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Peter Samuelson (1912-1996) - 1989 Oil, Portrait of a Farmer

1989

A sensitive portrait by the artist Pauline Plummer (b.1933) depicting the farmer John Williams seated in his armchair. Signed and dated to the lower right. Further signed and titled ...

A charismatic self-portrait of W. H. Plummer. The husband of artist Pauline Plummer (b.1933). Presented in a complementing green frame. Artist label inscribed verso. On canvas laid t...

A captivating self-portrait by Willem Kouwer Boomkens (1911-1991), showcasing a vibrant palette of yellows, pinks, and greens. The bold, gestural brushstrokes and use of colour refle...

Unsigned. Provenance: Studio Sale, George Weissbort, 2 June 2024. On board.

Portrait Of A Country Gentleman, early 20th Century by Charles Edwin Andrew (1911-1996) Large early 20th century portrait of an English country ...

Portrait of man is an original modern artwork realized by Paul Ascan Demmé (Bern 1866 - 1953 Paris) in the early 20th Century. Pastel on board. Hand signed on the lower right marg...

Self Portrait of the Artist by Jacob Markiel (Polish 1911-2008) *See notes below oil on canvas laid on board, unframed board: 15 x 12.5 inches inscribed verso provenance: the artists...

Provenance: The Artist. Menikoff collection (friends of the artist) About this artist: Born in Little Italy in 1907, Gregorio Prestopino first set out to become a sign painter as the son of New York City immigrants. Instead, his talent provided a life-changing scholarship to the National Academy of Design, and for five years he studied drawing under C. W. Hawthorne. He spent the summer of 1934 at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire. His deep involvement with the colony led him to later serve as its director in 1954. Much of Prestopino’s work was in the vein of social realism. During the 1940s and 1950s he became deeply invested in portraying everyday Manhattan and Harlem scenes. He first became interested in the Ashcan school at the National Academy of Design, and remained committed to an interest in working with urban scenes. His lively treatment of people and events revealed his affinity for sixteenth-century artist Pieter Breughel. Later in his career, he focused on producing images of nudes and picturesque New Hampshire landscapes, and investigated the relationship between color and form. Prestopino exhibited at several biennials at the Corcoran Gallery, at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Modern Art. His work was frequently shown at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where he was awarded the Temple Gold Medal in 1946 and an additional prize in 1952. He was awarded a National Institute of Arts and Letter Grant in 1961, and in 1972 the National Academy of Design awarded him the Altman Figure Painting Award. Prestopino’s artistic cache skyrocketed when Life magazine published his images from New York’s maximum security institution Green Haven as part of its “Prison Series” in 1957. That same year his paintings and sketches of urban life were featured in the short film Harlem Wednesday. Directed by John and Faith Hubley...