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Item Ships From: California
Nude
By Rip Matteson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Nude" c.1970 is an oil painting on panel by American artist Rip Matteson, 1920-2011. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The panel size is 24 x 18 inc...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Friendship - Original Pastel Pop Art Painting with Cartoon and Comic Characters
By Naguy Claude
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Naguy Claude mixes popular culture icons and street art with comic and cartoon characters, as well as famous superheroes, in his original layered mixed media paintings. His artworks express a fascination with highly emotional content while retaining childlike playfulness. The fusion of positivity and nostalgia evokes familiarity while placing Claude's original artworks in an innovative realm. The layered and complex paintings, with their simple messages, showcase his unique approach.
Naguy Claude created this one-of-a-kind 21.5-inch high by 21-inch wide artwork with acrylic paint, spray paint, and varnish on canvas. His characters develop their own unique essence with layers of splattered and dripped acrylic and spray paint rendered with vivid colors. This artwork is stretched, wired, and ready to hang. It is signed by the artist on the front and back and does not require framing. Convenient local Los Angeles delivery. Affordable Continental U.S. and international shipping are available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included.
Coming from a working-class neighborhood in the Parisian suburbs, Claude had the opportunity to experience various cultures and traditions, which gave him a different outlook on the world and ignited his curiosity. During his teenage years, Claude was fascinated with public graffiti art while riding public transportation. He participated in his first exhibition at the age of 16. His artwork reflects the diverse influences he has encountered throughout his life, including his passion for popular culture, street art, and the emotional complexity of childhood.
Cartoon icons such as The Simpsons, Mickey Mouse, Dragon Ball...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Nude with Drape
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Nude with Drape, c. 1937, oil on board, 24 x 17 (oval), signed lower right, provenance: Frances Lee Kent Falcone Family Trust
About the Painting
Fletcher Martin’s Nude with Drape ...
Category
1930s American Modern California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Fine and Charming 19th Century Oil Canvas "Children Walking the Baby Goat"
Located in LA, CA
Henry Joseph Campotosto (Belgium, 1833-1910) A Very Fine Oil on Canvas "Walking the Baby Goat", depicting two young dutch girls by the grassy shore of a river bank, one standing holding a wicker basket and a leash to a resting baby goat, the youngest sitting next to her on a pile of branches tucking her pants, a pair of ducks and ducklings swimming by the tree lined river; within a later giltwood carved frame. Signed (l/r): Campotosto Henry. Circa: Brussels, 1870.
Note: The artist is also known as Henri Campotosto
Henry or Henri Campotosto was born in Brussels in 1833. He studied in Brussels at the Royal Academy des Beaux-Arts and painted some artworks with Eugène Verboeckhoven (Belgium, 1798-1881). He received a 1st Class Medal at the Academy of Brussels and an honorable mention at the Paris Exhibition of 1860. In 1871 he moved to London with his family and remained there for life. He exhibited his work at the Royal Academy Exhibition until 1874 and at the Suffolk Street Gallery from 1878. In 1880 he took part in the Berlin Academy Exhibition. His daughter Octavia also became a painter, visited Italy, and showed her paintings at the Royal Academy from 1871 to 1874. Henri Campotosto died in London in 1910.
High Sales:
Christie's New York - Property from an American Collection, "The Bird's Nest" - Lot 247 on October 22, 2008, Sold for $37,500
Bonhams London - 19th Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art on 28 September 2016 - Lot 33 "Gathering flowers" Sold for £25,000 ($33,750 USD)
Museums:
The British Museum - Print of two girls and a lamb and print of two girls by a river bank
Literature
• E. Benezit Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs by Librairie Gründ - 1976 Edition - Volume 2, Page 488.
• Maurice W...
Category
19th Century Academic California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Les Quais de la Seine with Notre Dame, Paris.
By Guy Buffet
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "Les Quais de la Seine with Notre Dame, Paris" c.1970 is an oil painting on canvas by noted French artist Guy Buffet, 1943-2023. It is signed at the lower right c...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Early 20th Century Allegorical Figurative -- Pale Horse Coming to Shore
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming impressionistic painting with allegorical theme of pale horse coming to shore by Cash Arthur Bond (American, 1876 - 1952), circa 1900. Signed "C.A. Bond" lower left corner. ...
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Cardboard
Like Nothing Else
By Myron Stephens
Located in Burlingame, CA
In this cinema noir , comic strip series of original oil and acrylic painting on wood panels, Myron Stephens realistically recreates images of people and often mundane objects that a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Foundations of Insight - Original Moody Mixed Media Surrealist Figurative Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic, and charcoal on archival copies of newspapers, textbooks, and sheet music. As a visionary artist, Lebsack weaves ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Archival Paper
1960s Clown Portrait #4
By Marjorie May Blake
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a clown in three quarter view, with expressive brushstrokes and use of color by Marjorie Blake (1920-1994). Unsigned, but was purchased with...
Category
1960s American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
Los Ninos De Calle - Original Painting Colorful Commercial Building Cars on Road
By Danny Brown
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danny Brown’s artworks allocate an intrinsic connection between himself and the diverse communities occupying Los Angeles. Brown combines art history, streetwear trends, and pop art ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Ink
Divus 10
By Jylian Gustlin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Jylian Gustlin’s paintings are process driven – when looking at her work there is a sense the painting was “made” with effort, intention and even strength. The artist starts with an ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Morning frequencies
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 California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
"Blue Star" by Maura Petersen - Green and Blue Contemporary Abstract Woman Model
Located in Carmel, CA
Maura Petersen (American, born 1956)
"Blue Star" 2019
Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
In "Blue Star", Maura Petersen uses expressiv...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
1880s Figurative Sackett's Calvary Charge of the 9th New York Volunteers
Located in Soquel, CA
Late 19th century figurative painting of the battle of Trevilians Station and of the wounding of Colonel Sackett June 11, 1864. Oil on canvas in giltwood frame. Signed or notated indistinctly lower right. Image, 20.25"H x 36.25"W.
Military History Prior to 1865
The 9th New York Cavalry contained two companies from Cattaraugus County. It was mustered into the service October 1, 1861 and, until mustered out in July, 1865, lost 619 officers and men out of a total enlistment of a little less than two thousand. It participated in many battles and skirmishes and lost its colonel, William Sackett, who was killed at Trevilian Station, Virginia, on June 11, 1864.
From the Albany Evening Journal, July 20, 1864:
Another name is added to the list of hero martyrs who have fallen in the service of their country. Col. WILLIAM SACKETT, of the Ninth New-York Cavalry, (son of Hon. W.A. SACKETT,) was mortally wounded in the engagement, under Gen. SHERIDAN, at Pavillion Station, Va., and died on the 14th ult. As he was left behind, the sad intelligence of his decease has but just been received.
Col. SACKETT had seen much service. He entered the army on the 22d of April, 1861, was appointed Major of the Ninth New-York Cavalry in October of the same year, was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonelcy in August, 1862, and in March, 1863, became commander of the regiment. He was with Gen. MCCLEELAN in the Peninsula campaign, was in all the cavalry actions of the campaign which followed, was with the army in its advance after the battle of Antietam, and in almost constant conflict with the enemy until after the battle of Fredericksburgh. He participated in most of the cavalry engagements under Gen. HOOKER's command, was in all the principal cavalry actions during LEE's invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania in 1863, and was among the first engaged in the terrible conflict at Gettysburgh, where he performed distinguished service in holding a rebel brigade in check a long time while our forces were getting into position on the crest of the hill. He was active in the cavalry skirmishes which ensued in the latter part of the Summer.
During the present campaign he was with Gen. SHERIDAN in all his brilliant expeditions up to the time when he fell. He died while leading a charge against the enemies of his country -- died, as he wished to die, doing his whole duty. He was brave, he was generous, he was unflinchingly faithful to the cause of the Union. He loved the old flag with a love that was stronger than life, and esteemed it glorious to fall in its defense. He was born in Seneca Falls, and was 25 years of age.
When the great civil war broke out [William Sackett] was practicing law at Albany, N. Y., having a short time previous been admitted to the bar. In December, 1861, he was commissioned Major of the 9th Regiment of New York Cavalry, and taking the field served with credit in several engagements in which that command participated. On June 27, 1862, his immediate superior, Lieutenant- Colonel Hyde, resigned and three days later Major Sackett was commissioned to fill the vacancy. On the 30th of the following May he was advanced to the Colonelcy of his regiment, with rank from March 15, 1863.
It is stated in "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" that the cavalry pickets commanded by Colonel Sackett fired the first shot at the battle of Gettysburg. He subsequently led his command, in a gallant manner, in numerous engagements, including the battle of Trevilians Station, fought June 10, 1864. There he received a mortal wound and died inside of the enemy's lines some three days later. The report that he had been severely wounded and was in the hands of the enemy soon reached his wife, who immediately determined to make an effort to reach and care for him, not knowing that he was already dead when the report reached her. The following correspondence, copied from Official Records published by the War Department, tells in most emphatic terms of her devotion.
City Point, Va., July 7, 1864.
General R. E. Lee, Commanding Confederate Army,
Mrs. Sackett, the wife of Colonel William Sackett, who was wounded on the 11th of June, near Trevilians Station, Va., is here in deep distress and feeling great anxiety to learn the fate of her husband. Colonel Sackett was left at a house some two miles and a half from the station, in charge of...
Category
1880s American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Untitled - Equestrian
By Felix Angel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Felix Angel – Colombian/American (1949- )
Title: Untitled - Equestrian
Year: 1985
Medium: acrylic on canvas
Size: 44 x 56 inches
Signature: Signed...
Category
1980s Modern California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Autumn in the Yard, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2017
Style: Impressionism
Title: Autumn in the Yard
Size: 18" x 14" x...
Category
2010s Academic California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Lucky To Love You - Impasto Thick Paint Original Artwork
By Cynthia Coulombe Bégin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Coulombe-Bégin's dynamic acrylic on canvas works seek to produce a metamorphic interpretation of the artist's inner identity. Her paintings make ample use of contrasting colors to create exuberance and energy in her images. Inspired by street art, Coulombe Bégin 's paintings range from the abstract to the surreal and employ a variety of techniques and materials. Her contemporary artworks draw inspiration from body image, the universally recognizable symbol of hearts, and the experience of humankind. She brings a sensitivity to her work that stems from her exploration of identity and the joy and happiness of existence. Coulombe-Bégin draws us into her internal world: exploring the soul and matter, conscience, and the modern universe.
This original painting depicting one colorful heart painted on a black background measures 12 inches square. This thickly textured heart is applied with tactile brushwork. It is wired and ready to hang. The sides of this artwork are painted black and it does not require framing. Convenient local Los Angeles area shipping. Affordable Continental U.S. and worldwide shipping also available. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included.
Coulombe-Bégin’s work portrays from colorful hearts to specific parts of the human body, especially large close-up portrayals of the mouth and eyes, which are depicted with great contrasts of color and chiaroscuro. These symbols are constructed with specific gestures and drippings in which Coulombe-Bégin expresses an abstract universe full of movement, symbolism, and eroticism.
Born in Miami, Coulombe-Bégin grew up in Quebec City where she earned a Bachelor of Visual Arts in 2006 from Laval University. Starting very young, her parents focused a great deal on both the arts and athletics which helped her develop her own mode of expression.
“I am particularly interested in the fragmented corporal shell, which I emphasize through spontaneous movement and vivid colors.” stated Coulombe-Bégin. “My experience with painting has led me to see things differently, to self-discovery and to great astonishment."
Coulombe-Bégin's works have been exhibited and collected worldwide, including Canada, the United States, Europe, South America, and Australia.
REPRESENTATION
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Inspire moi, Galerie Iris, Baie-St-Paul
2021 Le Corps à Coeur, Galerie Corno X Beauchamp, Montréal
2019 Rêve moi, Centre Boréart, Granby, QC
Feel Moi, Galerie Iris, Baie-St-Paul, QC
2017 Wildest Dreams, La nuit des Galeries, Québec
Salon d’habitation d’automne, Qébec
2016 Salon d’habitation d’automne, Québec
2015 Polyphonie, Palais Montcalm, Québec
2012 Le feu à la bouche, SSS, Québec, QC
2011 Le Moulin La Lorraine, Lac Etchemin, QC
2010 Lunetterie du faubourg, Quebec
Les futures Déesses désirées, Le Cercle, Quebec, QC
Trafic d'organes, Clocher penché, Quebec, QC
Corps et Corporalités, Studio Party...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Recollection in Tranquility - Large Original Mixed Media Surrealist Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic, and charcoal on archival copies of newspapers, textbooks, and sheet music. As a visionary artist, Lebsack weaves ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Archival Paper
1940s English Country Cottage Landscape
By Henry T. Harvey
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful 1940s genre landscape of traditional English cottage painted in the European style by Henry T. Harvey (English/American, 1908-2000). Signed lower right corner. Presented in...
Category
1940s Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hope Love Explosion - Original Textural Hope Colorful Text 3D Wall Painting
By Virginie Schroeder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Virginie Schroeder is an innovative artist based in Quebec, Canada. She puts in play lines, circles, and other geometric forms to create works with subjects that are not immediately ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Modern Nude Study of Red Haired Woman Seated in Chair
By Patricia Gren Hayes
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern nude study of woman seated in chair by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932). Red haired women with side view of same woman with asymmetrical composition circa 1970.
Unsigned.
Provenance: Purchased as part of larger collection of artist's work
Unframed.
Canvas size: 29"H x 29"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
"Relaxation" by Shana Wilson - Beautiful Smiling Young Woman Resting in Bed
By Shana Wilson
Located in Carmel, CA
Shana Wilson (Canadian, born 1966)
"Relaxation" 2012
Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
"Reclining Woman Nude" by Shana Wilson is a 48" x ...
Category
2010s Expressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Seascape, California Coast
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Seascape, California Coast" is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Willam Henry Blackman, b.1930. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist, also stamped signed in the back. The canvas size is 23.75 x 48 inches. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
William H. Blackman was born February 2, 1930 in San Diego. He spent most of his early years in West Los Angeles. He became interested in art at about the age of 12 when he painted his first oil painting. In high school he majored in art so he could experiment with various mediums to find ways to interpret his ideas.
In December of 1948 he joined the Navy and was stationed in Hawaii. After his tour of duty he returned to California and attended Woodbury College to learn about advertising and the graphic arts. While there, he met his wife Shirley, who coincidentally came from the Big Island of Hawaii. They were married on June 11, 1955 in her home town of Honokaa. When they returned he began his career in the graphic arts.
In 1960 they began their family and moved to a new home in the San Fernando Valley. Meanwhile, Bill had become interested in the fine arts again. His position as an advertising production manger put him in contact with art directors and they would lunch together and then visit various art galleries in the area. He began oil painting again as a hobby.
In 1964 he made an important contact through an associate at his agency. This person was a vice-president at Aaron Brothers Galleries and purchased paintings for them. They had showrooms in various major cities and sold original framed paintings to art galleries and furniture stores. He said they could possibly sell some of his seascapes so Bill began painting in his spare time. Gradually, they sold more than he could produce so Bill made the decision to leave the advertising business and devote his time to painting.
In 1965 the Blackman's moved to Thousand Oaks, California. He began his career as a fine artist and to this day resides in Thousand Oaks. He contracted with Aaron Brothers to be his exclusive agents and began specializing in seascapes. After a few years he added landscapes and some other subjects. Bluebonnet landscapes and Padre Island seascapes were popular in the Dallas showroom.
He and his family vacationed frequently in Hawaii and that became another source of inspiration. There, he was represented by the Davis Gallery in Honolulu. A good relationship with "Barney" Davis continued after the closing of the Aaron Brothers Wholesale Division in 1980. He painted for the Davis Gallery for about 8 years until they closed due to illness. Afterwards, he was contacted by Kobayashi Art Enterprises and has been represented by them.
In 1980 he began teaching in private studios around the country, demonstrating his method of painting various subjects. During the latter part of the 80"s he was approached by Susan Scheewe Publishing to author and illustrate a book showing his way of painting. The first was published in 1990 and he has authored four other books since then. He demontrated six different instructional video tapes that were produced by his artist friend Gary Jenkins. Gary, who was helpful introducing Bill to the teaching business, was also an artist for Aaron Brothers Galleries.
William Blackman is a published artist. Twenty subjects have been lithographed, six being limited editions, when he was with Aaron Brothers. One of his Hawaiian paintings...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Female Nude Figure, Bright Vivid Color, Plum Trees and Apples by America Martin
By America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Plum Trees and Apples"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
40 x 60 inches
41`.5 x 61.5 inches framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America M...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
KISS - Original Contemporary Painting From The Pop Icon Art Series by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene during the Art Basel Miami art fair in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
Seated Nude Woman American Impressionist School 1940s by Fred Yost
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated Nude Woman American Figurative School 1940s
Mid-century American impressionist painting of a woman by American artist Frederick "Fred" Yost (American/Swiss, 1888-1968). He studied: at Mt. Union Col., Alliance, OH; American Students League, New York, and with Homer Boss, John Sloan, Robert Henri, R. Lahey. The painting gleans much form his studies with John Sloan and Robert Henri in the French post-impressionist style.
Image 24"H x 18"W
Frame, 30"H x 24"W x 1.5"D
Signed "Yost" lower right
Painter, lithographer, teacher, lecturer
About Fred's life: by Hal Fry of the Herald
“Fred Does Whatever He Likes” was a title given to a biography
written about Fred Yost by Hal Fry of the Herald. The following is
taken directly from this column: “Fred Yost’s living style is like his
painting style. He has fun with it. Fred John Yost was born in
Switzerland, he’ sure, on November 6, 1889, he thinks.
His father John brought the family to his country when Fred was
about a year old—first to New York and later to
Canton, Sebring and finally Alliance, where Yost Sr.
loaded freight for a railroad. Fred like drawing and painting
so far back he can’t remember how or when it started—it was
always that way. But through the public schools in Alliance
he didn’t think of this as a career possibility. He wanted to be a
newspaperman. He worked his way through Mt. Union College,
finishing, he thinks, about 1912. Then he beat it for New York and
after kicking around for a time got a job as a proofreader for the
Wall Street Journal. He combined this and art school until
World War I took him into the Army. In infantry, field artillery and
ordnance duties he served with the 27th New York Division
through St. Mihiel and the Argonne and the rest—in the process
getting his hearing clobbered by blasts from his outfit’s own guns.
Coming out a Sergeant in 1919, he went back to the
Wall Street Journal briefly—then caught on as a staff artist for the
(New York) Herald. For several years, when he felt like it,
Yost would take a bus to the Mexican border and switch to a
Mexican bus to carry him way down south, then make it any way
he could to the places he wanted to see. On these trips he
virtually becomes a peon, disappearing totally from those who
know him—living with, like and clearly thoroughly liked by the
people among whom he moves.” Yost was a graduate of the
Art Students League and past president of the Ohio Watercolor
Society. Fred Yost, a man who eminently loved the Mexican
landscape,
Exhibited: S. Indp. A., 1928, 1930-33; MMA, 1945; AIC; Butler AI, 1947-1951; Ohio WC Soc.; PAFA, 1948-1950; Akron AI, 1947-1951, 1958; Fla. Southern Col., 1952; Ohio Univ., 1950; Columbus Gal. FA, 1947-50; AWCS, 1958; Salons of Am.; 3 solo: Canton AI; Akron AI, Springfield Mus. A. Contributor to Ford Times, 1958-59. Awards: prizes, Massilon Museum, 1944; Ohio Watercolor Society, 1944, 1948; Indianapolis, Ind., 1944; Tri-State Pr. M., 1945, 1946; Butler AI, 1946; Youngstown Pub. Schools, 1946 (prize); Ohio Univ., 1950; Ethel Printz award, 1950; Fla. Southern Col., 1952; Akron AI, 1952, 1956-1958; Canton AI, 1961, 1963; medal, Phila. Pa., 1950
Member: Ohio Watercolor Society (president)
Work: Massillon Mus.; Youngstown Pub. Sch. Coll.; Butler AI; Akron AI; Kennedy & Co., NY; Beaver Col., Beaver Falls, Pa.; Block Gal., Indianapolis; Prospect Park, NY; murals, Sioux City Steak House; Sioux City A. Center; City Hall, Sioux City; Akron AI; Evangelical Church, Akron; Rockefeller Center; Radio City, NY; Brooklyn Zoological Park. Affiliated with NYC Park Dept. Mural Projects.
Comments: Came to U. S. in 1889. Position: teacher, Butler AI; Akron AI; instr., Akron AI, Akron, Ohio; cur. Historical House of Refuge...
Category
1940s American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Money Bags Walking" Original Monopoly Man Street Art by Gary John
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene during the Art Basel Miami art fair in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
Le Vin Nouveau
By Maurice Georges Poncelet
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting the ultimate wine painting! This is a monumental oil painting by French artist Maurice Georges Poncelet.
"Le Vin Nouveau", (The New WIne), is an original oil on canvas, s...
Category
1930s Expressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue Underneath Mondrian - Large Oversized Modern Figurative Living Room Artwork
By Iqi Qoror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iqi Qoror’s "Blue Underneath Mondrian" (70 inches tall x 79 inches wide) is a striking contemporary painting that fuses surrealism, symbolism, and social commentary into a visually c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wool, Canvas, Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Monks, Figurative, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Oleg Kateryniuk
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2022
Style: Figurative Art
Title: Mo...
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Art School - Large Oversized Original Textural Figurative Abstract Expressionist
By Jonas Fisch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swedish artist Jonas Fisch’s imagery is vibrantly buzzing with colorful commentary on society - past and present - morphed into figures, words, and shapes. His heavily layered canvas...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Mary's Friends" - Original 1992 Acrylic on Paper
By Sarah Lucas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Mary's Friends" - Original 1992 Acrylic on Paper
Original pop art acrylic painting titled "Mary's Friends" by Sarah Lucas (20th C). Twelve geometric boys and girls are the focal po...
Category
1990s Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Three Graces
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Greenwich, CT
Three Graces is an oil on canvas painting, 17.75 x 23.75 inches, signed and dated 'KOSTABI 2019' lower center of image. Framed in a contemporary black frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figurative/Portrait_Linen_3 Listen To The Flowers + The Breeze_America Martin
By America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Three Listen To The Flowers And The Breeze"
Acrylic on Linen
31 x 62 in. Framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America Martin draw...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Linen
'Children of Pride' by Rizaldy - Epic Contemporary Baroque Figurative Nude
Located in Carmel, CA
Rizaldy Celi Jr. (Filipino-Vietnamese, American, born 1983)
"Children of Pride" 2024
Oil paint, Varnish, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
"Children...
Category
2010s Baroque California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars, Varnish
Woman with Two Children in Red - Dutch Style Interior Scene in Oil on Canvas
By Joseph Tomanek
Located in Soquel, CA
Woman with Two Children in Red - Interior Scene in Oil on Canvas
Lovely interior scene by notable artist Joseph Tomanek (Cech-American, 1889-1974). A woman sits near a window, holding a small child dressed in bright red in her lap. Another child, somewhat older, stands next to her, looking at the young child. Soft lights spills though the window, illuminating the scene in a warm glow. A plant with red flowers sits on the windowsill, and foliage can be seen outside.
Signed "Tomanek" in the lower right corner (note that the shape above the signature is a toy train)
Presented in a carved wood frame with a linen liner.
Frame size: 30.75"H x 26.75"W
Canvas size: 24"H x 20"W
Tomanek, the son of a carpenter, was born in Moravia. His family discouraged his art talent and wanted him to be a shoemaker. He studied in his homeland of Czechoslovakia at the School of Design in Prague. He emigrated to America around the turn of the century and arrived in Chicago in 1910 and worked as an interior decorator. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and studied with Antonin Sterba. He also studied with Albert Krehbiel and K.A. Buehr.
He was a member of the Bohemian Artist Club, Association of Chicago Painters, and Sculptors, and the Chicago Gallery Association. His work is included in the collection of the Vanderpoel Art Association (Chicago). He exhibited from the 1910s-40s, including exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Georgia Museum of Art.
Of the difficulty of posing nudes in Chicago, he said, "In Paris you can rent little gardens studios and pose your models there in privacy. Here, if I work out of doors, I have to pose the girls in bathing suits...
Category
1920s Romantic California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
'Portrait of a Young Woman', Bretonne, Brittany, France, Danish Royal Academy
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Agnes Louise Agnete Jensen Weie (Danish, 1878-1964) and painted circa 1911.
Provenance: ABR auction 170, 1964, catalog #83, 1964 (see photo); Inscribed, verso, '83/170' from auction ...
Category
1910s Modern California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Three Nudes, Contemporary Figurative Interior Scene with Red Wallpaper
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale contemporary figurative interior scene depicting three nude figures in a room with red patterned wallpaper, with two male figures in the foreground by Bay Area artist Mic...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Rowing Machines - Andrea Stella- Figurative Painting - Mixed Media
Located in Carmel, CA
Andrea Stella (1950-2019).
The child of Greek immigrants raised in Italy, Andrea was destined to create.
His first concentration in the art world was antique woodworking, which lead...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Geisha Girl, 1-colour Screen Print on Wheat Paste Paper on Wood
By HUSH
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Geisha Girl by HUSH
1-colour Screen Print on Wheat Paste Paper on Wood
70 x 100 cm
Open Edition
HUSH is a British mixed media artist who trained as a graphic designer at the Newc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Screen, Wood Panel
Don't Fear, Batwoman Is Here - Original Pop Retro Artwork on Newspaper
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene during the Art Basel Miami art fair in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
"Double Trouble" Original Red Cat Pop Art by Gary John
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
Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta Palatial Oil on Canvas Portrait Isabelle McCreery
By Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta
Located in LA, CA
Raimundo De Madrazo y Garreta (Spanish School, 1841-1920) an exceptional and palatial oil on canvas "Portrait of Isabelle McCreery” depicting an elegant woman gracefully exiting a li...
Category
19th Century Romantic California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Dog and Kitty Go for a Ride" by Spowart - Colorful Yellow Animal Abstract
Located in Carmel, CA
Lesley Anne Spowart (American, born 1957)
"Dog and Kitty Go for a Ride" 2021
Acrylic Paint, Mixed Media, Wood Panel, Wood
The artist signed the bottom left and the back of the painti...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Odd on the Table - Large Original Surrealist Women Textural Painting on Canvas
By Iqi Qoror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iqi Qoror's surreal figurative paintings are arresting in their earthy palettes offset by pops of fluorescent textile embroidery. His artworks revolve around...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wool, Canvas, Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Corner Pond
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Corner Pond" 2009, is an oil painting on canvas board by American artist Annamarie (Anna) Nelson. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist, also sign...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
'Woman Playing a Cello', Shiraz, Iran, Accademia di Belle Arti di Perugia, Miami
By Hessam Abrishami
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Hessam' for Hessam Abrishami (Iranian, born 1951) and painted circa 2000.
Titled by artist, 'Color Me Music'.
Paper dimensions: 28 x 21.75 inches.
Hessam Abrisha...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Laid Paper
Pac-Man Ready - Original Retro Pop Art Collage on Canvas
By Marion Duschletta
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Swiss artist Marion Duschletta transforms luxury objects and urban landscapes from around the world into unique layered artworks. She combines an intriguing mixture of urban photogra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Horse and Woman" by Maura Petersen - Bright Abstract Figurative Landscape
Located in Carmel, CA
Maura Petersen (American, born 1956)
"Horse and Woman" 2024
Acrylic Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
In "Horse and Woman", Maura Petersen ca...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
The Girl in the Fountain
By Carole Garland
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Girl in the Fountain" Nothing is so joyful as a young
girl splashing in a fountain, loving the spray yet ducking it at the same
time. As the child kicks her way in the pool, her leg...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Carnival" Heavily Textured Abstract Expressionist Figurative Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"Carnival" Heavily Textured Abstract Expressionist Figurative Oil on Canvas
Bold, textured, Figurative, abstract composition by California artist Harald "Harry" Dry Schmidt (American...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
One Last Blues
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pascal Jarrion was born in Perpignan, France, in 1961. It is a region known for its Catalan culture and an area that has influenced many artists before him including Picasso, Van Gog...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled (Elevated Platform)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This painting is part of our current exhibition - America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s
Untitled (Elevated Platform), 1950, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 30 x...
Category
1950s American Modern California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair 19th Century French Whimsical Oil on Canvas "Cherubs and Putti Children"
By Charles Joshua Chaplin
Located in LA, CA
Charles Joshua Chaplin (French, 1825-1891) A Very Fine and Charming Pair of 19th Century French Whimsical Oils on Canvas of Cherubs and Putti, after François Boucher (French, 1703–17...
Category
19th Century Academic California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seeing Myself - Original Surrealist Mixed Media on Canvas by Iqi Qoror
By Iqi Qoror
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iqi Qoror's surreal figurative paintings are arresting in their earthy palettes offset by pops of fluorescent textile embroidery. His artworks revolve around...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wool, Canvas, Thread, Mixed Media, Acrylic
LOVE Original Hyperrealistic Painting Acrylic on Wood
By Gerard Boersma
Located in Palm Desert, CA
LOVE (2018) by Gerard Boersma
Acrylic on Woodpanel
70 x 90 cm
Unique
Hand-signed by the artist
Black wooden frame is included
Dutch artist Gerard Boersma studied painting and fi...
Category
2010s Realist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
Venice Beach
By Carole Garland
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Depicts Carole Garland reveling in a hot summer day at the Venice Beach. Colorful beach umbrellas shield the timid from the burning sun while sunbathers bask in the searing heat. Yellow and blue ribbons floating on the wind celebrate Venice’s chaos and its whimsy.
To focus the figure of a preteen who stands sentinel, Garland fades out the foreground sunbather on right and obfuscates the crouching man on left. The artist leads us to the groups of mysterious standing and sitting figures in the shadows and beyond. Garland’s collection of figurative work speaks to a contemporary sensibility in her approach to painting, while expressing a curiosity about the human form and an irrepressible concern for the human spirit.
Carole Garland graduated from Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., studied at the Chicago Art Institute and the University of the Americas in Mexico City. She has worked privately with artists Keith Finch and Ron Pekar, taken numerous workshops and was mentored by David Gallup...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
19th Century European Gypsy Caravan Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful small-scale mid 19th Century European landscape with gypsy figures and caravan by Pal Paul Bohm (Hungarian, 1839-1906), circa 1870. Signed lower right with "Munchen" locati...
Category
1870s Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
