Florida - Animal Paintings

Cover illustration for mid-century children's book publisher Merril Publishers. Signed lower right. Unframed. Retta Scott or Retta Worcester was (February 23, 1916 – August 26, 1990) was an pioneering Female Illustrator / American artist. She was the first woman to receive screen credit as an animator at the Walt Disney Animation Studios. Scott worked on storyboards to develop scenes of Bambi, his mother, and the film’s hunting dogs, on which she spent weeks to develop them into “vicious, snarling, really mean beasts.” Male artists in the company were stunned who initially assumed that only a man could create drawings with such intensity and technical skill. Her sketches caught the eye of Disney, so when the film went into production, she was assigned to animate scenes of hunting dogs chasing Faline. She worked under the film's supervising director, David D. Hand,and was tutored by Disney animator Eric Larson. This was a significant coup for the young woman, since at the 1930s-era Disney studio, women were considered only for routine tasks: "Ink and paint art was a laborious part of the animation process, and was solely the domain of women..." Her promotion to animator was in part thanks to the success of herself and other women such as Bianca Majolie, Sylvia Holland, and Mary Blair as storyboard artists. Even after receiving a promotion to animator, she and her animations continued being under appreciated in the industry. Though the most recognized Walt Disney female artist is Mary Blair, it is Retta Scott who opened up the doors for women in the animation industry. She became the first woman to receive screen credit as an animator. By the spring of 1941, Scott was also considered a "specialist in animal sketches." Scott helped produce Fantasia and Dumbo, as well as an adaptation of The Wind in the Willows that was later cancelled. She also made an appearance in The Reluctant Dragon...

"Panther" Figurative Animal Oil painting 39" x 39" inch by Alina Shimova PURE SOUL series Shimova cares about the conservation of the fauna. She draws public attention to the probl...

Here we have a delightful painting on masonite of an elephant and two birds, indistinctly signed in the lower left. Painted with bicycle paint in the distinctive naive Tingatinga style.

George Giusti is in the Art Directors Hall of Fame. George Giusti’s graphic designs and illustrations have graced the covers of Time, Fortune, Holiday. He collaborated with Herbert ...

Signature: Signed lower left and on the reverse Provenance: Shannon's Auctions D. Wigmore Fine Art Krushaar Galleries Christie's East October 3, 2000 Hand Carved Period Frame fr...

Alternate cover for Fortune Magazine February, 1940. Gouache on board. 350x285 mm; 13 3/4x11 1/4. Signed "A. Petrucelli" in lower left image. Tipped t...

This is an original unique watercolour by the artist. Florence Emily Lumb lived and exhibited her work between 1897 – 1901 in Liverpool at the Walker Art Gallery.

Acrylic and spray paint on canvas. Hand signed, titled, numbered and dated on verso by Hama Woods. Edition 2/4 (each is unique). Artwork size 24 x 20 inches. Canvas is stretched...

This painting, exemplifies the type of traditional portraits the artist Ariane Beigneux was specially known for. Here, Beigneux depicts the portrait of a little boy and horse in a realistic, and seemingly idealized manner. The artist uses local colors and controlled brushstrokes to render the subject, paying close attention to details adding a special clarity to the naturalism of the portrait. it is painted on Whatman illustration board. some drawing in the margins. Ariane Beigneux was born to French parents in Roxbury, CT in 1918 and passed in 2011. She studied art at the National Academy of Design with Gifford Beal, Sidney Dickinson and Ivan Olinsky and at the Art Students League in New York with Jon Corbino and Jean Liberte. Ariane painted professional artist childrens portraits for six decades. Her work was included in the book 6 Artists Paint a Portrait: Alfred Chadbourn...

Alice RoseProvensen and Martin Provensen were an American couple who illustrated more than 40 children's books together, 19 of which they also wrote and edited According to Alice, "we were a true collaboration. Martin and I really were one artist. The Provensens were a runner-up for the 1982 Caldecott Medal as illustrators of A Visit to William Blake's Inn by Nancy Willard (who won the companion Newbery Medal). Two years later they won the Caldecott for The Glorious Flight, the story of aviator Louis...

The beloved couple Alice and Martin Provensen were an American couple who illustrated more than 40 children's books. Martin Provensen creat...

Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front; signed, titled and dated on verso by the artist. Canvas is framed as pictured. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate o...

This work is an exceptional example of Kádár's mature Cubist style. It's effortlessly designed around a complex composition of nude men and women tending to horses in a surreal landscape with Greek columns, friezes and marshmello clouds set against a rich blue saturated sky. Kádár was a Hungarian painter influenced by Der Blaue Reiter...

This oil on canvas painting of a tiger and her cub in a savannah landscape is a contemporary artwork by the artist Tony Forrest, (b.1961). ...

Signed and dated to lower edge 'Paul Rand 11.52'. Collection of the artist - Mounted along upper eduge to matboard, Unframed.

Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Sabino Guisu (Mexican, b. 1986) Marking(s); notes: signed, marking(s); 2013 Materials: acrylic and black smoke on canvas Dimensions (H, W, D): 66.75"h,...

Gritty working class truck driver with tiger painting on truck door, is rendered in a flat and quick style with rapid brushstrokes defining the trucker. The tiger is painted in a t...

Sweetgrass Basket, Muscadine Grapes, and Black-throated Warbler

Albert Dunnington - The Road to Lochranza, Arran

A native son of New England, Peter Poskas III—like many American artists before him—derives inspiration from the charming towns and tranquil landscapes of coastal Maine and Connectic...

Evelyne Ballestra expresses a unique movement in each painting with a very subtle sensuality and a juxtaposition of colors to reveal light and shadows, creating a synergy between the...

Original painting. Hand signed and dated on the front; signed, titled, and dated on verso by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. ...

Powerful visual done at Stella's peak period of creativity in Barbados. Signed lower right. Provenance: Doyle, New York Elegantly framed.

Adam S. Umbach Biography American, b. 1986 Adam Umbach was born in Chicago, and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. After being inspired from an early age by the modern...

A high-impact graphic of a whimsical Lion sporting a bowler hat is depicted for a cover for Holiday Magazine, April 1958. The issue was about England, and the editors finally ran a ...

Original mixed media (acrylic paint with diamond dust) painting on canvas. Hand signed and titled on verso by Jozza. Canvas is stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certific...

Using brilliant compositional devices and late afternoon light, Frank McCarthy captures a man at the precise moment before death. The scene is staged wi...

Original painting with custom frame from the artist. Hand signed, dated and finger printed by the artist. Image size: 24 x 21 inches. Frame size: 36 x 32.25 inches. Artwork is in...

A dreamy young blond woman holding a Bengal cat is depicted relaxing in a deckchair. She gazes upward and outward, pondering—the distinctive marbling of the cat echos the floral back...

Amidst a pastoral setting, a resplendent peacock, a stately duck, and a lively gathering of roosters and hens perch along a rustic wooden fence. The artist’s skillful brushwork captu...

PROVENANCE Alfred J. Fisher Detroit Institute of Arts (bequeathed by the above and sold: Sotheby's, New York, November 3, 1999, lot 17) Private collection (acquired at the above sale...

Elegantly painted in a charmingly warm style - Alfred Lord Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade (Golden; Paul Hamlyn, 1964) Signed by th...

Tide is a painting made by Evelyne Ballestra, a French contemporary artist. This blue, purple and green tons expressionist painting is inspired from horses walking on the beach, alon...

Frederick Haucke creates his own brand of surrealism in the 1941 stunner that was with the famous Perls gallery. The painting is signed lower right Signed and dated verso Verso with Perls Gallery, New York label. work is in original framed Provenance: Millicent Rogers...

Within the rustic charm of a sunlit barnyard, a lively gathering of chickens pecks at the ground while a pigeon takes graceful flight above. Nearby, a mother rabbit and her young kit...

Post cubist work with the perfect balance of component parts. The work is rendered with meticulous precision. It's quite simply a masterful piece of graphic design. Signed lower c...

This beautiful semi-abstract harbor scene of a flock of birds is rendered in Martin's signature style

Hane paints a dreamy nocturne - a fusion of earthy and celestial bodies with circling birds around a central vertical axis. Created on assignment for De Beers' highly published A Diamond is Forever" campaign. "A love by the stars was important. Until the right man of the wrong sign put his star on my finger. And I entered his house with my love. The artist created the painting to be the night ... so it appears a little dark in natural light. Best viewed with a top and key light to bring out the colors. For example if you bring the painting outside on a bright day.. the colors will pop. If you view inside of a dark hallway.. it will look sombre with less detail. Again, it's a nocturne. Hane painted the covers of the Collier-Macmillan editions of C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia books, as well as such Simon & Schuster publications as Carlos Castaneda's The Teachings of Don Juan and A Separate Reality. In 1963, Hane was hired to do a full-page illustration for Esquire magazine; he moved to New York in 1965. He married Elaine Miller...

Peaceable Kingdom features more than 60 aminal portraits by famous illustrator Richard C. Hess. Impeccably rendered and designed. Signed lower center left. R. Hess. His illustrati...

Cuteness personified. An innocent young child holds a cute doll in one hand, and in the other, she has a leashed, soft furry little lamb - while she attends an outdoor concert of si...

Work is matted but not framed. Painter, Designer, Illustrator born on July 18, 1903 in Warren Arkansas. Studied at the Chicago Art Institute; Northwestern University; Vienne, Austria; with Eliot O’Hara and Hubert Ropp. Member of the following organizations: Dallas Art Association; Texas Fine Arts Association; National Association of Watercolor Artists; and the Texas watercolor Society. Smith exhibited at: American Watercolor Society in 1945, 1948 and 1952; with National Assn. of Watercolor Artists in 1945, 1946, and 1948; Artists Alliance in Dallas in 1943 (awarded prize), in 1944 (awarded prize), in 1945-46 and 1948-1950, 1952-53 with prizes awarded in 1948 and 1953; the Texas General Exhibition from 1943 through 1946, 1948-49; with the Texas Watercolor Society from 1950-52 with prizes won in 1950 and 1951, 1957; with the Southern States Arts League in 1944 and 1945; Texas Fine Arts Association in 1945 and awarded prize and with the Texas Artist Group consecutively from 1945.Smith’s work is in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Her one-man shows were in Austin, Texas in 1948; in San Antonio in 1951 and Dallas in 1951. Smith’s work is in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Original pastel and gouache on paper by Robin Artine Smith...

"Circumstances" Oil painting 36" x 36" inch by Alina Shimova PURE SOUL series Shimova cares about the conservation of the fauna. She draws public attent...

Eye-pleasing example of understated and muted colors. Gouache on masonite Ex-collection the Society of Illustrators Meticulously rendered in a post-cubist manner in subtle earth ton...

Oil Painting by Gulshat Sobgaida

A native son of New England, Peter Poskas III—like many American artists before him—derives inspiration from the charming towns and tranquil landscapes of coastal Maine and Connectic...

Children's illustration of Ponies and Puppies Signed lower left Children’s Books Published by The Merrill Company

Hunt Slonem’s Butterflies Tiger & Zebra Swallowtails (2021) is a mesmerizing oil on canvas, measuring 48 x 48 inches, that celebrates the vibrant beauty of nature. The composition is...

Hunt Slonem’s Blue Diamond Dust Hutch (2024) is a dazzling mixed-media work that captures the artist’s signature charm and vibrancy. Created w...

Hunt Slonem’s The Nile Red Butterflies (2024) is a breathtaking large-scale oil on canvas measuring 72 x 84 inches, where a swarm of vibrant red butterflies takes center stage. The b...

Hunt Slonem’s Migration (2024) is a monumental oil on canvas measuring 77 x 101 inches, a breathtaking celebration of color, movement, and natural beauty. The composition is alive wi...

About the Artwork: The artist's desire to illuminate his works was the impetus for the Glowbox series. About the Artist: Inspired by the luminescence and light quality of blown glas...

About the Artwork: Signed: Recto, bottom right The artist's desire to illuminate his works was the impetus for the Glowbox series. Inspired by the luminescence and light quality of blown glass, each acrylic painting on a plex substrate is internally lit by a custom-designed LED light box with a controllable dimmer switch. About the Artist: Inspired by nature and his 60 pet birds, Hunt Slonem is renowned for his distinct neo-expressionist style. He is best known for his series of bunnies, butterflies and tropical birds, as well as his large-scale sculptures and restorations of forgotten historic homes. Slonem’s works can be found in the permanent collections of 250 museums around the world, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the Whitney, the Miro Foundation and the New Orleans Museum of Art. Since his first solo show at the Fischbach Gallery in 1977, Slonem’s work has been showcased internationally hundreds of times, most recently at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art and the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. In 2017 and 2018, he was featured by the National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the National Gallery in Bulgaria, and in countless galleries across the United States and around the world. His flair and admiration for far-flung destinations has been a staple of his life since childhood. Slonem was born in 1951 in Kittery, Maine, and his father’s position as a Navy officer meant the family moved often during Hunt’s formative years, including extended stays in Hawaii, California and Connecticut. He would continue to seek out travel opportunities throughout his young-adult years, studying abroad in Nicaragua and Mexico; these eye-opening experiences imbued him with an appreciation for tropical landscapes that would influence his unique style. After graduating with a degree in painting and art history from Tulane University in New Orleans, Slonem spent several years in the early 1970s living in Manhattan. It wasn’t until Janet Fish offered him her studio for the summer of 1975 that Slonem was able to fully immerse himself in his work. His pieces began getting exhibited around New York, propelling his reputation and thrusting him into the city’s explosive contemporary arts scene. He received several prestigious grants, including from Montreal’s Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Cultural Counsel Foundation’s Artist Project, for which he painted an 80-foot mural of the World Trade Center in the late 1970s. He also received an introduction to the Marlborough Gallery, which would represent him for 18 years. Hunt Slonem tends to embrace the ephemeral beauty of nature, a characteristic that brings a nurturing, spiritual effect to his creations. Throughout his extensive career as a New York artist, Slonem has favored the subject of exotic birds, rabbits, and butterflies. Lately, his compositions have consisted of flat spaces with simple forms pushed to the front of the picture plane. The artist creates exotic forms with expressive and highly textural brushstrokes that are full of intense color, loosely inspired by artists of the German Expressionism movement such as Ernst Ludwig and Emil Nolde. Henry Geldzahler, a scholar of Hunt Slonem, notes that of contemporary artists, “he particularly admires the work of Malcolm Morely, Francesco Clemente and Roberto Juarez, all exoticists whose works convey a spiritual aura. Lest we leave the impression, belied by the paintings that Slonem is all depth and piety, we should note that there is a remarkable levity in his work, a lightness of being.” Born in the Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese astrological...