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Flower Shop 2
By Natasha Tayles
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Natasha Tayles describes this painting as an abstract expression of the flower shops she passes on the street. I am filled with wonderment of how different al...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Spooky" Black cat illustration painted by Walt Disney Studios artist
Located in San Francisco, CA
Norma Haviland (1925-2022) "Spooky" Black cat illustration painting by one of the many talented artist who worked at Walt Disney studios in the 194...
Category
20th Century Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
River Colors V (Lake Tahoe)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "River Colors V (Lake Tahoe)" 2015 is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Andrew (Andy) Skaff, b.1945. It is signed at the lower right corner by th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Les Eboulements
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Les Eboulements" 1981, is an oil painting on board by noted Canadian artist Terry Tomalty, b.1935. It is signed, titled and dated at the lower right corner by th...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sonoma Pond
By Donna McGinnis
Located in Burlingame, CA
Sonoma Pond, created in 2023 is a sophisticated abstract painting in blue, green and yellow, that references landscape or water, with its quiet yet complex surface of layered oil pai...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled No. 1226-24
Located in Mill Valley, CA
An abstract painting of the ocean.
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Folk Art Encampment Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 19th Century
Folk art encampment painting w/miners & farmers
Oil on canvas
No visible signature
Canvas: 20" W x 14" H
Frame: 23.5" W x 17.5" H
Category
19th Century Folk Art Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Northwest Rugged Coast Landscape Oil Painting by Chas R. Hall c.1924
Located in San Francisco, CA
Northwest Rugged Coast Landscape Oil Painting by Chas R. Hall c.1924
Fantastic original oil painting of a rugged coastal landscape, possibly Oregon or Washington state coast.
Origi...
Category
Early 20th Century Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Winter Sunset
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Winter Sunset" c.1990, is an oil painting (mixed media) on hardboard by German/American artist Frank Kecskes Jr. It is signed at the lower right corner by the ar...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Trusted Companion"
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing large scale abstract impressionist style figural painting "Trusted Companion" by Cyrstofer/Christopher Shoemaker (Italian/German 20th c.) Shoemaker calls Coachella Valley CA ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Mountain Landscape ( Oil On Wood )
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. Late 19th Century - Early 20th Century
Mountainside Landscape ( Oil on Wood ) / Signature on Bottom Right side
Category
Late 19th Century Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
David De Noter Still Life with Curious Cat
By David Emile Joseph de Noter
Located in San Francisco, CA
David De Noter: 1818-1892. Well listed Belgian painter with auction results as high as $142,000. Most famous for his still lifes. This fantastic little gem of a curious cat skipping...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Turbulent Sky - 61 x 61 inches, circular canvas
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Blue sky painting with sunlight shining through turbulent clouds with a warm hue. Created with a calm and etherial palette of blue, white, and lavender. Painted on a 5 foot circular canvas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
West 14th Street at Sunset, Oil Painting
By Nick Savides
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This painting was inspired by the dramatic lighting and shadows receding into West 14th Street at sunset," says artist Nick Savid...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Desert at Death Valley, California, 178 Feet Below Sea Level
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Desert at Death Valley, California, 178 Feet Below Sea Level" 1941, is an oil painting on canvas board by Italian/American artist Xavier Barile, 1891-1981. It is...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pacific Sunset
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Pacific Sunset" 2015, is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Andrew (Andy) Skaff, b.1945. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist, al...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Noonan Junk Sink no. 1
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Noonan Junk Sink no. 1' featured in the historic San Francisco, Pier 70, mixed media painting with mainly acrylic paint. The 'Dog Patch' region in San Francisco is under mass change...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
What Did I Say?
By John Casado
Located in Burlingame, CA
'What Did I Say?'' 2019 is a portrait of a lady. Acrylic on paper 25.5 x 20 inches unframed and 25.5 x 20 framed, Part of the artist's new Face to Face series started in 2017 and fea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Tu Que Eres Poeta - original painting 72 x 60 inches
By Javier Arizmendi-Kalb
Located in Burlingame, CA
Action painting in mainly black and white with cream, brown and ivory, 'Tu Que Eres Poeta,' by Mexican-American contemporary visual artist and celebrated architect Javier Arizmendi-Kalb, who creates autobiographical paintings that are comprised of both abstract and representational elements that consider the natural world as it intersects with utilitarian and architectural design. 'Tu Que Eres Poeta,' is 72 x 60 inches, and is from a series of paintings that characterize sacred spaces such as Mexican chapels...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon, Cotton Canvas, Oil
The Third Script 45 (Abstract painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
The Third Script 45 (Abstract painting)
Oil on paper — Unframed
Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary m...
Category
2010s Abstract Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Be at Rest II, Abstract Painting
By Jenn Williamson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Jenn painted this piece using Golden Open Acrylics, which take longer to dry and therefore allow for more blending time. Jenn uses this technique to give the painting a dreamy and hopeful essence. "I am more passionate than ever about painting peaceful, reflective art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Waterworld
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
Water scene by American Realist nature scene oil painter Peter Loftus who is known for captivating color rich scenes through shadow and light through his oil on canvas paintings that...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Storm Over the Valley of Fire
By Crystal DiPietro
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Inspired by one of my favorite views after climbing a challenging peak in the northeast Muddy Mountains. There were dramatic storm clouds swirling about and w...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fall in to Autumn, Oil Painting
By Lisa Elley
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Whether it's fall, winter, spring or summer it's always time for some colorful birch! This painting is done with a palette knife, and resonates with a poetic ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Late Light
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, Late Light, painted in 2022, oil on canvas. The ethereal ocean beach scene captures a couple enjoying the sunset. The original painting is 36" X 36". Framed in a cont...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Windy Coast
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Windy Coast - The painting was created in 2025 by celebrated American realist artist Willard Dixon, who has captured the undeniable beauty of the west for the past 35 years. Dixon’s ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flash Forward
By Sumner Crenshaw
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This piece was all about exploring the relationship between the figure and the curvilinear shapes swirling around her, says Sumner Crenshaw. They surround her...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Carlos Alpizar "Mujer Enamor" Original Surreal Oil Painting C.2000
Located in San Francisco, CA
Carlos Alpizar "Mujer Enamor" Original Surreal Oil Painting C.2000
Woman in Love
Original oil on canvas. Signed lower right.
Canvas dimensions 46.5" wide x 38.5" high
The frame m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ether Sans Oiseaux I & II (Ether without Birds) Oil on Linen diptych - CLOUDS
By Frédéric Choisel
Located in Burlingame, CA
Ether Sans Oiseaux I & II (Ether without Birds) Elegant sophisticated whites and creams of the clouds on rich blue sky. Diptych French American Frédéric Choisel, has had multiple so...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Cahro Di Gnano
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Cahro Di Gnano" c. 1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted Italian artist Lido Bettarini, 1927-2019. It is signed at the lower l...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Once Upon a Table
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Once Upon a Table' is a figurative portrait by multi-disciplinary artist Kim Frohsin. Professionally framed in a white ash hardwood floater frame, with an opening on the back, to reveal the artist's signature, title of the painting, and year of its making - 2008. Ready for hanging and also suitable to sit of a table as a sculpture.
Frohsin’s work is held by the San Jose Museum of Art, the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, the Office of the Governor, State Capital, Sacramento, and the United States Department of State. Her work is also in numerous corporate and private collections, among them the Morgan Flagg Family Collection, Buck Fine Arts, Adobe Systems, Inc Neiman Marcus and the Gap, Inc. Frohsin began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De Staebler in an exhibit of "Four Figures from the Bay." With Wayne Thiebaud as the juror, she won the California Society of Printmakers' Award in 1996, and the following year exhibited at the de Young Museum in San Francisco in "Bay Area Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Pigment, Gouache, Carbon Pencil
Edward Lupper (1936-2016) Whimsical Illustration Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Edward Lupper (1936-2016) whimsical illustration painting of animals in a hot air balloon by listed California artist.
Oil on Masonite
11" x 14" unfram...
Category
Late 20th Century Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Grey Stroke Pose
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Grey Stroke Pose' is a figurative portrait by multi-disciplinary artist Kim Frohsin. Professionally framed in an white ash hardwood floater frame, with an opening on the back, to reveal the artist's signature, title of the painting, and year of its making - 2008. Ready for hanging and also suitable to sit of a table as a sculpture.
Frohsin’s work is held by the San Jose Museum of Art, the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, the Office of the Governor, State Capital, Sacramento, and the United States Department of State. Her work is also in numerous corporate and private collections, among them the Morgan Flagg Family Collection, Buck Fine Arts, Adobe Systems, Inc Neiman Marcus and the Gap, Inc. Frohsin began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De Staebler in an exhibit of "Four Figures from the Bay." With Wayne Thiebaud as the juror, she won the California Society of Printmakers' Award in 1996, and the following year exhibited at the de Young Museum in San Francisco in "Bay Area Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Pigment
Sombrero Figurine
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Sombrero Figurine' is a figurative portrait by multi-disciplinary artist Kim Frohsin. Professionally framed in a white ash hardwood floater frame, with an opening on the back, to reveal the artist's signature, title of the painting, and year of its making - 2008. Ready for hanging and also suitable to sit of a table as a sculpture.
Frohsin’s work is held by the San Jose Museum of Art, the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, the Office of the Governor, State Capital, Sacramento, and the United States Department of State. Her work is also in numerous corporate and private collections, among them the Morgan Flagg Family Collection, Buck Fine Arts, Adobe Systems, Inc Neiman Marcus and the Gap, Inc. Frohsin began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De Staebler in an exhibit of "Four Figures from the Bay." With Wayne Thiebaud as the juror, she won the California Society of Printmakers' Award in 1996, and the following year exhibited at the de Young Museum in San Francisco in "Bay Area Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Ink, Pigment
Catwoman
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Catwoman' is a figurative portrait by multi-disciplinary artist Kim Frohsin. Professionally framed in a white ash hardwood floater frame, with an opening on the back, to reveal the artist's signature, title of the painting, and year of its making - 2007. Ready for hanging and also suitable to sit of a table as a sculpture.
Frohsin’s work is held by the San Jose Museum of Art, the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, the Office of the Governor, State Capital, Sacramento, and the United States Department of State. Her work is also in numerous corporate and private collections, among them the Morgan Flagg Family Collection, Buck Fine Arts, Adobe Systems, Inc Neiman Marcus and the Gap, Inc. Frohsin began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De Staebler in an exhibit of "Four Figures from the Bay." With Wayne Thiebaud as the juror, she won the California Society of Printmakers' Award in 1996, and the following year exhibited at the de Young Museum in San Francisco in "Bay Area Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Pigment
Saint-Tropez Palette
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Saint-Tropez Palette' is a figurative portrait by multi-disciplinary artist Kim Frohsin. Professionally framed in an ash hardwood floater frame, with an opening on the back, to reveal the artist's signature, title of the painting, and year of its making - 2008. Ready for hanging and also suitable to sit of a table as a sculpture.
Frohsin’s work is held by the San Jose Museum of Art, the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, the Office of the Governor, State Capital, Sacramento, and the United States Department of State. Her work is also in numerous corporate and private collections, among them the Morgan Flagg Family Collection, Buck Fine Arts, Adobe Systems, Inc Neiman Marcus and the Gap, Inc. Frohsin began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De Staebler in an exhibit of "Four Figures from the Bay." With Wayne Thiebaud as the juror, she won the California Society of Printmakers' Award in 1996, and the following year exhibited at the de Young Museum in San Francisco in "Bay Area Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Pigment
Endre Peter Darvas (1946-2023) winter industrial scene, painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Endre Peter Darvas (1946-2023) winter industrial scene painting
Acrylic on board
15 x 22 unframed, 20 x 24 framed
Category
20th Century Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Male portrait painting, 1934
By Frank Owen Salisbury
Located in San Francisco, CA
Frank Owen Salisbury (1874-1962)
Male portrait painting, 1934
Oil on canvas
39 x 48
Category
1930s Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sitka 15
Located in Burlingame, CA
Robert Gamblin’s intent as an artist is to reach for transcendence through his color-centric oil paintings that capture the majesty of light as it graces the Earth. In this series, o...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Sailing in San Francisco
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Sailing in San Francisco" c.2000 is an oil painting on canvas by noted French artist Duaiv, born 1952. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist, also signed and titled on the back of the canvas. The canvas size is 8 x 10 inches, framed size is 16.65 x 18.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with black fabric liner. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Duaiv is a contemporary French artist and cellist born near the city of Bordeaux...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Orange Flowers
Located in San Francisco, CA
This semi abstract watercolor on paper is by Theodore Polos (1901-1976). It measures 23.5 x 17.5 inches (31.5 x 25 framed). It is signed in the lower ri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Still Life with Green Ornament
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, who says "the charm of Still Life painting for the artist lies in the ability to manipulate ones subject matter and in the intimate, direct nature of the painting proc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Puerto Rican
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
artwork is 11 1/2 x 9 inches, Professionally matted in an 8ply museum mat and backing and comes in an archival sleeve. Ready for framing or for presentation. All archival materials u...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Color Pencil, Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media, Pigment
Carl Martin Western Mountain Landscape Watercolor Painting c.1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
Carl Martin Western Mountain Landscape Watercolor Painting c.1970
Outstanding watercolor signed Carl Martin
Original watercolor on paper
...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Over the Drapeau
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Painting on paper is 11 1/2 x 9 inches. Professionally hinged into an 8ply museum mat with an outer dimension of 20 1/4 x 17 1/2 inches, with an archival crystal clear case.
Fro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Ink, Mixed Media, Pigment
Camellia no. 1 - original watercolor
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Camellia no.1' original watercolor painted in 2021, a singular camellia flower in pink with hints of yellow with beautiful green foliage from Cleveland-born and educated Gary Bukovn...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Kay Kettle "Below Carmel Highlands" Original Oil Painting C.1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
Kay Kettle "Below Carmel Highlands" Original Oil Painting C.1970
Fine original oil painting of the California coast
Original oil on canvas
Canvas dimensi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early Evening in Los Angeles, a View from Hollywood
By Suren Nersisyan
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This painting is part of Suren Nersisyan's series of California landscapes focusing on the nature and stunning light around Los Angeles. He draws inspiration from the residential streets, parks and gardens that dot the vast city. Of this piece, Suren says Just before dusk, the soft light from the sun and the beautiful colors of vintage buildings...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Young Child by Henton c.1910
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wonderful antique portrait of a charming young girl c.1910
The painting is created with oils on board. Dimensions 8" x 11.5". The frame measures 13" x 16.5".
The painting is in go...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The harbor
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Harbor" c.1990, is an acrylic painting on canvas by noted American artist Robert (Bob) Logrippo, 1947-2021. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 24 x 36 inches, framed size is 31 x 43 inches. Framed in a wooden gold frame, with fabric liner and gold color bevel. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Bob LoGrippo's paintings have appeared on magazine, book and album covers, as well as calendars, greeting cards and puzzles. The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Readers Digest, Six Flags...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Compression: Cautionary Tales
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Exquisite work from Frohsin's Cautionary Tales, with the appearance of a Navajo Blanket or three dimensional urban street signs that are bold, strong, colorful. The painting is mainl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache, Pigment
There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
By Elaine Badgley Arnoux
Located in Burlingame, CA
'There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe' from Badgley Arnoux's 'Important "Once Upon A Time" series, that exhibited throughout California in solo museum shows at The MAH — Museum...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Boats repairs, Monterey Dock
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Boats Repairs, Monterey Dock" 1933 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Veda Fero Carnahan Dayton, 1891-1983. It is signed at the lower left...
Category
Mid-19th Century Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Edward Glafke 'Bird Rock' Pebble Beach Impressionist Seascape Painting
Located in San Rafael, CA
Edward Glafke (American 1925- 1997)
Bird Rock, 1990
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left 'Ed Glafke'
Signed, titled and dated on the verso
15in H x 21in L
In a giltwood vintage frame: 17...
Category
1990s American Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Acknowledgements of Purpose, Abstract Painting
By Patricia Oblack
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"Weatherworn walls and fresco texture abound on the face of this painting," says Patricia. "Time passed by leaving bits of color to hold onto their space in t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Nude
By Jan De Ruth
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Nude" is an oil painting on canvas by noted Czech/American artist Jan De Ruth, 1922-1991. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 16 x 13 inches, framed size is 24 x 21 inches. Framed in the original wooden gold and black antique style frame, with fabric liner and gold bevel. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Born Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia
Studied: Rotter Art School, Prague; Ruskin Art School, Oxford University, England; ASL New York; New School, NY; also with Frederic Taubes.
Exhibited: 38 National Juried Exhibitions, 14 Museum Solo Shows and 51 Gallery Solo Exhibitions.
Author: Portrait Painting, 1964; Painting the Nude, 1968.
De Ruth, a native of Czechoslovakia and an American citizen, spent the years of World War II being shunted through five different concentration camps, including the infamous Auschwitz. He made four escape attempts and finally made good on his fifth try.
De Ruth constantly sought materials with which to draw, but "The only things we had were the few pieces of cloth we wore," he recalls. By chance, he was transferred to Germany as part of a labor detail and managed to sneak a pencil away from the camp supervisor. "I became a perfect thief during those years," he says. De Ruth drew a mother and child on a scrap of paper he scrounged from the factory where he worked and filled it in with shadings of coffee in various strengths-his finger was his brush. He exchanged the sketch for a piece of bread from a camp guard, and in effect, sold his first painting.
In March of 1945, after being transferred to his native Czechoslovakia, he made his successful escape "knowing every step of the way." After the war, De Ruth became the commissar in a small Czech town and remained in the post for one year, just long enough to forge some documents that allowed him to flee to England. He took up residence in London and enrolled at the Ruskin Art School in Oxford University. He arrived in the USA in 1948.
There are times in the life of a painter when his dedication to his art is overshadowed by the immediate requirements of self-preservation. This was one of those times! From '48 to 1955 he supported himself by working at night, earning his way painting designs on neckties and bathroom cups...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Common Ground
By Tim Craighead
Located in Mill Valley, CA
An abstract painting using oil and alkyd paint on canvas.
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Alkyd
Still Life with Picasso
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, who says "the charm of Still Life painting for the artist lies in the ability to manipulate ones subject matter and in the intimate, direct nature of the painting process. It is very much a studio-centric activity, complete and self-sufficient. The objects that one works with do seem to take on a life of their own, both by themselves and in their affinity for one another. They have a history, a patina, they may be new, or world-weary."
The artist continues, "My collection has been substantially whittled down to an essential few over the years, yet their combinations seem infinite. There is a lengthy and persistent shuffling, adding and eliminating to find that particular combination that suddenly takes on a rightness or self-sufficiency. It is interesting how one small object of the right color in the right place can facilitate such an event, or in another case the removal of something, a simplifying. I have a feeling when composing these paintings similar to my experience of playing with my jazz...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Bay Area - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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