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This is a mid-century modern cubist abstract oil on canvas that dates to 1957. The artist’s last name is Covick. The geometric elements are in pear greens on an eggplant background. ...

French-English Impressionist oil on board still life C.1980 Signed lower right hand corner. Framed. In very good condition commensurate of age. Private London Collection Minou Steiner (1940-2008) Minou Steiner was born in Normandy, France, in 1940. Growing up in Paris, Minou later moved to London in the late 1950's. It was in 1961, however, that Minou discovered Cornwall and relocated to St. Ives, Cornwall where she exhibited for decades at the Falmouth Art Gallery and at the New Craftsmen...

Impressionist landscape by George Renouard. Beautiful blues and mauves. Oil on academy board. Unsigned. Dated on back Oct 18 '16. George Renouard, was born in Rochester, New York an...

Large Scale Abstract Painting oil on board depicting what appears to be a barren landscape with a large sun above. Signed lower right. A note attached verso from the 1957 Southwest Artists Annual at the Museum of New Mexico identifies the artist and titles the painting as "Arroyo with Yellow" Sold for $500 in 1957 ($5,190.37) Bill Wiggins...

"Golfers" Painting by Cuban-American Artist Geiler Gonzalez Offered for sale in an acrylic on canvas painting titled "Golfers" by Cuban-American art...

A finely executed 19th century Italian ‘plein air’ forested landscape, demonstrating a highly developed & balanced application of natural light, texture & shading. Oil on wood panel,...

A generously sized decorative Chinese framed mixed media depiction of 5 ceremonial deity masks, 20th Century. This large wall hanging mixed media of ceremon...

"Raoul Morren, a self-taught artist and curator, explores a spectrum of artistic mediums, including collage, painting, photography, sculpture and video. Drawing profound inspiration ...

FREDERIC MILTON GRANT United States, 1886-1959 "Lake Shore" Oil on canvas Signed lower right "Frederic M. Grant", signed and titled "Lake Shore" verso on stretcher bars Item # 109MPK24Q A vibrant landscape that blends the lines of genre work with the impressionist landscape, it captures a pair of woman caught in the middle of a conversation while a young child is exploring the path barefoot. The traditional dress is reminiscent of a century prior and is evocative of a rural Italian landscape, though the stretchers on the reverse of the painting are simply titled "Lake Shore" with no recorded indication of the placement of the scene. The brilliant cobalt blue of the lake is visible to the far right of the nearly square composition while the trees stretch like spires through the horizon and beyond the scope of the canvas, proportionally dwarfing even the cliffs in the distance behind the women. It is a composition familiar to Grant, with his preference for framing subjects with towering local trees, utilizing a relatively square canvas and including just a hint of water. In this particular example, the interplay of light and shadow in the scene is positively brilliant with Grant's palette switching from high-chroma to low-saturation within the span of a single brushstroke. The scene is signed in the lower right in his typical script, "Frederic M. Grant" and is housed in a good quality period correct carved giltwood frame. ARTIST Born in Sibley, Iowa on October 6th of 1886, Frederic Milton Grant studied at the North Dakota State University before heading to the Art Institute of Chicago. There he trained under John Vanderpool, Alphonse Mucha, Frederick Freer...

Antique set of three early 19th century watercolors of Austrian military uniforms depicted in a stark landscape in a matter of fact technique with han...

(Slavic School, 19th Century) A Large Oil Painting "Saints Cyril and Methodius"   Very good quality painting, and subject. Painted by a master, apparently ...

Oil on linen. "Pit Thea", Study of a pine cone. From the Plant Series 1968-1989. Signed lower left, dated 1974. Signed and titled and dated on back. 20" X 24" (floating frame 21" X 25"). My imagery is rooted in the world of the spirit which manifests itself through ritual, myth and symbol. The monolithic single-image plant forms which I began painting in 1968 are potent symbols of the ancient Great Goddess in Her aspect as ‘Lady of the Plants’, who . . . has been worshipped under a thousand names since the beginnings of prehistory.” (Buffie Johnson, Artist’s Statement for the exhibition catalogue of The Language of Symbols, Landmark Gallery, New York City, April 1980.) “... in the ancient world ... such images were perceived as sacred. This sense of divinity inherent in the plant has inspired these icons and through them I hope to evoke a similar magical experience. These forms were created both as metaphors for the spiritual mystery of nature . . . [and] as celebrations of the feminine.” (Buffie Johnson, Artist’s Statement for the exhibition catalogue of Buffie Johnson: The Spirit of Plants, Chuck Levitan Gallery, New York City, October 3rd – October 26th, 1997.) BORN: February 20, 1912 New York City DIED: August 11, 2006 at her home and studio , Greene Street, New York City SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 1937 * Jake Zeitlin Gallery, Los Angeles (First Solo Exhibition) 1939 * Galerie Andre J. Rotge, Paris: “Peintures Recentes de Buffie Johnson” (First Solo Exhibition in Paris) 1939 * Wakefield Gallery, NYC: “Buffie Johnson” (First Solo Exhibition in New York) 1941 * James O’Toole Gallery, NYC: “Recent Paintings and Portraits by Buffie Johnson” 1942 * Robert C. Vose Galleries, Boston: “Paintings and Portraits by Buffie Johnson” (First Solo Exhibition in Boston) 1944 * Caresse Crosby's G Place Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1945 * Howard Putzel’s 67 Gallery, NYC: “An Exhibition of Recent Paintings by Buffie Johnson” 1948 * The John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota: “Buffie Johnson” * Galleria del Cavallino, Venice: “Buffie Johnson” 1949 * The Hanover Gallery, London: “Buffie Johnson” (First Solo Exhibition in London) * Galerie Colette Allendy, Paris: “Buffie Johnson” * The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota * Galleria del Cavallino, Venice 1950 * Betty Parsons Gallery, NYC: “Recent Works by Buffie Johnson” 1951 * Galerie Bing, Paris * The Paul Mellon Gallery, The Choate School, Wallingford: “Exhibit of Portraits: Buffie Johnson 1936-51” 1956 * Galerie Bing, Paris: “Buffie Johnson: Exposition de peintures” 1960 * Galerie Bing, Paris: “Buffie Johnson: peintures recentes” * Bodley Gallery, NYC: “Buffie Johnson” 1961 * Gallery Thibaut, NYC: Buffie Johnson: “Phases of the Sun” 1963 * World House Gallery, NYC 1964 * Galeria de Antonio Souza, Mexico City: “La exposicion de las obras de Buffie Johnson” * The Granville Gallery, NYC: “Buffie Johnson: Recent Paintings” * World House Gallery, NYC 1966 * Galeria de Antonio Souza, Mexico City 1969 * The New School for Social Research/The New School Associates, NYC: “Buffie Johnson: Creation Myths - Oils” 1973 * Max Hutchinson Gallery, NYC: Buffie Johnson: Paintings 1968-1973” 1975 * Palm Beach Galleries, Palm Beach “Buffie Johnson” 1976 * Andre Zarre Gallery, NYC: “Buffie Johnson: Recent Paintings” 1977 * The Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford: “Two Organic Women: Buffie Johnson / Stella Snead” 1979 * Gallery 700, Milwaukee: “Buffie Johnson: Floral Paintings” 1981 * Ankrum Gallery, Los Angeles: “Buffie Johnson” * Landmark Gallery, NYC: "Retrospective" 1984 * Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland: “Buffie Johnson” 1989 * 56, Bleecker Gallery, Ltd., NYC: “Buffie Johnson Portraits 1936-1947” 1991 * Cardiff House at University of California, Santa Cruz: “The Numbering Series” 1992 * PMW Gallery, Stamford: “Buffie Johnson: A Span of Time” Retrospective 1993 * The Institute for Contemporary Art, P. S. 1 Museum, Long Island City: “Buffie Johnson: Paintings from the 40s and 90s” curated by Director, Alanna Heiss 1995 * Kingsborough Community College Art Gallery of The City of New York, Brooklyn: “Buffie Johnson: Plants” 1996 * Millennium Art Gallery, East Hampton: “Perceptions”: Buffie Johnson – A Retrospective of her work from the 1940s to the 1990s” 1997 * Chuck Levitan Gallery, NYC: “Buffie Johnson: The Spirit of Plants" (Part I) 1998 * Chuck Levitan Gallery, NYC: “Buffie Johnson: The Spirit of Plants" (Part II) 2002 * Anita Shapolsky Gallery, NYC: "Buffie Johnson: Transcendentalist" 2007 * Anita Shapolsky Gallery, NYC: "Buffie Johnson Memorial Exhibition" Group exhibitions: 1938 * Galerie Le Niveau, Paris: “Paysages: Exposition de Groupe” 1939 * Wakefield Gallery, NYC * The Fine Arts Gallery, Balboa Park, San Diego: The Fine Arts Society of San Diego: “The Eleventh Annual Southern California Art Exhibition” * Galerie de Beaune, Paris: “VIIe Exposition de Gravures et Platres Gravés du Groupe de L’Atelier 17” 1940 * Wakefield Gallery, NYC: “Group of Small Paintings” 1941 * Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh: "International Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture" * Marie Sterner Gallery, NYC: “International Group of Contemporary Painters” * The American British Art Center, NYC: “First ABAC Exhibition: Paintings and Sculpture from England, Canada & America” * The American British Art Center, NYC: “Stage and Circus: An Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings, Designs and Model Stages by American and British Artists” 1942 * Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach: “Fourth Annual Exhibition by Artist Members” * Parke-Bernet Galleries, NYC: “A Loan Exhibition of Paintings for the Benefit of The American Red Cross representing Happier Days in The United Nations arranged by Marie Sterner” 1943 * Peggy Guggenheim's Art of This Century, NYC: “Exhibition by 31 Women” 1945 * Howard Putzel’s 67 Gallery, NYC: “Preview 1945-1946 Season of Two-man and Group Exhibitions at this Gallery” * Howard Putzel’s 67 Gallery, NYC: “40 American Moderns” 1946 * Walker Art Center, Minneapolis: "136 Americans" * The Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA: “Sixth Annual Spring Purchase Exhibition: 30 Paintings by 30 Contemporary American Artists” 1948 * Salon des Realites Nouvelles, Paris 1949 * Salon des Realites Nouvelles, Paris 1950 * The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn: "Fourth National Print Annual Exhibition" * La Galerie Arnaud, Paris: “sculpteurs et peintres abstraits americains de paris” * The Riverside Museum, NYC: “Creative Art Associates” * Guild Hall, Moran Gallery, East Hampton: 10 East Hampton Abstractionists” 1951 * Guild Hall, East Hampton: “Frankly Romantic” 1953 * Guild Hall, East Hampton: "A Selection from 12 East Hampton Collections" * Guild Hall, East Hampton: "17 East Hampton Artists" * The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn: "17th Biennial International Watercolor Exhibition" 1954 * stabile Gallery, NYC * Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC: “The Whitney Annual” * The Baltimore Museum, Baltimore * Hampton Gallery & Workshop, Amagansett: "Group Show: Eight Painters, Two Sculptors" 1955 * stabile Gallery, NYC * Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, “Exposition Internationale de Gravure” 1956 * Haus der Heimat, Iserlohn: "Junge Amerikanische Kunst" * Group Espace, Paris * Guild Hall, East Hampton: “13 Artists of the Region: Museum Acquisitions and Recent Works” 1957 * Signa Gallery, East Hampton: "Second Exhibition" 1959 * Hirschl & Adler Galleries, NYC: "Works by Gallery Artists" 1960 * Guild Hall, East Hampton: "Monotypes and Prints" * Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC: Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art: "Business Buys American Art" * Bodley Gallery, NYC * The Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia: “Monotypes & Prints of Related Techniques” Shown concurrently with the publication of Henry Rasmusen’s Printmaking with Monotype 1961 * Bertha Schaefer Gallery, NYC: "Contemporary Collage" 1964 * Long Island University/The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton: "Long Island Artists" at Long Island University’s Galleries * Guild Hall, East Hampton: “Festival of the Arts Exhibition: Artists of the East Hampton Area Each showing one of his own works along with a favorite work of art or object from his collection.” 1965 * The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton: "Twelve Women Painters of the South Fork” 1970 * Le Salon International de la Femme, Nice. (Medailles d’argent) 1971 * Museum of Modern Art, NYC: "Penthouse Exhibition" * Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC: "American Art of Our Century" 1972 * Kunsthaus Hamburg, Hamburg: "Gedok American Woman Artist Show" * Suffolk Museum and Carriage House, Long Island: “Unmanly Art” 1973 * The New York Cultural Center, NYC: "Women Choose Women" * Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC: “1973 Biennial Exhibition: Contemporary American Art" * Women's Interart Center, NYC: "In the Beginning: Women and Religion" * University of Texas at Austin, "The Ciba-Geigy Collection of Contemporary Paintings" * A .I. R. Gallery, NYC * Brooklyn College, Brooklyn: "New York Women Artists" * Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA: "New York Women Artists" 1974 * Kresge Art Center Gallery, Michigan State University at East Lansing: “Works by Women from the CIBA-GEIGY Collection” * Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro: “Works by Women from the CIBA-GEIGY Collection” * Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills: "Waves: An Artist Selects" * Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids: "Waves: An Artist Selects" 1975 * Women's Interart Center, NYC: "Color, Light & Image" * The Pratt Institute Gallery, Brooklyn: "Women's Exchange Exhibitions: Artists from the Women Artist Historical Archives of the Women’s Interart Center" * Ashawagh Hall, Springs: "Women Artists Here & Now" * The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield: "A Change of View" * The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn: "Works on Paper: Women Artists" * Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC: "Women from the Permanent Collection" 1976 * Buecker & Harpsichords, NYC: “Recent Portraits of Sari Dienes” * Soho Art Tour: A Benefit for Guild Hall of East Hampton * Guild Hall, East Hampton: "Artists and East Hampton: A 100 Year Perspective" * Landmark Gallery, NYC: “10 Artists" * The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D. C.: "A Bicentennial Edition of Banners" * Chuck Levitan Gallery, NYC: "A Bicentennial Edition of Banners" * National Museum Singapore, Singapore: “Artists Celebrate the Bicentennial” * Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio: "American Artists ‘76: A Celebration" * The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx: "The Year of the Woman: Reprise" 1977 * The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx: "The Magic Circle" * Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich: The Friends of the Greenwich Library Present: "Contact: Women and Nature” The Works of 30 contemporary women artists selected by New York critic and author Lucy R. Lippard * The Brooklyn Museum Art School, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn: "Contemporary Women: Consciousness and Content" * New York University, Contemporary Arts Gallery, NYC: Visual Artists Coalition Exhibition: “Women Painters and Poets” 1978 * Women’s Interart Center, NYC: Women Artists: Sketch Books 1979 * Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton: "Five Artists New York/Hamptons" * Connecticut College, Cummings Center, New London: Visual Artists Coalition Exhibition: “Women Painters and Sculptors” * Clayworks Benefit Exhibition, 4 Great Jones Street, NYC 1980 * Landmark Gallery, NYC: "The Language of Symbols" * Fordham University, Lowenstein Library Gallery, NYC: “Evocative Images” * The Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, “Invitational Print Show” 1981 * Landmark Gallery, NYC: "118 Artists" * The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton: "Alive at the Parrish" * American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, NYC: "Paintings And Sculpture by Candidates for Art Awards" 1982 * Westbeth Gallery #1, NYC: “Sexuality in Art: Two Decades from a Feminist Perspective.” One of sixteen shows of “Views by Women Artists: Sixteen Independently Curated Theme Shows Sponsored by the New York Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art” * The State University of New Jersey Rutgers, Mabel Smith Douglass Library, New Brunswick: Women Artist Series at Douglass College: “Modern Masters: Women of the First Generation” * Frank Merino Gallery, NYC: “Heresies 3rd Annual Art Benefit: Work by 146 Women Artists for Sale at Artists’ Prices” 1983 * Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia: “An Exhibition of Work by Artists in the Historical Archives of the Women’s Interart Center of New York City” 1984 * Suzanne Gross Gallery, Philadelphia: "Major Contemporary Women Artists: In Celebration of Simone de Beauvoir" 1985 * The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton: "Looking At Pictures" 1987 * Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs: "Self-Portraits: The Message, The Material" * Hofstra Museum - Emily Lowe Gallery, Hempstead: "Self-Portraits: The Message, The Material" 1988 * Phoenix II Gallery, Washington, D. C.: “Small Works by Forty-Two Artists 1989 * Anita Shapolsky Gallery, NYC: "Early Abstractions: Painting and Sculpture of the 40’s and 50’s" * Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville in conjunction with Bennett Galleries, Knoxville: "American Women Artists: The 20th Century" 1990 * Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, Bayside: "American Women Artists: The 20th Century" * Guild Hall/East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton: "East Hampton Avant-Garde: A Salute to the Signa Gallery 1957-60" 1991 * Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL: “Gallery Group Exhibition” * Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL: “Recently Added Artists” * Anita Shapolsky Gallery, NYC: “The Prevailing Fifties” 1992 * The Institute for Contemporary Art, P. S. 1 Museum, Long Island City: "Slow Art: Painting in New York Now." Curated by the museum’s Director, Alanna Heiss * Stuart Levy Gallery, NYC: “American Vanguard: Jackson Pollack, Lee Krasner and Friends” for the benefit of The Study Center Development Fund of The Pollock- Krasner House and Study Center, East Hampton, New York * Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL: “Flowers in Art” * Melvin Gallery, Florida Southern College, Lakeland: “Women Artists From the Harmon- Meek Gallery” * Anita Shapolsky Gallery, NYC: “The Americas” 1993 * Richard Anderson Gallery, NYC: “Songs of Retribution.” Curated by Nancy Spero * Snyder Fine Art, NYC: “Out of the ‘50s”: Works Shaped by the Aesthetic of the 1950s * Benton Gallery, Southampton: “Woman!” * The Museum of the Provincetown Art Association, Provincetown: The Art Students League of New York and The Provincetown Art Association and Museum Exhibition of: “The League at the Cape” Part II: Contemporary Invitational Section * Anita Shapolsky Gallery, NYC: “Women of the Fifties” 1995 * The New York Open Center, NYC: “The Creative Call to the Divine: An interfaith art show and healing experience” * Millennium Gallery, East Hampton: "Living Legends" * Anita Shapolsky Gallery, NYC: “Artists of the Fifties” (Part 2) 1997 * Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, Springs, East Hampton: "Art of This Century: The Women" 1998 * Anita Shapolsky Gallery, NYC: “Earthly Delights” 1999 * Anita Shapolsky Gallery, NYC: “The Immortals” 2000 * Anita Shapolsky Gallery, NYC: “Buffie Johnson, William Scharf, Yvonne Thomas, Rufus Zogbaum, Wilfrid Zogbaum: Feb. 12-April 29, 2000” 2001 * Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead: “Abstract Expressionism, Then and Now” 2003 * Anita Shapolsky Gallery, NYC: "Re-Examining Abstract Art, Part 2" 2004 * Anita Shapolsky Gallery, NYC: "New York School Artists: Work of 50’s & 60’s" 2005 * Anita Shapolsky Gallery, NYC: "Betty Parsons & the Women" 2007 * Anita Shapolsky Gallery, NYC: "Collectors' Choices" * Thomas McCormick Gallery, Chicago: “Suitcase Paintings...

Dramatically and vividly painted, this depiction of a seated Archer of Asian descent, holding his bow in one hand, is a Classic example of Depression-era portraiture. The contemplati...

Seascape / boat scene acrylic on canvas, circa 1970s, Greece. Work boasts attractive color use and applies an impasto technique, which gives the brush strokes a heavily textured ap...

Bring timeless charm and rustic beauty into your home with this set of two vintage primitive landscape oil paintings on board. Featuring serene countryside scenes with winding paths,...

Soldiers looting a village XVII century oil on panel Oil on panel: 75 x 110 cm Signed and dated 1650 lower left Sold at Christie's Amsterdam, 11/18/93 For 130,000 DG = 60,827 € - joint purchase invoice for the year 93 About painter dutch painter Utrecht 1586 - 1666 Utrecht Painter of genre scenes, generally of peasants, views and landscapes of villages and towns (including some winter landscapes) and some religious and allegorical subjects (mainly at the beginning of his career). We do not know under whom our painter studied. Seeing the Flemish character of his work, some scholars believe that he could have studied in Flanders, in Antwerp. Droochsloot was a versatile and productive painter. The central museum in his hometown of Utrecht holds 15 of his paintings, showing the diversity of his work, many other museums exhibit his works Our painting represents a scene that took place during the Eighty Years' War. This Dutch War of Independence from Spain was a long, slow war that lasted from 1568 to 1648. The war began with a Protestant uprising in Flanders and Holland against the Spanish...

This oil painting on canvas from the 1960s captures the spirit of an English bulldog in all its glory. The signature is eligible. The artist, whose signature is illegible, has captur...

Italian old master painting, 17th century, oil on canvas. Good condition Measures: H. 54 W. 43 cm H. 21.2 W. 16.9 in.

Scottish, after 1837. This particular carving of the Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom as used in Scotland is marvellous for the tremendous vitality of the Unicorn and Lions. It ...

19th Century Dutch original watercolour or gouache of fishing boats on a stormy sea. By Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915). Ex-private collection in the Netherlands. Circa 1890.

1970s Vintage W. Kwan Mid Century Modern Fiery Orange Abstract Sunset Sailboats Nautical Oil Painting Framed Gorgeous, stylized, abstract,framed, oil painting on canvas by W.Kwan ...

Antoine Giroux: Capturing the Vibrancy of the Mediterranean Born in Brussels in 1955, Antoine Giroux's journey to artistic expression took a unique path through the realms of music ...

Oil on board, signed and dated 38' in lower right. Measures 6.75" x 15.5" including the frame, also inscribed and signed on reverse. Nikolai Timkov is one of the best known Russi...

Large-scale modernist portrait painting in the manner of Francis Bacon, probably American, circa 1960s. Artist unknown, not signed or mark...

A vintage abstract mixed media painting on canvas board done in oil, straw and sand by Janet Rae. Framed in a rustic wooden frame.

This finely-executed oil painting was produced by Prayat Tadonock in 1990. Prayat was trained as a fine artist according to Thai classical principles and then learned Western oil pai...

Beautiful oil painting by contemporary French artist Hortense Reynaud. Abstract design painted with oil pastels in varying colors. Thick quality paper and signed by the artist. Each ...

Still life painting (Violin, Flowers), Oil on canvas, by Agnes Weinrich, Signed and dated "22", Unframed: 20" x 16", Framed 27.5 x 23". Agnes Weinrich (1873-1946) was an early female, American modernist artist at a time when there was little interest in Modern Art in the USA and when few women were artists. She was a ground breaker in modern art. The painting shown is an important example of her mature phase of her work. A biography from Wiki-pedia follows: Agnes Weinrich (1873–1946) was one of the first American artists to make works of art that were modernist, abstract, and influenced by the Cubist style. She was also an energetic and effective proponent of modernist art in America, joining with like-minded others to promote experimentation as an alternative to the generally conservative art of their time. Early years[edit] Agnes Weinrich was born in 1873 on a prosperous farm in south east Iowa. Both her father and mother were German immigrants and German was the language spoken at home. Following her mother's death in 1879 she was raised by her father, Christian Weinrich. In 1894, at the age of 59, he retired from farming and moved his household, including his three youngest children—Christian Jr. (24), Agnes (21), and Lena (17), to nearby Burlington, Iowa, where Agnes attended the Burlington Collegiate Institute from which she graduated in 1897.[1][2][3] Christian took Agnes and Lena with him on a trip to Germany in 1899 to reestablish links with their German relatives. When he returned home later that year, he left the two women in Berlin with some of these relatives, and when, soon after his return, he died, they inherited sufficient wealth to live independently for the rest of their lives. Either before or during their trip to Germany Lena had decided to become a musician and while in Berlin studied piano at the Stern Conservatory. On her part, Agnes had determined to be an artist and began studies toward that end at the same time.[1][4] In 1904 the two returned from Berlin and settled for two years in Springfield, Illinois, where Lena taught piano in public schools and Agnes painted in a rented studio. At this time Lena changed her name to Helen. In 1905 they moved to Chicago where Agnes studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago under John Vanderpoel, Nellie Walker, and others.[1] In 1909 Agnes and Helen returned to Berlin and traveled from there to Munich, where Agnes studied briefly under Julius Exter, and on to Rome, Florence, and Venice before returning to Chicago.[5] They traveled to Europe for the third, and last, time in 1913, spending a year in Paris. There, they made friends with American artists and musicians who had gathered there around the local art scene. Throughout this period, the work Agnes produced was skillful but unoriginal—drawings, etching, and paintings in the dominant academic and impressionist styles.[1] On her return from Europe in 1914, she continued to study art, during the warm months of the year in Provincetown, Massachusetts,[1] where she was a member of the Provincetown Printers art colony in Massachusetts,[6] and during the colder ones in New York City. In Provincetown she attended classes at Charles Hawthorne's Cape Cod School of Art and in New York, the Art Students League.[1] Drawing of an old woman by Agnes Weinrich, graphite on paper, 11.5 x 7.5 inches. Hawthorne and other artists established the Provincetown Art Association in 1914 and held the first of many juried exhibitions the following year. Weinrich contributed nine pictures to this show, all of them representational and somewhat conservative in style.[1] A pencil sketch made about 1915 shows a figure, probably one of the Portuguese women of Provincetown. Weinrich was a metculous draftsperson and this drawing is typical of the work she did in the academic style between 1914 and 1920. She also produced works more akin to the Impressionist favored by Hawthorne and many of his students. When in 1917 Weinrich showed paintings in a New York women's club, the MacDowell Club, the art critic for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle said they showed a "strong note of impressionism."[7] Broken Fence by Agnes Weinrich, a white-line woodblock made on or before 1917; at left: the woodblock itself; at right: a print pulled from the woodblook. In 1916 Weinrich joined a group of printmakers which had begun using the white-line technique pioneered by Provincetown artist B.J.O. Nordfelt. She and the others in the group, including Blanche Lazzell, Ethel Mars and Edna Boies Hopkins, worked together, exchanging ideas and solving problems.[1][8] A year later Weinrich showed one of her first white-line prints at an exhibition held by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.[9] Broken Fence, in its two states—the print and the woodblock from which she made it—show Weinrich to be moving away from realistic presentation, towards a style, which, while neither abstract, nor Cubist, brings the viewer's attention to the flat surface plane of the work with its juxtaposed shapes and blocks of contrasting colors. Cows Grazing in the Dunes near Provincetown by Agnes Weinrich, white-line woodcut, 10 x 10 1/2 inches When in 1920 the informal white-line printmakers' group organized its own exhibition, Weinrich showed a dozen works, including one called Cows Grazing in the Dunes near Provincetown. This print shows greater tendency to abstraction than eitherBroken Fence or the prints made by other Provincetown artists of the time. The cows and dunes are recognizable but not presented realistically. The white lines serve to emphasize the blocks of muted colors which are the print's main pictorial elements. Weinrich uses the texture of the wood surface to call attention to the two-dimensional plane—the paper on which she made the print—in contrast with the implicit depth of foreground and background of cows, dunes, and sky. While the work is not Cubist, it has a proto-Cubist feel in a way that is similar to some of the more abstract paintings of Paul Cézanne.[10] By 1919 or 1920, while still spending winters in Manhattan and summers on Cape Cod, the sisters came to consider Provincetown their formal place of residence.[1][11][12][13] By that time they had also met the painter, Karl Knaths. Like themselves a Midwesterner of German origin who had grown up in a household where German was spoken, he settled in Provincetown in 1919. Agnes and Knaths shared artistic leanings and mutually influenced each other's increasing use of abstraction in their work.[1][14] The sisters and Knaths became close companions. In 1922 Knaths married Helen and moved into the house which the sisters had rented. He was then 31, Helen 46, and Agnes 49 years old. When, two years later, the three decided to become year-round residents of Provincetown, Agnes and Helen used a part of their inheritance to buy land and materials for constructing a house and outbuildings for the three of them to share. Knaths himself acquired disused structures nearby as sources of lumber and, having once been employed as a set building for a theater company, he was able to build their new home.[15] Weinrich was somewhat in advance of Knaths in adopting a modernist style. She had seen avant-garde art while in Paris and met American artists who had begun to appreciate it. On her return to the United States she continued to discuss new theories and techniques with artists in New York and Provincetown, some of whom she had met in Paris. This loosely-knit group influenced one another as their individual styles evolved. In addition to Blance Lazzell, already mentioned, the group included Maude Squires, William Zorach, Oliver Chaffee, and Ambrose Webster. Some of them, including Lazzell and Flora Schofield had studied with influential modernists in Paris and most had read and discussed the influential Cubist and Futurist writings of Albert Gleizes and Gino Severini.[16][17] Mature style[edit] Woman with Flowers by Agnes Weinrich, circa 1920, oil on canvas, 34 x 30 1/4 inches, exhibited at the Provincetown Art Association exhibition of 1920, made available courtesy of the Association. Two of Weinrich's paintings, both produced about 1920, mark the emergence of her mature style. The first, Woman With Flowers, is similar to one by the French artist, Jean Metzinger called Le goûter (Tea Time) (1911).[18] Red Houses by Agnes Weinrich, circa 1921, oil on canvas on board, 24.25 x 25.5 inches; exhibited "Red Houses" at Fifth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists. Like much of Metzinger's work, Le goûter was discussed in books and journals of the time—including one called Cubism co-authored by Metzinger himself.[19] Because the group with which Weinrich associated read about and discussed avant-garde art in general and Cubism in particular, it is reasonably likely that Weinrich was familiar with Metzinger's work before she began her own. The second painting, Red Houses, bears general similarity to landscapes by Cézanne and Braque. Both paintings are Cubist in style. However, with them Weinrich did not announce an abrupt conversion to Cubism, but rather marked a turning toward greater experimentation. In her later work she would not adopt a single style or stylistic tendency, but would produce both representative pictures and ones that were entirely abstract, always showing a strong sense of the two-dimensional plane of the picture's surface. After she made these two paintings neither her subject matter nor the media she used would dramatically change. She continued to employ subjects available to her in her Provincetown studio and the surrounding area to produce still lifes, village and pastoral scenes, portraits, and abstractions in oil on canvas and board; watercolor, pastel, crayon and graphite on paper; and woodblock prints.[20] Possessing an outgoing and engaging personality and an active, vigorous approach to life, Weinrich promoted her own work while also helping Karl Knaths to develop relationships with potential patrons, gallery owners, and people responsible for organizing exhibitions. With him, she put herself in the forefront of an informal movement toward experimentation in American art. Since, because of her independent means, she was not constrained to make her living by selling art, she was free to use exhibitions and her many contacts with artists and collectors to advance appreciation and understanding of works which did not conform to the still-conservative norm of the 1920s and 1930s.[1][21][22] Early in the 1920s, critics began to take notice of her work, recognizing her departure from the realism then prevailing in galleries and exhibitions. Paintings that she showed in 1922 drew the somewhat dry characterization of "individualistic.",[23] and in 1923 her work drew praise from a critic as "abstract, but at the same time not without emotion."[24] In 1925 Weinrich became a founding member of the New York Society of Women Artists. Other Provincetown members included Blanche Lazzell, Ellen Ravenscroft, Lucy L'Engle, and Marguerite Zorach. The membership was limited to 30 painters and sculptors all of whom could participate in the group's exhibitions, each getting the same space.[23][25][26] The group provided a platform for their members to distinguish themselves from the genteel and traditionalist art that women artists were at that time expected to show[27] and, by the account of a few critics, it appears their exhibitions achieved this goal.[1][28][29][30] In 1926 Weinrich joined with Knaths and other local artists in a rebellion against the "traditional" group that had dominated the Provincetown Art Association. For the next decade, 1927 through 1937, the association would mount two separate annual exhibitions, the one conservative in orientation and the other experimental, or, as it was said, radical.[31][32] Both Weinrich and Knaths participated on the jury that selected works for the first modernist exhibition.[11] Still Life by Agnes Weinrich, circa 1926, oil on canvas, 17 x 22 inches. Permission to use granted by Christine M. McCarthy, Executive Director, Provincetown Art Association and Museum. The painting was the gift of Warren Cresswell. Weinrich's painting, Still Life, made about 1926, may have been shown in the 1927 show. Representative of some aspects of her mature style, it is modernist but does not show Cubist influence. The objects pictured are entirely recognizable, but treated abstractly. Although fore- and background are distinguishable, the objects, as colored forms, make an interesting and visually satisfying surface design. In 1930 Weinrich put together a group show for modernists at the GRD Gallery in New York. The occasion was the first time a group of Provincetown artists exhibited together in New York. For it she selected works by Knaths, Charles Demuth, Oliver Chaffee, Margarite and William Zorach, Jack Tworkov, Janice Biala, Niles Spencer, E. Ambrose Webster, and others.[1][23] Later years[edit] Weinrich turned 60 on July 16, 1933. Although she had led a full and productive life devoted to development of her own art and to the advancement of modernism in art, she did not cease to work toward both objectives. She continued to work in oil on canvas and board, pastel and crayon on paper, and woodblock printing. Her output continued to vary in subject matter and treatment. For example, Still Life with Leaves, circa 1930 (oil on canvas, 18 x 24 inches) contains panels of contrasting colors with outlining similar to Knaths's style. Movement in C Minor, circa 1932 (oil on board, 9 x 12 inches) is entirely abstract. It too relates to Knaths's work, both in treatment (again, outlined panels of contrasting colors) and in its apparent relationship to music, something in which Knaths was also interested. Fish Shacks...

Here are four rare and historically important watercolor drawings on paper of St. Croix. Painted in a topographical style by L.J.Harboe, effectively transporting us to a time and pla...

multiple on metal by Victor Vasarely Geometric composition Signed France 1970 Geometric composition on metal engraved signature and numbered 45/160 Good condition, some light scratch...

A Russian School oil on board still life of a bouquet of flowers in a a glass vase. Signed on reverse B.H. Pomohoba dated 1963. A large vibrant ...

P. Wong, (20th Century, Asian School) Chinese Junks, acrylic on canvas, signed 11 1/2 by 15 1/2 in. Overall 18 by 22 in. Condition Report Good condition.

12th Century Spanish (Romanesque Period) gold gilded and polychromed carved-wood plaques of the four Evangelists; Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, the a...

Pair of gorgeous equestrian paintings signed E.R.Woods on the lower right, surmounted in gilded frame.

Add a splash of tropical elegance to your space with this set of two Trowbridge numbered palm prints. These vibrant blue-toned prints feature bold palm frond patterns with silver and...

Eugène Berman - "Paludia" (1967-1968) Type : Huile sur toile Signature : Monogrammée en bas au centre, contresignée au dos Date de création : 1967-Rome-1968 Dimensions : 67 cm x 54 cm Encadrement : Rare cadre Troubadour en papier mâché, circa 1840 Expositions et provenance : Étiquette d’exposition de la Galerie Lucie Weill au dos Annotations de la Galerie Forni à Bologne Bibliographie : Galerie Lucie Weill, Les Néo-romantiques: Christian Bérard, Léonid et Eugène Berman, Pavel Tchelitchew, Paris, 1971. "Paludia" est une huile sur toile réalisée par Eugène Berman entre 1967 et 1968 à Rome. L'œuvre, représentative de son style néo-romantique, est empreinte de mélancolie et de poésie, avec une touche onirique caractéristique de son approche théâtrale de la composition. Son cadre troubadour en papier mâché, rare et datant de circa 1840, confère à l'œuvre une aura historique et une mise en valeur singulière, dans l'esprit des cabinets de curiosités qu'affectionnait l'artiste. Biographie d'Eugène Berman (1899-1972) : Né le 4 novembre 1899 à Saint-Pétersbourg, Eugène Berman est un peintre et décorateur de théâtre d’origine russe, naturalisé américain. Il est le frère de Léonide Berman. Son éducation artistique débute en Europe occidentale, avec des formations en Allemagne, Suisse et France, où il suit les cours de Pavel Naumov et Sergey Gruzenberg entre 1914 et 1918. Après avoir quitté la Russie en 1918, il étudie à l'Académie Ranson à Paris, sous la direction de Maurice Denis et Édouard Vuillard. Inspiré par Giorgio de Chirico et Picasso, il expose ses œuvres (portraits et paysages) aux Salons d’Automne et des Tuileries entre 1923 et 1927. Il promeut, aux côtés de son frère, une forme de peinture poétique et symboliste. En 1935, il émigre aux États-Unis, où il travaille comme décorateur de théâtre tout en poursuivant son œuvre picturale. Il devient citoyen américain en 1937. Il meurt le 14 décembre 1972, à Rome ou New York. Cabinet de curiosités et collection personnelle : Eugène Berman possédait une importante collection d’objets anciens, comprenant : Céramiques, statuettes, sculptures, verrerie, textiles, tapis de diverses civilisations (précolombienne, africaine, de Nouvelle-Guinée, de Colombie-Britannique, égyptienne, copte, grecque, étrusque, romaine). Mobilier italien et latino-américain du XVIe et XVIIe siècles. Œuvres d’amis artistes, dont Mirko, Ernst, Cagli, Cremoni. Sa collection fut installée dans un appartement romain, transformé en un véritable cabinet de curiosités, situé au dernier étage d’un palais proche de la Piazza del Popolo. ------------ Eugène Berman - "Paludia" (1967-1968) Type: Oil on canvas Signature: Monogrammed at the bottom center, countersigned on the back Creation Date: 1967-Rome-1968 Dimensions: 67 cm x 54 cm Frame: Rare Troubadour-style papier-mâché frame, circa 1840 Exhibitions and Provenance: Exhibition label from Galerie Lucie Weill on the back Annotations from Forni Gallery in Bologna Bibliography: Galerie Lucie Weill, The Neo-Romantics: Christian Bérard, Léonid and Eugène Berman, Pavel Tchelitchew, Paris, 1971. "Paludia" is an oil on canvas created by Eugène Berman between 1967 and 1968 in Rome. Representative of his neo-romantic style, the piece exudes melancholy and poetic introspection, with a dreamlike quality reflecting his theatrical approach to composition. The rare papier-mâché Troubadour frame, dating from circa 1840, enhances the historical aura of the work, aligning with the artist’s deep appreciation for curiosities and antiquities. Biography of Eugène Berman (1899-1972): Born on November 4, 1899, in Saint Petersburg, Eugène Berman was a Russian-born American painter and theater designer. He was the brother of Léonide Berman. He received his early artistic education in Western Europe, training in Germany, Switzerland, and France, with studies under Pavel Naumov and Sergey Gruzenberg between 1914 and 1918. Leaving Russia in 1918, he studied at Académie Ranson in Paris, under the guidance of Maurice Denis and Édouard Vuillard. Influenced by Giorgio de Chirico and Picasso, he exhibited his works (portraits and landscapes) at the Salons d’Automne and des Tuileries between 1923 and 1927. Alongside his brother, he championed a poetic and symbolic form of painting. In 1935, he emigrated to the United States, working as a theater designer while continuing to produce allegorical works. He became an American citizen in 1937. He passed away on December 14, 1972, in Rome or New York. Cabinet of Curiosities and Personal Collection: Eugène Berman owned a significant collection of antique artifacts, including: Ceramics, statuettes, sculptures, glassware, textiles, and rugs from Pre-Columbian, African, New Guinea, British Columbia, Egyptian, Coptic, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman civilizations. Italian and Latin American furniture...

Set of three original hand-carved letterpress made by the Neal Walters Poster Company. Fantastic carnival midway scene. Games, carnival rides and acrobats. Carved with incredible detail, please see photos. The colors are the original ink used during the three color posted printing process. Circus and...

Oil on canvas scene of a stag hunt with hounds in a wooded lakeside landscape. The canvas has been archival cleaned and craquelure arrested with relining. The canvas is framed in a 1...

Manuel Monton Bunuel (Spanish, b. 1940), a moody Winter street scene, oil on canvas, signed Bunuel lower right, An expressive contemporary oil pai...

1756 Large oil painting of an American farmer with his dog and two horses Framed and signed

Late 19th century pastoral oil painting of figures in forest by stream with fallen tree mounted in a gilt frame.

"Fleurs" by Charles Levier Original oil on canvas painting displayed in a polished aluminum frame. Signed in lower right and on reverse

Add a touch of bohemian elegance to your collection with this extraordinary painting titled "Table Manners." This captivating piece showcases a beautifully detailed table setting fea...

Abstract painting by Miriam Kubach, American, circa 1960s. It is executed on paper and has been professionally framed under UV resistant glass in a clean lined black lacquer gallery ...

Abstract mixed-media work by artist Purvis Young. Folk Art portraying bleeding and pregnant figures in a crowd, policemen on horseback and large blue eyes. Young used eyes as symbols...

An original artwork by Marcel Vertes for a poster of Lily Pons (1898-1976) the famous coloratura soprano for a concert at Carnegie hall. The medium is gouach...

Step into a bygone era with this exquisite Vintage Victorian Original Floral Painting on Board, a truly captivating piece that exudes timeless elegance and romantic charm. This beaut...

Evoke nostalgic warmth and homespun charm with this delightful Vintage Primitive 1960s Landscape Painting. This authentic original artwork, rendered on a sturdy board, captures the i...

Pair of angling watercolors By Major Hopkins. A wonderful pair of original fishing watercolours, a self portrait of one of the most important golf artists of the Victorian era. Signed and dated 1886. Major Hopkins is well know for his golf watercolours but he was a keen fisherman who included angling among his contributions to 'The Field' magazine and wrote and illustrated "Fishing Experiences of Half a Century". These images were published by McQueen in 1886, The angling pictures have been completed on a light blue paper and painted in monochrome. Got Him! shows two fishermen, one kneeling on the ground looking over the catch whilst the other is having a drink from a beaker, with a wicker creel...

Gorgeously conceived and vividly hued, this study for the lid of the famous grand piano given by the Steinway Company to the White House in 1938, during the Franklin Delano Roosevelt administration, was painted by Dunbar Beck, inspired by a famous poem by Walt Whitman. The painting quotes two lines from Whitman's "Song of the Exposition," later included in "Leaves of Grass": Come Muse migrate from Greece and Ionia, For know a better, fresher, busier sphere, a wide, untried domain awaits, demands you. Beck is best known for his WPA work...

A nice Italian scene signed Donati. It is in a nice frame with a black linen liner. Some losses to the frame and painting.

Belgium / 1950 / Painting / Piet van den Buys / oil paint on canvas / Expressionisme / Vintage / Mid-century Vibrant and large painting by Piet Van Den Buys which beautifully captur...

17th Century oil on canvas Josiah Childs attributed to John Riley 138 x 116cms In original frame

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Colorful Mid-century "Mail Boxes" Painting with a Bee on Board Offered for sale is a Mid-century "Mailboxes" painting with a great detail of a bee on the side of the post. The paint...

A brilliant and vivid painting by Daniel Heyman, this depiction of a man-angel standing before the famous main facade of the Hôtel de Sully in Paris is drenched in color: aquamarine,...

A beautiful antique miniature on paper painting depicting a scene from Indian palace life, depicting the meeting of noble maidens in colorful traditional attire, circa the late 18th century. Hand painted in gouache heightened with gold on paper. This colorful image belongs to the Rajput school, 16th to 19th centuries, spread in Central India and Rajasthan on the territory of the Rajput principalities. Its main centers are Bundi, Mewar, Marwar, Malwa, Kishangarh. Antique Indian Miniature, Illustration, Vintage Oriental Art...