Wesley Lea

Self-Portrait (portrait d'homme)

Gilbert Lewis (b.1945). Influence of Red (male portrait), ca. 1990s. Oil on masonite panel, 16 x 20 inches. Signed upper right. Excellent état. Measures 18 x 22 inches in custom gold leaf float frame. Original gallery labels affixed on verso. Provenance: estate of the artist. Artist statement: Figurative art is a vital active process. The image has its own meaning; not storytelling, not just a picture of a face or a flower. Neither is it simply an exercise in the arrangement of shapes or colors. I want to translate my immediate impression into paint to present the image of an outstretched branch of flowers or a face – direct and simple. My art reflects human concerns expressed symbolically, through fantasy and in a more concrete manner in the process of making the representation itself. Art is my response to the image, the end result of an active process of exploration of the limits of the paint on paper within the confines of representation. The painting of a face is not just a face. My feelings are expressed through these images. My paintings speak to anyone in touch with their own humanity; to anyone else my art may be dismissed as “to personal”. Biography: Gilbert Braddy Lewis born September 25, 1945 in Hampton, Va. Son of David Blake Lewis (born in Atlanta, Ga.) and Gladys Louise Braddy [Lewis] (of Sanford, Fl.); brother of David Blake Lewis (Jr.) and Linda Lewis [Hunter]. The family resides at 3 South Linden Street, Hampton, Va. 1953 until 1962 “I studied from the age of seven, in Virginia, with two well-known Tidewater artists, Jean Craig and the late Allan Jones. The teaching methods of carefully observed studies from nature in charcoal or tempra paint, derived, of course, from the original French academic model, conveyed its impact on my early development; however, my eye and consciousness were mostly activated by the reproductions on the studio wall of works by Botticelli, Da Vinci, and Michelangelo.” Gilbert Lewis in Contemporary Philadelphia Artists: A Juried Exhibition, (Philadelphia Museum of Art 2000), p. 145 1963-68 Studies at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Franklin Watkins, Hobson Pittman, Morris Blackburn, and Walter Stuempfig...

Friedrich Wigand (russe, 1800-1853). Portrait d'un jeune homme, 1841. Huile sur toile, 12,5 x 16 pouces. Mesure encadrée : 17 x 20.5 pouces. Signé et daté dans la marge inférieure dr...

Randall Exon (né en 1956). Matthew, 1990. Huile sur panneau de bois. Mesure 24 x 36 pouces. Non encadré. Excellent état, sans dommage ni conservation. Signé et daté en bas à droite. ...

Elliot Barowitz (né en 1937). Little Blue Head, 1965. Huile sur toile, 1965, signée "E.O.". Barowitz', titré et daté sur le châssis. 16 x 16 in., 16 3/4 x 16 3/4 in. (cadre). Provena...

Chez Doug's Place par Lu Haskew Huile 12x10"" taille de l'image Les artistes de Plein Air sont assis par une rivière en train de discuter après une pause de la journée de peinture. ...

Artiste/École : École française, signé et daté 1911 Titre : A Belle Maman, New York Médium : peinture à l'huile sur toile signée, encadrée. encadré : 27.5 x 18.5 pouces toile : 2...

Abe Lincoln par Louis Carl Hvasta (1913-1993) Non encadré : 24" x 18" Encadré : 30,5" x 24,5". Signé et daté en haut à droite Le cadre a été fabriqué à la main par l'artiste lui-même...

Madone de Louis Carl Hvasta (1913-1993) Non encadré : 37" x 24" Encadré : 47.75" x 34" Signé et daté en bas à gauche Le cadre a été fabriqué à la main par l'artiste lui-même. Artist...