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Untitled
Located in San Francisco, CA
Michael Gregory was born in 1955 in Los Angeles, CA and received his BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1980. Previously living and working in Bolinas, California, Gregory h...
Category
2010s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Mid-Century Tablescape in Orange. Oil on Canvas on Board.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-century tablescape in orange, oil on canvas on board, presented in a custom built red wooden caisse, by Italian artist Matilde Sacchi.
Sacchi is a 20th century artist known for ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
17th Century by Panfilo Nuvolone Still Life Oil on Slate
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Panfilo Nuvolone (Cremona, Italy, 1581 - Milan, Italy, 1651)
Title: Still life
Medium: Oil on slate
Dimensions: without frame cm. 17 x 19.5 - with frame cm. 31.5 x 37.5
Expertise by...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Slate
$122,701 Sale Price
20% Off
Still life with a bunch of flowers and apples. 1940s, cardboard, oil, 90x69 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life with a bunch of flowers and apples.
1940s, cardboard, oil, 90x69 cm
Harijs Veldre (Bullis till 1947) (1927.8.III – 1999.6.V)
Harijs Veldre learned in Riga school of appl...
Category
1940s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
HAVANA Cuba Mid Century Surreal Male Nude Graphic Painting, Gay Interest
Located in New York, NY
Here we have a Surreal Male Nude by a famous Cuban artist Carlos Macia (1951-1994).
*** please excuse the photos, it is under glass and there are reflections of a yellow light. I’v...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Graphite
"Triumph" oil painting of old automobile found amongst trees in the forest
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting of a verdant, wooded area, painted en-plein air in Arkansas. An old, rusted, abandoned race-car, a BMW Triumph, is the focal point behind a time-honored stone wall. D...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
$2,520 Sale Price
30% Off
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Located in Fairfield, CT
Direct observation excites me. It allows for close, quiet, and constant discovery. The subtle shifts that occur in natural changing light create living color harmonies and moments of...
Category
2010s Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
A Modern 1930s Art Institute Exhibited Still Life Painting by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A unique and captivating 1930s Modern still life painting featuring a derby hat, wine bottle, books and bowl of fruit by artist Francis Chapin. Titled "Still Life with Derby" the pa...
Category
1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fauve Still Life with Flowers - Early Female Artist
Located in Miami, FL
This colorful painting by Eleanor Parke Custis is in the spirit of Louis Valtat and the Fauves. The subject of flowers in the foreground is repeated in the backdrop. It straddles the line between abstraction and representation. Signed lower right - Work is framed.
Eleanor Parke Custis studied in Corcoran School of the Arts and Design under Edmund C. Tarbell and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Henry B. Snell. Initially, she began her art career as a painter, creating watercolors. Custis created illustrations for Scribner's Magazine, Harper's, Doubleday, Harcourt. She started to take photographs in her youth, using a Brownie camera...
Category
1910s Fauvist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Still Life with Zinnias
Located in Sheffield, MA
Lillian Burk Meeser
American, 1864-1942
Still Life with Zinnias
Oil on canvas
32 ¼ by 36 ¼ in, w/ frame 36 ¼ by 40 ¼ in
Signed lower right
Born at Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, on Jul...
Category
Early 20th Century Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Abstract Flowers IV" Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Flowers IV" Oil Painting 24" x 20" inch by Ashraf Zamzami
ABOUT
A characteristically bold and optimistic palette does not belie the inescapably pensive nature and at time...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yellow Check with Blue - contemporary, floral, still-life, oil on panel
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This abstract oil painting of flowers is by Jennifer Hornyak.
A beloved and masterful artist, Canada’s Jennifer Hornyak has been painting for more than four decades. Her delightfull...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
"Hamilton Fish Kiddie Pool" Large Scale Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
This striking fine art painting captures the stillness of an empty public pool at twilight, its vibrant blue water contrasting with the muted tones of the surrounding concrete deck a...
Category
2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Varnish
Still Life with Bouquet of Flowers
Located in Sheffield, MA
Emanuele Cappello
Italian, born 1936
Still Life with Bouquet of Flowers
Oil on canvas
19 ½ by 27 ½ in, w/ frame 28 ¼ by 36 ¼ in
Signed lower right
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Unique Pair Of Vintage Herbarium Displays. A Botanical Flower Press With Frame
Located in Frederiksberg C, DK
A unique pair of vintage herbarium / botanical displays collected and created by S. Lindwald in June 1946 in Sweden. These botanical specimen are preserved behind glass in a new doub...
Category
1940s Romantic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper
"Sea of Stripes: Pears" - still life with pears, stripes - Raphaelle Peal
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Sea of Stripes: Pears" is a still life painting featuring hues of green, yellow, blue and white.
Jordan Baker is inspired by the works of Rachel Ruysch...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bunch of Iris
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Joseph Alexis KREYDER (1839-1912)
Bunch of Iris
Oil on canvas signed low left
Old frame gilded with leaves
Dim canvas : 82 X 61 cm - Dim frame : 104 X 8...
Category
1880s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Blue Note and Clonazepam Diptych, Paintings. From The chemical vest Series
By Sergio Bazan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The paintings of Sergio Bazán have a strong gesture and expressionist imprint, firm and consistent throughout his career. The artist's works, composed of figures that develop on vibr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
The Woods Shelter Island 09.29.2020
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A Nelson White plein air painting.
Framed dimensions: 20 x 48 inches
Artist Bio:
Nelson H. White was born in New London, Connecticut in 1932. White has been surrounded by art and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Love is Love" Contemporary Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
This atmospheric fine art painting presents an intimate indoor hot tub scene, where warm, ambient lamp light contrasts with the deep, glowing blue water of the spa, in the shape of a...
Category
2010s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Evening still life
Located in Zofingen, AG
In creating this piece, I sought to blend Impressionism with Realism to capture the fleeting beauty of life's tranquil moments. Through vigorous brushstrokes and a harmonious palette...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Red Tulips, Paris"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Bror Julius Olsson “B.J.O.” Nordfeldt (1878 – 1955)
Bror Julius Olsson was born in Tullstrop, Sweden in 1878. He immigrated to the United States in 1891, later adopting his mother’s maiden name of Nordfeldt. Beginning his art studies at the Art Institute of Chicago where he was chosen to assist fellow artist, Albert Herter, with a large mural project for the McCormick Harvester Company. In 1900, he was sent to Paris by McCormick to help set up the completed mural at the Paris Exposition. While there, he studied briefly at the Academie Julian before traveling to England to study woodblock printmaking under F. Morley Fletcher. Returning to Chicago in 1903, Nordfeldt would spend the next ten years painting mainly figurative works in an academic style similar to that of the Old Masters. By the mid-teens he had developed a bold dramatic modernist style and divided his time between New York and Provincetown, Massachusetts. There, he invented the “Provincetown Print...
Category
1930s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
17th Century by Luca Forte Walnuts, Chestnuts, a Bunch of Grapes and a Quince
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Luca Forte (Naples, 1615 ca. - 1670 ca.)
Title: Walnuts, Chestnuts, a Bunch of Grapes and a Quince
Medium: Oil on walnut panel
Dimensions: without frame 13 x 22.5 cm - with frame 31 ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
18th Century by Giovanni Crivelli Still life with game in a rural landscape
Located in Milano, Lombardia
Giovanni Crivelli, known as Il Crivellino (Milan? Italy, 1680/90 - Parma, Italy, 1760)
Title: Still life with game in a rural landscape
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: without fram...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Pears. Late 21st century. Oil on cardboard, 39x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, Saratov Art School, graduated from the Depar...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Vanitas Oil Painting on Panel Still Life In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Vanitas Oil Painting on Linen Canvas Still Life In Stock
Born in Den Helder, The Netherlands in 1976. Victor Muller is a young artist with a considerable and amazing oeuvre. He crea...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Darnaud Abstract
by Maxime Darnaud, Oil on Canvas
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 26" x 34.5" oil on canvas painting was done in 1958 by French Postwar & Contemporary artist, Maxime Darnaud. Darnaud was born in 1931 and died in 2015. This painting is a modern...
Category
1950s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Violet Blue with White - contemporary, floral, still-life, oil on canvas
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary oil painting of flowers is by Jennifer Hornyak.
During a successful career that has spanned more than four decades, Canadian artist Jennifer Hornyak developed her ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Object Lesson" - Surrealist Painting, still life, floral, globe - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Object Lesson" features hues of blue, pink, yellow, orange, green, and black.
Guy Robinson is inspired by the work of Paul Klee, Albrecht Durer and Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
Atlanta based artist Guy Robinson attended the Atlanta College Of Art on a Ford Foundation grant and has worked extensively in painting, sculpture, printmaking, and drawing. His surrealists works have been exhibited in numerous galleries and have a place in important collections including the Museum Of Contemporary Art, Georgia (MOCA,GA). Robinson has over thirty-five years experience teaching drawing and painting for Emory...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
1965 Vintage Mid-Century Modern Swedish Still Life Oil Painting - Vegetables
Located in Bristol, GB
STILL LIFE WITH VEGETABLES
Size: 59 x 74 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas
A brilliantly executed modernist style still life composition, executed in oil onto canvas and dated 1965...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Summer Drink - original still life hyper realism oil painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is framed, signed
available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery and online.
A composition brimming with timeless elegance, Summer Drink for A...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Medieval Peach Wine -original still life impressionism painting-contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is framed, signed
currently for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery.
There is something enchantingly old-world about Medieval Peach Wine, a compo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Purple Drops - original realism still life oil painting - contemporary art
Located in London, Chelsea
This exceptional artwork is framed
currently available for sale at Signet Contemporary Art Gallery.
With its moody elegance and striking composition, Purple Drops invites the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Folkloric Musicians" Figurative Oil Painting 59" x 87" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Located in Culver City, CA
"Folkloric Musicians" Figurative Oil Painting 59" x 87" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher
Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Daffodils” oil painting, impressionist, still life of yellow flowers in glass
By Amy Florence
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by Amy Florence (b. 1989, London) of yellow dandelions in a glass vase. The wildflowers glow against a blue backdrop. Painted from direct observation, each flower is ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
“Anemones and Scissors” impressionist still life, purple wildflowers in glass
By Amy Florence
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by Amy Florence (b. 1989, London) of pink, purple, and white wildflowers cut and gathered in a round glass vase. A small pair of scissors rests beside them.
Frame...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Floral Still Life
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Alfred Maurer was born in 1868 in New York City, the son of Louis Maurer, a commercial artist for Currier and Ives. He worked in the family lithographic business as a young man and a...
Category
20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Vanitas by Catherine Jansens (Born in 1949)
By Catherine Jansens
Located in Gent, VOV
Catherine Jansens’ watercolour titled "Vanitas" is a compelling still life that delves into the theme of the transience of life and the inevitability of death—an idea traditionally e...
Category
20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Revisiting the Boogieman" - Surrealist Painting, still life - Arcimboldo
By Guy Robinson
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Revisiting the Boogieman" features hues of blue, pink, yellow, orange, green, and black.
Guy Robinson is inspired by the work of Paul Klee, Albrecht Durer and Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
...
Category
2010s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Angles sur L
Anglin - contemporary still-life window landscape room interior
By Mike Hall
Located in London, GB
unframed size: 35 x 30 cm
framed size: 40 x 35 cm
Artist Statement:
“My career in Film and Television design enabled me to travel extensively in Europe and the West Indies. During t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Still Life of Pink Roses, Souter, 20th Century Oil painting
Located in London, GB
John Bulloch Souter
1890 - 1972
Still Life of Pink Roses
Oil on canvas, signed lower left
Image size: 11 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches (28.5 x 39.5 cm)
Period Gilt frame
This still life shows...
Category
Early 20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still-life of fruits on a marble entablature
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Attributed to Pancrace BESSA
(1772-1846)
Fruits on a marble entablature
Watercolor and graphite on paper
H. 31 cm; W. 37 cm
Category
1830s French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Italian Impressionist Summer Afternoon in The Garden Landscape Oil Painting
By Silvana Liotti
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
#5-5000b Italian large scale impressionistic style contemporary oil on canvas displayed in a vintage gilt- wood frame
.Signed lower right by Silvana Liotti.
Image size 23H x 34 W
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vase Of Roses Still Life - Original Impressionist on Board
By Leon Franks
Located in Soquel, CA
Vase Of Roses Still Life - Original Impressionist on Board
Original oil still life painting of a vase of colorful roses by Leon Franks (Canadian, 1914-1970). The green vase sits hol...
Category
20th Century Post-Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Partition silencieuse 2- Abstract Bookshelf Oil Painting by French Sophie Dumont
Located in LANGRUNE-SUR-MER, FR
Abstract bookshelf oil painting by French contemporary artist Sophie Dumont, Partition Silencieuse transforms the image of a library into a visual rhythm — a poetic dialogue between ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Frederick Arthur Jessup “Locksmiths Lilac”
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fred Jessup: 1920-2007. Well listed Australian artist With Auction results over $4700. This very original modernist oil on canvas measures 25 3/4 inches wide by 21 1/4 inches high. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Large French 20th Century Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Sunflowers Still Life
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Sunflowers
by Regis Chabal (1930 - 2010 French)
signed oil on canvas, framed
framed: 25 x 19 inches
canvas: 24 x 18.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, Paris
Condition: very goo...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Provencal Memories
By Noah Desmond
Located in Atlanta, GA
Inspired by nature, Noah has an impressionistic style that borders the edge of abstraction. He creates landscapes and florals with bold colors and a sense of movement that draw you ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fine Victorian Scottish Loch Scene with Mountains, Signed Antique Oil Painting
By David Hicks
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: David Hicks, British late 19th century, signed
Title: The Scottish Highlands
Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, oak wood framed
Size:
framed: 27.5 x 23.5 inch...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique American Southwest Native Artifacts oil Painting 1940
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5016 Antique American Southwest oil painting depicting Indian artifacts.Set in a custom wood frame
Image size 15.5x19.5"
Signed David Clark
Category
1940s Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bouquet de roses by H. Claude Pissarro - Still life, Oil painting
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE, once an order is placed we will arrange the VAT of 20% to be reduced to 5%
Bouquet de roses by H. Claude Pissarro (b. 1...
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
An Abstract, Surrealist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Interior Still Life Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
A Visually Striking, 1950s Abstract Surrealist Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting a colorful studio interior ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Graphite, Canvas
Vintage American School Modernist Interior Scene Kitchen Still Life Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist interior scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Measuring: 27 by 32 inches overall, and 20 by 24 painting alone. In excellent original condit...
Category
1940s Modern Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1991 Vintage Original Swedish Mini Still Life Oil Painting - Cake
Blooms
Located in Bristol, GB
CAKE & BLOOMS
Size: 35 x 30 cm (including frame)
Oil on board
This interior oil composition, dated 1991 on reverse, is an inviting and charming still-life painting that embodies the...
Category
1990s Expressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
McCormick Mustard - Original Oil Painting by Renowned Photorealist Mark Schiff
By Mark Schiff
Located in Boca Raton, FL
If you love spices, you will love this original oil painting by renowned photorealist Mark Schiff.
One cannot appreciate this painting on a computer screen; in real life, it is absolutely amazing. Because you cannot appreciate it on a computer screen, our gallery has a unique policy. When purchasing from us, the buyer has sixty days to determine if they want to keep the artwork. If not, the buyer returns to piece to us for full refund, and we pay the shipping both ways!
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Check the location of the seller. When one buys from a foreign seller, one also has to consider the problems of getting the piece through Customs. There are often delays and considerable fees to pay in order to import the item. When purchasing from us, we ship the same day and you receive it via FedEx the next day, no problems or hassles.
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About Mark Schiff -- Animated by photographs that reflect his personal life, Mark Schiff’s paintings are fueled by what makes him happy. Through his open touch and signature blending method, he lends his artistic perception to the original photographic compositions captured on his Leica.
Mark’s creative vision has been alive since he was a boy. As a child he spent his summers observing life as he rode the trolley back and forth to art classes at the Pratt Institute. During his future travels to Europe, Mark’s eye for light and photography merged with his passion for painting at the Jeu de Paume in Paris; which triggered his career in photorealism.
Mark is well known for painting objects that people can identify and emotionally connect with. His work is distinctly marked by a rich palette and the luminous range of light he paints into his compositions. Each painting is a true extension of his vision and can take up to 200 hours to complete.
Mark Schiff’s work has been commissioned by the well-known brands The Hershey Company and Tropicana. His private collectors include A-list celebrities and also corporate collectors in the US and abroad.
Possessing a strong philanthropic nature, Mark donates both his time and works to charitable organizations such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, The Ronald McDonald House, Make-A-Wish Foundation, The Humane Society and the Special Olympics.
Photorealism is widely viewed as one of this century’s most exciting genres of art. When a photorealistic painting is viewed from afar, it looks like a photograph. Only when getting very close to the art does the viewer realize that it is in fact not a photo, but rather an oil painting.
Photorealism can also refer to sculptures. Duane Hanson is known as the greatest photorealistic sculptor of all time. Some of the greatest photorealistic painters include Mark Schiff, Richard Estes, Ralph Goings, Charles Bell and Audrey Flack.
Photorealist Mark Schiff was born in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, in a neighborhood known as a kuchalane, a Yiddish word which Schiff defines as a place where everyone (from the Old Country) ended up living on the same street, and most likely knowing each other’s business. His Russian grandfather came to the US before the revolution and both his parents were first generation American.
Even at five years of age, Mark showed exceptional talent. In the summer, his mother permitted him to travel by himself on the trolley for art classes at the Pratt institute. He continued studying there until he was eleven and the family moved to Great Neck. Except for a few art classes in high school and playing baritone horn in the band, Mark focused on other things besides art, especially when his mother worried for his financial future, kept insisting “that Jewish boys don’t starve to death.” His father made a good living as a production man in textiles so Mark, who had spent years doing the rounds of knitting mills with his father, decided to major in textile chemistry at North Carolina State.
ROTC was mandatory on his campus and he did two years in order to be eligible for officer status. He won the Armed Forces Chemical Association award and thought for sure that he would be assigned chemical work, but instead was made a tank commander and stationed at Fort Knox. Not exactly what his heart yearned for, but a good job awaited him at Sandoz, a Swiss company that made dyestuff. What perfect training for someone who would soon be working in wonderful rich colors on canvas.
He went on to receive his MBA degree from Hofstra University, left Sandoz and was hired to sell at a spinning mill. He liked it. In 1976 he joined Bennett Berman Associates and had an opportunity to buy the spinning mill Spun Fibers.
But what of art? In the early days, Elsie, his wife of fifty-two years, had a problem with the large amount of space his canvases occupied in their one bedroom apartment. Mark took up photography instead, which only required a small darkroom. Photography was a natural ally for his eventual return to painting in the photorealistic style.
It was on his second trip to Europe that Mark fell in love with painting all over again. The impressionistic museum, Jeu de Paume in Paris, renewed his passion and it’s been non-stop since then. Out came the brushes, but this time, he used his love and skill of photography, and built a style based on the photographs he had taken, bringing them to life with paint.
Mark was still not painting to sell until in 1990 when someone discovered and desperately wanted his candy bar (Sweet Series) painting. Mark didn’t want to let go of that particular piece, but was finally convinced to sell it and a second candy painting to this ardent art and candy lover. Two years later, Mark was commissioned to make three paintings of this man’s new Ferrari.
Some of the artists who have inspired his work are Richard Estes, Sandy Scott, Chuck Close, and Charles Bell. He appreciates the work of Ken Keeley, but unlike Keeley’s hard-lined/tape and ruler style, Mark prefers an open touch, using the blending method.
Mark’s subject matters range from candy bars to spice racks to soda cans and soda bottles. He photographs with a Leica M-7 and each painting can take up to 200 or more hours to complete. His palette is rich; his subjects, be it a fire engine or a pretzel cart, take on a luminous quality, always photoreal, but even more beautiful.
Mark developed his own technique for working with bottles by painting a canvas all black, so that the transparency of the bottles allows a wonderful range of light to filter through. The same light and reflection can be seen in the black rotary phone...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Photorealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Thai Woman at Market" Original Realist Cityscape Market Scene
By Mian Situ
Located in Denver, CO
Artist Statement
"This market scene is from Cangyuan county in the Yunnan Province. The woman carrying the basket is Thai, while the other people at the market are from the Wa tribe....
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Still-life with Skull, 21st Century Contemporary Classical Still-life Painting
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Still-life with skull
50 x 80 cm
Oil on wood panel
Framed (included 62 x 92 cm
Ksenya Istomina graduated in 2018 at the 'Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg'.
Since her sta...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Warm Toned Realistic Interior Still Life of Freshly Picked Persimmons
Located in Houston, TX
Realistic still life painting of persimmons by Texas artist Drexel Caraway McNay (1910-1989). The work features a bowl overflowing with persimmons set against a dark background. Sign...
Category
1960s American Realist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"57th Street Window"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower left. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
M. Elizabeth Price (1877 - 1965)
Mary Elizabeth Price was born in West Virginia and raised on a farm in Solebury, Pennsylvania, on the outskirts of New Hope. She studied at the Pennsylvania School of Industrial Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Hugh Breckenridge. Additionally, she studied in New Hope with William Lathrop. Following her art studies, Price went to New York. While there, she conducted the “Baby Art...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mid Century American Abstract, possibly Fisherman
s wharf San Francisco, Ca
By Mel Fowler
Located in Woodbury, CT
Midcentury oil on canvas , Wharf scene, possibly Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco.
Signed lower right.
Mel Fowler (1921-1987) was a listed Italian-American painter known for his cub...
Category
1960s American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil




