Looking Out Over the Vineyards, Early 20th Century Landscape Panorama

early 20th Century

Early 20th Century French Countryside Pastoral Landscape Beautiful early 20th century Romantic period European landscape by an unknown artist, circa 1900. This pastoral scene featur...

Stunning late 19th century landscape watercolor painting of a farm scene by an unknown artist. Presented in a giltwood frame. Image size, 16"H x 20"L.

A charming scene depicting a Mediterranean landscape with an olive grove and distant villas. Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame with stick and ribbon detail. On canvas.

In artist's hand painted frame. signed and dated. Genre: Modern Subject: Landscape Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States Dimensions w/Frame: 23" x 30.25" The imagery of Maurice Kish (1895-1987), whether factories or carousels, reliably subverts expectations. His vision hovers just around the unraveling edge of things, where what is solid and clear becomes ambiguous. He is fascinated, often delighted, by the falling apart. This unexpected, fresh perspective results in oddly affecting pictures of a now long-gone New York. Born Moishe in a town called Dvinsk, Russia (what is now Daugavpils, Latvia), Kish came with his family to New York when he was in his teens. The family settled in Brownsville, and for the rest of Kish’s life Brooklyn remained his home, though he moved from one neighborhood to another. He was close to his parents, who recognized his talent and supported his desire to become an artist. Kish attended the National Academy of Design as well as Cooper Union. His fellow students included many other immigrants and children of immigrants who were particularly receptive to the Modernism coming from Europe. As his career progressed, Kish himself applied different strains of Modernism to different purposes. For him, the story was held above all else. For years, Kish used the skills he acquired in art school to earn his living at a Manhattan glass...