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Item Ships From: California
Mid-Century Modern Vastano Signed Oil Painting Boy With His Dog In Dark City
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautiful, somewhat odd and a little sinister Mid-Century Modern oil on canvas painting featuring a innocent blue eyed boy holding a puppy with a mysterious, almost ominous shadowy...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern California - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Mid-Century Modern Sailboat Fleet Oil Painting by Alfred B. - Signed Original
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition
Designer: Alfred B.
Manufacturer: Alfred B.
Materials: Oil Painting, Wood Frame
Style: Abstract Expressionism
This original mid-century oil painting by Alfred B. captures a fleet of schooners rendered in an abstract expressionist style. Bold geometric forms and warm, layered tones evoke the energy of a regatta beneath a glowing orange sun. The brushwork is expressive and fluid, creating movement and depth without relying on fine detail. Housed in its original wood frame, the piece remains in its authentic vintage condition. A striking example of 1960s American abstract nautical art...
Category
1960s American Other Vintage California - Paintings
Materials
Wood
Pair Mid Century Flamingo & Egrets Prints by Turner in Mirror Frames
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair of mirrored framed mid-century Flamingo and Egrets Turner lithograph prints. Features Flamingos and Egrets set against a soft, pastel backdrop, capturing the elegance and grace ...
Category
1950s English Vintage California - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Mirror
Surrealist Oil Painting by Jean Calogero (1922 - 2001), Carnival a Venise
By Jean Calogero
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Surrealist Oil Painting by Jean Calogero (1922 - 2001) titled Carnival a Venise. Painting framed measures 46.25" wide and 46.25" high. Painting unframed measures 39" wide and 39" h...
Category
1980s Italian Futurist Vintage California - Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Early 20th c. Virgin of Guadalupe, Bolivia, Oil on Canvas Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Virgin of Guadalupe, unsigned, oil on canvas, unframed.
CREATOR Unsigned.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1910-1940.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Oil on Canvas.
CONDITION...
Category
Early 20th Century Bolivian Spanish Colonial California - Paintings
Materials
Paint
Robert Natkin Oil Painting -exceptional example of a rare type. Good size.
By Robert Natkin
Located in Ukiah, CA
Exceptional 1986 Robert Natkin oil painting. Canvas size is 36“ x 48“. Image is painted around the canvas on the sides of the stretchers. This is an uncommon style for Natkin, thoug...
Category
1980s American Other Vintage California - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Vintage Portrait of Women Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition
Materials: Oil On Canvas
Style: Realism
Category
1960s American Other Vintage California - Paintings
Materials
Canvas
Iranian Artist Yervand Nahapetian 1958 Watercolor
By Yervand Nahapetian 1
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice watercolor by the Iranian Master Yrvand Yervand Nahapetian from 1958. We just had it beautifully framed under Museum acrylic for uv protection. The painting depicts a Camel a...
Category
1950s Persian Vintage California - Paintings
Materials
Paint
Ira Yeager Rooster 2008 Oil on Canvas Painting
By Ira Yeager
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming oil on canvas painting by Ira Yeager (American 1938-2022). The painting features a large white rooster with applied collage pieces. Painted in his classic 19th century count...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Country California - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paper
Chinese Export Reverse Glass Painting Young Women
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This is a Republic China period framed reverse painting on glass, depicting a beauty of wearing traditional Chinese customs and clothing decorations. The paintings come with their or...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese California - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Glass
1959 Watercolor Abstract Architectural Painting signed Dow
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1950s Watercolor Painting. Abstract architectural landscape.
Signed upper right corner Dow 59.
Signed in verso in pencil
Framed by Duane 8-18-64
36 h x 30 w x 2.5 d art 23.5 w x 29.5...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage California - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Paint, Wood
Mid Century Modernist Abstract Folk Art Painting
Located in San Diego, CA
Modernist Abstract Folk Art painting from the 1950s. Paint on Masonite board with artist made frame. The title is Indian Landscape. Signed on the front.
Dimensions: 39" wide x 27" ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern California - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Masonite, Paint
Greek Orthodox Icon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Greek Orthodox icon painted over gold leaf laid on a wooden board. Byzantine style and painted with egg tempera .
Category
Early 20th Century Balkan Balkan California - Paintings
Materials
Wood
Vintage Modern Framed Art Picasso Three Musicians MoMA
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chula Vista, CA
MoMA Modern Art by Picasso Three Musicians
artwork has some wear, hard to see but something that needs to me mentioned.
25.25 h x 28.5 w x 2 d...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern California - Paintings
Materials
Paint
Vintage Chinese Watercolor and Ink Landscape of Senjojiki Cirque, Near Nagoya
Located in Lomita, CA
The detail of this mountainous landscape of an area that is akin to the Alps in Japan is stunning. It is a watercolor and ink depiction of Senjojiki Cirque which is at the top of the...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export California - Paintings
Materials
Paper
Pair of Large Chinese 19th Century Ancestor Portraits
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A pair of large antique 19th century ancestor portraits, painted in mineral colors and ink on paper. A noble pair, a wealthy husband and wife, ornately dressed and sitting on carved ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique California - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Madonna & Child, Peru, Oil on Canvas Painting, pre 1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
Peruvian Cuzco School, Madonna & Child, Untitled. Oil on canvas, pre 1970.
CREATOR Unsigned.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c. pre 1970.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Oil on Canv...
Category
Mid-20th Century Peruvian California - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Geoffrey Bowman "Black Diamond", Oil and Mixed Media on Canvas, 1984
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Geoffrey Bowman (1928-2009) "Black Diamond", Oil and Mixed Media on Canvas, 1984
Beautiful colorful and textural smaller scale painting by California artist Geoffrey Bowman.
Measures 21-1/2" high, 21-1/2" wide as framed. Canvas measures 21" high, 21" wide. Signed and dated on reverse. Retains partial artist tag.
Geoffrey Bowman was born in San Francisco on December 29, 1928. In 1946, he quit high school and joined the Navy and traveled to China, Korea, the Philippines, and Hawaii.
In 1948 after being discharged from the Navy, Bowman earned his high school equivalency diploma. Five years later he met and married his first wife Mill, and graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in Social Science. During this time he also became intensely interested in art and printmaking and began to study art formally. By 1957 Geoffrey had earned his graduate degree in art and began to teach art in San Quentin.
In 1960 Bowman left his teaching job at San Quentin to spend more time working on his art and examining Asian philosophy at the American Academy of Asian Studies in San Francisco. During this time to support himself and his wife Geoffrey drove a taxi at night so that he could have his days free to work in the studio.
In 1964 he joined the art faculty at San Jose State University and moved to San Jose and became a full professor in 1973. Geoffrey taught at SJSU for twenty-nine years, specializing in lithography and intaglio printmaking techniques.
At the same time he was deeply involved in his own work and accumulated an impressive professional exhibition record and his work was exhibited regionally, nationally, and internationally. Bowman’s work is in several public permanent collections including the San Jose Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Art, Achenbach Foundation of Graphic Arts San Francisco, Lannan Foundation New York, and Crown Press Berkeley.
After retiring from teaching in 1994 Geoffrey turned to painting as his primary medium of expression. Although there was a media shift he continued to focus on one subject: the consistency of change. This he accomplished in part with combinations of paint and an assortment of reflective materials such as metallic flake and leaves, glass beads, and light-refracting pigments.
Bowman became quite private in his later years and had his last one-man public exhibition in 2001 at the Fredrick Spratt Gallery in San Jose.
Bowman died in San Jose, California on October 9, 2009. Source: The Annex Galleries
Category
1980s American Modern Vintage California - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Pair Chinese Silk Scroll Framed Paintings
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair late 19th century Chinese scroll silk paintings depicting birds, trees, and foliage. Beautifully mounted in silver giltwood faux bamboo frames and silk matting.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique California - Paintings
Materials
Silk, Wood
Original Oil on Canvas Seascape by Italian Artist Dino Tronchin
Located in San Diego, CA
Gorgeous original oil on canvas seascape by Italian Artist Dino Tronchin, circa 1973. The painting is in great vintage condition and measures 24W" x 20"H x 1.5"D (canvas is 12" x 16"...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern California - Paintings
Materials
Paint, Wood
Painting by Mexican Artist Jesus Leuus, Mexico 1983, Signed & Dated
By Jesus Leuus
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing a true masterpiece from renowned Mexican artist Jesus Leuus, this exquisite painting captures the essence of Mexican culture with its vibrant colors and exceptional atten...
Category
1980s Mexican Modern Vintage California - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Masonite
Purvis Young (1943-2010) Abstract Painting, ca 1990s
By Purvis Young
Located in Cathedral City, CA
Purvis Young (1943-2010) Abstract Painting, ca 1990s
Includes paper attesting to this work being part of the "American Salvage Find" where numeroius work presumed to be Purvis Young...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern California - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Paint
Orig Robert Crowder Painting of Cranes in Jerry Solomon Giltwood Frame
By Robert Crowder
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Orig Robert Crowder Painting of Cranes in Jerry Solomon Giltwood Frame
Category
1990s American Anglo-Japanese California - Paintings
Materials
Giltwood
Harry Hall English 1814-1882 "West Australian with Jockey Up and Trainer" Signed
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine oil on canvas by the well-regarded English artist Harry Hall signed, titled and dated 1853 lower right. The scene depicts a thoroughbred named West Australian with his jockey ...
Category
1850s English Sporting Art Antique California - Paintings
Materials
Paint, Canvas
Orig Robert Crowder Painting of a Pheasant in Jerry Solomon Giltwood Frame
By Robert Crowder
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Orig Robert Crowder Painting of a Pheasant in Jerry Solomon Giltwood Frame.
Category
1990s American Anglo-Japanese California - Paintings
Materials
Giltwood
Albert Claes-Thobois (Belgian 1883-1945) Oil on Canvas "Atelier Cubisant"
Located in San Francisco, CA
An evocative oil on canvas in the Art Deco style depicting a view from a window, signed and dated 1929 in the lower center of the picture. Claes-Thobois was born in 1883 and studied ...
Category
1920s Belgian Art Deco Vintage California - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Abstract Acrylic on Wood Painting by Dutch Visual Artist Han Sterk, 1995
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dutch visual artist Han Sterk, owner of gallery studio "Han Sterk," is an artist whose creative output consists of both paintings and sculptures, at times figurative but more often a...
Category
1990s Dutch Modern California - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Antique California Portrait Oil Painting of Girl Sitting by Wanda Neumann
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Condition: Original Vintage Condition
Designer: Wanda S. Neumann
Manufacturer: Wanda S. Neumann
Materials: Oil On Canvas, Wood Frame
Style: California Realism
Category
1920s American Other Vintage California - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Original Framed Oil on Canvas Landscape Impressionism Style
By Claude Monet
Located in San Diego, CA
Well done original oil on canvas beautiful colors nice subject, circa 1980's, framed unsigned the frame its nice but shows some wear as shown.
Category
Late 20th Century American Expressionist California - Paintings
Materials
Canvas
19th Century Japanese Edo Six Panel Kano School Landscape Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Late Edo period 19th century Japanese six-panel landscape screen featuring a cypress tree over a flowering hibiscus with a pair of hototogisu birds. Kano school painted with ink and ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique California - Paintings
Materials
Silk, Wood, Paper
Large Original Playboy Artist Leo Jansen Oil Painting of a Reclining Nude Woman
By Leo Jansen
Located in Tustin, CA
Very sensual, large original oil on canvas of a beautiful reclining red headed nude woman, by famous deceased listed Dutch artist, Leo Jansen (1930-1980). T...
Category
1970s American Other Vintage California - Paintings
Materials
Paint, Canvas
Spanish Colonial Cuzco School Madonna Virgin Mary Painting
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Remarkable Spanish colonial late 18th/early 19th-century painting of Lady of the Rosary, Madonna and Child, or Virgin Mary. Oil on canvas Cuzco school painting...
Category
19th Century Peruvian Spanish Colonial Antique California - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
1941 Rio Blanco, Chile by Ceferino Carnaci Painting
Located in Stamford, CT
1941 Rio Blanco, Chile by Ceferino Carnaci Painting.
Newly framed in gold giltwood frame.
Painting includes COA and artist information from the gallery it was purchased from in Buen...
Category
1940s Chilean Spanish Colonial Vintage California - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Japanese Miniature Four-Panel Screen Blue and Green Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
19th century mid-Edo period Japanese four-panel miniature screen. Depicting a beautifully painted Chinese blue and green landscape in the Nanga School...
Category
19th Century Japanese Edo Antique California - Paintings
Materials
Brass
Japanese Showa Six Panel Screen Manchurian Crane Bamboo Grove
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Enchanting Japanese Showa period six-panel byobu screen titled "Bamboo Forest-Immortal Together". The large screen depicts six manchurian cranes in a ...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa California - Paintings
Materials
Brass
'Jungle' Large 40" x 60" Original by Leonardo Nierman, 1964, Signed & Dated
By Leonardo Nierman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Discover an exceptional 40" x 60" oil on masonite by the renowned Mexican artist Leonardo Nierman (1932 to 2023). Titled 'Jungle,' this striking original painting exemplifies Nierman...
Category
1960s Mexican Organic Modern Vintage California - Paintings
Materials
Paint, Masonite
A History of Art by Lawrence Gowing Large Heavy Art Table Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
A History of Art by Lawrence Gowing /
Great large heavy art table book.
History of art. Reference-introduction to Classic masterpieces. Painters, scul...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary English Post-Modern California - Paintings
Materials
Paper
Large Vintage Balinese Painting on Silk from Ubud Bali 1960's
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mid 20th Century Balinese Painting on silk fabric, Framed.
Vintage large Balinese art painting, from Ubud, Bali acrylic on silk.
Beautiful artwork by the Indonesian artist from Ubud.
Painted in Peliatan, Ubud Bali by VJ. Kupur as signed on the bottom left hand corner.
Balinese Folk Festival ceremonial procession, Ink and acrylic paint on canvas.
Batuan painting evolved in the 1930s after a group of local villagers tested different forms with ink-washed paintings upon black backgrounds. These paintings often reveal Batuan’s cultural life, directly through their elements of line, shape, and tone. Meticulous design, craftsmanship, and strong visual impression are characteristic of the style.
The painting comprise individual shapes which are painted in a precise and systematic manner that does not leave any empty space. The complexity of the paintings is inevitable as each of the strokes, lines, gradations, the characters or the subjects forms a delicate unity that finely balances the figure-filled canvas. Various gradations of colors separate different sections of the painting. The landscape is enticing and endless.
About Bali Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Balinese Folk Art California - Paintings
Materials
Silk
Japanese Showa Period Peacocks Painted on Silk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Colorful Japanese ink and color on silk Showa painting of a pair of peacocks. Vivid colors and beautiful details with a signature and seal on right side bottom. Framed in a midcentur...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa California - Paintings
Materials
Silk, Plexiglass, Paper, Wood
Pair of Original Thai Temple Charcoal Rubbing Framed Art
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pair vintage framed temple relief rubbings showcases exquisite Thai art from the mid-century era.
Handmade in Thailand, this piece represents the rich cultural heritage of the regio...
Category
1950s Thai Vintage California - Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Pair of Hand Painted Wood Chinoiserie Panels in White Gold Giltwood Frames
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Pair of Hand Painted Wood Chinoiserie Panels in White Gold Giltwood Frames
Category
1990s American Chinoiserie California - Paintings
Materials
Giltwood
Mbuti Painting on barkcloth, 20th century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Mbuti painting on Bark Cloth
Ituri Forest, DR Congo
20th century
34.75 x 12 ins. 87 x 30.5 cm
The eccentric biomorphic and linear geometries of Mbuti bark cloths, painted by women,...
Category
1960s Congolese Tribal Vintage California - Paintings
Materials
Natural Fiber
Oil on Canvas "the Prohibited Reading" After Karel Ooms
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A Large Continental Oil on Canvas "The Prohibited Reading " after Karel Ooms (Belgium, 1845-1900). This beautiful executed painting depicts a historical scene of an old man and a young woman who are huddled over a bible. The pair is gazing in apparent concern or alarm, over the old man's shoulder, towards something outside of the picture. The scene is likely set in the 16th or 17th century when Protestants were prosecuted, amongst others, for reading the bible in the vernacular, a practice prohibited by the Catholic Church at the time. Signed (l/r) A. Ribas 15-12-913. Within a giltwood carved frame. circa: Probably Belgium, 1913.
Karel Ooms was born in Dessel on January 27, 1845 as the youngest son of a large peasant family. At school his extraordinary talent for drawing was discovered. When he was twelve his hometown provided financial support which allowed him to study at the Antwerp Academy of fine Arts.
One of his teachers at the Academy was Nicaise de Keyser, one of the key figures in the Belgian Romantic-historical school of painting and a painter of mainly history paintings and portraits. After graduating from the Academy 1865 Karel Ooms was welcomed with pomp in his home town Dessel. He painted two altarpieces for the local church Saint Nicolas, to express his gratitude to his city.
Karel Ooms settled as an independent artist in Antwerp around 1871. He quickly established a reputation as a portrait painter. In addition, he received commissions for religious paintings and history paintings. He gained particular recognition with two large paintings...
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Renaissance Revival California - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
1960s Cubist Art Form Abstract Painting Style Paul Klee
By Paul Klee
Located in Chula Vista, CA
1960s Cubist Art Form Abstract Painting Style Paul Klee
reminiscent of Paul Klee
Signed art lower right corner unable to read
14 h x 15.25 w x 2 Art 11.5 x 9.5
Original vintage
Re...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern California - Paintings
Materials
Paint
" WHEEL OF LIFE " by Luciano Di Concetto
By Luciano di Concetto
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of the most important contemporary French painters is Luciano Di Concetto whose stylized work is becoming famous worldwide. His work displays contrasts of light and dark, richne...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French California - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Vintage Large Balinese Painting on Silk from Ubud Bali
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Mid-20th century Balinese painting on silk fabric, framed.
Vintage large Balinese art painting, from Ubud, Bali acrylic on silk.
Beautiful artwork by the Indonesian artist from Ubud.
Painted in Peliatan, Ubud Bali by W. Kurpelir as signed on the bottom left hand corner.
Balinese Folk Festival ceremonial procession, Ink and acrylic paint on canvas.
Batuan painting evolved in the 1930s after a group of local villagers tested different forms with ink-washed paintings upon black backgrounds. These paintings often reveal Batuan’s cultural life, directly through their elements of line, shape, and tone. Meticulous design, craftsmanship, and strong visual impression are characteristic of the style.
The painting comprise individual shapes which are painted in a precise and systematic manner that does not leave any empty space. The complexity of the paintings is inevitable as each of the strokes, lines, gradations, the characters or the subjects forms a delicate unity that finely balances the figure-filled canvas. Various gradations of colors separate different sections of the painting. The landscape is enticing and endless.
About Bali Art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Balinese Folk Art California - Paintings
Materials
Silk
Pair of English Watercolors of Naval Battles by Irwin Bevans in Giltwood Frames
Located in San Francisco, CA
Irwin John David Bevan (English 1852-1940)
A dramatic pair of English watercolors on paper depicting naval battles. The paintings are inscribed on the versos as follows:
The first: ...
Category
Late 19th Century English Georgian Antique California - Paintings
Materials
Paper
Japanese Showa Two Panel Screen Blossoming Prunus Tree
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Serene Japanese Showa period two-panel folding byobu screen depicting a large spring blossoming prunus tree or plum tree. Beautifully painted with ink and natural color pigments on m...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa California - Paintings
Materials
Brass
Noted Palm Springs Artist Gary Janis Framed Abstract 2013
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Our gallery is proud to represent Gary Janis a noted local artist.
This work is framed and an earlier piece from 2013. It is vibrant and evocative and beautifully represents Mr. Jan...
Category
2010s American California - Paintings
Materials
Paint
After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna Della Seggiola Oil on Canvas
By (after) Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A fine Italian 19th century oil painting on canvas "La Madonna della Seggiola" after Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino 1483-1520). The circular painted canvas depicting a seated Ma...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Baroque Antique California - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Giltwood
19th Century Antique Portrait of Virginia Gentleman, Oil on Canvas, Framed
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique oil on canvas portrait of an unknown 19th Century Virginian Gentleman, beautifully framed to retain its sense of time and place. Rich brush strok...
Category
Late 19th Century American American Classical Antique California - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
19th Century Oil on Tin / Retablo Set in Hand Made Frame
Located in Ross, CA
Antique oil paint on tin, know as a retablo. The painting is of Mary, Mother of Jesus and is framed in a hand made shadow box frame.
Category
19th Century Mexican Neoclassical Revival Antique California - Paintings
Materials
Tin
Fine 19th Century Oil on Canvas "Triumph of Flora" Attr. Ferdinand Wagner II
By Ferdinand Wagner II 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very fine and large 19th century Louis XV style Whimsical Neoclassical Revival style Oil on Canvas "The Triumph of Flora" attributed to Ferdinand Wagner II (German, 1847-1927), school of François Boucher (French, 1703-1770). The impressive artwork depicting a semi-nude Flora hovering through the clouds surrounded by playful cupids, cherubs, love doves and a seated maiden, within white and grey clouds, offering her Spring flower bouquets and floral wreaths, within a banded giltwood frame. Note: Previously used as a ceiling painting. Unsigned, Circa 1870.
Measures: Canvas height: 91 3/4 inches (233 cm)
Canvas width: 59 inches (150 cm)
Frame height: 61 3/8 inches (155.9 cm)
Frame width: 93 1/2 inches (237.5 cm)
Depth: 2 3/8 inches (6 cm)
Ferdinand Wagner II (German, 1847-1927) was the son of Passau Ferdinand Wagner Senior, a teacher at a vocational art school who began training him professionally at a young age. After traveling to Italy in 1867-1868, he continued with his art studies at The Munich Academy of Arts led by Peter Von Cornelius and Julius Schnorr Von Carolsfeld...
Category
19th Century German Neoclassical Revival Antique California - Paintings
Materials
Giltwood, Canvas
1960s Art Style Pedro Coronel Abstract Oil Painting Gustavo
By Pedro Coronel
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Mexican modern mid 20th century abstract art style of Pedro Coronel
Colorful Oil on Canvas painting
signed Gustavo.
Unable to read last name of artist.
...
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage California - Paintings
Materials
Paint
Yongkai Hu Original Gouache and Ink on Paper - Ladies with Cats
Located in Fairfield, CA
An original gouache and ink on paper by renowned Chinese artist, Yongkai Hu (born 1945). Depicts a scene of women with cats. Framed in a wood frame under glass.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese California - Paintings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Magnus Engstrom Signed Swedish California Artist Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting
By Magnus Engstrom 1
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and quite colorful oil on canvas painting by Swedish-American California artist Magnus Engstrom (1936- ).
The painting features a futurist cityscape and is done in the neo-cubist abstract expressionist artistic painting style that Engstrom embraced.
The painting is signed and dated (1970) by Engstrom.
Would be a great addition to any Mid-Century Modern or California art painting collection...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage California - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
19th c. Mexican Retablo "Veronica's Veil" c.1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original 19th century Mexican folk retablo "Veronica's Veil" or "El Divono Rostro" in Spain . Oil paint on tin.
The Veil of Veronica, known in Italian as the Volto Santo or Holy Face, is a Roman Catholic Relic which, according to legend, bears the likeness of the Face of Jesus that was imprinted on it prior to Jesus' crucifixion. According to Roman Catholicism, Saint Veronica encountered Jesus in Jeruselum on the way to Calvary. When she paused to wipe the sweat (Latin, suda) off his face with her veil, his image was left on the veil.
In the small village of Osa de la Vega in Spain, there lived a couple who led a very pious life. They were Gregorio de la Torre and Isabel Corral. From their father, Juan Montilla, they inherited a picture of the Face of Jesus or the Divino Rostro. A story that is told one day, to the amazement of many who confirmed its veracity, the picture began to perspire with living blood. News of this extraordinary event spread swiftly and widely throughout the land.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1880.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Oil Paint on Tin.
CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age and use.
DIMENSIONS H 14 in. W 10 in.
HISTORY
Retablos, better known as 'laminas' in Mexico, are small oil paintings on tin, wood and sometimes copper which were used in home altars to venerate the almost infinite number of Catholic saints. The literal translation for 'retablo' is 'behind the altar.' This unique genre of art, deeply rooted in European history, was brought to Mexico with the arrival of the Spanish and then ultimately adopted by New World mestizo natives to become what is known today as the Mexican folk retablo.
The retablo was an art form that flourished in post conquest Mexico and then ultimately, with the introduction of inexpensive mediums such as tin, reached its pinnacle of popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century. With some exceptions, mostly untrained artists from the provinces worked to produce and reproduce these sacred images; some subjects painted more prolifically than others. A typical "retablero" may have reproduced the same image hundreds, if not thousands of times in his or her career.
These oil paintings were sold to devout believers who displayed them in home altars to honor their patron saints. There are virtually hundreds of saints, each invoked to remedy a different situation. "San Ysidro Labrador," the patron saint of farmers, is venerated for good weather...
Category
19th Century Mexican Folk Art Antique California - Paintings
Materials
Tin
Antique August Lohr Chapultepec Castle Mexico City Watercolor Painting Listed!
Located in San Diego, CA
Wonderful original watercolor painting on paper by Austrian listed artist August Lohr. Dated and signed in the lower corner. The painting was painted in 19...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican California - Paintings
Materials
Paper
