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Item Ships From: Texas
"Barrels" Naturalistic Early Seascape Painting
By Harry Worthman
Located in Houston, TX
Early naturalistic landscape painting of a dock. The work is signed and dated by the artist in the bottom corner as well as titled on the back. The canvas board is not yet framed. A...
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1930s Naturalistic Texas - Paintings

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Oil

"The Lonely Family: Tonya" Contemporary Outsider Art Figurative Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Featured in "Kevin Gilmore: Lonely Family Reunion" at Reeves Art + Design in Houston, TX. In "Lonely Family Reunion", local Houston artist Kevin Gilmore embarks on a poignant explo...
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2010s Contemporary Texas - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Barges by the Dock", Lucien Delarue, Impressionist, Paris, 29x36, Original Oil
By Lucien Delarue
Located in Dallas, TX
Lucien Delarue is known internationally as an artist who faithfully captures the romantic moods of Paris. His famous subject of the 'Barges by the Dock,'' along with other Paris scen...
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1990s Impressionist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Meeting the Shade , oil & acrylic painting, Abstract Expressionism Women in Art
By Ellen Hart
Located in Houston, TX
Meeting the Shade is part of the Shadow Series that investigates the ubiquitous patterns of light, shadow and reflection that we all experience daily, but that we rarely stop to noti...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Acrylic

"THE PITCHER" Mid Century Modern Texas Painting Oil
By Michael Frary
Located in San Antonio, TX
Michael Frary "THE PITCHER" Mid Century Modern (1918 - 2005) Austin Artist Image Size: 20 x 16 Frame Size: 27 x 23 Medium: Oil Circa 1940s "The Pitcher" Biography Michael Frary (1...
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1940s American Modern Texas - Paintings

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Oil

Santa Fe Bird , Southwest, 22 x 25Framed, Whimsical, Mixed Media, Oil
By Anne Embree
Located in Houston, TX
SantaFe Bird is by Anne Embree who is known for her whimsical animal paintings . Santa Fe Bird focuses on the Bird and the surrounding objects Perched is...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Texas - Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Painting by Gino Terreni
By Gino Terreni
Located in Houston, TX
GINO TERRENI (1925-2015) Italian Sculptor and painter. Widely represented in multiple galleries and private collections. 34” x 46”, overall size is 40” x 51” Oil on canvas, sign...
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1970s Other Art Style Texas - Paintings

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Oil

Wainting to Erupt #1, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Bob Hunt
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic painting on unstretched canvas. Like the majority of my paintings this started out as a non-objective exercise with no idea what the final outcome would be. The canvas...
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2010s Abstract Texas - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Oranges, American Impressionist Painter, Oil Painters of America, Still-Life
Located in Houston, TX
Orange Arrangement is an American Impressionist painting by Stuart Fullerton. The artist is known for his figurative and Still-Life paintings in the...
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2010s American Impressionist Texas - Paintings

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Oil

Multiple Perspectives, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Marlene Llanes
Located in Yardley, PA
This painting was inspired by the streets of Valloria, Italy. This town is famous for its painted doors. Artists from all over the world have painted many of its doors transforming t...
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2010s Realist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Blueberry Meadow Oil /Canvas Landscape Light & Color Pastures New England
Located in Houston, TX
Blueberry Meadow is a framed oil on canvas painting by artist Peter Batchelder. Artist Statement Throughout my life I have had the benefit of living in different rural environments...
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2010s American Impressionist Texas - Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"1970 Stingray" Modern Photorealistic Classic Red and Blue Muscle Car Painting
By Cheryl Kelley
Located in Houston, TX
Photorealistic painting of a 1970 Stingray, a classic muscle car. Includes both a red and a blue version of this well known vehicle. Kelley is able to capture even the smallest details of the cars, all the way down to the writing on the tires. Signed, titled, and dated on the back. Currently not framed, but options are available. Artist Biography: Cheryl Kelley...
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Early 2000s Photorealist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modern Colorful Tropical Abstract Painting of Two Female Figures and an Animal
Located in Houston, TX
Modern colorful abstract painting by Texas artist Don Snell. The work features two central nude female figures standing next to an animal in a tropical lands...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Texas - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Colorful Hollywood Marilyn Monroe Mixed Media Contemporary Collage
By Jim Hudek
Located in Houston, TX
1950's pop star Marilyn Monroe portrait with collage aspects encased in resin. The work is signed by the artist in the bottom right corner. Artist Biography (from the Artist himself...
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2010s Contemporary Texas - Paintings

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media

Bayou Reflections II Texas Landscape Oil Impressionism
By Steve Parker
Located in Houston, TX
FREE SHIPPING Bayou Reflections II is contemporary oil landscape painting on canvas 24 x 30. Bayou Reflections II was painted in 202...
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2010s American Impressionist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jupitar, Oil on canvas, abstract figurative painting, yellow and orange
By Michele Mikesell
Located in Dallas, TX
MICHELE MIKESELL b. 1973, Alabama, USA In 2002, Michele Mikesell earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in graphic design from Texas Women's University in Denton, TX. Mikesell completed her Master of Fine Arts at the University of Oklahoma in Norman in 2004. Mikesell is a Dallas Artist...
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2010s Contemporary Texas - Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

End of Season Mixed Media on Yupo paper Image 37 x 24 Framed 46 x 32 .75
Located in Houston, TX
End of Season by Texas artist Julie England is mixed media on Yupo paper. The size of End of End of Season is 37″ x 24″ Image 46″ x 32 3/4″ Framed. Ar...
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2010s American Realist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Red, Green and Teal Gestural Abstract Painting
By Philip Renteria
Located in Houston, TX
Red, green and teal abstract in a gestural style. The work is signed and dated by the artist. It is framed in a black frame. Dimensions without Frame: H...
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1980s Modern Texas - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Retired Ballerina" Great Mid Century Modern Portrait.
By Clarice Akin Holloway
Located in San Antonio, TX
Clarice Akin Holloway (1905-1989) Port Arthur Artist Image Size: 20 x 16 Frame Size: 28 x 24 Medium: Oil Circa 1960s "Retired Ballerina" Biography Clarice Akin Holloway (1905-1989) Mrs. Richard B. Dell Holloway Port Arthur Painter, teacher. A native of Port Arthur, Holloway graduated from nearby Lamar College, Beaumont, with honors. She received instruction or criticism on various occasions from Otis Dozier, Frederic Taubes, Elliott O'hara, Henri Gasser, Ted Schuyler, Fred Samuelson, Boardman Robinson, Morris Davidson...
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1960s Abstract Texas - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Mona's Sister, Figurative, Texas artist, Women in the Arts, 9x12" oil on birch
Located in Houston, TX
LOOK FOR FREE SHIPPING AT CHECKOUT. IF NOT AVAILABLE GALLERY OFFERS FREE SHIPPING. ARTIST EXPLANATION OF THE PAINTINGS: "Mona's Sister": oil on cradled birch panel. Ready to hang with wire on the back They are blurred. So I paint them with a regular brush, let the paint get partially dry, and then I use a brush to go over it many times to blur the paint. Sometime if it gets too blurred I go back in and do some more painting to define an area, and then use a big special brush to blur the image again. Also seen in this listing are other available paintings by the artist which can be found in a separate listings. Joan Breckwoldt is an American contemporary artist living in Houston, Texas. Her training has a foundation of traditional methods and she enjoys the challenge of using traditional painting methods to create contemporary works. Joan has studied at the University of Texas at Austin, The Art League of Houston, and the Konigs Schule in the Hague, the Netherlands. She is represented by the Jack Meier Gallery...
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2010s Contemporary Texas - Paintings

Materials

Birch, Oil

"Abstract in White with Red and Earth Tones"
By Tom Reno
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Tom Reno Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Measurments: 60 x 48 inches An captivating abstract painting by Tom Reno, executed in acrylic on canvas. The picture features a dance of ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Deck Retreat, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
The artwork depicts a pair of Adirondack chairs positioned on a wooden deck. The chairs are complemented by matching wooden footrests, creating a cozy and inviting outdoor scene. Eac...
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2010s Impressionist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Trout Clouds" Watercolor Impressionist Galveston Pier Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Watercolor coastal landscape painting with fishermen on a pier. The painting is done in an impressionist style and is signed by the artist in the lower corner. On the back of the piece is the title and date. The work is framed in a light wooden frame with a tan matte. Dimensions without Frame: H 33 in x W 24 in. Artist Biography: Charles Criner was born in the small East Texas town...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Texas - Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Splash, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Sarah Boisvert
Located in Yardley, PA
Inspired by light on water. Lots of layers and texture combine for visual beauty that photos can’t do justice. Textured and shaded with multiple coats of paint for wonderful d...
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2010s Abstract Texas - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Oil and Encaustic on Canvas
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Daniela Nikolova Medium: Oil and encaustic on canvas Size: 39.3" x 47.2"
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21st Century and Contemporary Texas - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Encaustic, Oil

"Cielo de Noche" Massive Abstract Contemporary Night Sky Geometric Painting
By Cecilia Beaven
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract painting of surreal orange and blue deer floating in a black starry night sky. The title "Cielo de Noche" translates to "Night Sky." This piece was recently include...
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2010s Contemporary Texas - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Thicket, , Acrylic, Texas Artist. Contemporary Art, Abstract Art
By Cheryl McClure
Located in Houston, TX
Thicket is a painting on a wooden panel so there is no need for a frame.. “Art gives me a personal sense of who I am. Most of the rest of my life has been as a wife and mother. My paintings are for me,” states local artist, Cheryl McClure...
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2010s Abstract Texas - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

I Plan to Live Forever, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Sarah Boisvert
Located in Yardley, PA
Sarah Boisvert combines abstraction and figuration in her stunning works. She plucks personal references, experiences, and memories to create thoroughly expressive paintings. Whil...
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2010s Abstract Texas - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Smalls, Painting, Oil on Other
By Steve Knotts
Located in Yardley, PA
Small alley nightclub :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Yes :: Signat...
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2010s Impressionist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Malcolm Little" Pop Art Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Large abstract portrait of human rights activist Malcolm X titled "Malcolm Little" by artist Patrick Lace made of three attached canvases, cir...
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1990s Contemporary Texas - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Landscape with a Remote Village
By Sergey Simakov
Located in Houston, TX
Soviet/Russian painter. “Landscape with a Remote Village” 1984. Oil on artist’s board. Signed and dated on lower right. 13” H x 19’ W, overall size is 20” H x 26” W. Condition is ...
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Late 20th Century Other Art Style Texas - Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Adobes" Beautiful Colors unusal scene inside looking out Native American
By Jack Grisham
Located in San Antonio, TX
Jack Grisham (1913-1994) California, Texas Artist Image Size: 24 x 30 Frame Size: 31 x 37 Medium: Oil 1953 Adobe Huts. Professionally Cleaned. Some craquelure that adds to the character of the piece. Unusual scene looking out from inside. Original Period Frame has some scuffing. Bio: Jack Grisham was born in Denton Country, Texas in December of 1913. He died in Denton County, Texas in May of 1994. He lived most of his life in southern California where he owned Jac's Art Shoppe...
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1950s Impressionist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Soft" Mixed Media Abstract
By Estela Aguirre
Located in Austin, TX
An richly textured abstract mixed media composition on gallery wrapped linen. The piece measures 24 x 24 inches. About the Artist: Estela Aguirre is an abstract artist from Saltill...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Linen, Mixed Media

"Othello" Gestural Abstract Painting
By Norman Bluhm
Located in Houston, TX
Energetic abstract expressionist watercolor painting of large black and orange splatters done by Norman Bluhm in 1962. Signed and dated in lower left corner. Hung in a black and gold...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

'Capitol Reef' Enamel Copper Landscape Painting by Irwin Whitaker
Located in Dallas, TX
"Capitol Reef' by Irwin Whitaker from the series 'Canyons, Arches & Gorges' enamel on copper plate, 1985. Enamel measures: 14" H x 11" W, frame measures: 19.25' H x 16.25" W. Irwin ...
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1980s Texas - Paintings

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Copper, Enamel

Glow Oil on Yupo paper 7″ x 9 1/2″ 9 3/4″ x 12 1/8″ Frame Abstract Small
Located in Houston, TX
Glow by Texas artist Julie England is an Oil on Yupo paper. The size of Glow is 7″ x 9 1/2″” Image 9 3/4″ x 12 1/8″ Frame Art is floated in gallery frame with OP3 plexi glazing....
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Texas - Paintings

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Oil, Handmade Paper

Abstract #63
By Tom Reno
Located in Austin, TX
Title: "Abstract #63" Medium: Acrylic on canvas Creation Date: 2019 Markings: signed on back Size: 60" x 48" Tom Reno is an abstract artist originally from Southern California who n...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Texas - Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

Self-Titled Spray Paint on Canvas Gallery Wrapped Texas Emerging Artist
Located in Houston, TX
Erick Sandlin is a self-taught artist who works exclusively with spray paint. He lives in the Heights in Houston, Texas, by way of Texarkana, College Station...
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2010s Abstract Texas - Paintings

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Canvas, Spray Paint

"Cock Fighting" Facing Left
By Lem Palmer
Located in Houston, TX
Illustrated roosters in the action of fighting. Part of a pair by the artist Lem Palmer. Framed in a wooden frame.
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20th Century Contemporary Texas - Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Perched, Bird Painting, Southwest, 25x21 Framed, Whimsical, Mixed Media, Oil
By Anne Embree
Located in Houston, TX
Perched is by Anne Embree who is known for her whimsical animal paintings . Perched focuses on the Bird and the surrounding objects Perched is 16 x 20 unf...
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2010s American Realist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Oil

Joseph Muslin Landscape Painting on Canvas Hiver Vosgien \Winter Village France
Located in Dallas, TX
Joseph A. Muslin "Hiver Vosgien" (Winter Village) oil on canvas Circa 1968 Joseph A. Muslin (1911-2003) was a distinguished French landscape painter known for his evocative and seren...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Oil

John "Scrappy" Ramirez, portrait, pro-boxer, oil painting, Execute Your Plan
Located in Houston, TX
Look for discount Shipping Code when checking out Scrappy is an oil on canvas painting by Joan Breckwoldt from Houston, Texas. It is framed in a custom floater frame. Scrappy bring...
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2010s American Impressionist Texas - Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Walt Hines Hard Edge Acrylic Painting on Canvas 'Space Shaft', 1970s
Located in Dallas, TX
This painting was commissioned by a prominent modernist family in Connecticut by hard-edge painter Walt Hines in the early 1970s. Designed to hang on the diamond as shown but could b...
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Mid-20th Century Texas - Paintings

Materials

Paint, Acrylic

Raixa
By Bartolome Sastre
Located in Austin, TX
"Raixa" Artist: Bartolome Sastre Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 39.5" x 28.75"
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21st Century and Contemporary Texas - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Hollywood" Blonde Woman Behind a Stage with Red Curtains and Two Candles
By Paul Reeves
Located in Houston, TX
Red, blue, and yellow abstract figurative painting by Reeves Art + Design owner and Houston, TX artist Paul Reeves. This horizontal painting depicts a blonde woman with red-painted lips...
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2010s Abstract Texas - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Pastoral Landscape with Windmill
Located in Austin, TX
By Rick Morris Patterson Oil on Canvas 16" x 20" Framed Size: 25.5" x 29" This rural Texas landscape scene features cactus, an rustic windmill, and an old dirt road.
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20th Century American Realist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Coral Drifters, Oil on Canvas, Light and Shadow, Underwater Landscape
By Ellen Hart
Located in Houston, TX
Coral Drifters is part of the Light in the Deep Series by artist Ellen Hart. Coral Drifters investigates the ubiquitous patterns of light, shadow and reflection that we all experience daily, but that we rarely stop to notice. The works reflect a perceptual duality: a tangible, distinct moment and place when the source pattern is found, intertwined with the fleeting and ephemeral nature of time. As light and atmospheric conditions shift, my source patterns morph, move and change. LOOK FOR FREE SHIPPING AT CHECKOUT This can be seen as an underwater landscape...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

"The Sarari Hunt for the Man Eating Tiger " Texas Black Folk Artist Johnny Banks
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Johnny Banks (1912-1988) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 14 x 22 Frame Size: 21 x 29 Medium: mixed media Circa 1970s "The Safari Hunt for the Man Eating Tiger" Biography Johnny Banks (1912-1988) In my opinion one of the greatest Texas folk artists of all time. The following information was compiled and submitted by Stephanie Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black self-taught artist, the son of Charlie and Cora Lee (McIntyre) Banks, was born on November 7, 1912, near Seguin, Texas. At the age of five his parents took him to San Antonio, where he attended Holy Redeemer School until the age of nine, when his parents were divorced and John returned to his grandparents' farm near Seguin. From childhood Banks's favorite pastime was drawing pictures on his Big Chief tablet. He later recalled, "As a kid I used to lie flat on my stomach, drawing and drawing. . . . My mother had to kick me off the floor to sweep." While helping out on his grandparents' farm, Banks completed the tenth grade before striking out on his own. His favorite activities during his youth were singing in a gospel quartet and playing baseball. In his adult years he worked in oilfields and cotton fields, drove a truck, and tended a San Antonio service station. During World War II he joined the army; he held the rank of sergeant and was stationed in the Philippines. After the war he returned to San Antonio, where he worked as a custodian at Kelly Air Force Base, at Fort Sam Houston, and at a local television station. Banks married Edna Mae Mitchell in 1928, and they had five children. The marriage ended in divorce around 1960. In 1963 he married Earlie Smith. His art career began in 1978 while he was recuperating from an illness for which he had been hospitalized. Banks's wife admired her husband's drawings and secretly took several of them to a San Antonio laundromat. There she hung the drawings on the wall, offering them for sale at the price of fourteen dollars. They were purchased and taken to a gallery for framing. Quite by chance, a San Antonio physician and collector of works of art by black artists...
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1970s Folk Art Texas - Paintings

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Crayon, Mixed Media

"Sissonne France" Watercolor Naturalistic Landscape Painting
By Harry Worthman
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic watercolor European landscape painting. The work is signed, titled, and dated by the artist. The watercolor painting is mounted to a brown matte but is not framed. Dimen...
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1940s Naturalistic Texas - Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Yellow Light Trees, Oil Painting , Framed, Houston Arboretum, Buffalo Bayou
By Steve Parker
Located in Houston, TX
Framed 23" x 29" Yellow Light Woods is an oil painting on canvas painted by Texan painter Steve Parker. This painting is of the woods in the back of the Houston Arboretum on Woodway...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Texas - Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Mata Atlantica Realism, Acrylic, Floral Painting, Framed, Brazil Atlantic Forest
By June Arthur
Located in Houston, TX
June Arthur is a Scottish artist based in Houston Texas . She studied fine art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee, Scotland .Jun...
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2010s Realist Texas - Paintings

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Canvas, Acrylic

You Should Have Seen the Other One Oil Boxing @everywomanart Women in Art
By Jeanie Tomanek
Located in Houston, TX
You Should Have seen the Other Gal By Jeanie Tomanek is an 8" x 8" oil painting on panel. It has on a custom frame. You Should Have seen the Other Gal was part of a boxing exhibiti...
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2010s American Impressionist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Roaming Around, Monotype and Collage, Abstract Figurative Art, Framed 23x23
Located in Houston, TX
The Barn is a1 of 1 Monotype with Collage and displays bold and bright colors to highlight this abstract figurative work of art. This is a new series of monotypes/collages by Charlotte Seifert that she began doing in 2021. It is 1/1 on paper in a custom frame which measures 23 x 23 framed. It is protected by conservation Plexiglass. The piece of art is 1/1 and was produced in 2022. Also shown are others available on 1stdibs. The images are hand cut and attached to the monotype print. This is the only print so that is why it is a monotype. This Houston based artist has been making art for most of her life. She was trained at SMU where she earned her BFA and MFA in painting. Her first art instructor was Roger Winter...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Monotype

"Toluca, Mexico" by Robert Onderdonk (1852-1917)
By Robert Jenkins Onderdonk
Located in San Antonio, TX
Robert Jenkins Onderdonk (1852 - 1917) San Antonio Artist Toluca, Mexico painting. Mexican Street Scene Image Size: 11 x 8 Frame Size: 15 x 12 Medium: Oil "Toluca, Mexico" Circa 1912 This piece was painted in 1912 when Robert & his wife went to visit his son who was working in Mexico City at that time. Robert Onderdonk is considered the "Dean" of Texas Painters. Robert Jenkins Onderdonk (1852 - 1917) Robert Jenkins Onderdonk is noted for his landscape and portrait paintings and also for his fine art teaching. Onderdonk was born in Catonsville, Maryland in 1852. He was the father of Robert Julian Onderdonk and Eleanor Rogers Onderdonk, also distinguished Texas artists. He received an academic education at the College of St. James, Catonsville, followed by studies at the National Academy of Design in 1872 under the instruction of Lemuel Everett Wilmarth. In 1875, Onderdonk attended Art Students League of New York and received instruction from Walter Shirlaw, James Carroll Beckwith and William Merritt Chase. Onderdonk moved to San Antonio, Texas in 1878 where he made a living teaching and selling his paintings. In 1889 he moved to Dallas, where he painted several portraits for the Huburt Portrait Company, followed by employment with the Art Students League of Dallas. In 1896, Onderdonk returned to San Antonio, Texas where he continued to paint until his death in 1917. Onderdonk was a member of the Allied Artists of America; Salmagundi Club, New York, and the San Antonio Art League. Exhibitions included the Annual Exhibition of the State Fair of Texas, Dallas; Dallas Art Association; Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis; Annual Texas Artists Exhibition, Fort Worth; Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, and the San Antonio Art League. Source: John and Deborah Powers, "Texas Painters, Sculptors, and Graphic Artists" Robert Jenkins Onderdonk was born at St. Timothy's Hall, Catonsville Maryland, in 1852. He had a very thorough academic education and was always sketching family members, classmates and landscapes on the back of his school books. This sketching ethic was a process he subscribed to his entire life, always carrying a sketch book with him where ever he went, like a camera of today. Deciding to make art his profession, Robert moved to New York. He was not only a part of the academic beginnings of American art while studying in New York at the renowned National Academy of Design in 1870, but also one of the first student members, under the instruction of Lemuel Everett Wilmarth, at the Arts Students League. At the League, Robert also studied and honed his craft with other teachers including Walter Shirlaw, William Merritt Chase and James Carroll Beckwith. Some of his classmates included: George Inness, Jr., Frederick Stuart Church, John Henry Twachtman and a Texan from San Antonio named Edward Grenet. Robert was lured to Texas in 1879 by his childhood friend and rancher, William Negely and by stories he read in the tabloids of the day that touted Texas as the "Promised Land." Robert found the light, people and atmosphere of San Antonio agreeable and quickly settled in. He soon met a fellow Texas artist, Emily Gould, whom he married in 1881. They lived with her parents in a house called "Bella Vista" throughout their lives. The house was two miles north of town, had a wonderful view of the city and still stands today. Here Robert lived and taught art classes, painted portrait commissions, landscapes, still lifes and supported his family. Some of his students, who later became well-known Texas artists, were Mary Bonner, Seymour Thomas, Edward D. Eisenlohr, and Rolla Taylor. Robert worked hard and encouraged his students to do their best. Robert was part of and organized several of the first art clubs in Texas, further helping to develop an interest in Texas art in the State and nationwide, but also giving Texas and American artists places to display their works, win awards and achieve much needed recognition. He helped organize "The Brass Mug Club," a revered group of San Antonio artists that met on Sundays to enjoy friendship and go into the Texas Hill Country and paint. Members included Julian Onderdonk (Robert's son), José Arpa, Leo Cotton, Rolla Taylor, Tom Brown and Ernst Raba. In 1912, Robert and Julian were involved in the organization of the San Antonio Art League, the first important art organization in Texas with the mission to establish a free public gallery in San Antonio with exhibitions, lectures and classes in art. Later, larger exhibitions that needed more room due to the extreme popularity of the League and its awards were held at the Witte Museum in San Antonio. While living in Dallas from 1889 to 1895, and in order to obtain commissions, Robert organized the first Dallas art school, the Dallas Arts Students League, where he was president and instructor. In 1905, Robert was chosen to select artists from New York and Texas to be represented and judged at the Dallas Fair, which later became the State Fair of Texas. In 1901, Robert was commissioned by well-known Texas historian and writer, James T. DeShields, to paint a large historic painting of the Alamo battle. He used his family, friends and fellow artists for this painting, including his son. Robert even put himself in the painting, as one of the Alamo Defenders, taking a mortal shot from the enemy and falling backwards. The painting took three years to complete. The Fall of The Alamo was first exhibited at the St. Louis Worlds Fair in 1904. Among Robert's important commissions were the illustrations he provided for feared Texas gunfighter John Wesley Hardin's autobiography, The Life of John Wesley Hardin, published in 1896. This was a courageous task by Onderdonk considering that Hardin, who had killed over forty men, was the fastest gun in the West, East, North or South. When Robert Jenkins Onderdonk died in 1917 at the age of sixty-five at his home in San Antonio, he was known as the dean of Texas artists. His contributions to Texas art and the early artists of Texas were well-known and well-respected. Written by Peter C. Rainone, as published in American Art Review, June 2008 Robert Onderdonk was educated at the College of St. James in Maryland where his father was headmaster. At 20, he studied for two years at the National Academy of Design, under Wilmarth, then at the Art Students League under Shirlaw and Beckwith. He was the private pupil of A H Warren, a tonalist painter known as "the Corot of America." In 1878, he concluded his art studies with William Merritt Chase. To earn funds for a European trip he never made, Onderdonk was persuaded to establish his studio in San Antonio in 1878. By 1881 he was married, living near Pedro Spring, and taking the mule car to his studio in the city. He always carried with him a wood panel such as the top of a cigar box so he could paint small scenes. For his studio classes he charged $3 per month. He moved to Dallas in 1889, when offered $100 a month to teach. After his father-in-law died in 1896, he returned to San Antonio where he remained except for a trip to St. Louis in 1899 to try commercial painting on tile. Not ambitious, not robust, not careful in signing his paintings, he received commissions for hundreds of portraits without being able to earn a suitable living. Even his epic "Davy...
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1910s Impressionist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of a Gray Andalusian Horse
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Daniela Nikolova Medium: Oil and sand on canvas Size: 47.2" x 31.5"
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Vineyard
By Bartolome Sastre
Located in Austin, TX
By Bartolome Sastre A vineyard scene depicting two young girls helping an older woman pick grapes. 39.5" x 39.5" Oil on canvas
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Texas - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Militair" Gray Toned Abstract Watercolor Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Gray toned abstract watercolor painting on paper titled "Militair." Back side of the paper has another painting depicting red, yellow, green, and blue abstract shapes with figurative...
Category

1960s Expressionist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Yellow Sky, Oil /Canvas, Rural Landscape, Colors, Architecture, Free Shipping
Located in Houston, TX
Look for FREE SHIPPING WHEN CHECKING OUT ON 1STDIBS Spring Shade 20 x 16 OIL ON CANVAS FRAMED $2500 PAINTED 2022. Frame photo is only to show frame. Artist Statement Throughout my ...
Category

2010s American Impressionist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Juno, Oil on canvas, figurative pop art portrait master, pastel color palette
By Michele Mikesell
Located in Dallas, TX
"Juno" is a beautiful oil painting by Michele Mikesell. Her animal-human figure has a flawless and beautiful face combined with abstract elements and her signature pristine painting ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Texas - Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

Autumn Naturalistic Landscape with a Cabin
By Robert W. Boyle
Located in Houston, TX
Impressionist landscape of a cabin in the woods in autumn as the leaves change colors by artist Robert W. Boyle. Oil on canvas painting, dated 2003. Signed and dated in lower right c...
Category

Early 2000s Realist Texas - Paintings

Materials

Oil

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