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From the artist: Old fishing boats have always fascinated me. Those on the verge of falling apart, and sinking into the sea seem to call me, and I cannot pass one by without shooting...

American Contemporary silkscreen oil on canvas titled "Canto Profile Sections II"1970 depicting an increasingly close profile in twelve segments in blue on black. (ERNEST TROVA)

Blown Glass. Silver Mirror. 48 x 38 x 16 cm Colour: Silver and White LINE: The process of mirroring itself is inherently multi-layered and the LINE Collection captures this beauti...

A very interesting and unusual Lancaster Bridge Original Oil Painting by artist J. Earle Pfoutz. The painting is produced on artist board and comes complete with what appears to be an original artist decorated/painted frame. The painting is signed on the front by the artist. Overall frame Size approximately 42″ wide x 2″ deep x 30″ high J. Earle Pfoutz had a long and distinguished career as a self trained artist. More can be learned about him from reading this article produced by Gary Hawbaker at askART Earle Pfoutz Born: 1891 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania Died: 1957 Known for: Landscape, figure, still life painting An image of J Earle Pfoutz Biography from the Archives of askART J. Earle Pfoutz (John Earle Pfoutz) – (Oct 23, 1891-Nov 9, 1957) “A seventh generation descendant of a Swiss family which arrived in America early in the 17th Century, J. Earle Pfoutz was born in Lancaster, PA, son of John Bachman and Susan Allison Pfoutz. He painted houses for a living and pictures for a life. A self-taught artist, described as a primitive, he was distinctive for his vivid imagination and bold color application. He painted hundreds of Lancaster County scenes. Pfoutz traveled through the hills near his home and along the Susquehanna River in search of scenes. He began painting with a brush when he was fourteen, but added a palette knife after suffering an eye injury. He completed eighth grade in the Lancaster Public Schools and there his formal education ended. However, the Department of Public Instruction of the State of Pennsylvania thought so highly of his work as an artist that officials certified him as an art instructor and he taught for a year in the York (PA) public schools. He also was an art instructor under the program for disabled veterans, sponsored by the Veterans Administration, when he gave private instruction to veterans in their homes. In 1947, J. Earle Pfoutz finally earned national recognition as an artist. His painting, Opalescent October, was chosen by the Museum of Art of Dayton Ohio, to travel all over the country for a year with its Group Exhibition. Described as a “very colorful, calm scene, iridescent in color, sweeping in design,” the painting started on its journey around the country early in 1948. In an interview with the Sunday News (Lancaster, PA – Nov 2, 1947), Pfoutz stated that he didn’t know whether he was a “primitive” or an “impressionist.” No master taught him, no school channeled his style. “Sometimes I didn’t eat, but I always managed to paint,” he recalled. Many of his hundreds of canvases -most of them not sold, but given away to friends – found their way to other parts of the country. “I never remember the day when I did not love color,” Pfoutz said. “I was about 12 years old when I saw my first palette – a string of different colored paint paddles that graced the stores of that day. As a boy I had two great desires. One was to be able to eat all the strawberry jam I could, and the other to possess a string of those beautiful paint paddles. Well, I’ve got my fill of jelly, but I’ve never yet got my fill of beautiful colors.” In 1950, Pfoutz’s one man show of paintings made front page headlines in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal: “Most of the twenty oil paintings on exhibition are landscapes, although there are several interesting figure studies. Colors again, as in all Pfoutziana are rich and full-bodied, but for the most part not as startlingly as in some of the earlier work. Most of the paintings were done during the past year, and also reveal the painter’s characteristic heavy impasto technique, in which the rich swirls of paint carry their own message. Among the figures, The Banjo Picker, and The Magician, are the most provocative. Both are character studies; the first being of a tramp musician whose drab clothing is set-off by a luminous aqua blue background. Modern in feeling and treatment is The Magician, a clown-faced wizard whose spinning ball in the air suggests the fourth dimension – space. The use of the primary colors in this picture serves to emphasize the theme effectively. A large colorful landscape, Opalescent October, depicting rolling hills against a late afternoon sky is new to Lancastrians, as it has just returned from Dayton, Ohio, where it hung in the Dayton Art Institute. Another landscape with soft dreamy colors is Fantasie D’Autumne, and one of the loveliest pictures in the show. Pennsylvania Dutch Country is another with eye appeal, and was one of the works which was hung in the Old Customs House in Philadelphia during Pennsylvania Week, and before that in a collection of Pfoutz work in the same place. In deep contrast to the sunny skies and brilliant foliage of many of the pictures, is the somewhat morbid Worry, in which the center of interest is a tremendous rat. This, the painter explains, was symbolic of 1948 in China, which was ‘The Year of The Rat’ in the Chinese calendar. Background material for the picture was furnished to Pfoutz by author Pearl Buck. Other pictures include Autumn Prelude, Miners Village, painted at Cornwall, PA; Humid Day, Saint Peters Kierch, at Middletown, PA; Lady Pfoutz, inspired by the painter’s wife; Sun Flowers, Sentimental Journey, Gyne, Luzon Woman, Old Bridge, The Cow Path. Lemures, based on Roman mythology, and Ethiopian, painted from an ebony wood carving from Kenya Province, S. Africa.” In 1953, Pfoutz was installed as President of the Lancaster County Art Association. A. Z. Kruse, New York City artist, writer and member of the faculty of the Brooklyn College and the Cartoonists and Illustrators School, Manhattan, was the guest speaker. In January of 1953, thirty-five Pfoutz oils were exhibited at the Old Custom House in Philadelphia, PA under the sponsorship of the Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation. Several Lancaster County landscapes and covered bridges were included as well as Katy, a Pennsylvania Dutch scene. Symbolic paintings included End of the Second Day, the artist’s visualization of the second coming of Christ, and Twilight, typifying the grief of mothers of all lands for sons lost in battle. In June of 1953, a Pfoutz oil made history in Lancaster. From the Lancaster New Era: “For the first in local art history, a painting has been withdrawn from an exhibition because of objections from viewers and hostesses serving at the show. The painting, Jeune Fille, a standing nude done by Pfoutz, was one of the paintings in the annual spring exhibition of the Art Association and had become the center of the controversy. Pfoutz said he took the painting down… ‘graciously but reluctantly.’ ‘From an artistic standpoint, there is nothing offensive about the painting,’ Pfoutz said. ‘This community just wants its nudes with clothes on.’ “It is most brilliant in color, and because it is so brilliant I thought it would make a nice lively spot for the show. This is the first time I’ve had to take a picture off the walls. I substituted a seascape for it.’ Pfoutz said he felt the painting brought a lot of viewers to the show because it was so controversial. It had never been exhibited before. ‘If this had been shown in a metropolitan city,’ he commented, ‘people wouldn’t have given it a second glance. But the viewpoint here is more conservative, even though I don’t think moderns would have minded.’ He said he felt the painting was neither ‘objectionable nor pornographic,’ but had complied with the wishes of fellow members of the Art Association who telephoned him to relay the protests they had received. The art controversy was the first to arise here publicly since the showing of Amish Grandmother, an oil by William Gropper which was part of the Gimbel Pennsylvania exhibit at the Griest Building several years ago. — Numerous viewers of Amish Grandmother, [a painting showing an Amish woman holding a white goose], expressed themselves quite vocally, calling it an affront to the Plain Folk. But it stayed on exhibit throughout the length of the Gimbel show. Pfoutz expressed no rancor, implying that if Gropper could take it so could he.” After his death, there were several shows of Pfoutz’ work organized by his son J. Earle, Jr. J. Earle, Jr. also saw to it that President Eisenhower would receive an oil called The Cow’s Path. The president first saw the painting in 1950 when, as president of Columbia University, he visited Lancaster to address a student assembly at Franklin and Marshall College. After his address was over, the then Gen. Eisenhower stopped at the Fackenthal Library on the campus to view an exhibition of Pfoutz’s paintings. The Cow’s Path intrigued him. For some time, as his aides fumed to get him back on his time schedule, Eisenhower and Pfoutz talked, as artist to artist. Prior to his death, Pfoutz requested that The Cow’s Path be given to the President if he wanted it. The painting was presented to Ike at the White House in November of 1959. Mrs. Eisenhower owned a Pfoutz painting titled, In the Manor. Though house painting was his livelihood, he worked for Millersville State Teachers College (now a university) for a time during World War II, and called himself “the Chimney Sweep of MSTC.” During that period he knocked out a dizzying canvas in the surrealist style (he thought it was terrible) and got into the campus newspaper when one of the students spotted it. Earle Pfoutz was not the humble, downtrodden artist, not the Douanier Rousseau type at all. As he developed his skill and style through the years, he also fashioned a resilient confidence in himself as an artist. Whether he was building his own home (he built two) or painting one for somebody else, he never lost faith in his ultimate recognition—though he was never sure he would live to see it. Whether he was working as a rigger for a hoisting company, in the Stehli Silk Mill of Lancaster, carving Cloister-style chairs, decorating old chests, cementing bricks from the old Safe...

Metallic print mounted on acrylic Edition limited to 99 copies Measures: 24” x 16”  30” x 40”.

Ottoman prints 2. Multi-color Giclèe print on 100% cotton paper. Ottoman personage paired with romantic country views. Bluette passepartout. Black lacquered designer wood frame. Fro...

Metallic print mounted on acrylic Edition limited to 99 copies Measures: 24” x 16”  36” x 24”.

A great silver gelatin photograph of a cowboy. This is from the same estate collection of photographs we recently had framed. We believe the...

Abstract, geometric graphic in blue, red and black ink on paper by Arthur Luiz Piza. His style combines drawing and graphic techniques. Handcrafted wooden frame black patinated with ...

Wall Decoration Jungle Birth Plexiglass photo. With aluminium frame included at the back with hanging system.

"The Untrammeled Mood of the Artist at Work", a rare wall sculpture incorporating a motif with a nude artist and subject in solid bronze by Philip & Kelvin LaVerne, American 1960's (...

A captivating exploration of depth and dimension, this abstract textural painting by Michael Allen is a striking statement of modern artistry. Executed on a wood panel, the compositi...

Sculpture Rhino Trophee with all structure in solid brass, hand-crafted and welded in polished nickel finish. Limited Edition of 100 pieces. Also ava...

Francois Rousseau (b.1967). Title: Habibi NYC, "Big Apple, 28th June". Large format photography. Numbered 1 of 5. Signed in the back. 1-Habibi, N...

"Security Blanket" is a one-of-a-kind wall-hanging statement piece as part of Kelly Kozma's collection "Point 5". This large crafted piece is hand-sewn by the artist in the United St...

Large Modern Framed Artwork Decorative Painting Landscape LA CA Art Gallery . Wall Art Decorative Hand painted Oil on Canvas Falling Vessel sculpted hand crafted silvered Frame. "Fa...

Large terracotta and enameled ceramic plaque, with shades of blue and green, depicting an embracing couple against the backdrop of a bucolic nature. The bustling nature is in strikin...

Mid-Century Modern Unity wall art piece, contemporary collection, handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple. Unity wall piece represents the strength that rises when the whole ...

Birds in Blue, Paris, 2017, Tristan Govignon archival pigment print, artist proof

Antique Wine Barrel End Repurposed as Wall Art with a beautifully executed painting of Dambach-la-ville, France. Dambach-la-Ville is a small area in the Alsace Region in North-East France. Dambach-la-Ville is known for its high- quality wines and we would assume that this wine barrel has had plenty of use. The Wine Barrel Art...

Annelies, the painter of this work, works under the name 'Hymn of Silence'. As she progresses trough life, searching for balance or going with the flow, her art translates her evolut...

Signed C. Willy Cubism Pop Art Style showing people in gray and black harvesting apples and bananas. Made in the late 1970s and signed by the Artist at the left bottom corner. It is ...

If you like Pucci and the amazing geometric modern art from Italy in the 60s and 70s, these RARE and very special artworks are for you. We have be...

Vintage sepia photograph of a man on a motorcycle in a rectangular walnut frame.

Italian 60's decorative light up wall panel, on a square glass sheet mouth blown multicoloured glass balls and shell in bronze. Designed by Angelo Brotto for Venini

Rose, Paris, 2017, Tristan Govignon archival pigment print, artist proof

Walnut framed photograph of 19th Century racing bicyclist.

Large cockatoo print entirely handcolored in Italy and hand printed with an antique press. Deep green mat with gold detailing. Art frame with gold leaf b...

From the "Habitat Collection" original limited and numbered edition of 100 pieces. Exclusive contemporary graphic printed by hand in two colors on a flatbed press and finished with a...

From the "Habitat Collection" original limited and numbered edition of 100 pieces. Exclusive contemporary graphic printed by hand in two colors on a flat bed ...

Abstract contemporary watercolor in purples, grays, blacks, and oranges in white matting in a rectangular silver frame under glass (by DYANN KLEIN

Handcoloured print entirely made in Florence, Italy by master craftsmen using an antique press and artisanal paper and showing a pineapple. The stylish black mat has gold detailing. ...

Copy of a portrait in a classical manner of the Rospigliosi boy scion dressed as cupid; Four of four in a series

Copy of an impressionist landscape titled "Eragny Landscape"

Copy of a watercolour landscape in an Impressionist style of a castle on a hill

French Art Deco watercolor of a gray and brown wire haired spaniel dog, framed in a burl walnut frame. (signed GEORGES BUSSON, dated 1929)(Companion pieces: 058035A-B-C-D-E) Conditi...

Tristan Govignon, "Dinner Party" Acrylic on canvas

Emblematic Mansard Roofs on a bright day.  Artist: Francis Augustine 1. Choose a print size: 5 sizes available: 27” x 18”, 36” x 24”, 48” x 32”, 57” x 38”, 72” x 48” Cu...

Japanese Abstract Expressionist Serigraph, Signed & Numbered edition: 22/24, (MASHIKO)

Contemporary print, "Je T’aime” from the Paris Birch Tree Abstracts series. Dye sublimation print on glossy aluminum with black rear flush mount. ...

Dada Spy, Paris, 2017, Tristan Govignon archival pigment print, edition 1/7

Tristan Govignon, "Blue Dream" Acrylic on canvas

American Mid-Century (unsigned) black framed caricature watercolor of couple with father loading gun ("Something tells me we should cut out this horsing around & get married!")

Spiral Serving Tray - Contemporary Art Deco A simply magnificent serving tray from the Boucher & Co Collection handmade by the master craftsmen in the Toowoomba workrooms in Austra...

Contemporary watercolor of a woman in a ray of light titled, "Diva" in blue matting and a rectangular silver wood frame

Contemporary infrared photograph of a building above the trees titled "Central Park." One of a kind print on crepe fabric in a black and white frame. (TRISTAN GOVIGNON)

French Post-War Design (1970s) Aubusson tapestry/rug with a light blue background and a yellow & black geometric and stylized pattern. (6.33 x 9.5')

French Art Deco watercolor of a brown, black and white foxhound, framed in a burl walnut frame. (signed GEORGES BUSSON, dated 1929)(Companion pieces: 058035A-B-C-D-F) Condition: Goo...

American Contemporary steel wall plaque with wired geometrical web design patterns

Tiger, Paris, 2017,Tristan Govignon archival pigment print, artist proof

Violet, Paris, 2017, Tristan Govignon archival pigment print, artist proof

Copy of Artwork titled, "Brown, Black with Red" showing an Abstract composition

American Modern abstract oil on canvas with colors of black, white grey and red in a silver frame (MARY GEHR)

Contemporary abstract watercolor in gray, beige, and green in white matting in a black rectangular frame (signed: DYANN KLEIN) Condition: Good; Wear consistent with age and use

Fly, Paris, 2017, Tristan Govignon archival pigment print, edition 1/7

American Contemporary wall sculpture with a checker board pattern with some spaces have a mirror with extended circulars to hold candles

Copy of an ochre charcoal rendering showing the head of a medieval knight's horse in armor

American Contemporary black framed silver gelatin print photograph titled "The Cove" depicting a view onlooking a bay and the road that runs through it. (PETER CAMPUS)

Italian Neo-Classic Style (19th Century) Rust and Black Hand Colored Print with an "X" design in square black and gold trim frame (TABULA XIV) (si...

Black Bird, Paris, 2017, Tristan Govignon archival pigment print, edition 1/7