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Item Ships From: Massachusetts
Adi Oren, Diver, Green, Yellow, Big Sky, Male Figures, Group of People, Vintage
Located in Nantucket, MA
Divers springing into the air as if in a show! A vintage feel with the styled swimsuits. Not your ordinary sky or water, imaginary place. Freedom of flying or free fall. Her work is...
Category
2010s Abstract Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Three Kings Meeting
Located in Lexington, MA
Three Kings Meeting (Dreikönigstreffen, oder wer hat die größte Krone) by German artist Kurt ADAM Arnold is a commanding 27.5 x 39.5 inch mixed media painting that explores power, id...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
The Amazon
By Herbert Barnett
Located in Boston, MA
Signed lower right: “Herbert Barnett”. Published: Art Digest, November, 1939.
Exhibited: Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, 1939. The Institute of Contemporary Art, “Art of New England”, 1939. Contemporary Arts, Inc., New York, November, 1939.
Herbert Barnett was an American artist whose life and work was closely tied to New England, and yet, his distinctive style of painting draws upon both the American tradition of representation and the artistic innovations of the Cubists. He is known as a painter of extraordinary ability and a virtuoso draftsman.
Born in Cranston, Rhode Island, Barnett grew up in Providence. While still in high school, he began to study painting at the Rhode Island School of Design. From 1927-31, he studied at the Boston Museum School and soon acquired a reputation for technical proficiency. At seventeen, he had his first one-man show at the Grace Horne Gallery in Boston and was already teaching private classes. After art school, where he won the Paige Travelling Fellowship, Barnett spent three years traveling and studying in Europe.
In the late 1930s, Barnett's bold and expressive figure paintings and Cape Ann landscapes...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A World of Our Own, Original Painting
By Robin Okun
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Robin Okun presents six towering figures adorned by flowery fuchsias, blues, and golds against a rich blue backdrop. They appear rooted as a unified wh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Deliberation, Original Painting
By Sharon Sieben
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A defined portrait of a man in painterly strokes by artist Sharon Sieben. His gaze holds profound contemplation with creased brows low on his forehead. "He is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Acquiescence, Original Painting
By Sharon Sieben
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"The subtle feminine face in this piece displays an expression of definite reluctance to commitment," says artist Sharon Sieben. A woman bathed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
"Summer Sojourn 1" Woman in Orange Bikini Swimming with Reflections on Water
By Carol Bennett
Located in Edgartown, MA
"Summer Sojourn 1" Woman in Orange Bikini Swimming with Reflections on Water
“I have an open and free-wheeling approach to technique and material...
Category
2010s Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Gathered, Original Painting
By Robin Okun
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A contemporary scene by artist Robin Okun of tall willowy figures represented in blocks of color, stand amidst a simplified landscape. "The limited palette of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Fly Away with Me, Original Painting
By Sharon Sieben
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A cluster of butterflies beckons a young woman. Artist Sharon Sieben used graphite and acrylic paint to create this expressionistic portrait. With Sharon's th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Bird Song, Original Painting
By Sharon Sieben
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A small bright yellow bird closely perches beside a young woman. Artist Sharon Sieben rendered this expressionist portrait with thick painterly strokes and fragments of dispersed bright colors. The woman, caught in a moment of thought, stands before a lightly shaded background while she entertains the personal visit.
About the Artist
Sharon Sieben prefers working in a loose, fluid technique and finds inspiration in the most unexpected things. Her parents bought her a set of oil paints when she was ten years old and it sparked her love of art. She especially admires the work of Impressionist artists such as Paul Cezanne because of how they broke tradition. When she's not making art, she enjoys reading and playing classical guitar and piano. She currently lives in Arizona.
Words that describe this painting: portrait, face, expressionism, bird, woman, expressionism, people, acrylic painting, blue
Bird Song...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Boys of Summer, Oil Painting
By Claudia Verciani
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A playful scene of four boys getting ready to take their surfboards into the cool summer waters. While contemplating the incoming waves, the sun moves across the sky drawing long shadows on the sand. "This piece reminds me of fun relaxing times at the beach during the summer months," shares artist Claudia Verciani.
About the Artist
Inspired by the great Impressionist painters, Claudia uses paint emotionally to depict the beauty of life. She is most inspired by light, and as such, tends to paint en plein air frequently. Claudia strives to capture singular, transient moments in time in which the contrast between light and dark values are striking. She presents a body of work that conveys traditionally Impressionist influences across varying choices of subject matter.
Words that describe this painting: beach, ocean, boys, play, impressionism, seascape, surf, surfboards, shore, sand, water, waves, children, kids, impressionism, people, seascape, representational, oil painting, blue
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spring Flowers, Oil Painting
By Sherri Aldawood
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"These spring flowers from a friend's garden made a beautiful and inspiring floral wreath for my model, Samantha," shares artist Sherri Aldawood. In this deli...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Alana with Roses, Oil Painting
By Sherri Aldawood
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A woman sits contently on a green swing with tea and a bouquet of roses. Soft, dappled sunlight falls through the trees and warms t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Who Are These Angels CXXXVIII, Oil Painting
By Naoko Paluszak
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Part of artist Naoko Paluszak's signature series Who Are These Angels. A diaphanous figure appears to be swaying on her feet. Focused light shimmers on her wh...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Phoenix, Oil Painting
By Gary Leonard
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This dramatic image of a winged figure creates a brightly colored yet soft composition that fills the room with warmth," shares artist Gary Leonard. Inspired by the beauty of wings, Gary says it was a challenge to render them in a soft flowing manner with the model. "The warm color palette creates an inviting and peaceful feeling," he adds.
About the Artist
Through composition, color, texture and more, Gary Leonard celebrates beauty. His works start with the subject, but then he lets the work evolve into a more complex composition. Oftentimes, he enjoys merging figures with abstract images and varying textures. He hopes that his works will leave the viewer with a sense of warmth and peace. When he's not making art, he enjoys listening to music and learning how to play the piano.
Words that describe this painting: figure, fantasy, peaceful, wings, figurative, ethereal, face, flying, angel, expressionism, fantasy, people, representational, oil painting, yellow
The Phoenix...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Restful Dreaming, Oil Painting
By Gary Leonard
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"This peaceful composition was inspired by the lush green colors of a summer day in the forest, with the softening effect of light rain and the sun finding it...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Siren I, Oil Painting
By Ryan Pickart
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A modernist portrait combining a realistic face and an abstract figure. Artist Ryan Pickart uses bold linework to explore how the ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Woman and Child
By John Edward Costigan
Located in Sheffield, MA
John Edward Costigan, N.A.
American, 1888-1972
Woman and Child
Oil on canvas
Signed ‘J.E. Costigan N.A.’ lower left
24 by 30 in. W/frame 32 by 38 in.
John Costigan was born of Irish-American parents in Providence, Rhode Island, February 29, 1888. He was a cousin of the noted American showman, George M. Cohan, whose parents brought the young Costigan to New York City and was instrumental in starting him on a career in the visual arts. They were less successful in encouraging him to pursue formal studies at the Art Students League (where, however, he later taught) than in exposing him to the commercial art world through the job they had gotten him with the New York lithographing firm that made their theatrical posters.
At the H. C. Miner Lithographing Company, Costigan worked his way up from his entry job as a pressroom helper, through various apprenticeships, to the position of sketch artist. In the latter capacity he was an uncredited designer of posters for the Ziegfeld Follies and for numerous silent films. Meanwhile, he had supplemented his very meager formal studies in the fine arts with a self-teaching discipline that led to his first professional recognition in 1920 with the receipt of prizes for an oil painting and watercolor in separate New York exhibitions.
A year earlier, Costigan had wed professional model Ida Blessin, with whom he established residence and began raising a family in the sleepy little rural New York hamlet of Orangeburg, the setting for the many idyllic farm landscapes and wood interiors with which he was to become identified in a career that would span half a century.
John Costigan’s first national recognition came in 1922 with his winning of the coveted Peterson Purchase prize of the Art Institute of Chicago for an oil on canvas, “Sheep at the Brook.” It marked the start of an unbroken winning streak that would gain him at least one important prize per year for the remainder of the decade. The nation’s art journalists and critics began to take notice, making him the recurring subject of newspaper features and magazine articles. The eminent author and critic Edgar Holger Cahill was just a fledgling reporter when he wrote his first feature, “John Costigan Carries the Flame,” for Shadowland Magazine in 1922. Costigan had his first one-man show of paintings at the Rehn Gallery on New York’s 5th Avenue in November, 1924, to be followed less than three years later by another at the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition, Costigan’s work has been—and continues to be included, side-by-side with that of some of America’s most high-profile artists, in museum and gallery exhibitions throughout the country. His renown had peaked in the early 1930s, by which time his work had been honored with nearly every major award then being bestowed in the fine arts and had been acquired for the permanent collections of several prestigious American museums, including New York’s Metropolitan (which only recently, in 1997, deaccessioned his “Wood Interior,” acquired in 1934).
Although Costigan’s celebrity had ebbed by the late 1930s, the Smithsonian Institution saw fit in 1937 to host an exhibition exclusively of his etchings. And, in 1941, the Corcoran Gallery (also Washington, D.C.) similarly honored him for his watercolors. (Another Washington institution, the Library of Congress, today includes 22 Costigan etchings and lithographs in its permanent print collection.)
During World War II, Costigan returned briefly to illustrating, mainly for Bluebook, a men’s pulp adventure magazine. A gradual revival of interest in his more serious work began at the end of the war, culminating in 1968 with the mounting of a 50-year Costigan retrospective at the Paine Art Center and Arboretum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Oils, watercolors and prints were borrowed from museums and private collections throughout the country, and the exhibition was subsequently toured nationally by the Smithsonian Institution.
John Costigan died of pneumonia in Nyack, NY, August 5, 1972, just months after receiving his final prestigious award —the Benjamin West Clinedinst Medal of the Artist’s Fellowship, Inc., presented in general recognition of his “...achievement of exceptional artistic merit...” in the various media he had mastered in the course of his career.
This painting depicts one of the artist's favorite themes --the farm family bathing...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
i am. (all)
By Clarence James
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: James, Clarence
Title: i am. (all)
Date: 2022
Medium: Acrylic, Aerosol, Oil Stick on Canvas
Unframed Dimensions: 40" x 30"
Signature: Signed
Edition: Unique
Category
2010s Contemporary Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Acrylic
Who Are These Angels LXIII, Oil Painting
By Naoko Paluszak
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This piece is number 53 from my "Who Are These Angels" series. The painting is on a gallery wrapped canvas with finished edges. It comes ready to hang.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"#1485" Acrylic painting of blue Converse hanging with white background.
By Santiago Garcia
Located in Edgartown, MA
The work of Santiago Garcia explores the wondrous, colorful and always intriguing world between figuration and abstraction. Through contextualization of reality, the Uruguayan artist...
Category
2010s Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Summer Kids" acrylic palette knife painting of kids in swimsuits jumping
By Paul Norwood
Located in Edgartown, MA
Paul Norwood paints the world around him, blurring the lines between representation and abstraction. His loose, gestural style and bold, thick brushwork suggest rather than define fo...
Category
2010s Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pair of paintings - Two Children Playing
Located in Boston, MA
Pair of paintings each in original American Federal Period white pine gilded scoop frames with inner row of beads. Framed Dimensions: 24 x 29 1/2 inches. Provenance available upon request.
Michele Felice Cornè, considered to be Salem, Massachusetts’ most versatile early nineteenth century artist, painted this remarkable pair of paintings about a decade after he arrived in America from Naples, Italy. Cornè worked and lived in Salem from 1800-06 when he moved to Boston. During his Boston tenure (1807-22) the artist was noted for painting portraits of Boston ships and naval battles of the War of 1812, as well as taking on major mural commissions. This charming pair of paintings, each of two children playing, were possibly intended as overdoor decorations for a Federal period house. Cornè’s most ambitious decorations were the wall murals which he painted for the Sullivan Dorr house in Providence in 1810. And this pair of paintings seems to date from about the same period. From 1822 to his death in 1845 he lived in Newport, Rhode Island. The pair of paintings of Children playing was long in the famous Americana collection of Benjamin Flayderman. Flayderman was said to have set the standard for collecting in American furniture and decorative arts in the 1920s. Much of his collection was sold at a legendary sale at the American Art Association-Anderson Galleries (predecessor of Parke-Burnet and Sotheby’s, New York) in April of 1931. These paintings, however, were retained by Flayderman and descended in his family.
Cornè was instrumental in transferring current Neapolitan painting techniques as well as Italian landscape themes to America. On the subject of Cornè's non-marine work, Nina Fletcher Little, the Cornè expert, stated: “Although Cornè's claim to twentieth century recognition has rested chiefly on his marine subjects, it is becoming increasingly apparent that he was equally successful in the charming landscapes he placed upon overmantles, fireboards, and framed canvases. Many depict the rolling countryside of his native Italy, which he copied from romantic engravings. These compositions, featuring grazing cows and frolicking peasants, are extremely colorful and picturesque. Arched bridges, steepled churches, crenellated castles, and round stone towers form most decorative backgrounds.”
The two paintings: Two Children at Play with a White Bird and Two Children Playing recall earlier European and Italian models. Cherub paintings were popular throughout western Europe in the last quarter of the 18th century. But these Cornè paintings also recall the Renaissance paintings of putti such as the little angels by Raphael, painted as part of his Sistine Madonna, and lately enjoying greatly renewed popularity and notice. Cornè often used Italian old master models as a basis for landscape or figure paintings.
Cornè was born on the island of Elba in 1752. During the Napoleonic Wars, he sought refuge and sailed to America on the ship Mount Vernon commanded by Elias Hasket Derby, Jr., at whose father's house Cornè resided in Salem. The artist arrived in Salem, Massachusetts in July of 1800. Derby, impressed by the Neapolitan marine paintings that he had seen and collected during his Mediterranean voyages of the late eighteenth century, sought to make the same skills available in Salem by encouraging Cornè to live and work in that town. Cornè was quite successful in transferring the current Neapolitan decorative painting to America, and his popularity grew rapidly. Cornè attracted the patronage of many in Salem, and was introduced to Samuel McIntire with whom he worked on many of Salem's houses. Between 1807 and 1809 he was at 27 Hanover Street in Boston, but by 1810 the city directories list him at 61 Middle Street. By 1822, he was settled in Newport, Rhode Island and received enough patronage to support him the rest of his life.
Cornè is well represented in public and private collections including the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts, the Peabody-Essex Museum of Salem, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, New Haven Colony Historical Society, the New York Historical Society, Newport Historical Society, Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Rhode Island Historical Society, the Smithsonian Institution, the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, the United States Department of State, the United States Naval Academy...
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Red Tea
By Thomas Darsney
Located in Boston, MA
Signed lower left: "Darsney".
Category
2010s American Realist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Belu Dolphin" nude watercolor painting of a man stretching on white background
Located in Edgartown, MA
Wendy Artin is an American contemporary artist who works primarily in watercolor and charcoal. Her work is figurative and classical and explores the timele...
Category
2010s Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
From the Extinction(s) Series: 'The Dodo '
By Gin Stone
Located in New York, NY
The project will depict organisms in fiber and textile, in a format I consider a hybrid of the late 1970’s fad of Cut and Sew homemade stuffed-animals/pillows (from pre-printed fabri...
Category
2010s Contemporary Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Trifectious, Realist Figurative Painting, 2016
By Alexa De Los Reyes
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary:
I am captivated with how reflections and refractions caught in underwater photographs seem to expose hidden aspects of people's characters. I photograph friends an...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Canada Gold" Small Red/Gold Flag of Canada in 23 Karat Gold Leaf and Oil Paint
By Charlotte Andry Gibbs
Located in Wellesley, MA
Charlotte Gibbs’ "flag" and "star" paintings often reference the artist's interest in Pop art and sometimes incorporate 23 karat gold leaf in addition to oil paint, but not always. ...
Category
2010s Realist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Catalina Point" abstract of ocean
By Chase Langford
Located in Edgartown, MA
Chase Langford has created a distinctive visual language that is grounded in the natural and built environment while embarking into uncharted territory. His impactful depictions reca...
Category
2010s Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"White and Black (Negative Image)" Americana, Large Flag Painting, Pop Art
By Charlotte Andry Gibbs
Located in Wellesley, MA
Charlotte Gibbs’ "flag" and "star" paintings often reference the artist's interest in Pop art and sometimes incorporate 23 karat gold leaf in addition to oil paint, but not always. With its depiction of a graphically idealized American flag in black and white, "White and Black (Negative Image) " is at once bold, lovely, Pop, and a sophisticated homage to the country's flag. The artist's simple slightly distressed white wood...
Category
2010s Pop Art Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
The Wagner Mirror
By Arthur Polonsky
Located in Boston, MA
Signed top left: "Polonsky". Titled verso: "The Wagner Mirror".
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Donna Isham Portrait Female Abstract Figurative Modern Face Gray Red
Located in Nantucket, MA
Blurred is the title of this painting. A softer pallet of grays with touched of red gives a more gentle image of the female than her newer works.
Category
2010s Abstract Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Graphite
Donna Isham Female Portrait Abstract Figurative Colorful Face Pink
Located in Nantucket, MA
Titled Josephine and Jaia, this painting evokes strength and confidence. "Isham's work becomes a catalogue of the human experience that exists outside of any time, space or cultural ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Gilded Chair
By Thomas Darsney
Located in Boston, MA
An auto-didactic artist, Darsney draws inspiration from a variety of sources, including The Boston School and iconic masters such as Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Degas. These artists’ att...
Category
2010s Romantic Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Church and Lavender Fields
Located in Boston, MA
Dated verso: "July 12, / 2001". Inscribed verso: "422". Label on stretcher: "422 The church and Lavender Fields/ 30" x 40", Oil on linen/ Prov July 2001".
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Cross My Heart
By Robert Freeman
Located in Boston, MA
Signed lower left: “Freeman”. Artist’s frame.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Blue Top
By Robert Vickrey
Located in Boston, MA
Signed verso: "Robert Vickrey". Titled verso: "The Blue Top". In fine condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Casein
"Flow (paper)" Abstract painting of a woman in a blue pool
By Carol Bennett
Located in Edgartown, MA
Abstract oil painting of a woman in a blue pool.
"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts.
The "Swimmer series" has follow...
Category
2010s Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
"The Story of a Lover Boy" Acrylic painting of Black man with a white hat
By Affen Segun
Located in Edgartown, MA
Affen Segun was born in 1993 in Lagos, Nigeria. A native of Bayelsa State, he discovered his love for art at a young age, and later got enrolled in a roadside art shop to start to ho...
Category
2010s Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Acrylic
"Hooked" a bright whimsical portrait of a suited fisherman with his fresh catch
By Debbie Miller
Located in Edgartown, MA
About the Artist
A Rhode Island native, I earned a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design. Since then I’ve worked as a freelance artist, decorative painter, teacher and master paint...
Category
2010s Modern Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Sisi Black and Shine" Acrylic portrait of Black woman with yellow background
By Affen Segun
Located in Edgartown, MA
Affen Segun was born in 1993 in Lagos, Nigeria. A native of Bayelsa State, he discovered his love for art at a young age, and later got enrolled in a roadside art shop to start to ho...
Category
2010s Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Acrylic
"Summer Night" oil painting of a couple in a VW bus on the beach in moonlight
By Rob Brooks
Located in Edgartown, MA
From an incandescent sunset on Long Island Sound to an iconic pop-kitsch ice storage bin at the neighborhood corner store, Rob Brooks offers us a visual journey from the real to surr...
Category
2010s Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Heather Wilcoxon, Blow Out, Oil on Board, 2007
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Heather Wilcoxon
Title: Blow Out
Medium: Oil on Board
Year: 2007
Size:
BFA San Francisco Art Institute, Painting
MFA San Francisco Art Insti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Oil Crayon, Acrylic
David P. Curtis Figure Landscape Painting Woman in the Garden Scene
Located in Rockport, MA
Bask in the charm of a sunlit garden filled with vibrant blooms. A woman in a soft hat sits quietly, perfectly at ease among the lush greenery and flowers. The interplay of light and...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Bloom from Within" Acrylic painting of a woman smiling over a floral background
By Affen Segun
Located in Edgartown, MA
ffen Segun was born in 1993 in Lagos, Nigeria. A native of Bayelsa State, he discovered his love for art at a young age, and later got enrolled in a roadside art shop to start to hon...
Category
2010s Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Fabric
Central Square (Cambridge, MA)
Located in Boston, MA
Signed and dated lower right: “Trachtman 6-6-73”. From the estate of the artist.
Though much of his art was political in nature, Arnold Trachtman also...
Category
1970s Modern Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"1491" Acrylic painting of green red and pink converse of varying styles.
By Santiago Garcia
Located in Edgartown, MA
The work of Santiago Garcia explores the wondrous, colorful and always intriguing world between figuration and abstraction. Through contextualization of reality, the Uruguayan artist...
Category
2010s Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Scouting with Kevin (New York City)
By Sean Flood
Located in Boston, MA
Signed lower right: "Flood". Titled, dated, and signed verso: "Scouting with Kevin / 2016/19 / Sean Flood".
Category
2010s Contemporary Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Late-Hellenistic sculpture from the Monument to Daochos
Located in Boston, MA
Signed verso.
Based in New York, John MacConnell received his BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and his MFA from the School o...
Category
2010s Realist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Yellow There (Paper)" mixed media painting of a woman in gold suit in blue pool
By Carol Bennett
Located in Edgartown, MA
"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...
Category
2010s Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
Fishermen
By John Terelak
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1942
John Charles Terelak is recognized as one of America's finest living impressionists. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he received formal art instruction at the Vespe...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Greg Ludlow, Undertow, Acrylic on Canvas, 2021
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Greg Ludlow
Title: Undertow
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 6 x 6 feet
Year: 2021
Greg Ludlow is a Canadian artist who lives in London, Ontario. ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
At the Flower Market
By Walt Kuhn
Located in Sheffield, MA
Walt Francis Kuhn
American, 1877-1949
At the Flower Market
Oil on Canvas
15 by 18 in, w/ frame 22 ½ by 25 ½ in
Signed lower right
A painter and major organizer of the Armory Show, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Rustics: Spring Weekenders
By Hannah Barrett
Located in Boston, MA
Hannah Barrett’s paintings imagine a colorful, absurdist world inhabited by eccentrics of ambiguous genders and time periods. With tongue-in-cheek nods to the past, Barrett combines...
Category
2010s Contemporary Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
"Women Holding Up Women/Green Flash" mixed media painting, surfer, orange, blue
By Carol Bennett
Located in Edgartown, MA
"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...
Category
2010s Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
"FAITH" Vertical oil painting of 5 nautical Flags against a cobalt blue sky.
By Rob Brooks
Located in Edgartown, MA
From an incandescent sunset on Long Island Sound to an iconic pop-kitsch ice storage bin at the neighborhood corner store, Rob Brooks offers us a visual journey from the real to surr...
Category
2010s Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Bathing Group
By John Edward Costigan
Located in Sheffield, MA
John Edward Costigan, N.A.
American, 1888-1972
Bathing Group
Oil on canvas board
Signed ‘J.E. Costigan N.A.’ lower left
12 by 16 in. W/frame 20 by 24 i...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Angel and Rooster
By Karl Zerbe
Located in Boston, MA
Signed lower right: "Zerbe". In fine condition
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Encaustic, Board
"Credo (FREE!)" Pop-Art American Flag, Red/White/Blue, Whimsical and Political
By Charlotte Andry Gibbs
Located in Wellesley, MA
Charlotte Gibbs’ "flag" and "star" paintings often reference the artist's interest in Pop art and sometimes incorporate 23 karat gold leaf in addition to oil paint, but not always. ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Metal
"Women Holding Up Women/Indian Summer" mixed media painting of surfer, orange
By Carol Bennett
Located in Edgartown, MA
"I throw myself into the water almost every day- it grounds me, the body floats and the mind drifts. The "Swimmer series" has followed me over the years, resurfacing and evolving. Pr...
Category
2010s Massachusetts - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Paper
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