisco Art Institute, Oakland Museum, Osaka, Kobe, SFMOMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, verso, 'Takeshi Nakayoshi' (Japanese-American, born 1952), titled, 'Night Dance' and dated 1999.
Born in Osaka, Takeshi Nakayoshi first studied at the University of Oregon before attending the San Francisco Art Institute where he received his BFA (1977) and MFA (1982). Influenced by the work of Matisse and Diebenkorn, Nakayoshi combines this background with his interest in abstract expressionism and his ongoing exploration of the connections between art and music.
SELECTED SHOWS:
Oakland Museum, 2007
Citibank Building Headquarters, San Francisco, California 2007
Lantham Square Building, Oakland, California 2002
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Costa Rica
San Francisco Art Institute Group Alumni Exhibit
St. Francisco Hospital Fund Raising Auction, San Francisco
Oakland Federal Building
Kobe Earthquake Relief, Diamond & Jewelry Center, San Francisco
Triton Art Museum, San Jose
Synopsis Corporation, San Jose
Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco
Cadence Corporation, San Jose
Kaiser Center, Oakland, CA
Syntex Corporation, San Jose
SELECTED PERMANENT CORPORATION COLLECTIONS
Adobe Corporation, US Headquarters, San Jose
Alza Corporation, Mountain View
Bank of America, Washington D.C.
Birka-White Law Office, San Francisco
Burns, Doane, Sweckers & Mathis LLP, Redwood Shores
C & C Investment. San Francisco
Cadence Corporation, San Jose
CB Commercial Real Estate, Sacramento
Don Sebastiani & Sons, Sonoma
Fairview Capital, San Francisco
Hale and Dorr Law Firm, Boston, MA
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Irvine, California
Indus Corporation, San Francisco
Loral Western Development, San Jose
Macy's Union Square, San Francisco
Marcus I. Millichamp, Oregon, Washington DC., New Jersey
MCI Corporation, San Francisco
Mills College, Oakland
nth Power, San Francisco
NEC Corporation, US Headquarters, Santa Clara
Nordstrom, Atlanta, GA
Pyramid Technology, San Jose
Rolm Corporation. San Francisco
Saks Fifth Avenue, San Francisco and Texas
Scios Inc., San Francisco
Sedgwick James, San Francisco
SNK (Shin Nippon Kanko) Corporation, San Francisco
Ticor Corporation, San Jose
REVIEWS/AWARDS
San Francisco Chronicle "Don't Miss" designation by Kenneth Baker for last group show at Chroma Art...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Fifth Mesa Spirit', Cherokee, Art Students League, New York, Milan, Tucson, Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Lightfoot' for Jon Lightfoot (Native American, 1939-2018) and dated 1986.
Jon Lightfoot was born in Kansas City, Missouri to a Cher...
Category
1980s Modern Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'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
Oil, Board
'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
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
'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
'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
'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
'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
Canvas, Acrylic, Pen
'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
Oil, Board
'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
Oil, 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
'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 substantial Impressionist oil painting showing 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
'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
Canvas, Oil
'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
Acrylic, Postcard
'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
Paper, Oil, Board
'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
'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
Oil, Paper
'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...
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1990s Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil, Watercolor, Graphite
'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
'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
