Art by Medium: Crayon

In crafting this piece, my brush danced with oils, blending pop art vibrancy with expressionistic fervor and a touch of impressionistic harmony. It's more than a cat at rest; it's an...

Edwin Mendoza was born in Alexandria. He spent his younger years in Fontainebleau, France where he lived and studied. He studied at St Martin’s School of Art in London. Exhibited at...

Silent harmony, 60x40cm, acrylic, pastel, canvas

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Jason Craighead (b.1971) is an abstract artist based in Raleigh, North Carolina. In his mixed-media works, drawing, painting, and writing fuse seamlessly together His surprising com...

No. 120 is a unique painting by contemporary artist Hongyu Zhang. The painting is made with India ink, acrylic and pastel on canvas, dimensions are 116 × 81 cm (45.7 × 31.9 in). Dime...

Woman on a Patio Pastel on paper, c. 1915 Unsigned Provenance: Gift of the artist to his wife, Mary Hess Buehr By decent to the artist's niece, daughter of Will...

A wonderful minimalist mixed media work Circa 1970. Though the artist is unknown this work was acquired along with pieces by well know artists Karel Appel and Robert Motherwell from...

DNA is genetic information, hidden and encrypted in body fluids. Veiled data that we load, that we do not know and that someone knows how to decipher. Such specifications characteriz...

A delicate portrait depicting Lizzie Ornsby, daughter of Captain Dalgairns. The artist depicts her in the grounds of a grand house. She leans on a stone pillar as she sketches a flow...

"Divination" By Ashly Lovett is a beautiful chalk pastel illustration done on archival paper, which depicts a young witch in a moment of pause, surrounded by magical fire. Artist Bi...

Francesco Spicuzza (American, 1883-1962) Untitled Landscape, 20th century Pastel on paper Sight size: 24 x 30 in. Framed: 26 1/4 x 32 3/8 in. Signed lower right: Spicuzza Italian-born Francesco Spicuzza was primarily a Wisconsin painter who did portraits, still-lives and local landscapes. He spent the first part of his life in near-poverty to become a painter. An eternal optimist, in 1917, the artist reported: "I am happy and my only ambition now is to paint better and better until I shall have reached the measure of the best of which I am capable." (Spicuzza, 1917, p. 22). His predilection for beach scenes germinated early: reportedly, the five-year-old boy first drew the outlines of his father's fishing boat in the sand on the seashore near their home in Sicily. After setting himself up as a fruit peddler in Milwaukee, Spicuzza's father sent for his family when Francesco was eight years old. For the following six years the boy was unable to attend school because of his job in his father's fruit and vegetable business. The poor lad suffered a caved-in shoulder from carrying a heavy wooden crate. The young Spicuzza was aided by moral and financial support from a sympathetic Milwaukee businessman named John Cramer, publisher and editor of the Evening Wisconsin, who raised Spicuzza's salary as a newspaper assembler so that he could attend school. In 1899 or 1900, Spicuzza began studying drawing and anatomy under Robert Schade (1861-1912), a painter of panoramas who had been trained in Munich under Carl Theodor von Piloty. Spicuzza was also taught by Alexander Mueller (1872-1935), a product of the Weimar and Munich academies. Mueller realized Spicuzza was a colorist and encouraged that orientation (Madle, 1961). Spicuzza found it beneficial to accept an apprenticeship in a lithographic studio for $8 a week, which demanded most of his time. During the St. Louis Universal Exposition in 1904, still a struggling student, Spicuzza attended the fair, thanks to Cramer. It was not long before Spicuzza received a twenty-five dollar portrait commission, and this inaugural success led to new commissions and allowed him to continue as a painter. The earliest influences in his work appear to be from Edward H. Potthast and Maurice Prendergast, though Spicuzza never mentioned either artist. Already in August 1910, Spicuzza was described in a newspaper as "one of the most talented of Milwaukee's rising workers." He undoubtedly received lasting inspiration from his one summer study period in 1911 with John F. Carlson at the Art Students League's Summer School in Woodstock, New York. Certainly Spicuzza would have picked up spontaneity in handling the brush from Carlson. Although he executed numerous still-lives and an occasional religious work, Spicuzza is best known for his Milwaukee beach scenes populated with frolicking bathers in multi-colored attire, not unlike the images of Potthast, who used a similar technique. Many of these are small, preparatory works on canvas board executed between 1910 and 1915. Frequently with even greater animation than Potthast, Spicuzza produced moving images of youthful energy and uninhibited child's play. These beach genre scenes reflect the attitude of American impressionists who depicted the more pleasant side of life. Spicuzza manipulated a successful balance of rich pigment applied in varying degrees of impasto texture with subtle nuances of hue. Working all'aperto, he sought "the soft enticing shades of yellow, blue, green, pink and lavender . . . to get the effects of bright glistening summer air." (L.E.S., n.d.). As a painter whose color not only derived from direct observation but also from a personal theory of color symbolism, Spicuzza traded the linear approach of lithography for dynamic patches of brilliant color. Like Prendergast, he would often tilt the angle of the picture plane to bring the viewer's position above the scene. Spicuzza was unable to enter the 1913 Armory Show or the Panama-Pacific International Exposition two years later but he did submit work to the annual exhibitions of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and those of the Art Institute of Chicago. His first important award was the bronze medal presented by the St. Paul Institute in 1913, which was followed by the silver medal two years later. Before long, Spicuzza had acquired a greater sense of security in his profession and was described by a writer in International Studio (April 1917) as "an independent artist with an assured future. His pastels and water-colours are poetic and joyous bits of nature with a genuine out-of-door feeling." In 1918, his Spirit of Youth, exhibited at the National Academy of Design, sold for $112.50. Four years later, the artist achieved his greatest local recognition by winning the gold medal from the Milwaukee Art Institute. Spicuzza spent a great deal of time painting en plein air and by 1925 he began summering at Big Cedar Lake, near West Bend, Wisconsin to gather his subject matter. Easter Morning (1926) owes something to the Symbolist movement, with its figure of Christ appearing over a seascape. During the difficult era of the Depression, patrons came to Spicuzza's aid and during the 40s, he taught housewives, businessmen and students at the Milwaukee Art Institute, the Milwaukee Art Center, and in his private studio. In the following decade, although his kind of art was no longer popular in the "make-it-or-break-it" New York gallery world, Spicuzza enjoyed regular patronage and sales. His beach scenes became more static and he would experiment with modernist techniques. Spicuzza died at the age of seventy-eight. Sources: L.E.S., "Do Colors Change a Person's disposition? Experiments of a Milwaukee Artist...

I am a Gippsland-based artist, whose creative process is ever-evolving, with the constant being my subject matter. Native Australian flora and fauna are commonly depicted in my works...

oil pastel, charcoal & acrylic on raw linen

Mid-century French oil pastel of blonde in pleasing tones of blues and yellows, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic ...

The painting "Everyday Warrior" depicts a woman whose strength and resilience are manifested in the most important part of the battlefield - in the rear. Inspired by the real image o...

Study for David and Goliath c. 1971 Signed, u.r. Pastel on paper 12 x 19 inches (30.5 x 48.3 cm) This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

Hugues Claude Pissarro, also known professionally as H. Claude Pissarro, is the grandson of the Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro and son of Paulémile Pissarro. Born in Neuilly-...

Work on paper Golden wooden frame with glass pane 84.5 x 65.5 x 3.5 cm

Completed in graphite and oil pastel, this swirling mix of colour and organic line work is a very fine early abstract work by the German artist August Ludwig Schmitt (1882-1936). Exc...

Red vase 110x80 cm

Visual texture and colorful cubist nude reminiscent of Picasso's Women of Algiers series. Signed "Croce" lower, right. Unframed. Image, 14"H x 36"W.

Landscape mixed media on canvas 65x46 cm 2020 Ready to Hang Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agrigento, where she lives and works. She graduated in Painting at the Acade...

Duality, 80x60cm, oil on canvas, oil pastel

A unique four panel still-life depicting a snap-shot of the artist's 1970's studio by Noel Howard (American, 20th Century). A drawing within the drawing with colored pencils, some cl...

A cup of coffee 100x100 cm The work is sold without a frame.

34.5 X 35 Inches framed This piece is featured in A’Court’’s 2024 solo exhibition at Susan Eley Fine Art titled, “Keeping Memories”. Artist Biography: A...

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Purple pastel image with various humanoid figures scattered around the image. Gallery tag on the back of the painting titles and attributes the work. Framed in a light wooden frame w...

Fred Parker Sonoma Mountain, 1996 Signed, dated, and titled on the reverse Acrylic, pastel, and pencil on board 21 1/2 x 29 1/2 inches

Leon Dolice Chrysler Building Signed lower right Watercolor on paper 19 x 12 inches The romantic backdrop of Vienna at the turn of the century had a life-long influence upon the yo...

Laura Hills is an American treasure in terms of the body of work that she produced in pastel. She is a master of this medium of pastel and she had been a celebrated miniaturist arti...

Portrait of a young boy, impressionist painting. Dimensions WITHOUT frame in cm 32 x 42

This is part of an ongoing series of mermaids a subject that has interested the artist for years. He is consistently searching for contemporary observations on a mythical subject tha...

Venerate “to hold in high regard” What we value shapes how we have come to look at ourselves. Artist statement: Youth, health, strength and beauty; these are things most Americans ...

Jogen Chowdhury Untitled Dry Pastel on Paper 11.6 x 8.3 inches, 2023 ( Framed & Delivered ) Modern Indian artist Jogen Chowdhury executed Still life drawing in Ink, pastel. Always...

"Quiet Winter Walk" by Lorenzo Chavez (US based) is a handmade, landscape, pastel painting that depicts an adobe church in a winter landscape. “Quiet Winter Walk” I always stop to explore around this iconic church near Taos New Mexico. It has inspired countless artists, writers, photographers and continues to inspire creatives today. I enjoyed a wintertime painting...

Countryside Barn at Dusk - Oil Pastel On Paper Oil pastel drawing depicting a small wooden barn atop a country hillside by Oakland, California artist Grace Anna Pfister (American, 1...

acrylic on canvas blue white yellow red orange can hang vertically or horizontally Thomas starts with several layers of acrylic, using processes of contrasting colors and surface te...

French Chateau by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022) signed and stamped verso oil pastel painting on artist paper, unframed painting: 19.5 x 11 inches Colors: Green colors, red, blue,...

Abstracted Cubist Egyptian Pharaoh Portrait in Pastel on Paper Brightly colored abstract portrait by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Centur...

Half Web in Pink, 2020, acrylic, oil, graphite, pastel, thread, nails and yarn on canvas. Pink, green, blue, abstract. Custom framed in a white wooden float frame. Gorgeous medium to large scale abstract painting with beautiful composition and palette of lilac pink, lilac purple, light peach, pale yellow, light pink, bright pink, fuchsia, mauve, light violet, periwinkle, sky blue, aqua, pale blue...

Achilles riding the Centaur Chiron by Marco Silombria. Hand signed by artist. Created by Italian Pop - Art artist Marco Silombria ( Savona, 1936-Albissola, 2017). The young boy, s...

"Breton Harbour" by Camille Meriot (French 1887-1975) signed and dated 48' crayon drawing on paper paper : 5 x 7.5 inches Fine original French Impressionist painting by the well ...

In original period wormwood frame. Leonid Gechtoff was born in Odessa, Ukraine, then a part of Imperial Russia, in 1883, He received his art school training in Russia, where he proba...

Mexican-American contemporary visual artist and celebrated architect Javier Arizmendi-Kalb creates paintings that are comprised of both abstract and representational elements, and consider the natural world as it intersects with utilitarian design. 'Landscape No. 2' — 3x6 feet (36 x 72 inches), — depicts a bird's-eye-view of the Delta as viewed by the artist during his frequent flights over California's Sacramento–San Joaquin River...

William Samuel Horton (American, 1865–1936) St. Mary’s Abbey, York Pastel on paper Signed lower left ‘William S. Horton’ 17½ × 23 in. (44.5 × 58.5 cm) Provenance: From the estate of ...

With bold strokes of acrylic, vibrant oil pastels, and lively colored pencils, I poured my heart into this piece. The red tulips pulse with energy and passion, blending expressionism...

For me, an artistic process is an act of investigation – a passionate attempt to establish an understanding of the natural world – a version that incorporates both intellectual and e...

Outsider artist Scott Harbison imagines a world of curious alien beings and wide-eyed mutant animals, naively navigating unknown territory. His mischievous figures are activated by s...

Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'De la serie La Siempre Habana 69', 1994 pastel, acrylic on paper 11.9 x 15.8 in. (30 x 40 cm.) ID: 1D199404 Hand-signed by author ___________________...

The Figures Sketches is an original Drawing on paper realized by French painter Norbert Meyre in the mid-20 century. Drawing in pencil and pen and pa...

"Gladiolus 2" captures the passionate spirit of blooming gladiolus. Fiery reds and glowing yellows express movement and vitality. The artist's bold, impressionistic strokes blend the...

Robert Peterson, "Flower," pastel on paper, 19 x 26 1/4 inches paper size, 27 1/4 x 35 inches including white mat and frame. The artwork is floated in the mat and only hinged at the...

A dynamic and boldly imaginative work by celebrated mid-century Denver artist Edward Marecak, "Witches Entrance" is an original abstract painting dating to the 1960s. Rich in color a...

Very rare and important work for a set design.

Oil pastels, acrylic, wax pencil, graphite, watercolor and collage elements on paper framed to 39.5 X 31.5. sheet measures 30 X 22 inches. (no glass) Raimundo Figueroa...

"Atmospheric Boats" by Camille Meriot (French 1887-1975) signed and dated 63', stamped verso crayon drawing on paper paper : 6.5 x 9 inches Fine original French Impressionist pai...

'Midtown' 2012, is by Frederic Choisel. From a series of large scale urban-scape drawings in mixed media. Atwork is 60 x 42 inches: Mixed media includes graphite, charcoal, ink, past...

Bay Area Abstract Expressionist Composition in Oil Pastel on Cardboard San Francisco Bay area abstract expressionist composition by Ho...