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Item Ships From: California
Shadow of Light - Nude Figurative Study with a Bottle of California Wine
Located in Soquel, CA
Shadow of Light - Nude Figurative Study with a Bottle of California Wine
Abstract expressionist watercolor and charcoal painting depicting a nude woman lounging by acclaimed bluegra...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor
La Danse Macabre
By Jan Frans Deboever
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian Symbolist artist Jan Frans DeBoever (1872 - 1948), created symbolist/allegorical paintings throughout his lifetime. He centralized on allegorical and literary subjects, generally depicting the constant struggle of good vs. evil. This is consistently reflected by images of beautiful women interacting with skeletons, gargoyles and demons.
La Danse Macabre...
Category
1910s Symbolist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Chess Player I - Abstract Bold Colorful Figurative Expressionist Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Valerie Etitinwo's unique approach to abstract figurative painting celebrates the unconventional beauty found in imperfection and awkwardness. The Nigerian-Swiss artist uses bold col...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Child Star" Mid Century Portrait of a Boy with Brown Eyes Oil on Canvas
By William Robert Shulgold
Located in Soquel, CA
"Child Star" Mid Century Portrait of a Boy with Brown Eyes Oil on Canvas
Stately portrait of a boy by William Robert Shulgold (Russian-American, 1897-1989). The subject is looking o...
Category
1950s American Realist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Surflow - Surfing Art - Figurative Art By Marc Zimmerman
By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Surflow - Surfing Art - Figurative - Oil Print By Marc Zimmerman
Marc Zimmerman creates playful paintings, whether deep mysterious jungle or delightfully whimsical florals. His colo...
Category
2010s Conceptual California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"San Jacinto Peak" Large oil painting on canvas.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "San Jacinto Peak" c.1970, is an oil painting on canvas by noted Palm Spring artist Darwin Taylor, 1921-1975. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mexican Market with Couple
By Antonio Vasquez Parra
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Mexican Market with Couple" 1976 is an oil painting on canvas by Mexican artist Antonio Vasquez Parra, 1927-1984. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by th...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bobby - Large Scale Colorful Original Pop Art Textured Portrait Artwork
By Alea Pinar Du Pre
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Alea Pinar Du Pre's original mixed media artworks portray human figures in a graphic pop-realist style. An enterprising autodidact merging technology and fine art, her vibrant contemporary pop-figurative artworks colorfully explore the territory between human reality and artificial reality. Her paintings portray the fact that our perceptions of solid reality are deceptively virtual. This unique collage is a part of her "Snapshot" series, as she explains:
"We consist of the same atoms, created billions of years ago in a supernova. And here we are living and breathing and experiencing life, and we think we are all so different. I think we are all the same, it’s just that are masks and poses are different. I love humanity and this game we are playing. With snapshot I am trying to capture the unawareness of the fact that we are the greatest wonder of the universe".
This one-of-a-kind 68 inch tall by 52 inch wide vertical artwork includes bright neon colors and sparkle. Pinar Du Pre's fusion of materials - acrylics, printed elements, and layers of gilt captured under an epoxy lens - represents the layered reality she aims to depict. The sides of this canvas are painted metallic and it does not require framing. Pinar Du Pre has signed, titled, and dated this original artwork...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Glitter
"Devilish" mixed media collage on wood with neon
By Amy Smith
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Amy Smith is a self-educated contemporary artist. Born in New Jersey, she moved to Los Angeles where she found inspiration, mentors, and support in the Street Art community.
In her Collage Portrait Series, Amy Smith uses photography, and layers of hand cut stencils, and torn recycled fashion magazine pieces to simultaneously represent her love of fashion and her contempt for excessive consumerism. In addition, she showcases female portraits to empower and unify, creating a space to feel connected to oneself and to each other.
Smith’s mixed media collages have been shown at Wallspace, Saatchi’s The Other Art Fair, La Art Fair to name a few and been part of auctions such as revered Julien’s Auctions...
Category
2010s Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Neon Light, Mixed Media
Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.
Stately portrait of Franklin Atwood Park by Arthur Trevethin Nowell (British, 1862-1940). Park is sitting for a classical portrait, wearing a suit with a blue bowtie against a dark background. Of particular note are his glasses and moustache, both rendered with expert detail. Park was the VP and Chairman of the Board for Singer Manufacturing Company and Manager of the Singer Division in Scotland when the portrait was commissioned. We show a digital image of a photographic portrait of Franklin.
Signed and dated "A T Nowell. 1922"
Includes paper with biographical information on the sitter.
Frame size: 37.5"H x 32.5"W
Canvas size: 30"H x 25"W
Arthur Nowell (British, 1862-1940) was born at Garndiffath, near Pontypool, and was the youngest of six children born to the Rev. John Nowell and his wife Mary...
Category
1920s American Modern California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Facing Gravity - Original Colorful Pop Portrait by Gary John Street Art for Sale
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
'Mary with Jesus and St. John the Baptist', 17th Century Milanese School Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A late 17th century, devotional oil showing the Virgin Mary with Jesus and St. John the Baptist. Displayed in a fine and period, hand-carved and gilt-wood frame.
Framed dimensions: ...
Category
Mid-17th Century California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Rainy Day Series - Original Colorful Contemporary Figurative Fashion Artwork
By Darwin Estacio Martinez
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Born in 1982 in Manzanillo, Cuba, artist Darwin Estacio Martinez honed his artistic skills at the Professional Academy of Fine Arts "El Alba" in Holguin, and furthered his education ...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Venice
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Venice" 1964 is an oil painting on canvas by noted French artist Regis Bouvier de Cachard, 1929-2013. It is signed and dated at the upper right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 30 x 40 inches, the framed size is 38 x 48 inches. It is framed in the original light wood color rustic distressed frame, with gold color fillet and fabric liner. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Regis de Bouvier de Cachard...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Butterfly Effect
By Fidan Kim
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A year in creation, we are proud to present, "Butterfly Effect", by Fidan Kim.
This is an original oil on canvas, signed, created in 2024, excellent original condition, sold unframe...
Category
2010s Symbolist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century Seascape and Figural Original oil painting on Linen
By Robert Watson
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Seascape and Figural Original oil painting on Linen 1956
Solitary figure on wharf by California artist Robert Watson, painted 1956 (1923 - 2004)The following, is from To...
Category
1950s American Realist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
A Muse Berkeley Figurative School by Patricia Gren Hayes 1975
By Patricia Gren Hayes
Located in Soquel, CA
A Muse - Figurative Study in Oil on Canvas
A nude man wearing a sailor hat while he looks down at a woman sitting on sheets of red and blue by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes ...
Category
1970s American Modern California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Barbershop Designs', Kumasi, Accra, Ghana, Jah Bless, African Hair Styles, Folk
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A whimsical and unique, Ghanaian barbershop haircut board signed, upper left, 'Joe Addai' (Ghanaian, 20th century), inscribed 'City Boy Artworks, Kumasi' and ...
Category
1990s California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Swan Dive (Aqua Culture Series)
By Marc Foster Grant
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold and bright painting of a diver by Marc Foster Grant (American, b. 1947). Signed "Grant 2007" in the lower right corner. Presented in a simple sl...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Laid Paper
Red Squirrel on Lavender - Original Vivid Figurative Animal Painting on Canvas
By Naomi Jones
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Naomi Jones's richly patterned realistic paintings focus on the preservation of vulnerable wildlife. Jones finds catharsis in painting soulful animals. Portraits of vulnerable specie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Three Sisters in the Cascade Range, Oregon Lake with Birds Migrating
Located in Soquel, CA
Three Sisters in the Cascade Range, Oregon
Landscape scene depicting three snowcapped mountains, also known as "The Three Sisters," surrounded by evergreen trees by John Englehart...
Category
Late 19th Century Tonalist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Mid Century Figurative Landscape -- Aptos Village Apple Shed and Market
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century figurative landscape of Aptos Village Apple Shed and Market by listed California artist Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). Aptos is just south of Santa Cruz,...
Category
1960s American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Legend in Light and Shadow: Marilyn Monroe - Figurative Abstract 3D Painting
By Virginie Schroeder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playing with the interaction between positive and negative space, strong colors on neutral backgrounds, Canadian artist Virginie Schroeder creates pop art portraits and iconic pop cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Christ Falls on the Way to Calvary, Dutch-Italianate School, c.18th-19th Cent.
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive depiction of Christ being aided by Simon of Cyrene by an unknown artist, Italiante School style of 17th-century Northern European painters principally Dutch, c.1700s-1800s. This piece is composed of oil on linen, laid down on fiberboard. Presented in a giltwood frame. Image size: 42"H x 33"W.
Italianate painters, group of 17th-century northern European painters, principally Dutch, who traveled in Italy and, consciously adopting the style of landscape painting that they found there, incorporated Italian models and motifs into their own works. Chief among the Italianates were Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Andries and Jan Both, Nicolaes Berchem, and Jan Asselijn...
Category
18th Century Romantic California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Fiberboard
Late 19th Century Original English Landscape of a Cottage in Cambria
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 19th Century Original English Landscape of a Cottage in Cambria
Wonderful original antique painting of a thatched cottage in Cambria by...
Category
1880s Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Gouache
Nevaeh - Original Silver Leaf Floral Sally K Figurative Artwork
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, feminine women, celebrating ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Paris Art on a Spring Morning
Located in Soquel, CA
Paris street scene by a French street artist signed lower right. Label on verso "Angelo Ponza" Art Gallery Naples, Italy.
Image, 16"H x 20"W
Frame, 20"H x 24"W
Category
1970s Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Female Figure, Flora, Classical Art, Eve In Blue and White by America Martin
By America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Eve In Blue and White"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
120 x 42 inches
120.5 x 42.5 inches framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative
By Charles Chapin
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid-century abstract figurative by North Carolina artist Charles Chapin (American, 20th Century), 1964. signed and dated lower right (Chapin 8/64). Condition: Excellent. Image size: 38"H x 28"W. Presented in painted slat rustic frame. Framed size:: 39"H x 30"W x 1".
Charles Chapin received his BA from North Carolina and was associated with the Chapel Hill...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Female Figure, Animal, Woman with Dogs by America Martin
By America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Woman with Dogs"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
80 x 110 inches
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draws inspiration from her...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Synchronized Swimmers, Pop Art Figurative Abstract on Blue
By Marc Foster Grant
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid contemporary pop art style acrylic painting on paper of two synchronized swimmers posed in unison on a bright blue background by Marc Foster Grant (American, b. 1947), 2007. Th...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Figure Painting, Sports, Baseball, The Pitcher by America Martin
By America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"The Pitcher"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
111 x 48.25 inches
112.5 x 49.5 inches framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin d...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Street Market
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Street Market" c. 1975, is an oil painting on canvas by noted Dutch artist Johannes Josephus Hovener, b.1936. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork (canvas) size is 24 x 32 inches, framed size is 33.5 x 41.5 inches. Framed in original wooden gold frame, with fabric liner. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Johannes Josephus (Jan) Hovener (1936) Johannes Josephus (Jan) Hovener was born in Rotterdam on 14th August, 1936. Hovener enjoyed the study at the Rotterdam Academy. After his studies, Hovener won the Talens Prize in 1959. It was therefore Willem Sandberg, director of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, who wrote the following about a self-portrait by Hovener: As someone who could do something and had an incredible vision. Especially for someone of twenty years old. Hovener initially started as a pottery painter with Delft blue at the Porceleyne Fles. Meanwhile, Hovener has more than half a century of experience and has become a all round...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of a Woman in the Style of Modigliani in Acrylic (Red Background)
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman in the Style of Modigliani in Acrylic (Red Background)
Portrait of a woman in the style of Amedeo Modigliani by an unknown artist (20th century). The woman has d...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Illustration Board
Female and Male Figure, Flora, Adam and Eve In Blue and White by America Martin
By America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Adam and Eve In Blue and White"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
120 x 84 inches
120.5 x 85 inches framed ( 120.5 x 42.5 inches framed each)
Exploring the identity of both h...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Modern Reclining Nude Study of Red Haired Woman
By Patricia Gren Hayes
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern nude study of red-haired woman reclining seated by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932), 1979.
Signed and dated on verso
Provenance: Purchased as part of larger collection of artist's work
Unframed.
Canvas size: 16"H x 20"W.
Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932) is a Bay Area Figurative & Feminist Art Movement artist who studied at Winnipeg Public Art School in 1950. She received early recognition in Museum and Gallery competitions and exhibitions and was awarded a Special Education in Art recognition by the Winnipeg Museum of Fine Art, and was awarded a scholarship to the Banff College of Fine Art. Further studies were at The University of Manitoba.
She was a Member of Winnipeg Free Press Sketch Club and was a Cartoonist and paste-up for a French-English bi-weekly, in Eastern Canada;
She studied outdoor impressionism in New York in 1960; in 1962, attended The California College of Arts and Crafts, and in 1976 B.A., U.C. Berkeley where she studied under Elmer Bischoff, David Simpson, Joan Brown, Felix Ruvolo, Yolanda Lopez and Vincent Perez.
She started a freelance commercial art business in 1963; copyrighted a National Cartoon, 1976, and served as Exhibition Director for San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976-1978. She was a workshop instructor at the San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery, 1977-1985; and was Manager/Owner Stanton Art Gallery, Alameda, CA, 1976-1982.
Solo Exhibitions:
Berkeley Marina, 1974;
Oakland Center for The Visual Arts, "Images of Women", 1979
Group Exhibitions:
Oakland's Dept of Education, 1963, Studio One;
Alameda County Fair, 1975, 1976, 1978;
San Francisco Art Festival, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978;
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976, 1977, 1978;
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery Exhibition, award winner - 1970, 1977, 1978;
Hayward Bay Fair Art Festival, award winner - 1971;
Capricorn Assunder Gallery, 1973;
Oakland Art Festival, 1973, 1974;
Alameda Art Association, 1978;
El Cerrito...
Category
1970s American Modern California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Study of Rembrandt’s Portrait of an Old Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Study of Rembrandt’s Portrait of Old Woman Russian for Niello Engraving
A wonderful study of Rembrandt’s portrait of an Old Woman used for Niello engraving by Ru...
Category
Early 20th Century Old Masters California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
'La Taverne Pausset, Paris', Salon d'Automne, Salon des Independants, Benezit
By Edouard-Jean Dambourgez
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Dambourgez' for Edouard-Jean Dambourgez (French, 1844-1931), titled, 'Paris' and painted circa 1880. Titled with inscription, verso, on old backing, ''Taverne Pausset', grands boulevards a Paris".
A fine and detailed, cabinet-size oil painting showing an elegant Parisian cafe and bar, the interior lit by luminous, floor-to-ceiling stained-glass windows and filled with fashionably-dressed patrons drinking and socializing beneath a haze of pipe and cigar smoke. A minor, period masterpiece, providing an animated view of the city's fin-de-siècle nightlife, and characterised by finely observed and fully-realized figures showing an unusual degree of both social commentary and psychological penetration.
Edouard-Jean Dambourgez first studied with Jules Lefebvre and, subsequently, as an engraver and chromo-lithographer under Gustave Boulanger. In 1880, Dambourgez commenced exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français, and, in 1883, was elected a member of the Society. Throughout the 1880's, he exhibited frequently and with success at the major Paris salons including the Salon d'Automne, the Salon des Independants and the Salon des Champs-de-Mars. In 1884, he was commissioned by the Louvre to engrave all illustrations for the catalog to the Thiers Collection, recently bequeathed to the Museum. The recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards, Dambourgez was awarded an honorable distinction by the Salon in 1888, and an honorable mention in 1891.
In 1888, the critic Albert Wolff recommended his painting, 'A Cheese Shop', for inclusion at the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1891, the city of Paris bought his large canvas, 'The Cream and Cheese Market...
Category
1880s Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Postcard
5 Abstracted Figures, Acrylic on Canvas, Heatwave by Rebecca Jack
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
Rebecca Jack
"Heatwave"
Acrylic on Canvas
48 x 80 in.
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Rebecca Jack, an intuitive painter, creates vibrant, figurative works that highlight the beauty of...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
(Untitled) Little Girl Cradling Her Black Cat, in Greens and Chestnut
Located in San Francisco, CA
Poignancy. A little girl hugging her black kitty rendered in any realistic palette would be cloying. But not here. You look longer. Tight little patterns bubble over in the backgroun...
Category
1960s Modern California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Seated Female Nude Figure in Oil on Canvas
By George Wishon
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated Female Nude Figure in Oil on Canvas
Beautiful modern impressionist figure painting of a seated nude woman by George Wishon (American, 1937-2005). The two-toned light blue and...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'The Family Dinner', Thanksgiving, Christmas, Festive Reunion, Large Naive Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Pauer' for Jacalyn Pauer (American, 20th century) and dated 1991. Additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'The Family Dinner'.
A su...
Category
1990s Folk Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Portrait of Gerardina Van Osch by Dutch artist Johan Hendrik Neuman (Dutch)
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful realist mid 19th century portrait of Gerardina Van Osch (Dutch, 1819-1898) by Jan Hendrik Neuman (Johan Heinrich Neuman) (German, 1819-1898). S...
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
F Brown Mid-century painting of colorful figure
Located in San Francisco, CA
F Brown Mid-century painting of colorful figure
'69
Oil on canvas
8 x 10 unframed, 9.25 x 11.25 framed
Category
1960s California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Open Sails
Located in Soquel, CA
Richly colored landscape of sailboats on the water at Gloucester Harbor, Massachusetts. Signed "De Geno" in lower right corner. Presented in a gilt wood frame. Image size: 17.5" L x ...
Category
1960s Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Boy Reading
By Franco Rispoli
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Boy Reading" c.1975 is an oil painting on canvas by Italian artist, Franco Rispoli, 1921-1989. It is signed at the lower right corner by the ...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Capitol Records Building"-Red Acrylic & Ink on Paper
By Marz Junior
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Marz Jr. is a focused freelance artist and illustrator, creating original and limited edition works in paint and ink. He also works in animation on various digital media platforms. H...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
DESNUDOS
By Jorge Tamayo
Located in Los Angeles, CA
JORGE TAMAYO
"DESNUDOS"
ARCYLIC ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
COSTA RICA, DATED 2012
43 X 51 INCHES
Jorge Tamayo Cabrera
Tamayo was born in Ecuador in 1...
Category
2010s Surrealist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride, Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape
By Walter Thomas Sacks
Located in Soquel, CA
Stowe Vermont Village Sleigh Ride - Mid Century Winter Figurative Landscape
A bright, crisp morning and a sleigh ride through new snow in Stowe, Vermont...
Category
1940s Post-War California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Volti
By Umberto Bianchini
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Volti" c.1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted Italian artist Umberto Bianchini, 1934-1990. It is signed at the lower left ...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Contemporary musicians oil painting on canvas, Geometric Symphony.
By KOKO HOVAGUIMIAN
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
“Geometric Symphony” by Koko Hovaguimain
Oil on Canvas.
Koko Hovaguimain's Geometric Symphony is a breathtaking masterwork that resonates with rhythm, balance, and visual harmony. Wi...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Fluido Vitale - Framed Original Abstract Portrait Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian artist Alessandro Casetti's paintings metaphorically represent all the emotions, fears, and hopes that populate our daily life inside and outside of our own bodies. Through a...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Abstracted Figure, Homage to Cezzanne's Card Player by America Martin
By America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Homage to Cezzanne's Card Players Men with Words Hats and Cards"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
60 x 70 Inches
61.5 x 71.5 In Framed
Signed painting by America Martin.
Ex...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Mid Century Figurative Seascape with Sailboats
By Henryk Dzienczarski
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-century figurative seascape with boats by Henryk Dzienczarski, (Poland, b-1917). Signed "H. Dzienczarski" lower right. Displayed in a wood fra...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
Yokohama
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Yokohama" 1955, is an oil on canvas by noted Japanese artist Shigehiko Ishikawa, 1909-1994. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Coast Guard Cutter with Cannons Spanish-American War Maritime Original Oil
Located in Soquel, CA
Turn of 20th Century Spanish-American War Coast Guard Cutter with Cannons Original Oil Painting
A fine example of maritime ship portraiture oil painting of a Coast Guard Cutter with cannons under sails during the Spanish American War by renowned Nautical British/American painter Captain William Lindsay Challoner (British/American 1852-1901), 1901. Auction values Luminous and striking painting with seaman unfurling sails heading into rough waters. Challoner served as captain of a naval vessel (Coast Guard Cutter) during the Spanish-American War. Here he is depicted on the deck of the ship while seamen scramble aloft on the rigging during a gale. The captain stands tall before the cannons at the ready to fend off intruders. His paintings are rare and highly prized by museums and Nautical collectors alike.
Signed: Lower right corner "W. Challoner"
Not framed
Dated: "1910"
Provenance: A local Monterey Bay area estate find.
Condition: Professionally restored (conservation report available)
Image size: 27.75"H x 47.38"W
William Lindsay Challoner lived the peripatetic life of a mariner, spending much of his time at sea, and in ports such as New Orleans and San Francisco, California. He was born in Bedminster, England, and attended the York Naval Academy. In 1880, Challoner married Mary Cadogan. That same year, the couple immigrated to Argentina and then New Orleans. They had one son, William Lindsay Challoner, Jr.
Lloyd’s Lists record Challoner as master aboard J.P. Macheca, a “Clipper Schooner” running bananas from Jamaica during the mid-1880s. The clipper also raced at the Southern Yacht Club in New Orleans. As is often the case, Challoner’s middle name is misspelled as “Lindsey” in J.P. Macheca & Co. records. He is also said to have served as captain for vessels in the Morgan Line.
Painting was at first an avocation for Challoner, but his draftsmanship and handling of paint suggest academic training. He may also have learned to make precise topographical drawings at the York Naval Academy. Many of his ship portraits are in the English tradition, notably followers of Samuel Walker, a leading English maritime artist in the 1850s. Like his Liverpool counterparts, Challoner used receding linear and atmospheric perspective to focus on the crisp portraits of specific ships. At their best, his canvases are highly finished, a style that imitates the Venetian tradition of topographical city views associated with Giovanni Antonio Canal, also known as Canaletto. However, Challoner’s restrained bravura paint handling also may bear witness to the influence of the French Impressionists.
Challoner seems to have arrived in New Orleans about 1880. He advertised in the press and exhibited at the Creole Art Gallery and Grunewald’s Music Store in New Orleans. In 1887, Challoner moved to San Francisco, where he exhibited his maritime scenes at the Mechanic’s Institute and became a U.S. citizen. He may have been back in New Orleans after 1891, and served as captain of a naval vessel during the Spanish-American War. His art clients tended to be men involved in the shipping industry—ship owners and commission merchants, along with professional clubs and maritime benevolent societies.
Challoner’s principal competition in New Orleans was August Norieri, a talented ship portraitist and painter of marines. While Norieri lived hand-to-mouth, Challoner drew a handsome salary working as a ship captain, presumably until shortly before his death at the age of 49. Securing the commission for painting the newly founded New Orleans Yacht Club suggests that Challoner was held in higher regard as an artist than Norieri. The two artists together met the market demand for ship portraiture and marine views in the port city, as had Edward Arnold and James Guy...
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Abstracted Figure, Female Figure_Women Pick Fruit by America Martin
By America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Women Pick Fruit"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
69 x 81 Inches
69.5 x 82.5 In. Framed
Signed painting by America Martin.
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Five figures and a horse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Franklin Faust
Mixed media on board
1961
Five figures and a horse
23 x 27.5 unframed
27.75 x 33.75 framed
Category
1960s California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
