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Item Ships From: USA
Large Hand-Built Giovanni de Simone Italy Circus Plaque
By Giovanni de Simone
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Wonderful and LARGE terracotta wall plaque by Italian ceramist Giovanni de Simone. Weighing approximately 30 pounds, the plaque measures 22.25" high, 20.63" wide and 1" deep. The ha...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Pottery, Terracotta
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Gold Frame Portrait Medallions of the Seven Caesars
Located in New York, NY
These oval medallions, sold individually, feature profile portraits of seven Roman Caesars rendered in low relief against a textured background. Each medallion is inscribed with the ...
Category
1980s Unknown Classical Roman Vintage USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Resin
Pair of Large Painted French Pastoral Canvas Panels
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Decorative pair of French Pastoral painted panels on wood stretchers.
Category
20th Century French USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Pipes Designer Retro Geometric Wallpaper in Lime 'Kelly Green on White'
By Aimee Wilder
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This awesome micro-geometric adds the perfect modern touch for your walls.
Samples are available for $18 including US shipping, please message us to purchase.
Printing: Screen-pri...
Category
2010s USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint, Paper
Five-Paneled French Gilt Folding Screen
Located in Redding, CT
Five-paneled French gilt folding screen. Perfect for privacy or for covering up an area. Gorgeous carved wooden gilt design with caning and hand pa...
Category
1950s French Louis XVI Vintage USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Cane, Wood
$2,015 Sale Price
28% Off
Alexander Calder Original Exhibition Poster for Rolly-Michaux Gallery 1976
By Alexander Calder
Located in Skokie, IL
Alexander Calder Exhibition Poster for Rolly-Michaux Gallery 1976
This piece is an original vintage poster advertising an exhibition of Calder's "Gouaches and Important Lithographs"...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
1940s Pablo Picasso Abstract Face Black Plate B Visage Noir Devil Madoura Ramie
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Black face service plate, glazed white earthenware, painted in colors; white, orange, and deep greys. Made in 1948, from an edition of 100, inscribed 'EDITION PICASSO' and 'B', with ...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Stoneware
$8,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Tile Art of A Roman Landscape by Harris Strong
By Harris Strong
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous large tile depiction of a roman landscape including an aqueduct and other out buildings. Colorful and tastefully done on 18 square tiles which are then framed in a period si...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic, Fabric, Walnut, Paint
1940's Still Life oil on board painting by Paul Petit
Located in New Orleans, LA
A still life oil painting on board framed in distressed wood, signed Paul Petit 1885-1960
Category
Mid-20th Century French USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionism Modern Art Painting signed
By (after) Mark Rothko
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Abstract Expressionism Modern Art Painting signed M Chavez
geometric art abstract expressionism painting
signed M Chavez
oil on canvas board
in the style of Mark Rothko
original pr...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Expressionist USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Italian Carved Wood Depiction of "The Last Supper"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th C. bas-relief panel which is a type of sculpture where the design in only slightly raised from the background surface, creating a shallow, low-relief effect. The relief depicts...
Category
19th Century Italian Renaissance Antique USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paint
Sappho and Phaon Contemporary School Oil Painting After Jacques-Louis David 72"
By Jacques-Louis David
Located in Dayton, OH
A Monumental contemporary school painting of "Sappho and Phaon" After Jacques-Louis David. The oil is on canvas and framed in gold with French relief.
Phaon was said to be so beaut...
Category
Late 20th Century Renaissance USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint
$3,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Italian Reliquary
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Italian reliquary with silver thread double-headed eagle and foliage and floral motif on a red silk background. Inscriptions with sev...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Meissen Reticulated Cabinet Plate with Flower Bouquet and Raised Forget Me Nots
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Boston, MA
This is an exquisite Meissen cabinet plate painted with a large beautiful flower bouquet. The Meissen plate has a very intricate reticulated or ...
Category
1890s German Romantic Antique USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Italian Grand Tour Set of Portrait Medals of The 12 Roman Emperors
Located in Stamford, CT
Wonderful mounted and framed 19th century Italian Grand Tour set of silvered bronze portrait medallions of The 12 Roman Emperors surrounding 3 larger medals, one showing the Battle o...
Category
Early 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Antique USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Bronze
Vintage Regency Degourney Framed Wallpaper Panel
Located in west palm beach, FL
This stunning vintage Degourney wallpaper panel is an exquisite statement piece featuring intricate floral and botanical motifs in soft pastel hues. The delicate hand-painted details...
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
$2,760 Sale Price
20% Off
19th C. Louis XVI Style French Gilt Bronze Floral Garland Wall Swag Ornament
Located in Pearland, TX
A gorgeous antique 19th Century French Louis XVI style gilded bronze floral garland wall swag / cornice / appliqué / wall ornament / hanging decor. Signed by the artist on reverse. T...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Bronze
Martin Sumers Oil Painting “I The Wed” 1962
By Martin Sumers
Located in Miami, FL
A large Martin Sumers painting.
Category
1960s American Vintage USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Clyde Burt Ceramic Wall Art
By Clyde Burt
Located in Chicago, IL
Clyde Burt abstract ceramic wall relief in glazed stoneware with wooden frame.
Signed to front: [C. BURT].
American, circa 1965.
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Ceramic
$14,700
French Majolica White Daisy Plate Orchies, circa 1890
By Orchies
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica white daisy plate Orchies, circa 1890.
Category
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Polychrome Terracotta Angel
Located in Baltimore, MD
A polychrome terracotta angel built in fifteen pieces, in the Luca Della Robbia tradition, salvaged from the Southern Hotel in downtown Baltimore, wh...
Category
Late 19th Century American Beaux Arts Antique USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Square 16th Century Gold Brown Flemish Renaissance Tapestry Nobleman
Located in New York, NY
Tapestries were ubiquitous in the castles and churches of the late medieval and Renaissance eras. At a practical level, they provided a form of insulation and decoration that could be easily transported. In addition, the process of tapestry weaving, where every stitch is placed by hand, enabled the creation of complex figurative images on an enormous scale.
This is an excellent example of 16th century Flemish Renaissance Tapestry...
Category
16th Century Belgian Renaissance Antique USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Tapestry, Silk, Wool
"Standing Model", Male Nude Painting in Blue by Åkerblom, Oil on Canvas, Sweden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly painted in an expressionist palette that calls to mind the work of Edvard Munch and other Nordic painters who were in the artistic vanguard of the 20th century, this depiction...
Category
1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Verner Panton Rug for Edward Fields
By Edward Fields, Verner Panton
Located in Chicago, IL
Panton for Edward Fields custom Op-Art rug.
[Signed Edward Fields Panton 23135] on Verso.
Category
Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
Elk, Nature Scene Cast Iron Plaque by Bradley Hubbard Co., circa 1880
By Bradley & Hubbard
Located in Incline Village, NV
The Bradley & Hubbard Manufacturing Company was established in 1852 in Meriden, Connecticut and became synonymous with the production of fine quality items ranging from clocks and de...
Category
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Iron
Moroccan Moorish Polished Brass Decorative Tray Wall Hanging
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fabulous Moroccan Moorish hand-hammered brass tray, intricate multi dimension artwork, very fine Islamic Metalwork brass repousse designs.
Handcrafted wall hanging decorative brass tray with a copper...
Category
Early 20th Century Moroccan Moorish USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass
Pair of Antique French Carved Pine Panels
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Pair of very decorative Antique French Carved Pine Panels featuring center medallions with musical instruments, sheet music and floral/foliate motifs. Framed with raised moldings and carved leafy scrolls. Likely door insets from an Armoire...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Pine
$2,295 / set
"Loading the Wagon", Important Regional Scene Ptg, Thomas Hart Benton Colleague
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This classic example of American Scene painting, depicting a group of four laborers loading the harvest onto a wagon amidst the fields, has the energy and dynamic of Thomas Hart Bent...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Large Abstract Waterlilies Painting Oil on Canvas, Signed Anderson, Circa 1970s
By Anderson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted in the USA around the 1970s, this painting features warm tones of deep green and pale white and yellow on a backdrop of warm white and light teal. An pleasant combination of ...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Josef Albers Homage to the Square, Black and Charcoal Grey
By Josef Albers
Located in Toledo, OH
Josef Albers 1965 print in black and charcoal grey from the Homage to the Square Series. Blind stamp in the lower right corner. Overall 18" x 18". Image 11" x 11".
Homage to the Sq...
Category
Mid-20th Century USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Kiyoshi Saito Signed Japanese Woodblock Geisha Print Maiko Kyoto 3
By Kiyoshi Saitō
Located in Studio City, CA
A beautifully and serenely composed woodblock print by famed Japanese printmaker Kiyoshi Saito. Many consider Saito to be one of the most important, if not the most important, contem...
Category
1960s Japanese Showa Vintage USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
1960s MCM Abstract Artwork Oil Painting Mexico City
By Leonardo Nierman
Located in Chula Vista, CA
AMBIANIC presents
1960s MCM abstract painting Mexico City
Signed in lower left corner hard to read
in the style of Leonardo Nierman
Oil on Masoni...
Category
1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
Fair-Play Basketball Scoreboard, 1970s USA
By Fair Play
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Great vintage basketball scoreboard by Fair-Play, made in the 1970s. In perfect working order with controller to adjust score, running shot clock etc. and working horn. Very fun piec...
Category
1970s American Vintage USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Steel
Pair of Mid Century Neoclassical Style Italian Giltwood Wall Brackets Shelves
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely pair of vintage Mid-Century Italian Neoclassical style giltwood & gesso wall brackets shelves with hand carved acanthus leaves design. Marked "Made In Italy" on reverse. The...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Neoclassical USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Giltwood
Large Silver Concave Mirrored Glass Wall Art
Located in Greenwich, CT
Large concave mirrored glass wall art inspired by Space Age decor made from painted glass and hung with included metal brackets. This p...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass
$6,880 / item
Helen Van Buren Texas Female Artist Abstract Framed
Located in Dallas, TX
The Brendan Bass Estate Collection pays homage to the beauty of vintage and antique
pieces, each artfully concealing endless stories collected through the generations in which they ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Contemporary Abstract Mixed Media Sculpture by Scott Gordon (Landscape, 2018)
By Scott Gordon
Located in Sharon, VT
Landscape
sheet metal, wood, found objects
33 x 61in.
In Landscape, Scott Gordon reimagines the visual rhythms of place through the weight and texture of found material. Inspired by...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Sheet Metal
Ignacio Burgos "El Abrazo(The Hug)" Mixed Media Painting, Spain
By Ignacio Burgos
Located in Miami, FL
Ignacio Burgos "El Abrazo(The Hug)" Mixed Media Painting, Spain
Offered for sale is a mixed media on canvas titled "El Abrazo" which translates to "The Hug" from a series of the sa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Pop Art, C. Jere Style Multi-Colored Paperclip Wall Sculpture
By C. Jeré Artisan House
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vintage Pop Art Paperclip Wall Sculpture, purchased in Italy and in the style of Curtis Jere. The sculpture of oversized paperclips linked together is in fun primary colors and measu...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Modern USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Set of Four Japanese Fusuma Painted Door Panels
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare set of four Japanese Showa period door panels known as Fusuma in Japanese architecture. Similar to a Shoji room divider but made of an opaque materia...
Category
20th Century Japanese Showa USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass
$2,400 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Copper Rondel Plaque of Peter Paul Rubens
Located in Atlanta, GA
Molded copper rondel plaque of the great Flemish Master Peter Paul Rubens. Rubens is depicted in a high-relief bust, facing three-quarters right with a br...
Category
Early 20th Century Swedish Baroque USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Copper
A Set of Prints, hand Colored
Located in Huntington, NY
A Set of Prints, hand Colored professionally
Framed in Birdseye maple frames.
Category
19th Century French Belle Époque Antique USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
$280 Sale Price
43% Off
French Majolica Starfish Oyster Plate Digoin Sarreguemines, Circa 1920
By Digoin & Sarreguemines
Located in Austin, TX
French Majolica starfish oyster plate signed Digoin Sarreguemines, Circa 1920.
Category
1920s French Art Deco Vintage USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Enzo Gallo Monumental Marble Stone Mosaic Wall Sculpture
By Enzo Gallo
Located in Miami, FL
Enzo Gallo Monumental Marble Stone Mosaic Wall Sculpture
Offered for sale is a monumental and wonderful mosaic stone wall sculpture by the Italian-American artist Enzo Gallo (1927-1...
Category
Late 20th Century American USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Stone, Marble
$6,500 Sale Price
23% Off
1960 Andre Daude Big Eyed French Girl Painting Oil Canvas Black Frame Green Coat
By Andre Daude
Located in Miami, FL
Framed signed Daude Vintage Mid-Century Oil Painting Cityscape French Girl with Black Hair Brown Eyes Green Coat.
Circa 1960’s oil painting on canvas depicting a young girl with jet ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold Leaf
$997 Sale Price
30% Off
Louis XIV Style Antique French Aubusson Verdure Tapestry, Venus and Adonis
By Francesco Albani, Gobelins Royal Manufactory, Peter Paul Rubens
Located in Dallas, TX
Mid-18th Century Antique French Aubusson Verdure Tapestry, Venus and Adonis Wall Hanging 13'09 x 09'05. A rare jewel from the heart of 18th-century France, this handwoven wool and silk Aubusson verdure tapestry offers more than aesthetic beauty—it is a portal to a bygone era of aristocratic grandeur and mythological reverence. Woven by master artisans whose skill and devotion were reserved for the noble elite, this extraordinary tapestry captures the romantic tragedy of Venus and Adonis in a style that pays homage to the great Italian Baroque painters—Francesco Albani...
Category
Mid-18th Century French Aubusson Antique USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool, Silk
$55,999 Sale Price
20% Off
English 1920s Large Charcoal Life Drawing
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
English 1920s framed charcoal figure study of a life drawing class in progress. With remarkable talent the artist has constructed a tense scene dominated by the nude male model at th...
Category
20th Century English Art Deco USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
1957 Picasso Poster Exposition Vallauris France
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Poster by Picasso Exposition Vallauris France 1957
no certificate
20 h x 16 art 9.24 w x 11.5
Preowned original vintage condition
Refer to images listed
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Double Sailor's Valentine of Sea Shells with Heart and Star Designs
Located in Downingtown, PA
Double Sailor's Valentine of Sea Shells,
Barbados, West Indies,
Circa 1885
A double sailor's valentine with Spanish Cedar box with two sides. The right side is centered with a heart within within a ring of pink shells with beds of different colored sea shells at the border The left side has a star in the center and also with a circular ring of shells with alternating panels around the border
Dimensions: Open: 18 1/2 inches wide x 9 inches x1 1/2 inches deep; Closed: 9 inches wide x 9 inches high x 3 inches deep
See an article from the Seaport Museum, New York City, about the story and history of valentines.
From Wikipedia
A sailor's valentine is a form of shellcraft, a type of mostly antique souvenir...
Category
1880s Bajan Folk Art Antique USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Shell
Sleep Skateboard Deck by Kehinde Wiley
By Kehinde Wiley
Located in Jersey City, NJ
100% sustainably sourced hard rock maple
8" w. x 31.875" l.
edition of 400
hand-numbered with screen-printed signature
packaged in cotton dust bag
hanging hardware not included
This...
Category
2010s North American USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Maple
$300 / item
Robert Loughlin “Untitled” Box
By Robert Loughlin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Marker on a cardboard box by New York City picking and art legend, Robert Loughlin. Featured in Patrick Parrish Gallery's “Robert Loughlin: 1998-2011” exhibition in 2021.
ROBERT LOUGHLIN (1949 - 2011) may have been one of the most elusive artists in New York, but his work was everywhere. You might have noticed his signature graffiti of a square-jawed man, The Brute, randomly appearing on doors, signs, and walls all over the city. Like his fellow graffiti artists who emerged during the 1980s, such as Basquiat, Keith Haring, and Kenning Scharf, Loughlin has now become a collectible name. Once considered outsiders to the mainstream art world, graffiti artists now command top dollar for their work and are shown in museums all over the world.
When he wasn't making his mark on the city streets, Robert Loughlin still incorporated a similar grittiness into his art. He would ransack antique stores, thrift shops, flea markets, galleries, and estate sales and emerge with treasures that he would use as his canvas. Nothing was sacred...
Category
1990s American USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Vintage Lam Lee Metal Bronze and Nickel Finish Brutalist Wall Art Sculpture
By Lam Lee Group
Located in Palm Springs, CA
When we saw this sculpture hanging on the wall in a vintage estate in Rancho Mirage our jaws dropped. We had to have it. Made in the late 80d or early 90s by Lam Lee Group which were...
Category
1990s Asian Brutalist USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Fabienne Jouvin Imari Japanese Asian Porcelain Wall Plates 1990s
By Fabienne Jouvin
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Fabienne Jouvin French designer decorative Imari Asian wall plates.
from the French Parisian designer Fabienne Jouvin the plates with irregular shapes and quite shallow with a beautiful Oriental Asian Japanese style depicting a man and woman portrait on each plate.
The portrait are period Imperial style, with Japanese kimono and hair style, vivid colors on each panel of the plate depicting different Asian traditional design motifs.
Colorful modern Asian motif decorative plates or shallow bowls made by Fabienne Jouvin Paris...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Japonisme USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain
1980s American School Style Interior Scene of a Sitting Room Watercolor Painting
Located in Morristown, NJ
American School (20th c.), Interior scene, watercolor on paper, signed and dated "Wisner, '81" lower right. A charming, colorful and detailed representation of a beautiful room-scape. It makes me want to grab a good book and snuggle up by the fire.
The framing is by The House of Heydenryk...
Category
1980s American American Classical Vintage USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint, Paper
Vintage Scandinavian Swedish Rya Carpet, 05'10 x 08'00
Located in Dallas, TX
79013 Vintage Swedish Scandinavian Rya Rug, 05'10 x 08'00. Born of an era where form met function in its most elevated expression, this vintage Swedish rya rug is not merely a furnis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool
$3,584 Sale Price
20% Off
Majolica Grape Plate Villeroy & Boch, circa 1890
By Villeroy & Boch
Located in Austin, TX
Majolica grape plate Villeroy & Boch, circa 1890.
Category
1890s German Country Antique USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Ceramic
Husain by Maqbul Fida Husain, Richard Bartholomew, Shiv S. Kapur, H. N. Abrams
By Maqbool Fida Husain
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Husain by Maqbul Fida Husain, Richard Bartholomew, Shiv S. Kapur · H. N. Abrams · hardback · 60 pages.
A terrific copy of one of the best monographs on this important Indian artist.
Illustrated in color and black & white. 60 pages of text and 192 illustrations.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1st Edition 1972.
First edition. Oblong hardcover.
First printing. Text by Richard Bartholomew and Shiv S. Kapur.
Includes 192 illustrations with 53 tipped in color plates.
A fine and tight copy in a very near fine dust jacket price clipped dust jacket.
Hardcover, bound in brown cloth. In a dust jacket.
Title: Maqbool Fida Husain
Author: BARTHOLOMEW, Richard and Shiv S. Kapur - Maqbool Fida Husain
Book Condition Used
PublisherHarry N. Abrams
Place Of Publication
New YorkDate Published1972
Keywords: Art Monographs.
Maqbool Fida Husain
Born ; 17 September 1915
Pandharpur, Maharashtra, British India
Died : 9 June 2011 (aged 95)
London, England, UK
Nationality Indian (1915-2010)
Qatari (2010–2011)
Education Sir J. J. School of Art
Known for Painting, drawing, writer, filmmaker
Notable work Meenaxi a tale of three cities
Through the eyes of a painter
Movement Progressive Art Group
Awards Padma Shri (1966)
Padma Bhushan (1973)
Padma Vibhushan (1991)
Husain was associated with Indian modernism in the 1940s. His early association with the Progressive Artist's Group, or "PAG of Bombay" used modern technique, and was inspired by the "new" India after The Partition of 1947. His narrative paintings, executed in a modified Cubist style, can be caustic and funny as well as serious and sombre. His themes—sometimes treated in series—include topics as diverse as Mohandas K. Gandhi, Mother Teresa, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the British raj, and motifs of Indian urban and rural life. Early in his painting career, and until his death, he enjoyed depicting the lively and free spirit of horses in many of his works. Often referred to as the "Picasso of India", Husain is the most celebrated and internationally recognized Indian artist of the 20th century. Husain is primarily known for his paintings, but is also known for his drawings and his work as a printmaker, photographer, and filmmaker. Some of his later works stirred controversy, as they depicted traditional Deities of India in non traditional ways.
He also directed a few movies. In 1967, he received the National Film Award for Best Experimental Film for Through The Eyes of a Painter.[3] In 2004, he directed Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities, a film he worked on with his artist son Owais Husain, which was screened in the Marché du Film section of the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.
Husain was born on 17 september 1915 in Pandharpur to a Sulaymani Bohra family who trace their roots back to Gujarat within the last 200 years, and then originally to Yemen. He picked up taste in art through studying calligraphy while he stayed at a Madraasa in Baroda. Husain attended the Sir Jamsetjee Jeejebhoy School of Art in Mumbai. Early in his career Husain painted cinema posters in Mumbai. To earn extra money, he worked for a toy company designing and building toys. He often travelled to Gujarat to paint landscapes when he could afford to.
This was a clique of young artists who wished to break with the nationalist traditions established by the Bengal school of art and to encourage an Indian avant-garde, engaged at an international level. The artists cite "The Partition" of India and Pakistan 14 August 1947, with its resulting religious rioting and heavy loss of life as their reason for forming The Progressive Artist's Group in Bombay in December 1947. The artists saw the Partition as a "turning point" for India, and their new style of art was urged on by, and was also a turning point for, (modern) Indian Art. Husain's first solo exhibit was in 1952 in Zurich. His first U.S.A. exhibit was at India House...
Category
Late 20th Century Indian Expressionist USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Pair of English 19th Century Carved Giltwood Brackets with Foliage and Flowers
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of English carved giltwood brackets from the 19th century, with scrolling foliage and flowers. Created in England during the 19th centu...
Category
19th Century English Antique USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Giltwood
Rare Mosaic Tile Co Mid Century Decorative Bird Tile, Zanesville OH
By Mosaic Tile Co.
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Rare Mid Century Modern decorative tile was made by Mosaic Tile Company in Zanesville, OH. The tile depicts two birds sitting on a branch, looking in the same direction. The birds a...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Clay, Ceramic
$340 Sale Price
20% Off
18th/19th Century Italian Floral Still Life, Oil On Canvas
Located in Bradenton, FL
18/19th Century Floral Still Life, Oil On Canvas, Painting in an 18th century giltwood Frame. Painting has a colorful profusion of flowers in a gray-silver colored urn. Flowers are i...
Category
19th Century Italian Rococo Antique USA - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
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The former football player is as serious about becoming a great contemporary-art patron as he once was about making tackles. Here, Rivers tells us how he got the collecting bug and how his tastes have evolved over the years.
More Than Ever, the Female Design Council Is Embracing Funked-Up Creativity
The organization's "Womxn’s History Month" collection celebrates female-identified creators pushing the boundaries of technique and material.