Ralph Victor Murray

Redwood Forest

c.1940

A printmaker, painter, and commercial artist, Marion Huse created work that ranged from realism to abstraction and included portraits, figure subjects, landscapes, and floral still l...

This stunning work features Mr. Dumond's trademark green. Trout Rock Signed lower left: F. V. Dumond Titled on stretcher with artist's estate stamp: Trout Rock From a Texas Estate. Of all Frank Vincent DuMond's landscapes, "Trout Rock" of the 1930s brings together the core principles he practiced and professed as a painter and teacher for over half a century. Besides radiating a timeless beauty of nature, the painting promotes the idea that embodies the principles of dignity, universal truth - that art gives meaning to life. To DuMond, the scene evokes man’s connection to nature, spirituality, and inner peace. It is masterfully composed and brilliantly painted. Hidden in the verdant embrace of Nova Scotia's rustic landscape. A single figure emerges more as a shape than a specific individual. At first, we are not sure what he is doing. On closer inspection. We see the faint indication of a fishing pole and the splash of his fishing lure. He's a fly fisherman. Although small in size, DuMond’s compositional devices of diagonals and pyramid shapes lead the viewer's eye to him. The scene is composed of a series of interconnected shapes and forms. DuMond was an advocate of “Massing” or reducing pictorial elements to a simplified state and then adding detail if required. “Trees have individuality and character as well as characteristic patterns derived from species… They must be seen first as patterns in groups in the landscape, then also as individuals within the mass.” As a teacher he encouraged his students to “ squint” at a scene to break it down to the basics. "Trout Rock’s” color scheme also reflects DuMond’s signature color theory. He invented a palette loosely called the “Gold to Violet principle”, where the artist would lay down paint on glass, like a color chart in prismatic progression of color, light to dark, and unsaturated to saturated. We see subtle indications of this in "Trout Rock’s meticulous paint application that draws equally from Impressionism and Pointillism, heightened by his seductive signature greens that have an inner light. Move close to the paint surface, and whole sections are composed of tiny dots and dashes that blend optically, creating vibrant depth and luminosity. Frank Vincent DuMond is a historic figure in American art and art education who taught at the Art Students League for over 60 years. Among his students were Norman Rockwell, Georgia O'Keeffe, John Marin, and my father, Milton Funk. Frank Vincent Dumond was an artist, illustrator, and painter of the Tonalist school...

English Impressionist sketch of yachts sailing in the English Channel Charles Bertie Hall is a painter from England and America. He painted in a ...

An amazing view of Venice from a lagoon, with s setting Sun. Charles Bertie Hall is a painter from England and America. He painted in a loose Impressionist ...

English Impressionist sketch of yachts sailing off the English Channel Charles Bertie Hall is a painter from England and America. He painted in a...

Early 20th Century oil painting of men having a conversation on the San Francisco, California pier with boats in the distance by Gus Johnson (American, 19th century), 1928. Signed on the lower right. Unframed. Image size, 23"H x 32"L. Johnson was a regular outdoor painter on the California coastal regions during the 1920s-50s. He enjoyed painting scenes on San Francisco Bay near Sausalito and Marin California.

The present artwork is an unusual example of the paintings of Fritzi Brod. It is painted on both sides: on one side, an image of three Native Americans on ...

"Teepee/Indian Village" is an original oil painting on wood panel by Charles Damrow. The artist signed and dated the piece in the lower left. This paint...

James George Weiland American, 1872-1968 Young Girl Resting in a Bed of Flowers Oil on canvas 24 by 30 in. W/frame 30 by 36 in. Signed lower left...

Henry Dele Coeuillerie American, 1864-1932 The Three Kings Oil on canvas Signed & dated lower right 30 by 36 in. W/frame 35 ½ by 41 ½ in. Provenance...