San Francisco - Art

This artwork titled "Unter Den Linden Street, Berlin, Germany" c.1930 is a color etching on watermarked Kasimir Vienna paper by Austrian artist Luigi Kas...

Marion Kramer spectacular 1930s old town Depicting, vintage truck, Coca-Cola sign, regionalist painting Oil on canvas 32.5 x 42 framed, 27 x 35.5 unframed

Artist: Ronald Julius Christensen – American (1923-1999) Title: Wild Path Year: circa 1980 Medium: Color Lithograph on BFK Rives paper Image size: 26 x 18 inches. Sheet size: 30 x 22.5 inches Signature: Signed lower right Edition size: 295 This one: 263/295 Condition: Good Unframed This exceptional vivid lithograph is by noted artist Ronald Julius Christensen (1923-1999). It makes use of vivid colors and bold strokes. The print is in good, never-framed condition with some faint creases near the upper and lower edges of the sheet as well as some faint, tiny tiny spots in the upper left corner visible in strong light. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, Ronald Christensen established a fine-art career as a printmaker, painter and muralist in Boston where he had studied at the Boston Museum School of Fine Art and the Vesper George School of Art. He became a teacher in Color Theory at the New England School of Art in Boston in 1963. Exhibition venues included the National Academy of Design (1965) and the Rhode Island Art...

This artwork, titled "Raspoutine, Costume d'Hiver," is an original gouache on Canson Montgolfier paper by Russian/French artist Erte, Romain De Tirtoff, 1892-1990. It is hand signed ...

This artwork "Leafs" c.1980, is an original etching on Wove paper by noted American artist Charles Eckart, b.1935. It is hand signed and inscribed T/P in pencil by the artist. The pl...

19th C Painting of View of Venice After Gaspar Van Wittel (1653-1736) Oil on Wood Panel Beautifully Restored Unframed 10" x 13.25

'Pink Dahlias' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size. In...

Istvan Szasz "Fortune Teller" Original Oil Painting c.1930 Original oil on canvas. Dimensions 20" wide x 23.25" high The frame measures 26" wide x 29.5"...

This artwork, "Children in a boat" 1976 in a color off set lithograph by renown Chinese/American artist Wai Ming A.K.A Lo Hing Kwok, b.1938. It is hand signed and inscribed A.P (Artist Proof) in pencil by the artist. The image size is 21.5 x 28.75 inches, sheet size is 32.5 x 39.5 inches. Custom framed in wood dark brown rustic frame and beige matting. It is in excellent condition About the artist: Wai Ming, was born in Canton, South China on November 11, 1938, the son of a school master with nine children. Extremely poor as a child, he was raised in Hong Kong enduring many hardships amidst a chaotic environment of war and refugee settlements. Wai Ming's love for art flourished and he developed his drawing techniques without any art education, just painting what he saw. In the 1960s, Ming found representation in Hong Kong and also took the unusual step of opening his own gallery to display his work in. His primary interest being to capture images of life in fishing villages, or 'fish-folk', who have retained traditional Chinese culture, his work was at home with the sensibilities of many art buyers in Hong Kong. Crossing the ocean in his mid-30s, Wai Ming arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong in 1974. There, he experienced initial resistance from galleries and the official art world for a variety of reasons, but was ultimately embraced by dealer Jack Swanson...

This artwork titled "Blue Hawaii" 1976 is an acrylic and collage on canvas by noted American artist Verna Brady, 1925-2008. It is signed at the lower right...

This artwork titled "St Emilion" c.1970, is a watercolor by American artist Wayne Ensrud, b.1934. It is signed at the lower right side by the artist. The artwork size is 19 x 24 inches, framed size is 22.75 x 27.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden ornate gold frame. It is in excellent condition. About the artist:. Wayne Ensrud was born in Minnesota where he received his BFA from the Minneapolis Institute of Art. As a student he met Oskar Kokoschka, the artist-in-residence at the Institute, who profoundly influenced Ensrud's work and has remained his friend and mentor ever since. When Pablo Casals conducted his Master Class Series at Berkeley. Wayne Ensrud had the honor ot being invited to execute drawings of the great cellist during those sessions. and this year when the New York Chamber Society celebrated its 10th anniversary.Ensrud was asked to sit in on rehearsals and sketch the world famous violinists ltzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman. Actress Jayne Mansfield, novelist Alex Waugh, wine connoisseur Alexis Lichine are among others who have been portrayed by Ensrud. Mr. Ensrud has been a free-lance art director and animator for ABC, CBS, and IRM IBM contracted him to he the series, "Computer and the Mind of Man", which has been translated into 18 languages and won several international awards. For ABC he created the film animations for the Gemini Space Programs. He taught film animation at Pratt Institute for tour years. Ensrud was Art Director at the University of California at Berkeley for the Department of Motion Pictures and Television and he was Executive Art Director of Channel 13-TV, New York City. Mr. Ensrud has art directed over 30 films and lust completed a film for television starring Richard Basehart. He has illustrated the writings of Odgen Nash, John O'Hara, and John Fowles...

This artwork titled "La Bonna Violetta, Venice" 1983, Is a photographic print on paper by noted photographer Lydia Clarke Heston, 1923-2018. It is hand signed, titled, dated and insc...

This artwork titled "Sanity Hearing" c.1980 is an original etching by noted American artist Charles Bragg, 1931-2017. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 218/300 in pencil by the ...

This artwork titled "Dance Apache" 1988 is a color offset lithograph on Artcote paper by Crow Indian artist Penni Anne Cross A.K.A. (Alawa-Sta-We- Che...

This artwork titled "Notre Dame De Paris in Winter" is an original serigraph by Russian artist Liudmilia Kondakova, born 1956. It is signed and numbered 321/325 in gold felt pen by t...

Artist: David Rosenthal (American 1876-1949) Title: Bayfront Park, Miami Florida Year: c.1940 Medium: Color Etching with aquatint Image (Plate mark) size: 9 x 11 inches Sheet size: 10 x 12.25 inches Signature: Hand signed, titled and numbered 6/150 in pencil by the artist Condition: Very good, margin slightly toned by age About the artist. David Rosenthal (1876-1949) was a Cincinnati artist...

This artwork titled "Partir Avant la Pleine Mer" 1986 is an original color etching with aquatint on Arches paper by French artist Jean Solombre, 1948-200...

This artwork titled "Naschera" is an oil painting on canvas by Italian artist Vittorio Maria Di Carlo, 1939-2015. It is hand signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas...

Artist: Kaiko Moti – Indian/French (1921-1989-) Title: Lioness Year: 1978 Medium: Color Aquatint on Arches paper Sight size: 19.5 x 23.25 inches. Sheet size: 25 x 30 inches Signa...

This artwork titled "Low Tide" 1943 is an original lithograph by New York artist Julian Edwin Levi, 1900-1982. It is hand signed in pencil by the art...

This artwork titled "Navajo Weaver" 1937, is an original color lithograph on paper by noted Swiss/American artist Conrad Buff, 1886-1975. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist, t...

This artwork titled "l'Attesa" 1965, is an original color lithograph on BFK Rives paper by noted Italian artist Marino Marini, 1901-1980. It is hand signed and numbered 38/60 in penc...

Fabulous copper metal Curtis Jere wall sculpture signed and dated either 1983 or 1987. Measures approximately 51 inches long by 18. C...

This Artwork "Eastern Europe Cityscape" 1963 is a watercolor on paper by Latvian artist Janis Brekte, 1920-1985. It is signed and dated at the lowe...

This artwork titled "North of Turku" Finland, c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner by the ...

This artwork "Landscape" is an original lithograph by Swiss artist Aime Daniel Steinlen,1923-1996. It is hand signed and numbered 235/260 in pencil by the artist. The image and sheet...

C. 20th Century - Adorable Portrait of houses on a shore ( Oil on Paper )

This artwork "Couple Holding a Baby" c 1940 is an oil painting on hardboard by noted American artist Victor Thall, 1902-1983. It is signed at the upper right corner by the artist. The board size is 10.75 x 17.25 inches, framed size is 22.25 x 27,75 inches. Framed in original gold wash frame, with fabric liner. it is in excellent condition. About the artist: Victor Thall belongs to that unique American brand of rugged individualist. Working closely for a time with such painters as Gorky and de Kooning, Thall wasn't content to join the burgeoning American clique of Abstract Expressionism. Instead, on the eve of its international recognition, he abandoned New York, making a worldwide tour of indigenous cultures attempting to find a solution to the crisis of abstraction. Thall felt that painting needed to communicate in a way that Abstract Expressionism could not. Using parts of its vocabulary, Thall created work that was modern in spirit but based on fundamental traditions that he believed connected the whole history of art. In this way he resembled his contemporary Max Beckman, and it is fitting that Thall was chosen with Beckman by The New Yorker art critic Robert Coates as the best painter of the 1949 Whitney Annual. Fiercely uncompromising in his opinions, Thall sadly fell into obscurity in his later years. Yet it was a willful obscurity. But America does eventually honor her difficult individualists, even if sometimes years after their deaths. Victor Thall was born in New York in 1902. He studied at the Art Students League under Arthur B. Davies, George Bellows, George Luks, and John Sloan. Further studies were at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He left for Paris in 1924 continuing his studies at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and the Academie Julien. Returning to the United States in the early 1930's, he became friendly with Willem de Kooning and Arshile Gorky. He participated in the WPA New Deal Art Project of New York City between 1935 and 1939. He taught at the Art Students League in the late forties and was represented in the Whitney Annual of 1949 and 1950. His paintings are in numerous private collections in the United States and Europe. He died in 1983. Education: 1914 -1927 Art Student's League - Studied with:Arthur B. Davies, George Bellows, George Bridgman, George Luks, Von Schlegel, Robert Henri, John Sloan, Frank Vincent du Mond. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts - Studied with:Arthur B. Carles, Henry McCarter Ecole des Beaux Arts - Paris; Grande Chaumiere - Paris; Academie Julien, Paris Teaching: 1947 -1949 Art Students League Selected Bibliography: Falk, Peter Hastings , ed. The Annual and Biennial Exhibition Record of the Whitney Museum of Art 1918-1989. (New York): Sound View Press, 1991. Levick, L.E., "A Guide to the Art Galleries," New York Journal American, May 23, 1964. Review of one-man show at Southampton Gallery. 1950 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1950. Coates, Robert M., "The Art Galleries: Paul Klee, The Whitney Annual, and John Marin, The New Yorker, December 31, 1949, pp. 42-43. 1949 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1949. Lansford, Alonzo, "Thall at Binet," The Art Digest, December 15, 1947, ill. Upton, Melville, "George Binet Gallery," Sun, December 13, 1947. Devree, Howard, "Victor Thall at the Binet Gallery," New York Times, December 10, 1947. "Victor Thall at Binet Gallery," Art News, December 1947, p. 59. Oil Paintings by Victor Thall, New York: George Binet Gallery, 1947. Burrows, Carlyle, "Art of the Week," Herald Tribune, 1946. Review of group show at the Chinese Gallery. Coates, Robert M., "The Art Galleries: Past and Present," The New Yorker, May 27, 1944, pp. 68-69 Victor Thall at Puma Gallery," Art News, November 1-14, 1943, p. 22. Devree, Howard, "Victor Thall," New York Times, October 24, 1943. Burrows, Carlyle, "Victor Thall at the Puma Gallery," Herald-Tribune, October 24, 1943 Upton, Melville, "Victor Thall at Puma Gallery," Sun, October 23, 1943. Lansford, Alonzo, "Varied Shows of the Week," The Art Digest, October 1943. Review of Puma Exhibition. Victor Thall Oil Paintings, New York: Puma Gallery, 1943. Art News, "Our Own Exhibition Gallery," June-july 1943, ill. MacLeod, Norman. Thanksgiving Before November. New York, 1936. Book ill. Selected Public and Private Collections: Brooklyn Museum Desmond Child, Los Angeles Robert Crewe, Los Angeles Sidney Lumet, New York Newark Museum Billy Steinberg, Los Angeles 1968 DePoliolo Gallery, Palm Springs 1965 Studio Gallery, Naples, Florida 1964 L’lnstitute Francais d’Haiti 1964 Summit Gallery, New York City 1964 Southampton Gallery, New York City 1963 Guildhall Gallery, Chicago 1961 Leicester Gallery, London 1950 Whitney Museum , New York City 1949 Whitney Museum, New York City 1947 Binet Gallery, New York City 1946 Chinese...

This artwork "Nude III" 1981, is an original etching in sepia on Wove paper by noted American artist Charles Eckart, b.1935. It is hand signed, numbered 10/17 and dated in pencil by ...

Artist: Leonor Fini Title: Femmes en Costumes Year: c.1970 Medium: Original color engraving Edition: Inscribed E.A (Epreuve d'Artiste, Artist Proof) in pencil Paper: Arches paper Ima...

This artwork titled "Shavuoth" from the suite "The Seven Festivals" 1981, is an original colors serigraph on Arches paper by noted Israeli artist David Sharir,b. 1938. It is hand sig...

This Photograph titled "Daffodile" c.1960, is a gelatin silver print by noted photographer Richard Stacks, 1930-2015. It has the stamp of the Baltimore Sunpapers and the name of the ...

This Photograph "Children Playing at the Park" c.1960, is a gelatin silver print by noted photographer Richard Stacks, 1930-2015. It has the stamp of the Baltimore Sunpapers and the ...

This artwork titled "Masquerade" c.1960 is an original color lithograph by French artist Jacques Lalande, 1921-2003. It is hand signed and inscribed E.A (Artist Proof) in pencil by t...

This artwork titled "November Landscape" c.1960 is an acrylic polymer painting on hardboard by Vallejo artist Marsh Nelson, 20th Century. It is hand signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 17.5 x 23.5 inches, framed size is 25.5 x 31.5 inches. It is framed in original wooden...

This artwork titled "Cantique du Singulier" 1977, is an original colors lithograph on Japan paper by noted French artist Aristide Caillaud, 1902-1990. It is hand signed and numbered ...

This artwork "Trois Danseuses" (Three Dancers) c.1940 is an etching in sepia on Wove paper after French artist Marie Laurencin, 1883-1956. It his signed in the plate as issue. This is a posthumous impression from the canceled plate. The image (plate mark) is 14.60 x 10.75 inches, sheet size is 16.5 x 12.85 inches. It is in excellent condition, hanging tape mark, small piece of tape and 3 small skinned area are visible on the back only. About the artist: Marie Laurencin, intimate of Braque, Picasso, Matisse and Appollinaire, was born in 1883. She held a celebrated place in the early part of the 20th century during a period when Art exploded with genius. She lived in the Montmartre District of Paris and became part of the circle revolving around the Steins. Though her early portraits show the imprint of the Fauves and Cubists, her romantic and delicate temperament asserted itself against these schools. She was prim, conservative and always wore a kitchen apron...

This artwork "Untitled (Man)" 1977, is an original colors etching with with aquatint on Wove paper by noted American artist Charles Eckart, b.1935. It is hand signed in pencil by the...

This artwork "Woman in interior" c.1990, is an original etching on Wove paper by noted Mexican artist Jose Esteban Martinez, b.1951. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist. The pl...

This artwork "Cityscape" c.1965, Is a watercolor on paper by California impressionist artist Alfred A. Cunningham, b.1932. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The s...

This artwork "Untitled IV" is a monotype on paper by noted artist Tracey Adams, born 1954. It is hand signed, dated 1995 in pencil at the lower right corner by the artist and numbere...

This artwork "untitled" c.1990, is an original woodcut with embossing on thick Wove paper by noted American artist Ruth Leaf, 1923-2015. It is unsigned, inscribed (not signed) "Ruth...

This artwork titled "Alternance" c.1980 is an original lithograph on Arches paper by noted French abstract expressionist artist Francois Rouan, b.1943. ...

'Flying Composition' by master watercolorist Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size. Internationally exhibited and celebrated worldwide, Bukovnik’s iconic works express a spiritual exultation - a joie de vivre - a vivid celebration of beauty. The painting captures the season of nature’s rebirth when the world awakes from its winter repose — Forever Spring...

Artist: Harry Fritzius (American, 1932-1989) Title: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Year: 1989 Medium: Lithograph with mixed med...

This artwork "untitled" c.1990, is an original woodcut with embossing on thick Wove paper by noted American artist Ruth Leaf, 1923-2015. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist.. ...

This artwork, titled "Aerial V" c.1980 is a monotype with chine colle and embossing on heavy paper by noted Canadian artist Janet Jones b.1952. It is hand signed and titled in pencil by the artist. It is numbered “1/1-2”. I believe this indicates the artist did 2 impressions of the monotype, and that they are not identical. There are three levels of paper. The printed part with a plate that measures 8 x 8 inches (9x9 inches the sheet) is on thin Japon paper. It is mounted to another thin pastel colored sheet measuring 12 x 12 inches. This, in turn, is mounted to heavy paper similar to Arches measuring 22.25 x 18 inches It is in very good condition with some faint rippling on the left and right edges, and has never been framed. About the artist: Janet Jones was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1952. She received her BFA in painting and photography from Concordia University - studying painting with Guido Molinari and Yves Gaucher, and photography with the experimental photographer Suzanne Swibold. Janet Jones is currently a Toronto based painter whose work has been exhibited across Canada, in Los Angeles, New York, England, Germany, France and China. Her recent projects include; the solo exhibition, The Dream Machine at Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal (2017), two solo exhibitions, Playtimes (2015) and Joyride (2012) both at Katzman Contemporary Toronto, a national touring exhibition of her paintings, DaDa Delirium, with an accompanying catalogue (2011) with essays by Stuart Reid, Nell Tenhaaf and an interview with the artist by Georgiana Uhlyarik, and participation in the Empire of Dreams exhibition, MOCCA (Summer 2010) curated by David Liss. Jones has been a visiting artist in France, England, Russia, China, the Netherlands, and Cuba. Jones received her MFA from York University and her PhD from New York University in the area of art theory and criticism. Her dissertation titled: Clement Greenberg and the Artist /Critic Relationship, included interviews with Clement Greenberg, Jules Olitski, and other members of the ‘Greenberg Group’ and research gained through accompanying Greenberg on numerous studio visits. A Professor in the Department of Visual Arts, York University, Toronto, where she teaches painting, she has been Chair of the Department of Visual Arts and Director of the MFA Program in Visual Arts. Professor of Painting, Department of Visual Arts and Art History, AMPD, York University. EDUCATION 1988 Ph.D. New York University, New York, NY. Dissertation Title: Clement Greenberg & the Artist/Critic Relationship. 1979 M.F.A. York University, Toronto, Ontario. Samuel Sarick Award 1977 B.F.A. Honours, with Distinction, Concordia University SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2017 The Dream Machine, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal, Quebec, October - December, 2017 2016 Recent Acquisitions from DaDa Delirium, MacLaren Art Gallery, Barrie, ON. March – July 2015 Playtimes, Katzman Contemporary, Toronto, March-April 2015. 2013 DaDa Delirium, MacIntosh Gallery, University of Western ON. 2012 Joy Ride, Katzman Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON September, 2012. 2012 DaDa Delirium, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Coburg, ON, April-May 2010 DaDa Delirium, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON. 2009 A Las Vegas State of Mind, Peak Gallery, Toronto, ON. 2009 DaDa Delirium, Curated by Stuart Reid, Tom Thompson Art...

This artwork "Seascape" is a watercolor by noted American artist, Charles Grant Davidson, 1865-1945. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 10.5 x 1...

This artwork "Nude Woman with Cat" c.1990, is an original colors etching with aquatint on Wove paper by noted Mexican artist Jose Esteban Martinez, b.1951. It is hand signed in penci...

This artwork "titled "Horses #1" 1974 is an original color lithograph, with embossing by French/Vietnamese artist Hoi Lebadang, 1922-2015. It is hand signed and numbered 32/275 in pe...

This artwork Titled "Old Monterey Street Scene, Monterey California" c.1970, is a large watercolor on heavy Arches watercolor paper by Carmel impressionis...

This artwork Titled "Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, Carmel, California" c.1970, is a large watercolor on heavy Arches watercolor paper by Carmel impressionist artist Edward ...

William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010 "Eye on the Pie II" 1994 Oil on canvas 48"x36" artist framed Signed lower right William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010 He was born in san Francisco, in 1931, Bill moved to Texas, where he grew up. Moved to New York in 1940 and later joined the Naval Air Corps at the age of 18. He served as an Aviation Cadet in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945. At the end of WWII, Bill returned to Texas. At 21, Bill re-focused his energy and enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Art as an Illustration major. What followed was a whirlwind of success, great friendships and a sense of belonging he had never before experienced. Art was his calling and the art-world could not have been less prepared for the likes of Bill Shields. He took them by storm, first Houston, then San Francisco, followed by New York in the late 60's. For 35 years, Bill produced some of the country's best illustrations: fresh, playful, loose and innovative. His illustrations were coveted by such clients as Bantam Books, Time Life, MacMillan Publishing Co., and were awarded numerous gold medals by the Societies of Illustrators in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and the Houston Artists Guild. Later, following inspirational trips to Mexico and France, Bill shifted his attention to the self-directed world of fine art. After years of sculpting, making assemblages, painting nudes and landscapes, he settled on the exploration of large abstract oil paintings. His paintings have been exhibited in galleries in San Francisco, Connecticut and New York. CV EDUCATION: Chicago Academy Of Fine Art San Antonio Art Institute MAJOR FIELDS OF PROFESSIONAL ENDEAVOR: Freelance graphic design and illustration Instructor of painting and illustration Landscape, figurative and abstract painting ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT: (Professor of Art) California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA San Francisco Art Institute San Jose State University AWARDS FOR ILLUSTRATION, Gold Medals: New York Society of Illustrators Los Angeles Society of Illustrators San Francisco Society of Illustrators Dallas-Fort Worth Art Director's Club Houston Artist's Guild BIBLIOGRAPHY: Feature articles in: American Artist, Communication Arts, Print, North Light...