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Item Ships From: Bay Area
An Unmasked Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
No longer mysterious, she’s a beautiful friend, perhaps a lover, (thank heavens she’s happy to see you) and welcoming you to the party. She belongs on your wall for those days when y...
Category

1950s American Modern Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Charles Wilton (1837-1947) Figurative French Painting Mixed Media
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charles Wilton (1837-1947) Figurative French Painting Mixed Media Oil & Collage on canvas 20 x 24 unframed, 26.75 x 30.75 framed
Category

20th Century Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Untitled, Woman Sitting
By Helen Director
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled, Woman Sitting" c. 1960 is an oil painting on canvas by noted New York artist (Helen Director, 1919-2006) It is signed at the lowe...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tamaracks in Winter
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Tamaracks in Winter" c.1992, is an oil painting (mixed media) on hardboard by German/American artist Frank Kecskes Jr. It is signed at the lower right corner by ...
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

“Raising the Flag” by R. Kamal
Located in San Francisco, CA
You won’t find many wooden one-room schoolhouses these days—more likely utilitarian blocks of concrete and glass, fluorescents above, linoleum below, to do the job. The early schoolh...
Category

20th Century Folk Art Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seascape at Dawn
By Irina Belotelkin Roublon
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork depicting a coastal scene at dawn, c.1965 is a oil painting on canvas by Russian artist Irina Belotelkin Roublon 1913-2009. It is signed lower right by the artist. The ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Four Figures
By Fritz Rock
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Four Figures" c.1990, is an oil painting on canvas by Haitian artist Fritz Rock, b.1944. It is signed at the lower right corner by t...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Lucha Con El Toro
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Lucha Con El Toro" c.1955 is an oil painting on canvas by Spanish artist Francisco Pujol, 1927-1999. It is signed at the lower center by t...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Palomares Creek, California
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Palomares Creek, California, California" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is signed at the lower righ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Lumberjack House, Santa Cruz, Califoenia
By Carl Thorp
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "The Lumbejack House, Santa Cruz, California" c.1940 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Carl M. Thorp, 1912-1989. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 20 x 24 inches, framed size is 25.25 x 29.25 inches. Framed in a wooden gold frame. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Carl Thorp (1912–1989) was an American artist who became known for Impressionist landscapes of California, sometimes referred to as California Scene...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Synchronicties I
Located in Burlingame, CA
Born in Venezuela and based in San Francisco since 2019, Alexis' paintings showcase an exploration of his innermost self through abstraction. Each canvas or work on paper is a rhythm...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Evergreen
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Evergreen' 2022, a contemporary oil on canvas painting by Tamera Avery, whose paintings are created with wit and wisdom. Avery's work deals with serious ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Two nude Couples
By Norbert Schlaus
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Two Nude Couples" is an oil painting on masonite board by noted German/American artist Norbert Schlaus, 1927-2009. It is signed at the lower left center by the artist. ...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Pistil
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Pistil' A young ladies body changing from childhood to adulthood along with caterpillar to butterfly. Her innocence is tarnished with a vine of thorns that surrounds her body. Condi...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Evening Surf
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Evening Surf" c.1980, is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Bill Shaddix, b.1930. It is signed at the lower right corner. The canvas size is 12...
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Lemon Tree, Oil Painting
By Michael Wedge
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
City and country, and east and west meet in this surreal scene. A group of figures perform agricultural activities outside a city. Man pulls a tractor, woman ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Vue de Narbonne sur Grenoble
By Florent Chade
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Florent Chade (French, 1896-1985) Title: Vue de Narbonne sur Grenoble Year: 1983 Medium: Oil on canvas board Board size: 21.75 x 26.75 inches Framed Size: 29 x 33.2...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

September
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "September" 1976, is an oil painting on hardboard by Swedish/American artist Carlo Wahlbeck, b.1933. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist, also signed, dated and titled on the back. The artwork size is 10 x 20 inches, framed size is 17.5 x 27.5 inches. Framed in a dark wood frame, with fabric liner and brown bevel. It is in excellent condition, the frame have minor restorations barely visible. About the artist: Carlo Wahlbeck was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1933. His studies from early youth included travel and visits to major museums in Europe. During a visit to the United States, Carlo was introduced to the Native American Indian and the rich history of the American West. He moved to Southern California in 1960 and still calls it home today. Between 1960 and today, Carlo has traveled throughout the Southwestern United States and Mexico. For many years, he lived among the Navajo and Zunis, painting a great many surreal works that embodied their legends and outlook. He also spent 2 years in Mexico living among the Huichol people in the inaccessible mountains north of Tepic, painting the Indian religion and the white man's religion as seen through Huichol eyes. Between 1979 and today, he mastered the technique and came to control it, producing a fabulous new medium base for his expressions. The evolvement of his art has show much diversification and his works can be found in prominent private and corporate collections, as well as museums both here in the United States and abroad. A partial list of collectors: King Gustav of Sweden Former President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan Former President and Mrs. Richard M. Nixon Senator Barry Goldwater...
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Little Girl with Flowers Basket
By Franco Rispoli
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Little Girl with Flowers Basket" c.1975 is an oil painting on canvas by Italian artist, Franco Rispoli, 1921-1989. It is signed a...
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Carmel Beach
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
A tranquil oil painting featuring an early evening sunset with people strolling on the main beach in Carmel in front of a majestic sky from Willard Dixon, who is one of the finest American contemporary realist painters today. Dixon has painted coastal landscapes for 35 years, capturing the undeniable beauty of the West with its grand and humble spirit. The painting, with its atmospheric light and calm color palette in natural sky blue and setting sun warm red to purple, is contemporary and serene. The colors are reminiscent of Rothko as they shift in natural bands. Looking at this painting is like looking through a window to a lovely moment as the close of a day. Dixon’s work can be found in numerous distinctive private and public collections, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and his work is collected Internationally. Artist signed and dated. A classic Dixon that will sure to bring those who view it a life time of pleasure. Carmel Beach, 18 x 53 inches. Oil on canvas, and traditionally framed in contemporary, minimal oak floater frame. The artist was 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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Who Are These Angels CXV
By Naoko Paluszak
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This is an original oil painting on gallery wrapped canvas.

About the Artist
Naoko Paluszak began her career by studying graphic design in Tokyo, followed by several years working as a designer, before switching to oil painting. Now located in the United States, Naoko continues to develop her style through different series of paintings that have varying degrees of abstraction. By bridging representational with non-representational forms, the artist seeks to stir personal memories and spark new narratives. “Art is about having a sense of mystery and drama,” she says. Naoko is also passionate about color. She mixes her paints based on the intuitive emotions that different colors can trigger within the viewer, and within herself.

Who Are These Angels...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Picking, Oil Painting
By Michael Wedge
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A woman reaches to pick apples that hover in front of the Flatiron Building in New York City. The painting reflects the artist's interest in the contrast betw...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Northern India, Near Himalaya Range
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Northern India, The Himalaya Range" c.1975 is an oil painting on canvas board by noted American artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size (Canvas Board) is 8 x 10 inches, framed size is 15.5 x 17.5 inches. It is framed in a wooden ornate off -white frame, with fabric liner and gold color bevel . It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Jack Laycox (1921-1985) was born and grew up in Auburn, California. The eldest of 4 children, all of whom were artistically talented, it was Jack who was the shining star, constantly drawing, filling every available piece or section of paper that was available. After earning an engineering degree from San Francisco State University, which provided the opportunity to travel throughout the United States to work on various assignments, he eventually returned to his love of the Fine Arts, specifically plein-air painting. With encouragement from his wife, sculptor Jayne Amason, he made the break from his career to become a full time artist. The first Laycox Gallery was opened in Walnut Creek, California. He become known locally and throughout northern California, as well as being represented by Royce Gallery in Los Angeles and other galleries in the U.S. Jack and Jayne had been spending time in the Monterey area, which they loved dearly, so they moved there permanently and opened up a new Laycox Gallery in Carmel. His work became increasingly popular, being sought after for both private and corporate collections. In the 1970’s he was commissioned by Delta Airlines to do all the paintings for their travel-destination posters. He also authored a Walter...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Plastic
By David Shepherd
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
In this hyperrealistic painting, David depicts a model holding plastic to her face. The work is meant as a commentary on global warming and a need to plan fo...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Study
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Study" c.2000, is an oil painting on canvas by noted American impressionist artist Douglas Paul Morgan, 1948-2021. It is signed at the lower left corner by t...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Fisherwoman
By Norbert Schlaus
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Fisherwoman" c. 1980 is an oil painting on canvas by noted German/American artist Norbert Schlaus, 1927-2009. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. ...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Six Birds
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Six Birds" c.1990, is an acrylic painting on canvas by Mexican artist Gustavo Martinez, b.1941. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is ...
Category

Late 20th Century Surrealist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Vintage Bi-Plane Watercolor
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage bi-plane
Category

20th Century Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Illustration Board

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 - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Acrylic, Pigment

Bouganvillia
By Ovanes Berberian
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Bouganvillia" c.1990, is an oil painting on Cardboard panel by noted Armenian/American artist Ovanes Berberian, b.1951. It is signed at the lower left corner by ...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Green House
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Green House" c.2000, is an oil painting on panel by noted American impressionist artist Douglas Paul Morgan, 1948-2021. It is signed at the lower right corner by...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Jean Pierre Serrier (1934 - 1989, French) Surrealist Circus Scene
By Jean Pierre Serrier
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jean Pierre Serrier (1934-1989, French) Surrealist Circus Scene Oil on canvas Signed lower right Frame: 16.5" W x 14.75" H Canvas: 10.5" W x 8.75" H Jean-Pierre Serrier was born i...
Category

Late 20th Century Surrealist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Profusion
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Profusion" 2006-2009, is an acrylic painting on canvas by American artist Joyce Lieberman, b.1955. It is signed at the lower right...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

An Elderly Couple
Located in San Francisco, CA
On offer is a timeless expression of social realism, in the style of the late American artist Ben Shahn. You sense the couple has shared a lifetime. Still standing close together, th...
Category

1960s Bay Area - Figurative 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 - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Color Pencil, Gouache, Ink, Mixed Media, Pigment

Amusement Park (diptych)
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Amusement Park' 2021, This is a diptych (two oil on canvas panels that are each 84”x48” and 84”x 36”) The overall dimension is 84 x 84 inches. A contem...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

The Timeless Allure of the “Javanese Dancer”
Located in San Francisco, CA
Unsurprisingly, she was much admired when exhibited by artist Luis Cutron at the noted Laguna Beach Art Association, today’s Laguna Art Museum in coastal Southern California. Exotic ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Oil Painting of Madonna and Child
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Oil Painting of Madonna and Child Oil on canvas. Approximate dimensions 20" wide x 24" high. The frame is approximately 22" wide x 2...
Category

Early 20th Century Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Flowers and Pitcher
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Still Life with Flowers and Pitcher" c.1970 is an oil painting on canvas by German/American artist Eva Sikorski, 1917-1990. It is signed at the lower left corner by the...
Category

Late 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Nature Bear Wreath" (2024), Collage, Print, Acrylic, Colored Pencil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Nature Bear Wreath" By Johanna Mueller is a unique and detailed piece which depicts a bear, surrounded by different iconography of the forest, structured in a Native American style ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Dye, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Color Pencil

The Marina, Sausalito
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Marina Sausalito" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is signed at the lower left corner by the arti...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Control Top
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Control Top' contemporary portrait oil on canvas painting by Tamera Avery, whose paintings are created with wit and wisdom. Avery's work deals with serio...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Woman of St. Victoire / 2007 framed
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Blue and grey with peach abstracted figurative painting in neutral cool colors from Kim Frohsin's "Figures WIth Edges" series. Frohsin, third generation Bay Area Figurative artist—fr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Gouache

Charles Levier (1920-2003) "Les Parisiennes" Oil Painting on Canvas
By Charles Levier
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charles Levier (1920-2003) "Les Parisiennes" Oil Painting on Canvas Signed Lower Right and Verso with Title 24.25" x 36.25 unframed 33.25 x 45.75" framed
Category

Mid-20th Century Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Void / oil on wood panel
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Void' features the face of a young woman with ladybugs and intricately patterned queen's lace. The painting in red-orange, sea green and white and is 16 x 12 1/2 inches, unframed, w...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wood, Oil

Side Street, Princetown, New York
By Alexander Redein
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Side Street, Princetown, New York" c 1960, is an oil painting on panel by noted American artist Alexander Redein, 1912-1990. It is signed at the lower right corn...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Rain Forest
By Ferjo, Fernando de Jesus Oliveira
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Rainforest" c.1990, is an oil painting on canvas by noted surrealist Brazilian artist Fernando De Jesus Oliveira A.K.A. Ferjo, b.1946. It is signed at the lower right c...
Category

Late 20th Century Surrealist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Figure No. 2, 2007-2019
By John Goodman
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Figure No. 2, 2007 - 2019' by John Goodman. The artwork is 30 x 22 inches. Artist signed, dated in ink verso. Condition is excellent, as new. Goodman’s signature restrained palett...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Seaview, Fire Island, New York, Sand Dunes, Ocean Side
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Seaview, Fire Island, New York, Sand Dunes, Ocean Side" 1956, is an oil painting on canvas board by Italian/American artist Xavier Barile, 1891-1981. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. Also signed, dated, and titled on the back. The canvas board size is 12 x 16 inches, framed size is 22 x 26 inches. Framed in an ornate wooden gold frame, with black velvet liner. It is in generally excellent condition, the frame have some minor restorations, barely visible and 2 small area where the velvet is scratched. About the artist: Xavier J Barile was a Social Realist painter, teacher, lecturer, graphic artist, and writer. He was born March 18, 1891, in Tufo, Italy. His love of beauty manifested itself at a very early age. During his early teens, he used to design monograms for the young girls of his home town, Tufo, Italy, to embroider on their most precious possession, their hope chest and trousseau. In 1907, his mother brought him, his two younger brothers and two sisters to New York, to join their father who had been in New York for several years, preparing the way. He quickly learned English and spent some time helping his father, who was earning a living for the family as a tailor. Having learned English well, Barile then enrolled in the Evening Art Classes at Cooper Union Institute in New York. In due course he enrolled in the Art Students League, New York City. Here he came under the influence of John Sloan, Reginald Marsh and Victor Perard as teachers and George Luks, Robert Henri and Everett Shinn of "the Eight" as friends and colleagues. In 1939 John Sloan dedicated his book, Gist of Art as follows, "To my old friend, first monitor of my first class at the Art Students League 1914." This friendship and mutual regard lasted until Sloan's death in 1951. Of course, it was only natural that Barile should be a part of the "Ashcan School," painting the New York Scene. During this time that he was on his own he worked with all mediums - oil, watercolor, pastel, casein, charcoal, etc. - and he did some fine work with monotypes. It was during these years, the 20's and 30's, that he began to exhibit in such places as the Whitney Studio Club (forerunner of the Whitney Museum of American Art), The Kit Kat Club, The Anderson Gallery, The Cincinnati Museum, The New Mexico Museum, National Society of Painters in Casein, The Salmagundi Club and many other exhibits throughout the United States. He is currently represented in The National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA) Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. In the mid 30's, like many another struggling artist, XJB worked on the WPA Art Project. One of the murals he worked on is in the U.S. Customs House, Bowling Green, N.Y.C. In this project he collaborated with Reginald Marsh who was the supervisor of this phase of the work. The years until 1939 were spent working in all parts of the United States and in conducting his own classes for aspiring artists. In 1939, on the recommendation of John Sloan, he became the founder, first teacher and Chairman of The Department of Fine Arts, Pueblo Junior College, Pueblo Colorado...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Seasscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Seascape" c.2010 is an oil painting on canvas by artist Julie Gregory. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 24 x 36 inches, framed s...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Grey Zone: The Pull
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Gouache, Archival Paper

E.K.: With Aqua Fabric
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'E.K.: With Aqua Fabric' by celebrated figurative artist Kim Frohsin, painted in 2018. The artwork is 10 x 8 inches and it is professionally framed in a museum quality white maple ha...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Gouache, Archival Paper, Ink, Tempera, Board

Fleurist at Hotel Cler, Paris
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Fleurist A Hotel Cler, Paris" 1990, is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Gregory Sievers, b.1951. It is signed at...
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Women in an Enchanted Mist
Located in San Francisco, CA
Through the Technicolor mist, two Asian ladies pass by. There’s a pensive one with a baby on her back. She carries an empty basket. The other is slightly smiling, completely absorbed...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Porte Saint Denis, Paris
By Francois Gerome
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Porte Saint Denis, Paris" c.1935 in an oil painting on canvas by noted French artist Francois Gerome, born 1895 (The year of his death...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape with Trees and House
By Irina Belotelkin Roublon
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork " Landscape with Trees and House" 1969 is a oil painting on canvas by Russian artist Irina Belotelkin Roublon 1913-2009. It is signed and dated lower right by the artist...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Earth, Sky, Water
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Earth, Sky, Water' by celebrated figurative artist Kim Frohsin, painted in 2018. The artwork is 11.75 x 10 inches and it is professionally framed in a museum quality white maple har...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Mixed Media, Archival Paper

Wicked Witch of the East
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Wicked Witch of the East' is a masterfully painted oil on panel, that features a long haired, young and nude woman with a scar down her stomach. I bird atop her head gazes down at a...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

On the Road to Palm Spring
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "On the Road to Palm Spring" c.1970is an oil painting on canvas by California artist Mabel Vinson Cage, 1891-1995. It is signed at the lower right corner by the a...
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Gonna Hang Me in the Mornin'
By Sean Cheetham
Located in Burlingame, CA
The work of figurative oil painter Sean Cheetham is steeped in traditional portraiture with mysterious narrative leanings, and it has been included in numerous significant exhibitions, including the National Portrait Gallery in London and The National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. While he is celebrated for his technical prowess in achieving accuracy and harmony in his alla prima paintings, the artist credits...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Bay Area - Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

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