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Figures
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Born in Basel, Switzerland on Dec. 20, 1904. Arriving in NYC in 1924, Burkhardt became a student of Arshile Gorky at the Grand Central School of Arts and involved with a group of Eu...
Category
1990s Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
The Master
Located in Los Angeles, CA
RAYMOND WHYTE
"THE MASTER"
OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED
CANADIAN, C.1980
22 X 16 INCHES
Raymond Whyte (1923 – 2002)
Known for his trompe l’oeil, still life and portrait paintings, W...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
After the Bath
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nice original frame.
Size listed is the size of the art not including the matte and frame.
Harry Carmean
Date of Birth
August 5, 1922
Date of Death
February 3, 2022
City of Death...
Category
1970s Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Vue de Paris
By Charles Cobelle
Located in Los Angeles, CA
CHARLES COBELLE
"VUE DE PARIS"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED
FRANCE, C.1960
24 X 36 INCHES
Born in Alsace - Lorraine France in 1902, Charles Cobelle (born Carl Edelman) lived and pai...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Papillonmiere
Located in Los Angeles, CA
HERVE LELONG
BORN 1937
"PAPILLONNIERE"
HAND WOVEN TAPESTRY, SIGNED
TITLED, NUNBERED
DATED 1974
36.5 X 65 INCHES
Excellent condition. Brilliant colors.
Category
1970s Art Deco More Art
Materials
Wool
Au Cafe
By Francois Chabrier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
FRANCOIS CHABRIER
“”AU CAFE"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED
FRANCE, C.1960
32.5 X 39.5 INCHES
Framed 41 x 48 inches.
François Chabrier
Born 1916
François Chabrier was born in 1916 in Bel...
Category
1960s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cones and Spheres
By Joseph Csaky
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Joseph Csaky was born on March 18, 1888 in Szeged, Hungary. He studied for a short time at l'École des Arts Decoratifs in Budapest.
In 1908 he moved to Paris where his work was in...
Category
1910s Cubist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
First Love
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ITZAK BENSHALOM
"FIRST LOVE"
SIGNED, NUMBERED 12/50
ISRAEL, DATED 1979
28 X 10 INCHES
ARTIST TITLED
Itzak Benshalom
1945-2018
Sometimes spelled "...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Elegant Fashion
By Jean Dupas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful Art Deco drawings by the most renowned artist of the period,
Framed 29.5 x 23 inches.
Excellent condition,
Included in the catalogue raisonné.
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Female Torso
By Leon Saulter
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Born in Poland on March 31, 1908. By the 1930s Saulter was active on the Federal Art Project while a resident of Los Angeles.
He died there on Se...
Category
1970s Cubist Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Cubist Nude
By Irving Amen
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil on canvas, signed. Never frame.
With frame 22x18 inches
Irving Amen (b. 1918-d. 2011)
Born in New York City, he began drawing at the young age of four. By the time he was fourteen years old, he won a scholarship to the Pratt Institute. He emulated Michelangelo's masterpieces and spent years perfecting his own unique style.
From 1942 to 1945 he served with the Armed Forces...
Category
1940s Cubist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"BAJISTA"
By Ulises Jimenez Obregon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ULISES JIMENEZ
"BAJISTA"
METAL, SIGNED
COSTA RICA, 2023
32.25 INCHES
Ulises Jiménez Obregón was born in La Mansion de Nicoya, Costa Rica, in November 1953.
He studied Plas...
Category
2010s Cubist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Cubist Figure
By Alexander Archipenko
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fabulous Cubist sculpture by a contemporary artist in Slovakia.
Each of his sculptures are unique, hand sculpted and patinated, signed on the bottom atelierboulogne.
The size 19 i...
Category
2010s Cubist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Circus
By Reza Afrookhteh
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Signed, titled. Dated 2015
Reza begun studying art seriously at age 15 and was studying at the institute of art in Iran where he graduated with highest honors.
He also studied pr...
Category
2010s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of Julienne Lullier
By Demetre Chiparus
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Portrait of the artist’s wife.
Demetre Haralamb Chiparus (also known as Dumitru Chiparus) (16 September 1886 in Dorohoi, Romania - 22 January 1947 in Paris, France) was a Romanian Art Deco* era sculptor who lived and worked in Paris.
He was born in Romania, the son of Haralamb and Saveta. In 1909 he went to Italy, where he attended the classes of Italian sculptor Raffaello Romanelli. In 1912 he traveled to Paris to attend the Ecole des Beaux Arts* to pursue his art at the classes of Antonin Mercie and Jean Boucher.
Demetre Chiparus died in 1947 and was buried in Bagneux cemetery, just south of Paris.
The first sculptures of Chiparus were created in the realistic style and were exhibited at the Salon of 1914. He employed the combination of bronze and ivory, called chryselephantine*, to great effect. Most of his renowned works were made between 1914 and 1933. The first series of sculptures manufactured by Chiparus were the series of the children.
The mature style of Chiparus took shape beginning in the 1920s. His sculptures are remarkable for their bright and outstanding decorative effect. Dancers of the Russian Ballet, French theatre, and early motion pictures were among his more notable subjects and were typified by a long, slender, stylized appearance. His work was influenced by an interest in Egypt, after Pharaoh Tutankhamen's tomb was excavated.
He worked primarily with the Edmond Etling and Cie Foundry in Paris administrated by Julien Dreyfus. Les Neveux de J. Lehmann was the second foundry which constantly worked with Chiparus and produced the sculptures of his models.
Chiparus rarely exhibited at the Salon. In 1923 he showed his Javelin Thrower, and in 1928 exhibited his Ta-Keo dancer. During the period of Nazi persecution and the World War II, the foundries discontinued production of work by Chiparus. The economic situation of that time was not favorable to the development of decorative arts and circumstances for many sculptors worsened.
Since the early 1940s almost no works of Chiparus were sold, but he continued sculpting for his own pleasure, depicting animals in the Art Deco style. At the 1942 Paris Salon, the plaster sculptures Polar Bear...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The Patriarch
By Anna Walinska
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ANNA WALENSKA
"THE PATRIARCH"
OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED ON VERSO
AMERICAN, DATED 1950-51
29.5 X 25.5 INCHES
FRAMED 38.75 X 33.75 INCHES
ANNA WALINSKA
1906 – 1997
A painter, illustrator and teacher at the Master Institute of Arts in New York City, Anna Walinska was born in London, England and settled in New York in 1914. Showing obvious art talent as a youngster, she first enrolled in the Art Students League in 1918 when she was age 12.
Walinska lived on and off in Paris from 1928-1930, and studied there with Andre Lhote.
She founded the Guild Art Gallery on West 57th Street in 1935, where she gave Arshile Gorky his first New York one-man show. In 1939, she served as the Assistant Creative Director of the Contemporary Art Pavilion at the New York World's Fair in 1939. She traveled around the world in 1955, including a four month sojourn in Burma, and she taught at the Riverside Museum from 1957-1971.
Major exhibitions included: solo retrospective at the Jewish Museum, 1957; solo retrospective at the Museum of Religious Art, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, 1979; posthumous solo exhibition at the Ghetto Museum, Theresienstadt, Czech Republic, 2000.
Group exhibitions included: Salon des Independents, Paris, c. 1926-30; first annual exhibition of the American Artists' Congress in 1937; Artists for Victory, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1942; Paintings of the Year, National Academy of Design, 1946; Recent Drawings USA, MOMA, 1956; Baltimore Museum of Art, 1957; numerous exhbit ions with the National Association of Women Artists and the Federation of Modern Painters & Sculptors.
Walinska's are included in numerous museum collections both here and abroad, including:
The National Portrait Gallery,
National Museum of American Art,
National Museum of Women in the Arts,
Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University,
Herbert Johnson Museum at Cornell University,
Judah L. Magnes Museum,
Jewish Museum,
Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum at Rutgers,
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and Yad Vashem.
Walinska's scrapbooks of the Guild Art Gallery (see below), along with sketchbooks and journals on world travel are included in the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian.
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MUSEUM PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:
Asia Society, NYC
Portrait of U Nu, 1955: oil on canvas, 41 x 50
Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies, Clark University, Worcester Massachusetts
Victims, 1956, oil on paper, 30-3/4 x 24-1/2
Victims, 1959, oil on paper mounted on masonite, 72 x 36
Victims in Madhouse, oil & chalk on paper, 42-1/2 x 30-1/2
Elegy, 1978, charcoal & oil on masonite board, 25-1/2 x 38
Herbert Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Portrait of Arshile Gorky, 1975, oil on canvas, 61 x 35-1/2
Survivors: Exile in Landscape, 1957, oil on paper, 26 x 38-1/4
Victim: Buddha Figure, 1956, ink on paper, 58 x 34
Hyde Park Library, Long Island NY
Portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, charcoal on canvas, 23-1/2 x 25-1/2
Jewish Museum, NYC
Moses, 1962: charcoal on heavy paper, 23 x 43
Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley CA
Victims: Ghetto Figures in Landscape, 1957, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 (Holocaust series #24)
Victims: Figures in Ghetto, 1957, oil on canvas board, 20 x 16 (Holocaust series #25)
Victims: Women & Girls on Way to Gas Chamber, 1978, charcoal on paper, 42-1/2 x 30-1/2
(Holocaust series #44)
Survivors: Figures Behind Barbed Wire, 1973, oil on paper, 42-12/ x 30-1/2
(Holocaust series#46)
Portrait of Mark Rothko, ink on paper, 42 x 30
Portrait of Louise Nevelson, 1978, ink on paper, 42 x 30
Portrait of Moshe...
Category
1850s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Panel, Oil
BALINESE DANCE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
SASHA S. SCHNITTMAN
"BALINESE DANCE"
BRONZE, SIGNED
AMERICAN, DATED 1937
17.5 INCHES
___________________________
Sascha S. Schnittman
1913-1978
He was born in New York City i...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD
Located in Los Angeles, CA
REGINALD GROOMS
"THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED
AMERICAN, C.1935
30 X 40 INCHES
FRAMED 34.5 X 44,5 INCHES
Reginald Grooms is an artist and an educator who has had considerable influence on a number of artists in this community. There is scarcely an exhibiting artist in the area who has not come under his teaching or guidance at least some time during his career. The mental challenge of Reggie's encyclopedic mind in the area of fine arts is appreciated by both the artist and the layman, as evidenced by the crowd in attendance at the Art Forum meetings that he conducts each month at the Art Club.
Reginald Leslie Grooms was born in 1900 on Freeman Ave. in Cincinnati. At the age of two his family moved to Elmwood Place. His father was a well known wood engraver who had prepared the engravings for illustrations by Henry Farny for McGuffey's Eclectic Reader. At the age of four Reggie began painting in watercolor. His father use to work with him every Sunday afternoon. At the age of eight he began to paint in oils.
All of his paintings were from his imagination. He received only one hour per week of art training while in public school. In 1917, he started studying art full time at the Cincinnati Art Academy. During the 5 years that he attended that school he studied drawing, painting, composition and design under John E. Weis, James R. Hopkins, Herman Wessel, Bessie Hoover Wessel, and William Hentschell. While at the Art Academy he received both the Louise Ingalls and the Fannie Harrison Scholarships.
In 1923, Reggie went to Europe to study painting at the Academie Julian in Paris. He studied there for two years under Jules Pages, Henri Royer, and Paul Albert Laurens. While in Paris he exhibited in the Spring Salons of both 1924 and 1925 held at the Grande Palais (with 2 paintings accepted in each show). The New York Times reported that he was the youngest American exhibiting in those shows. Among the fewer than ten percent American students at the Academie Julian with Reggie were Ralph Mayer...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Boardwalk
By Michael Lenson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MICHAEL LENSON
"BOARDWALK"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
AMERICAN, C.1960
42 X 28 INCHES
FRAMED 48.5 X 34.5 INCHES
Michael Lenson
1903-1971
Michael Lenson was born in Galich,...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Guitarist
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ULISES JIMENEZ
"GUITARIST"
WOOD, SIGNED
COSTA RICA, C.2005
40 INCHES
Ulises Jiménez Obregón was born in La Mansion de Nicoya, Costa Rica, in November 1953.
He studied Pl...
Category
Early 2000s Cubist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
LADY WITH MARTINI
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biography from the niece of the artist from during his lifetime. Paintings acquired from the artist.s estate.
Max Turner
1925 - 2019
Max Lamar Turner Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author.
Max Turner was born in Omaha, Nebraska on July 28, 1925. His father was Lance Howard Turner and his mother Mary Irene Turner. In 1927, his family moved to Bingham Canyon, Utah where Max's father extracted copper from a creek that he had diverted to pass through his garage. The town was located in a narrow canyon on the eastern face of the Oquirrh Mountains. In 1938, when Max was 13, his family moved to Midvale, Utah. After completing high school, Max went to work laying rail until he was inducted into the U.S. Navy to serve during W.W. II.
There he took an aptitude test and was initially assigned to the medical corp., later transferring to the dental unit. Max was stationed at Port Hueneme, Ventura County, California through the end of the war. When he was discharged in 1946, he remained in Southern California, living in the Los Angeles area. He met a man named Larry Torres and they formed a partnership to do silk screen work primarily for the Colby Poster Printing Company. This lasted about 10 years until the Colby building caught fire and burned down. In 1958, Max began working for Slade Novelty company that made doll parts using a product called plastisol. A year later, Max began producing plastic parts through his own business. One day, a couple of kids brought in a shrunken skull they had made and asked Max if he could reproduce it. Max said he could and he looked around for a business to work with for this task. He ultimately decided he could create his own machine shop to make molds. As a result, Max purchased a lathe, drill press, grinder and other tools to create his own machine shop and went into business making molds. He built a clientele and in 1973, he moved his machine shop to Glendale, California.
Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author:
Max recalls the day when his interest in art took a new direction. He happened to be in a paint store to purchase some supplies when he saw a card posted on a wall that read, "Come paint with Connie Marlo". Max had been interested in art since his youth and he was frequently impressed with paintings displayed by local artists at various community events.
Consequently, he decided to go to Connie's Saturday morning art class at a studio on North La Brea Avenue (between Sunset and Hollywood) in Los Angeles. But, as fate would have it, he immediately took a detour from this class when he found a piece of paper on the floor of the studio referencing another art class dealing with compositions, patterns, rhythms and color harmony. The instructor's name was Hal Reed, a former art student of the Russian/American Master, Nicolai Fechin. Hal owned the building (previously the Will Foster Studio) and had founded the Art League of Los Angeles. When Max found Hal, he asked Hal if he could join his class. Hal said "No, the class was full" but he said Max could monitor the class in the back of the classroom. Max took him up on the offer and began observing the weekly class.
During the class, Hal told his students that they should practice what they were learning by going to "live model" classes. Max began attending these classes where he learned how to draw figures. After a few months, Hal and Max became good friends. Hal was so impressed with Max's work that he offered Max the opportunity to teach at another location that Hal was opening in the San Fernando Valley. Max accepted the offer and began teaching his own art class. For Max, it was a quick jump from learning to teaching. Max then found that several of his students had to commute to his art class from the west end of the "Valley". To better serve this group of students, Max decided to relocate to another studio in Calabasas.
Max continued teaching, and at this time he was producing very impressive portraits, both oil paintings and charcoal drawings from live models (Max never worked from photos). Max demonstrated real talent, and the style of his drawings and paintings were being compared to those of Nicolai Fechin. And, like Fechin, Max also had an interest in sculpting. One day, Max decided to design and cast a bronze owl sculpture to put in his Calabasas Fine Art Gallery. Later, someone approached Max when he was at the foundry and asked him about his success selling the owl sculpture. The individual who asked this question was convinced that there was a broader market for these sculptures and he ordered a dozen of the owl sculptures from Max. This encouraged Max to do more castings. Some of the new castings were antique sculptures he found and reproduced. As this new business grew, he decided to establish his own foundry, employing up to 15 workers. The business continued for many years, up until the late 1990's when Max got tired of the foundry business and sold it.
Max, who was now in his 70's, decided to move on to his next venture as an artist, dedicating himself to doing the actual sculpting of original art. He loved the creativity of sculpting and he had his sculptures cast at local foundries, ironically the same ones that used to be his competition. Max was now fully engaged in his new artistic direction and, over time, he produced a large body of work. He created very impressive sculptures, including about 100 full-size sculptures. He sold some of these to high-end clientele, the Foundry at SLS Las Vegas, and to Hollywood studios.
Even though Max now seemed to be totally in his element, he somehow also found time to continue to teach painting classes at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village in Los Angeles. At the institute, he specialized in figure work. Max continued to draw, paint and teach, but he says he stopped sculpting when he turned 90.
Max produced four books showcasing his drawings and paintings. The first is "Faces, The Drawings of Max Turner", copyright 2000, that showcases nearly 100 of his portrait drawings. Within the "Acknowledgements" section, he lists Hal Reed and Joseph Nordmann, two former students of Nicolai Fechin.
In 2006, Max produced his second book titled "Figures and Faces", reflecting not only portraits but also figure drawings and paintings. It is a wonderful book of Max's work, but it is currently difficult to find. The third book is titled "Faces 2, The Paintings and Drawings of Max Turner", copyright 2009, which includes 75 portrait paintings and drawings. In the "Preface" of this book, Max describes growing up in a small and isolated mining town during the Great Depression. He states that as a kid, he had little exposure of any culture or view of what the rest of the world was like. His neighbor was the trash collector and Max would sometimes go through his truck looking for anything of value. Among other things, he found magazines like Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and Red Book, with covers that frequently showed drawings or paintings of faces. Max states that these images were the very first source of inspiration for him. He says that he began looking more carefully at people's faces and if they had character, he would draw them. By drawing them, Max says that he was making them part of his world, his world of "Faces".
In 2018, Max published his newest book showcasing his drawings and paintings. It is titled "Max Turner's Figure Sketches". This softbound book includes 76 pages and over 120 drawings and paintings. In the Introduction, Max explains "I have found that when approaching the figure, one should begin with the gesture. After having captured the essence or feeling of the pose, one can then proceed to build on it." The figure sketches in this wonderful book reflect a Master's work that consistently captures the "gesture"-showing the emotion, movement and expression.
Two more books are on the horizon for Max, both dealing with his passion for sculpting. His first, "The Sculpture of Max Turner" is a compilation of his commercial and noncommercial pieces throughout his career. The second, "Terra Cotta Sculpture by Max Turner" is a complete collection of figures done at the California Art Institute. These much anticipated books should be out later in 2018.
Max now considers himself primarily a sculptor. But others in the art world are more than impressed with his drawings and paintings as well. His portraits are often described as having a Fechin-esque appearance, referring to the style of Nicolai Fechin. When Max observed those first art classes given by Hal Reed, it should be noted that Hal had previously been a student of the Russian/American Master Nicolai Fechin in the early to mid-1950's. In fact, Hal was a student in the last art class that Fechin taught before he unexpectedly died in 1955. Hal was so strongly influenced by Fechin that he later produced two 30-minute art instruction videos as part his Art Video Productions wherein he specifically described Fechin techniques that he learned in Fechin's class. The Fechin style and techniques were in play when Max later met Hal. Over the years, many of Max's art students, art collectors, gallery owners, as well as the Director of the Monterey Museum of Art have commented on the Fechin-esque qualities of Max's wonderful charcoal drawings and paintings. So, while Max may consider himself primarily a sculptor, his drawings and paintings are also impressive and very much sought after.
When Nicolai Fechin died in 1955, three of the nine students in his last art class became life-long friends. Max subsequently became friends with not only Hal Reed, but also with prior Fechin students Joseph Nordmann and Albert Londraville...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hombre
By Roberto Lisano
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ROBERTO LISANO
"HOMBRE"
WOOD, SIGNED
COSTA RICA, DATED 1995
13 X 11.5 INCHES
Roberto Lisano
Born 1951
Lizano in the work of the significance of the matter is ess...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
List plus Dopamine
By Rene Ramos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rene Ramos
Lust plus Dopamine
Oil on Canvas, Signed
Cuba
2015
31.5 x 25.5 Inches
Rene Ramos was born into a family of accomplished artists. Hi father Rene Martinez Sopena was an accomplished sculptor and teacher at the prestigious San Alejandro School, where Rene and his brother Yuri Martinez Ramos, also a world renowned painter, were graduates. The Martinez/Sopena family can also count amongst their artistic luminaries Hector Martinez and Sergio Martinez Sopena, uncles of Rene and Yuri, both master sculptors with works included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Bellas Artes in Havana, as well as countless collections around the world. Rene from a young age was a master drawer and painter, winning countless awards and scholarships. The competitive and artistic family atmosphere with his father, uncles and brother solidified Rene’s future aspirations of becoming an accomplished figurative painter of Cuban social scenes. The dynamics of Rene’s works can best be described as a narrative of whimsical social commentary of what it truly means to be Cuban in the latter half of the twentieth century and beyond. He takes his ques from family and friends and their interrelationships within Cuban society as it currently unfolds on the island. His works are not political in nature but rather reflects a poignant reminder of the resiliency of the Cuban spirit. His works offer a superior measure of detail utilizing a flow of powerful colors that jump off the canvas. One cannot help but admire and cherish any work of Rene’s a collector decides to take home. Group Shows: RDZ Fine Art –Arte Americas & Red Dot 2009-2012 RDZ Fine Art, Coral Gables, Fl – 2008 Cuban Dreams Papillon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2005-2007 Gallery of West Indian Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
BLONDE WITH ART DECO NECKLACE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biography from the niece of the artist from during his lifetime. Paintings acquired from the artist.s estate.
Max Turner
1925 - 2019
Max Lamar Turner Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author.
Max Turner was born in Omaha, Nebraska on July 28, 1925. His father was Lance Howard Turner and his mother Mary Irene Turner. In 1927, his family moved to Bingham Canyon, Utah where Max's father extracted copper from a creek that he had diverted to pass through his garage. The town was located in a narrow canyon on the eastern face of the Oquirrh Mountains. In 1938, when Max was 13, his family moved to Midvale, Utah. After completing high school, Max went to work laying rail until he was inducted into the U.S. Navy to serve during W.W. II.
There he took an aptitude test and was initially assigned to the medical corp., later transferring to the dental unit. Max was stationed at Port Hueneme, Ventura County, California through the end of the war. When he was discharged in 1946, he remained in Southern California, living in the Los Angeles area. He met a man named Larry Torres and they formed a partnership to do silk screen work primarily for the Colby Poster Printing Company. This lasted about 10 years until the Colby building caught fire and burned down. In 1958, Max began working for Slade Novelty company that made doll parts using a product called plastisol. A year later, Max began producing plastic parts through his own business. One day, a couple of kids brought in a shrunken skull they had made and asked Max if he could reproduce it. Max said he could and he looked around for a business to work with for this task. He ultimately decided he could create his own machine shop to make molds. As a result, Max purchased a lathe, drill press, grinder and other tools to create his own machine shop and went into business making molds. He built a clientele and in 1973, he moved his machine shop to Glendale, California.
Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author:
Max recalls the day when his interest in art took a new direction. He happened to be in a paint store to purchase some supplies when he saw a card posted on a wall that read, "Come paint with Connie Marlo". Max had been interested in art since his youth and he was frequently impressed with paintings displayed by local artists at various community events.
Consequently, he decided to go to Connie's Saturday morning art class at a studio on North La Brea Avenue (between Sunset and Hollywood) in Los Angeles. But, as fate would have it, he immediately took a detour from this class when he found a piece of paper on the floor of the studio referencing another art class dealing with compositions, patterns, rhythms and color harmony. The instructor's name was Hal Reed, a former art student of the Russian/American Master, Nicolai Fechin. Hal owned the building (previously the Will Foster Studio) and had founded the Art League of Los Angeles. When Max found Hal, he asked Hal if he could join his class. Hal said "No, the class was full" but he said Max could monitor the class in the back of the classroom. Max took him up on the offer and began observing the weekly class.
During the class, Hal told his students that they should practice what they were learning by going to "live model" classes. Max began attending these classes where he learned how to draw figures. After a few months, Hal and Max became good friends. Hal was so impressed with Max's work that he offered Max the opportunity to teach at another location that Hal was opening in the San Fernando Valley. Max accepted the offer and began teaching his own art class. For Max, it was a quick jump from learning to teaching. Max then found that several of his students had to commute to his art class from the west end of the "Valley". To better serve this group of students, Max decided to relocate to another studio in Calabasas.
Max continued teaching, and at this time he was producing very impressive portraits, both oil paintings and charcoal drawings from live models (Max never worked from photos). Max demonstrated real talent, and the style of his drawings and paintings were being compared to those of Nicolai Fechin. And, like Fechin, Max also had an interest in sculpting. One day, Max decided to design and cast a bronze owl sculpture to put in his Calabasas Fine Art Gallery. Later, someone approached Max when he was at the foundry and asked him about his success selling the owl sculpture. The individual who asked this question was convinced that there was a broader market for these sculptures and he ordered a dozen of the owl sculptures from Max. This encouraged Max to do more castings. Some of the new castings were antique sculptures he found and reproduced. As this new business grew, he decided to establish his own foundry, employing up to 15 workers. The business continued for many years, up until the late 1990's when Max got tired of the foundry business and sold it.
Max, who was now in his 70's, decided to move on to his next venture as an artist, dedicating himself to doing the actual sculpting of original art. He loved the creativity of sculpting and he had his sculptures cast at local foundries, ironically the same ones that used to be his competition. Max was now fully engaged in his new artistic direction and, over time, he produced a large body of work. He created very impressive sculptures, including about 100 full-size sculptures. He sold some of these to high-end clientele, the Foundry at SLS Las Vegas, and to Hollywood studios.
Even though Max now seemed to be totally in his element, he somehow also found time to continue to teach painting classes at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village in Los Angeles. At the institute, he specialized in figure work. Max continued to draw, paint and teach, but he says he stopped sculpting when he turned 90.
Max produced four books showcasing his drawings and paintings. The first is "Faces, The Drawings of Max Turner", copyright 2000, that showcases nearly 100 of his portrait drawings. Within the "Acknowledgements" section, he lists Hal Reed and Joseph Nordmann, two former students of Nicolai Fechin.
In 2006, Max produced his second book titled "Figures and Faces", reflecting not only portraits but also figure drawings and paintings. It is a wonderful book of Max's work, but it is currently difficult to find. The third book is titled "Faces 2, The Paintings and Drawings of Max Turner", copyright 2009, which includes 75 portrait paintings and drawings. In the "Preface" of this book, Max describes growing up in a small and isolated mining town during the Great Depression. He states that as a kid, he had little exposure of any culture or view of what the rest of the world was like. His neighbor was the trash collector and Max would sometimes go through his truck looking for anything of value. Among other things, he found magazines like Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and Red Book, with covers that frequently showed drawings or paintings of faces. Max states that these images were the very first source of inspiration for him. He says that he began looking more carefully at people's faces and if they had character, he would draw them. By drawing them, Max says that he was making them part of his world, his world of "Faces".
In 2018, Max published his newest book showcasing his drawings and paintings. It is titled "Max Turner's Figure Sketches". This softbound book includes 76 pages and over 120 drawings and paintings. In the Introduction, Max explains "I have found that when approaching the figure, one should begin with the gesture. After having captured the essence or feeling of the pose, one can then proceed to build on it." The figure sketches in this wonderful book reflect a Master's work that consistently captures the "gesture"-showing the emotion, movement and expression.
Two more books are on the horizon for Max, both dealing with his passion for sculpting. His first, "The Sculpture of Max Turner" is a compilation of his commercial and noncommercial pieces throughout his career. The second, "Terra Cotta Sculpture by Max Turner" is a complete collection of figures done at the California Art Institute. These much anticipated books should be out later in 2018.
Max now considers himself primarily a sculptor. But others in the art world are more than impressed with his drawings and paintings as well. His portraits are often described as having a Fechin-esque appearance, referring to the style of Nicolai Fechin. When Max observed those first art classes given by Hal Reed, it should be noted that Hal had previously been a student of the Russian/American Master Nicolai Fechin in the early to mid-1950's. In fact, Hal was a student in the last art class that Fechin taught before he unexpectedly died in 1955. Hal was so strongly influenced by Fechin that he later produced two 30-minute art instruction videos as part his Art Video Productions wherein he specifically described Fechin techniques that he learned in Fechin's class. The Fechin style and techniques were in play when Max later met Hal. Over the years, many of Max's art students, art collectors, gallery owners, as well as the Director of the Monterey Museum of Art have commented on the Fechin-esque qualities of Max's wonderful charcoal drawings and paintings. So, while Max may consider himself primarily a sculptor, his drawings and paintings are also impressive and very much sought after.
When Nicolai Fechin died in 1955, three of the nine students in his last art class became life-long friends. Max subsequently became friends with not only Hal Reed, but also with prior Fechin students Joseph Nordmann and Albert Londraville...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
LADY WITH PICK FAN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biography from the niece of the artist from during his lifetime. Paintings acquired from the artist.s estate.
Max Turner
1925 - 2019
Max Lamar Turner Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author.
Max Turner was born in Omaha, Nebraska on July 28, 1925. His father was Lance Howard Turner and his mother Mary Irene Turner. In 1927, his family moved to Bingham Canyon, Utah where Max's father extracted copper from a creek that he had diverted to pass through his garage. The town was located in a narrow canyon on the eastern face of the Oquirrh Mountains. In 1938, when Max was 13, his family moved to Midvale, Utah. After completing high school, Max went to work laying rail until he was inducted into the U.S. Navy to serve during W.W. II.
There he took an aptitude test and was initially assigned to the medical corp., later transferring to the dental unit. Max was stationed at Port Hueneme, Ventura County, California through the end of the war. When he was discharged in 1946, he remained in Southern California, living in the Los Angeles area. He met a man named Larry Torres and they formed a partnership to do silk screen work primarily for the Colby Poster Printing Company. This lasted about 10 years until the Colby building caught fire and burned down. In 1958, Max began working for Slade Novelty company that made doll parts using a product called plastisol. A year later, Max began producing plastic parts through his own business. One day, a couple of kids brought in a shrunken skull they had made and asked Max if he could reproduce it. Max said he could and he looked around for a business to work with for this task. He ultimately decided he could create his own machine shop to make molds. As a result, Max purchased a lathe, drill press, grinder and other tools to create his own machine shop and went into business making molds. He built a clientele and in 1973, he moved his machine shop to Glendale, California.
Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author:
Max recalls the day when his interest in art took a new direction. He happened to be in a paint store to purchase some supplies when he saw a card posted on a wall that read, "Come paint with Connie Marlo". Max had been interested in art since his youth and he was frequently impressed with paintings displayed by local artists at various community events.
Consequently, he decided to go to Connie's Saturday morning art class at a studio on North La Brea Avenue (between Sunset and Hollywood) in Los Angeles. But, as fate would have it, he immediately took a detour from this class when he found a piece of paper on the floor of the studio referencing another art class dealing with compositions, patterns, rhythms and color harmony. The instructor's name was Hal Reed, a former art student of the Russian/American Master, Nicolai Fechin. Hal owned the building (previously the Will Foster Studio) and had founded the Art League of Los Angeles. When Max found Hal, he asked Hal if he could join his class. Hal said "No, the class was full" but he said Max could monitor the class in the back of the classroom. Max took him up on the offer and began observing the weekly class.
During the class, Hal told his students that they should practice what they were learning by going to "live model" classes. Max began attending these classes where he learned how to draw figures. After a few months, Hal and Max became good friends. Hal was so impressed with Max's work that he offered Max the opportunity to teach at another location that Hal was opening in the San Fernando Valley. Max accepted the offer and began teaching his own art class. For Max, it was a quick jump from learning to teaching. Max then found that several of his students had to commute to his art class from the west end of the "Valley". To better serve this group of students, Max decided to relocate to another studio in Calabasas.
Max continued teaching, and at this time he was producing very impressive portraits, both oil paintings and charcoal drawings from live models (Max never worked from photos). Max demonstrated real talent, and the style of his drawings and paintings were being compared to those of Nicolai Fechin. And, like Fechin, Max also had an interest in sculpting. One day, Max decided to design and cast a bronze owl sculpture to put in his Calabasas Fine Art Gallery. Later, someone approached Max when he was at the foundry and asked him about his success selling the owl sculpture. The individual who asked this question was convinced that there was a broader market for these sculptures and he ordered a dozen of the owl sculptures from Max. This encouraged Max to do more castings. Some of the new castings were antique sculptures he found and reproduced. As this new business grew, he decided to establish his own foundry, employing up to 15 workers. The business continued for many years, up until the late 1990's when Max got tired of the foundry business and sold it.
Max, who was now in his 70's, decided to move on to his next venture as an artist, dedicating himself to doing the actual sculpting of original art. He loved the creativity of sculpting and he had his sculptures cast at local foundries, ironically the same ones that used to be his competition. Max was now fully engaged in his new artistic direction and, over time, he produced a large body of work. He created very impressive sculptures, including about 100 full-size sculptures. He sold some of these to high-end clientele, the Foundry at SLS Las Vegas, and to Hollywood studios.
Even though Max now seemed to be totally in his element, he somehow also found time to continue to teach painting classes at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village in Los Angeles. At the institute, he specialized in figure work. Max continued to draw, paint and teach, but he says he stopped sculpting when he turned 90.
Max produced four books showcasing his drawings and paintings. The first is "Faces, The Drawings of Max Turner", copyright 2000, that showcases nearly 100 of his portrait drawings. Within the "Acknowledgements" section, he lists Hal Reed and Joseph Nordmann, two former students of Nicolai Fechin.
In 2006, Max produced his second book titled "Figures and Faces", reflecting not only portraits but also figure drawings and paintings. It is a wonderful book of Max's work, but it is currently difficult to find. The third book is titled "Faces 2, The Paintings and Drawings of Max Turner", copyright 2009, which includes 75 portrait paintings and drawings. In the "Preface" of this book, Max describes growing up in a small and isolated mining town during the Great Depression. He states that as a kid, he had little exposure of any culture or view of what the rest of the world was like. His neighbor was the trash collector and Max would sometimes go through his truck looking for anything of value. Among other things, he found magazines like Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and Red Book, with covers that frequently showed drawings or paintings of faces. Max states that these images were the very first source of inspiration for him. He says that he began looking more carefully at people's faces and if they had character, he would draw them. By drawing them, Max says that he was making them part of his world, his world of "Faces".
In 2018, Max published his newest book showcasing his drawings and paintings. It is titled "Max Turner's Figure Sketches". This softbound book includes 76 pages and over 120 drawings and paintings. In the Introduction, Max explains "I have found that when approaching the figure, one should begin with the gesture. After having captured the essence or feeling of the pose, one can then proceed to build on it." The figure sketches in this wonderful book reflect a Master's work that consistently captures the "gesture"-showing the emotion, movement and expression.
Two more books are on the horizon for Max, both dealing with his passion for sculpting. His first, "The Sculpture of Max Turner" is a compilation of his commercial and noncommercial pieces throughout his career. The second, "Terra Cotta Sculpture by Max Turner" is a complete collection of figures done at the California Art Institute. These much anticipated books should be out later in 2018.
Max now considers himself primarily a sculptor. But others in the art world are more than impressed with his drawings and paintings as well. His portraits are often described as having a Fechin-esque appearance, referring to the style of Nicolai Fechin. When Max observed those first art classes given by Hal Reed, it should be noted that Hal had previously been a student of the Russian/American Master Nicolai Fechin in the early to mid-1950's. In fact, Hal was a student in the last art class that Fechin taught before he unexpectedly died in 1955. Hal was so strongly influenced by Fechin that he later produced two 30-minute art instruction videos as part his Art Video Productions wherein he specifically described Fechin techniques that he learned in Fechin's class. The Fechin style and techniques were in play when Max later met Hal. Over the years, many of Max's art students, art collectors, gallery owners, as well as the Director of the Monterey Museum of Art have commented on the Fechin-esque qualities of Max's wonderful charcoal drawings and paintings. So, while Max may consider himself primarily a sculptor, his drawings and paintings are also impressive and very much sought after.
When Nicolai Fechin died in 1955, three of the nine students in his last art class became life-long friends. Max subsequently became friends with not only Hal Reed, but also with prior Fechin students Joseph Nordmann and Albert Londraville...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
NUDE WITH RED HAIR
By Lucien Boulier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
LUCIEN BOULIER
"NUDE WITH RED HAIR"
OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED
FRANCE, C.1930
26 X 20 INCHES
Lucien Boulier
1882-1963
Lucian Boulier was born Verdun...
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Shy Nude
By Roberto Lupetti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ROBERTO LUPETTI
"SHY NUDE"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED
CALIFORNIA, C.1970S
PROVENANCE: CORY GALLERIES, SAN FRANCISCO
40 X 20 INCHES
Roberto Lupetti
1918-1998
Born in Milan, Italy on Dec. 6, 1918.
Lupetti studied at the Royal Academy in Rome and was apprenticed to the school of restoration at the Vatican.
Following service in WWII, he moved to San Francisco where he taught at the Art Institute.
As well as decorating churches throughout the U.S., he also painted portraits of such celebrities as Ingrid Bergman, Barbara Stanwyck, and General George Marshall and Douglas MacArthur...
Category
1970s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nude With Drape
By Faustos Ramos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
FAUSTO RAMOS
"NUDE WITH DRAPE"
WOOD, SIGNED
CUBA, DATED 1972
56.5 INCHES
Acquired from the artist
Category
1970s Modern Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Acecho
By Gonzalo Morales
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil on Canvas, Signed
Dated 2013
14 x 18 Inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Composition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Provenance: Barry Friedman Gallery, Modernism Fine Arts, New York.
Estate Stamped.
Thilo Maatsch (1900-1983)
Thilo Maatsch has an epiphany at age 16 when, having been taken to Berlin’s prestigious Avant Garde art gallery Der Sturm, he’s mesmerized by the work of Franz Marc, and determines to be an artist. Eleven years later, he’ll one day recall with pride, his work exhibits there.
Born and raised in 1900 Braunschweig, Germany, Maatsch by age 18 forms "Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst" (Society of Friends of New Art) with Rudolf Jahns and Johannes Molzahn. Its members include soon-to-be-famous Lyonel Feininger, Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky, who promotes Maatsch and becomes something of a father figure. Introductions to collector Otto Ralfs in Braunschweig and the esteemed painter Heinrich Vogeler in Worpswede over the next two years influence his expanding body of work.
By 1922 Maatsch has a growing family to support, and as his art fails to provide this he begins training to be a teacher, a vocation he’ll fall back on repeatedly throughout his life. His first assignment is that of primary school teaching in Holzminden.
1924 sees Ralfs purchasing a Maatsch work and hanging it alongside the now well-known names of Mondrian, Kandinsky and Klee. The following year Ralfs launches an entire exhibition of the Society of Friends of New Art.
Because of his day job, Maatsch is unable to realize his wish to study at the Bauhaus, the avant garde epicenter in Weimar and later, Dessau. But thanks to Kandinsky, Klee and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, he’s allowed to occupy their studios and study with them during school holidays. His befriending of Kurt Schwitters during this time explains why Maatsch is often included in the so-called Schwitters Group.
In 1925 he joins the Novembergruppe (November Group) and exhibits annually in the renowned Große Berliner Kunstausstellung (Great Berlin Art Exhibition...
Category
1920s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Parisienne en Vacance
By Edouard Goerg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charming French oil painting c1960.
Beautiful French frame.
Category
1960s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Models
By Reza Afrookhteh
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fabulous large Cubist oil on canvas. Nicely framed. We have several other works by this artist listed.
Reza begun studying art seriously at age 15 and wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Divan Vert
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PHILIPPE NOYER
"PATRICIA AU DIVAN VERT"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
FRANCE, DATED 1969
25.75 X 39.5 INCHES
Philippe Henri Noyer
1917-1985
Philippe Henri Noyer was born on June 28, 1917 in Lyons, France. After a traditional education at the elite Ecole des Roches, Noyer enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lyon. Next he moved to Paris, where he worked in decorative arts and advertising. It was during this time, he discovered his talent for oil painting, officially starting his painting career in 1943.
That same year, Noyer met the famed Parisian art deal, Emmanuel David, who would promote his work and career. Noyer produced many portraits, for which he quickly gained an international reputation, but he also painted dream figures in rural or maritime settings, compositions that were classical in technique but surreal in concept. In 1947, Noyer held his first one-man show at the prestigious Drouant-David Gallery in Paris.
In 1949 the gallery consigned twenty of Noyer’s paintings to an American...
Category
1960s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Musica
By Ulises Jimenez Obregon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ULISES JIMENEZ
"MUSICA"
METAL, SIGNED
COSTA RICA, 2022
30 INCHES
Ulises Jiménez Obregón was born in La Mansion de Nicoya, Costa Rica, in November 1953.
He studied Plastic Arts at the Autonomous University of Central America. 1992
He attended the drawing and painting workshop of the painter Eduardo Barracosa, and followed courses of painting at the ESEMPI School of Art, with the painter Francisco Alvarado Avella.
In addition to making sculptures in wood and stone "nicoya marble", he is also a painter.
As a sculptor he has around 300 sculptures cataloged and sold all over the world, with works in Europe, Latin America, North America, Canada and Asia.
EXHIBITIONS:
From 1984 to 2010, he has participated in more than 50 group exhibitions, among others:
National Exhibition of Plastic Arts of the Costa Rican Art Museum.
Zentic Art Exhibition at the Old Customs National Museum of Costa Rican Art and Embassy of Japan, September 2010.
Painting Contest of the North American Costarican Cultural Center.
Drawing Contest of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund.
He has participated in the following sculpture exhibitions and symposiums:
I Meeting of Pacific Sculptors, held in Canton de Orotina in 2006.
International Sculpture Meeting in Punta Arenas 2007.
Sculptural Encounter of San Ramón 2008.
I Symposium of Guadalupe 2009.
IV International Credomatic Sculpture Symposium, Barva de Heredia, February 2009.
He was selected for the Second Biennial of Painting and Sculpture of the ICE Group, March 2009.
II Symposium of Guadalupe, 2010.
Sculptural Exhibition 2010 organized by the Municipal School of Integrated Arts of Santa Ana, (March-April 2010).
I International Symposium of Plastic Arts, Tejeda, Gran Canaria...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
KINETIC FIGURES
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JOAN STRAUSS CARL
"KINETIC FIGURES"
BRONZE, SIGNED
CALIFORNIA, DATED 1988
11 X 18 X 9 INCHES
Joan Strauss Carl
1926-2021
Joan Strauss Car...
Category
1980s Cubist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Modern Family
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JOAN STRAUSS CAROL
"MODERN FAMILY"
FRUIT WOOD, SIGNED
CALIFORNIA, C.1980
20 INCHES OVERALL
Joan Strauss Carl
1926-2021
Joan Strauss Carl was a...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Evolution
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JOAN STRAUSS CARL
"EVOLUTION"
HARD WOOD, SIGNED
CALIFORNIA, C.1970
45 INCHES OVERALL
Joan Strauss Carl
1926-2021
Joan Strauss Carl was a Los A...
Category
1870s Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
The Scream
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JOAN STRAUSS CAROL
"THE SCREAM"
WOOD, SIGNED, TITLED
CALIFORNIA, DATED 1984
1575 X 19 INCHES
Joan Strauss Carl
1926-2021
Joan Strauss Carl was...
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Mon Amour Toujours
By Sylvain Legrand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
SYLVAIN LEGRAND
"MON AMOUR TOUJOURS"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
FRANCE, DATED 1991
23 X 28 INCHES
Sylvain Legrand was born in Mirande, South Western ...
Category
1990s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large watercolor and mixed media work
Original frame.
“Keith Finch was born in Holyoke, Colorado in 1920 but has lived in Los Angeles, where he attended the elementary grades and h...
Category
1950s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Amantes
By Ulises Jimenez Obregon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ULISES JIMENEZ
"MUSICA"
METAL, SIGNED
COSTA RICA, 2022
29.25 INCHES
Ulises Jiménez Obregón was born in La Mansion de Nicoya, Costa Rica, in November 1953.
He studied Plastic Arts at the Autonomous University of Central America. 1992
He attended the drawing and painting workshop of the painter Eduardo Barracosa, and followed courses of painting at the ESEMPI School of Art, with the painter Francisco Alvarado Avella.
In addition to making sculptures in wood and stone "nicoya marble", he is also a painter.
As a sculptor he has around 300 sculptures cataloged and sold all over the world, with works in Europe, Latin America, North America, Canada and Asia.
EXHIBITIONS:
From 1984 to 2010, he has participated in more than 50 group exhibitions, among others:
National Exhibition of Plastic Arts of the Costa Rican Art Museum.
Zentic Art Exhibition at the Old Customs National Museum of Costa Rican Art and Embassy of Japan, September 2010.
Painting Contest of the North American Costarican Cultural Center.
Drawing Contest of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund.
He has participated in the following sculpture exhibitions and symposiums:
I Meeting of Pacific Sculptors, held in Canton de Orotina in 2006.
International Sculpture Meeting in Punta Arenas 2007.
Sculptural Encounter of San Ramón 2008.
I Symposium of Guadalupe 2009.
IV International Credomatic Sculpture Symposium, Barva de Heredia, February 2009.
He was selected for the Second Biennial of Painting and Sculpture of the ICE Group, March 2009.
II Symposium of Guadalupe, 2010.
Sculptural Exhibition 2010 organized by the Municipal School of Integrated Arts of Santa Ana, (March-April 2010).
I International Symposium of Plastic Arts, Tejeda, Gran Canaria...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Interior
By Alfred McNamara
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ALFRED MCNAMARA
"INTERIOR "
OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED
TITLED
AMERICAN, DATED 1978
30 X 36 INCHES
Alfred McNamara
(1911 - 1994)
Alfred McNamara was born in Tompkinsville, Staten Island and lived most of his life in Staten Island.
He was heavily influenced by John Sloane...
Category
1970s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Beauty
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MAXIMILIENNE GUYON
"BEAUTY"
PASTEL AND WATERCOLOR, SIGNED
FRANCE, C.1895
18 X 10.5 INCHES
FRAMED 27 X 19 INCHES
Maximilienne Guyon was born in Paris...
Category
1880s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
First Love
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ITZAK BENSHALOM
"FIRST LOVE"
SIGNED, NUMBERED 12/50
ISRAEL, DATED 1979
28 X 10 INCHES
ARTIST TITLED
Itzak Benshalom
1945-2018
Born in Hadera, Isr...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Cubist Figures
By Irving George Lehman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
IRVING GEORGE LEHMAN
"CUBIST FIURES'
OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED
RUSSIAN-AMERICAN, C.1960
23.5 X 25.5 INCHES
FRAMED 29.5 X 32.5 INCHES
Irving George Lehman
1900-1983
Born in Kiev, R...
Category
1860s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Family
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ANATOLY KRYNSKY
"FAMILY"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
UKRAINIAN-AMERICAN, DATED NY 1979
29.5 X 35 INCHES
Anatoly Krynsky was born in 1937 in Kharkov, Ukraine, and received his formal training at the Kharkov Institute of Fine Arts, where he studied drawing, color, and art theory.
His influences include Wassily Yermilov, one of the founders of Constructivism and Alexander Archipenko, a pioneer of modern sculpture.
In 1967 Krynsky moved to Moscow to be at the epicenter of art in the Soviet Union. During the next several years, he worked as an illustrator for the Association for Print and News (APN) and Molodaya Guardiya Publishing in Moscow.
Krynsky emigrated in 1976 from the Soviet Union with his family. After working in Rome for one year, he moved to New York City. Limited to showing his work in East Germany, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, and Finland prior to his emigration, Krynsky has since exhibited in the United States, Canada, Italy, France, Germany, Holland, and Japan. Mr. Krynsky currently resides in New York City with his wife, Irina, daughter Oksana, and son Philip.
Galleries:
1963 Exhibition of Young Painter, Kharkov, Ukraine 1976 Saggitario Art Gallery, Bologna, Italy 1977 Banach Art Gallery, New York, NY 1978 Borgi Art Gallery, New York, NY 1978 Nakhamkin Art Gallery, New York, NY 1981 The Shayne Gallery, Montreal, Canada 1981 Ukrainian Gallery, Toronto, Canada 1987 U.S. Congress, Washington, D.C. 1993 Barbizon Hotel, New York, NY1998 "Mystery of Central Park," Zalman Gallery, New York, NY Selected Group Exhibitions1965 Young Painter in Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine 1969 Group Shows throughout E. Germany, Hungry, Czechoslovakia, Finland 1970 EXPO...
Category
1970s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
THE SPRING
By Mathurin Moreau
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful La Belle Epoque marble in nive vintage condition.
Mathurin Moreau (1822-1912) was a French sculptor in the academic style. He was born in Dijon, first exhibited in the 1848 Salon, and finally received a medal of honor...
Category
1890s Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Man with Yellow Tie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ALEXANDER KREISEL
"MAN WITH YELLOW TIE"
OIL ON CANVAS BOARD, SIGNED
RUSSIAN-AMERICAN, C.1935
26 X 19.5 INCHES
FRAMED 29.5 X 23.5 INCHES
Alexander Krei...
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nu
By Charles Kvapil
Located in Los Angeles, CA
CHARLES KVAPIL
"NU"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
BELGIAN, DATED 1932
46 X 32 INCHES
FRAMED 55.5 X 41 INCHES
Charles Kvapil
1884-1957
Charles Kvapil was born in 1884 in Anvers...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Spring
By Mathurin Moreau
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful La Belle Epoque marble in nive vintage condition.
Mathurin Moreau (1822-1912) was a French sculptor in the academic style. He was born in Dijon, first exhibited in the 1848 Salon, and finally received a medal of honor...
Category
1880s Academic Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Horse Traners
By Umberto Romano
Located in Los Angeles, CA
UMBERTO ROMANO
"HORSE TRAINERS"
OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED
AMERICAN, DATED 1952
23.74 X 35.75 INCHES
Born: 1905 - Naples, Italy
Died: 1984 - New York C...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
NAKED IN THE CITY
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JERRY FARNSWORTH
"NAKED IN THE CITY"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
AMERICAN.
EXHIBITED: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN 1949
29.5 X 24.5 INCHES
FRAM...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Picking Flowers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful. large oil on canvas, in excellent condition. Framed
The Spätimpressionist Leopold Illenz was a student of Anton Azbe, and Simon Hollósy at Munich private schools.
In 19...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Modernist Face
By Itzhak Sankowsky
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ITZHAK SANKOWSKY
"MODERNIST FACE"
WOOD, SIGNED
ROMANIAN-AMERICAN, C.1940
24.5 INCHES
Itzhak Sankowsky was born in 1908 in Romania.
He lived and was active in Philadelphia, Penn...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Sonrisa
By Fernando Carballo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fernando Carballo, Costa Rican artist, original ink drawing, signed and titled.
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
White Mantilla
By Richard Kirk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
RICHARD KIRK
"WHITE MANTILLA"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
AMERICAN, C.1960
36 X 23 INCHES
Original Frame
Richard Kirk
Born 1932
Kirk was born in West Virginia in 1932.
He ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Man Portrait
By Ann Singer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ANN SINGER
"MAN PORTRAIT"
ACRYLIS ON CANVAS, SIGNED
CZECH, DATED 1983
35 X 29 INCHES Plus frame
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Masks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We are pleased to offer several works by this artist.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel
Cards and Chips
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We are pleased to offer three works by this artist
JANET SNITKOVSKY
"HOLDING MASKS"
36 X 36 INCHES
OIL PASTEL ON CANVAS
Janet Snitkovsky
Janet Snitkovsky was born in Chernyakhiv, Ukraine in 1934 and began doing art as a child, but her creativity was temporarily stopped by WWII.
After the war, she began her artistic pursiut in high school and eventually enrolled in L’viv Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel
BACCANALE IN THE FOREST
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ALEXANDER FRENZ
"BACCANALE IN THE FOREST"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED
GERMAN, C.1900
39 X 33 INCHES
Alexander Frenz
1861-1941
He was born in 1861 in ...
Category
1890s Symbolist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil