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Item Ships From: South Coast
"Rainbow-Man" - Abstracted Mexican Figurative Woodblock Print
By Pedro Puesta
Located in Soquel, CA
"Rainbow-man," an abstracted Mexican figurative woodblock by Pedro Puerta (Mexican, 20th Century), 1974. Titled "Rainbow-Man" lower left and "from a Michoacan Pot" "Reproduced with a...
Category
1970s Other Art Style South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
$956 Sale Price
20% Off
White Lotus 2
By Alex Katz
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Alex Katz
Title: White Lotus 2
Year: 2023
Medium: Archival pigment inks on 315 gsm fine art paper
Edition: 50; signed and numbered in pencil
Sheet: 32 × 48 in (81.3 × 121.9...
Category
2010s Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
$10,000
Washington At Pohick Church - 1932 Etching On Paper
By Ernest David Roth
Located in Soquel, CA
Washington At Pohick Church - 1932 Etching On Paper
1932 black and white etching depicting George Washington at Pohick Church by Ernest David Roth (German, 1879-1964). George Washin...
Category
1930s American Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Page from "Spring View in Takanawa" Mid 18th Century Ukiyo-e Print
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Soquel, CA
Page from "Spring View in Takanawa" Mid 18th Century Ukiyo-e Print
Left page from the triptych print "Spring View in Takanawa" by Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III) (Japanese b. 1786 d...
Category
1840s Edo South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Printer s Ink, Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
"Woman" Nude Figurative Etching
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant nude by Suzanne Aubin Ledrew (American, b. 1942). The woman in this piece is seated, with her hand covering her face and head, turned partially away from the viewer. There is a lovely contract between the background and the figure, creating a negative shape out of the woman's body.
Titled "WOMAN" in the lower center.
Signed and dated "AUBIN LEDREW 74" in the lower right corner.
Presented in a new grey mat with a wood frame.
Image size: 12"H x 9"W
Suzanne Addicott (nee Aubin Ledrew) (American, b. 1942) graduated from California College of the Arts with a BFA in Painting and Drawing. She is an artist and teacher at Studio9...
Category
1970s Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
$636 Sale Price
20% Off
"Fisherman
s Wharf - San Francisco" Multi Layer Screen Print on Paper - Signed
By Gordon Cope
Located in Soquel, CA
"Fisherman's Wharf - San Francisco" Multi Layer Screen Print on Paper - Signed
Rare and bold Screen Print (Silk Screen) of Fisherman's Wharf 1957 by Gordon Cope (American, 1906-1999). Several boats are docked at Fisherman's Wharf, with buildings directly behind them. In the distance, the hills of San Francisco can be seen meeting a pale blue sky. Of particular note is the skillful representation of the reflections of the boats in the water, and the clever use of grey paper as negative space.
Numbered and titled in pencil in the lower left corner "22/100 Fisherman's Wharf - San Francisco"
Hand signed and dated in pencil in the lower right corner "Gordon Cope 1957"
Titled, signed, and dated "in plate"
Presented in a silver colored frame with a double mat.
Frame size: 22.5"H x 27"W
Image size: 15"H x 20"W
Gordon N. Cope (American, 1906-1999) was an educator and painter. Trained in Utah and France, he exhibited his landscape paintings and portraits in the United States and Europe, and he believed music was related to painting.
Cope was born on May 14, 1906, in Salt Lake City. He was trained by Utahn artists LeConte Stewart and Lawrence Squires, and at the Académie Julian in Paris, France in 1928. He also studied singing at the Opéra-Comique.
Cope taught art at Latter-day Saints University, and he served as the chair of its Department of Art in 1930–1931. He taught at the Mountain School of Art from 1932 to 1938, and he was the director of the Art Barn School in Salt Lake City in 1939–1941. Cope painted Utahn landscapes as well as a portrait of Henry H. Blood, who served as the seventh governor of Utah from 1933 to 1941. Cope exhibited his work in the United States and Europe. According to the Deseret News, Cope "felt that music and painting are closely interrelated, and that the study of one form may be used to complement the appreciation and understanding of the other."
Cope died on June 10, 1999, in San Francisco, California.
Gordon Nicholson Cope studied with well-known Utah artists A.B. Wright and LeConte Stewart, and became recognized as a major Utah artist of the Great Depression. Cope was born in Salt Lake City in 1906 and spent much of his life in Utah.
Cope gained much of his artistic training from diverse environments and influences. Following his training with the previously mentioned artists, Cope spent the next year, 1924, working with Lawrence Squires in Arizona. To expand his knowledge and training, Cope traveled to Europe, where he studied the "old masters" such as Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. From 1924 to 1928, Cope studied in England, France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, and worked for a year at the Acadamie Julian, where many early Utah artists...
Category
1950s American Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Screen
$1,320 Sale Price
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"Orange Row", Abstract Geometric Minimalist Composition w Ovals, Limited Edition
By Geoffrey Bowman
Located in Soquel, CA
"Orange Row", Abstract Geometric Minimalist Composition w Ovals, Limited Edition
Delicate and perfect ovals in orange, yellow, red, and blue are purposefully arranged on lined paper...
Category
1990s Abstract Geometric South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph, Etching
"Etch A Sketch Sampler" - 1989 Multimedia on Paper
By Lilya Vorobey
Located in Soquel, CA
"Etch A Sketch Sampler" - 1989 Multimedia on Paper
Lithograph titled "Etch A Sketch Sampler" by Lilya Vorobey. From a suite of prints from College of San Mateo class of 1989, instru...
Category
1980s Post-Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper, Pencil, Lithograph
"Birmingham School Girl" - Rare Signed Figurative Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Birmingham School Girl" - Rare Signed Figurative Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Bold lithograph by Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933). Rendered in a semi-abstracted style, a young, black school girl is distressed and crying on her knees with her books and lunch in hand.
Titled, numbered, dated, and signed along the bottom edge: "Birmingham school girl litho #4 May 1963 Eugene Hawkins, Legend 412"
Presented in a new black mat.
Mat size: 18"H x 14"W
Image size: 11.25"H x 8.75"W
Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933) is a BIPOC artist...
Category
1960s American Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Les Tuileries, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860
Located in Soquel, CA
Les Tuileries, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph
Delicate hand-colored lithograph of Tuileries Palace in Paris, France printed by Rose-Joseph Lemercier (French, 1803 - 1887). Published, Paris 1843 to 1867 by Hautecoeur Freres (Eugène and Alfred Hautecoeur (French). After Charles Riviere...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"And Search for Peace" - Rare Signed Figurative Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"And Search for Peace" - Rare Signed Figurative Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Bold lithograph by Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933). Rendered in a semi-abstracted style, a young, black boy holds out his arm for a dove, the symbol of peace to land.
Titled, numbered, dated, and signed along the bottom edge: "and search for peace litho #22/50 Jan 64 Eugene Hawkins, Legend #412"
Presented in a new black mat.
Mat size: 18"H x 14"W
Image size: 11"H x 8.75"W
Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933) is a BIPOC artist...
Category
1960s American Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
"Death
Co." Pop Art Conversation
Located in Soquel, CA
Conversation in the style of Roy Lichtenstein by David Mar (20th Century). Two people are discussing a psychological topic. The man on the right is wearing a red sportscoat, a green bowtie, and smoking a pipe. The woman on the left is wearing a green vest with a white shirt, and has a red headband...
Category
1990s Pop Art South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper
$880 Sale Price
20% Off
Study of Utagawa Hiroshige
s "View of Hara-Juku" 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road
By Utagawa Hiroshige
Located in Soquel, CA
Study of Utagawa Hiroshige's "View of Hara-Juku" 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road
Hand painted study of Utagawa Hiroshige's "View of Hara-Juku", (by unknown artist), from "53 Station...
Category
1920s Edo South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
Native American Figurative Woodblock -- The Weaver #3/12
By Virginia J Hughins
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful woodblock print titled "Weaver" by Aptos, California artist Virginia J Hughins,(Virginia Brubaker DeWolf), (American, 1923-2004), circa 1990. Presented in a rustic black wo...
Category
1990s American Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
Woman Waving - 1991 Abstract Expressionist Lithograph on Paper
By Sidney Budnick
Located in Soquel, CA
Woman Waving - 1991 Abstract Expressionist Lithograph on Paper
1991 black and yellow abstract expressionist lithograph depicting a woman by Sidney Jonas Budnick (1921 - 1994). The w...
Category
1990s Post-War South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Acrylic, Laid Paper, Lithograph
"Baby Dragon Dreams" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Baby Dragon Dreams" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
1976 surrealist lithograph on paper depicting ascending figures by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). The figures are made up ...
Category
1970s Surrealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
"Drowsy Bums" - Mid Century Figurative San Francisco Dock Landscape
By John Stoll
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative landscape capturing dock workers' afternoon break by John Theodore Edward Stoll (b. Germany; 1889, d. California; 1974). Signed "John Stoll" lower right. Titled "Drowsy Bu...
Category
1940s American Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Printer s Ink, Etching
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"The Volunteer - Civil War" Historical Portrait, 742/1500
Located in Soquel, CA
Limited edition offset print of the original photorealistic painting, a portrait that portrays a historical reenactment of a civil war volunteer by James Bama...
Category
1980s American Realist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Offset
Deutzia Flowers: The Wife of Kasamori - Original Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Deutzia Flowers: The Wife of Kasamori - Original Woodblock Print
Deutzia Flowers: The Wife of Kasamori, from the Series "Beauties of the Floating World Associated with Flowers" by S...
Category
1760s Edo South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Ink, Rice Paper
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Nick
s Coffee House in the Village - Rare Edition 1970s Modern Figurative Print
By Lenore SImon
Located in Soquel, CA
This bold screen print depicts a scene from the 1950s, set in a jazz coffee house in Greenwich Village called Nick's, which Simon patronized while in high school. The original stone ...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Screen
Native American Figurative Woodblock -- "Weaving" #5/12
By Virginia J Hughins
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful woodblock print titled "Weaving" by Aptos, California artist Virginia J Hughins (Virginia Brubaker DeWolf) (American, 1923-2004), circa 1990.
Signed "Virginia" bottom rig...
Category
1990s American Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
Gavrinis Earth Goddess, Psychedelic Visionary Metallic Reversible Print, 1/75
Located in Soquel, CA
A dazzling visionary art print with psychedelic patterned imagery in metallic silver, blue, and yellow by Ian McNeil Cooke (British, b.1937), 1985. Th...
Category
1980s Other Art Style South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
"Golden Haven" - Mid Century Modern Dual Panel Vertical Serigraph
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful modernist figurative abstract with birds, a large scale vertical dual panel original serigraph, "Golden Haven I, and "Golden Haven II", by Phil Paradise...
Category
1960s Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen, Cardboard
Boulevard du Temple, Paris, France - Hand Colored Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Boulevard du Temple, Paris, France - Hand Colored Lithograph
Detailed lithograph of a Paris street scene by Louis Valentin Emile de La Tramblais (French, 1821-1892). This piece is f...
Category
Late 19th Century South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Hyde Park on Sunday" - Hand Colored Etching from "Old and New London"
Located in Soquel, CA
"Hyde Park on Sunday" - Hand Colored Etching from "Old and New London"
Detailed etching of a typical Sunday in Hyde Park around 1800 after an etching by Ed...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$236 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Surreal Figurative Etching -- "Metamorphosis"
By Herbert L. Fink
Located in Soquel, CA
Fantastical sepia etching titled "Metamorphosis" by Herbert L. Fink (American,1921 - 2006). Signed and dated 1982. Unframed. In mat. Image size: 13"H x 2...
Category
1980s Surrealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Paper
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Wuthering Heights Genre Woodcut -- Death of Earnshaw #28/30
By Clare Leighton
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful genre woodcut of a scene from Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" titled "Death of Earnshaw" by Clare Leighton (British/American, 1898 - 198...
Category
1950s Other Art Style South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
White Lotus 1
By Alex Katz
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Alex Katz
Title: White Lotus 1
Year: 2023
Medium: Archival pigment inks on 315 gsm fine art paper
Edition: 50; signed and numbered in pencil
Sheet: 32 × 48 in (81.3 × 121.9...
Category
2010s Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
$10,000
"Gertrude" - Eleven Color Woodcut on Laid Rice Paper 2/45
Located in Soquel, CA
"Gertrude" - Eleven Color Woodcut on Laid Rice Paper 2/45
Portrait of a woman by artist, Dan Miller (American, b. 1928) made by layers of color in woodcuts in Miller's signature sty...
Category
1980s Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Rice Paper, Laid Paper, Woodcut
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
The Fabulous Moolah, World Champion Female Wrestler Figurative Screen Print
Located in Soquel, CA
The Fabulous Moolah, World Champion Female Wrestler Figurative Screen Print
Modern figurative print of world champion female wrestler Mary Lillian Ellison (American, 1923-2007), also known as The Fabulous Moolah. The artist of this print is unknown. Unsigned and undated. Presented in a modern frame with Plexiglass. Image size: 26”H x 20L".
During her lifetime, Moolah was lauded as a leading figure in women's professional wrestling and was considered one of the industry's greatest wrestlers. Moolah's first World Championship reign lasted over ten years. Moolah successfully defended the belt against the top female wrestlers in the world, such as Judy Grable and Donna Christanello, while also purporting to befriend some of the biggest celebrities of the day such as Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis. She became the first woman to be inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1999, she became the oldest champion in the history of professional wrestling when she won the Women's Championship for a final time at age 76 in 1999.
Championships and Accomplishments:
Cauliflower Alley Club
Ladies Wrestling Award (1997)
National Wrestling Alliance
NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Toni Rose
NWA World Women's Championship (5 times)
NWA Hall of Fame (Class of 2012)
Pro Wrestling...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
"Plovers at Tamagawa" from "Six Jewel Rivers" - Woodblock Print on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Plovers at Tamagawa" from "Six Jewel Rivers" - Woodblock Print on Paper
This print, sometimes titled "Chidori No Tamagawa" "Plovers at Tamagawa", is from the series Mu Tamagawa ("Six Views of Tama River", also known as "Six Jewel Rivers" or "Six Crystal Rivers") by Kubo Shunman...
Category
Late 18th Century Edo South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Instant Nutriment #4, 1969 - Modern Pop Art Psychedelic Print
By Peter Max
Located in Soquel, CA
Instant Nutriment #4, 1969 - Modern Pop Art Psychedelic Print
A vintage psychedelic print, Instant Nutriment #4, 1969 by Peter Max (German, b. 1937). Unframed. Shipped Rolled in tube. Some edge wear to paper. Image: 36"H x 24"W
One of the most famous of all living artist's, Peter Max is a pop culture icon. His bold colors, uplifting images and an uncommon artistic diversity have touched almost every phase of American culture and has inspired many generations. Peter Max has painted for six U.S. Presidents and his art is on display in Presidential Libraries and in U.S. Embassies. Max has painted our Lady Liberty annually since America's Bicentennial and in 2000 a collage of his Liberties adorned over 145 million Verizon phone books. Max has been named an official artist of the 2006 U.S. Olympic Team at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. He has also been Official Artist of 5 Super Bowls, World Cup USA, The World Series, The U.S. Open, The Indy 500, The NYC Marathon...
Category
1960s Pop Art South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Face of a Woman, Figurative Abstract Pop Art Woodcut Portrait on Handmade Paper
By Paula Walzer
Located in Soquel, CA
Face of a Woman, Figurative Abstract Pop Art Woodcut Portrait on Handmade Paper
Bold pop art woodcut print on handmade paper of a woman's face in black and red, repeated in 4 vertical registers like a film strip, by Monterey Bay artist Paula Walzer...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Handmade Paper, Woodcut
Original Marc Chagall Lithograph Exhibition Poster
By Marc Chagall
Located in Pasadena, CA
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) was a Belarusian-French artist. An early modernist, he was associated with several major artistic styles and created works in a wide range of artistic format...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$450 Sale Price
62% Off
White Lotus 10
By Alex Katz
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Alex Katz
Title: White Lotus 10
Year: 2023
Medium: Archival pigment inks on 315 gsm fine art paper
Edition: 50; signed and numbered in pencil
Sheet: 32 × 48 in (81.3 × 121....
Category
2010s Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
After the Party (F.
S. II.183)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This is an unsigned and unnumbered unique trial proof (without the colored plates), aside from the edition of 1000.
Printer: Rupert Jasen Smith, New York
Publisher: Grosset and Dunl...
Category
1970s Pop Art South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Répit, 1968 (Poèmes, #9)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Greenwich, CT
Répit (Respite) is a woodcut on paper from Marc Chagall's Poèmes portfolio, published in 1968. The image size is 13 x 10 inches and the art is framed in an ornate, gold-tone frame. U...
Category
20th Century Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Untitled (2021)
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Ewa Juszkiewicz
Title: Untitled (2021)
Year: 2023
Medium: Archival pigment print with screenprinted varnish on Canson Etching Rag Paper 310gsm
...
Category
2010s Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
$5,250 Sale Price
30% Off
"L
intrus" - Satirical French Illustration - Hand Colored Lithograph
By Gaston Hoffmann
Located in Soquel, CA
Comical illustration by Gaston Hoffmann (French, 1883-1977). A doctor is giving a shot to a female patient, while a nurse tries to prevent a man from barging in.
Pencil signed "G Ho...
Category
1950s Realist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph
Surrealist Profiles - Artist Proof Lithograph
Located in Pasadena, CA
A surrealist artist's proof featuring fragmented overlapping faces that blur the boundary between portraiture and abstraction. The composition merges profile and frontal views, evoki...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Not True: Good Accounts Make Good Friends" Satirical French Illustration
By Gaston Hoffmann
Located in Soquel, CA
"Not True, Good Accounts Make Good Friends" Satirical French Illustration
Comical illustration by Gaston Hoffmann (French, 1883-1977) titled "Ce n'est pas vrai, les bons comptes fon...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
"Study 2", Seated Figure Lithograph
By Jim Smyth
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful nude figurative lithograph by Jim Smyth (American, b. 1938). Numbered, titled, signed and dated "8/12", "Study 2", "Smyth 75” along the bottom edge. Unframed.
Jim Smyth has studied at the Academia de Belle Arti in Fiorenza, Italy, Ecole des BeauxArts in Geneva, New York Academy, and the Art Students League. He is also a graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in Fine Art.
Although academically trained, Smyth practices and teaches a more impressionistic style of painting, focusing on the Alla Prima technique.
He is particularly knowledgeable about drawing, perspective, color theory and the human figure, his passion. Smyth, with extensive academic knowledge, has a profound love of all human representations as illustrated by his humorous quick sketches from life. He also practices and teaches oil painting and pastels.
When not in Provence, or Southeastern France, Smyth teaches intensely in art schools, art centers and several colleges in the Bay Area. He is a beloved instructor and his classes fill in quickly as he is very knowledgeable.
On his return to the United States, he began studying with Mr. Alanson Appleton at the College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California. Smyth was a founding member of the Appletree Etchers, Inc., an etching print shop organized by Mr. Appleton and his students to develop and promote color intaglio. Smyth served as Master Printer at the studio for many years perfecting the techniques of intaglio and developing the color theories of Mr. Appleton as applied to the deeply etched plate.
Smyth received his degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1972 and holds the California Community College Certificate and an Adult Education Certificate. Smyth was invited to teach "Anatomy for Artists" at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California, as a result of his many years of dissection of the cadaver and developed the course of study of Perspective for the college. During this period, he began teaching Life Drawing at the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California. During the following thirty years Smyth has taught an average of twelve classes per week at the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, the Palo Alto Art Center and the Burlingame Recreation Department among others in all phases of drawing and painting. He has conducted many workshops for the California Academy of Painters in many aspects of drawing and painting. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor of Drawing at the College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California. He is an authority on the materials of painting and drawing, techniques of traditional drawing and painting, color theory, perspective and anatomy for artists. In his career in Life Drawing, Smyth has made over two hundred thousand drawings from the model.
In addition to studies at Berkeley, Smyth has studied at the College of San Mateo, Foothill College, De Anza College, Mission College, and West Valley College, all in California. One of the pivotal points in his career was studying with Mr. Maynard Dixon Stewart at the University of San Jose, California. He spent a year at the New York Academy of Art where he was offered a full scholarship and at the Art Students League of New York. He concurrently attended classes at the National Academy of Design in New York. Among others, Smyth studied with M. Andrejivec, Ted Schmidt, Elliot Goldfinger, Gary Fagin, Ted Jacobs, Leo Neufeld, David Leffel, Jack Ferragasso, Jim Childs and Everett Raymond Kinstler and Kim English. Smyth has also studied with the noted painter and colorist, Ovanes Berberian. In 2002 Jim was invited to study at the Academy of Art in St. Petersburg, Russia, where he worked in Life Drawing and Life Painting.
Smyth is a popular lecturer, a sought after demonstrator and juror. He is the recipient of many awards for both his painting and his teaching. In 1988 and again in 2003, he received the Kenneth Washburn...
Category
1970s American Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
$520 Sale Price
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"The Blatant Mortal Sin" - Satirical French Illustration
By Gaston Hoffmann
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Blatant Mortal Sin" - Satirical French Illustration
Satirical French Lithograph titled "Le Péché Mortel Flagrant" meaning "The Blatant Mortal Sin" by Gaston Hoffmann (French, 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
$680 Sale Price
20% Off
The Courtesan Kashiwagi and the Kamuro Wakano - Japanese Woodblock Print
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Soquel, CA
The Courtesan Kashiwagi and the Kamuro Wakano - Japanese Woodblock Print
Original Toyokuni III/Kunisada (Japanese, 1786 - 1864) Japanese Woodblock Print
"The Courtesan Kashiwagi and...
Category
1820s Realist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Printer s Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Actor as Samurai - 18th Century Japanese Woodblock Print
By Katsukawa Shunshō
Located in Soquel, CA
Actor as Samurai - 18th Century Japanese Woodblock Print
Woodblock print depicting an actor, possibly Nakamura Denkuro II, as a samurai. The actor stands with his sword unsheathed a...
Category
Late 18th Century Edo South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Rice Paper
"Dawn Revel" - Mid Century Modern Modernist Serigraph by Phil Paradise
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful modernist figurative silkscreen on paper of women dancing by Phil Paradise, (American, 1905-1997), c.1960.
Edition No. 56. Signed lower right ...
Category
1960s Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
The Three Musketeers
By Yue Minjun
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Yue Minjun
Title: The Three Musketeers
Year: 2022
Medium: Screenprint on Rives BFK paper, deckled edges
Edition: 130; signed and numbered in pencil
Sheet: 31 1/2 × 39 2/5 in...
Category
2010s Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
$2,400 Sale Price
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Mid-Century Derrière le Miroir Lithograph by Alexander Calder
By Alexander Calder
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-Century Derrière le Miroir Lithograph by Alexander Calder
Vintage 1960's Alexander Calder double-page Lithograph, unsigned, part of portfolio "Derriere le Miroir". Published by:...
Category
1960s Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Le café de la Nouvelle Athènes" French Impressionist Etching
By Jean Louis Forain
Located in Soquel, CA
"Le café de la Nouvelle Athènes" French Impressionist Etching
Etching of the bustling Café de la Nouvelle Athènes by Jean-Louis Forain (French b. 1852 d. 1931.) A row of men in top...
Category
1870s Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
"Snug Harbor" Etching of a Romantic Harbor Scene 1928
By Armin Hansen
Located in Soquel, CA
"Snug Harbor" Etching of a Romantic Harbor Scene 1928
Tall ships in a "Snug Harbor" by Armin Carl Hansen (American, 1886-1957. On wove paper.
Image, 6"H x 8"W
Sheet, 9.75"H x 12"W
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Category
1920s American Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching
Kiyomizu Temple, Scenes of Famous Places along Tôkaidô Road - Woodblock on Paper
By Utagawa Hiroshige II
Located in Soquel, CA
Kiyomizu Temple, Scenes of Famous Places along Tôkaidô Road - Woodblock on Paper
Full Title:
Kyoto: Kiyomizu Temple (Kyô Kiyomizudera), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along...
Category
1860s Edo South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
James Abbott McNeill Whistler: Firelight: Joseph Pennell, No.1
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of the Artist Joseph Pennell a lithograph by James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834 - 1903). This portrait, one of 3 Whistler did of Joseph Pennell, was done in 1896 ...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Vellum, Lithograph
Annual Events for Young Murasaki (July) - Tales of Genji - Japanese Woodblock
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Soquel, CA
Annual Events for Young Murasaki (July) - Tales of Genji - Japanese Woodblock
Rightmost panel a triptych, depicting monthly events for Wakamurasaki (Young Murasaki). This is the month of July. There appears to be a lesson taking place, possibly for writing or poetry.
Artist: Toyokuni III/Kunisada (1786 - 1864)
Publisher: Ebisu-ya Shoshichist
Presented in a new blue mat.
Mat size: 19"H x 13"W
Paper size: 14.5"H x 10"W
Commentary on the triptych:
In the Edo period, Tanabata was designated as one of the five seasonal festivals, and became an annual event for the imperial court, aristocrats, and samurai families, and gradually came to be celebrated by the general public. Its origins are said to be a combination of the Kikoden festival, which originated from the Chinese legend of Altair and the Weaver Girl, and Japan's ancient Tanabata women's faith. Ink is ground with dew that has accumulated on potato leaves, poems and wishes are written on five colored strips of paper, which are then hung on bamboo branches to celebrate the two stars that meet once a year. Although the illustration is a Genji painting...
Category
1850s Realist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Printer s Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
"Eternal Problem" - 1924 Etching on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Eternal Problem" - 1924 Etching on Paper
Etching on paper titled "Eternal Problem" by Elias M. Grossman (American, 1898-1947). A bearded rabbi is portrayed thinking with his hand p...
Category
1920s American Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
$520 Sale Price
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"When You Are on a Good Thing, Stick to It!" Satirical Print by George Studdy
Located in Pasadena, CA
A playful vintage print by George Ernest Studdy, depicting a startled puppy pursued by a buzzing bee. Beneath the scene, the humorous motto reads: “When you are on a good thing, stic...
Category
1940s Post-War South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled (Smile-ism No. 20)
By Yue Minjun
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Yue Minjun
Title: Untitled (Smile-ism No. 20)
Year: 2006
Medium: Lithograph on Rives BFK paper
Edition: 45; signed and numbered in pencil
Sheet: 43.50 x 35.25 in. (110.5 x 8...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"First Horse Day, 1896" - Chiyoda Palace - Japanese Woodblock by Chikanobu Yoshu
By Toyohara Chikanobu
Located in Soquel, CA
"First Horse Day, 1896" - Chiyoda Palace - Japanese Woodblock by Chikanobu Yoshu
Colorful and expressive court scne by Toyohara Chikanobu,"Yoshu" (Japanese, 1838-1912).
This is the r...
Category
1890s French School South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
"Personaje" (Character) - Abstracted Figurative Serigraph on Paper (#146/175)
By Victor Chab
Located in Soquel, CA
"Personaje" (Character) - Abstracted Figurative Serigraph on Paper (#146/175)
Abstracted figure with a collage-like appearance by Victor Chab (Argentinian, b. 1930). A figure with f...
Category
1980s Cubist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
"Uranus Devouring a Son" - Mythological Bay Area Etching
Located in Soquel, CA
Uranus Devouring a Son - Mythological Bay Area Etching
Bold etching based on a mixture of stories from Greek Mythology by John S. Cheatham (American.) In standard Greek myth, outlin...
Category
1970s Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Printer s Ink, Etching
Figurative Etching of Two Girls in Gowns, Line Drawing
By Dorian Krausz
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate drypoint etching of two girls by Dorian Krausz (American, b. 1948). Signed "Dorian Krausz" in the lower right corner. Numbered "196/300" in the lower left corner. Presented ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Drypoint
$372 Sale Price
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