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'Massacre of Tlatelolco', Plaza de las Tres Culturas, Mexican Olympics, Rio MAM
By Benjamin Silva
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center with artist monogram, 'B.S.' for Benjamin Silva (Brazilian, born 1927) and dated with roman numerals, 1968; additionally signed, verso, dated and titled.
A dramatic and animated oil painting of a crowd scene showing the feared, mounted police of Mexico City in action against the students in the demonstrations of October 2nd that preceded the opening of the Mexican Olympic Games...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'The Cheese Market, Les Halles', Paris, Salon d'Automne, Salon des Independants
By Edouard-Jean Dambourgez
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Dambourgez' for Edouard-Jean Dambourgez (French, 1844-1931), titled, 'Paris' and painted circa 1890.
A fine and detailed, late-nineteenth century view of a counter of the bustling cheese market...
Category
1880s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Postcard, Oil
'La Taverne Pausset, Paris', Salon d'Automne, Salon des Independants, Benezit
By Edouard-Jean Dambourgez
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Dambourgez' for Edouard-Jean Dambourgez (French, 1844-1931), titled, 'Paris' and painted circa 1880. Titled with inscription, verso, on old backing, ''Taverne Pausset', grands boulevards a Paris".
A fine and detailed, cabinet-size oil painting showing an elegant Parisian cafe and bar, the interior lit by luminous, floor-to-ceiling stained-glass windows and filled with fashionably-dressed patrons drinking and socializing beneath a haze of pipe and cigar smoke. A minor, period masterpiece, providing an animated view of the city's fin-de-siècle nightlife, and characterised by finely observed and fully-realized figures showing an unusual degree of both social commentary and psychological penetration.
Edouard-Jean Dambourgez first studied with Jules Lefebvre and, subsequently, as an engraver and chromo-lithographer under Gustave Boulanger. In 1880, Dambourgez commenced exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français, and, in 1883, was elected a member of the Society. Throughout the 1880's, he exhibited frequently and with success at the major Paris salons including the Salon d'Automne, the Salon des Independants and the Salon des Champs-de-Mars. In 1884, he was commissioned by the Louvre to engrave all illustrations for the catalog to the Thiers Collection, recently bequeathed to the Museum. The recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards, Dambourgez was awarded an honorable distinction by the Salon in 1888, and an honorable mention in 1891.
In 1888, the critic Albert Wolff recommended his painting, 'A Cheese Shop', for inclusion at the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1891, the city of Paris bought his large canvas, 'The Cream and Cheese Market...
Category
1880s Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Postcard
'Chorus Line', Cooper Union, WPA, MoMA, Metropolitan, Smithsonian, Woman Artist
By Ruth Gikow
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Gikow' for Ruth Levine Gikow (Russian-American, 1915-1982); with original New York, Kennedy Gallery gallery label bearing artist information and dated 1974. Photo of the artist courtesy of Wikipedia.
Framed dimensions: 21.25 x 1.5 x 31.25 inches.
Born in the Russian Ukraine, Ruth Gikow's family emigrated to the United States in 1920, settling on the Lower East Side of New York. She won early recognition for her artwork at Washington Irving High School, which then had one of the strongest art departments in New York City.
At 17, Gikow entered Cooper Union...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Man Playing a Banjo', American Mid-Century Cubist-Derived Figural Oil, Fifties
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Paula Melcher' (American, 20th century) and dated 1956.
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Story Time', Paris, Salon d'Automne, New York, ASL, Corcoran, PAFA, Art Deco
By Nura Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Nura' for Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899–1950). Additionally signed, verso, dated March 1928 with artist's New York City ...
Category
1920s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
'Young Woman Wearing a Copper Scarf', Paris, Salon d'Automne, Brittany, Skagen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'W. Schwartz' for Walter Erwin Otto Schwartz (Danish, 1889-1958), dated 1935 and inscribed 'Skagen' lower right.
A substantial, psychologically penetrating portrait of a young woman with braids, shown dressed in a charcoal wool coat and wearing a copper-colored neck-scarf. The self-possessed sitter stands and meets the viewers gaze directly, proving herself an unusually confident subject for this noted Danish Modernist.
Nephew of the Danish academic artist, Frans Schwartz, Walter Schwartz grew up surrounded by the painters who frequented the Danish art colony on the picturesque island of Skagen. Walter first studied formally (1904-8) with Michael Ancher...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'The Doctor's Office', WPA, San Francisco, Chouinard, SFMA, Oakland Museum, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Justin Murray' (American, 1912-1987), titled, verso, 'The Doctor's Office' and painted circa 1945.
Framed dimensions: 9¼ x 1½ x 21 inches.
Born in Minneapolis, ...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'At the Beach, Mexico near Sayulita', Santa Cruz, California Woman Artist
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Wildermuth' for Jennifer Wildermuth Reyes (American, 20th century); additionally signed verso, on stretcher bar, and dated 2006.
A substantial figural coastal l...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Two Women with a Guitar', Large Tonalist Figural Oil, New Orleans, New York
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Inscribed lower right, 'Kimball' for Harold Kimball (American, born 1929) and painted circa 1975.
Born in New York City, Harold Kimball lived for sever...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
'Portrait of a Young Man', Dennis the Menace, Walt Disney, Figural Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed center right, 'Ketcham' for Hank Ketcham (American, 1920-2001) and dated 1990.
Hank Ketcham, the creator of Dennis the Menace, was born in Seattle...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Two Men Accused of a Capital Crime', Sacco and Vanzetti, Dartmouth, Ben Shahn
By Richard Britell
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created by Richard Britell (American, born 1944) circa 1990.
Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Richard Britell Archive of Works, signed by the artist and noting title.
Born in New York, Richard Britell first studied at the Pratt Institute with Philip Pearlstein and Walter Erlebacher (1962-1964) before attending Syracuse University ( 1964-1966). He received his BFA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1972. Britell was the recipient of the 1985 artist residency by Dartmouth College and has exhibited widely and with success, including in New York, Massachusetts and Italy.
Solo Exhibitions:
2011 “Measuring the Universe” Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, MA
2010 “And Now For Some things Completely Different”
Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, MA
2010 “The Figure, The Figure, The Figure and The Figure”
Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, MA
2009 “A nest of robins in her hair” Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, MA
2007 “NY, NY” Lauren Clark Fine Art, Housatonic, Ma
2003 “Image and Text” Tokonoma Gallery, Housatonic, MA
1999 “From Architecture to Abstraction” Tokonoma Gallery, Housatonic, MA
1998 “New Work” Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
1998 “New Figures” Ute Stebich Gallery, Lenox, MA
1995 “Richard Britell, New Work” Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY
1993 “New Work on Gilded Panel” Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY
1985 “Fresco Panels...
Category
1990s Minimalist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood
'Study of a Young Woman', Tonalism
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right, 'A.F' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1940.
A tonalist study of a young woman with bobbed brown hair, shown gazing to the ...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
'Seated Nude', Paris, Royal Danish Academy, Charlottenborg, Bornholm, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Mogens Hertz' (Danish, 1909-1999) and dated 1949.
A large, Post-Impressionist figural oil showing a pregnant young woman, draped from the waist down, with her hands resting serenely in her lap. Seated beside a garden door, she is gently dappled by golden sunlight that filters in through verdant foliage. Painted when the artist was forty years old, Hertz has accomplished a lyrical, light-suffused study of his beautiful and enigmatic young subject.
Mogens Hertz first studied with the Academician, Laurits Ring and, subsequently, with the Danish Impressionist, Rostrup Boyesen. In 1930, after an influential study trip to Paris, Hertz continued his formal studies at Copenhagen's Charlottenborg Academy before moving to the countryside outside Gudhjem. There, he became a co-founder of the Bornholm School. His work there came to exemplify the group's lyrical portrayal of idyllic landscapes, painted in a loose and painterly, Impressionist style that often borders on abstraction.
From 1930-1941, Hertz traveled and studied widely, including to France, Holland, Germany, Norway and Sweden. He was the recipient of numerous medals, prizes and juried awards including the August Schiøtt scholarship (1948) and the Frederik Sødring prize (1939). Over the course of a long and distinguished career, he exhibited widely and with success including, from 1937, at the Royal Danish Academy's Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, at the Bornholm Art Museum and the Vejen Art Museum, among others. Mogens Hertz is well-listed in relevant art biographical reference works including Benezit's definitive dictionary of artists. We are pleased to offer a major work from the artist's middle period.
Reference:
E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 6, p. 954; Weilbach, Dansk Kunstnerleksikon, the Castle and Cultural Agency, Copenhagen; Chr. F. Beck i: Da. Kunst, nr. 90, maj 1950; Helge Ernst...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Sheila Antoine with Afro', Sir John Cass, Otis Art Institute, California
By Pearl Took
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left with monogram, 'P.T.' for Pearl Took (American, 1928-2012); additionally signed verso, dated 1977 and titled 'Sheila Antoine'.
Born in England, Pearl Took first st...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Couple Dancing', American Folk Art Figural Oil, WPA era
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed indistinctly, lower right, and painted circa 1935.
A strongly animated, vertically stacked figurative painting filled with compressed energy and an atmosphere of psychologic...
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Ladies in a Japanese Garden', Alameda Art Association, California
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Freda L. Hansen' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1965; bearing, verso, Alameda Art Association label with artist information and titled, 'Ladies in a G...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard, Acrylic
'Young Woman in a Turban', American Academy in Rome, Italy, Notre Dame, FRSA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Faintly signed lower right, 'D. Mayernik' for David Mayernik (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1985.
A period, Post-Impressionist style study of a woman in a turban looking proudly upwards. A warm and engaging piece by a bravura hand.
Artist, design architect, author and educator David Mayernik studied fresco painting with restorer Leonetto Tintori and has painted frescoes for the TASIS campus in Lugano, churches in Ticino and Tuscany, and the Palio...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
'Woman Seated', Post Impressionist Woman Artist, Fauve, Carmel, California, PAFA
By Virginia Sevier Rogers
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Monogrammed lower left, 'VSR' for Virginia Sevier Rogers (American, 1916-2015) and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity.
Born in Fort Collins, Colorado., Virginia Sevi...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Pastel
'Portrait of a Young Woman', Philadelphia Modernist, PAFA, Baum School of Art
By Martin Zipin
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Zipin' for Martin Zipin (American, 1920-1991) and painted circa 1960.
Displayed in the original, hand-carved giltwood frame.
Framed ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
'Tropical Jungle Woman', Polynesian Figural, Pacific Islands, Weimar Republic
By Orla Muff
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Muff' for Orla Muff (Danish, 1903-1984) and painted circa 1940.
Orla Muff received his first formal art instruction at the Copenhagen Technical School from 1917-21, where he studied with the theatrical painter, Carl Lund. He subsequently traveled, studied and painted throughout Europe including in France, Germany, Sweden and Holland.
In the early years of his career, Muff was celebrated as a designer of sophisticated Art Deco sets and costumes for prominent theatrical productions and revues throughout Europe. These included productions for Max Reinhardt...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Blue Pierrot', Large Figural Oil, California Modernist, Woman Artist, Los Altos
By Janice Haefner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Haefner' for Janice Haefner (American, 1919-2002) and painted circa 1960; additionally signed, verso, and with artist address.
This life-time member of the Pacific Art League lived in Los Altos...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Women with Flowers', Early Los Altos California Modernist, Floral Still Life
By Janice Haefner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso, on stretcher bar, 'Janice Haefner' (American, 1919-2002) and painted circa 1960.
A substantial mid-century, Expressionist figural abstraction showing two women seated ...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Ac. 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, Paper
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie 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 L...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
'Portrait of a Young Woman', Academie Chaumière, Paris, Chouinard, Art Center
By Leon Franks
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Leon Franks'; additionally signed and titled, 'Portrait of a Girl', on old label verso.
A bravura brushwork study of a young woman wearing a floral patterned shirt gazing calmly towards the viewer.
A noted portrait and still life painter, Leon Franks studied at the Academie Julian and Grande Chaumiere in Paris and, subsequently, in Los Angeles at the Chouinard Art Institute and the Los Angeles Art Center. Franks additionally studied privately with Nicolai Fechin, Will Foster and F. Tolles Chamberlain.
Before settling in Los Angeles in 1936, where Franks continued his education and began designing for the movie industry, he did portraits and decorations for Vancouver theaters. The author of several 'How to Paint' books, including titles 'How to Do Still Life' (1952) and 'Leon Franks on Techniques' (1964), Franks was a teacher. He privately taught several artists, including Vernon...
Category
1960s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Prophet', Chouinard Art Institute, Biblical, Old Testament, Early Christian
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'H. R. Williams' for Homer Ross Williams (American, 1901-1954), and painted circa 1925.
Displayed in a substantial, incised and water-gilded frame of the period. Framed Size: 25 x 20 x 2 inches.
A psychologically penetrating, early twentieth century, figural oil painting of a bearded young man...
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'In the Garden, Carmel', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Ac. Chaumière, LACMA
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 Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'Paris in the Rain', Large French School Post-Impressionist oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Marda' (French, 20th century) and inscribed verso 'Street Scene by Marda #4'.
A substantial, mid-century oil cityscape showing a view of a rainy Parisian boulev...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Janet Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Di Gesu", for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988); further signed and titled verso, and bearing original exhibition label.
A substantial figural oil showing Victor di Gesu's wife, the artist Janet Ament, with a white shawl over her knees and seated cross-legged in front of a large ficus. A major work by this notable California Fauve...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Bretonne Cowherd in Pasture', Barbizon, Proto-Impressionism, Paris, Brittany
By Julien Dupré
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A cabinet-size, grisaille oil on panel landscape showing a young Bretonne cowherd attempting to direct a reluctant Guernsey cow, which appears determined on a different direction.
U...
Category
Late 19th Century Barbizon School Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Man in Glasses', Post Impressionist oil study in Ochre and Coral
By K.C. Collins
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A study of a man's face, shown wearing horn-rimmed glasses and gazing to the viewers left. painted in monochromatic tones of ochre against a vibrant coral-red background.
Signed low...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'Lovers in a Doorway', American Folk Art, Outsider artist, Figural painting
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right, 'J.P.' and painted circa 1975; additionally titled 'The Lovers' verso and initialed.
A humorous and breezy view of various figures interacting on a sidewalk.
Category
1970s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
'Still Life with Blue Jug', Contemporary California Expressionist artist
By Anthony McNaught
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right, 'AEM'; for Anthony Eustace McNaught (American, born 1952) additionally signed verso, 'Anthony McNaught', titled 'Still Life with Blue Jug', and dated 2019.
This Post-Impressionist and Expressionist artist studied at the Esalen Institute with Erin Gafill...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Two Women', San Francisco Bay Area Expressionism, Woman Artist, Large Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial oil painting of two women shown adjacent and seated and painted in bravura Expressionist style with a subtle and complex palette by an intuitive, bravura hand.
Signed...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Young Woman Seated', Hungarian Figural oil, Academie Julian, Academie de Geneve
By Jozsef Biro
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An early-20th-century figural study showing a finely dressed young woman seated in the countryside and admiring her necklace in a hand-mirror.
Signed lower right "Biro J." for Jozs...
Category
1920s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not', Girl in a Gingham Dress, 1940's, Folk Art
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A sensitively painted portrait of the artist's daughter, Nancy, aged two and a half, shown wearing a floral-striped, jade green gingham dress.
Signed lower right, 'Martha Tracy Frey' (American, 1915-2010) and painted 1944; additionally inscribed verso 'Picture of Nancy Jane Frey from life-sized photograph when about 2 1/2. Painted by her mother in 1944.' This Kern County...
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'In the Kitchen', 19th Century Flemish Genre Painting
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Style of Richard Brakenburgh (Dutch 1650-1702) and painted circa 1820.
Displayed in a shot silk mat with gilded slip within an 18th century, Dutch ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
'Dancing Dogs', Impressionist Mid-century Circus Scene, Banjo Man, Acrobat
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An interesting, American School Mid-century tempera painting showing a view of a seated clown rehearsing his dogs for a dance routine while a bareback rider in costume observes in th...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Illustration Board
'After Mass, Brittany', Société des Artistes Française, Honfleur Museum, Benezit
By Henri Lucien Joseph Buron
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Henri Buron' for Henri Lucien Joseph Buron (French, 1880-1969) and dated lower right 1927; additionally signed verso and dated.
The painting is displayed in a cu...
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
'Spring in Provence', Paris, Salon d'Automne, Post-Impressionist Woman Artist
By Chérie-Anne-Charles Fargue
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Cheriane' for Cheri-Anne Charles Fargue, (French, born 1900), and dated, verso, 1927.
Provenance: Theophile Briant Gallery, Paris, from old label verso.
Frame a...
Category
1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Red Man/White Man', Large Pop Art Figural, First Nation, Native American, RCMP
By James Scott
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial figurative oil painting showing two figures, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police man and a Native American warrior.
Signed upper left, "J.F. Scott" (20th century) and dat...
Category
1970s Pop Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
California Post-Impressionist 'Woman Seated', Louvre, LACMA, Académie Chaumière
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Di Gesu estate stamp verso and painted circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the Chouinard Art School before movi...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Laid Paper
'Europa and the Bull', Greek Mythology, NYMOMA, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, PAFA
By Giglio Raphael Dante
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right 'Dante' for Giglio Raphael Dante (American, born 1916), titled verso and painted circa 1940.
Raphael Dante first studied at the Academy of Rome prior to moving to...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Paper
'Football', Chouinard Art Institute, Society of Illustrators, Emmy Award
By Warren Edgar Lamm
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped verso with certification of authenticity for Warren Lamm (American, 1937-2017) and painted circa 1975.
This artist and illustrator first studied at the Chouinard Art Institute (1958), before receiving his Bachelor in Fine Art from San Jose State University. Warren Lamm was a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the recipient of seven Emmy awards...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Color Pencil
'John and Mimi with Tim', John Lennon, England, Manchester College of Art
By Stephen Bower
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A charming and fresh portrait of the musician and composer standing in front of Mendips, the house where he was mostly raised by his mother's sister Mimi, with his aunt standing behind him holding her large ginger and white cat, Timmy, that he grew up with.
Signed lower left, 'S. Bower'; additionally inscribed with dedication verso 'To Mrs. Smith - Best Wishes, S. Bower', titled 'John Lennon with his Aunt Mimi and Tim at Mendips' and dated October 1982.
This listed English plein-air painter, attended Manchester College of Art from 1970 to 1974 and currently lives in Totnes, Devon. He describes himself as "a colorist who is inspired by flower gardens, especially English cottage gardens in early summer. I have spent successive summers painting in Monet’s garden at Giverny, Northern France."
Exhibitions:
Nothern Young Contemporaries, Liverpool – 1974
Marlborough Gallery, London (Buddy Holly...
Category
1980s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'The White Bonnet', Paris, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen Art Museum
By Henrik Schouboe
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'H.S.' for Henrik Schouboe (Danish, 1876-1949) and painted circa 1915.
Henrik Schouboe first studied at the Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Fine Arts from 1894-1901 and, from 1903-1910, in Italy and Paris. He was awarded numerous stipends and scholarships including the Larssen (1902-3) and the Akademie Scholarship in 1908. In 1906, he had exhibited for the first time at the Charlottenborg where his submitted entry was purchased by the leading Danish painter of the time, Kristian Zahrtmann, for his personal collection.
Schouboe continued to exhibit both domestically and internationally for over thirty years and was the recipient of a variety of prizes, medals and juried awards including the purchase of his 1908 Charlottenborg entry, 'Young Couple in a Landscape', by the State Museum of Art for inclusion in the Danish national collection. Schouboe's work is held in the permanent collections of numerous museums including Copenhagen, Aabenraa, Maribo and the Aalborg Art Museums. We are pleased to offer a delicate and psychologically penetrating portrait of this beautiful and determined girl on the cusp of womanhood.
Reference:
Thieme-Becker Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zu Gengenwart, Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 30, p. 269; E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 12, p. 520; Weilbach, Dansk Kunstnerleksikon, the Castle and Cultural Agency, Copenhagen; Dansk Kunst (Charlottenborg), 1927: Taf. 27, 1928: Taf. 38, 1929: Taf. 46; S. Michaëlis i: Art VII, 1905-06; Vilh. Wanscher i: Kunstbl. 1909-10, 71f; Harald Giersing...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Study of a Young Woman', California Woman artist, Art Institute of Chicago
By Sarah Hobson
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A sensitively drawn pastel study of a young woman with red hair shown wearing a blue dress and gazing to the viewers right.
Signed lower left, 'Sarah H. Hobson' and painted circa 19...
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
'Solitaire', Post-Impressionist Figural, Salon des Artistes Français, Benezit
By Andre Firmin Regagnon
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Andre Regagnon' (French, 1902-1976) and painted circa 1935; additionally signed on label verso.
A substantial and lyrical 'Intimiste' work showing an interior s...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Dance Class', Modernist Figural, Sir John Cass, Otis Art Institute, Parson's
By Pearl Took
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed middle right with monogram, 'P.T.'; additionally signed verso, dated 1974 and titled 'UCLA Dance Class'; accompanied by artist's business card.
Born in England, Pearl Took fi...
Category
1970s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Interior of Synagogue with Rabbi', Polish Orthodox Judaica
By Mieczyslaw Watorski
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'M. Watorski' for Mieczyslaw Watorski (Polish, 1903 - 1979) and painted circa 1950.
This Polish history and landscape painter is particularly revered for his doc...
Category
1940s Modern Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Any Day in America', Social Realist, Beat Generation, Allen Ginsberg
By Ron Croci
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Croci" for Ron Croci (American, born 1945), and painted circa 1970.
A substantial, Social Realist watercolor showing a view of a ramshackle rust-belt landscape ...
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
'Surreal Cityscape', National Academy of Design, San Francisco Museum of Art
By Daniel Albert Harris
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'ZEV' for Daniel Albert Harris (American, 1914-1986) and dated "1952-1953".
A dramatic, Mid-century cityscape showing numerous figures, both concealed and partially-revealed, dispersed in a neo-classical townscape beneath a vibrant sunset.
Born Daniel Harris, and adopting the name of Zev, Harris studied at the Masters Institute of the Roerich Museum in Hungary and at the National Academy of Design...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Portrait of Gene Harrison', Pasadena, Parsons School of Design
By Pearl Took
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial and psychologically penetrating study of the American musician.
Signed lower right with monogram; titled and dated, verso, 1977.
Born in England, Pearl Took first studied at the Skipton Art School (1943-7) and, subsequently, at Sir John Cass College (1947-9). After immigrating to California in 1957, Took commenced her active career as a fine artist, also becoming an art teacher at Pasadena City College and a freelance illustrator with the Pasadena City News. As her painting style matured and evolved, she continued to further her studies, including at such prestigious institutions as the California State College, the Art Center of Design, the Otis Art Institute and the Parsons School...
Category
1970s Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Grand Canal, Venice', School of Paris, Musee D'Orsay, Toulouse-Lautrec Museum
By Henri d'Anty
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left "d'Anty" for Henry d'Anty (French, 1910-1998), titled verso "La Gondole" (The Gondola) and painted circa 1955.
A vibrant view of the Grand Canal painted alla prima...
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'In the Shade of La Casa Cordova, Tucson', Meyer Street, Arizona
By Marian Stahl
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Marian Stahl' (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1960.
Inscribed verso, 'Meyer St, Tucson AZ' with artist address.
A finely drawn, mid-century view of ...
Category
1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
'Fashion Able II', Parsons School of Design, Haute Couture, Costume
By Isaac Mizrahi
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso lower left, 'Isaac Mizrahi'.
A fashion designer and creator of costume, Isaac Mizrahi attended the Parsons School of Design before becomin...
Category
1990s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Synthetic Paper, Graphite, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
'Man In Motion', Framed Modernist Figural, Woman Artist, SFMOMA, Oakland Museum
By Carrie Lederer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right and painted circa 1985.
Provenance label verso from Ianetti Lanzone Gallery.
Winner of the prestigious Fleishacker Eureka Fellowship, Carrie Lederer received her BFA in sculpture from Michigan State University and has exhibited both nationally and internationally with success including at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Oakland Museum, the Calvin Morris...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Young Woman Arranging Tulips with a View of Notre Dame', School of Paris oil
By Johannes Meyer Andersen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'J. Meyer Andersen for Johan Meyer Andersen (Danish, 1919-2005) inscribed "Paris" and painted circa 1960.
An intimate, Parisian interior scene showing a beautifu...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Abstract Figure, Ebony and Cream'
By G. Distefano
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed bottom right 'G. Distefano' and dated 1965.
An exploration of tonality using airbrush techniques and negative space, sweeping lines define a figure.
Category
20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
