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Peaking Thru The Window
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-3325a Figurative Still Life painting,vintage acrylic on artist board displayed in a wood-black frame,signed by E.Zoran .Image size 18 H x 14 w
Category

1970s Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

contemporary pop art landscape still life flowers hand painted interior design
By Zoe Moss
Located in New York, NY
This is a hand painted oil and acrylic on panel done in a post-modern style. The sketch like lines intersect with the other photo realistic flowers and create a bouquet of still lif...
Category

2010s Pop Art Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic, Wood Panel

An Intimate, Colorful Modern Portrait of a Young Woman Reading by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
An Intimate, Colorful Modernist Portrait of a Young Woman Reading by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A wonderfully painted studio work dating from the 1930s. ...
Category

1950s Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

New Year's Day, Y2K : artwork in the genre of narrative realism
Located in New York, NY
Painting by a contemporary artist Audrey Ushenko. Audrey Ushenko works in the genre of narrative realism. Her works are rich, complex figurative and still life paintings. They are stories of recurring human issues often prompted by a twisted reality. Ushenko’s earlier works where primarily mythological and allegorical. Her later works are focused on depicting human situations and interactions of people who are both living and dead. These paintings represent social situations, timeless stories and enduring issues that are rendered with a contemporary twist. Always a significant element in Ms. Ushenko’s work is her integration of Venetian Renaissance methods of paint application with Impressionist color and light theory. The combination of the old masters’ technique of glazing the canvas and carefully layered surfaces of paint enhance the luminosity of Ushenko’s work. Audrey Ushenko has exhibited her work extensively throughout the United States including several shows at Denise Bibro Fine Art, NYC; the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, IN; The National Academy of Design, NYC; University Museum, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fruit
By Randall Mooers
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --Mooers writes of his work, “My paintings begin with a serious sense of play, both in the staging and the creating of the compositions...
Category

2010s American Realist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

interior spray paint on canvas figurative street art Invader red pop art
By Kunstrasen
Located in New York, NY
This is an original 1/1 art work spray paint on canvas from the artist's show "Removers" at Krause Gallery in NYC. Kunstrasen is an established artist out of Germany with shows all o...
Category

2010s Street Art Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Holding Carm
By RU8ICON1
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Holding Carm" by RU8ICON1 is an oil painting on canvas, from 2021. It is a figurative panting that depicts a girl holding a cat in the kitchen in RU8ICON1's signature time bending ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pair of 19th Century "Gambling" Oil Paintings After Adriaen van Ostade
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of 19th Century "Gambling" Oil Paintings After Adriaen van Ostade Each painting shows men gambling in a cellar Original oil on canvas Dimensions 10" wide x 12" high The orna...
Category

Mid-19th Century Dutch School Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bed-Time, Scribners Monthly Magazine Illustration
By Jessie Willcox Smith
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Approximate Date: 1902 Medium: Charcoal, Watercolor and Oil on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 23.50" x 15.50", Framed 31.50" x 23.00" Bed-Time, published...
Category

Early 1900s Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Illustration Board, Oil, Watercolor

"The Weary Blues" Acrylic Painting of Interior w/Patrons and Music Colorful
By Dennis K. Smith
Located in Detroit, MI
"The Weary Blues" depicts the interior scene of a Blues bar late at night with a number of patrons socializing, drinking and listening to music. The scene is dramatically rendered in...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

An Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting, Fruit and Gold Fish Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
An Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting of Fruit and a Gold Fish Bowl by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Completed in the 1960s, this large, unique, richly rende...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Apollo and Artemis, Mythological Figures Depicted in a Classical Pose
By Andrew S. Conklin
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a classically painted portrait of artist and muse by Chicago based artist Andrew S. Conklin. Andrew's passion for Dutch and Northern Italian Baroque painting...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Lute Player" 18th Century Dutch School, Signed oil on panel
Located in New York, NY
Dutch School Late 18th century Oil on panel 6 1/4 inches x 5 1/2 inches (15.9 x 14 cm) Framed: 14 x 12 inches (35.5 x 30.5 cm) Signed lower right This delightful study of a lute pl...
Category

Late 18th Century Dutch School Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Oars
By Donald S. Vogel
Located in Dallas, TX
Donald Vogel’s paintings reflect his interest in seeking beauty in life and in sharing pleasure with his viewers. Vogel entreats us to "rejoice and celebrate each new day, knowing it...
Category

1950s American Modern Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Solitude in Spain, Oil Painting
By Jonelle Summerfield
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A tapas restaurant comes into view, a place for locals and tourists alike to relish the pleasures of food and drinks. The warm...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Winter Morning, Quiet Drama, Oil Painting
By Yangzi Xu
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Yangzi Xu captures a serene moment in Chicago's Theatre District. The quiet streets, dusted with a thin layer of snow, absorb the soft glow of the stre...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Contemporary pop art Bart Simpson airbrush street canvas interior painting
Located in New York, NY
This is all airbrush with acrylic on canvas - hand painted and an original
Category

2010s Pop Art Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Voyeur chair. Romantic Couple Kissing and Embracing, Mid Century Illustration
By Alex Ross
Located in Miami, FL
Alexander Sharpe Ross gives us a voyeur view of an attractive couple kissing and embracing on a couch. Sharpe's radical use of composition is on ...
Category

1950s Romantic Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil, Gouache, Board

Twilight in the Loop, Oil Painting
By Yangzi Xu
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Yangzi captures Chicago’s Loop at the intersection of Randolph and State Streets as day transitions into night. Soft twilight blends with the vibrant...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Story illustration for “Appearance and Reality” by Somerset Maugham
By Charles E. Chambers
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “Appearance and Reality” by W. Somerset Maugham, published in Cosmopolitan, November 1934, pages 22-23. Described as "A masterfully witty story of manners and...
Category

1930s Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

La Salle Street, Rainy Day, Oil Painting
By Yangzi Xu
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Yangzi Xu depicts an iconic view of LaSalle Street in Chicago, facing south from the bridge. She rendered this piece in a warm muted palette, setting the stage to highlight sporadic lights and reflections on wet concrete. "My focus was to convey the mood and feeling a rainy day brings to my beloved city," shares Yangzi.


About the Artist
Artist Yangzi Xu captures a nostalgia for Chicago and its dramatic seasonal changes in her expressionist cityscapes. Having a full-time job and being a wife and mother, Yangzi makes a habit of painting everyday to keep her passion exciting and fresh. She keeps a queue of ideas and reference photos that she takes throughout the year. She looks through her references, tweaks and adds elements to them. Once inspiration strikes, Yangzi draws several sketches and begins to work with oils on canvas on multiple pieces at once - to keep each painting spontaneous and new. "I try to capture the paradox of life in the city, where one can be in a crowd and yet feel alone," Yangzi says. "My main intent is not to capture the physical reality of a scene, but to express my own moods and feelings to my audience." In her free time, Yangzi enjoys reading, with her current favorite genres being biographies and memoirs. Yangzi is an alumnus of DePaul University in Chicago.


Words that describe this painting: Chicago, La Salle...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Skidmore Fountain, Oil Painting
By Mitchell Freifeld
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Rain glistens on the cobblestones, reflecting the light of lampposts and an approaching streetcar. The Skidmore Fountain, standing proudly since 1888, once quen...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Tree in Front, Oil Painting
By Brian McCarty
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Afternoon sunlight filters through the branches of a sturdy tree, casting dappled shadows on its trunk. A porch and hedge sit quietly in the background, enhan...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Blackjack in Las Vegas -- Original Oil Painting -- Please watch attached video
By Ralph Stearns
Located in Boca Raton, FL
We are a 1stdibs Platinum Seller with 100% 5-star reviews. What a gift for the Las Vegas fanatic! One cannot appreciate this painting on a computer screen; in real life, it is abso...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Still Life of Tulips', Post-Impressionist, Royal Academy of Art, Copenhagen
By Poul Nielsen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Still Life of Tulips' by Poul Nielsen, 1954. Post-Impressionist, Royal Academy of Art, Copenhagen ---- Signed lower left with monogram 'P/N' for Poul Nielsen (Danish, 1920-1998) an...
Category

1950s Modern Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Art Deco Begonia and houseplants Still Life interior
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Laura M. GREENWOOD (1897-1951). Still Life with Portrait, ca. 1930's Oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches. Unsigned. Excellent condition. Would benefit from a cleaning. Original condit...
Category

1930s Art Deco Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

King Louis
By Howard Pyle
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Panel Signature: Signed "H. Pyle" Lower Right and Inscribed Indistinctly On the Reverse "At the same time he extended toward King Louis the ...
Category

1890s Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Farming the Sun, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Sunflowers basking in the sunlight dominate the scene. At the top of the field, a red barn and a cluster of farm buildings rest beneath a blue summer sky, fra...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Wooded Village, Original Painting
By Robert Hofherr
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A whimsical village emerges among trees. The carefully arranged houses and foliage form an engaging scene. The bright color palette reinforces the non-represent...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Giuseppe Aureli Orientalist Watercolor In The Harem .
By Giuseppe Aureli
Located in New York, NY
Middle Eastern Indoor Scene, watercolor of a man and a reclining woman. Artist: Giuseppe Aureli (1858 - 1929) Origin: Italian Date: 19th Century Medium...
Category

19th Century Other Art Style Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Pearl Signs 3 Glass Contemporary art Original Painting Ready to Hang
By Vahe Yeremyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Glass Painting in gold and Pearls Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Acrylic on Plexiglass Year: 2025 Style: Contemporary Art, ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Glass, Plexiglass, Acrylic

R. Poch. Gemelos original acrylic painting
By Ramon Poch
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
original acrylic painting Born in Badalona (Barcelona). Photographer and advertising film director. Founding partner of the advertising production company La Cosa de las Pelicula...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Blue and Dog, " Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Hiroshi Sato's (US based) "Blue and Dog" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a miniature dog sculpture sitting on white vanity with a white...
Category

2010s Impressionist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Backyard Hideaway, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A pink house with blue shutters opens into a backyard with a profusion of colorful flowers. A patio with a tiny table and two blue wooden chairs offers an intim...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

J.P. Morgan
Located in Storrs, CT
A 20th-century American School oil painting on board featuring American banker and financier J.P. Morgan (1837-1913) seated at his desk. Light streams throug...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

J.P. Morgan
J.P. Morgan
$750 Sale Price
25% Off
Antique Shop - Interior Painting - American Modern Art By Marc Zimmerman
By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Eclectic objects, oddly juxtaposed, found in antique shops creates opportunities for the artist. This shop was directly across from my gallery so I set up my easel just out front . I...
Category

2010s American Modern Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Dragonfly Grace
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist Statement "I’m a Canadian painter living on an island off the northwest coast of Canada. My current paintings revolve around floral still lives. The flowers are the original...
Category

2010s Modern Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Monochrome Portrait of a Woman in Ink and Gouache on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Monochrome Portrait of a Woman in Ink and Gouache on Paper High contrast portrait by acclaimed bluegrass musician Katherine "Kathy" Kallick (American, b. 1952). A woman in a long sl...
Category

1970s Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache

"The Churchill Arms", Oleg Turchin, Oil on Canvas, 30x40, Photorealism Original
By Oleg Turchin
Located in Dallas, TX
Oleg Turchin's "Churchill Arms, Pub" is an oil on canvas that measures 30" x 40". The painting is a beautiful photorealistic depiction of a famous pub i...
Category

2010s Photorealist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pleasant Work (Greenhouse)
By Donald S. Vogel
Located in Dallas, TX
The greenhouse became a favorite subject of Donald Vogel's in the 1980's. As Vogel reflected in the 1998 catalogue published for his traveling retrospective exhibition, "The greenhou...
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

"Pay Day" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
By Don Freeman
Located in New York, NY
"Pay Day" American Scene Social Realism WPA Era Mid 20th Century Modern Workers Don Freeman (1908-1978) Pay Day 20 x 30 inches Oil on board, c. 1940s Signed lower right BIO Illustr...
Category

1940s American Realist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Vanishing Point, Oil Painting
By Kristen Brown
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Deep blue tones envelop a blurred San Francisco cityscape, evoking a dreamlike memory of a fleeting moment. The triangular panel enhances the composition’s un...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Our Lady of the Foam", John Stephens, Acrylic Painting, Surrealism, 24x30
Located in Dallas, TX
This John Stephens original acrylic on panel painting measures 24x30 in and is available for $27,500. "Our Lady of the Foam" features a woman inside a greek mythology dome covered in...
Category

2010s Surrealist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Watervale Yellow - Contemporary Still Life Red Flowers Kitchen Window, 2024
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on canvas, a bright and inviting interior scene is set with a still life arrangement of red and yellow flowers in a green glass vase, beside a pa...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Still Life with Imari Bowl', Paris, Japanese Woodblock, Post-Impressionist Oil
By Victor Isbrand
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Still Life with Imari Bowl' by Victor Isbrand. Paris, Japanese Woodblock, Post-Impressionist Oil ----- Signed lower right, 'V. Isbrand' for Victor Isbrand (Danish, 1897-1989) and painted circa 1945. A dramatic, Post-Impressionist still-life showing a group of items including a fluted, Japanese porcelain vase holding an informal arrangement of variegated daisies, a lobed Imari bowl with fruit and a Japanese woodblock print set...
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Nine Lives VIII", Orange Cat Leaping in Front of Gold Tinsel
By Katherine Fraser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Nine Lives VIII" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and is made of oil on canvas. This piece measures approximately 23.5" x 27.5"...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lin Hongdan Impressionist Original Oil On Canvas "Piano 1"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Piano 1 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 47 1/4 x 35 3/4 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Year: 2000 Circa Artist: Lin Hongdan...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait of a Startled Woman, 20th Century Monumental Oil Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
Robert Brooks (American, 1922-1992) Portait of a Startled Woman Monumental oil on canvas Signed lower right 80 x 42 inches Born in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1922, Robert Brooks embarked on his art career by winning modeling clay as a reward for good attendance at primary school. He became known for embellishing the margins of his school books with sketches of his friends and maybe teachers. He operated his own sign making business as a teenager, which supplied little money but lots of experience. Brooks also entered every poster and drawing competition in sight. Saturday morning classes at the Swain School of Design provided him with sound instructions in the principles of art, and as a high school senior in 1941, Brooks was awarded a scholarship to Boston's Vesper George School of art in a annual state-wide competition. During this year in Boston, he specialized in design, color and the theater arts and discovered "watercolor" as his favorite medium. At the end of his year Brooks was awarded a scholarship to continue by the Vesper George School but returned to New Bedford before the second year was out in order to work in the design department of a large textile printing concern. He was called to serve his country and after basic training, casual detachments and port of embarkation, he made his own private beachhead on New Caledonia in 1943, where he served as staff artist for The South Pacific Daily News. Brooks painted sketches and watercolors of the local scene during his daytime off-duty hours and won fast acclaim for his crisp, clean paintings...
Category

20th Century Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Brighter Corner, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
On a beautiful sunny morning, sunlight strikes the corner of a quiet stone house. A palm tree rises on the side, its fronds casting delicate shadows across the ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Modular 4
By Jodi Fuchs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jodi Fuchs' abstract geometric artworks exude a sense of order and balance with their precise lines, shapes, and layered fields of color. Influenced by her ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Modular 4
Modular 4
$400 Sale Price
20% Off
Ralpha's, Oil Painting
By Nick Savides
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A nocturnal painting depicts Ralph’s Famous Italian Ices and Ice Cream on Avenue A in the East Village. It's a tranquil October night, with the server idly ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

"One Real Thing" Woman Buried in Ball Pit
By Katherine Fraser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "One Real Thing" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser and is made of oil on canvas. This piece measures approximately 36"h x 46"w and is shipped in the pictur...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Fall Morning, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A woman in a blue jacket and red pants walks across the crosswalk. Her relaxed posture mirrors the city's slow Saturday morning rhythm. The scene captures the q...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Warmth" (2020) By Pam Ingalls, Original Impressionist Interior Painting
By Pam Ingalls
Located in Denver, CO
Kitchen stove with pots and pans
Category

2010s American Impressionist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Those... Plants Howard Hodgkin red orange green etching watercolour gouache
By Howard Hodgkin
Located in New York, NY
Around each corner of the print, a brilliant stripe of green outlines the image field, as if the viewer were looking through an eye, or peering through a frame. The back of a figure’...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Etching

Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Table, Flowers and Fruit)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Table, Flowers and Fruit) Year: 1963 Medium: Watercolor on heavy archival paper Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condit...
Category

1960s Impressionist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Shore V, large colorful red, black & blue mid-century abstract expressionist
By Richard Andres
Located in Beachwood, OH
Richard Andres (American, 1927-2013) Shore V, c. 1964 acrylic on canvas signed lower right, signed and titled verso 54 x 44 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...
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Presence - beautiful blue abstract painting
Located in Burlingame, CA
Artist Jill Keller Peters is a colorist whose abstract color-field oil paintings communicate ideas through color. By juxtaposing pure and vivid hues that speak to each other when com...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Roses growing on Stucco Wall
By Fernando Alcaraz
Located in Atlanta, GA
Item is in excellent condition and has only been displayed in a gallery setting. Item includes frame; Fernando Ibañez Alcaraz was born in Alcoy, Alicante (Spain) in 1969. Growing ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Blue 32", Michael Mentler, Oil on Canvas, Contemporary, Modern, Geometric Art
By Michael Mentler
Located in Dallas, TX
Mentler persistently challenges the art world to see beyond the surface. He revives the essence of numerous past masters and gives a place in today’s modern era. His work will teach ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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