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'Fête Foraine', Circus, Brittany, Breton, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'L. Simon' for Lucien Simon (French, 1861-1945) and painted circa 1919. Partially titled, verso, on old label.
Provenance: Austin Hills estate, San Francisco.
Pre...
Category
1910s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Annunciation', Woman Artist, SF Bay Area UCB, UCSF, St. Petersburg, Russia
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial and dynamic, modernist expression of the iconographic subject. Signed lower right, 'Hazard' for Barbara Hazard (American, 1931-2019); additionally signed, verso, titled...
Category
1990s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'The Bird Cage', Louis XV, Fêtes Galantes, Mme. de Pompadour, Rococo, Allegory
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'The Bird Cage', Louis XV, Fêtes Galantes, Mme. de Pompadour, Rococo, Allegory
'Les Amours du Bocage' (The Bird Cage). Painted after the original work (1735) by Nicolas Lancret (Fre...
Category
1870s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Young Man in a Yellow Brocade Waistcoat', Paris, Munich, Danish Royal Academy
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Monogrammed lower right, 'DM' for David Monies (Danish, 1812-1894) and dated 1849.
Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter, Peter Andreas Löser (1834–1857).
Framed in a su...
Category
1940s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Canvas, Oil
'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Ac. Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Painted circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with Victor di Gesu es...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'Woman in Green' Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Paris, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Woman in Green' Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Paris, LACMA
Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) estate stamp, verso, and painted circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor ...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Graphite
'Le Reliquaire', Catholic, London, Royal Academy, RWS, Philadelphia Centennial
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Le Reliquaire', Catholic, London, Royal Academy, RWS, Philadelphia Centennial. English Realist.
Signed lower left, 'Walter Goodall' (English, 1830-18...
Category
1860s Other Art Style Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
'Betsy Ross Bar & Grill', Santa Cruz Art League, California, Cocktail Hostesses
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Betsy Ross Bar & Grill', Santa Cruz Art League, California, Cocktail Hostesses
'The Betsy Ross Bar & Grill', Exhibited: Santa Cruz Art League, California, 1986
Signed lower left, ...
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Board
'Flamenco Dancer in Lilac', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created circa 1965 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped, verso, with Victor di Gesu estate seal.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Lo...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Masonite
'Equestrienne', Salon d’Automne, Musée du Luxembourg, French Post-Impressionism
By Henri Ottmann
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Henry Ottmann' (French, 1877-1927) and created circa 1915.
An elegant pencil and ink-wash drawing showing two women conversing, one seated side-saddle on horse ...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Pencil
'Self Portrait', Post Impressionist Danish Woman Artist, Charlottenborg, Aurora
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Anne Margrethe Grosell (Danish, 1909- 1999), circa 1935, and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity.
An accomplished Post-Impressionist self-portrait by this ...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Portrait of a Young Woman', Bretonne, Brittany, France, Danish Royal Academy
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Agnes Louise Agnete Jensen Weie (Danish, 1878-1964) and painted circa 1911.
Provenance: ABR auction 170, 1964, catalog #83, 1964 (see photo); Inscribed, verso, '83/170' from auction ...
Category
1910s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Study of a Young Woman Seated', Large Expressionist Figural Oil, Female, Deco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial, American School figural oil of a young woman with dark hair shown seated, wearing a simple white cotton shift and gazing to the viewer's left.
A dramatically composed...
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Double Figural', California, Post Impressionist Oil, Santa Monica College
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Goetz' for Jack Goetz (American, born 1919).
Jack Goetz has painted and exhibited with success for many years and continues to paint at the age of 104.
Speaki...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'The White Camel', Paris, Cairo, Danish Modernism, De Tretten, Group of Thirteen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Anton Hansen (Danish, 1891-1960) circa 1935 and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity.
Provenance: Airforce Captain A.P. Botved, a personal friend of the arti...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Animal Paintings
Materials
Plywood, Oil
'Aurora', Baroque, Classical, Mythological Oil, Guido Reni, Quirinal, Rome
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Leonardi' for Achille Leonardi (Italian, 1800-1870), inscribed, '... Roma' and painted circa 1860.
An exceptionally fine and detailed, nineteenth century oil...
Category
1850s Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Madonna', Paris Universal Exposition, Danish Academy Fine Arts, Palestine, Rome
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Inscribed, verso, with artist's name, Axel Helsted (Danish, 1847-1907) and painted circa 1895. Additionally titled, verso, 'Madonna'. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
'Cherubs Playing', Angels, Amorini, Memento Mori, Naive, Baroque Religious Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An early eighteenth-century, Italian baroque figural oil showing a group of cherubs or Amorini grouped together before red velvet drapes, one reclining on a wooden cross and wearing ...
Category
Early 18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
'Creation Story', Amate, Yale University, Paris, Folk Art, Aztec
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, 'Inocencio Jiménez Chino' and dated 1980.
This indigenous Mexican artist lives in the remote mountains of southern Mexico. He is among a group of self taught fo...
Category
1980s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
'Reclining Nude in Interior', California Post-Impressionist, Louvre, 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 estate stamp.
Framed dimensions: 21 H x 1.5 D x 24.75 W inches
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Vic...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'Young Girl Sewing' Paris, Universal Exposition, Danish Oil, Pont Aven, Brittany
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Find' for Ludvig Find (Danish, 1869-1945) and painted circa 1900.
Ludvig Find first attended Copenhagen's School of Fine Arts and Kroyer's school (1888) before ...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Flamenco Dancer', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Carmel, California, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Di Gesu Estate (American, 1914-1988) stamp verso and painted circa 1955.
Framed dimensions: 18 x 1 x 13 inches
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Oil
'Mary with Jesus and St. John the Baptist', 17th Century Milanese School Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A late 17th century, devotional oil showing the Virgin Mary with Jesus and St. John the Baptist. Displayed in a fine and period, hand-carved and gilt-wood frame.
Framed dimensions: ...
Category
Mid-17th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
'Woman Reclining', Shiraz Iran, Accademia di Belle Arti di Perugia, Italy, Miami
By Hessam Abrishami
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Hessam' for Hessam Abrishami (Iranian, born 1951) and painted circa 2000.
Titled by artist, 'Quiet Moment'.
Paper dimensions: 22 H x 28 W inches
Hessam Abrisha...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
'Woman Playing a Cello', Shiraz, Iran, Accademia di Belle Arti di Perugia, Miami
By Hessam Abrishami
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Hessam' for Hessam Abrishami (Iranian, born 1951) and painted circa 2000.
Titled by artist, 'Color Me Music'.
Paper dimensions: 28 x 21.75 inches.
Hessam Abrisha...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Laid Paper
'The Green Shoes', SF Women's College, SF Art Institute, California, Romanoff
By Inez Storer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Storer' for Inez May Storer (American, born 1933) and dated 1979.
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...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gouache, Color Pencil
'The Green Hat', California, SF Women's College, SF Art Institute, Romanoff
By Inez Storer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Storer' for Inez May Storer (American, born 1933) and dated 1979.
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...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gouache, Color Pencil
'Mother and Child', Woman Impressionist, Paris, Académie Julian, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right, 'A.E.M' for Anna Elisabeth Munch (Danish, 1876-1960) and painted circa 1940.
This notable Danish Modernist first studied with Karl Jensen (1889) and C. N. Overgaard (1891–1892). She later traveled and studied in Italy and, subsequently, at the Académie Julian under Jean Paul Laurens and Benjamin Constant. After her return to Denmark, Munch became a student of the Impressionist Julius Paulsen (1895-1897) and made her début at the 1898 Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition.
Munch became the first Danish woman to receive commissions for large devotional altarpieces and her early subjects were often derived from Nordic and Christian mythology. These themes were also explored in the large fresco commissions she completed after studying fresco with Joakim Skovgaard (1909-10).
Munch continued her studies in both France and Italy and also traveled extensively to Sweden and Norway. Together with the writer Sophie Breum, Munch built a house on the island of Funen at the artist's colony of Kerteminde. Munch illustrated several of Breum's books and, through her, was introduced to the women's movement. She furthered her art studies with Fritz Syberg...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Montmartre, Place du Tertre', Paris, Woman Modernist, AIC, Smithsonian, Carmel
By Patricia Stanley Cunningham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Patricia Cunningham' for Patricia Stanley Cunningham (American, 1907-1984) and painted circa 1965.
The first woman to serve as president of the Carmel Art Assoc...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
'Figure Seated in Interior', Woman Artist, Berkeley, San Francisco Museum of Art
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Millicent Tomkins' for Millicent Hanson Tomkins (American, 1930-2021) and dated 1959.
Millicent Tomkins began painting at a young age and, as a child, was awarde...
Category
1950s Modern Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Woman Wearing Mantilla', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Carmel, California
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Di Gesu' for Victor di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1958.
A substantial oil a young woman, (possibly Victor's wife, the artist, Janet Ament), sho...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Flamenco Dancer', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Grand Palais, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Partial signature, lower right, 'Di Gesu' for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with Certification of Authenticity
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Ge...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'Study of a Man', Paris, Flâneur, Boulevardier, Danish Post-Impressionist Oil
By Axel Bentzen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed upper right 'A.B.' for Axel Bentzen (Danish, 1893-1952) painted circa 1925.
Axel Bentzen studied art as a child and, by the age of 14, was copying Old Master paintings at Copenhagen's National Museum of Art. He traveled to Italy in 1919 and, from 1923-1939, spent every second year there or in Paris, painting and furthering his understanding of the principles of Modernism. Bentzen was the recipient of numerous scholarships including the prestigious Hielmstierne-Rosencrone scholarship which he was awarded twice (1925, 1927) and the Copenhagen Akademie scholarship which he received three times (1927, 1929, 1931). He exhibited internationally with success including, from 1922, at the Charlottenborg as well as at prominent salons in Paris, Berlin, Venice, Budapest, Riga and Belgrade. The artist is listed in all relevant art reference works including both Benezit's Dictionary of Artists and Thieme-Becker's Kunstlexikon (Vollmer Supplement). We are pleased to offer this dramatic and psychologically penetrating oil study of a young man dating to circa 1925.
Reference:
E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 2, p. 122; Vollmer Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler des 20. Jarhhunderts, Hans Vollmer, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 1, p. 173; et al.
Scholarships:
Hielmstierne-Rosencrone 1925, 1927; Raben-Levetzau 1926; Bielke 1926; Carlson's Pr. 1926; Akkadian. 1927, 1929, 1931; Oluf Hartmann 1928, 1930; Eckersberg Med. 1930; Kaufmann 1930; March 1931; Zach. Jacobsen 1932, 1936.
Exhibitions:
KE 1922-26; Charles. Spring 1925; The free Exhibition 1927-38 (inc. from 1930); Association of painters, Helsinki, 1928; Funen Spring Exhibition. 1930, 1938; Tour exhibition 1930-36; Newer Painting, Germany 1932; in Venice 1934, 1954; as exhibited in Budapest, Riga, Bucharest and Belgrade 1936-37; Nerd Mässhallen, Gothenburg 1939; Grønningen 1939-47, 1952 (commemorative issue), 1953, (commemorative issue), 1955, 1965; Icelandic, Swedish art, Mässhallen, Gothenburg 1941; Ny Carlsbergfondet Jubilee Charlottenborg and others 1952; That then buying convention, Fr. 1952 (commemorative issue); The Freeman's Memorial Exhibition, Kunstforen, Kbh 1966; Easter 1974, Skive Museum 1974; Modern art owned by Vejle, Vejle Kunstmuseum 1977; Inside, outside, Mouse at Koldinghus 1981.
Solo exhibitions:
Anton Hansen, Copenhagen 1917; The free Exhibition building, 1921; Kunstforen, Copenhagen 1937; Jugelsalan, Aarhus 1946-47, 1950; Storstrøm's Kunstmuseum 1953 (commemorative issue); Open Mouse, 1972.
Artworks:
Egyptian Woman on Balcony (1920); Self-Portrait (1925, Stat. Museum for Art); The Hospital Garden (1925); The Dreamer (1925, Storstrøm Art Museum); The Blind (1925, Carlsons Pr for 3 last names); Marsk Stig's daughters (1926, Nordjyll Kunstmuseum); Young Italian woman on a chair...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Portrait of the Artist, Victor Isbrand', Paris, Copenhagen, Morocco
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'Oda Lauritsen' for Oda Lauritsen Isbrand (Danish, 1904-1987) and dated, upper left, '1928'.
A powerful oil portrait of the artist's husband-to-be, the notable D...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Oil
'Woman Seated', Paris, Louvre, Grand Palais, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped verso with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1965.
A bold, Post-Impressionist figural oil of a young woman, shown seated on a bench wi...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Paper
'Seated Nude with Flowers' Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Accompanied by certificate of authenticity for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955. Additional painting, verso, with old inscription by the artist's wife, Jan...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
'The Green Hat' Louvre, LACMA, Académie Chaumière, California Post-Impressionist
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "Di Gesu" for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and dated 1954.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the Chouinard Art School before moving to Paris where he studied with Andre L’Hote...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Paper, 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
'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
'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
'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
'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
'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
'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
'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
'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
'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
'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
Paper, Oil, Foam Board
'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
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
'Woman Seated', Paris, Louvre, Académies Chaumière, 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 loose study of a woman seated in a dress, resting her chin on her hand and recli...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'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
'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
'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
'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
'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
'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
'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
Oil, Cardboard
'Dove of Peace', Large Oil, New Figurative Movement, Italian Modernism, Biennale
By Vittorio Maria Di Carlo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V.M. Di Carlo' for Vittorio Maria Di Carlo (Italian, 1939-2015) and painted circa 1980.
Born in San Marco, Maria Vittorio Di Carlo...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
