American Realist Art

A walk through any major museum will reveal paintings that depict or legitimate only certain kinds of experience. Despite the good intentions of critical theorists questioning the validity of the canon, paintings of the old masters on the walls of museums like the Met, the Louvre, Rijks museum still have a certain cache. They're revered not just for their technique but because they enshrine our collective past experience. Of course, it's a selected past that gets validated. Conspicuously absent to me as a gay man...

Signed (at lower right): John Ross Key 1882

Linda Besse was born in 1959. She lives mostly in Washington state but travels all over the world to paint her incredibly lifelike images of all kinds of wildlife. This incredibly li...

"Apaches" is an oil on canvas painting by Olaf Wieghorst. The painting is signed on the lower left, "O-Wieghorst". The framed piece measures 25 1/2 x 29 3/4 x 2 in. “When the time comes for me to put away my palette and unsaddle my pony for the last time, I hope that my canvases will in some small measure add to the historical recording of an era, the cowboy, and the great American West.” ~ Olaf Wieghorst Wieghorst worked with the mounted patrol of the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Cavalry (1920-1922) with occasional interludes as a wrangler on ranches in the western states. Wherever he went, he sketched and painted the Western culture he loved, often selling his work as calendar and magazine illustrations. His work appeared in Zane Grey...

A still life watercolor painting with Irises, Mary Cassatt & Goldfish by Cathy Folk-Williams ( American, 1948). The original work features vivid colors and conflicting patterns, a si...

Offered at an exceptional price, this piece is in excellent condition and will ship rolled. Edition number 49 / 200. There are 200 pieces in the edition all signed and numbered by...

A walk through any major museum will reveal paintings that depict or legitimate only certain kinds of experience. Despite the good intentions of critical theorists questioning the va...

This meticulously rendered work depicts a three-quarter view of a young woman lost in deep introspection. Inscribed on verso: " The Captain's Lady" Leslie of ____________ St. ...

Realism as a style has basically remained unchanged since the Renaissance. Realism as a technique, however, has definitely been altered and heavily influenced by technology. Most art...

Robert Bernard Robinson (American, 1886 - 1952) Signed: Robt. Robinson (Lower, Right) " True Indian Stories ", 1939 (For the cover of Motor Magazine, February 1939) (A copy of the ...

Original Magazine Illustration for a magazine like Harper's, Vanity Fair, Life, Look, and Judge Shinn was an American realist painter and member of the Ashcan School. He also exhibited with the short-lived group known as "The Eight," Work is framed in an attractive gilt frame Morris Weiss collection...

Represented by George Billis' Gallery in NYC. Realism as a style has basically remained unchanged since the Renaissance. Realism as a technique, however, has definitely been alter...

Jon Carsman Cannas - 1978 Print - Silkscreen, on Arches archival paper   34½" x 24" in Edition: Signed in pencil, titled and marked 157/175 "Jon Carsman did for suburban and hometown views what Edward Hopper did for cities, except Carsman exchewed a human presence." Annette Dixon, curator of the University of Michigan Museum. Jon Carsman found the source of his inspiration in the play of color and light reflected across the framed houses...

Squaw Valley Snow, California, Estate Edition, Winter Landscape Photograph This early 1960s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features the deserted ...

Andreas Feininger (1906-1999). From "Portfolio of Shells" , 1970 Gelatin Silver print, measuring 9.5 x 12 inches; 16 x 20 inches matted; 17 x 21 inches framed. Signed and numbered lower margins directly on matting. Excellent condition. Provenance: KMart Corporate Collection. Biography Feininger was born in Paris, France, the eldest son of Julia Berg, a German Jew...

Signed lower right Unframed dimensions: 30 x 36 inches Framed dimensions: 34 x 41 inches

Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA -- Kenny Harris's latest body of work was informed by two recent residencies in Tuscany, at Borgo Finocchieto and Monteverdi. Inspired by the heavy Tuscan light...

The print is signed, dated, and numbered with an edition of 2/15. It's signed lower right recto. printed later. Other sizes are available and it's unframed. Printed on Hahnemühle F...

Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --Every painting begins with a place to stand. Sometimes I find one in seconds; sometimes the hunt goes on for many seasons. A canvas c...

I think of my work as being like a visual journal- observations and interpretations of people, places and things I experience day to day. Translating that experience into two dimensi...

I think of my work as being like a visual journal- observations and interpretations of people, places and things I experience day to day. Translating that experience into two dimensi...

"Grand Canyon Series" is an oil on panel painting by Sheldon Orrin Parsons, painted in 1943. The work is signed in the lower left, “Sheldon Parsons 16”...

Realism as a style has basically remained unchanged since the Renaissance. Realism as a technique, however, has definitely been altered and heavily influenced by technology. Most art...

There is a reason why there are few contemporary painters who can paint a portrait of a man and bear this good. It's hard to do. It's easy to throw some paint or spray a mess of graf...

"The Last War-Whoop!" is a lithograph by Currier & Ives. The framed size is 26 x 32.62 x 1.25 inches. Provenance: Private Collection

Frank Corso was born in Syracuse, New York. Taking a keen interest in art at a very early age, he was inspired to draw and paint the landscape of the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York. He had the opportunity to have very fine art teachers in high school who also happened to be fine painters, artists George Benedict and Nick Todisco, and through their influence he began to polish his painting style from an early age. After attending Onondaga Community College for architecture, and then realizing that the rigid structure of Architecture was not for him, he began elective courses in Fine Arts at Syracuse University, and here, for the first time he began to study abstract painting and design with professors Frank Goodnow...

An oil painting by Sarah Lamb. Painting dimensions: 18 x 27 inches Framed dimensions: 26 x 35 inches Framed in a 4-inch gold traditional frame. Signed "SKLamb 2013" on lower left...

This is an original oil on velvet painting created c. 1942. Syd Cockell was an accomplished American illustrator during World War II.

American School, Portrait of a Girl, Oil on Panel, signed "W. Gaylen" lower right, carved giltwood frame. Image: 9.5" H x 7.25" W; frame: 20" H x 17.75" W x 1.5" D. Provenance: Fro...

Christopher Stott's prints are all sold UNFRAMED. Stott’s work is almost object portraiture, applying traditional still life compositions and lighting but ventures beyond time hono...

I have been burning images into wood and paper as a means of drawing for over two decades. During that time I have continued to refine and at the same time experiment with the proces...

This artwork titled "Pintail" c.1990 is a color lithograph by noted Wild life American artist Christopher Forrest, b.1946. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 86/300 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 17.5 x 22.85 inches, framed size is 27.35 x 32.5 inches. Custom framed in a oak frame, with light brown matting. It is in excellent condition About the artist: Born in Trenton, New Jersey, 1946 Interested in art from the age of 7, Christopher Forrest still speaks fondly of a set of colored pencils presented to him then by his parents; At 11, he won his first award for painting and started exhibiting in galleries. Along with his interest in art grew a keen attraction for the outdoors and the wildlife which thrived there. After considering schooling in art, Chris chose to study civil engineering. Upon graduation from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Chris began a career as a commissioned officer in the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The Army provided Chris the opportunity to observe wildlife from the swamps of Florida to the lakes of Quebec, in addition to Europe and Viet Nam. In 1973, the Army sent Chris to graduate school at North Carolina State University, at this time Chris started to paint wildlife. Chris resigned from the Army in 1978 and took a position as an artist with Evergreen Publishing Co. He has produced more than thirty original graphic editions for Evergreen. His original graphics are handled by some 350 galleries in North America. He is currently General Manager at Evergreen. His work and articles about his work have appeared in numerous wildlife and art publications. Chris strongly believes in wildlife conservation and is a member of many conservationist organizations. His donated prints have raised a great deal of money for Ducks Unlimited, Newjersey, Audubon and Ward Foundations. In 1980 he realized one of his major professional goals. He was elected to membership in the Society of Animal Artists. "Creating a painting or graphic is an exciting adventure and challenge for me. Starting with the observation of the animal in the wilderness, I then approach the painting with the attitude that it will be my finest work." COLLECTIONS National Academy of Science, Washington, D.C. New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, N.J. Ferrum College, Ferrum, Va. Franklin Mint, Franklin Center, Pa. Parsons, Brinkerhoff, Quade & Douglas, consulting Engineers, N.Y.C. Fine Art Corporation of America, N.Y.C. Central Carolina Bank, Raleigh, N.C. Ward Foundation Museum, Salisbury, Md. New Jersey Audubon Society, Rancocas, N.J. I.B.M., Louisville, Ky. American World Airways (Pan Am), Miami, Fla. Baush & Lomb, Rochester, N.Y. Thermos, Norwich, Conn. Metro-Goldwyn Mayer, Ca. Ford Motor Co., Atlanta, Ga. Chemical Bank, N.Y.C. City Bank, N.Y.C. ONE-MAN SHOWS N.J. State Museum, Trenton, N.J. 1979 Palette Gallery, Cary, N.C., 1973,-74,-77,-78,-79 Lambertville House, Lambertvi lie, N.J., 1975-76 Triangle Art, Trenton, N.J., 1975 INVITATIONAL SHOWS Triangle Art Christmas Show, 1975 Golden Door Gallery Wildlife Show, New Hope, Pa., 1976 Ward Foundation Wildlife Art & Carving Exhibition, Salisbury and Ocean City, Md., 1976,-78,-79 Easton Waterfowl Art...

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed lower left. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame. Peter Sculthorpe (b. 1948) Peter Sculthorpe was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1948. His talent was evident even as a child and developed rapidly in high school, where he was awarded an art scholarship in his senior year. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Hussian School of Fine Art under William Palmer Lear. He is a recipient of the Daisy Jamison Art Scholarship. Sculthorpe's work is represented in private and corporate collections including General Electric, AT&T, DuPont, and Nabisco. His paintings are in the permanent collections of the Delaware Art...

World War II Invades Central Park, 1943, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 30 x 36 inches, literature: Barton, Phyllis, Cecil C. Bell, McGrew Color Graphics (Kansas City, MO, 1976),...

American, b. 1972 Dylan Stark is a traditional landscape and seascape painter. He is heavily influenced by the luminist style of painting popular among late 19th century American la...

Kenn Duncan (1928-1986). Portrait of Joe D'Allesandro, ca. 1973. Photographic period print measuring 11 x 14 inches. Measures 12 x 15 inches framed. Studio stamp on verso. The print was used for publication in After Dark Magazine. From the estate of William Como, Editor in Chief, After Dark Magazine. Kenneth Duncan was born September 22, 1928, in New Jersey. He began his career as a skater and then a dancer. After breaking his foot and taking a six-week course on photography at a YMCA, he became a photographer. Duncan worked as a principal photographer for After Dark and Dance Magazine. His photographs also regularly appeared in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Life, Time, and Newsweek. In addition, he photographed a score of Broadway shows, including Hair, Applause, The Elephant Man, and Sophisticated Ladies and many dance and Broadway stars including Chita Rivera...

Harry Schaare, American (1922 - 2008) - Trapped, Year: Circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 300, Size: 22 in. x 30 in. (55.88 cm x 76.2 cm), De...

Signed (at lower right): John Ross Key 1882

American, b. 1952 Frank Corso was born in Syracuse New York. Taking a keen interest in art at a very early age, he was inspired to draw and paint the landscape of the Finger Lakes r...

Christopher Clark's (US based) "Misty City" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts orange and green hued clouds arching over a water and city lights Bio/artist statement: Christopher has been an artist since early childhood, when he would watch Bob Ross on PBS and mimic the famed oil painter’s art with crayons. He considers himself a self-educated artist, with his studies ranging from personal training with contemporary masters, to classical academic art technique, with much inspiration from 19th Century art and the Impressionist Movement. Christopher lived in Italy for a time, immersing himself in Italian culture and art, which continues to influence his painting. His fan base has grown considerably since his return to the US, gaining the attention of Lucasfilm and Marvel Fine Art, which both signed him as an officially licensed artist in 2016. Other clients include George Lucas, Major League Baseball, Louisville Slugger...

MARGUERITE KIRMSE (English/American 1885-1954) THREE’S A CROWD, c 1930 Etching, signed and titled in pencil. Plate 6 3/8 x 9 ¾ inches. Full sheet with edges on all sides. Sheet 10 5/8 x 13 5/8 inches. In good condition, save for old tape on sheet edges verso, showing through to recto. A hint of a mat line below the signature Kirmse is considered to be one of the most important etchers of Dogs. Sheet with even white tone - photos show oblique shadows From Wikipedia: Marguerite first trained as a harpist at the Royal Academy of Music but spent much of her spare time drawing animals. She went to the United States in 1910 on holiday with friends but stayed there.[4] She was not successful in advancing her musical career and focused her attention increasingly on her animal drawing, which she developed by frequent sketching trips to the Bronx Zoo.[5] In 1921 she started producing etchings of dogs...

Sex and violence take center stage in this mid-1960s men's magazine interior story illustration. This action-packed narrative of a G.I. close-up gun battle incorporates five peak m...

Rita Aarons, wife of photographer Slim Aarons, swimming in a pool festooned with floating baubles and a decorated Christmas tree, Hollywood, California, 1954. Two children play in th...

A native son of New England, Peter Poskas III—like many American artists before him—derives inspiration from the charming towns and tranquil landscapes of coastal Maine and Connectic...

John Hanlen (1922-2003). Spice Market, Marrakesh, Morocco, ca. 1950. Tempera on paper, sheet measures 18.5 x 23 inches. Measurement with matting: 26 x 32 inches. The piece is unfr...

Born in Spokane, WA (1986), Tamalin Soleil Baumgarten paints quiet landscape scenes with a tonal, melancholic realism. She received her MFA from New York Academy of Art in 2015 and h...

Original Australia Sports Poster – Vintage Australian Rules Football– Iconic AFL, archival linen-backed, very fine condition, ready to frame. Printed for the Australian Tourist Com...

"Study for Long Beach" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modernism Ashcan Daniel Ralph Celantano (1902-1980) "Study for Long Beach" 8 x 10 inches Oil on artist bo...

Original linen backed 1949 International Jumping Steeple Chase Van Gent poster. The events were held at the Royal Cercle Equestre Gent; at the Feestpaleis The Royal Cercle Eque...

My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, titled “Modern Society,” continues my exploration into midcentury architecture and design found in New York City, but focuses o...

Andy Warhol’s TRASH, 1970 US 1-sheet movie poster. Archival linen-backed • Very Fine condition • Ready to frame. Photographer: Jack Mitchell. Grade A condition. Bring a piece o...

Two paintings by Wes Hempel, Calling, 44x32" and Unexpected Blessing II, 48x32"

REYNOLD WEIDENAAR (1915 - 1985) TEN O'CLOCK IN TAXCO 1946 Etching and aquatint on paper Edition: An artist proof (#2) apart from an edition of unknown size Signed and titled in pencil. Image: 17" x 13"; Sheet: 19.75" x 15.75”. One of a pair of large format Mexican etchings...

The work of figurative oil painter Sean Cheetham is steeped in traditional portraiture with mysterious narrative leanings, and it has been included in numerous significant exhibition...

Danza has a deep appreciation for the feelings of wonder and awe that come from being in nature. She tries to capture this experience with her immersive paintings, while also paying ...

Danza has a deep appreciation for the feelings of wonder and awe that come from being in nature. She tries to capture this experience with her immersive paintings, while also paying ...

Danza has a deep appreciation for the feelings of wonder and awe that come from being in nature. She tries to capture this experience with her immersive paintings, while also paying ...

Danza has a deep appreciation for the feelings of wonder and awe that come from being in nature. She tries to capture this experience with her immersive paintings, while also paying ...

Danza has a deep appreciation for the feelings of wonder and awe that come from being in nature. She tries to capture this experience with her immersive paintings, while also paying ...

Danza has a deep appreciation for the feelings of wonder and awe that come from being in nature. She tries to capture this experience with her immersive paintings, while also paying ...