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"Press" - Artist's Proof Etching in Ink on Paper
By Doris Warner
Located in Soquel, CA
Moody depiction of a press by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). This piece is dark and saturated, giving the impression that the press is located in a dark room. The press is d...
Category
1980s Abstract Impressionist Interior Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
Mid Century Portrait Charlotte with Flowers
By Irina Belotelkin Roublon
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century portrait of woman named Charlotte by Irinia Belotelkin Roublon (Russian/American, 1913 - 2009), circa 1960. Signed lower right corner and on verso. Unframed. Image size: 14"H x 11"W.
Irina Belotelkin Roublon, née Roudakoff, was born in Elisavetgrad, Ukraine to the Russian noblesse ancienne, descendant of Catherine the Great, she was a student at the Mariinsky Noble Ladies' Institute , Novocherkassk, Russia. She was orphaned at the time of the Russian Civil War after her father, General Paul Roudakoff, was fatally wounded in battle; 5 days later her mother died of typhus.
Still unaware of her parents' death, and after witnessing her two sisters' deaths from starvation, the young Irina, then 8 years old, made her way over 1,000 kilometers, alone and through many privations to Moscow and the Estonian embassy there, with whom her Estonian uncle Volodya Blonsky had made arrangements.
After a year in Moscow, and appeals to the Estonian consul, Irina was aided in a dramatic escape from the Soviet Union, to her aunt Anna Blonsky Lassburg (1882–1940) and her husband Doctor Genrick Lassburg in Tallinn, Estonia. Eventually, after in 1929, traveling through Ellis Island and admitted as a student, of voice studies, she joined her brother who had settled, in 1923, in the United States.
Irina came to San Francisco during the Second World War, Among Irina's devotions were ballet and opera. She often entertained friends Rudolf Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Sergei Leiferkus when they were in town. Natalia Makarova and Yuri Possokhov were often guests at Irina's Russian Christmas and Easter parties.
From the early 1960s through the late 1980s, Irina studied and prolifically created still life and portrait paintings in oil and water color, excelling in flower compositions. She held studio and feature exhibitions; she competed and won prizes. Her work is in holdings throughout the San Francisco Bay area, Europe and Russia.
In 1965 she undertook private study with two prominent Russian painters, including Serge Ivanoff; she executed a portrait of her two masters. She cherished her portrait as executed by Serge Ivanoff.
Among her most accomplished pieces are those of iris and the large white Matilija...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"La Paz de la Muerte" - Still Life Etching in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold, dark etching with a skeleton by an unknown artist (20th Century). The ribcage, spine, and hips of a skeleton are laying down in front of some furniture. A small table sits on either side, with a large patterned blanket...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
Mid Century Signed Landscape -- Old Country Cottage with Chickens
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century country landscape with cottage with thatched roof and chickens foraging. Signed "H. H." and dated "1955." Condition: good; some edge and corner wear consistent w...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Late 1800s Naturalist Country Scene in Gouache on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Rich and detailed country landscape by an unknown artist (19th Century). A grove of large oak trees is carefully rendered on the right side of the composition. In the center, there a...
Category
Late 19th Century Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
The Old Barn - Farmhouse Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Idyllic farmhouse landscape by California artist Edwin Haas (American, 1927-2010). A barn with a boarded window is the primary focus of this piece. It is seated in a lush landscape, full of grass, with a small stream running through the center. To the right of the barn is a bare oak tree, and steps can be seen leading to another building. A Sacramento artist...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Autumn at the Cottage in the Woods - Landscape in oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
Lush landscape of an autumn forest by Evelyn Campbell (Australian, 20th Century). A path runs from the lower right of the composition through an open gap in a wood fence, with a wago...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
"Sunlight" - Abstracted Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright abstracted landscape by Maxine "Mickey" Spencer (American, 1927-2011). Strong blues and magentas create an abstracted scene, evoking a body of water with trees...
Category
1980s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Drying Salmon Native American Smoke Tent - Figurative Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored depiction of a Native American Smoking Salmon a West Coast river by an unknown artist (20th Century). A man in a white shirt and hat sits and sorts his Salmon on the...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Loading the Cargo Ship - Brittany France - Watercolor 19th Century
Located in Soquel, CA
French Coastal Scene in Brittany with a merchant ship onloading fish and people by an unknown artist. A sailing vessel is anchored at a beach. A r...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Postcard, Illustration Board
Philco Ford Television Design Drawing in Pencil and Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Design-quality illustration of a Philco Ford Television set by Edward T. Liljenwall (American, 1943-2010). The TV is expertly rendered against an olive green gradient background, wit...
Category
1960s Photorealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Color Pencil, Postcard
Le Cyprès Abstract Geometric Landscape with Cypress Tree - Acrylic 2004
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored hard edge and geometric land scape by Antoine RENAULT (French B-20th c). He has been painting seriously since 1987 He started practicing t...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Tree by the Bay, Small-Scale Mid Century Coastal Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful small scale mid century landscape of tree, grasses by the bay by unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Heavy textural impasto adds extra interest and depth. Presented in...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Green Pears in a Purple Bowl -Still Life in Oil on Masonite
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant still life of pears in a purple bowl by Susan Sarback (American, b. 1955). Two bright green pairs sit in a purple glass bowl on a magenta surface. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Bonnieux Village Luberon France
Located in Soquel, CA
Bonnieux Village Luberon France
Bright and expressive white line woodcut in watercolor of Bonnieux Village Luberon France by Marilyn Heyman Marilyn H. Heilprin, (American, 1926-2020). Heilprin is an author, poet and artist from Bethesda, Maryland. Signed lower right "Marilyn Heilprin, titled lower left "Bonnieux WC 3 (watercolor #3).
Marilyn Heilprin was born in New York City and has a B.A. from Smith College (1948) and M.A. in international relations from The American University (1963). A former research associate, writer and editor for federal agencies and private publishers, she attended writing workshops at Breadloaf, The American University, and Writers' Center in Bethesda, MD. She has published poems in literary journals and was a finalist in the Maryland State Poetry and Literary Society chapbook contests. She co-authored Leo Saal's memoir "Crossings: A Life in Russia and Germany in the First Half of the 20th Century." Feb. 2020, Marilyn Heilprin, 93, a retired editor, writer and researcher who created one of the earliest compendiums of international statistics and organizations.
Image, 9"H x 12"W
Sheet, 14.5"H x 16.5"W
Frame, 15.25"H 17"W x .5"D
Mrs. Heilprin, a former resident of Bethesda, Md., was born Marilyn Heyman in New York City. In the 1950s, she was a researcher and writer on handbooks about Mongolia, Finland, Germany, Austria, Lebanon, Syria and Israel for the Washington-area branch of the Human Relations Area Files, a nonprofit formed by several universities. The "Provincetown Print", a white-line woodcut print. Rather than creating separate woodblocks for each color, one block was made and painted. Small groves between the elements of the design created the white line. Because the artists often used soft colors, they sometimes have the appearance of a watercolor painting.
Marilyn Heilprin, Ruth Cahnmann, George Chung, Susana deQuadros, Susan Due Pearcy, Leo Saal and Ann Zahn...
Category
Early 2000s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Woodcut
1830's Hand-colored Lithograph of a Ground Squirrel
By Thomas Doughty
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderfully preserved hand-colored 1830's lithograph "Ground Squirrel" by Thomas Doughty (American, 1793 - 1856), circa 1830. From "The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports." Phila: J.&T. Doughty, 1830-32. Sold previously by Bland Gallery, Early 20th century East Side gallery specializing in miniatures. Presented in frame with new acid-free mat under plexiglass. Image size: 7.25"H x 8.75"W.
Doughty’s short-lived magazine “The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports” is an important imprint in the history of American printing. It contained the first colored sporting prints made in America. Issued in monthly parts and published from the end of 1830 until the spring of 1834, “The Cabinet” featured articles on hunting, detailed descriptions of newly discovered flora and fauna, and some of the finest examples of early American hand-colored lithography. It was originally the work of the Doughty brothers, Thomas and John, with virtually all of the plates being the work of Thomas, who also founded the Hudson River School. But, by the spring of 1832, the partnership had broken up and Thomas had moved to Boston. An abbreviated third volume lacked Thomas’ touch.
Printed by Childs & Inman, the partnership between Philadelphia engraver and lithographer Cephas G. Childs and New York portrait...
Category
1830s Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
Swirling Color - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright and dynamic abstract composition by unknown artist "JANE" (20th Century). Swirls of purple, teal, and green dance around each other in an abstract pattern. Small highlights of...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Moss Landing Landscape - Plein Air in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Idyllic landscape of Moss Landing by Sherry Di Lulo (American, b. 1955). The water follows a smooth curve towards the horizon, where several boats are doc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Not Black and White" - Abstract Composition in Oil on Canvas
By Devon Brockopp-Hammer
Located in Soquel, CA
"Not Black and White" - Abstract Composition in Oil on Canvas
Richly textured abstract composition by California artist Devon Brockopp-Hammer (American, b. 1986). While this piece ap...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Barbeque Study II" - Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Interior courtyard scene by Santa Cruz, California artist Betsy J. Miller (American, b. 1956). This piece is a part of the artist's series of "Site Portraits." An arched doorway in a...
Category
1980s Contemporary Interior Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Barbeque Study I" - Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Interior courtyard scene by Santa Cruz, California artist Betsy J. Miller (American, b. 1956). This piece is a part of the artist's series of "Site Portraits." An square doorway in a...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"King of the Blues" - B.B. King Portrait in Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant portrait entitled "King of the Blues" by John Martin Socha (American, 1913-1983). Bold and angular, this piece depicts an African-American man wearing a crown. Given the date of the piece (1955), it is likely a reference to B. B. King, who began topping the Billboard charts in 1953. The portrait is slightly abstracted, with ornamentation that adds detail and depth.
Signed and dated "Socha 1955" in the lower left corner.
Presented in a wood frame with a linen mat.
Frame size: 17.5"H x 14.75"W
Image size: 9.5"H x 6.5"W
John Martin Socha (American, 1913-1983) was a painter and teacher from St. Paul, Minnesota. As a teenager, Socha studied with Diego Rivera and attended the Minneapolis School of Art. He later worked as a WPA artist in the 1930s, and Rivera’s influence can be seen in his murals. Socha then served in the US Army from 1943-1946 before attending the University of Minnesota in 1947. Socha’s work has won many awards and is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.
Exhibited: Minnesota State Fair, 1938-40 (prize), 1941 (prize), 1942; Minneapolis Women's Club, 1938-42 (prize); Minneapolis IA, 1938-41, 1942 (prize), 1943-46; AIC, 1941-42; MMA, 1941-42; WMAA, 1942; NGA, 1940, 1942; Guatemala City, 1940; Mexico City, 1942; Walker Art Center, 1938, 1940, 1949 (prize); Davenport Municipal Art Gal., 1941; St Paul Art Gal., 1938-42; Denver Art Mus.; Univ. Wisconsin; Fed. Courts Bldg (solo), Hamline Univ. (solo), St. Catherine's Col. (solo), Public Library (solo), St. Paul Park H.S (solo), all in St. Paul; Guy Mayer Gal., NY (solo); Mankato State College, 1957 (solo).
Member: Minnesota AA; Minnesota Art...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
"Ridge Oak" Northern Mt Tamalpais California Watercolor 1991
Located in Soquel, CA
"Ridge Oak" Northern Mt Tamalpais California Watercolor 1991
Perfectly executed plein air watercolor looking out towards Mt. Tamalpais in spring by J. Gal...
Category
1990s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
"Patches and a Path" - Abstract Composition in Oil on Canvas
By Devon Brockopp-Hammer
Located in Soquel, CA
Richly textured abstract composition by California artist Devon Brockopp-Hammer (American, b. 1986). Floating on a blue background, patches of green are...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
San Gabriel Mountain Landscape in Black and White - Graphite Pencil on Paper
By Ralph Holmes
Located in Soquel, CA
San Gabriel Mountain Landscape in Black and White - Graphite Pencil on Paper
Detailed mountain landscape by Ralph Holmes (American, 1876-1963).
Signed lower right corner "Ralph Hol...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Sunday Drive in the Hills - Gouache on Cardboard
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed landscape with a house and car by Edward K. Williams (American, 1870-1950). A large house sits atop a hill, looking down over a road that runs along the river. Three people are driving a car from the 1930s along the road. The scene is rendered with great detail - both the house and the car are very accurate. There is an ornate border around the piece that was not finished, including instructions for framing and matting.
Signed "E K Williams" on verso, with an address.
Presented in a giltwood frame with a new off-white mat.
Frame size: 15.75"H x 12.75"W
Image size: 7.75"H x 6.5"W
Landscape painter, Edward K. Williams was born 1870 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Williams studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with Freer, Vanderpoel, Fursman, and Krehbiel. He exhibited there as well from 1903-1929 (including many winter scenes). He also exhibited at the Hoosier Salon, New York Watercolor Club, Herron Art Institute, American Watercolor Society, Brown County Art...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Cardboard
Hungarian Harvest Courtship 1920s
Located in Soquel, CA
Hungarian Harvest Courtship 1920s
Well executed impressionist painting of a Hungarian countryside courtship vignette by a 19th-20th century Hungarian artist Pal Szlavik. some minor s...
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
"Fruit" Still Life - Post-Impressionist Outsider Art - Acrylic on Heavy Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold and textured still life by Diana Mallett (American, b. 1981). A bright yellow banana and bright red apple sit on a multicolored surface, against a dark blue background. This pie...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"Shares" - Abstract Geometric Outsider Art in Pen on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract patterned work by Geanna Shattuc (American, b. 1963). Consisting of overlapping rectangular shapes, this piece is simultaneously repetitive and...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Felt Pen
"Rebirth" Honey Bee and Barbed Wire - Intaglio Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful and evocative abstracted dry point etching of honey bee drinking water and barbed wire titled "Rebirth" by Tomoya Uchida (Japanese, b. 1947). Presented in new double mat. Unframed. Image size: 8.5"H x 7.5"W
Titled "Rebirth" along the bottom edge.
Signed and dated "T. Uchida" in the lower right corner.
Presented in a new double mat mat with foam core backing.
Tomoya Uchida (Japanese, b. 1947) was born in Tsuyama City in the Okayama prefecture in Japan. He graduated from Doshisha University, Kyoto, in 1970, and went on to become the artist-in-residence at the KALA Institute of Prints in Berkeley, CA, in 1989. He then moved to Australia, where he studied under Prof. Jorg Schmeisser...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Drypoint
Abstract Multi Layer Woodblock Print on Heavy Paper, 1/1
By Michael William Eggleston
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Multi Layer Woodblock Print on Heavy Paper, 1/1
Brightly colored one-of-a-kind multi-layer abstract composition by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). Patche...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Cascading Stream in the Woods - Watercolor Landscape on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene watercolor of a forest stream by Helen R. Barham. A stream cascades down a rocky section of the stream, leading to a glassy pool below. The pool is surrounded by grass, moss, ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract Surrealist Harbor Cityscape - Oil on Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Heavy impasto and strong contrasting colors create a strong piece by Jim Spitzer (American, 1936-2018). Above a dark cityscape, a swirling, richly textured...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Harvester at work in the field" - Ink Drawing on Heavy Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate and detailed drawing of a harvester in the field by an unknown artist. A team of horses is pulling a large harvester, controlled by four people riding on the machine. To the...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Shady Stream - Late 19th Century Bucolic Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous late 19th Century Russian landscape with stream in the shade by Nikolai Aleksandrovich Sergeev (Nikolai Alexandrovich Sergeyev ...
Category
1890s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Cardboard
"Under the Circumstances" - Abstract Geometric Composition in Gouache on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Subtly colored abstract geometric composition by J. Swidler (20th Century). A grid of 15 squares has been laid out in pencil, each square divided into different sections. Some of the...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pencil
"San Anton Palace Malta" Early 20th Cent. Garden and Fountain Watercolor Russian
Located in Soquel, CA
A significant early 20th century landscape watercolor of the paradisical gardens at San Anton Palace in Attard, Malta by Nicholas Krasnoff, 1920 (Russian, 1864-1939). This beautiful piece is a wonderful example of the renowned Russian architect's prized watercolors, created while he was exiled to Malta in the early 1920's. Depicting a lush garden full of blooming, colorful flowers and a stately fountain at the San Anton Palace in Malta, one can see the deft hand and attention to detail rendered by the proficient artist and architect's hand.
Signed "N. Krasnoff" lower right. Titled and dated "Malta, St. Antonio 1920".
Unframed.
Measures 10.25"H x 14.25"W.
Right corner has a crease from being bent.
Nikolay Petrovich Krasnov, also known as Nicholas Krasnoff or Peter Nicholas Krasnoff, was a Russian Serbian architect and painter. He served as Chief Architect of Yalta, Crimea (1887-1899). From 1922 he lived and worked in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and was a key figure in the architectural development of Belgrade. Attending the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1876, aged 12. As a young artist he received patronage from Sergey Tretyakov, brother of the founder of Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery, and entrepreneur Petar Gubonyin.
In 1887 Krasnov became Chief Architect in Yalta. At the age of 23, Krasnov had large responsibility for the rapid growth of the city. He expanded the promenade, which by 1913 became the city's main street, before creating a new city plan in 1889 (including a new sewer system, planning regulations, new streets, prevention of unregulated construction, a school and children's hospital, and the construction of the Pushkin Boulevard). Two concrete bridges were built over the river, and the embankment strengthened. Krasnov also ran a private practice in Yalta until 1911. Among his most famous work is the Livadia Palace, later the location of the 1945 Yalta Conference. Designed over 60 buildings in Crimea, blending a modernist style with local traditions. Also of note: Dulber Palace, Koreiz (1895-97), Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Yalta (1902), Yusupov Palace, Koreiz (1909), Kokkoz Jami Mosque, Sokolyne (1910).
In 1913, he presented a collection of illustrations he had produced of his works to the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, where he held the title of academician. An opponent of the Russian Revolution, he left Yalta with his family in 1919 for Malta, alongside the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna, sister of Queen Alexandra, and over 600 members of the Russian aristocracy. Nikolay was in a group housed in the empty Villa St Ignatius, which had been a Jesuit college and then a hospital during World War I. To earn money, Nikolay painted many scenes of Malta, signing his paintings as N. Krasnoff. He is known as Nicholas Krasnoff in Malta. In May 2016 MaltaPost issued a commemorative set of stamps in his honor.
In 1922 Krasnov moved to Belgrade, then part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, where he became head of the Department of Monumental Architectural Developments and Monuments. His building designs in Serbia number around 60, and were created under the name Nikola Krasnov, as a mark of respect to his adopted homeland.
His key works in Belgrade include: Ministry of Forestry building (now Ministry of Foreign Affairs) (1923) which bears a memorial plaque...
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Illustration Board
Quiet Stream, Small-Scale Mid Century California Landscape, 1937
By Dalzell Hatfield
Located in Soquel, CA
Quiet Stream, Small-Scale Mid Century California Landscape, 1937
Plein air painting of a California landscape, quiet stream and hills, 1937. Attributed to California artist, art co...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Foam Board
Candlelight Service Mexico Landscape
By Orrin A. White
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming painting of church in Mexico during Holy Week attributed to Orrin A. White (American, 1883-1969). Circa 1940. Canvas laid on Masonite then pa...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
Day at the Beach - Realistic Figurative Illustration in Gouache
Located in Soquel, CA
Day at the Beach - Realistic Figurative Illustration in Gouache
Original figurative illustration of people at the beach by Charles Ross Kinghan (American, 1895-1984). Several women are looking at someone's foot, as if there is a splinter being removed. Three of the women are closer, with their heads in the frame. Two of them have are standing with their backs to the viewer. Between the women, the viewer can catch glimpses of other activities on the beach. Possibly a sketch for Good Housekeeping Magazine.
Signed "Charles Ross" in the lower right corner. (Charles Ross Kinghan)
Acquired with other signed estate works by the artist.
Presented in a new cream mat.
Mat size: 16"H x 13"W
Board size: 14"H x 11.75"W
Charles Ross Kinghan (American, 1895-1984) was born in Anthony, KS on January 18, 1895. A teacher, he moved to Wichita as a teenager and did sign painting for the Western Sign Works. He studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Art in 1916, the American Academy of Art in Chicago, the Audubon School of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. He was a pupil of Carl Scheffler, J. Wellington Reynolds, and H.A. Oberteuffer.
He taught at the Art Institute of Chicago and at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He was an illustrator for McCalls, Good Housekeeping, Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, and many others, including American Artist magazine.
He was author and illustrator of Rendering Techniques for Commercial Art and Advertising (1956) and of Ted Kautzky...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Cardboard
"Solitude" - Dock on the Lake - Landscape in Oil on Artist's Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene landscape by notable billboard artist Art Pastusak (American, b. 1950). A small dock just out over glassy water, rendered in dark grey-green and bright cyan, where the sky is reflected. The shore is rendered in tones of yellow, tan, and green, with some water lapping up towards the viewer.
Signed and dated "Art Pastusak 18" in the lower left corner.
Titled "Solitude" on verso.
No frame.
Board size: 11"H x 14"W
Art Pastusak (American, b. 1950) is an artist and billboard painter originally from Portland, OR. Pastusak began outdoor painting in 1977, focusing on billboards. He learned from Mario Rueda, Bernardo Sepulveda, and Tim Solliday. Pastusak has been commissioned by major brands like Apple, Nike, Red Bull, Subaru, and Spotify. In 1992, Pastusak stopped painting billboards to focus on larger scale public murals, mostly in Oregon and Los Angeles. He now focuses on smaller fine art...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Sepia Toned Photograph - Portrait of Ruth - Berkeley 1968
Located in Soquel, CA
Photo portrait of a woman by Arnulf Rabl (German-American, 1942-2016). In this soft portrait, the woman has her head turned slightly down, with closed eyes. There is light striking t...
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Spring in the Mountains by Friedlander 1920s
Located in Soquel, CA
Spring in the Mountains by Friedlander 1920s
Expressive gouache painting of possibly the Swiss Alps by Friedlander
On paper in a period rustic frame.
I...
Category
1920s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Mid Century Modern East Bay II Abstracted Landscape by Erle Loran
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern East Bay II Abstracted Landscape by Erle Loran
Dynamic mid century abstracted geometric landscape drawing of the East Bay California lands...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Laid Paper
"Birth" - Intaglio Print by Tomoya Uchida
Located in Soquel, CA
"Birth" by Tomoya Uchida (American, 20th Century). This piece is mostly abstract, high-contrast organic shapes, with the exception of one straight line that sits above the organic shapes. In the lower left corner of the piece, there is a wasp.
Titled "Birth" along the bottom edge.
Signed "T. Uchida" in the lower right corner.
Presented in a new white and black double mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size: 14"H x 10"W
Paper size: 12"H x 8.5"W
Tomoya Uchida (Japanese, b. 1947) was born in Tsuyama City in the Okayama prefecture in Japan. He graduated from Doshisha University, Kyoto, in 1970, and went on to become the artist-in-residence at the KALA Institute of Prints in Berkeley, CA, in 1989. He then moved to Australia, where he studied under Prof. Jorg Schmeisser...
Category
1980s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Drypoint
Cat in the Shadows - Black and White Photo by Carmel Artist Peter McArthur
Located in Soquel, CA
Black and white photo of a cat on a gravel road by Peter McArthur (American, b. 1947). In the top portion of the composition, a cat sits in the shadows of a gravel road. The exposure of the photograph perfectly captures the texture of the gravel, the delicate highlights on the cat, and the deep shadows in the background.
Signed "Peter McArthur" in the lower right corner.
Presented in a white mat.
Image size: 9.25"H x 6.25"W
Mat size: 16"H x 13"W
Peter McArthur (American, b. 1947) is a long time Carmel Valley resident specializing in Black and white landscape photography. He is also one of very few artists in the country that hand make frames for his work from scratch.
McArthur has been photographing in black and white since...
Category
1970s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
"II Cottonballs" - Intaglio Print by Tomoya Uchida
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted drypoint etching by Tomoya Uchida (Japanese, 20th Century). Two cottonballs on the stalk sit in a minimalist space.
Titled "II Cottonballs" along the bottom edge.
Signed and dated "T. Uchida - 89" in the lower right corner.
Presented in a new light grey mat with foamcore backing.
Tomoya Uchida (Japanese, b. 1947) was born in Tsuyama City in the Okayama prefecture in Japan. He graduated from Doshisha University, Kyoto, in 1970, and went on to become the artist-in-residence at the KALA Institute of Prints in Berkeley, CA, in 1989. He then moved to Australia, where he studied under Prof. Jorg Schmeisser...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Drypoint
"II Walnuts" - Intaglio Print by Tomoya Uchida
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted dry point etching by Tomoya Uchida (Japanese, 20th Century). Two walnuts sit in an abstracted space, with ropes in the background.
Titled "II Walnuts" along the bottom edge.
Signed and dated "T. Uchida - 89" in the lower right corner.
Presented in a new grey mat with foam core backing.
Tomoya Uchida (Japanese, b. 1947) was born in Tsuyama City in the Okayama prefecture in Japan. He graduated from Doshisha University, Kyoto, in 1970, and went on to become the artist-in-residence at the KALA Institute of Prints in Berkeley, CA, in 1989. He then moved to Australia, where he studied under Prof. Jorg Schmeisser...
Category
1980s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Drypoint
Modernist Bronze Sculpture of a Nude Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted sculpture of a nude woman by Francis Xavier "Frank" Bracken (American, 20th Century). Signed, dated and numbered "Francis X. Bracken 1981 2/7...
Category
1980s Art Nouveau Nude Sculptures
Materials
Bronze, Steel
Vertical Geometric Abstract Etching by Carol Shaw
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold geometric abstract etching by Carol Shaw (20th Century). Sharp lines - created with the use of negative space - divide the composition into sections, with shading between them. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
Mid Century California Mountaintops Forest Landscape by Joseph Frey
By Joseph Frey
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century California Mountaintops Forest Landscape by Joseph Frey
Beautiful and serene mid-century landscape of snowy California mountaintops by listed California artist Joseph Fr...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid-Century Charleston, South Carolina Small-Scale Landscape by Virginia Rogers
By Virginia Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-Century Charleston, South Carolina Small-Scale Landscape by Virginia Rogers
Lovely small-scale landscape of Charleston, South Carolina by listed California artist Virginia Sevi...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood
Portrait of Leopold Myers by Sir William Rothenstein
By Sir William Rothenstein
Located in Soquel, CA
Stately sanguine portrait of Leopold Hamilton Myers (Novelist) by Sir William Rothenstein (English, 1872-1945). Captured in Rothenstein's characteristic style, Myers looks directly at the viewer with a neutral expression. Although this portrait uses only two colors and minimal shading, the likeness of Myers is incredibly well captured. Leo (Leopold) Hamilton Myers (1881 – 1944) was a British novelist. Numerous examples like this one of the writer are in the Tate Museum.
Initialed and dated in the lower right corner ("W.R. 1936")
Inscription on verso indicating materials, subject, and artist.
Presented in a new cream colored mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size: 18"H x 12"W
Paper size: 15.25"H x 10.75"W
William Rothenstein (English, 1872-1945) was born into a German-Jewish family in Bradford, West Yorkshire. His father, Moritz, emigrated from Germany in 1859 to work in Bradford's burgeoning textile industry. Soon afterwards he married Bertha Dux, and they had six children, of which William was the fifth. Rothenstein was knighted in 1931.
Rothenstein left Bradford Grammar School at the age of sixteen to study at the Slade School of Art*, London (1888-1893), where he was taught by Alphonse Legros, and the Académie Julian* in Paris (1889-1893), where he met and was encouraged by James McNeill Whistler, Edgar Degas and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. Whilst in Paris he also befriended the Anglo-Australian artist Charles Conder, with whom he shared a studio in Montmartre. In 1893 he returned to England to work on "Oxford Characters" a series of lithographic* portraits.
In Oxford he met and became a close friend of the caricaturist* and parodist Max Beerbohm, who later immortalised him in the short story Enoch Soames (1919). During the 1890s Rothenstein exhibited with the New English Art Club* and, in 1900, won a silver medal for his painting The Doll's House at the Exposition Universelle. In 1898 he co-founded the Carfax Gallery in St. James' Piccadilly with John Fothergill. During its early years the gallery was closely associated with such artists as Charles Conder, Philip Wilson Steer, Charles Ricketts and Augustus John. It also exhibited the work of Auguste Rodin, whose growing reputation in England owed much to Rothenstein's friendship and missionary zeal. The gallery was later the home for all three exhibitions of The Camden Town Group*, led by Rothenstein's friend and close contemporary Walter Sickert.
Rothenstein is best known for his portrait drawings of famous individuals and for being an official war artist in both World War I and World War II. He was also a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters & Gravers. The style and subject of his paintings varies, though certain themes reappear, in particular an interest in 'weighty' or 'essential' subjects tackled in a restrained manner. Good examples include Parting at Morning (1891), Mother and Child (1903) and Jews Mourning at a Synagogue (1907) - all of which are owned by the Tate Gallery. The National Portrait Gallery owns over two hundred of his portraits. In 2011 the BBC and the Public Catalogue Foundation began cataloguing all of his paintings in public ownership online.
Between 1902 and 1912 Rothenstein lived in Hampstead, London, where his social circle included such names as H.G.Wells, Joseph Conrad and the artist Augustus John. Amongst the young artists to visit Rothenstein in Hampstead were Mark Gertler...
Category
1930s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Handmade Paper
"Monument Valley Arizona" - Desert Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed watercolor of Monument Valley by Albert DeRome (American, 1885-1959). The viewer is looking out over the valley from a high vantage point, with towering mesas in the distance. In the foreground, there are some shrubs and a small tree to the right side of the composition. DeRome has created a sense of vast distance by rendering the far background with a hazy quality while keeping the foreground in clear focus.
Signed "Albert DeRome" in the lower right corner.
Inscription on verso as a gift to the artist's mother.
Purchased from the estate of the artist Patterson's Antiques, Los Gatos.
Presented in a wood frame with a new white mat.
Image size: 5.75"H x 8"W
Frame size: 11"H x 14"W
Born in Cayucos, California, Albert De Rome (American, 1885-1959) became a California landscape painter, especially of natural landscapes formations, seascapes and marine scenes near Carmel and Monterey. Usually his palette was bright in both oil and watercolor, but he did the occasional nocturne. Scholars have compared his painting style and subjects to those of Thomas Hill and Albert Bierstadt. However, Albert De Rome never affiliated with any formal group of painters, although he had many close friends including Percy Gray, Gunnar Widforss and Will Sparks.
As a young man, Thomas De Rome worked at the Congress Spring Hotel in Saratoga, and in San Francisco at the Globe Foundry, owned by an uncle. He studied art under Arthur Mathews, John Stanton and Lorenzo Latimer...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Winter on the Farm - Plein Air Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene winter landscape by an unknown artist. A dusting of freshly fallen snow covers the landscape. Two large trees are in the forefront of the composition, with a small farmhouse b...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Early 20th Century Vibrant Sunset Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant antique landscape of a vibrant sunset with rugged waves and rocks in foreground beautifully framing sunset. Circa 1940s. Signed "Louie" on verso. Condition: Good; minor craqu...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Small Portrait of the Artist at Work
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive portrait of an artist working at a desk by an unknown artist (20th Century). An artist with brown hair and a moustache is working at a desk, with various supplies around h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic
Still Life in Purple with Jug and Apples by Alvin R. Raffel 1928
By Alvin Robert Raffel
Located in Soquel, CA
Jug and Still Life in Purple with Apples by Alvin R. Raffel 1928
Oil on Linen of An Urn with a bowl and apples in a Purple background by Alvin R. Raffel (American, 1905-1987.) Linen ...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Interior Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Late 19th Century Engraving -- "A Hot Bargain" Painting by Frederick Bridgman
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful engraving of a late 19th Century painting by Frederic Arthur Bridgman (American, 1847 - 1928) titled "A Hot Bargain," (see image) engraved by James D. Smillie (American, 1833-1909), circa 1900. Signed lower right edge. Edition 64/225 with attribution to piece and artist on verso. Presented in with new mat. Original mat on verso. Condition: Good, minor foxing on edge. Image size: 5.88"H x 9"W.
A native of New York and the son of an engraver, James David Smillie earned his early reputation for his etching skills but later for watercolor landscapes. He began etching at age 8, learning from his father, James Smillie...
Category
1870s Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
"No. 602" Miniature Collage by Michael Pauker Period Typography
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
"No. 602" Miniature Collage by Michael Pauker Period Typography
Miniature abstract paper collage in teal and white by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (Am...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Ink
