Cleveland - Art

A large interpretation and study of the root. Two panels. Can be hung together as one or separate. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certifi...

Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964) Rio Puerco, New Mexico, c. 1940-1 Watercolor on paper Monogram lower right 15 x 20 inches 18.5 x 24 inches framed Frank Nelson Wilcox (O...

Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964) Flats Near Isleta, c. 1937 Watercolor on paper Signed lower right, titled verso 14.5 x 20 inches 18.5 x 24 inches framed Frank Nelson Wil...

Gray on paper adds scaffolding for flowing actions. Two 11"x14" paintings. :: Mixed Media :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the a...

Ora Coltman (American, 1858-1940) Julia Maud De Forest, 1898 Watercolor on paper Signed and dated upper left 9.25 x 12.75 inches 15 x 18.25 inches, framed Ora Coltman was born in 18...

Robertino Fatica’s Barracks (1970) is a long, narrow painting that reads almost like a piece of architecture. At 17.5 by 122 inches, it stretches acros...

Gretchen Troibner (American, Born 1953) Beach Talk, 1997 Silkscreen on paper Signed and dated lower right, numbered 1/10 lower left 10 x 12.5 inches 20 x 22.5 inches, framed Gretche...

Rich primary colors combine to make and abstract Buddha. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Han...

Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) Oxen on Road, Gaspé, Canada, 1932 Watercolor on board Signed and dated lower right 15.25 x 21 inches Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian. In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery. In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College. Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country." Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for as The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...

Layers of pink and black lay upon a wash of rust and blue that play with geometry and space. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity ...

George Mauersberger (American, 20th Century) Veg 7, 2004 Watercolor on paper 9 x 12 inches 13 x 16 inches, framed George Mauersberger completed th...

George Mauersberger (American, 20th Century) Veg 3, 2004 Watercolor on paper 9 x 12 inches 13 x 16 inches, framed George Mauersberger completed th...

The Rescuer by Mackenzie Thorpe Framed Serigraph on Paper. Edition 77/195 Framed Dimensions: 48.875 x 59.75 inches Handling time may exceed 10 business...

Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) Cows by Woodland Pond, Toledo, Ohio, c. 1920 Watercolor and graphite on board Signed lower right 22 x 30 inches 24.75 x 32.75 inches, framed Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian. In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery. In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College. Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country." Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for as The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...

18th Century Italian Carved Neoclassical Semi Nude Female Busts Wood affixed to wood plinths "Leone Della Torra / Italy Country of Origin" labels on b...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Departing from the System, 1961 Mixed media on paper Signed and dated lower right 36 x 24 inches A surrealist mid-century figural abst...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Pappy (Study for Over and Above: Gorilla), c. 1973 Colored pencil on paper Signed and dated lower left 7 x 7 inches 20.75 x 19 inches, framed Condition: Small stain on mat next to lower right corner of painting. Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York dealers...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Seeing Egg No. 2, 1965 Acrylic and collage on scintilla Signed and dated upper right 30 x 22 inches 34 x 29 inches, framed A surrealis...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Vetriculus, c. 1970s Acrylic on paper 4.5 x 3.5 inches 11 x 10 inches, framed A surrealist mid-century figural abstract painting. Cl...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Over and Above: Kangaroo, c. 1960s Acrylic on paper, mounted on matte board Signed lower right 14 x 5 inches Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of national artistic success that was nearly unprecedented among Cleveland School artists of his day, with representation by major New York dealers...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Vetriculus Egg, 1965 Acrylic and collage on textured paper Signed and dated lower right 30 x 22 inches A surrealist mid-century figura...

Richard Andres (American, 1927-2013) Pieces Collage, c. 1965 collage on paper 14 x 18 inches Richard Andres was born in Buffalo, New York in 1927. A graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1950, he was immediately drafted and served for two years in the army as a mural painter. He received his Master of Arts from Kent State in 1961. A frequent exhibitor at galleries and museums and winner of multiple May Show prizes, Andres taught art in the Cleveland Public Schools for 28 years, as well as teaching the University of Buffalo, the Cleveland Institute of Art and the Western Reserve University. Very little in Richard Andres’ childhood would have predicted his love of classical music, mid-century-modern architecture and certainly not his lifelong passion for art and in particular abstract art. Richard’s father, Raymond, had no more than a third-grade education, and his mother, Clara, was one of thirteen children – only three of whom lived into adulthood and none of whom attended high school. They lived, when Richard was a boy, in a dingy area of Buffalo, NY in a walk-up apartment situated above a tavern. Raymond and Clara supplemented the income from their factory jobs in the bar downstairs with Raymond playing ragtime on the piano and Clara serving drinks. This often left Richard and his two older brothers at home alone to fend for themselves. The two older boys, Raymond and Russell, were - unlike Richard- rather rough and tumble and entertained themselves with stickball, boxing and the like. Richard, on the other hand, from a very young age liked to draw, or better yet even, to paint with the small set of watercolors he received for Christmas one year. Paper, however, at the height of the depression, was hard to come by. Luckily, Clara used paper doilies as decoration for the apartment and Richard would contentedly paint and then cut up doilies, gluing the pieces together to create collages. At eight-years-old, he discovered the Albright-Knox Museum (then known as the Albright Art Gallery) and spent several hours a week there studying the paintings. He was particularly fond of Charles Burchfield‘s landscapes, enamored with their ‘messiness’ and thinking that they somehow captured more ‘feeling’ than works he was previously familiar with. For his tenth Christmas, he asked for and received a ‘how-to’ paint book by Elliot O’Hare. Through this self-teaching, he assembled the portfolio needed for acceptance to Buffalo Technical High School where he studied Advertising Arts. In his Junior year, he was encouraged to enter a watercolor painting, “Two Barns,” in the national 1944-45 Ingersoll Art Award Contest and was one of twelve grand prize winners – each one winning one hundred dollars. More importantly the painting was exhibited at the Carnegie Institute Galleries, which resulted in his winning a national scholarship to the Cleveland School of Art (The Cleveland Art Institute). He flourished at the art school under the tutelage of faculty members such as Carl Gaertner, as well as that of visiting artists such as William Sommer and Henry George Keller. He would say in later years that Gaertner, in particular, influenced his attitude toward life as well as art. “Gaertner,” Andres said, “believed that there was no need to be a ‘tortured artist’, that an artist should rather enjoy beauty, family, and life in general.” Free to spend his days as he chose, he wandered the Cleveland Art Museum for most of the hours he was not attending classes or painting; the remaining time was spent drinking coffee at a local hangout with art school friends – which is where he met fellow Henry Keller scholarship winner, Avis Johnson. Richard was immediately smitten with Avis, but being rather shy, it took him the entire summer of 1948 to build up his courage to ask her out. Over that summer he ‘thought about Avis’ and worked in a diner to save money. He also used the hundred-dollar prize money won in High School to visit the first Max Beckmann retrospective in the United States at the City Art Museum in St. Louis. Over a half century later he spoke of that exhibit with a reverence usually reserved for spiritual matters, “I walked in and it was like nothing I had ever seen before... the color...It just glowed.” Returning to campus in the Fall, the first thing he did was go to the coffee shop in hopes of finding Avis. He did, and she, upon seeing him, realized that she was also smitten with him. They quickly became known as ‘the couple’ on campus, and a year later, with Richard being drafted for the Korean war, they were quickly married by a Justice of the Peace, celebrating after with family at Avis’s Cleveland home. As a gift, faculty member John Paul Miller designed and made the simple gold wedding ring Avis wore for their 65 years of marriage. During those 65 years neither wavered in their mutual love, nor in the respect they shared for one another’s art. The couple lived in a converted chicken coop in Missouri while Richard was in boot camp. At the camp, he would volunteer for any job offered and one of those jobs ended up being painting road signs. His commander noticed how quickly and neatly he worked and gave him more painting work to do - eventually recommending him for a position painting murals for Army offices in Panama. Until her dying day, Avis remained angry that “The army got to keep those fabulous murals and they probably didn’t even know how wonderful they were.” In Panama, their first son, Mark, was born. After Richard’s discharge in 1953, they moved back to the Cleveland area and used the GI bill to attend Kent State gaining his BA in education. The small family then moved briefly to Buffalo, where Richard taught at the Albright Art School and the University of Buffalo – and their second son, Peter, was born. Richard had exhibited work in the Cleveland May Show and the Butler Art Museum during his art school years, and during the years in Buffalo, his work was exhibited at the gallery he had so loved as a child, the Albright Art Gallery. In 1956, the family moved back to the Cleveland area and Richard began teaching art at Lincoln West High School during the day while working toward his MA in art at Kent State in the evenings. Avis and Richard, with the help of an architect, designed their first home - a saltbox style house in Hudson, Ohio, and in 1958, their third son, Max (after Max Beckmann) was born. Richard enjoyed the consistency of teaching high school as well as the time it gave him to paint on the weekends and during the summer months. In 1961, he received his MA and his daughter, Claire, was born. With a fourth child, the house was much too small, and Avis and Richard began designing their second home. An admirer of MCM architecture, Richard’s favorite example of the style was the Farnsworth house – he often spoke of how the concepts behind this architectural style, particularly that of Mies van der Rohe, influenced his painting. Andres described himself as a 1950’s...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Rainbow Mandala, 1983 Acrylic on scintilla Signed and dated lower right 30 x 22 inches Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a level of na...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Green and Red Mandala, 1969 Acrylic on scintilla Signed and dated lower right 24.75 x 18 inches Clarence Holbrook Carter achieved a l...

Inspired by the masters of expressionism, this painting filled by the ghosts of Pollock, Mitchell, and Johns. I listened mostly to The Pixies while working and had thoughts of the early the Philidelphia graffiti days. This piece will add style and pop to any home, apartment or suave restaurant. Obsessed with art and photography from the age of five, Robert Musser received a scholarship to Youngstown State University in 1993 from the Ohio Arts Council where he majored in Graphic Design and Marketing. While at YSU, he began to paint under the tutelage of Al Bright, Susan Russo, and Phil Chan...

Frederick Hart is America's greatest figurative sculptor. Not only did he create works of great beauty and gravitas, he was singularly responsible for restoring to American public mo...

I have recently been studying the artist Franz Kline and produced this art to get closer to his process. Two black and white paintings can hang separate or together. :: Painting :: A...

The paintings worked on within this period (end of 2020 to the spring of 2021) return to my "paint is more" technique which I can best describe as not starting with a particular visi...

There was times in 2008 in my life. I was trying to change some parts. It kinda felt like ocean movements or true sadness doesn't hit hard once but multiple times. :: Painting :: A...

Two Subjects, Two Souls. Affaire De Coeur mean Affair of the heart. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: ...

My paintings do have a story to tell although it does not lie in each piece but in the process of abstract expressionism. As an artist I think about scale, unity and color. I'm not...

Abstract landscape. Bright Primaries and hard contrast bring together a unique composition. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity s...

Geometry and bright colors sit upon a block of shining gold leaf to overlook the city. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed...

Two 10"x10" paintings. Abstract study of pink pansies in planter. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Rea...

Fresh yellow and paper shapes add structure to white and black. :: Mixed Media :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Re...

Deep blue floats above a dry brush color field composition. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to...

My paintings do have a story to tell although it does not lie in each piece but in the process of abstract expressionism. As an artist I think about scale, unity and color. I'm not t...

My paintings do have a story to tell although it does not lie in each piece but in the process of abstract expressionism. As an artist I think about scale, unity and color. I'm not t...

Two 8"x10" paintings. Textured grey backgrounds float an interesting white scraped structure. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticit...

Monotone blue collage with simple paper shapes and distressed dry brush acrylic. :: Mixed Media :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by...

I started dating a Dragon. This is my idea of plotting of Dragon like a plot of land :: Mixed Media :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity sign...

"My paintings do have a story to tell although it does not lie in each piece but in the process of abstract expressionism. As an artist I think about scale, unity and color. I'm not ...

“My paintings do have a story to tell although it does not lie in each piece but in the process of abstract expressionism. As an artist I think about scale, unity and color. I’m ...

My paintings do have a story to tell although it does not lie in each piece but in the process of abstract expressionism. As an artist I think about scale, unity and color. I'm not t...

“My paintings do have a story to tell although it does not lie in each piece but in the process of abstract expressionism. As an artist I think about scale, unity and color. I’m ...

Friendly Faces, Friendly Faces? :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: S...

Geometric Landscape, Space. :: Mixed Media :: Abstract :: This Piece Comes With An Official Certificate Of Authenticity Signed By The Artist :: Ready To Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: ...

Dock And Pier. :: Mixed Media :: Abstract :: This Piece Comes With An Official Certificate Of Authenticity Signed By The Artist :: Ready To Hang: Yes :: Signed: Yes :: Signature Loc...

“My paintings do have a story to tell although it does not lie in each piece but in the process of abstract expressionism. As an artist I think about scale, unity and color. I’m ...

“My paintings do have a story to tell although it does not lie in each piece but in the process of abstract expressionism. As an artist I think about scale, unity and color. I’m ...

Inaccessible to the conscious mind behavior and emotions acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. :: Painting ::...

Hallway inspired from painter David Schnell :: Mixed Media :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the art...

My beautiful Ideas of Wonderful Waterfalls. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Sig...

Signed, titled and dated verso 1980 (11–’80) Provenance: Irving Galleries, Palm Beach, Florida 1985; Private Collection, Palm Springs, CA Exhibitions: M. Kno...

Artist Commentary: Since completing a large scale long-term commission, I've been having fun in the studio and reacquainting myself with color, landscape, fun collage materials. The ...

Blue Couch, Original Mixed Media Collage, 2021 Artist Commentary: This is one of months of daily collages made in prep for a multiple piece commissioned series. Keywords: hand cut,...

Artist Commentary: This silkscreen and collage is from a long-standing series of work about how structure and systems holds together chaos. One major inspiration is Matisse's cutouts...

Artist Commentary: What I really love about collage is the shapes and colors, by chance, connect with one another. Keywords: hand cut, paper, abstract, collage, painting, tree, rose...

Puzzled by Hijack

Bronze #80 by Hanneke Beaumont Beaumont's sculptures are realized in terracotta, bronze and cast iron, and she is known for sculpting figural life-si...