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Bread Bakers oil painting by John Barber
By John Barber
Located in Hudson, NY
Measures 22" x 18" and framed 27" x 24" x 3".
About this artist:
Born in Galatz, Romania, John Barber became a modernist painter of figures and scenes of...
Category
1930s Cubist Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
On the Beach modernist oil painting by Byron Browne
By Byron Browne
Located in Hudson, NY
Byron Browne
On the Beach (1959)
Oil on canvas, 20" x 26"
26" x 32" x 1" frame size - likely original
Inscribed verso "On the Beach / 1959 / Byron Browne"
Provenance: Private collection, Berkley, California
About this artist: Through an oeuvre displaying the re-envisioning of figural subjects and the formation of an abstract expressionist style, Byron Browne stands out among the American abstractionists of his generation. Born in Yonkers, New York, in 1907, the artist was a bright talent at the National Academy of Design in his teens. From 1924 to 1928 Browne studied at the Academy under notable artists Robert Aitkin, Charles Courtney Curran, Charles Hawthorne, Alice Murphy...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vibrant 'Lyrical Expressionist' Portrait Painting on Canvas by Steve Balkin
Located in Hudson, NY
Steve Balkin (1938-2023)
This painting was purchased from Balkin's estate. It came from his home in upstate NY. It is titled "She's Always on my Mind", da...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
A Musician oil painting by Frederick E. Wright
Located in Hudson, NY
This work of a young musician by Frederick E. Wright is set in an exceptional original Doll & Richards, Boston, frame. The framed dimensions are 16' x 13 1/3" x 1". A hand-written la...
Category
Late 19th Century Abstract Impressionist Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Homage to the Spanish Republic 1938 oil painting by Julio De Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
An early work by Julio De Diego embodies the deep love he had for his homeland of Spain, combined with his strong emotions against war. The peacefulness of the couple holding hands l...
Category
1930s Modern Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Folk Singer oil painting by Byron Browne
By Byron Browne
Located in Hudson, NY
Lovely oil painting by Byron Browne. Measures 18" x 14" and framed 24" x 20" x 1 3/4".
Signed "Byron Browne" lower left.
Inscribed on canvas verso: Byron Browne / 1958 / – Folk Singer– / 18 x 14 / N.Y.C.
About this artists: Through an oeuvre displaying the re-envisioning of figural subjects and the formation of an abstract expressionist style, Byron Browne stands out among the American abstractionists of his generation. Born in Yonkers, New York, in 1907, the artist was a bright talent at the National Academy of Design in his teens. From 1924 to 1928 Browne studied at the Academy under notable artists Robert Aitkin, Charles Courtney Curran, Charles Hawthorne, Alice Murphy...
Category
1950s Modern Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled oil painting of children playing by Eugenie Schein
Located in Hudson, NY
Eugenie Schein was both a dancer and an artist. Her artwork subjects revolved primarily around dancers and dancing, though she also captured everyday scenes in New York.
Both Midto...
Category
1940s Modern Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tlaloc and the Tiger oil painting by Julio de Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
Tlaloc and the Tiger (1939)
Oil on panel
16" x 12"
23 ¾" x 18 ¾"x 2 ½" framed
Signed and dated (and inscribed) "de Diego 39" lower left.
Provenance: The artist; private collection Ch...
Category
1930s Surrealist Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Shared Tongue (Yellow Black and White with Abstracted Figure on Embossed Fabric)
Located in Hudson, NY
India Sachi is a contemporary, female painter and photographer who's mythologically inspired works explore concepts of power, vulnerability, and folklore. With work evocative of Raus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Bedsheet (Black, White and Yellow Surrealist Painting and Collage on Fabric)
Located in Hudson, NY
India Sachi is a contemporary, female painter and photographer who's mythologically inspired works explore concepts of power, vulnerability, and folklore. With work evocative of Raus...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
The Veil (Ethereal Figurative Abstract Watercolor Painting in Dark Blue)
By Susan Hope Fogel
Located in Hudson, NY
Tonalist style, abstract figurative watercolor by Susan Hope Fogel
watercolor on Arches heavy-weight paper
30 x 44 inches, diptych of two sheets measuring 30 x 22 inches each
35.5 x...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Green Street, SoHo (Realistic Oil Painting of New York City Building Edifice)
By Richard Britell
Located in Hudson, NY
Realistic oil painting of New York City edifice by Richard Britell
oil on linen
10 x 8 inches
Framed, hangs flush to the wall
Signed on ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Lotus Number Four (Hard Edge Floral Still Life Painting of Lotus Leaves)
By Frank DePietro
Located in Hudson, NY
30 x 24 x 1 inches
oil on canvas
Inspired by close observations of the natural world and encounters with still moments that give us pause. Lines, shapes and colors encountered in nature, reveal the cycles of decay and regeneration that are life’s constant state of change. The work has a quiet, meditative quality. The subject is portrayed in a manner true to their existence in a specific time and place and selected based on considerations of visual relationships to formal elements of painting. Aspects of photo realism, hard edge and color field techniques are utilized to isolate the uniqueness of the subject’s detail, as well as emphasize flatness and illusion of depth within the two-dimensional space of the painting.
About the artist:
Frank DiPietro was born and raised in Scranton PA. He received a Bachelor of Art from Bloomsburg University in 1997, majoring in both Painting and Ceramics with a minor in Art History. In 2000 he earned a degree in Art Education from Moore College of Art and Design while continuing his studies in painting. Frank lived in Philadelphia for twelve years painting and teaching at several museums, art centers and schools in the region. In 2010 he and his family moved to Chester County PA, where he currently resides. Frank currently teaches painting classes and workshops at the Delaware Art Museum and Longwood Gardens...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Blue (Sepia Toned Figurative Oil Painting of Boys on Bikes with Blue Ball)
By Carl Grauer
Located in Hudson, NY
Blue (Sepia Toned Figurative Oil Painting of Boys on Bikes with Blue Ball)
Contemporary figurative painting based on a 1960's photograph, plays deeply on feelings of nostalgia and identity.
oil on wood panel
20 x 20 x 2 inches
Carl Grauer’s 'Blue' plays with the tension between memories, the “return to home”, and the actual experienced past through the renderings of the family unit. Inspired by images on found slides or old family photos, Grauer provokes mixed responses of delight and sadness, reminding us that unlike space, time cannot be returned. Grauer paints 'Blue' in black and white, sepia tones, and blue oil paint on wood to capture the nostalgia of a vintage 1950's photograph. Two young children ride bicycles in a charming landscape while one child holds a big blue ball. The blue ball beautifully contrasts with the sepia toned landscape. The brushstrokes are smooth, with little texture built upon the surface.
About the work:
Recollections, a series that plays with the tension between memories, the “return to home”, and the actual experienced past, is an idea that I explore through the renderings of the family unit. Nostalgia comes from the Greek word nostos, meaning “to return to home” and algos, meaning “pain”. Before the rise of pathological anatomy and bacteriology made it less credible, medically; nostalgia was considered a “disorder of the imagination. Through time, nostalgia’s meaning became a more generalized reaction to the sad fact that, unlike space, time cannot be returned. I initially began with source imagery of found slides and photos of people I find at flea markets, second hand stores or from my own family’s collection. I take the source imagery and change elements to signify specific moments that could be seen as memories that are remembered or forgotten. I aim to represent nostalgic scenes that may relay a tension, sorrow or humor that could be constructed memories or actual experienced events. The exact narrative may be forgotten or unknown, but the complex projection of an idealized story that I find intriguing may serve to reflect a feeling or memory for another person.
CV
1975 Born in Wilson, Kansas, USA
EDUCATION
1998 Bachelor of Arts – University of Kansas
2000 Mastor of Fine Arts – University of Michigan
2015 Portrait and Figure Painting – London Atelier of Representational Art
EXHIBITIONS
2016 "Petit: A Group Exhibition of Smaller Sized Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Two Sisters (Vertical Monochromatic Blue Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas)
By Richard Britell
Located in Hudson, NY
"Two Sisters" by Richard Britell
86 x 45 inches
vertical, monochromatic blue contemporary landscape oil painting on canvas
This large vertical blue monochromatic...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Moon Noon (Figurative Painting of Young Woman Reaching to Cloudy Yellow Sky)
By Annika Tucksmith
Located in Hudson, NY
Moon Noon (Figurative Painting of Young Woman Reaching to Cloudy Yellow Sky) by Annika Tucksmith
2024
oil on panel
16 x 20 inches, unframed
With the occasional exception, the subjec...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
The Victory Theater on 42nd St. (Realistic Architectural Study, Manhattan)
By Richard Britell
Located in Hudson, NY
Realistic, ornate oil painting of New York City edifice by Richard Britell
oil on wood panel
10 x 8 inches
Framed, hangs flush to the wall
Signed o...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Madison Street (Realistic Oil Painting of New York City Building Edifice)
By Richard Britell
Located in Hudson, NY
Realistic, richly colorful oil painting of New York City edifice by Richard Britell
oil on wood panel
10 x 8 inches
Framed, hangs flush ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Vienna Flower Market oil painting by Emil Barbarini
Located in Hudson, NY
Painting measures 10 ½" x 16" and framed 20 ½" x 26" x 4"
Category
1920s Impressionist Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
41st & 10th: Abstract WPA Style Cityscape, New York City Rooftops & Water Tower
By Ricardo Mulero
Located in Hudson, NY
Cityscape painting on muslin of iconic New York City water towers against an abstract maroon, silver, and blue rooftop skyline
"41st & 10th" by Hudson, NY based artist, Ricardo Muler...
Category
2010s Modern Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gesso, Wood Panel
Pink Ball & Hook (Photorealist Oil Painting of Industrial Equipment on Blue)
Located in Hudson, NY
Vertical photo-realist painting on canvas of pale pink ball with steel colored hook on a bright sky blue background
72 x 36 x 1.5 inches
oil on canvas, thin wood stripping
signed "Richards" on bottom right corner in yellow paint
wire is installed on the back for easy hanging
This precisely detailed photo-realist painting was made by Joseph E. Richards in 1981. The artist painted this piece when he was 60 years old during a successful career painting trains, cargo ships, and industrial machinery. Richards served in the US Navy during WWII and went on to study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia before showing with Ivan Karp of O.K. Harris Gallery in NYC. The artist moved upstate to Hillsdale, NY for the later years of his life.
This painting captures one of Richards' most beloved subjects, close up views of industrial equipment against a vivid blue sky. With a photo-realist approach to the subject, Richard was able to capture detailed changes in light and shadow, shape and form. The pale pink colored ball and steel colored hook, down to each screw and bolt, is completed with extreme focus and precision. One could easily confuse this painting with a photograph since it was completed with a very smooth application of paint, with no texture built upon the surface. It is not until you examine the painting up close, do you realize the artist's calculated brushwork.
The painting is framed with natural wood stripping. The work is lightweight and easy to hang with wire installed on the back.The artist's signature is located on the front and back of the canvas.
About the artist:
Joseph Richards’ precisely painted canvases of giant cranes, cargo booms, propellers and train engines are fueled with a fascination like that of a six-year old boy. Working directly from photographs, Richards unites light and color together as one element, evident in the reflective surfaces of steel. The otherwise mundane signs of corrosive wear are magnified; rust stains glow on the canvas and yellow painted pulleys radiate like beacons against a bright, blue sky. Richards finds beauty in their dramatic color, resilient texture, definitive form and functionality. Richards paints sections of these objects in grand scale, with canvases up to 6 feet long and eye-popping color, calling attention to their massive proportions and exceptional strength.
Richards had solo exhibits in New York City, Scottsdale AZ, and Washington DC, and his work is found in private and corporate collections here and abroad, e.g., the Tucson Museum of Fine Arts, Mobil Oil, Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia, and E. Jean Belloni in Geneva, Switzerland.
Resume:
Born in 1921 in Des Moines, Iowa, Joseph Richards left for Chicago after high school to pursue a career in art. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1942 – 1945, he went on to study at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He eventually settled with his wife, Betty, in New York City. In 1969, longtime dealer Ivan Karp opened The OK Harris Gallery on West Broadway in Manhattan’s SoHo. Karp was at the forefront of the Photorealism movement, showing artists such as Duane Hanson and Manny Farber...
Category
1980s Photorealist Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Violet Zinnia (Contemporary Colorful Still Life of Simple Flower on White)
By David Konigsberg
Located in Hudson, NY
Oil on canvas
44 x 55 x 2 inches
Contemporary white artist made floater frame
This listing is available from Carrie Haddad Gallery, based in Hudson, NY.
A lush shade of dark raspber...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Orange Zinnia (Contemporary Colorful Still Life of Simple Flower on White)
By David Konigsberg
Located in Hudson, NY
Oil on canvas
44 x 55 x 2 inches
Contemporary white artist made floater frame
This listing is available from Carrie Haddad Gallery, based in Hudson, NY.
Golden color fills the canva...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Young Woman Waiting (pattern, abstract, impressionist, figure, landscape)
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Teapot
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Waxing Crescent
Located in New York, NY
oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sound of Water
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
S-SECOND, blue, purple, abstract, figurative, bright colors
By Barbara Strasen
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic and Flashe on Yupo and canvas
Barbara Strasen manipulates memories by finding the malleable moments of perception. In the “S” series, a figure appears in each painting. Yet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
S-FIRST, red, figurative, patterned, abstract
By Barbara Strasen
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic and Flashe on linen
Barbara Strasen manipulates memories by finding the malleable moments of perception. In the “S” series, a figure appears in each painting. Yet, it is on...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Girl with Green Shoes
Located in New York, NY
mixed media on paper
Artist’s Statement
Primarily a painter, I use a hybrid visual language that is both abstract and figurative, and fuse domestic and landscape imagery. I build eccentric formats that promote an improvisational attitude toward composition and playfully references the instability and dislocation characteristic of contemporary life.
In my work, as in life, the past permeates the present and the commonplace collides with the enigmatic and inexplicable.
I make short experimental films using stop motion technique that incorporates sound as well as written and spoken poetic text. Filmmaking significantly broadens the content of my work, and naturally cross-pollinates with my on going painting projects.
Drawing is the core of my studio practice and the engine that drives everything I make.
Artist Biography
Miriam Hitchcock is a painter and experimental filmmaker whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. In 2021 her paintings were profiled and featured on the cover of the book, Artists of the Bay Area Volume 1, published by Jen Tough...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
Ladies' Luncheon, figurative oil painting of three women dressed up
By Ruth Shively
Located in New York, NY
"I work largely with the figure, concentrating on women. In awe of the strength women behold, I feel the need to express their character through my work. I can't explain how I choose...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Young Woman Under the Apple Tree II (pattern, abstract, impressionist, landscape
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pleasant Thoughts oil painting by Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
By Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait
Located in Hudson, NY
This painting is listed in the W.H. Cadbury and H.F. Marsh book Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait: Artist in the Adirondacks, Newark, Delaware, 1986, no.59.36t. It is hand-signed "AF Tait...
Category
1850s Hudson River School Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wedding Belles, figurative oil painting of women getting ready, bride
By Ruth Shively
Located in New York, NY
"I work largely with the figure, concentrating on women. In awe of the strength women behold, I feel the need to express their character through my work. I can't explain how I choose...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Fish Story oil painting by Williams Charles Palmer
Located in Hudson, NY
This painting is illustrated in the Catalogue of the 1945 Encyclopedia Britannica Collection of Contemporary American Painting, p.84. Written and edited by Grace Pagano.
"Painting ...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vacation Home, figurative oil painting of women with yellow house
By Ruth Shively
Located in New York, NY
"I work largely with the figure, concentrating on women. In awe of the strength women behold, I feel the need to express their character through my work. I can't explain how I choose...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
I am Human Watercolor on Paper
By Keith Carrington
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
I am Human
Watercolor, ink on paper 49"x42" framed
Keith Carrington
Keith Carrington’s experiences have led him to express his talents through the fluid a...
Category
1990s American Realist Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Colorful Portrait Painting on Board by Peter Keil
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
This modern abstract painting by Peter Keil is on a smooth masonite board with a painted grey background, black abstract portrait with many colors. Here you certainly see the Picasso...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
Beach Figures (with flying birds)
Located in New York, NY
mixed media on wood
Artist’s Statement
Primarily a painter, I use a hybrid visual language that is both abstract and figurative, and fuse domestic and landscape imagery. I build eccentric formats that promote an improvisational attitude toward composition and playfully references the instability and dislocation characteristic of contemporary life.
In my work, as in life, the past permeates the present and the commonplace collides with the enigmatic and inexplicable.
I make short experimental films using stop motion technique that incorporates sound as well as written and spoken poetic text. Filmmaking significantly broadens the content of my work, and naturally cross-pollinates with my on going painting projects.
Drawing is the core of my studio practice and the engine that drives everything I make.
Artist Biography
Miriam Hitchcock is a painter and experimental filmmaker whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. In 2021 her paintings were profiled and featured on the cover of the book, Artists of the Bay Area Volume 1, published by Jen Tough...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media
Two Figures (Striped Skirt)
Located in New York, NY
mixed media on wood
Artist’s Statement
Primarily a painter, I use a hybrid visual language that is both abstract and figurative, and fuse domestic and landscape imagery. I build eccentric formats that promote an improvisational attitude toward composition and playfully references the instability and dislocation characteristic of contemporary life.
In my work, as in life, the past permeates the present and the commonplace collides with the enigmatic and inexplicable.
I make short experimental films using stop motion technique that incorporates sound as well as written and spoken poetic text. Filmmaking significantly broadens the content of my work, and naturally cross-pollinates with my on going painting projects.
Drawing is the core of my studio practice and the engine that drives everything I make.
Artist Biography
Miriam Hitchcock is a painter and experimental filmmaker whose work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. In 2021 her paintings were profiled and featured on the cover of the book, Artists of the Bay Area Volume 1, published by Jen Tough...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Mixed Media, Ink, Acrylic
The Lonely Road by William Charles Palmer
Located in Hudson, NY
The Lonely Road (1940)
Tempera on panel
12" x 16"
19 1/2" x 23 1/2" x 1 1/2" framed
Hand-signed "Palmer '40" lower center.
Provenance: Midtown Galleries, New York, NY (labels verso...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Panel
Colorful Abstract Portrait Painting on Board- Rainbow Showers by Peter Keil
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
This modern abstract painting by Peter Keil is on a smooth masonite board with a taupe background, black abstract portrait and showered with many colors. Here you certainly see the P...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
Ancient Revel oil painting by Wesley Lea
By Wesley Lea
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed and titled verso on stretcher "Lea Ancient Revel". Subtitled verso on label in artist's hand: "An attempt to marry ancient mineral matter with people".
Exhibited at the 194...
Category
1940s Abstract Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Temper Tantrum, figurative oil painting of child, orange and blue
By Ruth Shively
Located in New York, NY
"I work largely with the figure, concentrating on women. In awe of the strength women behold, I feel the need to express their character through my work. I can't explain how I choose...
Category
2010s Contemporary Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Gouache
Colorful Portrait Painting on Board by Peter Keil
By Peter Keil
Located in Hudson, NY
This modern abstract painting by Peter Keil is on a smooth masonite board with a painted grey background, black abstract portrait with many colors. Here you certainly see the Picasso...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Acrylic, Board
The Junkman's Serenade oil painting by Gregorio Prestopino
By Gregorio Prestopino
Located in Hudson, NY
This work epitomizes Prestopino's interest in social realism which captures a quiet interlude in the everyday life of an "everyman." It also provides a contrast for our expectations as we view a tough, blue collar worker, with no one watching, as he sings a melody to the birds.
In an original frame measuring 49" x 39" x 3.25"
Provenance: Edith Halpert's Downtown Gallery (label verso from 13 w. 113th street, where the gallery was located from 1926 until 1939)
Private collection, NYC, c. 1935
By descent
About this artist: Born in Little Italy in 1907, Gregorio Prestopino first set out to become a sign painter as the son of New York City immigrants. Instead, his talent provided a life-changing scholarship to the National Academy of Design, and for five years he studied drawing under C. W. Hawthorne. He spent the summer of 1934 at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. His deep involvement with the colony led him to later serve as its director in 1954.
Much of Prestopino’s work was in the vein of social realism. During the 1940s and 1950s he became deeply invested in portraying everyday Manhattan and Harlem scenes. He first became interested in the Ashcan school at the National Academy of Design, and remained committed to an interest in working with urban scenes. His lively treatment of people and events revealed his affinity for sixteenth-century artist Pieter Breughel...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Circus Jumpers #2 (Equestrians) mixed media painting by Jon Corbino
By Jon Corbino
Located in Hudson, NY
Signed "Corbino" lower left
Inscribed on frame by artist with artist's address in Rockport, MA
Titled by artist on inscription verso.
Provenance: Oelschlaeger Gallery, Chicago, IL. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Hudson - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media