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Item Ships From: California
Love Hurts - Colorful Figurative Pin Up Cowgirl Western Mixed Media Art on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jesse’s imagery often merges playful and gritty elements, blending floral patterns, vintage-inspired designs, and bold outlines with a touch of whimsy. His artwork exudes a sense of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
The Colors of the Mind - Bold Framed Original Abstract Portrait Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian artist Alessandro Casetti's paintings metaphorically represent all the emotions, fears, and hopes that populate our daily life inside and outside of our own bodies. Through a...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Revenge - Playful Figurative Pin Up Cowgirl Western Mixed Media Art on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Jesse’s imagery often merges playful and gritty elements, blending floral patterns, vintage-inspired designs, and bold outlines with a touch of whimsy. His artwork exudes a sense of ...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
“A Simple Swim”- oil on canvas, framed
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Using the striking imagery that is abundant in the California landscape, queer artist Kory Alexander creates dreamy paintings that are flooded with vibrancy and movement. Kory consid...
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2010s California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Feast" - Very Large Epic Figurative Expressionist Surrealist Abstract Scene
By Steven H. Rehfeld
Located in Carmel, CA
Steven H. Rehfeld (American, born 1954)
"Feast" 2021
Oil paint, Canvas, Stretcher bars
The artist signed the back of the painting.
"Feast" by Steven H. Rehfeld emerges as a triumpha...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Figure Painting, Nature, Green Flora, Picnic Among the Ferns by America Martin
By America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Picnic Among the Ferns"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
40 x 60 inches
41.5 x 61.5 inches framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based Ameri...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$17,920 Sale Price
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Assemblage with Mirror on Monumental Canvas
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale abstract assemblage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b.1957). Lively assemblage with various items: Paintings, small mirrors, biological illustrations of bird...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Polystyrene, Wood, Paper, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$3,880 Sale Price
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Young Pierrot
, Arlequino, Harlequin, Costume Party, Fancy Dress Ball
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Fiedler' (20th century) and painted circa 1965.
A sensitively realized study of a young boy dressed for a costume party as Arlequino and shown gazing directly t...
Category
1960s California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Mary with Jesus and St. John the Baptist
, 17th Century Milanese School Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Mary with Jesus and St. John the Baptist', 17th Century Milanese School Oil
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A late 17th century, devotional oil showing the Virgin Mary with Jesus and St. John the Baptist. ...
Category
Mid-17th Century California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
California Coast
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "California Coast" 1978 is an oil painting on hard board by noted California artist Robert Wee, 1927-2021. It is signed at the lower right corn...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Montmartre, Place du Tertre
, Paris, Woman Modernist, AIC, Smithsonian, Carmel
By Patricia Stanley Cunningham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Patricia Cunningham' for Patricia Stanley Cunningham (American, 1907-1984) and painted circa 1965.
The first woman to serve as president of the Carmel Art Assoc...
Category
1960s California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Emily - Colorful Original Figurative Painting on Canvas
By Kate Tova
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vibrant multimedia artworks incorporate reflective mediums and thick textures in Kate Tova's work. Colors splash across the page melding into flourishes of sequins, rhinestones, and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Sequins, Glitter, Mixed Media, Acrylic
"Kachina Eagle Dancer" - 1939 Hopi Serigraph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Kachina Eagle Dancer" - 1939 Serigraph
Serigraph of a Kachina Eagle Dancer by Hopi Pueblo artist Kyrate Tuvahoema (Native American, 1914-1942). The Kachina Eagle Dancer wears a vib...
Category
1930s Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Chanteuse Esagmole
By Eller (Lucien Roudier)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
LUCIEN ROUDIER ELLER
1894-1940
“CHANTEUSE ESPAGNOLE”
MIXED MEDIA, SIGNED
FRENCH, C.1925
27.25 X 38.5 INCHES
Lucien Roudier Eller
1894-1940
It is thought the name Eller was a combina...
Category
1920s Art Deco California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Tiana - Original Sally K Figurative Artwork
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, femi...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Porte d
Allemagne en la neige, a la Nuit, 1908-09 EDOUARD CORTES Metz, France
By Édouard Leon Cortès
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Set in Metz, France before the medieval Porte d’Allemagne, this early large-format pastel captures a city at the threshold of modernity. The scene unfolds on a wintry evening where m...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Laid Paper
The Blue Dress 26 - Abstract Flowy Minimalist Figurative Ink Painting on Paper
By Bettina Mauel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses dynamism and sensuality in her paintings: “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, flowers, and people in motion, capturing th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Ink, Mixed Media, Graphite
Mid Century Modern Surrealist Hawaiian Visionary Art - The Dream
the Dreamers
By Marguerite Blasingame
Located in Soquel, CA
Symbolic and surreal landscape with three women in a mystical garden setting walking toward a plaque "The dream and the dreamer are one" by Marguerite Louis Blasingame (American; 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Unique painting with dream-like quality with three blonde figures looking at a garden folly...
Category
1940s Futurist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
The Green Dress 19 - Minimalist Figurative Original Ink Painting on French Linen
By Bettina Mauel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses vitality and sensuality in her abstract and figurative paintings. “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, dancers and people ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Ink, Mixed Media, Graphite
Reflection Figurative Impressionism Oil Painting Handmade Artwork One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ashot Muradyan
Work: Original Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Linen
Year: 2025
Style: Figurative Impressionism
Title: Reflection
Size: 15" x 23.5 "...
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Chevrolet Bel Air 1957 - 3D Textured Line Retro Car Figurative Pop Art Painting
By Virginie Schroeder
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Virginie Schroeder is an innovative artist based in Quebec, Canada. She puts in play lines, circles and other geometric forms to create works with subjects that are not immediately v...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Money Talks II (Original Contemporary and one of a kind Masterpiece)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**STORE CLOSURE - UP TO 80% OFF - TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT**
***EVERYTHING MUST GO BY DECEMBER 31ST!***
***The artist is moving to a new full time venture in 2026*...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Acrylic, Cotton Canvas
Boy Climbing a Structure
By Gunnar Donald Anderson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Boy Climbing a Structure" c.1990 is an oil painting on panel by noted American artist Gunnar Donald Anderson, b.1927-2022. It is s...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Empowering #20 - Original Colorful Quirky Women Figurative Mixed Media Artwork
By Fabio Coruzzi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian artist Fabio Coruzzi merges painting and photography into one imaginative image that offers a new outlook on an otherwise ordinary urban scene. His artworks represent an auth...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
Woman Abstracted Figure, Palm, Acrylic on Canvas, Desert Oasis by Rebecca Jack
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Rebecca Jack
"Desert Oasis"
Acrylic on Canvas
36 x 60 in.
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Rebecca Jack, an intuitive painter, creates vibrant, figurative works that highlight the beaut...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,760 Sale Price
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Transparent Dream Figurative Surrealism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Tigran Hovumyan
Figurative Surrealist Oil Painter
Artwork Title: Transparent Dream
Medium: Original Oil on Linen
Dimensions: 43" x 37" x 1" (109 x 94 x 3 cm)
Year: 2017
Unframed, St...
Category
2010s Surrealist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
People of the Village
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "People of the Village" c.1980, is an oil painting on canvas by Hungarian artist Anton Kowalski, b.1926. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 21 x 24 inches, framed size is 26.5 x 30.5 inches. Framed in original dark wood and green frame, with fabric liner. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
The artist was born in Sopron in Hungary in 1926. He was a student of the Academy of Budapest and during the uprising in 1956 against Communism he escaped from Hungary to Vienna where he now lives and works.
He has become internationally known for his (typically East European style) “Naive” paintings depicting Village life in the four seasons in glorious color. Children especially like his works as each one tells a story.
He has exhibited in many Galleries throughout Europe, particularly in Munich, Vienna, Tokyo, and Harrods in London. His work has been on permanent exhibition at the Stewart Gallery...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern Reclining Nude Study of Red Haired Woman
By Patricia Gren Hayes
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern nude study of red-haired woman reclining seated by American painter, Patricia Gren Hayes (b. 1932), 1979.
Signed and dated on verso
Provenance: Purchased as part of larger collection of artist's work
Unframed.
Canvas size: 16"H x 20"W.
Patricia Gren Hayes (American, b. 1932) is a Bay Area Figurative & Feminist Art Movement artist who studied at Winnipeg Public Art School in 1950. She received early recognition in Museum and Gallery competitions and exhibitions and was awarded a Special Education in Art recognition by the Winnipeg Museum of Fine Art, and was awarded a scholarship to the Banff College of Fine Art. Further studies were at The University of Manitoba.
She was a Member of Winnipeg Free Press Sketch Club and was a Cartoonist and paste-up for a French-English bi-weekly, in Eastern Canada;
She studied outdoor impressionism in New York in 1960; in 1962, attended The California College of Arts and Crafts, and in 1976 B.A., U.C. Berkeley where she studied under Elmer Bischoff, David Simpson, Joan Brown, Felix Ruvolo, Yolanda Lopez and Vincent Perez.
She started a freelance commercial art business in 1963; copyrighted a National Cartoon, 1976, and served as Exhibition Director for San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976-1978. She was a workshop instructor at the San Francisco Woman Artists Gallery, 1977-1985; and was Manager/Owner Stanton Art Gallery, Alameda, CA, 1976-1982.
Solo Exhibitions:
Berkeley Marina, 1974;
Oakland Center for The Visual Arts, "Images of Women", 1979
Group Exhibitions:
Oakland's Dept of Education, 1963, Studio One;
Alameda County Fair, 1975, 1976, 1978;
San Francisco Art Festival, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1978;
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976, 1977, 1978;
San Francisco Women Artists Gallery Exhibition, award winner - 1970, 1977, 1978;
Hayward Bay Fair Art Festival, award winner - 1971;
Capricorn Assunder Gallery, 1973;
Oakland Art Festival, 1973, 1974;
Alameda Art Association, 1978;
El Cerrito...
Category
1970s American Modern California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,200 Sale Price
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Time To Grow - Hyperrealist Botanical Flower Still Life Oil Painting
By Katharina Husslein
Located in Los Angeles, CA
With a contemporary perspective on landscape painting and inspired by paintings created by old masters, German artist Katharina Husslein paints in a representational manner to captur...
Category
2010s Photorealist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Early 20th Century Likeness of Jack London
By Robert Alexander Graham
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Likeness of Jack London
Wonderful portrait of a gentleman with a striking likeness to Jack London by Robert Alexander Graham (American, ...
Category
Early 1900s Realist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$2,120 Sale Price
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Money Talks V (Original Contemporary and one of a kind Masterpiece)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**STORE CLOSURE - UP TO 80% OFF - TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT**
***EVERYTHING MUST GO BY DECEMBER 31ST!***
***The artist is moving to a new full time venture in 2026*...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
Andy Warhol - Original Gary John Street Art Pop Painting on Newspaper
By Gary John
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles street artist Gary John exploded onto the international art scene first during Art Basel Miami in 2013. John’s playfully bold work quickly gained attention and he was nam...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Newsprint
Summer Afternoon Stroll Watercolor Lower Eastside - Urban Modernist 1936 Signed
By Bernard Von Eichman
Located in Soquel, CA
Summer Afternoon Stroll Watercolor Lower Eastside - Urban Modernist 1936 Signed
Stunning New York City urban modernist watercolor titled "Summer Afternoon Stroll" by Society of Six...
Category
1930s American Modern California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Rossana By Bruno Paoli - Figurative Painting
Located in Carmel, CA
Certificate of authenticity and artist catalogue are included.
Bruno Paoli (1915-2005)
Teaching the masters helped create this contemporary master.
Bruno was a professor of art in F...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$17,520 Sale Price
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Protupka 19th century, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Alexander Litvinov
Work: Original oil painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Style: Classic Figurative
Year: 2005
Title: Protupka 19th century
Size:...
Category
2010s Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
All Together
By Florence Cadene
Located in Pasadena, CA
Florence Cadène’s artwork is like natural history, a sensitive memory in the heart of animal nations, a possible communion between the eyes of humans and all dimensions of life.
Flo...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,500 Sale Price
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Full Colors - Original Abstract Colorful Playful Painting
By Leonardo Aguirre
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Uruguayan artist Leonardo Aguirre creates visually animated surreal scenes in a theatrical environment. Aguirre rearranges whimsical components into unexpectedly harmonious ways of surreal settings that could only exist in an alternate dimension. The idea of a colorful atmosphere with everyday recognizable signs and elements allows the art aficionado to imagine scenes one day and discover another story the next day. His work is a post-constructivist style that has roots in the legacy school of Torres-García.
This one-of-a-kind 39-inch high by 47-inch wide original artwork is stretched, wired, and ready to hang. The sides are painted. It does not require framing and is signed by the artist on the front of the artwork. A certificate of authenticity issued by the art gallery is included. Free local Los Angeles area delivery. Affordable U.S. and global shipping is available.
Aguirre's architectural training is evident in his expert use of planes of color and precise brushwork to construct immersive, surreal environments that transport viewers to alternate dimensions. His whimsical rearrangement of everyday objects and recognizable signs creates unexpectedly harmonious settings that are visually stunning and emotionally evocative. Aguirre's artworks invite viewers to explore his mini-universes and discover new stories with each visit.
Aguirre was born and lives in Montevideo, Uruguay. His works have been exhibited in Italy, Uruguay, Belgium, the UK, Argentina, Chicago, and Los Angeles.
REPRESENTATION
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA
EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Celebrating Latinx Artists”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2021 “Light On Your Feet”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2020 “Hidden Keyholes”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA
2017 Art for the People Gallery, Austin, Texas, USA
2016 Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA
2015 Bohemian Art Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay
2015 Rhizome Gallery, Las Vegas, USA
2014 Chicago Art Space Gallery, Chicago, USA
2014 10 años Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, USA
2013 Chicago Art Space Gallery, Chicago, USA
2013 Galeria Pueblo Garzón, Uruguay
2012 Trifecta Gallery, “6191”, Las Vegas, USA
2011 Golf Club, Montevideo, Uruguay
2011 Colectiva Bolosano Arts Hotel Piazza Mazzini 35
2010 Castells Art Gallery, Montevideo, Uruguay
2010 Nuestro norte es el sur Venice, Italy
2010 Ristoranti Cultural Space “il Simposio”, Trento, Italy
2010 Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, USA
2009 Mvd Art Gallery, The Famous Grouse, Montevideo, Uruguay
2009 Wallione de Bruxelles (Grand Place), Belgium
2009 Lido de Venezia Muestra Colectiva, Italy
2009 Agosto Torri del Benaco, Italy
2009 Palazzao della gran Guardia, Verona, Italy
2009 Museo Rawson, Pedro Meyer, Luis Camnitzer
2009 Lla Patagonia, Argentina
2009 Woburn Gallery Studios, United Kingdom
2008 Basilicata Collective Show, Italy
2007 100 Años Punta del Este...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artworl "Landscape" c. 1935 is an oil painting on hardboard by renown California artist Frank Joseph Girardin, 1856-1945. It is signed at the lower right corner. The hardboard size is 20 x 30 inches, framed size is 30.5 x 40.5 inches. Framed in a wooden beige frame, with fabric liner. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1856, Frank joseph Girardin began his art instruction in 1870 under Frank Noble and later Frank Duveneck at the Cincinnati Art Academy. A semi-pro baseball player in Cincinnati, he was best known for his beautiful landscapes of both Indiana and California.
An extremely active participant in the development of the Art Association of Richmond and original member of the local Sketch Club, he served on the Board of Directors of Art Association for several years. He was considered ranked next to the late John E. Bundy in talent and skill by the former Art Association Director, Mrs. Ella Bond Johnston. It was during his time in Indiana, that he received the most recognition for his work. In 1903, he won first prize for his painting, "Lingering Snow" at the Cincinnati Art Club Show. This would be one of numerous prizes and awards the he would receive during his time in Indiana, including the coveted Mary T...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Impression Figurative Surrealism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Tigran Hovumyan
Figurative Surrealist Oil Painter
Artwork Title: Impression
Medium: Original Oil on Linen
Dimensions: 45" x 30" x 1" (114 x 76 x 3 cm)
Year: 2024
Unframed, Stretched...
Category
2010s Surrealist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,000 Sale Price
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Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
By Albert Genta
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Albert Genta (French, 1901-1989)
Title: "Jardin des Tuileries, Paris"
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Oil on panel
Panel size size: 10.85 x 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Family Dinner
, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Festive Reunion, Large Naive Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Pauer' for Jacalyn Pauer (American, 20th century) and dated 1991. Additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'The Family Dinner'.
A substantial, American oil paint...
Category
1990s Folk Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Still life Flowers in a Vase
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Still Life Flowers in a Vase" c.1960 is an oil painting on canvas by noted California artist John William Orth, 1889-1976. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The canvas size is 36 x 30 inches, framed size is 46.5 x 40.5 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold with brown patina frame, with fabric and gold liner. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
John W. Orth was born in Bavaria in 1889. He sold his first painting, a water color, when he was 13. At age 15 studied under a scholarship at Nuremberg's College of Fine Arts. Three years later, again on a scholarship, he attended Munich's Academy of Fine Arts. From there he went on to study at the Art Academy Julien in Paris and then traveled throughout Europe, studying work by the Old Masters.
For Nuremberg's Albrecht Durer Museum, he was commissioned to reproduce a number of Durer's paintings, and representatives of The Rhineland's Barmen Museum purchased his painting of The Prodigal Son. In 1922, Louis Mayer, an accomplished artist himself, purchased Orth's The Prophet from among thousands of paintings displayed at Munich's Glas Palast. He declared Orth's painting "the work of a genius," and for three years The Prophet was hung, by invitation, in the Brooklyn Art Museum.
Already an established artist at age 34, Orth left his troubled country in 1923 to escape certain persecution for his outspoken liberal views on race, religion and politics. He came to America to start anew. Here, he felt certain, his restless spirit could continue to grow, his career to flourish in an environment of freedom, which encouraged individual expression and unrestrained thought.
In the United States, John Orth did portraits of notables including Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy, Richard M. Nixon, Marian Anderson...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Seated Nude Woman American Impressionist School 1940s by Fred Yost
Located in Soquel, CA
Seated Nude Woman American Figurative School 1940s
Mid-century American impressionist painting of a woman by American artist Frederick "Fred" Yost (American/Swiss, 1888-1968). He studied: at Mt. Union Col., Alliance, OH; American Students League, New York, and with Homer Boss, John Sloan, Robert Henri, R. Lahey. The painting gleans much form his studies with John Sloan and Robert Henri in the French post-impressionist style.
Image 24"H x 18"W
Frame, 30"H x 24"W x 1.5"D
Signed "Yost" lower right
Painter, lithographer, teacher, lecturer
About Fred's life: by Hal Fry of the Herald
“Fred Does Whatever He Likes” was a title given to a biography
written about Fred Yost by Hal Fry of the Herald. The following is
taken directly from this column: “Fred Yost’s living style is like his
painting style. He has fun with it. Fred John Yost was born in
Switzerland, he’ sure, on November 6, 1889, he thinks.
His father John brought the family to his country when Fred was
about a year old—first to New York and later to
Canton, Sebring and finally Alliance, where Yost Sr.
loaded freight for a railroad. Fred like drawing and painting
so far back he can’t remember how or when it started—it was
always that way. But through the public schools in Alliance
he didn’t think of this as a career possibility. He wanted to be a
newspaperman. He worked his way through Mt. Union College,
finishing, he thinks, about 1912. Then he beat it for New York and
after kicking around for a time got a job as a proofreader for the
Wall Street Journal. He combined this and art school until
World War I took him into the Army. In infantry, field artillery and
ordnance duties he served with the 27th New York Division
through St. Mihiel and the Argonne and the rest—in the process
getting his hearing clobbered by blasts from his outfit’s own guns.
Coming out a Sergeant in 1919, he went back to the
Wall Street Journal briefly—then caught on as a staff artist for the
(New York) Herald. For several years, when he felt like it,
Yost would take a bus to the Mexican border and switch to a
Mexican bus to carry him way down south, then make it any way
he could to the places he wanted to see. On these trips he
virtually becomes a peon, disappearing totally from those who
know him—living with, like and clearly thoroughly liked by the
people among whom he moves.” Yost was a graduate of the
Art Students League and past president of the Ohio Watercolor
Society. Fred Yost, a man who eminently loved the Mexican
landscape,
Exhibited: S. Indp. A., 1928, 1930-33; MMA, 1945; AIC; Butler AI, 1947-1951; Ohio WC Soc.; PAFA, 1948-1950; Akron AI, 1947-1951, 1958; Fla. Southern Col., 1952; Ohio Univ., 1950; Columbus Gal. FA, 1947-50; AWCS, 1958; Salons of Am.; 3 solo: Canton AI; Akron AI, Springfield Mus. A. Contributor to Ford Times, 1958-59. Awards: prizes, Massilon Museum, 1944; Ohio Watercolor Society, 1944, 1948; Indianapolis, Ind., 1944; Tri-State Pr. M., 1945, 1946; Butler AI, 1946; Youngstown Pub. Schools, 1946 (prize); Ohio Univ., 1950; Ethel Printz award, 1950; Fla. Southern Col., 1952; Akron AI, 1952, 1956-1958; Canton AI, 1961, 1963; medal, Phila. Pa., 1950
Member: Ohio Watercolor Society (president)
Work: Massillon Mus.; Youngstown Pub. Sch. Coll.; Butler AI; Akron AI; Kennedy & Co., NY; Beaver Col., Beaver Falls, Pa.; Block Gal., Indianapolis; Prospect Park, NY; murals, Sioux City Steak House; Sioux City A. Center; City Hall, Sioux City; Akron AI; Evangelical Church, Akron; Rockefeller Center; Radio City, NY; Brooklyn Zoological Park. Affiliated with NYC Park Dept. Mural Projects.
Comments: Came to U. S. in 1889. Position: teacher, Butler AI; Akron AI; instr., Akron AI, Akron, Ohio; cur. Historical House of Refuge...
Category
1940s American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
$2,000 Sale Price
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Mid Century Carmel-by-the Sea Cypress on the Bluff Coastal Plein Air Landscape
By Genevieve Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Carmel Cypress Plein Air Landscape in Oil Pastel by Genevieve Rogers
Two wind-sculpted Monterey cypress trees cling to rugged coastal bluff...
Category
1960s American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Board, Cardboard
Two Lovers - Abstract Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mark Acetelli’s oil and mixed media paintings awaken the viewer’s sense of exploration and adventure; they demand a new discovery. His artworks exhibit a chemistry of complexity and ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Female Figure, Flora, Classical Art, Eve In Blue and White by America Martin
By America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Eve In Blue and White"
Oil & Acrylic on Canvas
120 x 42 inches
120.5 x 42.5 inches framed
Exploring the identity of both her namesake and country, LA-based America...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$28,800 Sale Price
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Fishing Village at Sunset by Ramos Philippines
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant coastal village scene by Ramoz (Ramos) (20th Century). The setting sun casts an orange glow across a coastal village. Two people carry baskets on their heads as they unload a...
Category
1960s English School California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,100 Sale Price
20% Off
A Cubist Cuban Country Chico
Located in San Francisco, CA
You cannot pass this doleful young man without engaging. If you have traveled, you have met him in the streets of Latin America, of India, of Africa and even some parts of the U.S. H...
Category
Early 2000s Cubist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
I Used to Dream - Original Figurative Vibrant Mixed Media Painting on Canvas
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rooted in introspection and emotional nuance, Xenia Gray’s figurative mixed media works capture the quiet tension between solitude and connection. Her paintings often depict the huma...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Oil, Acrylic
Contemporary art, the family, figures, Paul Guiragossian.
By Paul Guiragossian
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Here is one of Paul Guiragossian's 1960s oil paintings on canvas. The artwork's size, without the frame, is 31 x 23 inches. The overall composition represents a family, with the figu...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Angela - Large Original Colorful Floral Portrait Painting on Blue Background
By Sally K
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lebanese American artist Sally K.'s captivating floral portraits are both mesmerizing and empowering. Her pop-realistic paintings are inspired by strong, feminine women, celebrating ...
Category
2010s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
I Dream Of You
By John Randall Nelson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
John Randall Nelson’s paintings are layered with his own personal language consisting of patterns, symbols, and archetypes that may not make any literal sense but play on subconsciou...
Category
2010s Pop Art California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Panel
Meeting Figurative Surrealism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Tigran Hovumyan
Figurative Surrealist Oil Painter
Artwork Title: Meeting
Medium: Original Oil on Linen
Dimensions: 36" x 47" x 1" (91 x 120 x 3 cm)
Year: 2012
Unframed, Stretched o...
Category
2010s Surrealist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape, Paysage aux Bories
By Pierre Lavarenne
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Pierre Lavarenne (French, born 1928)
Title: Landscape, Paysage aux Bories
Year: Circa 1975
Medium: Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 15 x 18.25 inches
Signature: Signed lo...
Category
Late 20th Century Academic California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Nude in the Studio, in Front of the Mirror - Portrait in Oil on Artist
s Board
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude in the Studio, in Front of the Mirror - Portrait in Oil on Artist's Board
Elegant seated nude woman by Pau Milosevich (American, b. 1936). A woman is seated in a studio, in fro...
Category
1980s Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
Flow State - Original Colorful Urban Still Life Pointillist Textured Artwork
By Susan Gale
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Susan Gale's work explores the nostalgia of community by highlighting the juxtaposition between the peaceful, quiet, mystery of light, and the rush of visually invoked sensation. She...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Panel
"Christmas Morn" Sleigh in the Snow after W.C Bauer, London Oil on Linen 1937
Located in Soquel, CA
"Christmas Morn" Sleigh in the Snow after W.C Bauer, London Oil on Linen 1937
Christmas Morning and a sleigh ride by Mrs. J.B. Anthony (American, 19th-20th C.)...
Category
1930s American Impressionist California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Oil on Canvas “Understander 8” by abstract-figurative artist, Frank Arnold
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Late 19th Century Cupids Forging Gold -- House of Vetti Frieze Pompeii
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful late 19th Century of two cupids forging gold drawn from a section of the 1st century CE cupids frieze from the triclinium or dining room from the House of the Vetti in Pomp...
Category
Late 19th Century Renaissance California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Portrait of a Woman in the Style of Modigliani in Acrylic (Blue Background)
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman in the Style of Modigliani in Acrylic (Blue Background)
Portrait of a woman in the style of Amedeo Modigliani by an unknown artist (20th century). The woman has ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern California - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Illustration Board
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