James Emery Greer

Untitled (Colorado Mountains)

Saturday Evening Post interior illustration Signed lower right

"Civil Rights." Evergood's early commentary on racial issues in the 1950s depicts four black men gagged, roped and hanging from a tree. In the background, imprisoned blacks look on through a barbed-wire fence. Whites watch in horror but do nothing to help. Meanwhile, a two-legged and three-headed serpent who symbolizes evil - wraps himself around the tree that physically and symbolically separates the races. This is an important work in the history of American art. It may be one of the very earliest examples of a major American painter doing a major work that challenges racial segregation and injustice at a time when no one else would. The title of the work is inspired by a Historic Supreme Court decision on racial segregation. The Little Rock...

This artwork titled "Green House" c.2000, is an oil painting on panel by noted American impressionist artist Douglas Paul Morgan, 1948-2021. It is signed at the lower right corner by...

This artwork "Seascape" c. 1990 is an oil painting on canvas by noted artist June Nelson, 20th Century. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artis...

This artwork titled "Day's End" 1988 is an oil painting on canvas by American artist Donald A. Peters, 1921-2002. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 16 x 20 inches, framed size is 22 x 26 inches. Framed in original wooden grey/brown frame, with grey fabric liner. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Since his birth in Indianapolis, Indiana on May 19, 1921, Don Peters has continually expressed his multifaceted talents. While serving in the US Marine Corps. at the age of 19, Don received his first international recognition from combat sketches made between 1942 and 1945. Exhibited in the National Galleries of London and throughout the US. These sketches earned Don a scholarship from the National Newspaperman's Association, metaphysics, spiritual space, romantic realism and miniaturism. His preference for the rapidly drying medium of acrylic allows Don to achieve drama in his color placement. He began his career in Hollywood in 1953, where he worked with Walt Disney, M.G.M., Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Brow., Columbia and Filmation. In 1964, Don won the Venice Film Festival award for his screenplay, "The Soldier." Also, in 1966, Don received the Academy Award Nomination for the original screenplay and story "Naked Prey". 1971 Don was a background Artists on the film Journey Back to OZ aka Return to OZ. Animated Musical Fantasy. Don Peters' Mean Machine design Peters later helped design the 1968-69 Hanna-Barbera cartoon series Wacky Races for Iwao Takamoto and Jerry Eisenberg, as Eisenberg recalled: "Iwao designed Penelope Pitstop and her car... And then there was some guy named Don Peters, who Iwao knew from his days at Disney, he was a designer. And he got Don to do some freelance help, and he designed that car that Dick Dastardly had, it looked like a Captain Nemo-type car, you know, like a submarine. Peters then worked on animated series Hot...

This artwork titled "Winter Sunset" c.1990, is an oil painting (mixed media) on hardboard by German/American artist Frank Kecskes Jr. It is signed at the lower right corner by the ar...

This artwork titled "Tamaracks in Winter" c.1992, is an oil painting (mixed media) on hardboard by German/American artist Frank Kecskes Jr. It is signed at the lower right corner by ...

"Scouting" is an oil on canvas painting by Frank Tenney Johnson. The framed piece measures 23 3/4 x 27 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Johnson was well-known for his work of the American west, particularly for his portrayal of cowboys at night, lit by moonlight. Johnson utilized knives and fingers when painting, so his work is recognizable for its distinctive marks. Provenance: Biltmore Galleries, Scottsdale...

Joseph Orr "Winter Wood" Acrylic on Canvas 18 x 24 28 x 34 framed Joseph Orr, from Missouri, has been painting professionally since 1972. He paints much o...

A surrealistic Nemethy from a brand new series which fuzes photorealism with surrealism in a most interesting current style. With the finest details, Nemethy creates an atmosphere th...