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Item Ships From: Continental US
A French Modern 1950s Watercolor of a Young Male Bather by Andre Delfau
By Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A vibrant, Modern 1950's watercolor of a young male bather kneeling against a sunny Mediterranean beach by notable French artist Andre Delfau. Painted most likely near Marseille in ...
Category
1950s Modern Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Along Central Park. New York City Street Scene Original Oil Painting.
Located in Marco Island, FL
New York City scene of two women walking down a sidewalk with a park in the background, in the foreground a man is walking a small dog. American life is captured in this Clyde Sing...
Category
1970s American Realist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Beneath Ingram Falls Morning (2004), Realist Mountain Pastel Landscape Painting
By Bruce A Gómez
Located in Denver, CO
Artist Statement
I've been working in pastel full-time for the last twenty-nine years and have been teaching workshops for the past fifteen. My artistic influences range from Paleol...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Leaping figure / oil on canvas
By David Shevlino
Located in Burlingame, CA
David Shevlino figures beautifully link traditional representation with abstraction. Through Shevlino’s sensuous application of paint, his use of broad brushstrokes followed by a tig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Deep Magenta Dress 6 - Minimalist Figurative Original Ink Painting on Paper
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 Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Ink, Mixed Media, Graphite
Manning de Villenueve Lee Early 20th Century India
Located in San Francisco, CA
Manning de Villenueve Lee:1894-1980. Well listed American painter and illustrator with Auction records up to $22,500. This spectacular painting is one of our favorites. Probably pain...
Category
1940s American Realist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Favorite Day (Abstracted Moody Landscape in Earth tones)
By David Konigsberg
Located in Hudson, NY
Favorite Day (Abstracted Moody Landscape in Earth tones) by David Konigsberg
2025, oil on panel, 24 x 32 inches
Konigsberg is a conceptual realist who works across media and paintin...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Early 20th Century Portrait of a Chinese Girl, Cleveland School Artist
By Sandor Vago
Located in Beachwood, OH
Sandor Vago (Hungarian/American 1887-1946)
The Chinese Girl, 1925
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
34 x 30 inches
38 x 34 inches, framed
Exhibited: Clevela...
Category
1920s Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Franklin Atwood Park, VP of Singer Mfg. Co.
Stately portrait of Franklin Atwood Park by Arthur Trevethin Nowell (British, 1862-1940). Park is sitting for a classical portrait, wearing a suit with a blue bowtie against a dark background. Of particular note are his glasses and moustache, both rendered with expert detail. Park was the VP and Chairman of the Board for Singer Manufacturing Company and Manager of the Singer Division in Scotland when the portrait was commissioned. We show a digital image of a photographic portrait of Franklin.
Signed and dated "A T Nowell. 1922"
Includes paper with biographical information on the sitter.
Frame size: 37.5"H x 32.5"W
Canvas size: 30"H x 25"W
Arthur Nowell (British, 1862-1940) was born at Garndiffath, near Pontypool, and was the youngest of six children born to the Rev. John Nowell and his wife Mary...
Category
1920s American Modern Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$3,600 Sale Price
22% Off
The Wisdom of Delight
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Sur Le Boulevard Paris" Colorful Impressionist Cityscape Scene Oil on Canvas
By Johannes Schiefer
Located in New York, NY
A charming Parisian scene oil on canvas painting by the French artist, Johannes Schiefer. This painting is a wonderful example of his work from the prime of his career. Capturing a v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A Guardian Angel Leading a Child
Located in New York, NY
Provenance: Private Collection, Argentina; there acquired by
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest T. Harper, New York, by 1960; by descent to:
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Harper, New York, until 2024.
This s...
Category
18th Century Old Masters Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Cherries and Tea" Original Oil Painting by Marsha Whitesides Piper
By Marsha Whitesides Piper
Located in Denver, CO
Marsha Whitesides Piper's (US based) "Cherries and Tea" is an oil painting depicting six red cherries placed with a reflective tea kettle in a dark interior.
Artist statement:
The ...
Category
2010s Academic Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Masks We Wear, Everybody Wants A Piece" – Painting, Surreal Cowboy with Emu
Located in Denver, CO
"Masks We Wear, Everybody Wants A Piece" is a 2024 acrylic and oil painting on canvas by 3rd Version (Ben Patterson), measuring 48 x 36 x 2.5 inches, with a framed size of 50 x 38 in...
Category
2010s American Realist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Panel
Sand Dollar Hunt, Oil Painting
By Onelio Marrero
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Three children show quiet determination as they dig for sand dollars during low tide. Their curiosity and focus bring wonder to the coastal scene. Energetic str...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage American Female Figurative Oil Painting"Old Stuguesant"1977
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5048 Vintage female figurative oil painting on canvas
Set in a custom wood frame
Image size 13.5x10.5"
Signed T.Torrenti 1977
Matching painting to # 5047
Category
1970s Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Seashore, Coastal 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: Impressionism,
Title: Seashore
Size: 13.5" x 16 " x 0.8 '' in...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Field and Orchard (Land and Skyscape with Open Field and Dark Treeline)
By David Konigsberg
Located in Hudson, NY
Field and Orchard (Land and Skyscape with Open Field and Dark Treeline) by David Konigsberg
2025, oil on panel, 23.5 x 24 inches
Konigsberg is a conceptual realist who works across ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Croquet" John Cousins Lawrence, British, Coast, Playing in the Field
Located in New York, NY
John Cousins Lawrence
Croquet
Signed lower right and on the overlap
Oil on canvas
25 x 30 inches
Category
1870s Academic Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Ocean Breeze, Impressionism, Original oil Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Ara H. Hakobyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind.
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Year: 2024
Style: Impressionism
Title: Ocean Breeze
Size: 31.5" x 39.5" x ...
Category
2010s Academic Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Dancing with the Stars in Paris" Figure in Haute Couture Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
Exploring the purity of the feminine form and the drama of French haute couture, artist Cindy Shaoul creates a dialogue between the figurative and the abstract. Her spirited composit...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper, Mixed Media
Dreamers - Original Feminine Figurative Abstract Acrylic 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 Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Study of Figures Resting By the Rivers Edge
By Charles Sprague Pearce
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
This evocative oil study by Charles Sprague Pearce captures a rare moment of stillness in the lives of two working women. Seated along a golden riverbank, their figures are bathed in...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Sailing at Dusk" Realist Oil Painting on Canvas Board of Sailboat in Open Sea
By George Nemethy
Located in New York, NY
George Nemethy finds his inspiration in moments of quiet and solitude. Where he finds himself one with the sea and the sky and the tranquil world which he freely escapes to. Trained from an early age by his father Albert Nemethy, a world-renowned painter known best for his large scale steamer boats, George found...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
A Dynamic Mid-Century Modern Landscape Painting w. Female Figures by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A large, dynamic Mid-Century Modern summer landscape painting with female bathers by noted Chicago artist, Rudolph Pen. A wonderful example of the artist's uniquely expressive figur...
Category
1960s American Modern Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Bold Abstract and Figurative Composition in Blue and red Acrylic on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold Abstract and Figurative Composition in Blue and red Acrylic on Paper
Bright and colorful abstracted figural painting by California-based artist, Ricardo de Silva (American/Bra...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper
$2,120 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 19th Century Study of Titian
s "Lucretia and her Husband Lucius"
Located in Soquel, CA
Copy after Titian's Renaissance Painting "Lucretia and Her Husband Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus"
Robert Azensky Fine art is pleased to offer this copy after Titian's Renaissance mas...
Category
19th Century Italian School Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Stretcher Bars
Seaside Café Scene – Figurative Impressionist Oil on canvas Signed, Ornate Frame
Located in Palm Coast, FL
Offered for sale is a vibrant and whimsical oil on canvas, signed in the lower right, depicting an elegant seaside café scene. The composition shows three stylishly dressed women sea...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Turn of 20th Century Mt. Shasta Landscape with Deer
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous turn of the 20th Century Mount Shasta landscape by Anna Carver Bingham (American, 1849 - 1924), 1901. Several deer gather around calm waters that...
Category
Early 1900s American Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
Pantheum Moonlight, Early 20th century surrealist landscape, Cleveland School
By Ferdinand Burgdorff
Located in Beachwood, OH
Ferdinand Burgdorff (American, 1881-1975)
Pantheum Moonlight, 1916
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated lower right
16 x 24 inches
21.5 x 29.5 inches, framed
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Ferd...
Category
1910s Surrealist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Day at Jardin De Tuileries" Impressionistic Park Scene style of Jules Herve
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts an impressionistic scene of a summer day at the Jardin De Tuileries in Paris with beautiful brushwork and whimsical colors. The work is a following of Jules Her...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seascape at night in Provence
By Robert Lemonnier
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Lemonnier (French, 1883-1958)
Title: Seascape at night in Provence
Year: Circa 1920
Medium: Oil on canvas
Canvas size: 1.75 x 23.75 inches
Signature: Signed ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Excavator
By Ben Abril
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Excavator" c.1990 is an oil painting on canvas attributed to American artist Ben Abril, 1923-1995. It is signed at the lower left corner. The c...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,403
Conversation in the Theater - Expressionist Figurative Abstract
By Jane Voitle Mellin
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold and expressive large scale figurative abstract painting of two people conversing in a theater, with a silhouette of a third figure in the foreground, by Jane Voitle Mellin (Amer...
Category
1970s Post-War Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,720 Sale Price
20% Off
Brood (Collage Landscape of Chicken Farm and Reclining Female Figure)
Located in Hudson, NY
Brood (Collage Landscape of Chicken Farm and Reclining Female Figure) by Olan Quattro
2024, gouache, paper, and acrylic on wood panel, 18 x 24 inches
Olan Quattro's subtle and sophi...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Wood Panel
"Sky 61" Oil Painting
By James Van Fossan
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Sky 61" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a skyscape of grey and white clouds arching through a blue sky and the sunlight dances through it.
Category
2010s Photorealist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"Along the Seine by Hotel de Paris" 20th Century Post-Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
In this piece, the artist depicts his subject in an abstract and impressionistic way, capturing the busy Seine by the Hotel de Paris. The streets of Paris are portrayed in the distan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Wild Dance Party at The Coco Cabana Oversized Oil Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
6111 Wild dance party at the COCO CABANA
Rapped canvas
Signed Hannibal
Category
1970s Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Streets of London" (2023) by Clyde Steadman, Original Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Streets of London" by Clyde Steadman (United States) is a handmade cityscape painting that is unframed, but ready to hang.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Palm Springs City Hall - Original Blue Landscape California Desert Artwork
By Kathleen Keifer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer's original artworks represent one of the most significant expressions of New California Realism. Keifer brings a fresh perspective to her colorful scenes of everyday ...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Early 20th century Chicken with Chicks on a next in a farm Yard landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Louise Lenka
German, early 20th century
Chicken and Chicks in a Barnyard Landscape
Circa 1910
Oil on panel
Signed lower right
In a gilt period frame
A finely painted early 20th-cen...
Category
1910s Victorian Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Nude Figurative art Original oil Painting One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Eduard Matevosyan
Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Oil on Paper
Year: 2025
Style: Figurative art
Title: Nude
Size: 16" x 12" x 0.1'' inch...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
$1,600 Sale Price
20% Off
"Phone Home" - Oil Landscape Painting With Desert, Power Lines, and Distant Hous
By Mark Harrison
Located in Denver, CO
Mark Harrison’s "Phone Home" (2024) is a captivating original oil painting that immerses viewers in a solitary desert scene defined by expansive silence and subtle human presence. Se...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Follow the Wind II
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gwen Wong's work is both painterly and allegorical, caught somewhere in the middle between the representational painter and the narrator. "I am inspired by the idea of a childhood re...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Wanderer 11" Collapsing Houses in Ink Wash, Acrylic, and Collage by Seth Clark
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece, titled "Wanderer 11" is an original artwork by Seth Clark as part of his newest solo exhibition, "Passing Through" and is made of collage, charcoal, pastel, acrylic, and...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Graphite
Agapito Labios Girl with Birds
By Agapito Labios
Located in San Francisco, CA
Agapito Labios: 1898-1996. Well, listed Mexican Painter, who painted in the primitive Mexican style. He is best known for his paintings of young girls with either an inside or outsid...
Category
Mid-20th Century Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Rowers, Early Morning Practice
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Rowers, Early Morning Practice
n.d.
Signed in red, u.r.
Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite
38 x 82 inches (96.5 x 208.3 cm)
$10,000 + $900 framing...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
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Market Day Figurative Painting
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3509 Acrylic an artist board
Set in a natural wood frame
Image size 13.5x10.5"
Category
1950s Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
$280 Sale Price
30% Off
Woman with Clasped Hands
By Christopher Mudgett
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Woman with Clasped Hands, 2017
by Christopher Mudgett
A striking embodiment of strength and introspection, Woman with Clasped Hands (2017) challenges traditional portrayals of the f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Marie (Mother)" Large Oil Work of Woman and Child, Smiling in Leaves, Botanical
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Marie (Mother)" is an original artwork by Alain Jean-Baptiste and is made of oil sticks and oil paints on canvas and measures approximately 60"h x 48"w.
Alain Je...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Oil Crayon
Rooftops Power Lines, Five
Diamond: Abstract Cityscape Painting of Hudson NY
By Ricardo Mulero
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract cityscape painting of Hudson, NY rooftops with accents of pink, magenta, green, yellow and teal
"Rooftops Power Lines and Five & Diamond," by Hudson, NY based artist, Ricardo Mulero
12 x 6 inch oil on wood panel, Painted in 2021
Excellent condition, ready to hang as is
Signed, lower left
Ricardo Mulero is fascinated with capturing the brilliance of light and the contrast of natural beauty with utilitarian landscapes. Here, he abstracted the city skyline of Hudson, NY. Buildings and rooftops in shades of magenta, teal, and green are segmented in the foreground and cropped with black power lines. A soft yellow sky is layered with thin strokes of gesturally applied pale blue paint, furthering abstracting the city landscape. The piece is in excellent condition and ready to hang as is. The sides are painted a very dark, warm magenta so framing is not necessary.
About the Artist:
Growing up in Puerto Rico, I observed how people and nature could co-exist in harmony. Today, that principle guides my design and artistic work. My paintings are expressions that draw upon my life experiences, traditions, and surroundings. These unique environments inspire my oil paintings: Puerto Rico, where I grew up, New York City, Fire Island Pines...
Category
2010s Modern Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Old Master Flemish Oil on Canvas Baroque Painting Jesus Christ Ecce Homo 1630
Located in Portland, OR
An important Old Master oil on canvas painting by the Flemish artist, Jan Cossiers, a follower of the style of Caravaggio (1600-1671).
Born in Antwerp in 1600, Jan Cossiers was a pupil of his father, the painter Antoon Cossiers (died 1646/1647), and also studied under Cornelis de Vos...
Category
17th Century Baroque Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Earth and Sky" (2025), Original Impasto Landscape Oil Painting
By Sandra Pratt
Located in Denver, CO
"Earth and Sky" (2025) is a beautiful original impasto oil painting, created on linen panel by American artist Sandra Pratt, which depicts an abstracted landscape.
Born 1978,
Sandra...
Category
2010s Expressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Untitled (Venus)
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
Manuel Soto-Muñoz (1913-2000), Puerto Rican born American painter. Recipient award of merit Florida Southern College, 1958; prize Art Students League New York, 1950; 1st prize Salón ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Cavaliers sur la plage" André Brasilier, French Modernist, Horses on the Beach
By André Brasilier
Located in New York, NY
André Brasilier
Cavaliers sur la plage, 1977
Signed lower right
Oil on canvas
13 x 21 5/8 inches
French artist André Brasilier was born in 1929 in Saumur, a town in western Franc. ...
Category
1970s Modern Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Scrub and Pines, Early 20th Century Landscape, Cleveland May Show Exhibition
By William Grauer
Located in Beachwood, OH
William C. Grauer (American, 1895-1985)
Scrub and Pines, 1929
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
18 x 20 inches
24.5 x 26.5 inches, framed
Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, May Show ...
Category
1920s Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Peripheral Dream" by Jon Wassom, Mixed Media, Male Nude
Located in Denver, CO
Jon Wassom's "Peripheral Dream" is an original, handmade mixed media painting that depicts a male nude. This piece is unframed yet ready to hang.
Jon Was...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
$3,460 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Spanish Oil on Canvas Painting French Cavaliers Playing Chess Paris 1910
Located in Portland, OR
A very good large antique oil on canvas painting by the celebrated Spanish artist Maximo Juderias Caballero (1867-1951), Paris 1910.
The painting depicting an interior scene of 17th ...
Category
1910s Naturalistic Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Alte Fischerhutten - Expressionist Oil Painting of Fisherman’s Village, 1949
By Max Pechstein
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Alte Fischerhütten (1949) by Max Pechstein is an oil on canvas in which the artist transforms a humble cluster of weathered fishing huts into a study of light, form, and atmosphere. Broad, rhythmic brushstrokes delineate the worn timbers and thatched roofs, while a sky streaked with lavender and rose imbues the scene with a quiet, almost meditative luminosity. Pechstein's bold outlines and flattened perspective are tempered by a late-career restraint, allowing the simple geometry of dunes, huts, and sea to resonate with an almost timeless calm. The artwork is signed lower right, "HMPechstein 1949" and signed verso, "Alte Fischerhütten 1949 HMPechstein”
Provenance:
Private Collection, Europe
Lempertz, Cologne, June 15, 1966, lot 531
Selected Artists Galleries, New York, acquired by 1970
Private Collection, New York, acquired from the above
Private Collection, by descent from above
Phillips, New York, Wednesday, November 15, 2023, lot 123
Private Collection, acquired from the above
Literature:
Aya Soika, Max Pechstein The Catalgoue raisonne of oil paintings, Volume II 1919–1954, Munich, 2011, no. 1949/12, p. 490, illustrated
Hermann Max Pechstein was born on December 31, 1881, in Zwickau, into a working-class family headed by his father, a textile-mill craftsman. Drawn to art early on, he apprenticed as a decorative painter from 1896 to 1900 before enrolling at Dresden’s School of Applied Arts and, from 1902, studying under Otto Gussmann at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. His academic grounding—unique among his future peers—laid a solid foundation for the bold, expressive work that would follow.
In 1906 Erich Heckel invited Pechstein to join Die Brücke, the pioneering Expressionist collective, and he quickly became one of its most active members. Exposure to ethnographic wood carvings in Dresden in 1905 spurred his first woodcuts, and travels to Italy (1907) and Paris (1908)—where he befriended the Fauvist Kees van Dongen—expanded his palette and compositional daring. After relocating to Berlin in 1908, he co-founded the New Secession in 1910, serving as its chairman and gaining acclaim for richly colored prints inspired by Van Gogh, Matisse, and the Fauves.
With the outbreak of World War I, Pechstein’s peripatetic life took him from internment in Japan to service on the Western Front in 1916. In the revolution’s aftermath, he aligned with radical socialist art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Light 19, Figurative Painting. Mounted on a stretcher
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series of pieces is the result of an investigation into the use of light as a tool for the representation of reality and image creation. Starting in the 40s, the work of the art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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