Aux Chaise by Gabriel Godard, Oil on Canvas Painting

Sigfredo Chacon Venezuelan, 1950. Painting. Acrylic on canvas. Dimensions: 23-3/4 in. by 23-3/4 in. Sigfredo was born in Caracas in 1950. He studied at the School of Fine and Applied Arts Cristóbal Rojas (1963-1966) and Design Institute Neumann-INCE, Caracas (1966-1970). He continued his training as a designer at the Chelsea School of Art and the London College of Printing, England. In the early seventies he participated in the Young confrontations Venezuelan News, Gallery Current Study Hall Arturo Michelena...

Emory Ladanyi, Hungarian, 1902-1986, Urban Tensions. Mixed-media on canvas. Signed lower right. Inscribed and titled on verso. Dimensions: 48 by 36 in. Born November 8, 1902 in Kecskemet, Hungary, the child of Mihaly and Maria Ladanyi, Emory Ladanyi moved with his family to Eger, a town famous for its good wine. He studied at the High School of Science and Art. At fifteen, he discovered anatomy in a textbook and began to consider a career in medicine, and was accepted into the Medical School of The University of Budapest to become a medical student. He received his doctoral degree in 1927 and did his residency in dermatology in the largest hospital in Berlin, then one of the most prominent dematology centers of Europe. In Berlin, he was especially impressed by the works of Edvard Munch, forerunner of German Expressionism, who exerted a lasting influence on his work. Following medical residency in Vienna, he was also impressed by the works of Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Kokoschka. In 1928 he returned to Budapest to continue postgraduate studies, also advancing his art education. His many friends were among the avant-garde poets and writers of that time. In March 1929, he arrived in New York. June of that year, he passed the medical boards, and in September received his license to practice medice in the State of New York. Outside of the medical profession which enabled him the livelihood to continue to paint, he moved exclusively in avant-garde circles of New York City. He was a close friend of the composer Edgar Varese. Others of his circle were poet Kenneth Patchen...

Mario Dubsky. American, 1939-1985. Firebrand. Oil on canvas. 84 by 84 in. Dated 1973. Painter and teacher, born in London. He studied at Slade School of Art, 1956-1961, where his work was heavily influenced by fellow painter Dorothy Mead...

Michael Gloeckner American, 1915-1989 Pale Flower Oil on canvas Dated 1971 20 by 18 in. W/frame 25 by 23 in. Michael lived in NYC, he also had a home and studio in West Cornwall, ...

Title: Hiding in The Jungle Artist: Yang Qian (Chinese; B. 1959) Medium: Oil on canvas Years: purchased circa 1990 A Palm Beach, FL collection An early work by Yang Qian during his sojourn in Florida, USA. The series delved into art history with reinterpretation and overlaying symbolism. The painting is set in a moody tropical jungle at night and is a clear reinterpretation and a dialogue between Henri Rousseau's The Dream and Paul Gauguin's La Femme du Roi. Although the two French artists were contemporaries, they may have not intersected in their personal lives. Pioneering and ground-breaking for their time, their work were celebrated posthumously and served as inspiration for later artists. For a similar painting Odalisque Now (c.1990) see lot 135 of Sotheby's Contemporary Art Asia sale...

Exceptional oil painting of of street view of the old city in Jerusalem. Edward Philips, Ben Avram (born 1941) is an artist who was born in Bombay, India ...

Exceptional oil painting on canvas of very intriguing subject of a man with great paint texture. Beautiful object of art for wall hanging. Fra...

Exceptional oil painting on canvas of very intriguing subject of human with great paint texture. Beautiful object of art for wall hanging. Frame is not included.