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Item Ships From: Illinois
The Promise Of Autumn - Original Landscape Painting, Vertical Sky Scene
By Ahzad Bogosian
Located in Chicago, IL
"The Promise of Autumn" is a minimalist landscape painting depicting subtle shifts of color, from moody evocative tones of blue, gray and orange in the sky which lay themselves juxta...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Illusion of Havana, Highly Detailed Landscape with Water & Rolling Hills
By René Monzón Relova “Pozas”
Located in Chicago, IL
***This artwork is currently on exhibit at the Instituto Cervantes, Chicago until September 2025. If purchased this artwork will be available to ship after September 1, 2025. Contact the gallery with questions. This small scale painting draws the viewer in with its painstaking detail. Each leaf and blade of grass a rendered in tiny brush strokes making the painting feel much larger than it is. Vivid greens and crystal clear water create an almost fish-eye perspective. This oil on panel painting is framed in a rich brown wooden frame measuring 13.25 x 21.25 inches "Pozas" René Monzón...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Dancing Plague - Colorful and Joyous Painting of a Dancing Crowd - Ben Duke
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
**This artwork is on exhibition and if purchased will be available to ship after June 15, 2025 Choreomania refers to a phenomenon that occurred during the medieval and early modern ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"The Blue Heart" by Jim Dine, 2005
By Jim Dine
Located in Hinsdale, IL
JIM DINE (B. 1935) "THE BLUE HEART" Signed and dated in white pencil lower right and numbered 70/200 lower left Published by Marco Fine Arts Contemporary, Hawthorne, CA Printed by ...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Illinois - Art

Materials

Lithograph

Black Sun
By Robert Motherwell
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph with Chine applique. One of ten Roman numeral artist's proofs, aside from the edition of 50. Signed and numbered IX/X in pencil by Mot...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Illinois - Art

Materials

Color, Lithograph

A Subtle, Atmospheric, Mid-Century Modern Dune Landscape Painting by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Wonderfully Subtle, Atmospheric, Mid-Century Modern Dune Landscape Painting by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Most likely painted in the 1960s along the shores of Lake Mich...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Illinois - Art

Materials

Masonite, Acrylic

An Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting of a Reclining Nude Female Model
Located in Chicago, IL
An Exceptional Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting of a Reclining Nude Female Model by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph Pen. Painted in the 1960s, the painting exemplifies the stylized, ab...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Illinois - Art

Materials

Oil, Masonite

1951 Graphite on Paper Figure Study-Standing Male- Torso by Artist Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1951 black and white figure study of a nude male, by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 19" x 12 1/2". Archivally matted to: 24" x 30". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Es...
Category

1950s American Modern Illinois - Art

Materials

Graphite, Paper

San Luis Obispo Barn, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Norman Lerner
Located in Yardley, PA
I passed this barn over the years in so many seasons and it seemed just to glow on this particular fall day. Just could not resistant painting it. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Oil

Opposites Attract, 2022
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Greenwich, CT
Opposites Attract is an oil on canvas painting, 28 x 27.75" canvas size, signed on the front ‘KOSTABI 2022’ lower right, and signed, titled and dated verso. Framed in a contemporary ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Oil Portrait of a Victorian Lady, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Painted in the 19th century, this exquisite miniature portrait wonderfully exemplifies realism in traditional oil painting. The small artwork is painted in the conventional portraiture style of the Old Masters, and achieves soft realism with fine brushwork and a subdued, neutral palette. The half length portrait depicts a fine Victorian woman dressed in all black with a delicate lace collar and bonnet. She wears a ruby broach...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Illinois - Art

Materials

Oil

A Large, 1950s, Oil on Masonite Painting of a Michigan Harbor by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A lovely summer day in a ca. 1950s Lake Michigan harbor, perhaps in Saugatuck, Douglas or at Oxbow! This is a large oil on Masonite painting by notable artist Francis Chapin that is...
Category

1950s American Modern Illinois - Art

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Springtime Memory (M.1019), 1983
By Marc Chagall
Located in Greenwich, CT
Springtime Memory (M.1019) is lithograph by Marc Chagall, image size 19.75 x 13.25 inches and framed dimensions 35.5 x 28.5 inches. A proof outside the edition of 64, signed 'Marc Ch...
Category

20th Century Modern Illinois - Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Untitled (Brian and Carl Morphed) - Two Nude figures, Black and White Photograph
By Doug Birkenheuer
Located in Chicago, IL
Two nude males lie on a bare wood floor. The angle of the photograph suggests that their bodies have melded into one. The artist uses traditional photography methods shooting the i...
Category

1990s Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Ryton Ram Sculpture by Roberto Lugo
By Roberto Lugo
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Roberto Lugo clay and glaze 9.5 x 5 x 8" Created in collaboration with Charlie Cunningham Roberto Lugo's artwork was recently featured at Design Miami and the artist had an exhibition at the MET in New York City. Lugo has a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA from Penn State. His work has been featured in exhibitions at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, among others. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a 2019 Pew Fellowship, a Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize, and a US Artist Award. His work is found in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The High Museum...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Ceramic, Glaze

R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Male Nude in Red Loincloth" Collotype plate II
Located in Chicago, IL
After Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE Defiantly iconoclastic in life and art, Egon Schiele is esteemed for his mas...
Category

1910s Vienna Secession Illinois - Art

Materials

Paper

Shield Me - Nude Figures, Intimate Portrayal of a Couple, Original Oil on Panel
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Winter on Cruise
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color woodcut and lithograph diptych. Signed and dated in pencil by Dine. From a limited edition of 12.
Category

Early 2000s Modern Illinois - Art

Materials

Color, Lithograph, Woodcut

Paradox of St. Sebastian - Contemporary Oil Painting with Graffiti and Shackles
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
This figure of St. Sebastian has long been a favorite subjects for artists. In this modern interpretation we see St. Sebastian shackled in chains and leather restraints against an industrial graffiti covered wall. He gazes upwards while his body is pummeled with rubber suction cup darts. Historical references are ripe for interpretation in this painting. St. Sebastian is known as the patron saint for athletes, soldiers and warriors. He is said to have survived his initial wounds from arrows by way of divine intervention only to be beaten to death later after warning the emperor of his sins. St. Sebastian is known to be a protector from plague. Bruno Surdo Paradox of St. Sebastian oil on canvas 60h x 36w in 152.40h x 91.44w cm Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY 2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL The Art Show, New York, NY Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR 1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL John Robert Wiltgen Design Shoemaker Ruud Collection Julie & Thomas Danilek Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver Benjamin Fernandez Tom Braake Betsy Colburn Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose Michael Staab & Kathy Brock Bruce Leep Frank Tzurect Mary Foley Rosalyn Carlson Mimmy Turney Janet Long Halstead Billy Hunt Carol Galli Myles Kerrigan Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman Theodore Gage Northrop Art Museum Past Present & Future Company Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler Salvatore Monastero Nix & Virginia Lauridsen Joel Miller David & Marlene Zerkel Ann & Andy Abel Claudia Rush Marc Miller Leonard Goldberg Lawrence Pucci Howard Tullman Collection Susan & Manny Kramer James Rinnert Richar Interiors Michael & Nancy Colt Khalid Altijir Dr. Joe Grodman Beryl & Jack Gore Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle Chuck Wolandi Jack Schwab & David Sandelin Thomas Kaczmarek Marti Dinerstein Craig & Michael Golden...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Black Mirror - Japanese Style Gyotaku Fish Painting on Mulberry Paper Framed
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a Gyotaku method painting of two fish on a mulberry paper background. This fish impression using minimal color is akin to a fossil. The mulberry paper has a soft hue and slightly wavy texture adding the overall feel of the artwork. The artwork is framed and matted. The framed dimensions are 25 x 36.5 inches. Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression. It is the traditional Japanese method of printing fish, a practice which dates back to the mid-1800s. This form of nature printing was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form of its own. Gyotaku is a Japanese method of printmaking that traditionally utilizes fish, sea creatures or similar subjects as printing "plates" in its process. The literal translation of the word is "fish stone rubbing...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Watercolor, Sumi Ink, Mulberry Paper

Gustav Klimt "Water Serpent Study" collotype from Funfundzwanzig Handzeichnungen
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Title page numbered: 263/450. Collotype is presented in a handmade, gold-leaf frame.
Category

1910s Vienna Secession Illinois - Art

Materials

Paper

"Seated Woman Semi-nude" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesans Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Plate #2 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Klimt's well-known Water Serpents paintings...
Category

Early 1900s Vienna Secession Illinois - Art

Materials

Paper

"Salon des Cent" Original 1897 Art Nouveau Color Lithograph by Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
From Les Maitres de L'Affiche, plate 94. Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris. Maîtres de l'Affiche (Masters of the Poster) refers to 256 color lithographic plates used to create an a...
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Illinois - Art

Materials

Lithograph

1941 Watercolor of Chicago's Old Town, Titled "Wells & Eugenie" by Albert Rudin
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful 1941 watercolor of Chicago's Old Town neighborhood that features an old car, titled "Wells & Eugenie" by Albert Rudin. Image size: 11 1/2" x 15 1/2". Framed size: 18"...
Category

1940s American Modern Illinois - Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Dreaming Away - Highly Textured Dream-like Painting with Surreal Nautical Theme
By Victor Wang
Located in Chicago, IL
Victor Wang's subject is a female seemingly caught in a contemplative moment yet a war rages behind her. She dons a hat shaped as a boat and carries and oar as if to "Dream Away" these other thoughts. Wang uses a blend of luminous colors and buttery textures to evoke these enigmatic moments of meditation. Influence by the Renaissance Masters Titian and Rembrandt for their glazing and layering techniques respectively, the artist builds the surface using heavy paint, swirling and mixing the color on the canvas. The end result is a poetic and emotionally powerful representation of the human form. Victor Wang Dreaming Away, 2017 oil on canvas 42h x 56w in 106.68h x 142.24w cm VWG009 My path through life has been adventurous, exciting, and dream-like. My experience of settling into America in search of better opportunities has been both challenging and inspiring. I use the human face as a vehicle to paint human experiences - worry and wonder, sadness and pleasure - which reflect the emotional stage directly tied to my immigration experiences. I grew up amongst the sunflower fields in northern China. In my childhood years, I played under the bright, yellow sunflowers with my brothers everyday. China’s Cultural Revolution played an important part in my life. During that time, sunflowers were used as political allegories to depict how citizens of China should follow Mao who represented the sun, since sunflowers follow the sun’s movements. People eventually inferred the deception that this symbol masked. After graduating from high school, I was sent to a labor camp in the country for ‘reeducation’ during China’s Cultural Revolution. There, I was subject to grueling farm work. Often, I worked in corn and sunflower fields from sunrise to sunset. Thus, for me, sunflowers evoke both personal joy and sadness. Therefore, to deliver my complex feelings, I use sunflowers as a metaphor to connote my background and emotional stage. My incorporation of collages of figures from China’s Tang Dynasty represents my Chinese heritage and is a constant reminder of where I came from. The texture and earthiness on the canvas’s surface are inspired by the texture of the soil on the farm where I worked in China. Although I often gain great pleasure from the process of painting, it is most important to unfold expressively those feelings within myself. Wang belongs to a generation of immigrant painters from China, whose artistic background was defined by socialist realism but took advantage of their skills and broke away from that tradition to create new subjects in the U.S. “When I was a student during Cultural Revolution, Soviet realism art was among the dominant source of influence and it grabbed us like lightening rod...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil

Salt Creek, Pays des Illinois - Wooded Landscape with Eagle, Oil on Canvas
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Don Pollack's work centers on portraying the interplay between society and nature. He employs impressive realism in oil painting to illustrate his personal journeys. Pollack also delves into the connections between our national memory, the North American landscape, and the rich history of the land. In his latest series, "Je Me Souviens," (I Remember) he explores the intricate relationship between French influence, language, landscape, and history in the North American Midwest. "Salt Creek...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Ephemeral Palace, Antarctica by Paul Nicklen - National Geographic - Iceberg
By Paul Nicklen
Located in Chicago, IL
Ephemeral Palace Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, 2012. 24 x 36 in / 61 x 91.4 cm / Edition of 20 31 x 46.5 in / 78.7 x 118.1 cm / Edition of 15 40 × 60 in / 101.6 x 152.4 cm / Edit...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Fantastic Mid-Century Mark Coomer Serigraph of Chicago River & Wrigley Building
Located in Chicago, IL
You need this fantastic Mid-Century serigraph of Chicago's iconic Wrigley Building & Tribune Tower by artist Mark Coomer, in its original off-white panel f...
Category

1950s American Modern Illinois - Art

Materials

Masonite, Screen

Feuille d'etudes Techniques: Neuf Tetes
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
Etching and drypoint on laid paper, 1934. With Picasso's ink stamped signature lower right, and numbered 29/50 in pencil lower left. Image 12.25 x 8.75 inches, full sheet 19.5 x 13...
Category

1930s Modern Illinois - Art

Materials

Etching, Drypoint

"Masturbating Woman on Couch" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print - Courtesan Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Plate #5 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Kli...
Category

Early 1900s Vienna Secession Illinois - Art

Materials

Paper

Junkyard Cats - James Rizzi - Pop Art 3D Color Lithograph
By James Rizzi
Located in Chicago, IL
James Rizzi was an American Pop artist best known for his vibrant, youthful graphics and his three-dimensional prints. He was the official artist for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, adorning the famous logo with his noodle-like drawing style. Born on October 5, 1950 in Brooklyn, NY, the artist drew his inspiration from a diverse range of sources, such as Paul Klee, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, and Jean Dubuffet. He studied art first at Miami Dade...
Category

1980s Pop Art Illinois - Art

Materials

Wire

"Still Life of Fruit and Flowers, " Oil on Canvas
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressionist still life by French painter Léon Garraud depicts a table set with a plate of peaches and a vase of pink peonies and delicate white flowers. The warm palette of or...
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Illinois - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lit Cats, 2022
By Mark Kostabi
Located in Greenwich, CT
Lit Cats is an oil on canvas painting, 14 x 21" canvas size, signed on the front ‘KOSTABI 2022’ upper left, and signed, titled and dated verso. Framed in a contemporary black frame. ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Gustav Klimt "2nd Study for Water Serpents" collotype from Funfundzwanzig folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Title page numbered: 263/450
Category

1910s Vienna Secession Illinois - Art

Materials

Paper

Secessionist Geometric Urn by Paul Dachsel c. 1900
By Paul Dachsel
Located in Chicago, IL
Whereas earlier Art Nouveau pottery focused on asymmetrical design to represent the wild and unpredictable aspects of nature, forward-thinking artists such as Paul Dachsel and those of the Vienna Secession also explored the geometric elements of nature. Four-handled blue and gray urn...
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Illinois - Art

Materials

Ceramic

Mid-Century Painting of a Red Barn & Mill Scene by Illinois Artist Stan Dudek
Located in Chicago, IL
A Brightly-colored, Mid-Century painting of a red barn & mill scene by notable Illinois artist Stan Dudek. After years of driving from his home in the far west suburbs to his job as...
Category

1960s American Modern Illinois - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Boats in a Harbor
By Duilio Barnabe
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting is signed and dated by Barnabè on the lower right. In 1959, French art critic Michel Concil-Lacoste, in the newspaper Le Monde, expressed his views on Barnabè: "Barnab...
Category

20th Century Illinois - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Glimpse of Something That Seemed All Potential - Nude Original Oil Painting
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
Using pornography as a vehicle for understanding, Rick Sindt's work explores the discovery and development of queer attraction. Sindt transforms pornographi...
Category

2010s Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Huge Hare Platter by Ken Ferguson (INV# NP4059)
By Ken Ferguson
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Ken Ferguson Very rare and early work! USA, 1983 stoneware 22 h × 24 w × 5¾ d in signed by artist Ken Ferguson (1928 - 2004) received an M.F.A. in 1954 from Alfred University, and went on to become one of the most influential teachers and artists in his field of pottery. From 1964 until 1996, when he was named Professor Emeritus, Ferguson was Head of the Ceramics Department at the Kansas City Art Institute. His work has been included in solo shows at the Garth Clark Gallery in New York and the Frank Lloyd Gallery in California and can be found in prominent museum collections such as Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts (Racine, Wisconsin), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (California), Museum of Arts and Design (New York), and the Victoria and Albert Museum (London). With such a magnificent career, it is fitting that in 1981 he was named one of the 12 greatest living potters by Ceramics Monthly Magazine and has been a professor to such legendary ceramic artists as Kurt Weiser...
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1980s Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Stoneware

Blue Boy of the North Atlantic - Octopus on Antique Nautical Chart Gyotako Style
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extraordinary dimensionality. By printing it on a nautical chart, in this case a pilot chart of the Northern Atlantic Ocean from 1945, the artist achieves a beautiful aesthetic. The artwork is unframed. Please contact the gallery for framing options. Jeff Conroy Blue Boy of the North Atlantic sumi ink and colored pencil on mulberry paper 23h x 37w in 58.42h x 93.98w cm JEC111 Gyotaku - A Japanese word translated from "gyo" meaning fish and "taku" meaning stone impression and is believed to get its inspiration from Chinese stone rubbings of calligraphy, which then gave rise to printing . This tradition dates back to the mid-1800s and was used by fishermen to record their catches, but has also become an art form of its own. Prints were made using Sumi ink and Washi paper. It is rumored that Samurai would settle fishing competitions using Gyotaku prints...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

"Lead Us Not Into Temptation" Original 1899 Color Lithograph by Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Alphonse Mucha worked mainly as a poster artist and became an influential figure of Art Nouveau in late 1890s, when poster illustrations were emerging as popular art form and new pri...
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Illinois - Art

Materials

Lithograph

Dynamic & Colorful Mid-Century Painting by French Artist Michel Patrix
By Michel Patrix
Located in Chicago, IL
A dynamic & colorful Mid-Century painting (ca. 1950) by French Artist Michel Patrix, in purples, yellow and reds. The painting is titled "Coings au Plateau Noir" or (Quinces on a bl...
Category

1950s Abstract Illinois - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater: "Hallowed Be Thy Name" 1899 sepia lithograph
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Stone lithograph sepia plate of Hallowed Be Thy Name from Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pater. Printed by F. Champenois, published by Henri Piazza in Paris in an edition of 510, 1899. “Le Pater is the perfect convergence of three important movements at the close of the 19th century: Art Nouveau, Mysticism, and Religion. Art Nouveau, through its respect and honor of Nature, promotes the idea of a spirit of energy coursing through all things–a tenet of Mysticism–that finds foundation in the traditions of Mucha's personal relationship with the imagery of Religion. Le Pater gave Mucha a venue to communicate his beliefs specifically through his unique approach to Art and the coded language he had been learning through his devotion to Masonic teachings. He combined the aesthetics of Medieval manuscripts...
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Illinois - Art

Materials

Lithograph

Palma #5 by Jacob Gils - Contemporary Landscape Photography
Located in Chicago, IL
Palma #5 (Palma de Mallorca, 2022) Beautiful picture of Jacaranda tree captured in OldTown of Palma. Size: 43 x 28 inches / Edition of 6 Size: 70 x 47 inches / Edition of 3 Size: ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

C Print

Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater: "Thy Kingdom Come" 1899 mandala lithograph
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Stone lithograph mandala plate of Thy Kingdom Come from Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pater. Printed by F. Champenois, published by Henri Piazza in Paris in an edition of 510, 1899. “Le Pater is the perfect convergence of three important movements at the close of the 19th century: Art Nouveau, Mysticism, and Religion. Art Nouveau, through its respect and honor of Nature, promotes the idea of a spirit of energy coursing through all things–a tenet of Mysticism–that finds foundation in the traditions of Mucha's personal relationship with the imagery of Religion. Le Pater gave Mucha a venue to communicate his beliefs specifically through his unique approach to Art and the coded language he had been learning through his devotion to Masonic teachings. He combined the aesthetics of Medieval manuscripts with Moorish arabesques, Byzantine mandalas, and Classical Renaissance melodrama to create a body of work that guided viewers across the gap between the ancient and the modern. The published plates for Le Pater were struck by Champenois on December 20, 1899 in an edition of 510 copies with the express agreement that they never be reprinted. As much of Mucha's work had been commercialized by Champenois due to numerous printings across multiple mediums, by this point he felt he had earned the right to insist on this deeply personal work existing only in the original release he had envisioned. The title page, prayer plates, and illuminated manuscript pages...
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Illinois - Art

Materials

Lithograph

Die Prostitution by Josef Fenneker, Weimar silent film poster, Anita Berber 1919
By Josef Fenneker
Located in Chicago, IL
Original lithograph of Josef Fenneker’s German Expressionist poster design for the 1919 silent film Die Prostitution starring Anita Berber ...
Category

1910s Expressionist Illinois - Art

Materials

Lithograph

Lawyer's Office Circa 1835 - Kupjack Studios Miniature Room
By Henry "Hank" Kupjack
Located in Chicago, IL
The details are so painstakingly exact that the viewer is deceived into believing they are viewing a full scale replica of a lawyer's office from 1885. ...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Mixed Media

This Can't Be! - Woman in a Blue Dress Expressing Shock, Original Oil, Framed
By Richard Gibbons
Located in Chicago, IL
This painting is part of a series of portraits by Richard Gibbons in which the subject displays shock, dismay, anger or ambivalence in response to an unknown outside event. The portr...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Androgyne, Hésperus by Carlos Schwabe, Mystical Symbolist illustration, 1904
By Carlos Schwabe
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph from Carlos Schwabe’s series of hand-colored Symbolist fantasy illustrations for Catulle Mendès’ Hésperus, published in 1904 by Société de pr...
Category

Early 1900s Symbolist Illinois - Art

Materials

Paper, Aquatint

A 1926 Watercolor of Ships at a Dock, Chicago River by Artist Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1926 watercolor of ships at a dock by artist Harold Haydon. Image size: 9" x 12". Framed size: 14" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the artist. Harold Emerson Haydon was born in...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Illinois - Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Orange Crush - Gyotaku Style Japanese Sumi Ink Painting, Large Orange Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A Gyo-Tako print of large octopus is seen here in Jeff Conroy's work entitled "Orange Crush". To achieve this remarkable painting, the artist inks the octopus using traditional sum...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper

Lone Figure On A Beach
By Robert Bliss
Located in New York, NY
Oil on canvas. Signed in oil, lower right corner.
Category

1940s Illinois - Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Women Sleeping Face Down" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesan Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Plate #12 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Klimt's well-known Water Serpents paintings...
Category

Early 1900s Vienna Secession Illinois - Art

Materials

Paper

Night Crossing - Model Pirate Ship and Constellations, Oil on Panel
By John Hrehov
Located in Chicago, IL
A model pirate ship dominates the geometric backdrop of this perplexing painting titled, "Night Crossing." Constellations painted on the tiled surface suggest the ship is headed on a journey to be guided by star-filled sky above. Notions of voyage and conquest come to mind, but the boat is moored to its wooden base, dashing any hopes for adventure. The painting is framed in a simple walnut stained wooden frame measuring 25.25 x 21.25 inches. John Hrehov Night Crossing, 2022 oil on canvas on panel 24h x 20w in 60.96h x 50.80w cm JHR009 John Hrehov Education 1985 MFA-Painting, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1981 BFA-Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH. Solo Exhibitions 2017 John Hrehov, Paintings and Drawings. Tom Thomas Gallery, Indiana University East, Richmond, IN. 2012 Shades from White to Black, New Drawings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. 2011 John Hrehov: Charcoal. Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne. 2009 John Hrehov: A Survey 1999-2009 Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. Paintings and Drawings. Seerveld Gallery, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL. 2004 John Hrehov: Drawings and Paintings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. 2002 Paintings. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. 2001 Charcoal. Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne. John Hrehov, Paintings and Drawings. Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL. 2000 The Picture Proper. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. Fearful Symmetry. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN. Allegories in Contemporary Life. Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY. 1999 Paintings and Working Drawings. Adams Hall Gallery, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL. 1998 John Hrehov. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. John Hrehov: Paintings and Drawings. Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL. 1997 Object Lesson, Paintings, and Drawings by John Hrehov. Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY. 1995 John Hrehov. Trinity Art Gallery, Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL. 1993 John Hrehov: Selected Works 1980-1992 Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne. Group Exhibitions 2019 2019 Alumni Exhibition. Reinberger Gallery at The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH. Out Of The Closet. Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY. 1026 West Berry Street: The Fort Wayne Art School. Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN. 2018 Artlink Regional Exhibition. Artlink Contemporary Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN. 2017 Sola Grace-Faith-Scripture: An Exhibition of Sacred Visual Art. Good Shepherd Institute at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, IN. Norman Bradley...
Category

2010s Surrealist Illinois - Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

Concetto Spaziale A
By Lucio Fontana
Located in New York, NY
Etching and aquatint with embossing and punched holes on Fabriani paper. Signed, numbered (96/210) and dated in pencil lower right corner. Published by International Graphic Arts S...
Category

1960s Abstract Illinois - Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Color

Peace in the Glimmer
Located in Chicago, IL
Born in Hollywood and raised in the urban sprawls of Los Angeles, Julio’s artistic aesthetic was shaped early on by the platinum light and expansive concrete horizons of southern Cal...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Egg Tempera, Panel

Mirage
By Joey Korom
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Mirage is a serious and contemplative painting. This work can be considered a contemplative piece, a sedate and personal work executed in the best tradition o...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Illinois - Art

Materials

Acrylic

Energy Field - Floating Nude Figure Surrounded by Hoops, Original Oil, Framed
By Richard Gibbons
Located in Chicago, IL
A nude figure is suspended in air, being held up by an invisible force field and surrounded by loops of wire. The muscular figure is tense with all the defined muscles showing. The...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Illinois - Art

Materials

Oil, Panel

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