San Francisco - Figurative Paintings

Alejandro Rubio La Casa Amarilla (The Yellow House), 2022-2025 Oil on panel 18 x 18 inches This is a one-of-a-kind oil painting on a wooden panel.

This artwork titled " Coastal Scene with Cypress" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963.Signed at the lower right corner by the art...

This artwork "Landscape with Farm House in Winter" c.1950, is a oil painting on hardboard by noted California artist Charles Frederick Surendorf, 1906-1979. It is signed at the lower...

This artwork titled "Paysage de la cote d'azur (Coastal Scene of the French Riviera)" c.1960, is an oil painting on canvas by French artist Rene Dulieu, 1903-1992. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is 21.5 x 25.85 inches, framed size is 35 x 39 inches. Custom framed in original dark brown and gold distressed frame, with fabric liner and gold color fillet. It is in excellent condition, the frame have minor restorations, practically invisible. About the artist. Self-taught painter of figurative painting. At eleven years old, it was the Great War and his Certificate of Studies in his pocket, he first worked in the fields of the village farms, then until he was 17, he was employed at the Coeuvres distillery where he is responsible for the proper functioning of the machines. In 1925 he did his military service at the barracks of St Vincent de Laon (Aisne) in the 101st heavy artillery regiment as a pointer brigadier, and he was already drawing on notebooks. At the end of his service, having chosen to go to Paris to take drawing and painting lessons, he became a cashier at the Grand Magasins du Louvre. He begins to discover Paris, its districts, its buildings, shops, churches. During the week he sets up his easel on the sidewalks of Montmartre, Notre Dame, where the Latin Quarter and on Sundays, he sells these paintings on Boulevard Raspail. He took part in the Battle of France in September 1939at june 1940. He testifies in a notebook of the events and emotions he has gone through. After the Second World War, he set up his home and studio in the 15th arrondissement of Paris, but he remained very attached to his native village where he went very regularly. Married, he takes his family almost every summer to the Côte d'Azur where he paints with great pleasure the warm colors and the intense light of the Esterel or the Var coast. He participates in many Parisian salons and exhibitions in Paris and province. Awarded at the Salon des Artistes Indépendants in 1961, as well as at the Salon Violet in Paris. From 1967, Mrs. Rosenthal of the Galerie Haussmann (Paris), regularly exhibited her works on "Old Paris" which particularly appealed to British and American tourists. He participated with the painters René Demeurisse...

This work by Austrian artist Ivo Saliger (1894-1987) is an expression of devotion, of a tradition central to Austrian life a century ago. Then, Austria had a strong Catholic heritage...

On offer is a post-World War II European cityscape. This scene, defined by French-influenced architecture, expresses a bright optimism that the worst is finally over. Here are people...

This artwork "Ship in the Fog" c.1990, is an oil painting on canvas by noted Nantucket artist Gregory Hill, b.1944. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas si...

If you’ve been a longtime college football follower of the SEC, or the Southeastern Conference, you may have heard of this 1964 game in Shreveport, Louisiana. On December 29, the Uni...

Given the subject of this painting, you won't be surprised to learn that actor and artist Vincent Price was a patron of Noel Rockmore (1928-1995), this work's American artist. Additi...

This artwork titled "The Abandoned Factory" c.1945 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist William E. Frates, 1891-969 It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 24 x 30 inches, framed is 40.75 x 34.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold brownish frame, with fabric liner. This particular artwork has been exhibited at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco, August to April 1946. About the artist: Painter, etcher. Born in Hayward, CA in 1896. Frates first studied art in San Francisco with Wm Otto...

No longer mysterious, she’s a beautiful friend, perhaps a lover, (thank heavens she’s happy to see you) and welcoming you to the party. She belongs on your wall for those days when y...

This artwork "Six Birds" c.1990, is an acrylic painting on canvas by Mexican artist Gustavo Martinez, b.1941. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas size is ...

This artwork "Rough Sea" c.1980, is an oil painting on canvas by noted Chinese/American artist Lydia Vercinsky, 1918-2001. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The ar...

Le Roi Yvetot (no. 227) from 1919 is a gouache painting on tissue paper mounted on board. The image size is 9.25 x 6 inches, framed in a gold-tone frame, 22.5 x 19 inches. Signed recto 'Erté' lower right, in the image and annotated verso, 'Les Rois des Lègendes, No 8, Le Roi Yvetot 227'. Erte name and 'Composition originale' stamps verso. Le Roi Yvetot is a design by Erte for the 1919 theater production of Les Rois des Lègendes. The King of Yvetot William Makepeace Thackeray: 1811 –1863 There was a king of Yvetot, Of whom renown hath little said, Who let all thoughts of glory go, And dawdled half his days a-bed; And every night, as night came round, By Jenny, with a nightcap crowned, Slept very sound: Sing ho, ho, ho! and he, he, he! That's the kind of king for me. And every day it came to pass, That four lusty meals made he; And, step by step, upon an ass, Rode abroad, his realms to see; And wherever he did stir, What think you was his escort, sir? Why, an old cur. Sing ho, ho, ho! and he, he, he! If e'er he went into excess, 'Twas from a somewhat lively thirst; But he who would his subjects bless, Odd's fish!—must wet his whistle first; And sofrom every cask they got, Our king did to himself allot, At least a pot. Sing ho, ho, ho! and he, he, he! To all the ladies of the land, A courteous king, and kind, was he; The reason why you'll understand, They named him Pater Patriae. Each year he called his fighting men, And marched a...

This artwork "The Old Farm" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963. It is signed at the lower left corne...

1950's, Figurative Painting "Morning Sun, 1957" Oil on canvas 36 x 36 on framed, 37 x 37 framed

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 "Belgian Landscape" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas board by Belgian artist Gustav Pynaert, 1900-1968. It is signed at the lower lef...

This artwork "Seascape" c. 1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted artist June Nelson, 20th Century. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artis...

This artwork "Girl with Roses" c.1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted British artist Brenda Burke, b.1957. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 30 x 20 inches, framed size is 37.5 x 27.5 inches. Framed in original wooden beige and gold ornate frame, with fabric liner. The artwork and frame are in excellent condition. The fabric liner is separated at the 4 corners and will be replaced by a new one when sold, before shipping, This will bring the over all condition to excellent. About the artist: Brenda Burke started to paint at an early age of three years. Her career has spanned more than half a century, encompassing paintings, portraits, sculpture and printmaking. She has trained in the classical style of the old masters at the renowned Farnham art school just outside of London, England and continuing her studies in Florence and Rome, Italy, Burke’s wealth of experience, technical excellence and artistic vision is evident in each of her exceptional works of art. Her work can be seen in private collections around the world. Sometimes known as the Painter of Royalty, Brenda has been chosen to present her work to Her Majesty The Queen of England. She was commissioned to paint the celebratory portrait for Prince Charles and Lady Diana's engagement, and she was again selected to create the painting for the christening of Prince William. Her skill and versatility has also been shown in a collection of limited edition wax and porcelain dolls, dressed in fine silks and antique French lace...

This artwork "Still Life" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas by American artist Michael Ritter Cannon, b.1913. It is signed at the lower middle ...

This artwork titled "The Picnic" c.1990, is an oil painting on canvas board by Irish artist Val McGann, 1928-2016. It is signed at the lower left corner by...

Subdued bronzes and saddle leather tones provide a rich background for a cluster of mysterious, ghostlike figures--"The Visitors" of the painting's title--imagined as weathered paint...

This artwork "Landscape with Bridge" c.1970 is an oil painting on canvas by American artist Bert Pumphrey, 1916-2000. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas ...

This artwork "Fishing Boats" 1966 is an oil painting on canvas linen by noted Filipino artist Cesar Buenaventura Espinosa, 1919/22-1983. It is signed and dated at the lower left corn...

A flight of fancy, this work is a bit of a surprise for a 20th-century California painter. With its colorful dhows topped by lateen sails and attended by turbaned sailors, the artist Anthony Muscat...

This artwork "Horseman with Cattle" c.1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted American artist John Stanford. It is signed at the lower right corner by...

This artwork "Haitian Market" c.1990, is an oil painting on canvas by Haitian artist Maurice Guerre, b.1947. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is ...

The artist had a lot to say. Why else spend the intense focus and time on rendering such a luminous work brought to completion literally point by point in tiny dots? Ask yourself: Ar...

This itinerant showman, with his drum and what appears to be a peep show, met a real need. What’s offered definitely engages the man in the group, but the woman pawing at his shoulde...

It's the dream. One going back centuries. The glossy canals instead of streets reflecting the delicate hues of adjacent buildings, yes. But especially when these waterways are dotted...

On offer is a timeless expression of social realism, in the style of the late American artist Ben Shahn. You sense the couple has shared a lifetime. Still standing close together, th...

Together We Soar is an oil on canvas painting, 24.75 x 18.5", signed on the front ‘KOSTABI 2022’ lower right, and signed, titled and dated verso. Framed in a contemporary black frame...

On offer is a portrait of an unknown sitter who is rendered with profound dignity yet lifted from gloomy solemnity by a vibrant and intriguing background. Notably, artist Boris Deuts...

The scene flows with a mix of people out and very much milling about against a backdrop of high rises half hidden in mist. There’s the dandy sporting a red fedora, a white-helmeted b...

This artwork "Lanscape with House" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Clifford Holmes 1876-1963.Signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas...

C. 20th Century " Imperfect Witness " by Hoffman ( Oil on Canvas )

Andre Gisson: 1921-2003. Very well listed American artist with auction records over $13,750 and much higher in galleries. This is by far the finest exampl...

Legendary Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn once said about making motion pictures, “If you want to send a message, use Western Union.” However, it’s likely that artist M.A. Calvin c...

This artwork Titled "Mount Shasta in Spring" c.1970 is an oil painting on canvas by California artist Robert Wagner. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas ...

This artwork "The Priest" 1970 is an oil painting on canvas board by noted Spanish artist and musician Xavier Cugat, 1900-1990. It is signed at the lower ...

As the actual artist and date of this piece are unknown, perhaps this genre painting was done by a skilled student. But certainly, at this skill level, it could have served to provid...

Edna Hibel: 1917-2015. Well listed important American artist. Mostly associated with Florida and Massachusetts. There is a Hibel Museum in Florida. Some called her the latter 20th ce...

This artwork "Landscape, California" c. 1935 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Elmer Stanhope, 1907-1956. It is signed at the lowe...

In the eternal man vs prey contest, spearfishing might be one of the most challenging sports. The fisherman must enter the alien watery realm to hunt, perhaps only equipped with snor...

This artwork titled "Red Pick up" c.1970 is an oil painting on hardboard by American artist John Schweikhard, b.1938. It is signed and titled on the back. The ...

This artwork titled "Northern India, The Himalaya Range" c.1975 is an oil painting on canvas board by noted American artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size (Canvas Board) is 8 x 10 inches, framed size is 15.5 x 17.5 inches. It is framed in a wooden ornate off -white frame, with fabric liner and gold color bevel . It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Jack Laycox (1921-1985) was born and grew up in Auburn, California. The eldest of 4 children, all of whom were artistically talented, it was Jack who was the shining star, constantly drawing, filling every available piece or section of paper that was available. After earning an engineering degree from San Francisco State University, which provided the opportunity to travel throughout the United States to work on various assignments, he eventually returned to his love of the Fine Arts, specifically plein-air painting. With encouragement from his wife, sculptor Jayne Amason, he made the break from his career to become a full time artist. The first Laycox Gallery was opened in Walnut Creek, California. He become known locally and throughout northern California, as well as being represented by Royce Gallery in Los Angeles and other galleries in the U.S. Jack and Jayne had been spending time in the Monterey area, which they loved dearly, so they moved there permanently and opened up a new Laycox Gallery in Carmel. His work became increasingly popular, being sought after for both private and corporate collections. In the 1970’s he was commissioned by Delta Airlines to do all the paintings for their travel-destination posters. He also authored a Walter...

This artwork "European Cityscape" c. 1990 is an oil painting on hard board by Argentinian artist Henry D. Ramirez. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The hard board...

Working in the Art Nouveau period style of Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt, artist Irina V. Karkabi has given form in this painting to the unimaginable, the moments whereby B...

This artwork "Sailing Boat at the Pier" c.1990, is an oil painting on canvas by noted Nantucket artist Gregory Hill, b.1944. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The ...

This artwork "Young Girl with Doll" c.1990 is an oil painting on panel by noted American artist Gunnar Donald Anderson, b.1927-2022. It is signed at the lower right corner by the art...

There’s an instant in a competitive horse race—whether it’s at Churchill Downs, Del Mar, Santa Anita Park, Saratoga or Belmont—of the utmost ferocity. That’s when the riders are jamm...

This artwork "Landscape with Barn" 1968, is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist Bill Shaddix, b.1930. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The canvas...

This artwork "Landscape with Bridge" c.1980, is an oil painting on canvas board by American artist David P. Curtis. It is signed at the lower right corner. The canvas board size is 12 x 16 inches, framed size is 15.5 x 19.5 inches. Framed in original wooden light...

This artwork "Landscape with Llamas" c.1950 is an oil painting on canvas board by Ecuadorian artist Gustavo Moncayo, b.1943. It is signed at the low...

This artwork "Four Figures" c.1990, is an oil painting on canvas by Haitian artist Fritz Rock, b.1944. It is signed at the lower right corner by t...

This artwork titled "Charleston's Garden Perfume" is an oil painting on canvas by noted Canadian artist Guy Begin, born 1944. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. Th...

This artwork titled "Farmer Market, Milan" is an oil painting on canvas by noted Italian artist Guido Antonio Man tovani, 1916-1988. It is signed at the lower right cornet by the art...

Fabulous oil on canvas in the style of the famous William Aiken Walker. The details of this painting are amazing and is the same subject matter of most of Walker’s paintings. It is a...