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1990s Mixed Media "Micro Biomorphic Abstract Drawing II"
Located in Arp, TX
returned to Texas. At 21, Bill re-focused his energy and enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Art as an
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1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Pastel, Illustration Board, Pencil

"Faith, " Charcoal on Paper, 2023
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in
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21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Landscape Drawings and Waterc...

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

"Broken Spirit, " Charcoal on Paper
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in
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21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Charcoal, Paper

“Nova Scotia Landscape”
By James Milton Sessions
Located in Southampton, NY
Art in New York City, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Art, Milwaukee, and the Museum
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1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Woodland Reflection — Mid-Century Modern
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
of Fine Art, Chicago Art Institute, and many other institutions. Internationally, his works have been
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Études de Personnages (Figure Studies)
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Chicago, IL
Présidence (Paris, 1984, 1989, 1993-94, 2000), and R. S Johnson Fine Art (Chicago, 1963, 1977, 1987, 2007
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

New York
By Roger Lersy
Located in Chicago, IL
examples of works by Lersy, see our website - R.S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor

“The Bird”
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Southampton, NY
of Fine Arts, the Knox Albright Museum, the Chicago Institute of Fine Art and Corcoran, among others
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1960s Post-Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Handmade Paper

The Weight Lifter (L Homme aux halteres)
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Chicago, IL
Art, Chicago.
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pen

Mid Century Modern Realist Watercolor Still-Life with Toothbrush Tool
By Claude Buck
Located in Soquel, CA
Fine Art from 1921 to 1926, and at the Art Institute, where he took over classes of George Bellows. In
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Memory of Leaves, " Charcoal on Paper
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in
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21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Still-life Drawings and Water...

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

1940s Wartime Still Life Watercolor Painting By A Famous Ceramic Potter Sculptor
By James Tower
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
of Chicago. © Big Sky Fine Art This is an original watercolor painting by English ceramics artist
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

1944 Wartime Still Life Watercolor Painting Influential Ceramic Artist Teacher
By James Tower
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
in London, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and The Art Institute of Chicago. © Big Sky Fine Art
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

1945 Wartime Still Life Watercolor English Coveted Ceramic Artist And Teacher
By James Tower
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
in London, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and The Art Institute of Chicago. © Big Sky Fine Art
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Circus II (Space Man), c. 1950, Letterio Calapai
Located in Point Richmond, CA
of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Art Boston, the Library of Congress and the Fine
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Prints

Materials

Paper

American Colorist Landscape Painting “Lake Shore” by Frederic M. Grant
Located in Shippensburg, PA
, Chicago was his home and he taught at the Chicago Academy of Fine Art and also executed a number of public
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20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Limited Edition Disney "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" Book with Serigraphs
By Walt Disney Productions
Located in San Diego, CA
nice hard bound slipcover. #3921 The book was printed by Circle Fine Art Press (Chicago/New York) and
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Books

Materials

Paper, Leather

Original Louis Ritman Impressionist Still Life Oil Painting of Flowers in a Vase
By Louis Ritman
Located in Tustin, CA
Chicago Academy of Fine Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and the Ecole des Beau-Arts in Paris
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Early 20th Century French Other Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Special 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Inlaid Parquetry Secretaire a Abattant
By Jean-Henri Riesener
Located in Long Island City, NY
of Fine Art, Chicago Art Institute, the Frick Collection, Chateaux des Chantilly, Fontainebleau and
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Antique Late 19th Century French Belle Époque Cabinets

Materials

Marble, Ormolu, Bronze

"Mystic Bond, " Mixed media on Canvas, 2022
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in
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2010s American Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"This is Not a Tree, " Mixed Media on Canvas, 2022
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in
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21st Century and Contemporary American Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Paint, Acrylic

"Channeler", Oil on Board, 2022
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

"Hidden Sanctuary", Mixed Media on Canvas, 2022
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

"Fusion", Charcoal on Paper, 2022
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Expressionist Drawings

Materials

Canvas

"Memory of Leaves, " Charcoal on Paper, 2022
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in
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2010s American Expressionist Drawings

Materials

Paper

"Passage to Town, " Oil on Board, 2022
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in
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2010s American Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Moon Spirit Dancer", Oil on Canvas, 2022
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

"Broken Spirit", Charcoal on Paper, 2022
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in
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21st Century and Contemporary American Minimalist Drawings

Materials

Paper

"Birch, " Oil on Olive Board, 2022
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Paint

"The Whispers in the Shadows, " Oil on Canvas, 2022
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Paint

Greco Roman Classical Wrestlers Oil Painting
Located in Rochester, NY
Arts. Solo Shows. 2012 Galerie Beckel-Odille-Boïcos, Paris. 2011 Jennifer Norback Fine Art, Chicago
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Patterned Soul, " Acrylic on Canvas, 2022
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in
Category

2010s American Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Frozen Memories", Oil on Canvas, 2022
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

"Root, " Acrylic on Canvas, 2020
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paint

"Faith, " Charcoal on Paper, 2023
By Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in
Category

2010s American Expressionist Drawings

Materials

Paper

Original Charcoal and Acrylic Media by Kelly Devine, Titled Indispensable Power
By Kelly Devine
Located in Los Angeles, CA
opening in 2010. Notable 2011 events include the Artist Project New York, Art Chicago, and Houston Fine
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2010s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Chicago: Rock Band of the Decade Fine Art Print
Located in Las Vegas, NV
records. This image is credited to Globe Photos. This is a limited edition fine art C-Print, hand
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1970s Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment

Chicago Group Portrait on Brick Globe Photos Fine Art Print
Located in Las Vegas, NV
2015. This image is credited to Globe Photos. This is a limited edition fine art C-Print, hand
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1970s Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, C Print, Archival Pigment

Vintage American Modernist Painting, 1949, Chicago, Otto Niebuhr, "The Guitarist"
Located in Milwaukee, WI
which boasted a collection of many fine paintings during its heyday in old Chicago. Otto Rainer Niebuhr
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Bunnies of Chicago, 1964" Playboy Legacy Collection Framed Edition 11 of 75
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Playboy Legacy Collection “Bunnies Of Chicago” original fine art print featuring Cheryl Vincent
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1960s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Catch Up (Yellow)- Acrylic, Linen, Oil, Painting, Contemporary, Figurative
By Dana Oldfather
Located in Nashville, TN
, Chicago, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, Red Arrow Gallery in Nashville, The McDonough Museum of Art in
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Acrylic

Catch Up (Green)- Acrylic, Linen, Oil, Painting, Contemporary, Figurative
By Dana Oldfather
Located in Nashville, TN
Library Street Collective, Detroit, Zg Gallery, Chicago, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, Red Arrow
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2010s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil, Acrylic

Still Life with Blue Vase
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Lawrence, NY
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Knox Albright Museum, the Chicago Institute of Fine Art and Corcoran
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1930s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Adhesive, Oil

Place St. Michel
By Édouard Leon Cortès
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: R.S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, IL. Private Collection VT 1961 Rehs Galleries, Inc
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Inner Harbor
Located in Stonington, CT
of Art, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Fine Art, Milwaukee, The Museum of Fine
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Woman with a Red Dog
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Lawrence, NY
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Knox Albright Museum, the Chicago Institute of Fine Art and Corcoran
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Untitled, Triple Gemini
By Larry Zox
Located in New York, NY
Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio Akron Art Institute, Ohio Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Baum Gallery
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Epoxy Resin, Acrylic

Untitled
By Larry Zox
Located in New York, NY
Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio Akron Art Institute, Ohio Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Baum Gallery
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1980s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Warm Lake- Landscape, Oil, Painting, Panel, Water, Blue, Green, Orange, Trees
By Dana Oldfather
Located in Nashville, TN
, Chicago, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, The  McDonough Museum of Art in Youngstown, The Carnegie
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2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Wind Mix
By Larry Zox
Located in New York, NY
Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio Akron Art Institute, Ohio Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Baum Gallery
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

ILLIAC (Diamond Drill Series)
By Larry Zox
Located in New York, NY
Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio Akron Art Institute, Ohio Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Baum Gallery
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1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Jodphur (Diamond Drill Series)
By Larry Zox
Located in New York, NY
Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio Akron Art Institute, Ohio Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Baum Gallery
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1960s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Epoxy Resin, Acrylic

Islamoralda
By Larry Zox
Located in New York, NY
, Ohio Akron Art Institute, Ohio Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Baum Gallery of Fine Art, University
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Acrylic

Silver Line
By Larry Zox
Located in New York, NY
Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio Akron Art Institute, Ohio Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Baum
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1960s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Yellow Diagonal
By Larry Zox
Located in New York, NY
Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio Akron Art Institute, Ohio Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Baum
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1960s Abstract Geometric Mixed Media

Materials

Board

For Jean
By Larry Zox
Located in New York, NY
Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio Akron Art Institute, Ohio Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Baum
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled, Rotation Series
By Larry Zox
Located in New York, NY
Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio Akron Art Institute, Ohio Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Baum
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019

    Fine art is a category of art comprising works with purely aesthetic purpose, as opposed to applied art, which serves a practical function.

  • 1stDibs ExpertMarch 13, 2024
    Artworks produced for their intellectual value and aesthetic appeal are generally considered fine art. Anything made to serve a functional purpose generally is not. In addition, artwork must be one of a kind or produced only in a limited quantity to be thought of as fine. Explore a large selection of fine art on 1stDibs.
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    Yes, drawing is a fine art.

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    Fine art encompasses drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking and photography, among other genres.

  • 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 23, 2024
    Why it's called fine art comes down to the word's origin. The term originates from the Old French word "fin," which means perfected or of the highest quality. The term is fitting since art is classified as "fine" due to an artist's exceptional technique, ingenuity and creativity. On 1stDibs, find a diverse assortment of fine art.
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    Photography is considered a fine art by many, although this is controversial.

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    The Art Institute of Chicago is famous for being one of the largest and oldest art museums in the U.S. It is also home to an art college, which boasts an impressive roster of well-known alumni that includes Jeff Koons, Ivan Albright, Thomas Hart Benton, Sanford Biggers and Joan Mitchell, among many others. The museum has in its collections many famous works, such as Edward Hopper's Nighthawks, Pablo Picasso's The Old Guitarist, Grant Wood's American Gothic, Georges Seurat's A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, El Greco's The Assumption of the Virgin, Georgia O'Keeffe's Sky Above the Clouds IV, Diego Rivera's Portrait of Marevna and Mary Cassatt's The Child's Bath. On 1stDibs, shop a large collection of fine art.
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    Fine art denotes work of aesthetic value but no functional purpose, whereas decorative art is both visually appealing and functional.

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    The difference between fine and functional art is its purpose. Functional art usually has a practical use. Ceramics, textiles and industrial design are examples of functional art. On the other hand, fine art typically exists to tell a story, convey a message or express an idea. Examples of fine art include paintings, prints and sculptures. Shop a wide variety of fine and functional art on 1stDibs.
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    The difference between fine and folk art comes down primarily to function. Fine artists produce paintings, prints, sculptures and other artworks to express an idea or concept, communicate a message or tell a story. With folk art, artists are usually more interested in following cultural traditions than self-expression. Pieces of folk art often have more practical uses compared to works of fine art, such as quilts and furniture. Other examples of folk art include pottery, masks, textiles and carvings. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of fine and folk art.