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Brandenburger Tor, Berlin (Brandenburg Gate, Berlin)
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Brandenburger Tor, Berlin (Brandenburg Gate, Berlin)". c1930 is a color etching on paper by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist at the lower center. The plate mark (image) size is 13 x 16.5 inches, framed size is 23.75 x 27 inches. Custom framed in a wooden ornate gold frame, white beige matting and green color fillet. It is in excellent condition, the artwork is very slightly toned around the plate mark, barely visible.
About the artist.
Luigi Kasimir was born in 1881 at Pettau, today Ptuj, Slovenia, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. He inherited his talent from his ancestors; his grandfather was a painter and a poet, and his father an officer in the Habsburg army, who later became a professional painter. Kasimir attended the Vienna Academy of Art where he studied under Wilhelm Unger, who introduced him to the technique of the coloured etching, and also to his future wife, the artist Tanna Hoernes.[1] He died in 1962 in Grinzing, a suburb of Vienna.Kasimir was among the first to develop the technique of the coloured etching. Before this, prints were usually hand-coloured with the colour being applied in a casual, haphazard manner. Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the plate, all done by hand.
Kasimir is mainly famous for his etchings, but he also produced some oil painting, as well as some pastels. One of his favourite genres was the landscape, or veduta. He demonstrated a predisposition street scenes, and tourist landmarks. He depicted places from all over Europe, mainly Italy, Austria, and Germany. He also travelled to the United States to do a series of etchings of famous sights ranging from urban landmarks such as New York City skyscrapers, to natural wonders like Yosemite Valley. Luigi Kasimir’s etchings...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Mujere II
By Raul Soldi
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Mujere II" c.1960 is an original color silkscreen by noted Argentinian artist Raul Soldi, 1905-1994. It is hand signed and numbered 93/150 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 13.5 x 20.5 inches, sheet size is 19.75 x 22.75 inches. The colors are fresh and bright, it have a 0.85 inches restored tear at the lower margin (see picture #6 for detail) some paper rubs on the verso, not visible from the front. otherwise in good condition.
About the artist:
Raúl Soldi was born in Buenos Aire in 1905.
He was an argentine plastic artist of recognized international experience.
In 1920 he began drawing and painting. He makes reproductions of Quinquela Martín...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Danzig
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Danzig" c.1920, is a color etching on paper by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist's estate at the lower center. The plate mark (image) size is 16 x 20 inches, framed size is 26.5 x 30 inches. Custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with light brown matting and dark brown fillets . It is in Excellent condition.
About the artist.
Luigi Kasimir was born in 1881 at Pettau, today Ptuj, Slovenia, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. He inherited his talent from his ancestors; his grandfather was a painter and a poet, and his father an officer in the Habsburg army, who later became a professional painter. Kasimir attended the Vienna Academy of Art where he studied under Wilhelm Unger, who introduced him to the technique of the coloured etching, and also to his future wife, the artist Tanna Hoernes.[1] He died in 1962 in Grinzing, a suburb of Vienna.Kasimir was among the first to develop the technique of the coloured etching. Before this, prints were usually hand-coloured with the colour being applied in a casual, haphazard manner. Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the plate, all done by hand.
Kasimir is mainly famous for his etchings, but he also produced some oil painting, as well as some pastels. One of his favourite genres was the landscape, or veduta. He demonstrated a predisposition street scenes, and tourist landmarks. He depicted places from all over Europe, mainly Italy, Austria, and Germany. He also travelled to the United States to do a series of etchings of famous sights ranging from urban landmarks such as New York City skyscrapers, to natural wonders like Yosemite Valley. Luigi Kasimir’s etchings...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
L’étreinte (The Embrace)
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Pablo Picasso L’étreinte (The Embrace), 1966 depicts the influence art nouveau and impressionism has on Picasso’s early works, a precursor to the artists rapidly approaching arrival ...
Category
1960s Modern Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Jane
By Charles Bragg
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Jane" c.1970 is an original etching by noted American artist Charles Bragg, 1931-2017. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 23/150 in pencil by the artist. The...
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Cleopatra
By Neal Doty
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Neal Doty (American, born 1941)
Title: Man Sitting
Year: 1979
Medium: Color serigraph
Edition: Numbered 93/135 in pencil
Size of image: 32.5 x 24 inches
Size of paper: 39.25 ...
Category
Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Untitled
By Alvar Sunol Munoz-Ramos
Located in San Francisco, CA
Featured is a color lithograph by Alvar. Created circa 1970 and numbered 207/225 in pencil by the artist, it is also hand signed by the artist. The artwork features a beautiful contr...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
David Roberts' 19th Century Hand Colored Lithograph, "Fortress of Ibrim, Nubia"
By David Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
"Approach to the Fortress of Ibrim, Nubia" is a 19th century folio sized hand-colored lithograph from the Egypt and Nubia volume of David Roberts’ large folio edition, published in London by F. G. Moon in 1847. The lithographs were prepared by Louis Haghe (1806-1885) from drawings and paintings by Roberts. The resultant large folio editions of 'The Holy Land' and 'Egypt & Nubia' are considered the greatest lithographically illustrated works issued in the 19th century.
The print is presented in a gold-colored wood frame with a decorative inner trim, with a cream-colored double mat. It is in excellent condition.
The lithograph depicts the Fortress of Ibrim in Nubia in the background, which had been a Roman and an Egyptian fortification for centuries due to its strategic elevation, allowing a view of large portions of the surrounding desert. Men are securing the boat in the foreground for the night, taking down its sails. A herd of cattle drinks and cools themselves in the water on the left.
There are four additional listings of David Roberts engravings of Egypt...
Category
1840s Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Reflections of Venice
By Howard Behrens
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Reflections of Venice" 1996, is an original colors serigraph by noted American artist Howard Behrens, 1933-2014. It is hand signed and numbered A.P. 2/75 in penc...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Mel Ramos 'Virnaburger' (or Verna Burger) signed print
By Mel Ramos
Located in San Rafael, CA
Mel Ramos (1935-2018)
Virnaburger (Verna Burger), 1965
Offset lithograph
A proof aside from the numbered edition of 500
Signed and dated LR: M Ramos 65
Image 19 x 14 inches
In a vint...
Category
1960s Pop Art Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Schubert's Birthplace, Vienna, Austria
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Schubert's Birthplace, Vienna, Austria" c.1925 is a color etching on Wove paper by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the a...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Une Jeune Femme Presente Avec Grace, from Les Enfants Trouves
By (after) René Magritte
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "" Une Jeune Femme Presente Avec Grace" from the suite" Les Enfants Trouves created in 1953 and printed/published in 1968 in an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Bacchanale
By Pablo Picasso
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Bacchanale" from the portfolio "La Flute Double" published in 1967 is a colors offset lithograph, with pochoir on cream Moulin Ric...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$4,300
Peter Doig 'Lapeyrouse Wall' Limited Edition Signed Etching Print
By Peter Doig
Located in San Rafael, CA
Peter Doig (British, b. 1959).
Lapeyrouse Wall, 2004
Etching and aquatint printed on wove paper
Signed and dated in pencil by the artist
Edition 24/30
Published by the artist
With fu...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Purple Mountain’s Majestic
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " The Purple Mountain's Majestic" 1973 is a color lithograph after artist Hall Drake Diteman, 1925-2009. It is hand signed at the l...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Passing Shaman 17
By Lawrence Fodor
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Lawrence Fodor – American (1951- )
Title: Passing Shaman 17
Year: 1989
Medium: Monotype
Image size: 18 x 12 inches
Sheet size: 30 x 22 inches
Framed size: 32.5 x 24.5 inches
Signature: Signed, dated lower right by the artist
Condition: Excellent
Frame: Floating. Framed in modern wood frame. Frame in good condition.
This haunting monotype is by the well-known artist Lawrence Fodor (1951-). It is in excellent condition, archivally mounted and floating in a modern wood frame. The maple frame is in good condition with a few very light scratches.
Lawrence Fodor began the pursuit of painting when he was 10. He studied at Orange Coast College and received a BFA from Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, California where he also did graduate work towards his MFA in printmaking and painting. He has studied, traveled and lived in Europe, Asia, Central and South America. His work is exhibited and collected extensively in private and public collections including the Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe, New Mexico and recently by the Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, Texas, among others. In addition to a studio art career as a painter and printmaker he has done curating and fine art consulting, residential design and construction, graphic design, gallery management, set design and production for live theater.
He has worked and had studios in Los Angeles, Long Beach and Santa Barbara, California, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tucson, Arizona and Santa Fe, New Mexico. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Maintaining studios in both locations, his work includes painting using oil, alkyd resin and cold wax on canvas, panels, and wood boxes, monotypes, watercolors, other works on paper and photography. Source: Artist's website
C UR R I C U L U M V I T A E
BORN 1951, Los Angeles, CA.
EDUCATION
1974 – 1976 Graduate Work toward MFA, Otis Art Institute • Los Angeles, CA
1973 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing/Printmaking Major • Otis Art Institute • Los Angeles, CA
1971 Associate of Arts Degree, Fine Arts Major • Orange Coast College • Costa Mesa, CA
TRAVEL
2015 – 2016 Independent study & research in Baja del Sur, Mexico
2013 Independent study & research in Key West & surrounding Keys & Islands including Dry Tortugas National Park
2009 – 2010 Independent study & research in Costa Rica, Argentina & Patagonia
1985 – 2008 Independent study & research in England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico & Costa Rica
1974 – 1975 Independent study in Katmandu, Nepal
1974 Independent study & research in England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy & Switzerland
S E L ECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019 “…a tireless hand.” • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID
2017 Eclipse: obscured memories • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID
Amended Mythologies • Solo Exhibition • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA
Purple Haze • Group Exhibition • Charlotte Jackson Fine Art • Santa Fe, NM
2016 EMERGENCE • Group Exhibition • Charlotte Jackson Fine Art • Santa Fe, NM
2014 Without Gravity • Solo Exhibition • Chiaroscuro @ Gebert Contemporary • Santa Fe, NM
2013 Friends and Family • Three-Person Exhibition with Florence Pierce & Mala Breuer • Charlotte Jackson Fine Art • Santa Fe, NM
Again: Repetition, Obsession and Meditation • Group Exhibition with Agnes Martin, Sol Lewitt, Olafur Eliasson, Uta Barth,
Chuck Close, Susan York & others • Lannan Foundation • Santa Fe, NM
2012 Infinite Sequence 2 • Two-Person Exhibition with Chris Richter • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID
Holding Light 4: 315 paintings • Site-specific installation • ALCOVE 12.6: New Mexico Museum of Art • Santa Fe, NM
Holding Light 02: 81 paintings • Installation • Laguna Art Museum • Laguna Beach CA
Infinite Sequence • Two-Person Exhibition with Chris Richter • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA
2010 Ligatures and Kōan Boxes • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA
Considered • Group Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID
Speak for the Trees • Group Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID & Seattle, WA
2009 Kōan Boxes • Solo Exhibition • Lannan Foundation • Santa Fe, NM
Ligatures & Kōan Boxes • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID
Ligatures & Kōan Boxes • Solo Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art • Santa Fe, NM
2008 Ligatures • Solo Exhibition • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA
Gold • Group Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art
Stochastic II • Solo Exhibition • R Duane Reed Gallery • St. Louis, MO
2007 Stochastic • Solo Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art • Santa Fe, NM
2006 Summer Moon • Solo Exhibition • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA
2005 Moment of Inertia • Solo Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art • Santa Fe, NM
Winter Group Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art • Santa Fe, NM
2004 Sustained Resonance • Two-Person Exhibition • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA
Beneath the Surface • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID
Beneath the Surface • Two-Person Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA
Greek Contributions to Mankind • An Exhibition of Contemporary American Art • Group Exhibition, catalog • United
States Embassy • Athens, Greece • Curator: Virginia Shore
2003 A Given Moment – Part 2 • Two-Person Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM
Group exhibition • Jeannie Denholm • The Shed • Newport Beach, CA
Outside Within • Group Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA
2002 The Art Collection • Embassy of the United States of America • Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
2002 A Given Moment • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID
Group Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM
2001 Stream from the Clearing • Two-Person Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM
Group Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA
2000 Group exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM
Group exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA
1999 Vestiges II • Solo Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM
1998 Into the Clearing • Two-Person Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM
The Romantic Landscape • Group Exhibition • Turner Carroll Gallery • Santa Fe, NM
Vestiges • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA
1997 The Dialogue Within • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID
Setting Prayers on Fire • Solo Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM
1996 Solo Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM
Two-Person Exhibition with Lucy Brown • Diane Nelson Fine Art • Laguna Beach, CA • Curator: Jeannie Denholm
1995 Setting Prayers on Fire • Solo Exhibition • Zenith • Denver, CO • Curator: Kyle Belding
1994 Two-Person Exhibition with Peter Joseph • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM
Solo Exhibition • Jan Maiden Contemporary Art • Columbus, OH
1993 Two-Person Exhibition with Holly Roberts • Jeannie Denholm Fine Art • Newport Beach, CA
Solo Exhibition • Canyon Contemporary Art • Columbus, OH
1992 Perigrinari • Solo Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM
1991 Ex Arcanum Locus • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA
A Sense of Place • Group Exhibition• Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM
1990 In Lucem Proferre • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID
Monotypes from Black Mesa Workshop • Group Exhibition • Lone Pine Gallery • Irvine, CA
Ritual Images/Ritual Objects • Two-Person Exhibition with Ann Mallory • Lone Pine Gallery • Irvine, CA
1989 Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID
1983 Solo Exhibition • Pamela Auchincloss Gallery • Santa Barbara, CA
1981 Solo Exhibition • Pamela Auchincloss Gallery • Santa Barbara, CA
PUBL ICATIONS
2017 The Beauty in Painting A Time After Time. Sun Valley Property News, article by Courtney Lauck. 30 July 2017.
“Chaco Issue,” Pasatiempo, Santa Fe New Mexican. Multiple photographs illustrating various articles about Chaco Culture
National Historical Park. 21 April 2017.
2015 Chaco Canyon: Wandering the Past in the Present. Photographs & essay by the artist of Chaco Culture National Historic
Park. Publisher: Andrews Art Books, Santa Fe, NM.
2015 Apparatus: in a Painter’s Studio. Photographs of vignettes in the studio of Lawrence Fodor by the artist, essay by Aline
Branduaer. Publisher: Andrews Art Books, Santa Fe, NM.
2012 Holding Light, a catalogue documenting the work for an installation of paintings at the Laguna Art Museum, essay by
Cyndi Conn. Publisher: Andrews Art Books, Santa Fe, NM
2009 Speak for the Trees, Composed by Andria Friesen, publisher Marquand Books, Inc., Seattle, WA. Illus.: In Lucem Proferre
VIII, 1989-90, oil on canvas.
Sarah S. King, Lawrence Fodor – Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Art in America, National Reviews, October 2009.
Illus.: Ligature 12 Green/Blue-Green/Violet, oil/wax/alkyd on canvas.
Kōan Boxes, catalogue to accompany Lannan Foundation Exhibition, essay Timothy Rodgers Ph. D., Chief Curator, New
Mexico Museum of Art. Publisher: Lannan Foundation, Design Twin Palms Press, 2009.
2007 Hollis Walker “Larry Fodor...
Category
1980s Abstract Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Monotype
Charles Bibbs "The Gift, Series II" lithograph Edition 208
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charles Bibbs
"The Gift, Series II"
Lithograph
Edition 208 of 1500
1993
21" x 36" unframed
31" x 47.5" framed
Category
1990s Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Innenhof auf Schloss Schallaburg
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Innenhof auf Schloss Schallaburg" c.1930 is a color etching on wove paper by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-1962. It is hand signed by the artist's estat...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Paris, l'Hotel De Ville
By Urbain Huchet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " Paris, l'Hotel De Ville" c.1980, is an original colors lithograph on Arches paper by French artist Urbain Huchet, 1930-2014. It is hand signed and numbered 140/...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Capitol, The Williamsburg Series
By Samuel Chamberlain
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Capitol, Williamsburg Series" 1940 is an original etching on paper by noted American artist Samuel V. Chamberlain, 1895-1975 It is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Paris, the Pantheon
By Urbain Huchet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " Paris, Le Pantheon" c.1980, is an original colors lithograph on Arches paper by French artist Urbain Huchet, 1930-2014. It is hand signed and numbered 134/250 i...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Little Chinese Girl
By Ming Wai
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Little Chinese Girl" 1982 in a color off set lithograph by renown Chinese/American artist Wai Ming A.K.A Lo Hing Kwok, b.1938. It is hand signed an inscribed A.C (Hors Commerce) in pencil by the artist. The image size is 24.5 x 22 inches, sheet size is 28 x 24.5 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
About the artist:
Wai Ming, was born in Canton, South China on November 11, 1938, the son of a school master with nine children. Extremely poor as a child, he was raised in Hong Kong enduring many hardships amidst a chaotic environment of war and refugee settlements. Wai Ming's love for art flourished and he developed his drawing techniques without any art education, just painting what he saw. In the 1960s, Ming found representation in Hong Kong and also took the unusual step of opening his own gallery to display his work in. His primary interest being to capture images of life in fishing villages, or 'fish-folk', who have retained traditional Chinese culture, his work was at home with the sensibilities of many art buyers in Hong Kong. Crossing the ocean in his mid-30s, Wai Ming arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong in 1974. There, he experienced initial resistance from galleries and the official art world for a variety of reasons, but was ultimately embraced by dealer Jack Swanson...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Market with Oranges
By Harold Altman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Harold Altman– American (1924-2003)
Title: Market with Oranges
Year: 1980
Medium: Etching
Sight size: 17.75 x 23.75 inches.
Sheet size: 22.5 x 28 inches
Publisher: Lemont E...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
Carnavalesque
By Rufino Tamayo
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Carnavalesque" from the suite "The Mujeres File" 1969 is an original colors lithograph on BFK Rives paper by renown Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo, 1899-1991. It i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Skating on Ladies' Pond Central Park": Winslow Homer 19th C. Woodcut Engraving
By Winslow Homer
Located in Alamo, CA
This Winslow Homer woodcut engraving entitled "Skating on the Ladies' Skating-Pond in Central Park, New York", was published in Harper's Weekly in the January 28, 1860 edition. It depicts a large number of men, women and children skating on a recently opened pond in Central Park. At the time of publication of this engraving, Central Park was in the early stages of construction. This engraving documents the very early appearance of Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux's masterpiece of landscape design. According to Olmsted, the park was "of great importance as the first real Park made in this century – a democratic development of the highest significance". The people of New York were very proud of the plans for their park. It was stated at the time: "Our Park, which is progressing very satisfactorily under the management of the Commissioners, will undoubtedly be, one of these days, one of the finest place of the kind in the world...Those who saw the Park before the engineers went to work on it are amazed at the beautiful sites which have been contrived with such unpromising materials; all fair persons believe that the enterprise is managed with honesty and good taste."
Skating was rapidly rising in national popularity in part due to the opening of Central Park’s lake to skaters on a Sunday in December 1858 with 300 participants. The following Sunday it attracted ten thousand skaters. By Christmas Day, a reported 50,000 people came to the park, most of them to skate. There were rules governing who could use the skating pond. “The Ladies’ Pond...
Category
1870s American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving, Woodcut
Vienna Opera House
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Vienna Opera House" 1922 is a color etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962. It is estate signed in pencil at the lo...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Woman With Tulip Bowl
By Rudolph Carl Gorman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, "Woman With Tulip Bowl" 1981 (State I) is an original lithograph on heavy paper by renowned Navajo artist Rudolph Carl (R.C.) Gorman, 1932-20...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
The Reading of the Torah
By Charles Bragg
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Reading of the Torah" c.1970 is an original etching by noted American artist Charles Bragg, 1931-2017. It is hand signed and numbered XV/XXXV in pencil by the artis...
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
"Waterloo Volunteers" From the suite "History of England"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Waterloo Volunteers" from the suite "History of England" is an original color etching by British artist Graham Clarke, b.1941. ...
Category
Late 20th Century Romantic Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Danube
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Danube" c.1940 is a color etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962. It is hand signed by the artist's estate in pencil at the lower center. The plate mark (image) size is 9.5 x 9 inches, the sheet size is 17.5 x 14.85 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
About the artist.
Luigi Kasimir was born in 1881 at Pettau, today Ptuj, Slovenia, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. He inherited his talent from his ancestors; his grandfather was a painter and a poet, and his father an officer in the Habsburg army, who later became a professional painter. Kasimir attended the Vienna Academy of Art where he studied under Wilhelm Unger, who introduced him to the technique of the coloured etching, and also to his future wife, the artist Tanna Hoernes.[1] He died in 1962 in Grinzing, a suburb of Vienna.Kasimir was among the first to develop the technique of the coloured etching. Before this, prints were usually hand-coloured with the colour being applied in a casual, haphazard manner. Kasimir would first create a sketch usually in pastel, he then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates, printing one after the other and applying the colour on the plate, all done by hand.
Kasimir is mainly famous for his etchings, but he also produced some oil painting, as well as some pastels. One of his favourite genres was the landscape, or veduta. He demonstrated a predisposition street scenes, and tourist landmarks. He depicted places from all over Europe, mainly Italy, Austria, and Germany. He also travelled to the United States to do a series of etchings of famous sights ranging from urban landmarks such as New York City skyscrapers, to natural wonders like Yosemite Valley. Luigi Kasimir’s etchings...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
"Hannukah" From the suite "The Seven Festivals"
By David Sharir
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "HAnnukah" from the suite "The Seven Festivals" 1981, is an original colors serigraph on Arches paper by noted Israeli artist David Sharir,b. 1938. It is hand sig...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Besler Hand Colored Botanical Engraving of Wood Pink & Cottage Pink Flowers
Located in Alamo, CA
A 17th century hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Caryophyllus Maior Sylve Strisvarie Gatus" (Wood Pink & Cottage Pink Flowers) from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstatt), first published in 1613 in Eichstatt, Germany near Nuremberg and later in 1640 and 1713.
This engraving is presented in a silver and gold-colored wood frame with a green edge and three elaborate cream-colored French mats...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
The Seventh Day
By Charles Bragg
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Seventh day" c.1990 is an original color lithograph by noted American artist Charles Bragg, 1931-2017. It is hand signed, and numbered 80/300 in pencil by th...
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La Femme au Bouquet (Woman with Bouquet)
By Georges Lambert
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Georges Lambert (French, 1919-1998)
Title: Femme Au Bouquet
Year: Circa 1975
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 90/275 in pencil
Paper: Wove
Image size: 13 x 20....
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Crude Oil Men
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Crude Oil Men" c.200,0 is an original serio lithograph (serigraph and lithograph) on paper by renown American figurative expressionist artist Michael Todd White, b.1969. It is signed and numbered 321/350 in black ink by the artist The artwork (Image) Size is 21 x 15.5 inches, framed size is 32 x 26.25 inches. Custom framed in a wood veneer and black frame, with fabric matting. It is in excellent condition, the frame has a minor small rub, barely visible.
About the artist:
Michael Todd White (born October 10, 1969, in San Antonio, Texas) is a figurative expressionist painter.[1] He has also been described as an avant-garde expressionist.
White was named the official artist for the Grammy Awards by the Recording Academy in 2007. His painting appeared on the ceremony's invitation and program book and served as the official image for the event.
His work was featured in the Inspirations of Oz Fine Art Collection, an exhibition commemorating the 70th anniversary of The Wizard of Oz. The collection toured designated cities all over the world including Miami, Los Angeles, Dubai, Japan, London, Toronto and Vienna.
In 2010, White was chosen to provide sketches for Coca-Cola Light in Mexico. White's six sketches are depicted on different faces of Coca-Cola Light bottles and cans, each featuring his distinctive box signature. This was the first time that Coke had collaborated with a fine artist to depict artwork for its label. The bottles were released in August 2010.[5] As a result of some of these career achievements White has earned international recognition and a lengthy list of celebrity collectors. White's work hangs in a number of galleries in North America and he is currently one of the best selling artists in the United Kingdom. Some of White's most prominent exhibitions include a show at the Bank of Scotland in Manchester, England and at the unveiling of The World's Largest Todd White Collection, hosted by CNN's Larry King at Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California. Todd White's work was featured in the opening of Clarendon Fine Art Gallery in Hampstead, London alongside that of leading British contemporary artists Sherree Valentine-Daines and Christian Hook.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Mount Ankogel, Austria
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Mount Ankogel, Austria" c.1940 is a color etching on watermarked Kasimir Vienna paper by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Someday
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Someday" c.1980 is an original colors offset lithograph on Wove paper by noted American artist Sheldon C. Schoneberg, 1926-2012. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 10/425 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 20 x 25 inches, sheet size is 21.75 x 29.5 inches. It is in excellent condition, it has as a small brown ink spot in the bottom margin under the title. has never been framed.
About the artist:
Born in Oak Park, Illinois; family moves to Beverly Hills; Attends El Rodeo, Beverly Hills High then Chouinard Art Institute, Los Angeles; University of Southern California, BFA cum laude. MFA, 1951; Academia di Belle Arti, Rome, 3rd Year Certificate; Universidad Michoacana, Morelia, Mexico, 1952, Graduate School - Fresco Printings.
TEACHING:
Santa Monica College, 1947; Hollywood Art Center School 1948; Pratt University, New York, 1950; Academic Rank of Full Professor of Art - University of New York, New Paltz, 1964 and University of Southern Maine 1967; Master Drawing Classes, Paris-American Academy of Art, Paris, France 1984-1985, Drawing, Painting and Contemporary Art History- University of New England, Biddeford, Maine 1993 - 2002.
CYCLES OF WORKS IN ART:
• Biblical, American Indian, Rome 1948-62, Oil Paintings
• Drawings Wash and Ink, Wood and Ink, Sepia Conte and Ink, Pastels 1940-1968, California, New York, Maine
• Archetypal Frescos 1948-55, Mexico, California, Israel
• Goyescas, Satiric Ink and Wash Sketches, Spain and Greece 1954-1962
• Tapestries of the Zodiac 1961-1963, Spain
• Para-Mandalas, Collages, Mixed-Media, Oil Paintings 1961-1967
• Flower-Children Series and Flag Series, Charcoal Pastel Drawings, California and Maine 1965-2008
• Bas-Relief polyester Resin Sculpture, Bronze Sculpture, 1966-1968
• The Centaurs Garden Suite, Centre Genevois de Grauvure Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland, lithographs on stone and etchings 1971
• Oil Paintings,Landscapes, Portraits, Nudes and Still Lifes, Mykonos, Greece, Spain, California, France, Mexico, Maine, British Columbia, Switzerland 1960-2008
• Barbary Coast Drawings, Full Color and Monochromatic 1967-1994
• The Apocalypse Series, Acrylic and Oil Paintings, Drawings 1973-1983
• Charcoal Pastel Drawings, California, Maine, France, Switzerland 1946-2008
• Metamorphous Series, Charcoal Pastel Collage Drawings on Museum Board 1987-2008
• Collage Series Drawings, San Francisco, Limington, New paltz, Los Angeles 1958-2008
• Poster Series, 90+ Charcoal Pastel Drawings on Museum Board 1985-2008
• Fayum Portrait Series, Charcoal-Pastel and Fauve Drawings 1992-2008
• Formal and Informal Portraits - Oil Paintings, Drawings, Models, Commissions, Compositions, Re-Creations 1942-2008
• Murals- Commissiond, Given and Inspired Oil paintings, Drawings, Acrylic Paintings, Collage Drawings 1936-2008
• Maquettes-100+ small original Charcoal Pastel Drawings for commissions 1970-2008
• The Great Masters of Art Series 1998-2008
• Flower Oil Paintings on Canvas ( Sunflowers, Hydrangas,etc) 2000-2008
EXHIBITIONS: INTERNATIONAL: COMBINED TOTAL OF 214, INCLUDING 82 ONE_MAN EXHIBITIONS. A SELECTION FOLLOWS.
• Museum of Munich 1948
• Museum of Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico 1952
• Hellenic-American Union, Athens, Greece 1961
• Casa de Cultura, Malaga, Spain 1964
• Exposition Internationale d'Art de Mode, Val de Grace, Paris, France
• 20th Anniversaire Paris American Academy 1985
• Gallery International Inc, St Maarten, Netherlands Antilles 1990-93
• National Museum of Mexico,D.F.1970-2008 Genesis Fresco 12'x35'
• Galerie du Carlton, La Croisette, Cannes, France 1964-78
• Galerie des Champs-Elysees, Paris, France 1966-78
• Galeria "M" Copenhagan, Denmark 1967
• Galerie del Cisne, Madrid, Spain
• Upper Grosvenor Galleries, London England 1966-68
• Kunsthandel Monet, Amsterdam Holland 1960-80
• Harrison Galleries, Vancouver BC Canada 1970-2008
• Guild Gallerie Calgary, Canada 1975-98
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS: USA
• University of Southern California 1950
• Palos Verdes Community Galleries, CA 1955
• Cowie Galleries, Los Angeles, CA 1956
• Los Angeles Municipal Galleries, Barnsdall, CA " Art of the Mural" 1959
• Maxwell Galleries, San Francisco, CA 1962-63
• Raymond Burr Galleries Beverly Hills, CA 1961-64
• Gallery 235, Chicago,IL 1967
• Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara CA (Retrospective 1969-2008)
• Lars Laine Art Galleries, Palm Springs, CA 1969-84
• Two Squares Gallery, Denver, CA 1966-70
• Fisk University Art Museum, Nashville TN 1968
• Lewis Galleries, Omaha Nebraska 1973-2008
• Talberts Galleria Tacoma, WA 1978-2008
• Lyon Art Gallery San Francisco CA 1974-1980
• Owl 57 Galleries Woodmere NY 1979-2008
• Walt Kuhn Galleries, Cape Neddick...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
La Tauromaquia, Plate #10
By Francisco Goya
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork from the suite "La Tauromaquia, Plate #10" engraved between 1815 and 1816, is a photogravure on creme wove paper after renown Spanish artist Francisco Jose De Goya...
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Photogravure
Winter Landscape 3
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Winter Landscape" c.1950, is a color etching on paper by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist's estate at the lower cente...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
White Pine
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " White Pine" c.1980 is an original color lithograph with embossing on wove paper by noted British artist Tessa Beaver, 1932-2018. It ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Moses Sees the Sufferings of his People, from the suite, The Story of Exodus
By Marc Chagall
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "Moses Sees the Sufferings of his People" 1966 from the suite " The Story of Exodus" is an original lithograph on Arches paper ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Wind Chimes #2
By Ming Wai
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "Wind Chimes #2" 1983 in a color off set lithograph by renown Chinese/American artist Wai Ming A.K.A Lo Hing Kwok, b.1938. It is hand signed an inscribed A.C (Hors Commerce) in pencil by the artist. The image size is 30.25 x 22.75 inches, sheet size is 32.75 x 25.25 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
About the artist:
Wai Ming, was born in Canton, South China on November 11, 1938, the son of a school master with nine children. Extremely poor as a child, he was raised in Hong Kong enduring many hardships amidst a chaotic environment of war and refugee settlements. Wai Ming's love for art flourished and he developed his drawing techniques without any art education, just painting what he saw. In the 1960s, Ming found representation in Hong Kong and also took the unusual step of opening his own gallery to display his work in. His primary interest being to capture images of life in fishing villages, or 'fish-folk', who have retained traditional Chinese culture, his work was at home with the sensibilities of many art buyers in Hong Kong. Crossing the ocean in his mid-30s, Wai Ming arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong in 1974. There, he experienced initial resistance from galleries and the official art world for a variety of reasons, but was ultimately embraced by dealer Jack Swanson...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Berries and Plums
By Kaoru Mansour
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Berries and Plums" c.2010 is an offset lithograph on paper by Japanese artist Kaoru Mansour, b.1956. It is hand signed and numbered 372/400 in pencil by the arti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Private Parties
By Jean Sariano
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jean Sariano Algerian-American (1943-)
Title: Private Parties
Date: 1979
Medium: Etching
Image Size 10 x 23 inches
Sheet size: 17 x 31 inches
Signature: signed lower right
Edition: 300 This one: 136/300
This wonderful, playful etching and aquatint is immediately identifiable as the work of Jean Sariano (1943-). It is numbered, titled and signed 136/300, “Private Parties”, Jean Sariano in the lower margin, all in pencil. The print measures 17” x 31” the sheet and 10” x 23” the plate. It is in excellent, pristine, never-framed condition.
Born in 1943 in Oran, Algeria, Frenchman Jean Sariano studies art at L’Ecole Régionale et Municipale Des Beaux Arts d’Oran. He is forced to escape the Algerian Revolution to Vichy, France in 1956 with his mother and five siblings. From there, Sariano moves to Paris to pursue his art studies at the world famous L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure Des Beaux Arts de Paris.
To fund his studies, he becomes janitor at Giraudon in Paris - a photo agency specialized in art. There he meets all the Masters, and very quickly he is in charge of classifying thousands of painting reproductions “A dream job for the eyes”. This job allows him to make his first trip to New York where he immediately falls in love with the city. It is at this time that he starts painting bicycles...
Category
1970s Pop Art Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera (Variant)
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, (Variant) 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka, 1886-...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Songs of Songs of King Salomons
By Théo Tobiasse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Teo Tobiasse (French/Israeli, 1927-2012)
Title: "The Songs of Songs of King Solomons"
Year: 1975
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: Numbered LVII/C in pencil
Paper: Jap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Al Hirschfeld "Phantom of the Opera" Signed Lithograph Printers Proof, circa 988
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in San Francisco, CA
Al Hirschfeld "Phantom of the Opera" hand signed lithograph printers proof, circa 1988
Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford in Phantom of the Opera.
This is a rare printers proof.
...
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
After Lunch
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "After Lunch" 1994 is an original etching by French/Canadian artist Pierre Roland Renoir b.1958 (Grand son of the famous impressionist artist Pierre Auguste Renoir) It i...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Patrick Nagel 'Commemorative #11' Serigraph Print, 1987
By Patrick Nagel
Located in San Rafael, CA
'Nagel Commemorative Eleven' (NC 11), 1987
Serigraph on 100% cotton archival grade heavyweight rag paper
Published by Mirage Editions, a limited run edition, signed in plate
Printed ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Wien
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Wien" 1911, is a color etching on paper by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist's estate at the lower center. The ...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Vacance
By Hiro Yamagata
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Vacance" 1980 is an original color serigraph on paper by renown artist Hiro Yamagata (Japanese, b. 1948) It is signed and numbered 204/300 in pencil by the artis...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Les Quais a Venise
By Jean Jansem
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jean Jansem (French/Armenian, 1920-2013)
Title: Les Quais a Venise
Year: 1966
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 127/160 in pencil
Paper: Arches paper
Image size: 18....
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Equestrian
By Charles Bragg
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Equestrian" c.1975 is an original etching by noted American artist Charles Bragg, 1931-2017. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 4/300 in pencil by the artist. T...
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Winter Landscape
By Hans Figura
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Hans Figura (Austrian, 1898-1978)
Title: Winter Landscape
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Color etching with aquatint on silk
Edition: Unknown
Plate mark (Image) size: 17.25 x 13.75 inches
Framed size: 23 x 19.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Condition: very good
Frame: Custom framed in a silver and gold frame
About the artist.
Hans Figura (Austrian, 1898-1978) was a noted painter and etcher, who was well known for his aquatint etchings on paper or satin of European and American landscape and cityscape scenes, as well as paintings of landscape and cityscape scenes, Tyrolean Alp scenes of villages and chalets, street scenes, harbor and marine scenes.
Hans Figura was born January 22, 1898, in the small town of Nagy-Kikinda near the Austro-Hungarian border, to Austrian parents. His father was a railway official and he spent his childhood in various small villages along the railway line between Vienna and Hungary. He graduated from the highschool in Vienna and also studied at the Higher Graphical Federal Education and Research Institute, a vocational school there (Höhere Graphische Bundes-Lehr und Versuchsanstalt)
As a young man, he served as an officer in the Austrian Army during WWI from 1916-18 on the Russian and Italian fronts. After the war he attended medical school at the University of Vienna for several years beginning in 1918, and seven semesters later, he passed his first state exam, but eventually decided that he preferred the arts to medicine. He also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) and by 1922 he had devoted himself to painting and etching, while also working in other artistic printing mediums, batik, illustration, bookbinding and working with leather.
From 1923-28, Figura made numerous art study trips throughout Europe including; Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, England, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. His first major success came in 1924, when he won acclaim for his etchings exhibited in Italy and the United States. In 1929, he visited the United States and in 1930, he traveled back to France, Holland and also Switzerland. During this time, Figura maintained studios in both New York City and Vienna, Austria. Throughout the course of his career, he exhibited his paintings and prints in many of the large cities throughout Europe and the United States and many of his etchings and paintings were acquired by museums and galleries, including The Kulturamt, Vienna, Austria; the Landesmuseum of Lower Austria; as well as The Society of Art Lovers, Berlin and Munich.
Select Exhibitions:
1924- Exhibitions in Italy and the United States.
Circa Mid 1920's-1939- All the exhibitions at the Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria.
1926- "Secession...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Riviera
By Erté
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: (Romain De Tirtoff) Erte (Russian, 1892-1990)
Title: Riviera
Year: 1979
Medium: Color serigraph
Edition: Numbered LXXXV/CLXXXII in pencil
Image size: 20 x 14.25 inches
Framed size: 38.25 x 32.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil
Condition: Excellent
Frame: Custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with silver color bevel and fabric matting
Description: With the blind stamp of the publisher, Circle Fine Art, Chicago IL at the lower left corner. Referenced and pictured in the artist catalogue raisonne, Erte at 95, The Complete Graphic Work by Martin Lee, plate #121.
About the artist:
Romain Erte was born Romain de Tirtoff in St. Petersburg, Russia. The only son of an admiral in the Imperial Fleet, he was raised amidst Russia's social elite. As a young boy, he was fascinated by the Persian miniatures he found in his father's library. These exotic, brightly patterned designs continued to be important to him and influenced the development of his style. He moved to Paris at the age of eighteen and took the name Erte, from the French pronunciation of his initials, R and T.
In 1915 he began his long relationship with Harper's Bazaar, during which time he created over 240 covers for the magazine. His fashion designs also appeared in many other publications, making him one of the most widely recognized artists of the 1920s. He also designed costumes and sets for the theater.
In 1976 the French government awarded Erte the title of Officer of Arts and Letters, and in 1982 the Medaille de Vermeil de la Ville de Paris was bestowed upon him. His work is in many prominent museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
The designs created by Erté during his long and illustrious life influenced not only the world of theatre, film and fashion, but an entire art movement as well. The genius of the artist is evidenced by an enormous body of work that is considered among the most influential and unique of the 20th century. Erté—Romain de Tirtoff—was born in Russia in 1892, and died at age 97 in 1990.
His legendary career spanned nearly the entire length of his life. In 1912, Erté moved to Paris and his unique talent was immediately recognized by the city's most established couturiers. In 1915, he began an association with Harper's Bazaar by designing covers of each of their magazines for the next 22 years. The influence of his work as a result of the high visibility of this periodical influenced an entire art movement that was to become known as "Art Deco".
Throughout this period, the artist also created original costume and fashion designs for many of the era's most renowned screen actresses, including Joan Crawford, Lillian Gish, Marion Davies, Anna Pavlova, Norma Shearer and others. His creations for the stage included extravagent designs for productions at such venues as New York's Radio City Music Hall, the Casino de Paris and the Paris Opera, as well as for the Folies-Bergères and George White...
Category
Late 20th Century Art Nouveau Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
$2,300
James Dobie "The New Will" Color Engraving After Walter Dendy Sadler c.1894
Located in San Francisco, CA
James Dobie "The New Will" Color Engraving After Walter Dendy Sadler c.1894
Original 19th century color engraving
Engraved by James Dobie after artwork b...
Category
Late 19th Century Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Colosseo Quadrato - iconic neoclassical architectural elements in Rome
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Colosseo Quadrato by Frank Schott, from a series of photographic observances capturing urban textures and color palettes of Roman architecture
30 x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Leaves, Monceau
By Harold Altman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Harold Altman (American, 1924-2003)
Title: Four Walking Figures
Year: c.1980
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Inscribed Artist Proof in pencil
Paper: Arches
Im...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Dreamer
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " The Dreamer" 1989 is a color offset lithograph on Artcote paper by Crow Indian artist Penni Anne Cross A.K.A. (Alawa-Sta-We- Ches) b...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Leopard
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "leopard" c.1990 is an offset lithograph by noted animals wildlife artist Jacquie Marie Vaux. It is hand signed and numbered 366/750 in...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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