Bernard Preston Thomas Art

Circus Elephants American Modernism WPA Regionalism Mid-Century Modern Oil. Signed lower left. Not much is known about Marco de Marco, but just look at...

Lucky for you is an ode to the one you love and the want to be with them again. Norfolk, England in Autumn. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Acrylic paint, Canvas, Charcoal on Canvas 100 H x...

Vintage modernist expressionist sunset oil painting. Oil on canvas. Image size, 27.5L x 20H. Signed.

Very impressive mid century polo field modernist landscape. Oil on canvas. No signature found. Framed.

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

André Brasilier French I b. 1929 Automne d'or Signed “André Brasilier” (lower right) Oil on canvas In Automne d'or, celebrated French artist André Brasilier exquisitely conveys th...

Cattle Grazing by Georges Bousquait, French 20th century signed & dated 1963 oil on canvas, unframed board: 9 x 11 inches inscribed verso provenance...

Horses are a them in most of my paintings, but more often than not they come latter on in the paintings development. this one i wanted to start with the horse, wanting to make it stand proud, pressing forward with his chin up and chest out. man and horse together getting through one of those days. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Acrylic paint on Canvas 100 H x 100 W x 4 D cm (39.37 x 39.37 x 1.57 in) Sold...

Inspired by an old blues record, one of only a few where I've started with a title for a piece. normally they come to mind whilst painting. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Acrylic paint on...

The Stubborn Mule Italian School, 19th century oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 9.75 x 14 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sound condition, a little scru...

A show of love to the friends you call family. Norfolk, England in Autumn ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Acrylic paint on Canvas 100 H x 120 W x 4 D cm (39.37 x 47.24 x 1.57 in) Sold unfra...

Berry picking at dawn on the Norfolk coast ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Acrylic paint on Canvas Sold unframed Image size: Height: 61cm (24.02 in) Width: 91cm (35.83 in) ARTIST BIOGRAPH...