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Item Ships From: San Francisco
Slice of Light, Oil Painting
By Pamela Blaies
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Pamela Blaies was inspired by a little slice of light shining into her studio late one afternoon while she was cleaning up for the day. The illuminated stash ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled - Buddha with Aloe and Flowers
By James McCracken
Located in San Francisco, CA
This oil on board is by James McCracken (1875-1967). It is a lush, exotic composition, depicting a Buddha statue atop a lotus flower. There are other flowers in the background as wel...
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1940s Art Deco San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Tamaracks in Winter
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Tamaracks in Winter" c.1992, is an oil painting (mixed media) on hardboard by German/American artist Frank Kecskes Jr. It is signed at the lower right corner by ...
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Late 20th Century American Realist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Little Jar of Sunshine, Oil Painting
By Nicole Lamothe
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Vibrant yellow-orange sunflowers on verdant stems, rustically arranged in a small glass jar. Soft light accentuates the curling, pointed ends of the blossoms. Painted on Arches heavyweight oil primed paper, which can be framed with our without glass.


About the Artist


Words that describe this painting: sunflowers, floral, bouquet, flowers, still life, still life, flora, representational, oil painting, green


Little Jar...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mid 20th Century "Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of Captives" Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid 20th Century "Our Lady of Mercy and the Redemption of Captives" Original Oil Painting Circa 1950 - Relined Canvas Dimensions 23" wide x 33" high. Good condition with a few spo...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Housetrained
By Lajos Flesser
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Housetrained" c.1985 is an oil painting on canvas by noted Hungarian artist Lajos Flesser, b.1937. It is signed and titled in the back by the artist. The canvas size is 32 x 25.65 inches, framed is 33.5 x 27.35 inches. The artwork is in excellent condition, frame is in very good condition. Custom framed in a wooden black and gold frame. About the artist: Lajos Flesser was born on Aug. 11, 1937 in Budapest, where he grew up in the shadow of World War II. In his late teens he studied at trade school, concentrating on metal skills. His need of communication made him start boxing, and the success was long in coming. In boxing circles, Flesser became a well established name with a couple of Hungarian championships. Then came the fatal year 1956, when Soviet tanks crushed the dreams of freedom. Flesser escaped and came to Sweden via Denmark. In Gothenburg the well known boxing promoter Edvin Alqvist soon became aware of Flesser's capacity as a boxer and offered him a contract. His debut occurred in May 1957...
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Late 20th Century Modern San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Evening Surf
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Evening Surf" c.1980, is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Bill Shaddix, b.1930. It is signed at the lower right corner. The canvas size is 12...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Naschera
By Vittorio Maria Di Carlo
Located in San Francisco, CA
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...
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Late 20th Century Modern San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Harold Booth (American, 20th C.) "Glacier Bay Original Watercolor C.1970s
By Harold Booth
Located in San Francisco, CA
Harold Booth (American, 20th C.) "Glacier Bay Original Watercolor C.1970s Glaciers come spilling out of the mountains and into Glacier Bay A fine watercolor by listed artist Harold...
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Mid-20th Century San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Planete
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Paul Van Hoeydonck – Belgian (1925 - ) Title: Planete Year: 1961 Medium: Mixed media Size: 48 x 48 inches. Signature: Signed, dated, titled on the reverse Condition: Good This mid century work by Paul Van Hoeydonck is a direct and strong composition, like so many of Van Hoeydonck’s Planete works. It measures 48” x 48” and is a mixed media composition. It is a composition on masonite or a similar material. There is flat black and gloss black paint. Perhaps the gloss is lacquer. The surface is highly textured. The black areas have small finish nails, lying flat, attached to the surface. The other areas have sand or some other particulate in the paint. It is signed, titled and dated on the reverse. The date looks like “1961” but it could be “1969.” Please see pictures. Stylistically, this work looks very much like his work from 1961-1962. The piece is in good condition. There is a faint scratch in the upper left and some very small chips on the edges. Please see pictures. There also might be very, very light surface dirt throughout. Please refer to the artist's website as well as Whitford Gallery for extensive biographies of the artist. Public collections include Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Rome Israel Museum, Jerusalem Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp Museum of Modern Art, New York Stedelijk Museum, Ostende Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York PAUL VAN HOEYDONCK BIOGRAPHY 1925 Born in Antwerp, Belgium 1945-51 Graduated in History of Art and Archaeology in Antwerp, Belgium. 1952 First solo-exhibition, figurative paintings, Gallery Buyle, Antwerp, Belgium. (OMS) Figurative paintings, Gallery Unicum, Bruges, Belgium.(OMS) Figurative paintings, Au Cheval de Verre, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) 1953 One-man show figurative paintings, Gallery Unicum, Bruges, Belgium. "Open Air Party", Driekoningen Castle, Beernem, Belgium.(GE) "Salon Quadriennal de Belgique" Liège, Belgium.(GE) 1954 Creates Coloured Geometrical Abstract paintings Gilbert Swimberge and Paul Van Hoeydonck, Galerie Théâtre du Poche, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) "Zomersalon Salon d'été" Gallery Unicum, Bruges, Belgium.(GE) "Salon quadriennal des Beaux-Arts" Ghent, Belgium.(GE) 1955 Gallery Dutilleul, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) 1956 Co-founder of art group “FORMES” "Lauréats du prix Jeune Peinture Belge", Palais du Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) Diamond among the works 'distinguished by the jury' "La peintres du groupe Formes" Cercle Jean Jaurès, Salle de l'Académie de musique, Morlanwelz.(GE) "Défense du petit format", Gallery Saint-LaurentBrussels, Belgium.(GE) Gallery Saint Laurent, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) 1957 Created first monochrome collages. "Salon national du meuble social moderne" Museum voor Sierkunst, Ghent, Belgium.(GE) "Lauréats du Prix Jeune Peinture" Société Royale des Beaux-Arts, Verviers, Belgium.(GE) Gallery le rouge et le noir, Charleroi, Belgium.(GE) "Groupes" Gallery Accent, Antwerp, Belgium.(GE) "Défense du petit format" Gallery Saint Laurent, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) "Summer Exhibition" Gallery Accent, Antwerp, Belgium.(GE) "Paul Van Hoeydonck" Gallery Saint Laurent, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) "Peintres belges inspirés par l'Espagne" Gallery Giroux, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) 1958 Creates first monochrome light works with the introduction of small plexiglass structures. "Paul Van Hoeydonck" Gallery Accent, Antwerp, Belgium.(OMS) "Oeuvres graphiques" Gallery Saint-Laurent, Brussels Exhibition G58 with Georges Van Tongerloo at Castle Middelheim Museum, Antwerp Belgium.(GE) Co-founder of the G58 Hessenhuis group in Antwerp. Opening Exhibition G58, Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium.(GE) Participation at the World Exhibition Brussels, Belgium.(GE) "Groupe Art Abstrait" Gallery Hella Neblung, Düsseldorf, Germany.(GE) 1959 Begins showing in exhibitions concerned with monochrome painting and “Zerogroup” "Vision in Motion/Motion in Vision" first international exhibition in G58, Antwerp, Belgium.(GE) "Lauréats du Prix Jeune Peinture Belge1958" Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) "Oeuvres d'art acquises par l'Etat en 1958", Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) 1960 3th group exhibition G58 Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium.(GE) 1961 Introduction of the “Boites A Monocles” as a reaction to the criticism concerning the light works G58 Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium.(OMS) First important one-man show, Brussels, Palace of Fine Arts Iris Clert Gallery, Paris, France.(OMS° Museum of Modern Art, New York, purchases a light work First trip to New York,USA, private show introduced by Harry Torczyner 1962 Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, USA Created first Spacescapes and White Planets (Planetscapes) “Zero 3” exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany.(OMS) 1963 Exhibits his first environment “Space Control Station” at the Forum exhibition Ghent, Belgium Participates in the Tokyo Biennale, Japan.(GE) "Contemporary painting in Belgium" St-Louis, Denver, L.A., San Francisco, USA (GE) 1964 Creation of a new race “The Mutants” Participation Documenta III, Kassel, Germany.(GE) The Hague, Vienna, Berlin, Otterlo, Bern and Brussels Pierre Restany “baptises” him “archaeologist of the future” Gallery Iris Clert, Paris, France.(OMS) Participated Floating Biennale Iris Clert, Canale Grande, Venice, Italy.(GE) Article in Times Magazine. Participated Iris Clert in Berlin, Germany.(GE) "Nieuw Realisme-Pop Art " City Museum Den Hague, Netherlands.(GE) 1965 Joins the Waddell Gallery, New York, where he presents several one-man shows Svensk-Franska Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden.(OMS) Gallery Theelen, Essen, Germany.(OMS) Gallery Waddell Gallery, New York, USA.(OMS) "Pop-Art/Nouveau Réalisme" PSK/Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium. (GE) Biënnale Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium. (GE) "Flemish Art" Gallery Arditti, Paris, France.(GE) "Belgian Drawings since Permeke", Lima, Peru.(GE) "45 years Belgian Art" Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.(GE) "Collection Graindorge" Copenhague, Denmark.(GE) "Sculptures from al directions" Worldhouse Gallery, New York, USA.(GE) "White on White" Lincoln, USA.(GE) "Pop, pop, whence pop" Heckster Museum, Huntington, New York, USA.(GE) "Nouvelles Recherches Flamandes" Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium.(GE) "Flemish Art, Svensk Handelsbanken, Stockholm, Sweden.(GE) "Art for collectors" Rhode Island, USA.(GE) 1966 joins the Gallery Bonnier, Lausanne, Geneva and Stockholm Gallery Kirkhaar, Amsterdam, Netherlands.(OMS) Gallery der Spiegel, Köln, Germany.(OMS) Gallery Cogéime, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) Stadtisches Museum Schloss Moirsbach, Leverkusen, Germany.(GE) "Weis auf Weis" Kunsthalle Bern, Suisse.(GE) "Premio Marzotto" Valdagno, Italy (GE) "L'Espace dans l'Art" Museum of Modern Art, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) Triënale of the Suthern Netherlands, Belgium/Netherlands. 1967 Produces CYBS (Cybernetics) Starts using elements from sawn-up car fenders Waddell Gallery, New York, USA.(OMS) Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) Gallery Foncke, Ghent, Belgium.(OMS) "45 years of Belgium Contemporary Art" National Art Gallery, Budapest, Hungary.(GE) "45 years of Belgium Contemporary Art" Salles d'état Dalles, Buckarest, Romania.(GE) "New Flemish School" City Gallery, Zürich, Suisse. (GE) "Actual Belgium Drawings" Madrid, Sevilla, Barcelona, Spain. (GE) "Collection Stuyvesant" Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium. (GE) "Superlund" curator Pierre RestanyKunsthall Lund, Sweden. (GE) "Hommage to Bosch, De Moriaan, 's Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.(GE) "Science Fiction", kunsthalle, Bern, Suisse.(GE) 1968 First contact with NASA Gallery Kirkhaar, Amsterdam, Netherlands.(OMS) Gallery Bonhier, Lausanne, Suisse.(OMS) Belgium Haus, Köln, Germany.(OMS) International Monetary Fund, Washington, USA.(OMS) One-man show Gallery Müller, Stuttgart, Germany. "Contrasts 1947-1967, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium.(GE) "Science Fiction" Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France.(GE) "Science Fiction" Kunstverein, Düsseldorf,Germany.(GE) "40 ans d'Art Vivant" Hommage à Robert Giron, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels Belgium. (GE) "L'eglise ouverte à l'Art Contemporain" La Biënnale, Centre Notre-Dame, Argenteuil, France.(GE) "Triënale" Hallen Brugge, Belgium.(GE) "The obsessive image 1960-1968", Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK.(GE) "Im Reiche des Phantastischen" Kunstverein, Recklinghausen, Germany.(GE) "Destruction Art" at Finch College, New York, USA "Art Vivant" at Vence, France. "Three blind mice" Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Netherlands. "Three blind mice" Saint-Peter Monnastry, Ghent Lignano Biënale in Italy, Proclaimed as the official laureate. "Contact 68 Kelkheim" Pfarzencentrum Kelkheim, Germany. "Belgium Art" Archeological Museum Teheran, Iran. 1969 Contemporary Art Museum Chicago, USA.(OMS) Contemporary Art Museum Houston, USA.(OMS) Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany.(OMS) Gallery Withofs, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) Gallery Waddell, New York, USA.(OMS) "Painting and sculpture today" Museum of Art Indianapolis, USA.(GE) "Belgium Art" Museum Bagdad, Iraq.(GE) "Belgium Art" Museum Beirout, Libannon.(GE) "Exposition Internationale de gravure" Museum of Modern Art, Ljubjana, Yugoslavia.(GE) "10 Belgische Maler" Gallery 66 Hofheim, Germany.(GE) "Space Art" Technical High School, Eindhoven, Netherlands.(GE) Gallery Foncke Ghent, Belgium.(OMS) "Apollo Mission of the Moon" National Gallery of Art, Washington, USA.(OMS) "The Jaques Kaplan collection" Finch College Museum New York, USA.(GE) 1970 The Apollo 15 Crew officially placed the statue “Fallen Astronaut” on the moon.(OMS) Creation of the first Astro's Palacio National de Bellas Artes Mexico City, Mexico.(OMS) One-man show Gallery Foncke Bruges and Ghent, Belgium. "Belgian Art 1960-1970" Kunstverein Köln, Germany.(GE) Gallery Bonnier, Genève, Suisse.(OMS) Gallery Engelberts Genève, Suisse.(OMS) "Jeu de blancs" Gallery Withofs, Brussels, Belgium.(GE) Gallery Rive Gauche, Brussels, Belgium.(OMS) "Jewels by Belgian Artists" Belgian Pavillon Osaka, Japan.(GE) "Itirénaires 'blancs' " Musée d'Art Moderne St-Ett-ienne, France.(GE) "Zeitgenossen" Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany. "Second annual internal moonwalk festival" Cape Kennedy, USA. 1971 Gallery Waddell, New York, USA.(OMS) "Die Puppe" Aspekte zum Bild der Frau, Berlin/Leverkusen/Frankfurt, Germany.(GE) "Travelling Exhibition" Playboy Art...
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1960s San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Paint, Mixed Media

1994 "Eye on the Pie II" Abstract Oil Painting Illustrator Bill Shields
Located in Arp, TX
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...
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Late 20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Couple Holding a Baby" Colorful expressionist painting
By Victor Thall
Located in San Francisco, CA
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...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

The House on Blount Street, Original Painting
By Laura (Yi Zhen) Chen
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Yellow victorian on a quiet street in Cary, North Carolina. Bright spring light shines from the right, illuminating the new growth in the yard and casting an ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Louis (Lajos) Szanto "Market Scene" Original Oil Painting c.1930s
By Louis Szanto
Located in San Francisco, CA
Lajos Szanto (1889-1965) Original Oil Painting c.1930s A bustling market scene. Oil on canvas. Dimensions 30.5" wide x 24.5" high. The frame measures 36.5" wide x 30.5" high. Sig...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th C Painting of View of Venice After Gaspar Van Wittel (1653-1736)
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th C Painting of View of Venice After Gaspar Van Wittel (1653-1736) Oil on Wood Panel Beautifully Restored Unframed 10" x 13.25
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19th Century San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Blue Mussel, Oil Painting
By Kristine Kainer
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Although I live in Texas, I am well acquainted with the gorgeous mussels harvested along the Eastern Seaboard in the US and Canada. The exquisite deep purple ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Road to the Water, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Sunset along the coast. Dark crimson clouds float over the glowing blue water. In the foreground, the landscape radiates with yellow and red. Benjamin explain...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Tide Coming In, Oil Painting
By Teresa Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A view of the tide coming in near the artist's home. "When the tide is out, there is a lot more beach and a lot less water," Teresa says. "A calm painting wit...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

R. Schuenke 1950's Portrait
Located in San Francisco, CA
1950's portrait painting signed Schuenke Oil on canvas We believe the artist is Robert Schuenke, but this is not confirmed.
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20th Century Expressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Early 20th Century Watercolor by Frank Merrill
Located in San Francisco, CA
This extraordinary watercolor by Frank Merrill is finely detailed with every brush stroke. One of the finest watercolors in our collection. The realism comes through in every detail....
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Early 20th Century San Francisco - Paintings

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Watercolor

Heinrich Tupke Impressionist Polish Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
Heinrich Tupke:1876-1951. Listed Polish artist with auction results over $2200. This impressionist gem of a Polish landscape is an oil on canvas measuring 17 inches wide by 15 high. ...
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Early 20th Century San Francisco - Paintings

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Oil

Leola Freeman (1900-1989) Texas Artist, abstract forest scene, painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Leola Freeman (1900-1989) Texas Artist Beautiful fall abstract, forest scene, painting Oil on canvas 25 x 30 unframed, 31 x 36 framed
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20th Century San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

P Clment 1968 Partially Nude Figure Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
P Clment 1968 Partially Nude Figure Oil Painting Oil on canvas 32 x 36 unframed
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1960s San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sunset at the Fork, Oil Painting
By Gail Greene
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
As the sun sets behind the distant ridge, the fork in the river floods with warm hues from overhead. "I loved the way the light bounced on this southern river...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Attributed To Benjamin Kopman "The Rabbi"
By Benjamin Kopman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Benjamin Kopman: 1887-1965. Well listed artist born in Russia, but came to U.S. in 1903. He studied at the National Academy of Design in NYC. He has had auction results over $5000 bu...
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1960s Expressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Botanical Experiment #2
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela Botanical Experiment #2, 2025 Watercolor, alcohol and acrylic inks on paper 9 x 12 inches This one-of-a-kind work on paper comes unframed and ships in a tube. Exter...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Beautiful, tropical, Wooded Forest Landscape with River Stream by Indonesian art
Located in San Francisco, CA
Saiman Dullah (1954-Active) Beautiful, tropical, wooded forest landscape with river Stream by Indonesian artist Oil on canvas 27.5 x 35.5 unframed, 35 x 43 framed
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20th Century San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cote de Lassange, Grenoble Belldone
By Florent Chade
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Florent Chade (French, 1896-1985) Title: Cote de Lassange, Grenoble Belldone Year: Circa 1950 Medium: Oil on board Board size: 10.75 x 13.75 inches Signature: Signe...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Blue Dance, Original Painting
By Robin Okun
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
An expressionist portrait of relationships as a dance. Dominant blue palette with hints of red, purple and pink that offers both cal...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Cozy Night, Abstract Oil Painting
By Janet Hamilton
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This piece was completed on several cozy nights during the ;polar vortex; in Chicago. This mood of being trapped a bit and feeling at peace with that gave th...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Still Life
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016) Title: Still Life Year: c.2000 Medium: Oil painting on paper Paper: Thick oil painting paper Size i...
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Late 20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Legs at the MakeOut Room, Oil Painting
By Hadley Northrop
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Enjoying live music at the MakeOut Room in San Francisco, I found this view of the dancers' legs, mirror ball beams on the floor, and candles on the tables cl...

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21st Century and Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Childlike Wonder
By Morgan Fite
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
From my series called Lessons from Winter, inspired by my process of discovering and embracing the beauty, mystery, and warmth of the coldest and darkest seas...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Harold Ward 1889 - 1973 "Bygone Days"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Harold Ward 1889 - 1973 "Bygone Days" Oil on canvas mounted to wood panel 22 x 29 unframed, 28.5 x 33.25 framed
Category

20th Century San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Transformed box #2
By Eugene Pizzuto
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Transformed Box #2" 1963-64 is an oil painting on canvas by noted Seattle artist Eugene Pizzuto, 1925-2004 It is inscribed "Eugene...
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Lookin' for Love
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Bob Barkell – American (1950- ) Title: Lookin’ for Love Year: circa 1990 Medium: Watercolor Sight size: 11.75 x 17.75 inches. Framed size: 19.5 x 25.5 inches Signature: Signed upper right Condition: Very good Frame: Framed in original frame. Frame in fair to good condition This beautiful watercolor is by the noted Montana artist...
Category

1990s Realist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Farmhouse
By Nancy Merkle
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This painting is a contemporary interpretation of a rural country farmhouse. The surface is heavily textured with acrylic paints and texture mediums. Orange and gold dominate the scene with touches of aqua peaking through. The edges of the painting are black.

About the Artist
Nancy Merkle;s process begins with a glimpse of color, a flicker of light, a pattern, or a texture. Elements swirl in her mind for hours, sometimes days, sometimes weeks before a design clicks and is transferred to canvas. With the canvas in front of her, she works intuitively -- a mark here, a mark there, a little touch of color, a bit of texture -- until she is satisfied and declares the work finished. Currently Nancy;s work leans toward abstraction; she doesn't paint the world as it is, but as she wishes it were. Bold colors and loose brush strokes are her goal. When she;s not making art, Nancy travels the Pacific Coast with a bicycle strapped to the car and curiosity in my back pocket. Fun Fact: Nancy lived in Alaska until she was five. She had bison in the backyard, bears at the landfill, and a moose who stopped by once in a while to look for sweet grass...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Nude Sitting
By Howard Rogers
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Sitting Nude" c.1990, is an oil painting on hardboard panel by noted American artist Howard Rogers, b.1932. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork (panel) size is 8.85 x 11.85 inches, framed size is 17.75 x 21 inches. Framed in original wooden gold and grey frame, with fabric liner and gold bevel. It is in excellent condition, the frame have very small minor restorations, practically invisible. About the artist: Howard Rogers wanted to be an artist for as long as he could remember. "I had no idea what an artist was when I was a kid," he laughs. "But I had a distant cousin who had gone to art school and I saw some of his drawings. They really impressed me." Born and raised in San Diego, California, Rogers now focuses on the future: "I kind of enjoy today and tomorrow and to heck with yesterday." While in high school, Rogers took some art classes and served as an apprentice sign painter, eventually becoming a journeyman. He was also a member of his high school track team, competing in the high jump, the hurdles and cross-country, as well as doing some bike racing. Following a stint in the Army, he began training for the Olympics in bike racing, trying out in 1948, 1952 and 1956. Today, "I ride a stationary bike in front of my easel three times a week." After trying out for the 1956 Olympics...
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Herbert Parrish "Roses & Mirror" Floral Still Life
Located in San Francisco, CA
Herbert Parrish "Roses & Mirror" Floral Still Life. Oil on Masonite. 18 x 24 unframed, 26.5 x 32.5 framed.
Category

Late 19th Century San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Bare Trees 2, Oil Painting
By Valerie Berkely
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Building up many layers of color in oil paint and cold wax medium, Valerie then used scrapers to reveal the tree trunks in an abstract landscape. Warm orange and yellow trees standing in front of a cool blue and green background. Heavy texture complements the expressionist palette. The piece is part of a series of three works. Although Valerie did not create them as triptych, the three hang well close together.


About the Artist
Valerie Berkely...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Becassine
By Etienne Ret
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Etienne Ret (French, 1900-1996) Title: Becassine Year : Circa 1950 Medium: Oil on board Board size: 14 x 10 inches Signature: Signed lower right by the artist Condit...
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Richard Whalen "Jeffery's Toy's" Original Watercolor Painting c.1970
By Richard Whalen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Richard Whalen (American, 1926-2009) "Jeffery's Toy's" Original Watercolor Painting c.1970s The artist uses a surreal technique which highlights the ...
Category

Mid-20th Century Surrealist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Mid Century Modern "Jazz Club" Original Oil Painting by Sandra Thaw
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid Century Modern "Jazz Club" Original Oil Painting by Sandra Thaw Bright, bold and colorful oil painting of a Jazz Club c.1950s. Signed in the lower right corner "Sandra Thaw". ...
Category

1950s Modern San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Limoges Vieilles Maisons
By Louis Peyrat
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Limoge vieilles Maisons" 1964 is an oil painting on canvas by noted French artist Louis Peyrat 1911-1999. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist, t...
Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ponderosa, California, in the Afternoon
By Clifford Holmes
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ponderosa, California, in the Afternoon" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is signed at the lower righ...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Fall in the Canyon (Lake Tahoe)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Fall in the Canyon (Lake Tahoe)" 2014, is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist Andrew (Andy) Skaff, b.1945. It is signed at the lower right corner ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

A Moment in Time, Oil Painting
By Jo Galang
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Every summer, Jo goes down to the Coquitlam River near her home in British Columbia to enjoy the beautiful green surroundings glowing in the summer heat. "I couldn't resist how inviting this scenery was," she says. "Where I live, summer only lasts about three months, so I put this scene on canvas to enjoy it the whole year through."


About the Artist


Words that describe this painting: nature, water, trees, rocks, river, sunlight, woods, summer, forest, stream, riverbank, nature, realism, representational, oil painting, green


A Moment in Time...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract Painting - Argentinian III
Located in San Francisco, CA
This painting is an exceptional abstract work by the noted Argentine artist Delia Solari (1940-). The painting is titled Ritmico III (Rhythmic III in Engl...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Geometric San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Salt on Mina Mina
By Dorothy Napangardi
Located in San Francisco, CA
8970DN acrylic on belgium linen 12 x 12 inches 30.48 x 30.48 cms
Category

21st Century and Contemporary San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Vintage "Adam and Eve" Original Oil Painting by Sam C.1970
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage "Adam and Eve" Original Oil Painting by Sam C.1970 Original oil painting on canvas board Canvas board dimensions 30" wide x 40" high The painting is housed in a rabbet and...
Category

Mid-20th Century San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Twilight Shadows, Abstract Painting
By Tatiana Iliina
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
This painting is part of Tatiana Iliina's latest series, Abstract Landscapes. One may recognize distant skyscrapers, dense forests, or even other worldly vist...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

The Road to Commerce
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Road to Commerce" c.1990 is an oil painting on canvas after American artist Gail Sherman Corbett, 1871-1952. It is signed at the lower left corner by another hand. The canvas size is 20 x 24 inches, framed is 28 x 32 inches.. Framed in a antique style frame. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Gail Sherman Corbett, sculptor, painter and art teacher, was the daughter of Frederick Coe and Emma Jane (Ostrander) Sherman and was born in Syracuse, New York. Her father was descended from Philip Sherman of Dedham, Essex, England, who came, in 1633 to Roxbury, Massachusetts, and afterwards, with eighteen others, founded the town of Portsmouth and the Colony of Rhode Island. He was the Second Secretary of that colony. Corbett's mother was a descendant of Michael Dyckman, one of the framers of the New Amsterdam Charter in 1623. Gail Sherman was educated at the Syracuse High School and the Anne Brown School, New York. She began her studies in sculpture at the Art Students' League in New York under Augustus Saint Gaudens, George DeForest Brush and others, and was later a student at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. She was given her first large commission in 1901, and, between then and 1914, when her work was interrupted by the War, she executed many memorial tablets, portrait busts, bas-reliefs, sundials, fountains, and medals. Her work received a medal and mention at the Panama-Pacific Exhibition in San Francisco in 1915. Her best known groups are the Hamilton S. White Memorial, Syracuse, New York (1905), the Kirkpatrick Memorial Fountain, Syracuse (1908), and the bronze doors of the Municipal Building, Springfield, Massachusetts (1913). Miss Sherman was married at Syracuse, June 28, 1905, to Harvey Wiley Corbett, a New York architect. They had two children: Jean and John Maxwell Corbett. During 1915-1917, Mrs. Corbett gave her services to the Woman Suffrage Party, and in 1916-1917 she was Chairman of the Chelsea Branch of the Woman's Municipal League. She was a member of the National Sculpture Society, the American Numismatic Society, the Woman's Municipal League, the New York Women...
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

18th C. Italian School Biblical Scene Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th C. Italian School Biblical Scene Painting Oil on Canvas Painting has been beautifully realigned and restored 9" x 14"
Category

18th Century San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

1995 "Zone Two" Abstract Oil Painting on Canvas Illustrator Bill Shields
Located in Arp, TX
William Stephens Shields, Jr., 1925 - 2010 "Zone Two" 1995 Oil on canvas 48"x48" 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. Architectural design featured in: Better Homes and Gardens, American Home, Sunset Magazine, Architectural Digest. ILLUSTRATION CLIENTS: Oil Companies: Champlin Oil Company, Mobil Oil Company, Continental Oil Company, Standard Oil Company, Humble Oil...
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Place de la Madeleine, Paris
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Place de la Madeleine, Paris" is an oil on canvas by noted American artist Gregory Sievers, b.1951. It is signed and dated at the ...
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Marion Kramer spectacular 1930s old town scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
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
Category

1930s San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Metamorfosis
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela Metamorfosis, 2025 Watercolor and ink on paper 14 x 10 inches This one-of-a-kind work on paper comes unframed and ships in a tube. External, visible frame and glass...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Beginning to Clear
By David Forks
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Spring mornings often begin with gray overcast skies that give way to bright blue sunshine mid day. This painting depicts Texas Hill Country as the sun begins...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist San Francisco - Paintings

Materials

Oil

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