Brian J. Hannon

Cape Cod Landscape (Seaside Oil Painting)

"Evening Blue Clouds" By Carl Grauer Oil on Canvas 20x20 inches 21 x 21 x 3 inches framed, custom painted white wood floater frame Signed en verso Artist Carl Grauer captures the qu...

Modern en plein air winter landscape oil painting on canvas of a white snow-blanketed countryside 'Midsummer' by Joseph Rapp 16 x 20 inches, acrylic on ca...

"Two Sisters" by Richard Britell 86 x 45 inches vertical, monochromatic blue contemporary landscape oil painting on canvas This large vertical blue monochromatic...

Early Morning St. AM 1987 (Impressionist Figurative City Scene by William Clutz) Impressionist Painting of A Man Crossing a Street in Manhattan in the Early Morning Sunlight Colorful Painted by William Clutz in 1987 50" X 40" x 2", oil on canvas This figurative oil on canvas was painted in 1987 by William Clutz as part of a series of works called "Crossings". These paintings were a study of NYC dwellers engaging in the simple, daily activity of crossing the street. Clutz discovers the extraordinary in the ordinary, simply by studying how the sunlight bounces and reflects off the human form. In New York in the early 50's and 60's,, abstract expressionism was the orthodox approach to art at the time. However, Clutz was committed to his personal style that focused on abstracted human figures within urban tableaux. Working in a context of artists who challenged abstract expressionism's popularity in New York, Clutz established himself as a significant proponent of abstract figuration. His paintings focus on human figures within the urban environment, often exposing the transfiguration of his subjects as they travel through the complex light of city streets or summer parks, as shown in two of his early works. Clutz's interest in working from direct observation of urban life was influenced by a long-standing interest in German Expressionism, as well as artists like Henri Matisse, Arshile Gorky, and Nicholas De Stael...