Yvonne Jacquette

Metropolitan Fantasy - City at Night with Pulsing Lights

1997

What appears today as a vintage 1980s Manhattan Skyline was, in its time, the most awe-inspiring of all urban vistas. Photographer Mitchell Funk captured its grandeur in 1985 as a n...

Mid-century New York City is represented as a moment in time. The artist populates his scene with isolated figures that are more shapes of people as opposed to specific individuals....

Eugene Camille Fitsch paints a quick and loose impression of Old New York at night. In the foreground, we see people entering the El and some standing in front of a Newsstand. The ...

Ernest Fiene depicts Fifth Avenue, looking down from 57th Street, with an unobstructed view of the Empire State Building, as an evocation of night. The artist captures a dark, moody blue sky, with light bouncing back from the clouds. This contrasts with the somewhat haunting yellow glow given to pedestrians and street traffic. The absence of newer glass-and-steel architecture provides the painting with the charm of old New York. The people have a slightly zombie-like quality, akin to George Tooker. Best viewed with a top and direct gallery light...

Guillem Villà Bassols (1917-2005) - NYC - Oil canvas Oil measures 50x65 cm. Frameless. Living in Masnou, Barcelona, ​​since he was seven years old, Guillem Villà Bassols developed h...

Babylon John Bowman, American (1953) Date: 1989 Acrylic on Wooden Door Panel, signed and dated verso Size: 36 x 84 in. (91.44 x 213.36 cm)

Josh George's (US based) "Nighttide" is an original, handmade mixed media painting that depicts a city at night with a moody sky. About the Artist: Josh George is a contemporary r...