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Item Ships From: Pennsylvania
Fragmentation Installation Series No. 26
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Seth Clark's "Fragmentation Installation Series" is the newest series by the artist fresh from his studio. The series is comprised of 50 unique pieces total, this listing being one ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Dogpatch 2011
By Kevin Cyr
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Dogpatch 2011" is an original graphite on paper drawing by Kevin Cyr. The piece ships ready-to-hang in the pictured wood frame and measures 12”h x 18”w.
"In a culture in which pe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
"Right Behind" Abstract painting, Latex paint
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Right Behind" is an original 13in x 13in painting by Kelly Kozma with mixed media elements.
Please note: The last three photos show images of the full "Tiny Particles Connecting ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Latex, Mixed Media
"Two Paths Diverged", Large Portrait Woman in Garden with Roses Oil Painting
By Katherine Fraser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This large oil painting on canvas of a woman in a garden with roses titled "Two Paths Diverged" is an original artwork by Katherine Fraser in a handmade wood...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Faded
By Lauren Rinaldi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Faded" is an original oil pastel, ballpoint pen, and graphite on arches paper work by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece ships float-mounted in the pictured white frame. The paper measure...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper, Ballpoint Pen, Graphite
"Revelation", Large winter landscape with woman oil painting
By Katherine Fraser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Revelation" is a 48in x 62in original oil painting by Katherine Fraser in a handmade wood frame.
Artist Statement // Life often strikes me as a string of moments, like a series of ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Memento Morididdle Movement #91
By Charles Clary
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Memento Morididdle Movement #91" is an original hand-cut paper sculpture in a found frame by Charles Clary. This piece measures 11in x 9.5in x 2in.
Bio // Charles Clary was born i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper
"Vessel", Abstract Painting, White, Blue, Purple, Pink, Yellow
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Vessel" is an original 13in x 13in painting on stretched canvas by Kelly Kozma.
Image 1 shows the full piece.
Images 2-7 are close-up images of the details of the artwork.
Images 8...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Latex
DROPS
By Jim Houser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"DROPS" is an original acrylic on canvas by Jim Houser measuring 8in x 8in.
ABOUT // Jim Houser was born in 1973 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the city where he currentl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Hemp, Acrylic
A SET OF KEYS
By Jim Houser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"A SET OF KEYS" is an original painting and assemblage work by Jim Houser measuring 9in x 9in.
ABOUT // Jim Houser was born in 1973 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the city where he...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Hemp, Wood, Paper, Acrylic
Lead The River to the Sun
By Jason Andrew Turner
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Lead The River to the Sun" is an original painting by Jason Andrew Turner on canvas measuring 28in x 28in.
Biography // Jason Andrew Turner was born in 1982 in Birmingham, AL. He p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas, Spray Paint
"Demolition Day", Photorealistic oil painting, Graffiti Landscape
By Jessica Hess
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original oil painting on canvas by Jessica Hess measuring 36in x 26in.
A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Jessica Hess now lives and works in San Francisco, California...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Harley 45!
By James Oliver
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Harley 45!" is an original painting on canvas by James Oliver measuring 60in x 60in.
James Oliver is a painter whose precise visual language pushes the tradition of twentieth centu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Concussion
By Emily Smith
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Concussion" is an original watercolor painting with a floral fabric overlay/background by Emily Smith measuring 23"h x 16"w. The piece is shipped in the pictured fabric-covered cus...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Fabric, Watercolor
Jessica Hess, "D.I.E.", oil painting, hyper-realistic, graffiti landscape
By Jessica Hess
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original oil painting on canvas by Jessica Hess measuring 13in x 24in.
A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Jessica Hess now lives and works in San Francisco, California...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Control C" Colored pencil, pen, graphite on paper
By Lauren Rinaldi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original drawing by Lauren Rinaldi float mounted in the pictured simple white frame measuring 17in x 14in. This is an original artwork made with colored pencil, ballpoint pen, graphi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Ballpoint Pen, Graphite, Oil Pastel
Wall Street Panic Original mixed media on canva. Unique one of a kind Original
By Nelson De La Nuez
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Nelson De La Nuez b.1959
Wall Street Panic
2015
mixed media on canvas
56 h × 44 w × 3 d in (142 × 112 × 8 cm)
Signed to lower right ‘De La Nuez’. Signed and titled to verso 'Nelson ...
Category
2010s Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Imua: abstract painting w/ blue green yellow orange pink lines on white
By Paula Cahill
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Paula Cahill's linear abstract compositions are often comprised of a single, luminous line that meanders, changes color, and seamlessly connects back to itself. "Iteration II" combin...
Category
2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Untitled (Ship Harbor)
By Cobi Moules
Located in East Quogue, NY
Winter landscape painting by Cobi Moules - Oil on canvas
Exhibition History: "New England Now: People," Shelburne Museum, Vermont (June 26 - October 17, 2021)
Driven by the desire for adventure and discovery, Cobi Moules embraces the beauty of nature all the while shifting its weight through the exaltation of his own existence within, and as part, of it. This is best exemplified by the way he incorporates multiple self-portraits throughout his compositions. The multiplicity of self takes both precedence over, as well as integration into, the landscape creating a world with a sense of excitement, self-worth and play.
The locations of Moules’ compositions are equally important. All of the locations were previously depicted in paintings by the Hudson River School. Through the exploration of the grand American landscape and the reflection on mid-19th century American landscape painting, Moules navigates the parallels between the Hudson River School and the religious ideology that was an integral part of his formative years. Shared throughout both is the elevation of purity, virginity and the honor of sacrificing one’s selfhood for the glory of God. As the Hudson River School artists’ work embodies the overpowering force of God made manifest through nature, so do the religious voices of Moules’ past against the validation of his existence.
Moules states, “As a queer and trans person, I seek to renegotiate my relationship with this upbringing and the act of being told I am ‘unnatural’ through such a Christian lens. I utilize traditional representation as a way of seeking inclusion while disrupting the original narrative. Creating a space for personal significance and a queer and trans presence, the importance becomes the experience of my multiple and overall presence. It is a community of me playing, exploring my selves, exploring nature and being part of it.”
Landscape, nature, figurative painting, self portrait, portrait, seascape, coastline, seashore, Hudson River School, contemporary art, Ship Harbor...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Unspoken Mind, Contemporary Abstract Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This artwork evolved gradually through a lengthy process, employing oil on canvas along with affixed sections of canvas. The painting incorporates fragments from earlier smaller work...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fertile Sea: white abstract relief sculpture of the ocean, wall or shelf mounted
By Ava Blitz
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a white, plaster cast sculpture designed to be mounted directly to the wall or installed on a shelf. It is an abstract image evoking the churning sea. It is reminiscent of a fossil or natural or scientific curiosity in a "Wunderkammer," or historical cabinet of curiosities. It is signed on the back.
Ava Blitz...
Category
2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Plaster
Pyramid & Palms: black & white framed photograph, monument in landscape w/ trees
By Jenny Lynn
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Pyramid & Palms" is a black & white framed silver gelatin print (photograph) of a stone monument in landscape w/ trees from artist Jenny Lynn's "Little Rit...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Tabletop Still Life, Modernist Still Life with Food, Flowers, and Wine
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Tabletop Still Life" by Philadelphia born modernist and surrealist painter Leon Kelly, is a framed painting of a set dinner table with food, flowers, and wine. The 36" x 44" oil on ...
Category
1930s American Modern Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Cherry Tree Black & White: original painting on photograph, abstract landscape
By Ava Blitz
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Free shipping with code ART2021SHIP through December! This is an original gouache painting layered over an original inkjet print using alternative process photography. Image measures 8" x 8" on 11" x 8.5" paper. Ava Blitz...
Category
2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Gouache, Inkjet
Large Landscape by Chicago Artist Tellander, 1921
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A. Frederick Tellander
(American, 1878-1977)
Landscape, 1921
Oil on canvas, 32 x 38 inches
Framed: 36 x 42 inches (approx.)
Signed and dated at lower right: "Frederic Tellander...
Category
1920s Tonalist Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Leaves" series #0222: nature still-life leaf photograph w/ green, earth tones
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment photograph by artist Paul Cava depicting a highly detailed autumn leaf in a minimalist arrangement on a textured background. It is printed on Hahnemuhle P...
Category
2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Leaves" series #0160: nature still-life leaf photograph w/ orange, earth tones
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment photograph by artist Paul Cava depicting a highly detailed autumn leaf in a minimalist arrangement on a textured background. It is printed on Hahnemuhle P...
Category
2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Inner Space #10: geometric abstract painting on paper; blue, yellow, red & black
By Jay Walker
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Jay Walker's "Inner Space" series analyzes a single motif built from repeating parallel lines that is commonly found in his work. In this series of 12 paintings on paper, Walker expl...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
"Leaves" series #0151: nature still-life leaf photograph w/ orange, earth tones
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment photograph by artist Paul Cava depicting a highly detailed autumn leaf in a minimalist arrangement on a textured background. It is printed on Hahnemuhle P...
Category
2010s Realist Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
"Leaves" series #0331: nature still-life leaf photograph w/ red, earth tones
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an archival pigment photograph by artist Paul Cava depicting a highly detailed autumn leaf in a minimalist arrangement on a textured background. It is printed on Hahnemuhle P...
Category
2010s Minimalist Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Archival Pigment
Cubes Divided Equally into Three #15: abstract geometric painting w/ pinks
By Benjamin Weaver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This painting would make a lovely Valentine's Day gift, order today in time for holiday delivery! This geometric abstract acrylic on canvas Op Art painting is part of Weaver's "Cubes...
Category
2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Shuffle 5: geometric abstract Op Art painting in pink, magenta, yellow, orange
By Benjamin Weaver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Benjamin Weaver creates spatial tension through his use of contrasting colors arranged in a geometric framework. Imagery and color work both with and against each other to create mov...
Category
2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Untitled (Island in the Sky) - Figurative landscape oil painting
By Cobi Moules
Located in East Quogue, NY
Landscape oil painting, "(Island in the Sky)," by Cobi Moules
Oil on canvas. 8 x 10 inches
Driven by the desire for adventure and discovery, Cobi Moules embraces the beauty of natu...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Two Faces: black & white framed photograph, male & female figures, abstract
By Jenny Lynn
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"Two Faces" is a black & white framed silver gelatin print (photograph) of a man and woman in an embrace from artist Jenny Lynn's "Little Rituals" series. I...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Nineteenth century tavern scene
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Unknown Artist
(probably American, nineteenth century)
Tavern Scene
Oil on canvas, 15 x 12 inches
Framed: 21 x 18 inches (approx.)
Category
Mid-19th Century Realist Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Stacking #4: geometric abstract Op Art painting in blue, green, turquoise & gray
By Benjamin Weaver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Benjamin Weaver creates spatial tension through his use of contrasting colors arranged in a geometric framework. Imagery and color work both with and against each other to create mov...
Category
2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Scorched, Contemporary Landscape Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Scorched shows and intensely heated landscape with the sun hovering overhead. Plant life struggles to stay alive in this hot climate and the plants he...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Fabric, Canvas, Oil, Vinyl
Mystic Canyon: large contemporary canvas painting, abstract California landscape
By Thomas Paul Raggio
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Please contact me with zip code for speedy delivery and accurate shipping quote. "Mystic Canyon" is a large, original geometric abstract canvas painting by NJ artist and painting pro...
Category
2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Centerline #9: geometric abstract Op Art painting; green, blue squares on yellow
By Benjamin Weaver
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Benjamin Weaver creates spatial tension through his use of contrasting colors arranged in a geometric framework. Imagery and color work both with and against each other to create mov...
Category
2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Denied Andy Warhol Fright Wig Blue Self Portrait Painting by Charles Lutz
By Charles Lutz
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Denied Warhol Blue Self Portrait Fright Wig Painting by Charles Lutz
Silkscreen and acrylic on linen with Denied stamp of the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board.
12 x 12" inches
20...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 510.
By Eadweard Muybridge
Located in New York, NY
Human and Animal Locomotion. Plate 510.
Contortions on the ground.
14 x 20 inch original vintage collotype print from 1887
Image size 7 1/4 x 16 1/2 inches
Muybridge copyright impr...
Category
1880s Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Photographic Paper
"SISTERS", Abstract, Figurative Painting, Acrylic on Canvas, Women, Blue Water
By Libby Rosa
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The painting "SISTERS" by Libby Rosa blurs the distinction between abstraction and representation. And that rational/irrational alignment is only part of th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mid 19th Century Folk Art Hunting Scene, Landscape, Animal and Figurative, 1852
Located in Doylestown, PA
This mid 19th Century, 25" x 30", oil on canvas, Folk Art hunting scene was painted in 1852, and signed and dated by an illegible artist. It is framed in a reproduction wood frame.
Category
1850s Folk Art Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wrapped in Stillness II: oil painting of moody blue landscape on acid-washed tin
By Kirby Fredendall
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a moody, tonalist water landscape painted in acid-washed tin (lightweight metal surface) to achieve a smooth surface to complement the peaceful evening lake scene. It works particularly well with its companion piece, "Wrapped in Stillness I," also listed on 1stDibs. Each painting is sold separately although I can combine for shipping for your savings. Framing is not necessary as it reveal the unique metal edges. it is wired with all installation hardware and ready to hang. Signed on the back.
Bucks County, PA landscape artist Kirby Fredendall...
Category
2010s Impressionist Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Metal
Biography of a Drive-By: wall sculpture by Black African-American artist
By Richard J. Watson
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a two-part wall mounted painting / sculpture this integrates found objects and photographs into an acrylic painting on the top, and a wooden shelf with bullet casings and coins below. This is a conceptual, abstract work of art that is a powerful homage to lives lost through calculated gun violence in American cites. signed by the artist.
PROVENANCE: Exhibited in "Portals + Revelations: Richard J. Watson," the African American Museum in Philadelphia, Oct 2021 - Mar 2022.
"Most of my works are supported by memories of the past and suggested realities. Issues of social politics, ancestral references, and astral projections are presented with fragmented elements...
Category
2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Acrylic, Panel, Found Objects, Mixed Media
Boys Play with Hoops - National Geographic, Madagascar, Children, Trees
By Steve McCurry
Located in Denton, TX
Boys Play with Hoops by Steve McCurry depicts two children running along a dirt path in Madagascar, with Baobab trees towering in the distance.
24 x 20 in.
Edition of 30
Printed on ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Digital
Myanmar 3: portrait photograph of young girl child in green, Southeast Asia
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This photograph is from among Vincent Dixon's series created in Borneo, Myanmar, Paris, Pushkar, Los Angeles, New York, London, Miami, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Milan, Barcelona, Madrid,...
Category
2010s Realist Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Cecil B. DeMille
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Right by Artist
GRAPHITE SKETCHES - Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of legendary autocratic motion picture director, Cecil B. DeMille, 8" x 11". 'Fields in ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Graphite
Boy and Horse at the Water Pump, Post Cover
By Leslie Thrasher
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Left by Artist
Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, September 6, 1913
Category
1910s Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Oil
Steel Tornado (NEST with one large mirror-polish egg) by Steve Tobin
By Steve Tobin
Located in Glen Ellen, CA
A mirror polished stainless steel egg reflects its environment while the steel "tornado" holds the egg up to create more drama. Beautiful in the garden!
One of a kind and signed by t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Steel
Forever 5: Geometric abstraction painting on canvas, minimalist w/ color lines
By Thomas Paul Raggio
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an original geometric abstract canvas painting by NJ artist and painting professor, Thomas Paul Raggio. It is signed, titled, and dated on the back. It has substantial stretc...
Category
2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Blue Monday
By Warren Keating
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This painting was inspired by the view from my hotel balcony in Paris of the pedestrian below me, trying to button his coat as he walked against the wind. I created the movement of the walking figure in expressive brushstrokes that emulate pixelation and motion. I use the unique aerial perspective to turn the human figure into a more abstract shape and to emphasize the movement of the figure.
About the Artist
Warren Keating's paintings start with documentation. He captures subjects on video from birds-eye views, digitizes the film on his computer and, finally, paints them on canvas in an active style he describes as Pixel Impressionism. He merges artistic elements of the 20th Century with 21st Century technology. Warren credits Futurism as well as Richard Diebenkorn and Willem de Kooning as influences in his paintings. Fun fact: Warren’s inspiration for this series came from a vacation to Paris where he photographed passersby from his hotel balcony in Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
Blue Monday...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Oil
"El Toro Loco", Hand drawn/painted cartoon bull figure on collaged street sign
By Sean 9 Lugo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"El Toro Loco" is an original, collaborative piece by Sean 9 Lugo and El Toro made from acrylic, marker, ink on paper and mixed media on a decommissioned street sign . The cartoon bull figure is recognizable in the Philadelphia street...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Permanent Marker, Aquatint
Reflections, American Impressionist Landscape by Stream, Oil on Canvas
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Reflections" is an Impressionist landscape by American painter Albert Van Nesse Greene. The painting is a 13" x 16" oil on canvas, framed in a white gold reproduction frame, signed and dated "A V...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
This is a Real Place! 2: large painting of lake or river w/ blue water & bridge
By Brooke Lanier
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"In the series “This is a real place!” I was fascinated by how the underside of the pier at Saint Simons Island, GA was like a readymade collage. The way the pilings and rails divide and frame the spaces between them looks artificially imposed on the scene until you notice the way the waves bounce off the pilings and the railings cast shadows on the water. In some iterations, I chose to simplify the structures of the pier and lighten the values so that it would emphasize the detail in the water. Likewise, I omitted a family of starlings and their droppings in favor of highlighting the geometry of the architecture and the colors and patterns of the water.
Making paintings in a series allows me to investigate the results of making different decisions about an image. How I crop or stylize it, the manner in which I apply the paint, what gets included or excluded all add shades of meaning to each piece. Additionally, depictions of the same subject in different weather, seasons, times of day, and tides allows me a deeper understanding. I notice more relationships, colors, and details every time I paint the subject.
Every painting is a pile of decisions. Playing with removing more and more details to see what is truly important sometimes improves the painting. The fewer elements you include in an image, the more each one means, and the more important it is to get each thing perfect.
At times I like to paint every single detail I can find in a scene, and other times I feel like the unadorned components are sufficient to hold each other in a satisfying composition. I often add simplified shapes to my paintings to highlight the presence of absence or to heighten the importance of each area by creating stark visual contrasts. The physicality of the paint also plays a role. I used highly textured, thickly applied paint to construct the solid structural elements, and luminous layers of thinly glazed paint for the delicate linework and subtle blending of the water." - Brooke Lanier...
Category
2010s Realist Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Depicting a Woman in Blue Lingerie with Her Arms in a Dress Overhead
By John LaGatta
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Mixed Media on Board with Collage
Signature: Unsigned
Category
1960s Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Tropical Landscape
By Norton Bush
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Norton Bush (1834-1894)
Tropical Landscape
Oil on board, 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (22.2 x 29.8 cm)
Signed lower left: N. Bush
Provenance
Private collection, New York;
Private collection, Pennsylvania
First noted for his portraits, marine views, and East Coast landscapes, Norton Bush became best known for his tropical views of Central and South America. He studied in New York City with the Hudson River school painter Jasper Cropsey and received criticism from another Hudson River school painter, Frederic Edwin Church. Like many who worked in the Hudson River school style, Bush also sought to inspire viewers with an expansive view of nature that dwarfed the relative influence and position of man. He first became interested in painting exotic...
Category
19th Century Hudson River School Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Oil
Seven Apples: abstract still life interior painting, red apples on green & gray
By Mat Tomezsko
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an original sill life interior painting of fruit (apples) with a geometric fractured composition. The artist made the painting one section at a time. When working on one section, the artist would block off the rest of the composition so the objects and background needed to be placed again. By building the composition this way, the background and table appear at different levels and the shapes don't quite align. These imperfections convey a sense of passing time. In each section, the tone of the light changes, and the shadows switch directions. The apples and geometric shapes were chosen as much for metaphorical value as for aesthetics. A seemingly simple arrangement in a familiar painting genre contains a depth of observation, artistic choices, and interpretation.
This painting is signed and dated on the back. Includes all hanging hardware and ready to install; no need for additional framing.
Mat...
Category
2010s Abstract Pennsylvania - Art
Materials
Acrylic, Wood Panel
