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Harry Bilson Fantastical Landscape Painting
Located in New York, NY
Harry Bilson (Icelandic, b. 1948)
Untitled (Fantastical Landscape), c. 21st Century
Oil on canvas
17 1/2 x 12 in.
Framed: 13 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 3/4 in.
Signed lower right: Bilson
Bilson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland. At the age of five he moved to London, England, speaking Icelandic rather more fluently than English. He realised that nobody was listening and started to paint. His unique talent was first noticed a year later, when, at the age of six, he won an international Exhibition of Children’s Art competition in Prague, Czechoslovakia. At the age of nineteen he became a full-time professional: self-taught, self-propelled and completely self-supported. He has painted ever since.
Bilson has lived in various countries including Australia, Hong Kong, USA, Canada, Ireland and now resides happily in Iceland. There continues to be a great deal of travelling and painting on the move, as well as continuing to exhibit worldwide.
Many of Bilson’s paintings are owned by well-known people and corporations, such as Bob Hawke – former Prime Minister of Australia, Jonathon Sachs – The Chief Rabbi, Clint Eastwood, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Anne Robinson, The Von Thyssen Collection, The Romanov Collection, Westinghouse, Ashland Oil and Arrowfield Horse Stud...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Peter Walsh
Abstraction with Noses
Located in New York, NY
The human nose, abstracted, as both portrait and punchline.
Abstraction with Noses, 2025
Oil and acrylic on canvas
12 x 9 in / 30.48 x 22.86 cm
Brooklyn-based artist Peter Walsh pr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Peter Walsh
Red-Faced Hallucination
Located in New York, NY
Human faces in acid green, pink, and claustrophobic deep-red.
Red-Faced Hallucination, 2025
Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas
14 x 18 in / 35.56 x 45.72 cm
Brooklyn-based art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Peter Walsh
Hallucinatory Mash-Up
Located in New York, NY
A phantasmagoric mash-up of Goya etchings, in day-glo spray paint and oil.
Hallucinatory Mash-Up, 2025
Oil, Acrylic and Spray Paint on Canvas
16 x 12 in / 40.64 x 30.48 cm
Brooklyn...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The New Colossus, Still (#2248)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
The New Colossus, Still (#2248)
2023
Signed, titled, and dated, verso
India ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper
30 x 22 inches
This painting by ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Circus Performers by WPA Artist Arthur Smith
By Arthur Smith
Located in New York, NY
Arthur Smith (American, 1897-1972)
Untitled (Circus Performers), 20th century
Oil on board
21 x 18 7/8 in.
Framed: 26 3/4 x 35 3/4 in.
Signed lower right: A Smith
Arthur Smith is a...
Category
20th Century Modern Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
South of France, Marie Lucie Nessi, Woman Post Impressionist, Oil paint, 1950
By Marie Lucie Nessi
Located in New York, NY
Marie Lucie Nessi-Valtat
South of France, ca. 1950
Oil on canvas mounted on panel
13 x 16 1/10 in l 33 x 41 cm
Frame size: 15 1/3 x 18 1/2 in. 39 x 47 cm
Marie-Lucie Nessi Valtat w...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Spring
By Konrad Cramer
Located in New York, NY
Oil on masonite
Signed and dated, l.r.
This painting is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
About the artist:
Konrad Cramer grew up in Wurtzburg, Germany, and attended the Karlsruhe Academy. He was a member of Der Blaue Reiter...
Category
1940s Modern Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Listen
By Charles Buckley
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic on canvas.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Gov
s Island Ferry Terminal by Ann Solomon
Located in New York, NY
Ann Solomon
Terminal at Gov. Island, c. Late 20th Century
Oil on canvas
23 3/4 x 18 in.
Framed: 27 5/8 x 21 1/2 x 1 in.
Signed lower right
This painting depicts a detail of the buil...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Flower Painting 52, A Glossy Small Pop Floral Blue Still Life with Roses
By Lori Larusso
Located in New York, NY
Lori Larusso’s Flower Painting transforms an ordinary still life into a bold, iconic composition. Set against a calm periwinkle background, a clear glass jar holds four roses—one red...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Varnish, Acrylic, Panel
Contemporary Portrait of a Young Girl by Poppy Mills, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Poppy Mills
Untitled, c. 1990-2000
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 in.
Framed: 39 x 33 in.
Signed lower right: Poppy Mills
Inscribed verso: Poppy Mills
Poppy Mills is a fine arts painter of people and still life whose award winning paintings have appeared in exhibitions at The Allied Artists of America, The American Artists Professional League, The Audubon Society, The Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Club, The National Arts Club...
Category
1990s Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spotlight One, abstracted figures, mixed media earth tones
By Lydia Janssen
Located in New York, NY
Since moving to Ubud (Bali, Indonesia) in August 2018 Lydia has been investigating the psychological phenomenon known as the Spotlight Effect. The idea of constantly being watched; u...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Charcoal, Pastel, Oil, Mixed Media
Study for “Lilacs Out of the Dead Land”
Located in New York, NY
This oil painting on canvas by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Original Painting by Norwegian-American Artist Michael Hoiland
Located in New York, NY
Michael Hoiland (Norwegian-American, 1901-1994)
Untitled (Church, Possibly Chicago), 20th century
Oil on board
13 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.
Framed: 18 3/4 x 21 3/4 in.
Signed lower left: Mich...
Category
20th Century Modern Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
New Paltz Purple House Painting by Carolyn Hutchings Edlund, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Carolyn Hutchings Edlund (American, b. 1947)
Dappled Light, Hugenot St., New Paltz, New York, 2004
Oil on canvas
8 x 8 in.
Framed: 9 1/8 x 9 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Le Ballon de Rouge
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Le Ballon de Rouge
Collage with colored pencil and conté on paper
Signed, recto
This collage is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté, Color Pencil
"System Error" contemporary street art spray paint on currency framed in black
By Penny
Located in New York, NY
13 layer hand cut stencil. Spray paint on ten Pound banknote in a black shadow box frame with museum quality non glare glass.
I'M PENNY AND I HAND CUT EXTREMELY DETAILED AND OCCASIONALLY MIND-BOGGLING TINY STENCILS WITH MY BARE HANDS ... AND A SCALPEL.
IN THE BEGINNING...
The first stencil I cut was in 2001 when I was at Central Saint Martins doing a graphic design degree. I was so poor at the time that whenever we got a project I would always try to work out the cheapest possible way to do it… most of the time that meant making my course work out of paper, masking tape and found items...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Spray Paint, Archival Paper
Dongxing Huang Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "White Rose"
Located in New York, NY
Title: White Rose
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 28 x 28 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in fair condition.
Year: 2000 Circa
Arti...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,050 Sale Price
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Dongxing Huang Portrait Original Oil On Canvas "In Hiding"
Located in New York, NY
Title: In Hiding
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 28 x 28 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in fair condition.
Year: 2000 Circa
Artis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,120 Sale Price
30% Off
Yimin Liu Portrait Original Oil On Canvas "Girl with Red Hair"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Girl with Red Hair
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 27 x 35 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in fair condition.
Year: 2000 Cir...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$840 Sale Price
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Pop art, pink acrylic on canvas, contemporary, Bunnies figurative
By Bustart
Located in New York, NY
Hand painted - acrylic on canvas - 1/1
In 1999 BustArt began his artistic career with classic Graffiti. Until 2005, he became familiar with the whole spectrum of Graffiti and reache...
Category
2010s Pop Art Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Fallow, Rustic Farmhouse Landscape Painting in Maine, Autumn Fields, Elm Tree
By Alan Bray
Located in New York, NY
As the artist states about this painting: "I first photographed this farm because it had one of the last living Elm trees in our area. Most began dying in the 70's and there are very...
Category
2010s American Realist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Casein, Panel
Mervin Jules Folk Singer Portrait, Signed
By Mervin Jules
Located in New York, NY
Mervin Jules (American, 1912-1994)
Folk Singer, 20th century
Oil on masonite
18 x 7 1/2 in.
Signed lower left: Jules
Provenance: Garelick's Gallery, Detroit
Matte included, no fram...
Category
20th Century American Modern Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Deck Chairs with Palms - Bright textured painting, West Coast and swimming pool
Located in Dallas, TX
"Deck Chairs with Palms" is a striking mixed-media painting by renowned British contemporary artist Dan Parry-Jones, celebrated for his vibrant urban-coastal aesthetic. This work cap...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
Wish, a Surrealistic Watercolor Landscape with a Floating Wishbone the the Sky
By Melanie Vote
Located in New York, NY
This stunning piece by Melanie Vote exemplifies her signature style of subtly surreal landscapes. Featuring a traditional old-master type landscape, the work takes an unexpected turn...
Category
2010s Surrealist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Wind Up, Surreal Landscape with Twisting Fence and Green Grassy Field
By Laura von Rosk
Located in New York, NY
This small surreal landscape painting by Laura Von Rosk features a dreamlike fenced meadow rendered in soft green tones, with rolling hills fading into a misty distance. Titled Wind ...
Category
2010s American Realist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Pierre Dorion Architectural Composition
Located in New York, NY
Pierre Dorion (Canadian, b. 1959)
Pontoise, 1989
Oil and mixed media on canvas
47 3/4 x 36 in.
Framed: 56 x 43 3/4 x 2 1/4 in.
Signed, dated, and inscribed verso
Jack Shainman Galle...
Category
1980s Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Exaltation of Angels
By Robert Vickrey
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Signed lower right: "R. Vickery"
Provenance:
Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL
This item is in our New York City warehouse and can be viewed by appointment.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Panel, Gesso
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Landscape 438.048
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.048 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Landscape 438.048 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and p...
Category
1970s Feminist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Landscape 438.049
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.049 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Landscape 438.049 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and p...
Category
1970s Feminist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$8,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Paintings - Profile Landscape 438.052
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.052 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Paintings Diptych
Profile Landscape 438.052 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collag...
Category
1970s Feminist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$10,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Landscape 438.053
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.053 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Landscape 438.053 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and pa...
Category
1970s Feminist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$8,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Board Painting - Profile Landscape 438.019
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.019 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Board Painting
Profile Landscape 438.019 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and pai...
Category
1970s Feminist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
$5,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Momento II, Emily: Realistic Portrait Blended with Abstract Color Streaks
By Al Saralis
Located in Dallas, TX
Momento II, Emily
Oil on Canvas
39 x 39 x 1.5 inches / 100 x 100 x 4 cm
Momento II, Emily is an intimate and cinematic portrait by Al Saralis, capturing a suspended moment of deep ...
Category
2010s Realist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Alexandra Huber
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic and pencil on paper
Signed and dated, l.c.
Also inscribed "E-2000-1" in pencil, verso
This work is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Category
Early 2000s Outsider Art Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
O Canada (#1680)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
This painting by Jack Balas is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
O Canada (#1680)
2018
Signed, titled, and dated, verso
Oil and enamel on canvas
60 x 48 inches
$13,750
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Enamel
Mo Li Contemporary Original Oil On Canvas "Wukong"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Wukong
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 37 x 37 inches
Frame: Framing options available!
Condition: The painting appears to be in fair condition.
Year: 2015
Artist: Mo Li
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,750 Sale Price
30% Off
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Landscape 438.045
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.045 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Landscape 438.045 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and p...
Category
1970s Feminist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Preliminary 427.019
Located in New York, NY
Profile Preliminary 427.019 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Preliminary 427.019 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and paintings ...
Category
1970s Feminist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$8,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Landscape 438.044
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Landscape 438.044 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Landscape 438.044 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and p...
Category
1970s Feminist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Preliminary 427.010
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Preliminary 427.010 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Preliminary 427.010 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages a...
Category
1970s Feminist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting - Profile Preliminary 427.009
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Preliminary 427.009 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Preliminary 427.009 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages a...
Category
1970s Feminist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$8,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Canvas Painting Profile Compartmentalized 415.032
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Compartmentalized 415.032 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic on Canvas Painting
Profile Compartmentalized 415.032 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings...
Category
1970s Feminist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Solitary Mister
By John Button
Located in New York, NY
Solitary Mister
1964
Oil on canvas
52 x 38 inches (132.1 x 96.5 cm)
This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
1960s American Modern Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Rising Waters
Located in New York, NY
The basis of Beatriz's painted scenes is an exploration of the construction of reality. She represents this by analyzing all the things that are contained in a given space — and what...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Spring
Located in New York, NY
Karl Hartman’s Spring (2024) is a finely rendered celebration of the seasonal shift from winter to new growth. Painted in oil on a 12 x 12 inch aluminum panel, the composition is a c...
Category
2010s American Realist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
$1,900
Salvation!
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Matthew Marcot is an American, self-taught artist specializing in Abstract and Neo-Expressionism, and primary mediums are semiotics and collage. An underlying theme in Marcot’s work ...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic
$7,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Sex: Every Best Friend Gets a Next Best Friend
By Andrew Brandou
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic and gold leaf on wood panel
Signed and dated, verso
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Critics have put Andrew Brandou into several categories, including pop-surrealism and “underground” art. Brandou received his training in illustration and animation; he worked with a greeting card company, and animation studios where he helped in the production of popular cartoons like Spongebob Squarepants, The Simpsons, and Rugrats. Though he draws inspiration from fellow illustrators – Richard Scarry...
Category
Early 2000s Other Art Style Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Elegance - figurative wall sculpture
By David Gerstein
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful 3D wall sculpture by David Gerstein consist of 3 layers of laser cut pieces that are assembled on the wall.
As all of Gerstein's pieces, it is very colorful, dynamic a...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Metal
"Tailor" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modernism Mid Century Modern Fashion
By Mervin Jules
Located in New York, NY
"Tailor" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modernism Mid Century Modern Fashion
Mervin Jules (1912 – 1994)
"The Tailor"
9 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches
Oil on masonite, c. 1930s
Signed lower ...
Category
1930s American Modern Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Jose Palacios, Coqueta, Acrylic on paper, 2014
By Jose Palacios
Located in New York, NY
In this original acrylic paint on paper, Jose Palacios depicts "Coqueta", a figure in a neo-cubist and pop art style. Her face is composed of vibrant blues, pinks, greens and yellows...
Category
2010s Pop Art Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$1,500 Sale Price
24% Off
Unwinding, Surreal Green Pastoral Contemporary American Realist Landscape
By Laura von Rosk
Located in New York, NY
"Wind-up" is a surreal oil painting on wood that invites viewers into a quiet, dreamlike landscape. Painted in rich greens with soft gradients of light, the work features a rhythmic ...
Category
2010s American Realist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Blue Mask
By Robert Petrick
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Petrick
Blue Mask
East Village Abstraction
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Jose Palacios, Rosa, Acrylic on paper, 2014
By Jose Palacios
Located in New York, NY
In this original acrylic paint on paper, Jose Palacios depicts "Rosa", a figure in a neo-cubist and pop art style. He uses vibrant yellow, blue and red shapes to compose her face whi...
Category
2010s Pop Art Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer
$1,500 Sale Price
24% Off
Momento 3, Emily - Oil painting of female portrait, abstract colorful background
By Al Saralis
Located in Dallas, TX
Al Saralis
"Momento 3, Emily"
Oil on canvas
39 x 39 inches / 100 x 100 cm
British artist Al Saralis captures a moment of quiet introspection in Momento 3, Emily, part of his acclaim...
Category
2010s Realist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Deconstructed, grey abstract mixed media on board
By Barbara Strasen
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic, ink, and collage on Yupo mounted on museum board. Framed.
Barbara Strasen creates imagery plumbed from the depths of a fertile imagination and a trove of rich memories, in ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Board
$2,720 Sale Price
20% Off
"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
William Gropper (1898 - 1977)
Unemployed
20 x 16 inches
Oil on canvas, 1937
Signed lower right
Provenance: Estate of the artist
Bio
Throughout his life, William Gropper used his artistic talents to protest social injustice. Born in New York City, he grew up there in poverty and left high school to work as a dishwasher and delivery boy. He eventually began a career in art and was able to study with Robert Henri and George Bellows from 1912 to 1915. He adopted their realistic painting style, and his own work expressed sympathy for common laborers and outrage at society's ills.
In 1919 Gropper established a reputation as a political cartoonist working for the New York Tribune. His blunt, forceful style attracted the attention of other publications, and he provided illustrations and cartoons for a variety of magazines, from the left-wing New Masses to mainstream Vanity Fair. Like many social realist artists of the 1930s, Gropper supported liberal political causes, depicting subjects such as the plight of migrant laborers and striking factory workers.
In his first gallery exhibition in 1936 at ACA Galleries, Gropper's work was so well received by critics, collectors, and artists that the following year he had two one-man exhibitions at ACA Galleries. In 1937, Gropper traveled west on a Guggenheim Fellowship and visited the Dust Bowl and the Hoover and Grand Coulee Dams, sketching studies for a series of paintings and a mural he painted for the Department of the Interior. That same year he had paintings purchased by both the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art.
Gropper exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair, Whitney Museum of American Art (1924-55), Art Institute of Chicago (1935-49), Carnegie International (1937-50), Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1939-48), and National Academy of Design (1945-48). He was a founder of the Artists Equity Association and member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
From 1940 to 1945 William Gropper was preoccupied with anti-Nazi cartoons...
Category
1930s American Realist Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Jose Palacios, Mujer, sofa y pajaros (Woman, sofa and birds), 2013
By Jose Palacios
Located in New York, NY
In this original acrylic paint on canvas, Jose Palacios depicts a woman in a neo-cubist and pop art style. She is sitting across a lime green armchair, with one leg hanging over the...
Category
2010s Pop Art Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
$5,000 Sale Price
23% Off
URBAN WORD BY DAY - Contemporary / figurative / city scene
By Mel Leipzig
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting by Mel Leipzig
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Manhattan - Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
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