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Delivering a Promise to Marry
Located in San Francisco, CA
During Renaissance Italy, one way to send a message about the life-changing binding of two affluent families was to sit for a portrait like this. The finished work would then be deli...
Category
18th Century Italian School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Germano Russo Impressionist Young Beauty
By Germano Russo
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautifully executed heavy impasto impressionist painting by the Italian artist Germano Russo. He was born in 1935 in Florence Italy. This young lady, reading a book, reminds me of t...
Category
1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
A Mexican Hillside Village Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
The understated palette is the surprise here, given that it’s Mexico. No blinding white plaster walls. No bright green palms, hot pink bougainvillea and turquoise sea on the horizon,...
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Spring Flood on the River” by Hugh McChesney
Located in San Francisco, CA
In 1990, the year this work was completed by Hugh McChesney, heavy rains in May swamped Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma and southern Mississippi. But wherever he may have set up his easel,...
Category
1990s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
The Feathered Hat
Located in San Francisco, CA
There something so poignant about this 40-something woman, painted sometime after World War I by F. Harding. She’s in her plain but “Sunday best” clothes. Yet she unwrapped for this ...
Category
1930s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Portrait of a Young Man Sitting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rendered with the etherial background and casual elegance of a mid-century society woman’s portrait slated for her Palm Beach master suite, the subject of this work is instead a youn...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
“Sailboats on the Shore”
Located in San Francisco, CA
We might share with you the biography of Texas-born Steven Seymour Thomas (1868-1956), but it would take pages. Consider his precocious talent, which catapulted him to fame in New Yo...
Category
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Pair of Indigenous Fillipino Portraits
Located in San Francisco, CA
One might reasonably ask: What were the 16th-century Spanish colonizers thinking when they took on the conquest of the Philippines? The archipelago nation is comprised of 7,641 islan...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Austrian Folk Saying Grace Before Dinner
Located in San Francisco, CA
This work by Austrian artist Ivo Saliger (1894-1987) is an expression of devotion, of a tradition central to Austrian life a century ago. Then, Austria had a strong Catholic heritage, supported by more than six centuries of Hapsburg rule. The subjects of this reverential painting appear to be members of a family wearing traditional Austrian "tracht" or dress. Hands clasped in prayer, they are about to dine together, with the elder parents joined by their grown children and perhaps a spouse. Resolving any doubt in the viewer’s mind about the activity, a crucifix hangs above the gathering in the dining area’s corner adjacent to a painting of the Virgin Mary...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
A Western Mountain Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
Snow-topped jagged peaks reflected in a mountain lake come together in this ethereal landscape painting by noted American artist Courtney Luther Miles (1887-1975). Self-taught and ac...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Stone and Wood House in 19th-century Mamaroneck, New York
Located in San Francisco, CA
The painting may not illustrate your story, but it is universal—that desire to honor one’s forerunners and reflect on their daily lives. Consider the many opportunities, comforts and...
Category
1890s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Pheasants Aloft at Dawn
Located in San Francisco, CA
At dawn on a beautiful morning, two pheasants take flight out of their roosting cover. Were they flushed out by sudden noise, or are they simply heading out to their feeding areas? T...
Category
1970s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Sunlit European Cityscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
On offer is a post-World War II European cityscape. This scene, defined by French-influenced architecture, expresses a bright optimism that the worst is finally over. Here are people going about their daily lives in peace. The very ordinariness of this activity is beautiful. Spanish-born artist Jose Luis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of John Rogers, A Sculptor for the Common Man
Located in San Francisco, CA
So American, this sculptor. Both a right brain and left-brain kind of guy. Working in the mid to late 19th century, John Rogers was innovative, imaginative, and stylistically a reali...
Category
Late 19th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
“The Wild Boar”
Located in San Francisco, CA
If you’ve been a longtime college football follower of the SEC, or the Southeastern Conference, you may have heard of this 1964 game in Shreveport, Louisiana. On December 29, the University of Arkansas Razorbacks in crimson and white played the University of Mississippi’s Ole Miss Rebels in The Bluebonnet Bowl, and handily won the contest 82-48 by racking up 52 points in the first half. As imagined here by American Surrealist Jean Jones Jackson...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Dreaming of a Vineyard
Located in San Francisco, CA
How delightful to be a wine connoisseur! All those flavors emanating from the terroir through the grapes graced by the year’s sunshine (or rain). Then it’s building complexity with a...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,250
The Preening Goose
Located in San Francisco, CA
The artist Kobler depicts this goose actively working on its plumage, cleaning and aligning its feathers. The bird’s partially raised wing may be part of a drying process after bathi...
Category
1970s American Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
“The Newspaper Boy”
Located in San Francisco, CA
The classic hard luck, independent kid, maybe 8 or 10 years old here, selling the day’s papers out on the grubby streets of early 1900s New York City. He’s paused in a quiet spot, ap...
Category
Early 1900s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Young Man Sitting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rendered with the casual elegance of a mid-century society woman’s portrait slated for her Palm Beach master suite, the subject in this work is instead a young man. The artist's sign...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"Casually Distracted"
Located in San Francisco, CA
American artist Paul Krapf (1927-2019) had lived in Montana for a decade when he painted this coyote standing in the snow. He worked from the home studio that he and his wife built o...
Category
1990s American Realist Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Steeplechase Pileup, by G. Billard
Located in San Francisco, CA
A tangle of legs, grass flying, hooves raining down from the 1,100-pound thoroughbreds straining at their maximum after charging the hedge at some 30 miles per hour. For the fallen r...
Category
1960s Modern Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil, Board
“Raising the Flag” by R. Kamal
Located in San Francisco, CA
You won’t find many wooden one-room schoolhouses these days—more likely utilitarian blocks of concrete and glass, fluorescents above, linoleum below, to do the job. The early schoolh...
Category
20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Money Lenders” after Flemish Painter Quentin Matsys (1466-1530)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Well-fed, well-dressed, and well satisfied, counting and accounting for the money. The unknown painter--although the name Quentin Matsys was scratched into the verso of this work pro...
Category
19th Century Northern Renaissance Figurative Paintings
Materials
Copper
A Sheepfold
Located in San Francisco, CA
How often do 9 or 10-year-olds so connect with something that they know immediately it will be their lifelong calling? Belgian-born artist Jules G. Bahieu (1860-1895) started his tra...
Category
1870s Barbizon School Animal Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Power Grab in Primary Colors
Located in San Francisco, CA
Locked in an embrace, two of the three primary colors set against a yellow background might represent the contentment of enduring intimacy, or the grip technology has on all of us, o...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
An Abstraction in the Primary Colors
Located in San Francisco, CA
Modest in life—the artist signed quite discreetly with the initials GAC—but bold on the canvas. This abstract is easy to embrace, depending only on primary colors. (Remember those th...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Pointillist View of a Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
The artist had a lot to say. Why else spend the intense focus and time on rendering such a luminous work brought to completion literally point by point in tiny dots? Ask yourself: Ar...
Category
Late 20th Century Pointillist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"A Frenchman and His Cow"
Located in San Francisco, CA
This cow knows her power; her man’s shirt is color-coordinated to her bridle. It would be hard to imagine any cocky tech bro prouder of his new Verde Mantis (Green) Lambo than this dewy-eyed farmer with his most productive bovine, hopefully the source of a divine cheese.
Done in the classic palette of Provence, and abundant with the area’s renowned grape clusters, sunflowers and pears, it comes with a promise to transport you to that land of eternal sunshine (well, except for the Mistral season).
The creator, Suzanne Etienne...
Category
1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Cherub with a Future Prime Minister Inside
Located in San Francisco, CA
The biggest surprise for new parents is how much their child’s personality is already baked-in at birth. Croatian painter Vilko Šeferov responded to this toddler’s innate intensity i...
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Self-portrait after Van Gogh, by Henrico (Richio) Galvez
Located in San Francisco, CA
Given Vincent Van Gogh’s mental state when he painted his September 1889 self-portrait, possibly his last, it would be risky business by another artist to produce his own self-portra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract of Waves
Located in San Francisco, CA
For creative people living in the Bay Area, water vistas offer daily inspiration. Abstract artist Keith Race focused here on the steady, choppy surface of waves throwing off spray. W...
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
It
s Five O
clock Somewhere, by Donald Daugherty
Located in San Francisco, CA
The scene flows with a mix of people out and very much milling about against a backdrop of high rises half hidden in mist. There’s the dandy sporting a red fedora, a white-helmeted b...
Category
1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Warning
Located in San Francisco, CA
Copenhagen-born American artist Soren Edsberg (1945-2021) combined abstraction with impressionism in this vision of Armageddon. The son of a Danish painter, Edsberg converted in 1961...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,250
An Unmasked Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
No longer mysterious, she’s a beautiful friend, perhaps a lover, (thank heavens she’s happy to see you) and welcoming you to the party. She belongs on your wall for those days when y...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,450
A Summer
s Sunset
Located in San Francisco, CA
In this abstract landscape, artist Geneva Cross conveys the mood of a dreamlike summer evening that might be remembered by any of us in its universality. Blending the basic elements ...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
After Vincent Van Gogh’s “Dr. Gachet” by Henrico (Richio) Galvez
Located in San Francisco, CA
The inspiration for this work was Vincent Van Gogh’s “Portrait of Dr. Gachet.” Both versions of the original perceptively convey the sitter’s sense of utter frustration, perhaps at h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Diego Valasquez Self-portrait after Velasquez
Located in San Francisco, CA
Diego Velasquez Self-portrait after Velasquez.
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 32.2,5 x 41 unframed, 35.75 x 44.5 framed.
Late 19th century.
Unsigned artwork.
Category
Late 19th Century Paintings
Materials
Encaustic
“Two Puppies” in the Style of Thomas Dalton Beaumont
Located in San Francisco, CA
If ever there was a heart-tugger—assuming you’re a dog person if you’re reading these details—the duo in this picture hits the mark. The unknown artist, inspired by noted painter of ...
Category
Early 20th Century English School Animal Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
“The Showman” after Abraham Le Blond
Located in San Francisco, CA
This itinerant showman, with his drum and what appears to be a peep show, met a real need. What’s offered definitely engages the man in the group, but the woman pawing at his shoulde...
Category
19th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Louis SCHANKER “Jai Alai”
By Louis Schanker
Located in San Francisco, CA
Louis Schanker : 1903-1981. Well, listed American abstract artist. He was well exhibited and is in the permanent collections of many important museums. This fabulous piece is a color...
Category
1930s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Victor Salmones Father and Son
By Victor Salmones
Located in San Francisco, CA
Victor Salmones. 1937-1989. Very well listed sculptor who lived in worked in Mexico. He said Auction results as high as $23,500. This powerful work measures 10 inches high by 6 inche...
Category
1960s Realist Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Style of Motherwell
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very powerful, large abstract painting by a very talented artist. It is in the style of a Robert Motherwell or Franz. Kline. The painting measures 25 inches high by 21 inches wide. T...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
$1,250
A Summer Bouquet in a Green Vase
By Irene Stry
Located in San Francisco, CA
Somewhere there is a room filled with polished mahogany and yards of immaculate warm white linen slipcovering the furnishings and framing the windows. The French doors open wide to f...
Category
1940s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
“Afterglow” A Mixed-Media Composition
By Anne Youkeles
Located in San Francisco, CA
It’s hard to restrain oneself from wanting to examine this piece up close, never mind the yearning to touch it, to experience its delicate three-dimensionality. Fortunately for the w...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Paint, Paper
On Stearns Landing, Kezar Pond, Lowell, Maine
Located in San Francisco, CA
It seems that Stearns Landing on Kezar Pond in Lowell (today Fryeburg), Maine has passed into history. But how lovely it was on that silvery overcast day in 1907 when the little Arka...
Category
Early 1900s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Scenic Snowy Winterscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is for your personal cozy spot in the Aspen house. Fire in the fireplace below where it will hang. A fringed, warm white cashmere throw on your down-stuffed chaise lounge, as so...
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
An Abstract of "Forces"
Located in San Francisco, CA
The artist of this piece, William "Bill" Stephens Shields Jr. (1925-2010), was born in San Francisco and following the death of his father in 1931, the then-4 year-old grew up in Tex...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A View of Stockholm, Sweden in 1941
Located in San Francisco, CA
Signed by Signar, this work offers a peaceful springtime view of Stockholm’s central waterfront from a small hillside lane. The vista includes the distinctive dark metal spire of Rid...
Category
1940s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
The Wide Open Spaces
Located in San Francisco, CA
If you’ve been dreaming of owning a piece of Wyoming or Montana, this wide-horizons painting deserves a spot over your stone fireplace. Photographic in its crisp detail, the artist c...
Category
1970s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Primitive Portrait of George Washington with Sword
Located in San Francisco, CA
This primitively rendered but admiring tribute to George Washington has a distinguished artistic lineage. The painter was undoubtedly in the presence of a much admired print engraved...
Category
Late 19th Century Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th-c. French Fishing Boats off Calais
Located in San Francisco, CA
Some painting subjects must be captured from life in their own time to connect with the viewer. Men engaged in fishing for their livelihood is one of them. In this intimate canvas, t...
Category
19th Century Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Surreal “Due Appetti” by Ferruccio Rosini
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ready for some self-reflection? Intriguing hints about this striking painting’s origin, handwritten on the reverse, could get you started. “Due Appetiti” di Vita suggests that two ap...
Category
1970s Surrealist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Cubist "Nob Hill" Becomes San Francisco
s "Oz"
By Jean Kalisch
Located in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco’s elegant Nob Hill caught the eye of Japanese-born, Californian painter Jean Kalisch ((1912-1995). In this atmospheric cityscape, the artist has rendered the famously e...
Category
1960s Cubist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
San Francisco
s Broadway Tunnel
By Jean Kalisch
Located in San Francisco, CA
San Francisco’s Broadway Tunnel caught the eye of Japanese-born, Californian painter Jean Kalisch ((1912-1995). In this atmospheric cityscape, the street glistens under rainy wintery...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Classic 19th-Century Beauty
Located in San Francisco, CA
Everything about this portrait denotes an aristocratic sitter. Enrobed in an off-white silken gown, the young lady is adorned by a string of pearls extending beyond her waist. Since ...
Category
19th Century Other Art Style Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
After Jean Miró, Pink and Purple Surrealism at Play
By (after) Joan Miró
Located in San Francisco, CA
There’s been a lot of gray and stainless steel in decorating in recent years. For someone tentatively thinking of introducing some fresh excitement into their minimalist maison, cons...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The New Yorker Magazine Cover Art of The Metropolitan Museum
By Charles E. Martin
Located in San Francisco, CA
This especially rare original watercolor painting by American artist Charles E. Martin (1910-1995), depicting The Metropolitan Museum of Art in winter, appeared as the cover art for ...
Category
1960s American Modern Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
Magnificent, Tragic Clipper
Located in San Francisco, CA
Here we have an intricately detailed mystery ship captured under full sail, flying an American flag, in unknown but well-painted seas. Noted on the verso, actually inked on the aged ...
Category
Early 1900s Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Carlo Maratti “Mary Virgin Assumed”
By Carlo Maratti
Located in San Francisco, CA
Carlo Maratti: 1625-1713. Very well listed 17 century Italian master. He has had Auction results over $1 million for a painting and over $4000 for an etching. He often printed etchin...
Category
17th Century Italian School Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Luigi Lucioni Vermont Barn
By Luigi Lucioni
Located in San Francisco, CA
Luigi Lucioni: 1900-1988. Very well listed American Painter and etcher. He has Auction results as high as $4600 for an etching. This adding is most likely a barn in Vermont.. It meas...
Category
1950s American Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
