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Gypsy
By René Romero Schuler
Located in Westport, CT
René Romero Schuler’s expressionistic paintings depict delicate female figures that she paints using a dry-brushed, minimalist hand, leaving her subjects mostly featureless but nonet...
Category
2010s Contemporary Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beyond Blue
Located in Westport, CT
DAVID DUNLOP is a modern-day old master whose luminous paintings draw from both Renaissance techniques and contemporary science. His paintings have been shown internationally and a...
Category
2010s Modern Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Boothbay Harbor, Maine from the Hill
Located in Greenwich, CT
Best known for his painterly landscape views, Oberteuffer developed a fresh and vigorous style, using a subdued color palette with agile brushstrokes that was influenced by French Impressionism. Boothbay Harbor from the Hill is a wonderful example of this style of painting and shows Oberteuffer’s mastery of subtle color. It is an added plus that Oberteuffer has specifically referenced a clearly identifiable locale- Boothbay Harbor- in his title and additionally denoted that the view was painted from the hillside, potentially capturing actual homes and buildings of the time.
Framed in a Gold Leaf Whistler style frame of exceptional quality. The painting has vivid and fresh color and creates a window in any room.
The canvas inside the frame measures 30 x 24 inches.
Signed: Oberteuffer lower right
Provenance: Estate of George Oberteuffer...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Pink Horizon 5", An Original Abstract Seascape Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract painting by Karin Olah features a modern, layered interpretation of a coastal landscape. Created with hand-dyed fabric, vintage textiles, and acrylic paint...
Category
2010s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Canvas, Linen, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Composition Abstract in Blues
By Jacques Germain
Located in Greenwich, CT
Germain's composition is a great example of abstract expressionism on the French front and they called the movement Lyricism. Startling blue movements mixed with myriad of other col...
Category
1960s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Figures, Abstracted Faces
By Karel Appel
Located in Greenwich, CT
A large and impressive Karel Appel of his most desirable subject, abstracted faces. Very difficult to find a work of this size and impact by the artist. Often the faces are not as ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
"Warm Breeze" Abstracted Seascape Painting
By S. Cora Aldo
Located in Westport, CT
This abstracted seascape painting by S. Cora Aldo features a cool, light blue palette with warm sand tones in the foreground of the composition. The painting captures an abstracted v...
Category
2010s Contemporary Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Beach Patterns Abstract
By Ralph Eugene Della-Volpe
Located in Greenwich, CT
Della-Volpe early abstractions are rare and good. Even at this early time he abstracted off "beach" elements such as shapes and colors. With minimal shapes here he creates a compos...
Category
1970s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Chroma Bloom" Fine Art Mirror
By Alina Bisikirskaite
Located in Westport, CT
This large abstract fine art mirror by Alina B is made with dichroic film on mirror, and is framed in a champagne-toned frame. The film on the mirror allows for it, and the space it ...
Category
2010s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Film
Summer Landscape
By Louis Aston Knight
Located in Greenwich, CT
Knight was one of the most celebrated of the "Riverbank and Flowers" motif of the early 20th century. he was the son of Daniel Ridgeway Knight noted for similar work but always with a figure in it. Louis preferred to do nature and usually not with a figure included. Framed in a lovely Art Nouveau 24 karat gold leaf hand carved frame...
Category
Early 20th Century French School Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Emerging Sun, Celestial Sky
Located in Greenwich, CT
Michael Forster has a unique blend of Mexican symbolism and an approach to universal themes such as "Celestial Skies". This work explores both the mys...
Category
1990s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Garden Blues" Abstract Encaustic Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract floral encaustic painting by Linda Bigness features a cool green, blue, and violet palette, with large organic botanical forms and line work throughout the composition....
Category
2010s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Silver
"Scintillate" Fine Art Mirror
By Alina Bisikirskaite
Located in Westport, CT
This large abstract fine art mirror by Alina B is made with dichroic film on mirror, and is framed in a champagne-toned frame. The film on the mirror allows for it, and the space it ...
Category
2010s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Film
Abrica
By René Romero Schuler
Located in Westport, CT
René Romero Schuler’s expressionistic paintings depict delicate female figures that she paints using a dry-brushed, minimalist hand, leaving her subjects mostly featureless but nonetheless imbued with emotional interiority. While some of her subjects appear lost and isolated, other works depict couples holding hands in private moments of bliss.
Her powerful images speak to the complexities of the human condition and the spirit that connects all human beings.
Schuler’s paintings and sculptures are purposely semi-abstract and textured, rendering them open to interpretation by the viewer. Their power lies in the layers of applied materials scraped, carved and incised by hand and the elusive quality of the figures – wholistically beautiful but symbolic of the scars and flaws that shape individuals.
Schuler has exhibited in Paris, Rome, Miami, and Chicago, and her works are in the collections of the Union League Club of Chicago, the Loyola University Museum of Art, Grand Valley State University in Michigan, the Coral...
Category
2010s Contemporary Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Wavelet" Fine Art Mirror
By Alina Bisikirskaite
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract fine art mirror by Alina B is made with dichroic film on mirror, and is framed in a champagne-toned frame. The film on the mirror allows for it, and the space it reflec...
Category
2010s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Film
"Quietude" Contemporary Landscape Painting
By Carol Young
Located in Westport, CT
This small contemporary landscape painting by Carol Young features a warm neutral palette and captures a rural scene. A light-toned barn sits in a golden yellow field in front of dee...
Category
2010s Contemporary Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
"Big Blue" Abstracted Dog Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstracted painting of a dog features a loose, energetic style and vibrant, colorful palette. The artist layers wide brush strokes and thin, swirling lines to create the dog's f...
Category
2010s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Lilacs, " Still-Life Oil Painting
By John C. Traynor
Located in Westport, CT
This still life oil painting by John Traynor captures a scene of a large bouquet of purple and pink lilacs in a colorful, porcelain vase. It sits on an off-white fabric next to a lemon which is half peeled, the peel spiraling off the edge of the table on which it sits. The wall behind the bouquet of flowers is a warm, earthy sienna. The painting is signed by the artist along the lower right-hand edge of the canvas. It is 20" x 24", and 27" x 31" framed. The frame is an ornate metal-leaf frame with a linen liner. It is wired and ready to hang.
Professionally framed in classic, antiqued, closed corner frame. Frame is metal leaf gold.
John C. Traynor's painting style is reminiscent of some 19th century painters and the Dutch Masters. He uses his knowledge of light and color to create a certain mood in each of his works. The creation of atmosphere is an important element in Traynor's paintings. Painting outdoors, on location, is a prime source of inspiration and ideas for his landscapes. John travels extensively, painting the landscapes around him.
John was born in 1961 and spent his early years in Chester and Mendham, New Jersey. His art studies began at Delbarton School in Morristown, New Jersey, and from there he furthered his education at Paier College of Art in New Haven, Connecticut. He studied figure painting at the Art Students League of New York, as a merit scholar, with Frank Mason. Traynor continued his studies in Vermont with Mr. Mason on landscape painting, drawing with Carroll N. Jones Jr. of Stowe, Vermont and sculpture with Brother Jerome Cox...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Reader of the Koran, exotic orientalist work
By Hovsep Pushman
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hovsep Pushman is celebrated for romantic and exotic subjects such as Nubian princesses, Kurdish tribesmen, itinerant gypsies, and in our example a noble Reader of the Koran. Many of...
Category
1910s Impressionist Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Moments of Reflection" Abstract Landscape Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This large abstract statement painting by Kelly Rossetti is made with oil paint on gallery wrapped canvas. It features cool blue palette with light pink and dark charcoal accents and...
Category
2010s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Little Talks III" Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Kelly Rossetti is made with acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas. It features light gestural brush strokes in deep blue, green, and grey tones on a white...
Category
2010s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Mint Julep" Contemporary Barn Painting
By Carol Young
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary landscape statement painting by Carol Young captures a rural scene with a barn-like structure in an open field. The bright, warm yellow and orange tones of the barn and ground are contrasted by the cool blue sky and lavender shadows cast by the building. The painting is signed by the artist in the lower right-hand corner of the canvas. The gallery wrapped canvas sides are painted light blue, and the painting is wired and ready to hang.
Carol C. Young is a landscape painter working in acrylics and oils. She is a plein air painter as well as a studio artist whose contemporary work is primarily identified by a bold use of light and shadow along with iconic depictions of structures within the rural landscape. A fine arts major at the College of New Rochelle, NY, her paintings have won several awards including best in show at the Pequot Library Art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Sunrise Dance, Celestial Sky
Located in Greenwich, CT
Heavily influenced by the works of his close friend the famous Mexico City painter Rufino Tamayo, Forster created a special focus on the supremacy of color. And of larger context paintings that explored both nature and the universe. His paintings speak to all and of our oneness within this realm and an appreciation of it. The work is positive and wishes to unite and expand our vision outward from ourselves.
This painting has a warmth of color that will enrich any room and compliment furniture and ambience.
It is in a gold frame that has some wear to the gold patina. It is signed on the verso with an artist's cache of initials and it has the inventory # 798A from the estate, along with a date of 1992 on the back. The work comes out of the artist's estate as well as Messums Gallery from London. The piece measures 35 x 49 inches inside its frame.
Forster's all-absorbing passion for color resulted in such magnificent gestural pictures as Sunrise Dance, 1992 with its intense color palette.
Consistently experimenting and initiating fresh use of paint, Michael Forster...
Category
1990s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Hummingbird in Salvia Garden
By Diane Andrews Hall
Located in Greenwich, CT
Hall is a highly respected contemporary artist. It is framed in a contemporary lacquered off white float frame. The surface of the board is slick and almost photographic in feel. The...
Category
Early 2000s Photorealist Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Viridescence" Contemporary Landscape Painting
By Carol Young
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful contemporary landscape painting by Carol Young features a vibrant palette and captures three white and red barns surrounded by greenery under a turquoise blue sky. The ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Across the Stream
Located in Westport, CT
DAVID DUNLOP is a modern-day old master whose luminous paintings draw from both Renaissance techniques and contemporary science. His paintings have been shown internationally and a...
Category
2010s Modern Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique Buddhist Thai Phra Malai illustrated Manuscript , 19th Century
Located in Greenwich, CT
A rare mid-19th century Phra Malai illustrated Buddhist Manuscript from Thailand, 19th century
Samut khoi accordion-style folding book with lacquered paper...
Category
Late 19th Century Other Art Style Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Handmade Paper
Autumn Flowers Post Impressionist
Located in Greenwich, CT
Incredibly beautiful paint surface! Incredible French Gilt frame.
René Demeurisse began his exhibition career at the Salon de la Societé Nationale de...
Category
1920s French School Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Night Garden" Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with oil paint on canvas and features a warm red geometric rectangular shape at the center of the composition, wit...
Category
1960s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Caelestinus, " Abstract Painting
By Roger Mudre
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract contemporary painting by Roger Mudre features a cool-toned palette with subtle gold accents and an iridescent quality. Concentric circles of varying sizes overlap one a...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Patterns and Reverberatons Abstraction
Located in Greenwich, CT
Patterns and reverberations in a celestial sense, this work can bring liveliness, movement and texture to a room. Its color palette is very attractive. Michael Forster was trailblaz...
Category
1980s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
C.286, Geometric, Hard Edge and Optical painting
By Vasa Velizar Mihich
Located in Greenwich, CT
It is rare to see a painting by Vasa Mihich available. These works are carefully worked through and planned with the aid of Computers. Mihich will work through the sequencing of co...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Plywood, Acrylic
To Celebrate Childhood - Entally, Yellow Light
Located in Greenwich, CT
An entrancing work about the artists childhood trip to Entally, India! A master abstractionist having spent years in Mexico with famous artists such as Rufino Tamayo - this artist had a way of presenting feelings through color and revertive brushwork. Here his childhood memory is colored in yellow - a color which speaks of his warm and rich experience which remained etched in a vivid way in his mind even in later years. He had a technique of sponging over and over dabs of paint and thru sponging could create rhythmic dots that pulsate and make his canvases glow and feel alive. He did a series of work called "To Celebrate a Childhood" and this one has a curious draw to it.
It is complimented by a high quality silvered leaf frame that allows the yellow to function and glow. It measures 27 x 35 inches inside the frame and is signed with the artists cache on the back along with the estates inventory #.
This work as one can see from our in-situ photo - enlivens a room and brings a positivity and welcoming aspect to a room. Would be great too with wood tones or just about any interior as yellow is a color to punctuate with yet there is a lot of detail within this canvas that draws a viewer in to take a closer look!
Its provenance is estate of the artist to Messums Gallery in London.
To Celebrate A Childhood-Entally, 1985 another of Michael Forster...
Category
1980s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Sail Away" Coastal Seascape Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This traditional seascape painting by Molly Doe Wensberg features a cool blue palette, and captures a coastal seascape scene with a small white sailboat sail...
Category
2010s Impressionist Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sunday Sun, " Contemporary Barn Painting
By Carol Young
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary landscape painting by Carol Young captures a rural scene with a bright, contrasting palette. A barn sits in an orange field, with a line of red foliage behind it. O...
Category
2010s Contemporary Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
"Little Talks I" Abstract Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract painting by Kelly Rossetti is made with acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas. It features light gestural brush strokes in deep blue, green, and grey tones on a white...
Category
2010s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
"Village Girl" Abstract Figure Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstracted figure painting by Juniper Briggs is made with mixed media on Arches paper with deckle edges. It features a warm, contrasting palette an...
Category
2010s Cubist Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
French Landscape, Peupliers à St Cirq Lapopie
By Jacques Martin-Ferrières
Located in Greenwich, CT
A fresh Spring landscape by a very well noted French Impressionist and son of famed Henri Martin. Would bring a lovely window type view to any room as the colors are fresh. Brushwo...
Category
1920s French School Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Shake the Pear Tree" Abstract Figural Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstracted figure painting by Juniper Briggs is made with mixed media on Arches paper with deckle edges. It features a warm, earth-toned palette an...
Category
2010s Cubist Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Optical wall sculptures
By Charles Hinman
Located in Greenwich, CT
Our shaped canvas which also is a sculptural form in essence for a wall, is a geometric and forward play of optical illusion. Hinman is an important pioneer of exploration in the co...
Category
1970s Hard-Edge Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
M2204
By Cathy Choi
Located in Westport, CT
Cathy Choi's eye catching striped paining is bursting with dazzling color. The surface shines.
This work is a progression from Choi's signature minimalist works.
The bottom of the p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Juniper, " Abstract Landscape Painting
By Elwood Howell
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape painting by Elwood Howell features the artist's signature high horizon line, separating a textured, pale nearly grey foreground and a blue gradient sky. Along...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Linen
Miranda
By René Romero Schuler
Located in Westport, CT
This beautiful blue painting is by René Romero Schuler. Her expressionistic paintings depict delicate female figures that she paints using a dry-brushed, minimalist hand, leaving her...
Category
2010s Expressionist Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Garden Table, Summer Time
Located in Greenwich, CT
Della-Volpe loved painting the figure and he loved approaching the structure of color in his work. The Garden Table was done at the strong point of his career where he combined real...
Category
1990s Impressionist Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Scruffy" Abstracted Dog Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstracted painting of a dog by Russell Miyaki features a loose, energetic style and vibrant, colorful palette. The artist layers wide brush strokes and thin lines to create the dog's form from the shoulders up in warm tones and contrasting pink and blue accents and a bright yellow background. The painting is made with acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas. It has painted sides and is signed by the artist in the lower right-hand corner of the painting. It is wired and ready to hang.
Russell Miyaki is a contemporary artist and creative director in New York City. His studio is at Metro Art Studios in Bridgeport, CT, which is a renovated historic 1800s corset...
Category
2010s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"First Glance" Abstract Geometric Oil Painting
By Ned Martin
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract geometric painting by Ned Martin is made with oil on aluminum and board, and features a cool blue-grey palette. It is signed by the artist on the back of the board and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Metal
Old Man Walking in Nature
By Nancy Lasar
Located in Westport, CT
Nancy Lasar’s work is described as “drawing with light”, “condensed energy and flow”, “calm and crazy”, and “organized chaos”.
The lines in Lasar’s works that are electrifying. They ...
Category
2010s Modern Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Muslin, Ink, Graphite
Les Parasols
By André Cottavoz
Located in Greenwich, CT
This is a fun and rich work with incredible paint application, of a busy summer's day at the Beach. Andre Cottavoz is collected and loved for his expressive and incredibly think pai...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mother and Child
Located in Greenwich, CT
Watercolor on paper laid on board: An exceptional watercolor in terms of quality and presentation. During this earlier period of Day's career he exhibited extensively and was inspir...
Category
1910s Pre-Raphaelite Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Board, Archival Paper
"Honeymoon Bay, " Contemporary Art Mirror
By Alina Bisikirskaite
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary piece is made with dichroic film on mirror and is framed in a modern white frame. The application of the film creates a changing colorful aesthetic so that the viewer sees different colors like pink, blue, purple, and orange as they change the angle at which they view it. Areas around the periphery that look metallic give the mixed-media piece an almost painterly aesthetic. This abstracted mirror invites interaction and adds a playful alternate view to any space. It can hang vertically or horizontally, and is ready to hang.
"I seek to find balance between the creative process and the present moment using color as a direct and indirect language," the artist says. "Color series paintings explore the dynamics between light, pigment, and the viewer. To achieve this, I work with mirrors as my canvas and a medium that allows for drastic shifts, effected by natural exposures, like light, the angle of a space, and the viewer themselves. Combining the reflective areas of a mirror with color...
Category
2010s Contemporary Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Film, Mixed Media
Dayana
By René Romero Schuler
Located in Westport, CT
René Romero Schuler’s expressionistic paintings depict delicate female figures that she paints using a dry-brushed, minimalist hand, leaving her subjects mostly featureless but nonet...
Category
2010s Expressionist Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled #296 (Modern), " 1960s Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern painting by Abstract Expressionist painter Stanley Bate features a textured aesthetic and a deep, colorful palette. Deep blue and red is contrasted by a brighter accents ...
Category
1960s Modern Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Basset" Abstracted Dog Painting
Located in Westport, CT
This abstracted painting of a Basset Hound dog features a loose, energetic style and vibrant colors. The artist layers wide brush strokes and thin, swirling lines to create the dog's full form with his head in profile, looking toward the right side of the canvas. It features a yellow and white color-blocked background. The painting is made with acrylic paint on gallery wrapped canvas. It has painted sides and is signed by the artist in the lower right-hand corner of the painting. It is wired and ready to hang.
Russell Miyaki is a contemporary artist and creative director in New York City. His studio is at Metro Art Studios in Bridgeport, CT, which is a renovated historic 1800s corset...
Category
2010s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Kaleidoscope" Fine Art Mirror
By Alina Bisikirskaite
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract fine art mirror by Alina B is made with dichroic film on mirror, and is framed in a champagne-toned frame. The film on the mirror allows for it, and the space it reflec...
Category
2010s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Mirror, Film
"Cathedral #79" Modern Abstract Painting
By Stanley Bate
Located in Westport, CT
This Modern Abstract Expressionist painting by Stanley Bate is made with oil paint on canvas and features a warm, deep yellow palette. The artist layers paint over the canvas to crea...
Category
1960s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jupiter and Mercury received by Philemon and Baucis
Located in Greenwich, CT
Canvas size: 57 3/4 x 45 1/2 inches
A striking and impressive French Academic painting in a high quality Italian style gold leaf frame.
Gorguet was an Academic French artist who was trained by Boulanger, Gerome, Bonnat and Morot. His academic training was so strong that he was asked by the Opera House to illustrate many of their posters and he made his living illustrating many books of the time. In the market today this is most of what circulates and comes to light by the artist. He was ultimately made a professor of Drawings at L’Institut.
However, Gorguet was also a Symbolist artist and did works aligned with the Art Nouveau movement. Many of these works are quite impressive but rarely have surfaced in the art market. Jupiter and Mercury Received by Philemon and Baucis is more of an Allegorical work and Gorguet switched gears to do a painting which would garner International attention at the important Concourse du Prix de Rome competition. 1891 was a year where the competition would be stiff and he knew he had to do an impressive painting with a compelling historical or allegorical content. In this painting, Gorguet is depicting their Jupiter and Mercury’s arrival at their home and the indication that Philemon and Baucis will share what they have with them despite their poverty-stricken means.
The technical execution of this work is exceptional as the figurative work is done masterfully and any small detail within the canvas demonstrates tremendous attention of subtlety of tone and modeling. An example is the strand of cloth that crosses Jupiters chest and the delicate shades of pink and gray and how it is modeled. More than ever, the academic artists of this period are to be appreciated for the quality and creativeness of their work. And the timelessness of these classical allegories are still applicable to our lives today. So we predict a turn back toward work like this as qualitatively we know it will never be done again.
Story of Jupiter and Mercury Visiting Philemon and Baucis
(one interpretation)
According to ancient Roman mythology and Ovid's Metamorphoses (8.631, 8.720.), Philemon and Baucis had lived out their long lives nobly, but in poverty. Jupiter, the Roman king of the gods, had heard of the virtuous couple, but based on all his previous experiences with humans, he had serious doubts as to their goodness.
Jupiter was about to destroy mankind but was willing to give it one final chance before starting over again. So, in the company of his son Mercury, the wing-footed messenger god, Jupiter went about, disguised as a worn and weary traveler, from house to house among the neighbors of Philemon and Baucis. As Jupiter feared and expected, the neighbors turned him and Mercury away rudely. Then the two gods went to the last house...
Category
1890s Academic Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Foggy Ocean
Located in Greenwich, CT
Chris Armstrong’s hypnotic, masterly and often photographic renderings and paintings of the sea, waves, light and the ocean in general are highly acclaimed by the art community. This...
Category
2010s Photorealist Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Spirits Through Time V, " Abstract Figurative Painting
By Ned Martin
Located in Westport, CT
This painting by Ned Martin blends the artist's signature abstract style with portraiture that is reminiscent of the Old Masters. The softly-executed realistic face and neck of the w...
Category
2010s Abstract Stamford / Westport - Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
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