John Tarantola

"The Cruel Hours and Minutes of Uncertainty" (2019) By John Tarantola, Nude Oil

2019

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Barend GRAAT (Amsterdam 1628 – Amsterdam 1709) Diana the Huntress Oil on wood H. 33.5 cm ; L. 44 cm Signed lower right on the stone A discreet painter with respect to history, Baren...

A beautiful 1970's oil on panel nude portrait of a nude lady by Susan Crawford, an artist who has painted the Queen and many other Royals. Tryon Gallery, London exhibition label verso. This work likely sold at the artist's 1972 exhibition at the Tryon Gallery - details below. The work is signed lower right and presented in a fine burr walnut frame. This portrait is featured on the website of the artist under "Portraits". Artist: Susan Crawford (Scottish, b. 1941) Title: Nude Sitting Medium: Oil on panel Size: 27 x 23 in (59 x 49 cm) including frame Condition: Ready to hang Provenance: Tryon Gallery, Dover Street, London Susan Crawford was born in Scotland in 1941 and was brought up on a farm in East Lothian where her parents bred and trained racehorses. She was educated at St Denis School, Edinburgh and at Priorsfield, Godalming, before studying classical drawing for two years at Studio Simi in Florence. In 1967 she went to Ireland for a few days and stayed for almost two years, thereby kicking off her professional career as an equestrian artist. On returning to London she bought a studio and started getting private commissions to paint a number of famous racehorses and several royal portraits. She has to date painted 22 Derby winners. Her first joint exhibition was with the Tryon Gallery in 1969, where she sold all her pictures on the opening night. Over the next 40 years she travelled widely; firstly to the USA then Canada, Germany, Brunei, Australia and the Sultanate of Oman as well as with numerous visits to Ireland and throughout the UK. “Susan Crawford’s working of her paintings is masterly and shows a deep love of horses and animals, together with a special sensitivity towards the human form and personality. Such talent is a rare gift and one that brings enormous and lasting joy into the lives of all who come into contact with it.” HRH The Prince of Wales Portrait Commissions include: HM The Queen, HRH The Prince of Wales, HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, HRH The Princess Margaret , HRH The Princess Royal, HH The Sultan of Brunei and HM Sultan Qaboos of Oman. Her work has been exhibited at: The Royal Scottish Academy, The National Portrait Gallery, The Royal Academy of Arts, The Queen’s Gallery, The Victoria & Albert Museum, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters, The National Horseracing Museum Newmarket, The National Gallery of Pahang Pinang Malaysia, Arthur Ackerman & Son, The David Ker Gallery, The Tryon Gallery and the Crossgate Gallery, Lexington Kentucky. Patrons include: HM The Queen, HRH The Prince of Wales, HM The Sultan of Oman, Prince Khalid Bin Abdullah, The Duke of Devonshire, The Marchioness of Tavistock, Lady Bamford, Lord Howard De Walden, Lord Vestey, Lord Weinstock, Mr Paul Mellon (USA), Mr Jock Whitney (USA), Mr Frank...

Henri Burkhard, Born in New York in 1892, began his studies at the Art Students league in New York and then pursued international studies at the Académie Julian, Acadêmie Colarissi, and Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Pariss. Once the artist returned to New York, he began to exhibit frequently frequently at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1926-36; the Corcoran Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in the 1930's. Works by the artist have been handled and sold over the last hundred years at major American auction houses and dealers, such as Heritage...

1950's Mid Century modern oil portrait of a nude black woman seated on a chair The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1...

1950's Mid Century modern English oil portrait, two women in an artists studio The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s Great use of color and abstract brush strokes...

Well painted 1950's mid-century modern English portrait of a nude woman laying on a bed. The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s Oils on artists ...

1950's Mid Century modern English oil portrait of a woman seated in an interior The artist was a portrait and figure painter active during the 1950s-1960s Great use of color and abstract brush strokes...