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Style: American Realist
Seaplane At Palm Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Seaplane At Palm Beach...
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1950s American Realist Art

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

"Painted Ladies" (2025) By Greg Gandy, Original Realist Oil CItyscape Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Painted Ladies" (2025) is a beautiful handmade impressionist still-life oil painting by American realist Greg Gandy, depicting a view over the Victorian rows of San Francisco, the s...
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2010s American Realist Art

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Oil, Panel

Resting The Horses
Located in New York, NY
Etching, 1937. Signed by the artist and dated in pencil lower right margin. A scarce etching by this important American western artist.
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1930s American Realist Art

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Etching

Donald Trump, Businessman
Located in New York, NY
Donald Trump, Businessman 1985 Archival pigment print 48 x 48 inches, edition of 10, $12,000 36 x 36 inches, edition of 15, $7,000 24 x 24 inches, edition of 25, $5,000 14 x 14 inch...
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1980s American Realist Art

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Archival Pigment

Swimmer and Sunbather, Tahoe, Estate Edition. Vintage 50s California Nevada line
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An underwater swimmer and a sunbather at the Cal Neva Lodge on the shore of Lake Tahoe, 1959. The Cal Neva resort and casino straddles the border between Nevada and California and the line on the bottom of the pool marks the state boundary. It was owned by Frank Sinatra from 1960 to 1968. Slim Aarons Swimmer and Sunbather Cal Neva Lodge, Lake Tahoe Chromogenic Lambda print Slim Aarons Estate Edition Printed Later Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. 60 x 40 inches $3950 40 x 30 inches $3350 30 x 20 inches $3000 Complimentary dealer shipping to your framer. Over the course of a career lasting half a century, Slim Aarons (1916-2006) portrayed high society, aristocracy, authors, artists, business icons, the celebrated and their milieu. In doing so, he captured a golden age of wealth, privilege, beauty and leisure that occurred alongside—but quite separate from—the cultural and political backdrop of the second half of the Twentieth Century. The Slim Aarons Estate has released the limited Estate edition as a Lambda print, which is a modern c-type prints. They have chosen Lambda prints for their sharpness, clarity, colour saturation and quality, compared to archival inkjet prints. Lambda printing gives true continuous tone. Photograph is unframed Slide show includes a close-up of the Slim Aarons estate's stamp. Collector will get the next number in the edition * We are pleased to offer the entire archive of the Slim Aarons Estate, offering the official Slim Aarons Estate Edition (only offered in this edition of 150). Please contact us for additional photographs from Slim Aarons * Internal: Vintage Sport, Midcentury Modern, Vintage Lake Tahoe, Vintage Glamour, Vintage Slim Aarons, Vintage Cal Neva Lodge, American Realist, Midcentury sport, Midcentury Glamour, California Nevada State Line, Midcentury Tahoe, Lake Tahoe Trip, Vintage Watersports, Vintage Nevada, Vintage Swimming...
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1950s American Realist Art

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Lambda

Pencil Study #17
Located in Columbia, MO
Pencil Study #17 2016 Graphite on paper 13 x 7 inches Jessica Keiser currently resides in New Haven, Connecticut. Keiser's style is Naturalistic, concer...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Graphite

Self Portrait with Armor, 1973
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
Category

20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Ink, Graphite

Homage to the City - Day, Realist Triptych Etching by John Ross
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Ross Title: Homage to the City, Day Medium: Collagraph Triptych, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil Edition: I 6/25 Size: 29.5 x 22 in. (74.93 x 55.88 cm) Each
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1980s American Realist Art

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Etching

"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern William Gropper (1898 - 1977) Unemployed 20 x 16 inches Oil on canvas, 1937 Signed lower right Provenance: Estate of the artist Bio Throughout his life, William Gropper used his artistic talents to protest social injustice. Born in New York City, he grew up there in poverty and left high school to work as a dishwasher and delivery boy. He eventually began a career in art and was able to study with Robert Henri and George Bellows from 1912 to 1915. He adopted their realistic painting style, and his own work expressed sympathy for common laborers and outrage at society's ills. In 1919 Gropper established a reputation as a political cartoonist working for the New York Tribune. His blunt, forceful style attracted the attention of other publications, and he provided illustrations and cartoons for a variety of magazines, from the left-wing New Masses to mainstream Vanity Fair. Like many social realist artists of the 1930s, Gropper supported liberal political causes, depicting subjects such as the plight of migrant laborers and striking factory workers. In his first gallery exhibition in 1936 at ACA Galleries, Gropper's work was so well received by critics, collectors, and artists that the following year he had two one-man exhibitions at ACA Galleries. In 1937, Gropper traveled west on a Guggenheim Fellowship and visited the Dust Bowl and the Hoover and Grand Coulee Dams, sketching studies for a series of paintings and a mural he painted for the Department of the Interior. That same year he had paintings purchased by both the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art. Gropper exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair, Whitney Museum of American Art (1924-55), Art Institute of Chicago (1935-49), Carnegie International (1937-50), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1939-48), and National Academy of Design (1945-48). He was a founder of the Artists Equity Association and member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. From 1940 to 1945 William Gropper was preoccupied with anti-Nazi cartoons...
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1930s American Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Lilacs and Book" - contemporary realist painting, purple flora and literature
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
American realist painter Steven Levin continues his "Books and Butterflies" series with this still-life. Butterflies flit around cut lilacs and an open book. The wings of the butterf...
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2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Rockwell, Four Ages of Love: Summer (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) Title: Four Ages of Love: Summer Year: circa 1985 Medium: Offset lithograph on wove paper Edition: A.P. aside from the edition of 350, plus proofs...
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1980s American Realist Art

Materials

Offset

Rama Rama, Horse Painting by Helene Alison
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Helene Alison Title: Rama Rama Year: 1978 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.c. Size: 20 x 20 inches
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1970s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

”Pearl” realist still life painting, oyster shell and rare gemstone from the sea
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by Terry Elkins (b. 1951, Vicksburg, Mississippi) of a humble mollusk and it's rare and beloved offering, a perfectly round, white pearl. Signed "Terry Elkins" lowe...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

Infant in Mother s Arms
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
Category

20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Graphite

The Flag House BW
Located in East Hampton, NY
Title: Flag House Also available in 20"x30" Edition of 10 $725 *Photography: U Wash Truck, Death Valley and Mulford Lane, Amagansett 2012 have been featured in the June 2019 issue of Black & White Magazine and the photograph Boat...
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2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Conservatory
Located in Columbia, MO
Ashlee received her BFA with a Minor in Art History from University of Missouri-Columbia in 2012 and has been exhibiting and selling her artwork for the past twelve years. When she’s not making art, Ashlee loves to get lost in her garden with her four year old son where they battle pirates on lost islands, fly with dragons around kingdoms in the sky, and search lush jungles for purple tigers.
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Ink, Pencil, Watercolor

"Summer Pier Fishing" American Scene Social Realism WPA Mid-20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
"Summer Pier Fishing" American Scene Social Realism WPA Mid-20th Century Modern Syd J. Browne (1907-1991) "Summer Pier Fishing" 22 x 30 inches Oil on canvas. c. 1930s Signed lower r...
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1930s American Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

Woman in Yellow Dress
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original painting by Harry McCormick from circa 1980. In an excellent gold frame. Artist: Harry McCormick, American (1942 - ) Title: Woman in Yellow Dress...
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1980s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Colors of Mykonos, " Street Scene with Red Flowers and Blue Door
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Colors of Mykonos" is a quintessential example of Tom Swimm's enhanced realism. This colorful oil painting exhibits all of the bold colors and strong composition that Swimm is know...
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2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Totem
Located in Fairfield, CT
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...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Linen, Oil

"Building the Westside Highway" Frida Gugler, 1930s New York City Urban Scene
Located in New York, NY
Frida Gugler Building the Westside Highway (Near the George Washington Bridge), circa 1935-37 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 20 x 28 inches Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the pain...
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1930s American Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Low Tide at Noon, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, " Ernest Fiene, WPA, Boat on Beach
Located in New York, NY
Ernest Fiene (1894 - 1965) Low Tide at Noon, Wellfleet, Massachusetts Oil on canvas 26 x 36 inches Signed lower right Ernest Fiene was born in Elberfeld, Germany in 1894. As a teenager, Fiene immigrated to the United States in 1912. He studied art at the National Academy of Design in New York City from 1914 to 1918, taking day classes with Thomas Maynard and evening classes with Leon Kroll. Fiene continued his studies at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design in Paris from 1916 to 1918, adding classes in printmaking at the Art Students League in 1923. Fiene began his career as an artist in 1919 with his first exhibition of watercolors at the MacDowell Club arranged by his mentor Robert Henri. In 1923 the Whitney Studio Club mounted a large exhibition of his works. The following year he had an exhibition at the New Gallery in New York, which completely sold out all fifty-two works, including paintings, watercolors, drawings, and etchings. With the proceeds of sales from the New Gallery exhibition, Ernest Fiene and his younger brother Paul, a sculptor, built studios in Woodstock, New York in 1925. In the early Twenties Ernest Fiene painted mostly landscapes of Woodstock and both the Ramapo and Hudson River Valleys. He was the subject of the first monograph for the Younger Artists Series in 1922. Published in Woodstock, the series went on to include Alexander Brook, Peggy Bacon, and Yasuo Kuniyoshi. The book reproduced 1 illustration in color and another 27 reproductions in black and white. Around 1925 Fiene became fascinated with the intensity, excitement, and opportunities for color harmonies New York City offered as a subject. His paintings shifted to urban and industrial themes with architecture, industry, and transportation becoming his subjects. By 1926 Fiene had attracted the dealer Frank K.M. Rehn, who gave him a one-man exhibition that year, which travelled to the Boston Arts Club. C.W. Kraushaar Galleries gave Fiene a one-man exhibition of urban, landscape, portrait, and still life paintings in 1927. Julianna Force, the director of the Whitney Studio Club and first director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, included two of Fiene's paintings in a fall exhibition in 1928. The Whitney Studio Club showed Fiene's paintings in a two-man exhibition with Glenn O. Coleman that year and acquired three of Fiene's paintings. Also in 1928 Fiene became affiliated with Edith Halpert's Downtown Gallery where he had an exhibition of 20 lithographs in the spring. Fiene sold his house in Woodstock in 1928 to spend more of his time in New York City. With so many successful exhibitions, Fiene returned to Paris in 1928-29 where he rented Jules Pascin's studio and studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. In France, Fiene painted both landscape and urban subjects developed from ideas influenced by Cubist geometry and the use of flat areas of broad color. Upon returning to New York in 1930, Fiene used this new approach to continue to paint New York skyscraper and waterfront subjects, as well as to begin a series of paintings on changing old New York based on the excavations for Radio City Music Hall and the construction of the Empire State Building. Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries exhibited this series, titled "Changing Old New York," in 1931. Fiene also has solo exhibitions at Rehn Galleries in 1930 and 1932. Fiene's oil paintings are exhibited at the Chicago Arts Club in 1930 as well. Fiene was included in the Museum of Modern Art's exhibition Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans in December of 1931. Visiting New York, Henri Matisse saw the exhibition and called Fiene's Razing Buildings, West 49th Street the finest painting he had seen in New York. Fiene had two mural studies from his Mechanical Progress series exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art's exhibition Murals by American Painters and Photographers in 1932. Fiene sent View from my Window which depicts Fiene working on a lithograph stone while looking out his window to the newly completed Empire State Building to the Carnegie International in 1931. In 1932 Fiene participated in the first Biennial of American Painting at the Whitney Museum and his prints were included in exhibitions at the Downtown Gallery and the Wehye Gallery. In the same year, Fiene was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship to further study mural painting in Florence, Italy. On his return from Italy in 1933 Fiene re-engaged himself in New York City life and won several public and private mural projects. Fiene resumed his active exhibition schedule, participating in two group exhibitions at the Whitney Museum and a one-man exhibition of recent paintings at the Downtown Gallery in January 1934. In 1933 he purchased a farm in Southbury, Connecticut, which added Connecticut scenes to his landscape subjects. This was also the year Fiene began to spend summers on Monhegan Island, Maine, where he painted seascapes, harbor scenes, and still lifes. Fiene's landscape paintings attracted numerous commissions as part of the American Scene movement. From 1935-36 Fiene took an extended sketching trip through the urban, industrial, and farming areas of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Most of the twenty-four Pennsylvania urban and rural paintings from this trip were featured in an exhibition held at the First National Bank in Pittsburgh in October of 1937 by the Pittsburgh Commission for Industrial Expansion. Fiene said of these works that he formed rhythm, opportunity for space and color, and integrity in the Pennsylvania mill and furnace paintings. Fiene received the silver medal for one of the Pittsburgh paintings...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Weeping Condo, dark, monochromatic urban building w grid in design
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Weeping Condo 38.5 x 22 image size: 36" x 19.5" Artists proof printed on 100% cotton rag monochromatic Panoramic Dark. mysterious vintage work by Esteban Chavez
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1980s American Realist Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Etching

Farm, Winter Landscape, Large Panoramic Vintage Color Photograph Signed Photo
Located in Surfside, FL
Maplewood Township Homestead, Winter, 1993 Fabulous American landscape photography of a rural landscape scene. from small hand signed edition of 20 Large Format Chromogenic print on Kodak Professional Paper The sheets are approximately 30 X 56 inches the images are around 16 X 48.25 inches Some of them are cut a bit irregularly, they should all mat out fine for framing. These are vintage large-format architectural chromogenic print photographs hand signed and dated and hand numbered from the edition of 20 in the lower margin. The collection depicts attractive examples of Mackenzie's wide-lens studies of architecture, such as barns and abandoned houses, set into richly colored landscapes. Maxwell MacKenzie is an award-winning professional and fine-art photographer based in Washington, DC and Minnesota. Over the past thirty-five years, his photographic assignments have taken him to 20 states and a dozen foreign countries, including Austria, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Brussels, England, France, Greece, Morocco, Norway, Sweden, and Wales. Three books of Mackenzie's fine-art photographs have been published: Abandonings, (1995), color panoramic photographs of his native Otter Tail County, MN, which was awarded the Silver Medal Award for Excellence from Photo District News; American Ruins, Ghosts on the Landscape, (2001) black & white panoramics made in Montana, Idaho, Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas; and Markings, (2007), color abstract aerials made from his self-piloted, powered-parachute, a 300 pound, ultra-light aircraft. MacKenzie’s work is included in the permanent collection of The Phillips Collection as well as hundreds of private and corporate collections, including Exxon, Citibank, Deloitte & Touche, Dow Jones, Fannie Mae, The New York Hospital, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, the Union Bank of Switzerland, Phillip Morris, and the Washington Post. His fine-art photographs of the American West are also included in numerous American Embassy collections including Bogota, Lima, Lagos, and Moscow. His work has been exhibited in dozens of museums and galleries all over the country, including solo shows at The Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach; The American Institute of Architects, DC; The Nordic Heritage Museum, in Seattle, WA; The Piedmont Arts Association, Martinsville, VA; the Julie Saul Gallery in NYC, the DNJ Gallery in LA; The Gallatin River Gallery...
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1990s American Realist Art

Materials

Color

Illustration of Scrapper O Doon, Saturday Evening Post Steel Mill
Located in Marco Island, FL
Illustrated in the July 22, 1922 Saturday Evening Post, page 22, entitled "Scrapper O"Doon", about a steel mill, written by R.G. Kirk. Henry James Soulen (1888-1965) was a distingui...
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1920s American Realist Art

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Oil, Board

Studio Interior Mid 20th Century American Scene Modern WPA Still Life Realism
Located in New York, NY
Studio Interior Scene Mid 20th Century American Modern WPA Still Life Realism The painting measures 10 x 12 inches. Framed, the work is 13 1/4 x 15 1/...
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1930s American Realist Art

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Oil, Board

Jean Patchett For Saks Fifth Avenue, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This mid-1950s portrait photograph, captured by society photographer Slim Aarons, features American model Jean Patchett wearing an outfit by Saks Fifth Avenue, circa 1955. Patchett was one of the first to join Eileen Ford...
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1950s American Realist Art

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Island of Flowers, Photorealist Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Island of Flowers Year: 1980 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 85/200 Image Size: 24 x 40 inches...
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1980s American Realist Art

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Screen

Seaplane At Palm Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) leaning against a seaplane belonging to the Everglades Flying Service, at Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Seaplane At Palm Beach...
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1950s American Realist Art

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Blue Flamingo
Located in Columbia, MO
Ashlee received her BFA with a Minor in Art History from University of Missouri-Columbia in 2012 and has been exhibiting and selling her artwork for the past twelve years. When she’s not making art, Ashlee loves to get lost in her garden with her four year old son where they battle pirates on lost islands, fly with dragons around kingdoms in the sky, and search lush jungles for purple tigers.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

"Fishing Village" Joe Jones, Mid-Century, American Life, Small Town Scene
Located in New York, NY
Joe Jones Fishing Village, 1949 Signed in pencil lower right margin Lithograph on wove paper Image 9 5/16 x 12 9/16 inches Sheet 12 x 15 15/16 inches From the edition of 250 The initial details of Jones' career are sparse, and this is intentional. The young artist was engaged in a process of self-reinvention, crafting a persona. When he submitted a work to the Sixteen Cities Exhibition at New York City's Museum of Modern Art in 1933, he briefly characterized himself: "Born St. Louis, 1909, self-taught. " Jones intentionally portrayed himself to the art community as an authentic working-class figure, backed by a compelling history. He was the youngest of five children in a family led by a one-armed house painter from St. Louis, a Welsh immigrant, and his German American spouse. At the age of ten, Jones found himself in a Missouri reformatory due to authorities' concerns over his graffiti activities. After completing elementary school, he traveled by freight car to California and back, even being arrested for vagrancy in Pueblo, Colorado. Returning to St. Louis, he attempted to settle down by working alongside his father. Yet, Jones felt a profound restlessness and was drawn toward a more elevated artistic pursuit in his late teenage years. He discovered a local collective of budding artists that formed St. Louis’s "Little Bohemia," sharing a studio and providing mutual support until he managed to secure his own modest workspace in a vacant garage. Jones’s initial creations comprised still lifes, landscapes, and poignant portraits of those close to him. These subjects were not only accessible but also budget-friendly, as hiring models was beyond his means. He depicted himself, his father, mother, and eventually, his wife. In December 1930, at the age of 21, Jones wed Freda Sies, a modern dancer and political activist who was four years older than him. By 1933, Jones had started gaining noteworthy local recognition through a solo exhibition at the Artists’ Guild of Saint Louis. Of the twenty-five paintings on display, one, titled River Front (private collection, previously with Hirschl and Adler Galleries), was selected to illustrate a feature article about his show in The Art Digest (February 15, 1933, p. 9). Shortly before this exhibition, a young surgeon named Dr. Robert Elman took an interest in Jones’s art, purchasing several pieces and forming a group of potential patrons committed to providing the emerging artist with a monthly stipend in exchange for art. This group was officially known as the "Co-operative Art Society," but it was informally dubbed the "Joe Jones Club. " Jones became an active participant in the St. Louis artistic scene, particularly within its bohemian segments. He embraced modernism and was a founding member of the "New Hat" movement in 1931, a playful rebellion against the conservative and traditional mainstream art establishment. The summer of 1933 marked a significant shift in Jones’s journey. Sponsored by a dedicated ally, Mrs. Elizabeth Green, Jones, along with Freda and Green, embarked on an eastward road trip. In Washington, D. C., they explored the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Freer Gallery (part of the Smithsonian Institution), the Library of Congress, and Mount Vernon. Following this whirlwind of art and American culture, they made their way to New York, where they visited various museums and galleries, including a stop at The New School for Social Research, which featured notable contemporary murals by fellow Missourian Thomas Hart Benton and the politically active Mexican artist, José Clemente Orozco. From June through August, Jones and Freda resided in the artist colony of Provincetown, Massachusetts, later returning home via Detroit to see Diego Rivera’s Detroit Industry mural housed at the Detroit Institute of Fine Arts. While Elizabeth Green allegedly hoped that Jones would refine his artistic skills under the guidance of Charles Hawthorne or Richard Miller in Provincetown, Jones followed a different path. Rather than pursuing conservative mentors, he connected with an engaging network of leftist intellectuals, writers, and artists who dedicated their time to reading Marx and applying his theories to the American landscape. Jones's reaction to the traditional culture of New England was captured in his statement to a reporter from the St. Louis Post Dispatch: “Class consciousness . . . that’s what I got of my trip to New England. Those people [New Englanders] are like the Chinese—ancestor worshipers. They made me realize where I belong” (September 21, 1933). The stark social divisions he witnessed there prompted him to embrace his working-class identity even more fervently. Upon returning to St. Louis, he prominently identified himself as a Communist. This newfound political stance created friction with some of his local supporters. Many of his middle-class advocates withdrew their backing, likely influenced not only by Jones’s politics but also by his flamboyant and confrontational demeanor. In December 1933, Jones initiated a complimentary art class for unemployed individuals in the Old Courthouse of St. Louis, the same location where the Dred Scott case was deliberated and where slave auctions formerly took place. Concurrently, the St. Louis Art League was offering paid courses. Emphasizing the theme of social activism, with a studio adorned with Soviet artwork, Jones’s institution operated for just over a year before being removed from the courthouse by local officials. The school’s political focus and unconventional teaching practices, along with its inclusion of a significant number of African American students during a period marked by rigid racial segregation, certainly contributed to its challenges. Under Jones’s guidance, the class created a large chalk pastel mural on board, measuring 16 by 37 feet, titled Social Unrest in St. Louis. Mural painting posed no challenge for the former housepainter, who was adept at handling large wall surfaces. His first significant commission in St. Louis in late 1931 was a mural that celebrated the city’s industrial and commercial fortitude for the local radio station, KMOX. This mural, aimed at conveying optimism amid severe economic hardship, showcased St. Louis's strengths in a modernist approach. When Jones resumed mural work in late 1933, his worldview had evolved considerably. The mural produced for the school in the courthouse, conceived by Jones, featured scenes of modern St. Louis selected to highlight political messages. Jones had observed the technique of utilizing self-contained scenes to craft visual narratives in the murals he encountered in the East. More locally, this compositional strategy was commonly employed by the renowned Missouri artist...
Category

1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Child in Profile
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
Category

20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Graphite, Charcoal

Color Study of a Child
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
Category

20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Graphite, Pastel

Film Still #1 (portrait, western movie, cowboy, Hat, shadow, monochrome art)
Located in Quebec, Quebec
A lone cowboy figure emerges from a stark, sun-bleached desert, his face swallowed in shadow beneath the brim of a worn hat. The cinematic framing and mid-chest crop evoke the drama ...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Value Study of Woman s Head
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
Category

20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Charcoal, Graphite

Subway 12, Black White, Limited Edition Photograph, NYC, 1980, Unframed
Located in Riverdale, NY
John Conn’s New York City Subway limited edition fine art photographs were originally taken between 1975 and 1982. Each black and white photograph is signed. Edition of 20. The i...
Category

1980s American Realist Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

New England Skiing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Skis leaning against the wall of a hut marked 'Ski Instructors Only' in New Hampshire, 1955. New England Skiing Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and s...
Category

1950s American Realist Art

Materials

Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

"Aspen Light" Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Gordon Brown's (US based) "Aspen Light" is an oil painting that depicts dense cluster of aspens turning with colorful yellow leaves whose thick canopy blo...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Oil

Seated Nude, Charcoal Drawing by Leon Kroll
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leon Kroll, American (1884 - 1974) Title: Seated Nude Medium: Charcoal on paper, signed Size: 10.25 x 11 inches Frame Size: 24 x 24 inches
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1950s American Realist Art

Materials

Charcoal

Lions and Deer, Bronze Sculpture by A. Ganso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: A. Ganso Title: Lions and Deer Year: 1973 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, signature inscribed Size: 23 x 15 x 13 inches (58.5 x 38 x 33 cm)
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1970s American Realist Art

Materials

Bronze

Sheddings
Located in Columbia, MO
Tobi C is a white, non-binary artist who grew up in San Diego and calls Columbia, Missouri home. Tobi holds a BA in both Structural Violence and Gender Studies from the Metropolitan University of...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Giclée

Women in Golf #18 Signed Limited Edition Etching 1988
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Signed Limited Edition Art Etching by Charles Bragg. Women in Golf Suite : #18 1988 Etching 13" x 14.5" inches Signed in pencil, titled and marked 95 /300 Unframed Step into the ...
Category

1980s American Realist Art

Materials

Etching

Jazz Scooter: Louis Armstrong and Lucille Brown in 1940s Rome, Estate Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lucille Brown takes control of the Vespa scooter as her husband Louis Armstrong (1898 - 1971) displays his musical appreciation of the ancient Colosseum in Rome. Slim Aarons Jazz S...
Category

1940s American Realist Art

Materials

Emulsion, Black and White, Digital

Relic 2.20 (vintage teal old rusty truck wreck nostalgia monochrome oil painting
Located in Quebec, Quebec
keywords; rusty, teal, brown, earth tones, surrealism, car portrait, car accident, oil painting, representation painting, strangeness, contemporary surrealistic, unsettling, contemporary realist painting, dreams, symbolic composition, tonalist, grey, monochrome, nostalgic, vintage, early century, illustration, car, automobile, old car wreck...
Category

2010s American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Raymond Howell, Chinese Dim Sum Feast, 1979, Oil Painting on Masonite
Located in San Francisco, CA
Raymond Howell, Chinese Dim Sum Feast, 1979 Oil on masonite 28" x 36" unframed, 35.5" x 43. 75" framed Biography from Raymond Howell website: Raymon...
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20th Century American Realist Art

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Masonite, Oil

“The Creative Mind” hyperrealist oil painting of ants crawling, small, framed
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
A small oil painting by Anthony Mastromatteo. Three carpenter ants are painted realistically, in such a way it appears there are real insects crawling on the painting. The humorous a...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

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Oil, Panel

"Motion, " Victor Arnautoff, San Francisco Lighthouse, World s Fair WPA Painting
Located in New York, NY
Victor Mikhail Arnautoff (1896 - 1979) Motion (Mile Rocks Lighthouse), San Francisco, 1939 Oil and tempera on board 60 x 40 inches Signed lower left Provenance: The artist California School of Fine Arts (CFSA) John & Lynne Bolen Fine Arts, Huntington Beach, California Exhibited: New York, World's Fair, Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, 1939. San Francisco Museum of Art, 1962. Literature: American Art from the New York World's Fair 1939, Poughkeepsie, 1987, no. 11, p. 41, illustrated. Robert W. Cherny, Victor Arnautoff and the Politics of Art, Urbana, Illinois, 2017. The lighthouse in the distance is the Mile Rocks Lighthouse in San Francisco Bay, built in 1906 after many shipwrecks made the lighthouse necessary. In 1962 the lighthouse was reduced in size to make room for a helipad. Arnautoff was the son of a Russian Orthodox priest. He showed a talent for art from an early age and hoped to study art after graduating from the gymnasium in Mariupol. With the outbreak of World War I, he enrolled in the Yelizavetgrad Cavalry School. He went on to hold military leadership positions in the army of Nicholas II and the White Siberian army. With the defeat of the Whites in Siberia, he crossed into northeastern China and surrendered his weapons. Arnautoff remained in China for five years. He again tried to pursue art, but was impoverished and took a position training the cavalry of the warlord Zhang Zuolin. He met and married Lydia Blonsky and they had two sons, Michael and Vasily. In November 1925 Arnautoff went to San Francisco on a student visa to study at the California School of Fine Arts. There he studied sculpture with Edgar Walter and painting with several instructors. His wife and children joined him, and they all continued to Mexico in 1929, where, on Ralph Stackpole...
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1930s American Realist Art

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Canvas, Oil, Tempera

"Morro Bay Reflections" Sailboat In Harbor With Rippling Water Reflections
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Morro Bay Reflections" with rippling water reflections below a sailboat anchored in the harbor is a quintessential example of Tom Swimm's enhanced realism. ...
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2010s American Realist Art

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Oil

Study Of Drapery
Located in New York, NY
Brush and black and gray inks and wash on cream wove paper. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower center. Titled in pencil, lower right. Inscribed with the artist's name and addre...
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1930s American Realist Art

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Ink, Handmade Paper

American Scene Depression Era New York City Post Office
Located in Miami, FL
This is a painting about a man who travels back into the past and engages with a different stage in his life. Arnold Friedman worked at the New York City Post Office for four decades...
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1930s American Realist Art

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Oil, Wood Panel

And If I Could Escape
Located in Columbia, MO
Tobi C is a white, non-binary artist who grew up in San Diego and calls Columbia, Missouri home. Tobi holds a BA in both Structural Violence and Gender Studies from the Metropolitan University of...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

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Mixed Media

Standing Pregnant Nude, Original Drawing by Moses Soyer 1965
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Moses Soyer, American (1899 - 1974) Title: Standing Pregnant Nude Year: 1965 Medium: Pastel on paper, signed l.l. Size: 24 x 15.5 in. (60.96 x 39...
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1960s American Realist Art

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Pastel

Nighttime Prayers
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
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20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Ink

Pulitzer On The Beach
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Patsy Pulitzer (nee Patsy Bartlett) at Palm Beach, Florida. Slim Aarons Pulitzer On The Beach Black and White Photography Slim Aarons Estate Edition Numbered and stamped by the Slim...
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1950s American Realist Art

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Emulsion, Photographic Paper, ABS, Black and White, Digital, Photogram

Jackie K, Estate Edition, Portrait Photograph, Classic Pearls Jacqueline Kennedy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Iconic photography of young Jackie Kennedy (Jacqueline Onassis) (1929 - 1994) wife of Senator Jack Kennedy, at a 'April in Paris' ball with classic ...
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1950s American Realist Art

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Lambda

Atonement
Located in Columbia, MO
Sean Lyman is a Professor of Painting and Drawing at Missouri State University, with an extensive list of international exhibitions and work in public permanent collections including...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

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Archival Paper, Graphite

Slim Aarons: Tiger Morse (Slim Aarons Estate Edition)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Tiger Morse sits in her shop, 'A la Carte' in New York, 1964. Andy Warhol star and fashion designer Joan "Tiger" Morse is pictured here with her signature black lace and a feathered mask, with a cigarette and long holder. She was a regular at Max's Kansas City, a society girl turned radical designer and creative dropout. She frequently lied about her past, and her biography remains a bit mysterious. She has been called “La Passionaria of the dropout subculture.” She would say, “I work all day and I swing all night." Her celebrity clients ran the gamut from Jackie Kennedy to Frank Zappa. She was known for only using manmade materials, including vinyl, Mylar, sequins, and electric lights. Her pop designs include the Love / Hate dress, which said "Love" on the front and "Hate" on the back. Tiger was in two Andy Warhol factory films, Tiger Morse, 1967 and **** (Four Stars). She was the subject of Tiger Morse, while **** also featured Tiger, Edie Sedgwick, Nico, and Ultra Violet. Her designs can be seen on the cover of the "We're Only In It For The Money" album, which parodies The Beatles Sargent...
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1960s American Realist Art

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Lambda

“Dunes in Napeague” landscape oil painting, Montauk stretch, Long Island beach
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of sand dunes in Napeague, the long stretch of sand between Amagansett and Montauk. These sandy hills of beach shrubs and grasses ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

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Linen, Oil

Fruits on Rug I, Photorealist Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Fruits on Rug I Year: 1978 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 175 Image Size: 26.5 x 30 inches Siz...
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1970s American Realist Art

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Screen

“Balcony” oil painting, realist, figurative, romance, cityscape at night, framed
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Balcony" is an oil painting from 2006, by Steven J. Levin. A man and a woman stand on a balcony in a city at night. The man faces the viewer, looks directly at the woman before him....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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