Abstract Composition by Teddy Millington Drake, Oil on Canvas Signed 1968

Oil on canvas, Villa Albrizzi - Veneto, 1963 Teddy Millington-Drake (1932-1994) was a nomad, linguist, bon viveur, aesthete and master gardener, but above all an artist. Discharged from service and in part inspired by his sister's anecdotes of her travels abroad, Millington-Drake embarked on a painting tour that took him to Lebanon, Iran, Iraq and Syria. He then rented a house, the Villa Albrizzi at Este, Veneto in Italy, and became a more frequent painter, particularly now of abstract murals. He befriended Freya Stark, a writer and traveler who lived nearby, and in Venice he became friends with Daisy Fellowes, Peggy Guggenheim, Barbara Hutton and Elsa Maxwell. In Este, he painted continually and more boldly, turning his hand to abstract murals. He later transformed a neglected Tuscan farmhouse in the village of Poggio which was co-decorated by his friend the designer John Stefanidis. There were vine-hung terraces and a skillfully landscaped garden. A swimming-pool was built on a shelf cut into the hillside, so that you felt yourself gliding towards the horizon, suspended in space as you swam. There Millington-Drake worked passionately at all forms of painting. There are haunting large abstracts inspired by Jung, hard-edged acrylic wave paintings and some intriguing semi-calligraphic works on paper based on phrases taken from the works of poets such as Cavafy, Mandelstam and Elizabeth Bishop...

Three highly charismatic and personal portrait drawings if Indian gentlemen. Dating from the late 19th century and in original glass and oak frames they portray a Pathan hillman and ...

This is a fantastic oil on canvas by Gail Lapins. This piece is perfect for a splash of color in that drab interior! A great size at 47" x 35", this piece shines with color and texture. Tones of red, blue, green and yellow fill the canvas. The piece is signed on the left, "Gail Lapins", and is framed in a 1.5" gold leafed frame. From Gail Lapins Website: Born: New York, New York Otis Parsons Art Institute, 1982-86 Cal Poly University, 1991-1994 B.A., summa cum laude “Gail Lapins is a contemporary figurative artist whose paintings have been exhibited in art galleries, museums and university settings nationally and internationally. Her paintings are explorations of an internal world where characters, events and scenes mirror...

Oil on canvas abstract "Composition" by Serge Rezvani. France: circa 1958 Born in Tehran, Rezvani is the son of a Persian father, Medjid-Khan Rezvani (1900–1962), and a Jewish mother who had immigrated from Russia Rezvani has written more than 40 novels, 15 plays and two collections of poetry. He is the author of more than 150 songs, including the famous Le Tourbillon sung by Jeanne Moreau in the film Jules and Jim, as well as J'ai la mémoire qui flanche [fr], also performed by Moreau (he signed these songs under pseudonym Cyrus Bassiak, which means "barefoot" in Russian).Rezvani also wrote two songs for Godart's Pierrot le fou...