Bay Area - Paintings

Ryan Reynolds’ newest series of paintings features coastal Northern and Central California wooden piers that extend from the land into the sea, and it depicts the people of Capitola and Santa Barbara by way of figuration. Reynolds’ thoughtful works have previously considered the suburban sprawl and freeways of the South Bay, where he works and teaches as Professor of Art at Santa Clara University. The new paintings continue to express the artist’s love of nature...

David Shevlino's female diving figure beautifully links traditional representation with abstraction. Through Shevlino’s sensuous application of paint, his use of broad brushstrokes f...

This artwork titled "Fort Jones, Siskiyou County, Neat Mount Shasta" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1...

Willard Dixon, 'Backstreet, Santa Fe' was painted in 2023. The original painting is 36 X 48 inches. Framed in a contemporary minimal hardwood, 36.5 x 48.5 inches. Ready to hang and e...

‘Lili'Uokalani Gardens no. 2’ oil painting by American Realist artist Peter Loftus, who is known for captivating breathtaking color-rich nature scenes through shadow and light in his...

Tranquil tropical scene of blooming bougainvillea by American Realist nature scene oil painter Peter Loftus who is known for captivating color rich scenes through shadow and light th...

Banded Landscape - The painting was created in 2024 by celebrated American realist artist Willard Dixon, who has captured the undeniable beauty of the west for the past 35 years. Di...

This artwork titled "Fall in the Canyon (Lake Tahoe)" 2014, is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Andrew (Andy) Skaff, b.1945. It is signed at the lower right corner ...

mysterious pale blues with gold and earthly neutral color are at play in this original painting, created in oil and resin with mixed media on canvas by artist Erin Parish between 201...

This painting with added elements is an excellent example of Joe Doyle’s abstract illusionist art. It is composed of acrylic on shaped canvas with fabric elements added. It measures 36 x 43 inches. Each edge has been painted except for the left edge which has a frame. The right edge has been shaped. The black elements of the tent-like structure are added fabric. The work is signed, titled "564" and dated on the reverse. As well it bears a label from Harcourts Gallery, a gallery in San Francisco during the 1980s and 1990s. The work is in very good condition. Joe Doyle established himself as a painter during the movement toward new abstraction in San Francisco in the mid-seventies. Stylistically his work evolved from photo-realist renderings of aircraft which exaggerated differences in focus of background and foreground" By 1975 his imagery shifted to arrangements of flat, geometric forms and tubular squiggles in a trompe l'oeil manner that created the illusion of a multi-layered, three dimensional space. By the late 1970s Doyle, along with James Havard, Jack Reilly, George D. Green, and others, had attained national prominence working this style now referred to as Abstract Illusionism. Doyle and others were included in 'Reality of Illusion' a large touring exhibition of primarily American illusionist artists organized by the University of Southern California and The Denver Art Museum. Doyle enrolled at San Francisco State College receiving his M.A. in 1971. From 1971 to 1975 he was a photo-realist transferring images from photographs using airbrush techniques on canvas, occasionally adding political satire into the subject matter, as in "Ice House...

'Red Anemones'. Watercolor on paper measuring 22 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches. Currently unframed. Gary Bukovnik fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral im...

This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...

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...

'V.B.: Her Rain Hat' by celebrated figurative artist Kim Frohsin, painted in 2018. The artwork is 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches and it is professionally framed, 20 3/4 x 17. 1/2 inches in a ...

Bicycles and passers by view the Golden Gate Bridge at the water's edge in San Francisco in this contemporary horizontal landscape from celebrated American realist artist Willard Dixon, who has captured the undeniable beauty of the west for the past 35 years. Dixon’s work can be found in numerous distinctive private and public collections, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, as well as the Oakland Museum of California. The work comes is 32 x 50 inches and is framed is a hard wood floater frame. Outer dimensions with frame is 33 x 551 inches. Signed and dated by the artist. Painted in 2020. Born: Kansas City MO, 1942 Education: Art Students League, New York, NY Cornell University Brooklyn Museum School San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A. 1969 Awards and Commissions N.E.A. Fellowship Grant- 1989 California Supreme Court Mural Commission- 1998 Las Vegas Federal Courthouse Commission, G.S.A.-1998 Teaching 1989-90: San Francisco State University 1975: San Francisco Art Institute Realism Seminar 1974-76: Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA 1973-74, 1976: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1971-72: California State University, Hayward, CA One Man Exhibitions 2015: Willard Dixon Portraits College of Marin Fine Art Gallery, Kentfield 2014: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2008: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2005: Fischbach Gallery, NYC,NY 2005: Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004: Fischbach Gallery, NYC, NY. 2002: Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2002: Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA 2001: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000: Fischbach Gallery, NYC , NY 2000: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA 1998: Hackett Freedman Gallery, SF, CA 1997: Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1996, 1995: Contemporary Realist Gallery (now Hackett Freedman Gallery) 1994: Fischbach Gallery 1993: Contemporary Realist Gallery 1992: Fischbach Gallery 1991: Earl McGrath Gallery, 454 North, Los Angeles, CA 1990: Fischbach Gallery 1989: William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1988: Gallery 454 North, Los Angeles, CA 1987: Fischbach Gallery 1987: Gallery 454 North 1986: William Sawyer Gallery 1985: Fischbach Gallery 1984: Harris Gallery, Houston, Tx 1984: William Sawyer Gallery 1983, 1982: Fischbach Gallery 1981: William Sawyer Gallery 1980,1979: Tortue Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1976, 1975: William Sawyer Gallery 1973, 1972: William Sawyer Gallery Selected Group Exhibitions 2017: SHIFT / with Elizabeth Barlow, Kim Frohsin, Erin Parrish, Irene Zweig, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA 2015: REAL with Elizabeth Barlow Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA. 2014: Stillness and Activity / A father and daughter exhibition, Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA. 2013: Outwin Boocher Portrait Competition 2013 Exhibition” Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. Hey Everybody / Portraits, Diablo Valley College 2012: Artistic Visions of the Golden Gate Bridge”, George Krevsky Gallery, S.F., CA. Introduction Two/ Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA. 2011: California: A Landscape of Dreams/ Fresno Art Museum 2010: Self Portrait Invitational/ Julie Nester Gallery, Park City UT 2009: On Beauty /I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA. 2008: At Water’s Edge / I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA. 2007: San Francisco Scenes/ George Krevsky Gallery, S.F., CA Ten Years- A Retrospective/ Dolby Chadwick Gallery, S.F., CA. 2006: Our Planet, Our Home/ SFMOMA Artists Gallery, S.F. CA 2005: 2005 Spring Group Show/ Earl McGrath Gallery, L.A., CA 2002: H2O’02, Paintings of Water/ Fischbach Gallery, NYC Scene in Oakland 1852-2002 Oakland Museum Oakland, CA The Garden/ Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA The Moving Still Life/ Fischbach Gallery, New York, NY Bay Area Printmakers/ works from Trillium Press, Art Foundry Gallery, Sacramento, CA California Landscape Paintings/ College of Marin Art Gallery, Kentfield, CA Bay Area Printmakers/ SF Museum of Modern Art/Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA Visions: Northern California/ Bank of America, San Francisco, CA 2001: Opening Exhibit: Group Show, Fischbach Gallery, NY, NY 2000: Hackett Freedman Gallery Artists/ Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, Ca 1999: Homage to the Art Institute, Artists Who Transformed American Culture, Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1999: What is Art For? What are Museums For? What are You For? curated Curated for the Oakland Museum by William T. Wiley & Mary Hull Webster, Oakland, CA 1998: Paintings of Marin County Past and Present/ The North Point Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1997: 10th Anniversary Exhibition/ Hackett Freedman Gallery, S.F., CA 1996: Rediscovering the Landscape of the Americas/ Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (traveling exhibition) Contemporary American Realist Painters/ Halls Crown Center Gallery, Kansas City, MO 1996: Foundation for the Future: Celebrating 125 Years at the San Francisco Art Institute/ One Bush St., S.F., CA 1996: New Work by Selected Gallery Artists, Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Flower Paintings/ Contemporary Realist Gallery, S.F., CA 1995: Facing Eden: 100 Years of Landscape Art in the Bay Area / De Young Museum, S.F., CA Contemporary Still Life Painting/ David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, MI 1994: Still Life/ Fischbach Gallery, New York City, NY New Bay Area Painting/ Contemporary Realist Gallery, S.F., CA A Room with a View/ The North Point Gallery, S.F., CA 1993: Bay Area Painting/ Contemporary Realist Gallery, S.F., CA Vanishing Point: A Look at Contemporary Landscape Painting”, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA Tribute/ William Sawyer Gallery, S.F., CA Revolution: Into the 2nd Century at the San Francisco Art Institute, One Market Plaza, S.F., CA Contemporary Realism: Central and Northern California Landscapes/ Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA The Artist as Native: Reinventing Regionalism/ a traveling exhibition curated by Alan Gussow and Babcock Galleries, N.Y., NY 1992: A Day in the Country, California Landscape Painting / I. Wolk Gallery, St. Helena, CA West Art and the Law/ Weat Publishing Co., St. Paul, MN(traveling ex.) The New York Academy of Art, New York, NY In Support of Contemporary Bay Area Artists / One Market Plaza, S.F., CA 1991: The Landscape in 20th-Century American Art: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art/ New York, NY, National Traveling Exhibit 1990: Contemporary Landscapes/ 21st Anniversary Exhibition Tortue Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 1990: New Bay Area Painting Contemporary Realist Gallery, S.F., CA 1989: The Modern Pastoral/ Robert Scholekopf Gallery, New York, NY 1988: Images of the Land/ William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1988: Ten Artists from the William Sawyer Gallery / Shasta College Gallery, Redding CA Works on Paper/ William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1987: The Contemporary American Landscape/ Swain Gallery, NJ 1986: Landscape, Seascape, Cityscape/ Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA 1985: The Bay Area Seen/ Bay Area Regionalists Show, Hall of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA Large Scale/ Harris Gallery, Houston, TX A City Collects/ Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco, CA American Realism/ William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1984: San Francisco Bay Area Painting/ curated by George Neubert for the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE American Landscape Painting/ California State University, L.A. CA Western Landscape Painters/ The Museum of the West, Houston, TX The Urban Landscape / One Market Plaza, San Francisco, CA 1982: Collectors Gallery 16/ McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX Thirty Approaches to Realism/ William Sawyer Gallery, S.F., CA 1981: Views of California Past and Present/ Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA Landscapes/ Harris Gallery, Houston, TX 110th Anniversary S.F. Art Institute Alumni Group Show/ William Sawyer Gallery, S.F., CA 1980: Realism/ Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA 1979: Bay Area Artists Exhibition/Sale/ Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA Omnium Gatherum/ Tortue Gallery, Los Angeles, CA California Viewpoints/ Sunne Savage Gallery, Boston, MA 1978: New Work/ Mills College Art Gallery, Oakland, CA Images of the Land/ William Sawyer Gallery, S.F., CA 1977: Contemporary California Artists/ Marshall-Meyers Gallery Alternative to the Whitney Annual/ James Yu Gallery, N. Y, N.Y. San Francisco Art Festival/ ( Airport Competition Purchase Prize) 1977: Eight Young Americans/ Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair,NJ 1976: Three From California/ Francine Sedars Gallery, Seattle, WA Faculty Show/ California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1975: Realism in Painting and Ceramics/ Helen Euphrat Gallery, De Anza College, Cupertino, CA 1975: A Tribute to the Art Institute/ Hansen Fuller Gallery, S.F., CA California Artists/ Utah Museum of Fine Art, Salt Lake City, UT 1974: Our Land, Our Sky, Our Water/ by Alfred Frankenstein Expo 74, Spokane, WA A Sense of Place/ curated by Alan Gussow for the Joslyn Museum, Omaha, NE The Discovery Gallery, Montclair, N.J. 1973: College of Marin Gallery, Kentfield, CA California Artists/ Kaiser Center, Oakland, CA 1972: Visiting Artists/ California State University, Hayward, CA 1970: Drawing Invitational/ Emanuel Walter Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, S.F., CA 1970: San Francisco Art Institute Centennial Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, S.F., CA 1967: Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art Annual, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, S.F., CA 1966: California Landscape Painters/ San Francisco Art Institute, S.F. CA. Selected Collections The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Oakland Museum The Utah Museum of Fine Art San Francisco Art Commission Shaklee Corporation Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Francisco, CA Kemper Insurance Company, Long Grove, Il Morrison and Foerester, San Francisco, CA SSI Container Corporation, San Francisco, CA San Francisco International Airport Oxford Petroleum Company, Houston,TX California First Bank, San Francisco, CA United Pipeline, Houston, TX Security Pacific National Bank, S.F., CA Crocker Bank, Los Angeles, CA Visa Corporation, San Francisco, CA Atlantic Richfield Corporation Shell Oil, Houston, TX First National Bank of Seattle RREEF Corporation, San Francisco, CA Texas Heritage Society Genstar Corporation, San Francisco, CA Sohio Corporation Skidmore Owings and Merrill, N.Y.C., NY Chemical Bank, NY Swissre Corporation, NY The Insurance Company of North America First National Bank of Midland, Texas Commerce Bank AMA Headquarters, Washington, DC Hughes Tool, Houston, TX ATT, NY Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, San Francisco, CA IBM Corporation, San Jose, CA Northern Trust Company, Chicago, IL Smith Kline and French Corp., Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, CA Republic National Bank Chevron Trammel Crow Company, Dallas, CA U.S. Insurance Group, N.J. Southwestern Bell Corp., MO Union Bank Pacific Bell United States Trust Company, NY The United Bank of Denver, CO Cigna Corp., Philadelphia, PA Atlantic Richfield Corp., Los Angeles, CA Show, Pittman, Pots and Trobridge, Washington, DC San Francisco Zen Center Hughes Aircraft Co. Los Angeles, CA Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing (3M), St. Paul, MN Bank of America, NY Commerce Bancshares, Inc., Kansas City,MO Robinson Humphrey/American Express, Atlanta, GA Merrill Lynch, San Francisco, CA Goldman Sachs, NY Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., NY Victoria Bank and Trust, Victoria, TX NYNEX, NY Coca Cola, U.S.A., Atlanta, GA TransAmerica Corporation Pacific Telesis Group Brobeck, Phleger, & Harrison Exxon Corporation U.S. Trust Selected Private Collections Estate of Ahmet Ertegun, New York, NY Mr. Harrison Ford, Los Angeles, CA Estate of Irving Lazarr, Los Angeles, Ca Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Holzer, New York, NY Mr. and Mrs. Peter Asher, Los Angeles, CA Mr. John Irvin, London, England Ms. Joan Didion, New York , NY Ms. Sabrina Guinness, London, Eng. Mr. and Mrs. Austin Hills, San Francisco, CA Mr. and Mrs. Peter Duchin Ms. Linda Ronstadt Ms. Faye Dunaway Mr . Peter Morton Mrs H.J. Heinze, New York, NY Mr. Rupert Lowenstein Mr. and Mrs. Robert Emery, San Francisco, CA Mr. Earl Mc Grath, New York, NY Mr. Nat Weiss, New York, NY Mr. Luca Barilla Mr. Bruce Schnietzer, New York, NY Dr. and Mrs. Robert Carroll, New York, NY Mrs. Nicholas Boyd, San Francisco, CA Mr. and Mrs. Robert Green, San Francisco, CA Mr. Chappy Morris, New York, NY Ms. Carla Kirkeby, Los Angeles, CA Mr. and Mrs. Elliot Caplow, Los Angeles, CA Mr. and Mrs. Robert Meyerowitz, New York, N.Y. Mr. and Mrs. Steven Gilsendaine Mrs. Caroline Cushing Graham, Los Angeles, CA Mr. Michael Nesmith, Los Angeles, CA Mr. Griffen Dunne, New York, N.Y. Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Erskine, Pasadena, CA Mr. N.J. Friedman, Hillsborough, CA Mr. Harold Hollingsworth...

19th century French Portrait of Matron Oil on Aluminum No visible signature 10 x 12.5 unframed, 15.5 x 18 framed

This artwork titled "Figura Col Pappagallo" is an oil painting on canvas by Italian artist Vittorio Maria Di Carlo, 1939-2015. It is hand signed at the lower right corner by the arti...

This artwork titled "Rue de Paris Sous la Pluie II" c.1970 is a palette knife oil painting on canvas by French artist Marc Selva, 1919-1992. It is signed at...

'Pink Peonies' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, ...

This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...

In the eternal man vs prey contest, spearfishing might be one of the most challenging sports. The fisherman must enter the alien watery realm to hunt, perhaps only equipped with snor...

'Lily Study III' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size. I...

This artwork titled "Blue Hawaii" 1976 is an acrylic and collage on canvas by noted American artist Verna Brady, 1925-2008. It is signed at the lower right...

'North Coast Stacks', by one of the finest American contemporary realist painters, Willard Dixon, who has painted western landscapes and nature-scenes for 35 years, capturing the und...

Artist: Bob Barkell – American (1950- ) Title: Lookin’ for Love Year: circa 1990 Medium: Watercolor Sight size: 11.75 x 17.75 inches. Framed size: 19.5 x 25.5 inches Signature: Signed upper right Condition: Very good Frame: Framed in original frame. Frame in fair to good condition This beautiful watercolor is by the noted Montana artist...

There’s a weathered, driftwood feel to this painting, "Archaeology," by California artist R.W. (Richard) Hacket (1917-1988). Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Hackett was undoubt...

These paintings "Landscape" are 2 oils on hardboard by noted French fauvist artist Lucien Mainssieux 1885-1958. One of the two is signed at the lower...

This artwork "Landscape" c.1970, is an oil painting on board by noted American (Oregon) artist Harold Alvin Sims, b.1935. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The ar...

This artwork "Sailing" c.2000 is an oil painting on canvas by French impressionist artist Pierre Du Bois, b.1952. It is signed at the lower right corner...

Exquisite and complex abstract painting with floral references that bridge geometry with layered multiple colors and gold. An exciting and vibrant oil on canvas, with metal leaf pain...

The handwritten note on the bottom stretcher strip in back reads “Dear Ted, I’m glad you appreciate these Peace roses from Ann Marie’s Santa Fe Garden. E. Baber.” Well, who wouldn’t...

Antique Oil on Paper Southern European Courtyard with Arched Walkways by Jiri Herman (1892-1969) A long figure stands in the center of a courtyard below blue skies. Original oil on...

This especially rare original watercolor painting by American artist Charles E. Martin (1910-1995), depicting The Metropolitan Museum of Art in winter, appeared as the cover art for ...

A rare "clothed" 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...

'Vessel no. 1' contemporary portrait oil on canvas painting by Tamera Avery, whose paintings are created with wit and wisdom. Avery's work deals with serious themes including global ...

C. 20th Century - Print of Asian Embossed Jar ( Signed with a Stamp )

Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of art. Taking cues from nature’s extraordinary visual offer...

This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...

This oil on board is by James McCracken (1875-1967). It is a lush, exotic composition, depicting a Buddha statue atop a lotus flower. There are other flowers in the background as wel...

This artwork "Boy Playing Cello" c.1970 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist, Helen Rayburn Caswell, 1923-2018. It is signed at the right bottom corner by the arti...

It’s such a “Great Gatsby” thing, owning the 100-foot-plus motor yacht, especially when proudly sporting on the bow a distinctive burgee representing membership in an exclusive yacht...

This is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted not with ink or paint, but with light-sens...

Artist: Henry Rollet (British, 1881-1916) Title: Rue De Village Breton Year: c. 1910 Medium: Oil on canvas Canvas size: 12 x 18 inches Signature: Signed lower right Conditi...

Celebrate no. 2 is a sophisticated abstract painting in red, salmon and yellow that references a celebration, with its quiet yet complex surface of layered oil paint over stretched c...

This artwork "California Landscape in Autumn" c.1980, is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Bill Shaddix, b.1930. It is signed at the lo...

Elizabeth Geisler is best known for her dazzling contemporary water reflection paintings that bridge realism with abstraction. Up close, the paintings appear ambiguous and loose, yet...

This artwork titled "Three Nuns" 1964 is an oil painting on hardboard by Italian artist Leonardo (Leo) De Magistris, 1933-2010. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by th...

Boats at sunset depicted in this calm and peaceful oil painting — Tamales Bay Evening — from American Realist Willard Dixon. The canvas is 17 x 50 inches...

Artist: Robert Giovani (French, 1900-1977 Title: Paris, le Sacre Coeur, Rue du Chevalier de la Barre Year: Circa 1950 Medium: Oil on hardboard Board siz...

Gail Chase Bien paints thinly layered oil on linen over extended periods (from months to years) to complete a single work of art. Taking cues from nature’s extraordinary visual offer...

Erin Parish draws on patterns found in nature for the subject matter of her tactile, bold, and brilliant abstract paintings created with oil and resin on wood and canvas. Inspired by...

Artist: Paul Van Hoeydonck – Belgian (1925 - ) Title: Planete Year: 1961 Medium: Mixed media Size: 48 x 48 inches. Signature: Signed, dated, titled on the reverse Condition: Good This mid century work by Paul Van Hoeydonck is a direct and strong composition, like so many of Van Hoeydonck’s Planete works. It measures 48” x 48” and is a mixed media composition. It is a composition on masonite or a similar material. There is flat black and gloss black paint. Perhaps the gloss is lacquer. The surface is highly textured. The black areas have small finish nails, lying flat, attached to the surface. The other areas have sand or some other particulate in the paint. It is signed, titled and dated on the reverse. The date looks like “1961” but it could be “1969.” Please see pictures. Stylistically, this work looks very much like his work from 1961-1962. The piece is in good condition. There is a faint scratch in the upper left and some very small chips on the edges. Please see pictures. There also might be very, very light surface dirt throughout. Please refer to the artist's website as well as Whitford Gallery for extensive biographies of the artist. Public collections include Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Rome Israel Museum, Jerusalem Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Museum of Modern Art, New York Stedelijk Museum, Ostende Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York PAUL VAN HOEYDONCK BIOGRAPHY 1925 Born in Antwerp, Belgium 1945-51 Graduated in History of Art and Archaeology in Antwerp, Belgium. 1952 First solo-exhibition, figurative paintings, Gallery Buyle, Antwerp, Belgium. (OMS) Figurative paintings, Gallery Unicum, Bruges, Belgium.(OMS) Figurative paintings, Au Cheval de Verre, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) 1953 One-man show figurative paintings, Gallery Unicum, Bruges, Belgium. "Open Air Party", Driekoningen Castle, Beernem, Belgium.(GE) "Salon Quadriennal de Belgique" Liège, Belgium.(GE) 1954 Creates Coloured Geometrical Abstract paintings Gilbert Swimberge and Paul Van Hoeydonck, Galerie Théâtre du Poche, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) "Zomersalon Salon d'été" Gallery Unicum, Bruges, Belgium.(GE) "Salon quadriennal des Beaux-Arts" Ghent, Belgium.(GE) 1955 Gallery Dutilleul, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) 1956 Co-founder of art group “FORMES” "Lauréats du prix Jeune Peinture Belge", Palais du Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) Diamond among the works 'distinguished by the jury' "La peintres du groupe Formes" Cercle Jean Jaurès, Salle de l'Académie de musique, Morlanwelz.(GE) "Défense du petit format", Gallery Saint-LaurentBrussels, Belgium.(GE) Gallery Saint Laurent, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) 1957 Created first monochrome collages. "Salon national du meuble social moderne" Museum voor Sierkunst, Ghent, Belgium.(GE) "Lauréats du Prix Jeune Peinture" Société Royale des Beaux-Arts, Verviers, Belgium.(GE) Gallery le rouge et le noir, Charleroi, Belgium.(GE) "Groupes" Gallery Accent, Antwerp, Belgium.(GE) "Défense du petit format" Gallery Saint Laurent, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) "Summer Exhibition" Gallery Accent, Antwerp, Belgium.(GE) "Paul Van Hoeydonck" Gallery Saint Laurent, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) "Peintres belges inspirés par l'Espagne" Gallery Giroux, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) 1958 Creates first monochrome light works with the introduction of small plexiglass structures. "Paul Van Hoeydonck" Gallery Accent, Antwerp, Belgium.(OMS) "Oeuvres graphiques" Gallery Saint-Laurent, Brussels Exhibition G58 with Georges Van Tongerloo at Castle Middelheim Museum, Antwerp Belgium.(GE) Co-founder of the G58 Hessenhuis group in Antwerp. Opening Exhibition G58, Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium.(GE) Participation at the World Exhibition Brussels, Belgium.(GE) "Groupe Art Abstrait" Gallery Hella Neblung, Düsseldorf, Germany.(GE) 1959 Begins showing in exhibitions concerned with monochrome painting and “Zerogroup” "Vision in Motion/Motion in Vision" first international exhibition in G58, Antwerp, Belgium.(GE) "Lauréats du Prix Jeune Peinture Belge1958" Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) "Oeuvres d'art acquises par l'Etat en 1958", Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) 1960 3th group exhibition G58 Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium.(GE) 1961 Introduction of the “Boites A Monocles” as a reaction to the criticism concerning the light works G58 Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium.(OMS) First important one-man show, Brussels, Palace of Fine Arts Iris Clert Gallery, Paris, France.(OMS° Museum of Modern Art, New York, purchases a light work First trip to New York,USA, private show introduced by Harry Torczyner 1962 Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, USA Created first Spacescapes and White Planets (Planetscapes) “Zero 3” exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany.(OMS) 1963 Exhibits his first environment “Space Control Station” at the Forum exhibition Ghent, Belgium Participates in the Tokyo Biennale, Japan.(GE) "Contemporary painting in Belgium" St-Louis, Denver, L.A., San Francisco, USA (GE) 1964 Creation of a new race “The Mutants” Participation Documenta III, Kassel, Germany.(GE) The Hague, Vienna, Berlin, Otterlo, Bern and Brussels Pierre Restany “baptises” him “archaeologist of the future” Gallery Iris Clert, Paris, France.(OMS) Participated Floating Biennale Iris Clert, Canale Grande, Venice, Italy.(GE) Article in Times Magazine. Participated Iris Clert in Berlin, Germany.(GE) "Nieuw Realisme-Pop Art " City Museum Den Hague, Netherlands.(GE) 1965 Joins the Waddell Gallery, New York, where he presents several one-man shows Svensk-Franska Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.(OMS) Gallery Theelen, Essen, Germany.(OMS) Gallery Waddell Gallery, New York, USA.(OMS) "Pop-Art/Nouveau Réalisme" PSK/Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium. (GE) Biënnale Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium. (GE) "Flemish Art" Gallery Arditti, Paris, France.(GE) "Belgian Drawings since Permeke", Lima, Peru.(GE) "45 years Belgian Art" Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.(GE) "Collection Graindorge" Copenhague, Denmark.(GE) "Sculptures from al directions" Worldhouse Gallery, New York, USA.(GE) "White on White" Lincoln, USA.(GE) "Pop, pop, whence pop" Heckster Museum, Huntington, New York, USA.(GE) "Nouvelles Recherches Flamandes" Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium.(GE) "Flemish Art, Svensk Handelsbanken, Stockholm, Sweden.(GE) "Art for collectors" Rhode Island, USA.(GE) 1966 joins the Gallery Bonnier, Lausanne, Geneva and Stockholm Gallery Kirkhaar, Amsterdam, Netherlands.(OMS) Gallery der Spiegel, Köln, Germany.(OMS) Gallery Cogéime, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) Stadtisches Museum Schloss Moirsbach, Leverkusen, Germany.(GE) "Weis auf Weis" Kunsthalle Bern, Suisse.(GE) "Premio Marzotto" Valdagno, Italy (GE) "L'Espace dans l'Art" Museum of Modern Art, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) Triënale of the Suthern Netherlands, Belgium/Netherlands. 1967 Produces CYBS (Cybernetics) Starts using elements from sawn-up car fenders Waddell Gallery, New York, USA.(OMS) Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) Gallery Foncke, Ghent, Belgium.(OMS) "45 years of Belgium Contemporary Art" National Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.(GE) "45 years of Belgium Contemporary Art" Salles d'état Dalles, Buckarest, Romania.(GE) "New Flemish School" City Gallery, Zürich, Suisse. (GE) "Actual Belgium Drawings" Madrid, Sevilla, Barcelona, Spain. (GE) "Collection Stuyvesant" Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium. (GE) "Superlund" curator Pierre RestanyKunsthall Lund, Sweden. (GE) "Hommage to Bosch, De Moriaan, 's Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.(GE) "Science Fiction", kunsthalle, Bern, Suisse.(GE) 1968 First contact with NASA Gallery Kirkhaar, Amsterdam, Netherlands.(OMS) Gallery Bonhier, Lausanne, Suisse.(OMS) Belgium Haus, Köln, Germany.(OMS) International Monetary Fund, Washington, USA.(OMS) One-man show Gallery Müller, Stuttgart, Germany. "Contrasts 1947-1967, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium.(GE) "Science Fiction" Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France.(GE) "Science Fiction" Kunstverein, Düsseldorf,Germany.(GE) "40 ans d'Art Vivant" Hommage à Robert Giron, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels Belgium. (GE) "L'eglise ouverte à l'Art Contemporain" La Biënnale, Centre Notre-Dame, Argenteuil, France.(GE) "Triënale" Hallen Brugge, Belgium.(GE) "The obsessive image 1960-1968", Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK.(GE) "Im Reiche des Phantastischen" Kunstverein, Recklinghausen, Germany.(GE) "Destruction Art" at Finch College, New York, USA "Art Vivant" at Vence, France. "Three blind mice" Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Netherlands. "Three blind mice" Saint-Peter Monnastry, Ghent Lignano Biënale in Italy, Proclaimed as the official laureate. "Contact 68 Kelkheim" Pfarzencentrum Kelkheim, Germany. "Belgium Art" Archeological Museum Teheran, Iran. 1969 Contemporary Art Museum Chicago, USA.(OMS) Contemporary Art Museum Houston, USA.(OMS) Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany.(OMS) Gallery Withofs, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) Gallery Waddell, New York, USA.(OMS) "Painting and sculpture today" Museum of Art Indianapolis, USA.(GE) "Belgium Art" Museum Bagdad, Iraq.(GE) "Belgium Art" Museum Beirout, Libannon.(GE) "Exposition Internationale de gravure" Museum of Modern Art, Ljubjana, Yugoslavia.(GE) "10 Belgische Maler" Gallery 66 Hofheim, Germany.(GE) "Space Art" Technical High School, Eindhoven, Netherlands.(GE) Gallery Foncke Ghent, Belgium.(OMS) "Apollo Mission of the Moon" National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA.(OMS) "The Jaques Kaplan collection" Finch College Museum New York, USA.(GE) 1970 The Apollo 15 Crew officially placed the statue “Fallen Astronaut” on the moon.(OMS) Creation of the first Astro's Palacio National de Bellas Artes Mexico City, Mexico.(OMS) One-man show Gallery Foncke Bruges and Ghent, Belgium. "Belgian Art 1960-1970" Kunstverein Köln, Germany.(GE) Gallery Bonnier, Genève, Suisse.(OMS) Gallery Engelberts Genève, Suisse.(OMS) "Jeu de blancs" Gallery Withofs, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) Gallery Rive Gauche, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) "Jewels by Belgian Artists" Belgian Pavillon Osaka, Japan.(GE) "Itirénaires 'blancs' " Musée d'Art Moderne St-Ett-ienne, France.(GE) "Zeitgenossen" Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany. "Second annual internal moonwalk festival" Cape Kennedy, USA. 1971 Gallery Waddell, New York, USA.(OMS) "Die Puppe" Aspekte zum Bild der Frau, Berlin/Leverkusen/Frankfurt, Germany.(GE) "Travelling Exhibition" Playboy Art...

'Grey Zone:The Pull' by celebrated figurative artist Kim Frohsin, painted in 2018. The artwork is 11 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches and it is professionally framed in a museum quality white mapl...

Brian Blood (American, b. 1962) Monterey Bay, 2000 Oil on canvas board Signed lower right: BB signed, dated, and titled verso: Brian Blood, 2000 Monterey Bay 9in H x 12in L In a silvered gilt frame with linen mat and moulding: 17 1/4in H x 20in L Brian Blood is a resident of Pebble Beach, California. He began his professional life as a graphic artist and art director in Boston, Massachusetts. He then came to California to attend the Academy of Art College in San Francisco for both undergraduate and graduate studies. In 2003, Blood and his artist wife, Laurie Kersey...