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Boy on a Burro and Girl on a Donkey, a sibling beach race with the company of joyful dogs, monumental oil on canvas, signed lower right, in substantial gold painted gesso frame. OS...

A fine and large French 19th century old master school oil on canvas titled "Leda and The Swan" within a giltwood frame. Leda and the swan is a motif from Greek mythology, in which Z...

Antique 19th century American framed oil on canvas painting of the Basilica Di Santa Maria in Venice, signed "C. P. Cranch" (1813-1892), circa 1880. Christopher Pearse Cranch was a c...

For your consideration a Chinese figurative ink wash painting after the Tang Dynasty fresco: The Mural of Playing Polo. Artwork appears as carbon, pa...

Original Painting of Flowers In A Vase, circa 2013, by well listed New York artist, Dan Rizzie. Signed, dated, and dedicated on the back by the artist.

A nice pair of Chinese ancestor family group portraits, 19th century, on paper, framed in teak frames under glass. Twelve characters total in per...

Lovely Art Deco impressionistic, interior still life study of a vase of vivid dahlias, circa 1930. Elegant matching 2 toned limed washed frame. 1930s USA.

Copy of a painting by Pablo Picasso titled,"Bull fight One - Horse Air" in black on white background of a picador on horse wounding the bull

A traditional Russian triptych of Christ and the Virgin of the Unfading Roses. The Mother of God and her son are shown wearing crowns and dressed in r...

Hans Zatzka Vienna 1859 - 1945 Vienna Children's Delights Oil on canvas Measures: 69 x 55 cm, with frame 80 x 65 cm Signed lower right...

British Botanical Watercolor of Tulips, 19th century The beautifully framed and matted botanical watercolor depicts four different tulips. Dime...

This collectible painting is by Mary Blair, legendary animator for Walt Disney Studios, is of a pair of dancing rabbits in coat tails. The unframed...

Pair Antique American Framed Oil on Canvas Portrait Paintings, Circa 1840. Portraits of Catherine Margaret James (1820-1854) & Colonel Robert Emmet Temple West Point, Army Albany, NY

Command attention in any room with this arresting vintage original oil portrait. The painting features a striking male figure, shirtless and rendered with skilled attention to anatom...

Copy of a classical portrait painting of Russian Royal Caterina II or Catherine The Great in Red Great Coat with medals and fur cap

French vintage framed oil portrait of a lady (“Lydie”) surrounded by cherry trees in an orchard; painted by her adoring husband to remember the occasion. The Impressionist technique ...

Late 19th Century Framed Oil on Canvas Painting of Belgium Chickens Feeding by Henry Schouten (1864-1927). Framed in an ornate gilt wood frame. Belgium, circa 1890. Measures: 35"...

Oil on panel. With MacConnal-Mason and Son, Ltd label on reverse. Featuring the 'kill' of an English fox hunt scene. Painting measures 7.25" x 15" an...

Artists: Pedro Friedeberg (Mexican, b. 1936) Title: "Nietzche's Last Picnic" Year: 1969 Medium: oil, pen and ink on board Size: 15 x 20" Marked: signed and dated "MCMLXIX" mid-...

1997 Thomas Kinkade (1958-2012) Canvas Classic mounted on board "The End of a Perfect Day", framed in an ornate wooden frame. This is a print of the original oil on canvas, and is pa...

Mid Century Modern Impasto Portrait of a Woman. Heavy impasto painting on board. She reminds us of Jackie O with a headband but with white hair...

Peter Robert Keil was born to an artist blacksmith father whom he lost very early in his childhood during the Second World War. During the end phase of the war, Keil's mother, also an artistically talented woman, took her son and struggled her way to West Berlin where they settled. This is where Peter Robert Keil grew up in the working-class neighborhood of Berlin-Wedding and where he discovered his interest in painting – particularly in expressionistic artists and in Pablo Picasso's work. From 1954 on, the East Berlin-based painter Otto Nagel...

PRESENTING a FANTASTIC and LARGE Oil on Canvas Painting of ‘Venus & Cupid’ After the original masterpiece by renowned artist, Hans Zatzka. This is a mid to late 20th Century, circa ...

A beautiful view of a street scene in Paris, France. This painting perfectly depicts life in Paris with its restaurants, busy streets, cafes, hotels, monuments, and wonderful archite...

A handsome and sophisticated mixed media on canvas by American artist John Rigsby. Found in a original state of preservation. His works are few and far between. The following biography was submitted by John David Rigsby, Jr., son of the artist. The author is Lisa Rigsby Peterson, daughter of the artist, and owner of the copyright of the biography. John David Rigsby was born on October 10, 1934, the seventh child of an Alabama Depression-era sharecropper's son. He and his family moved frequently, from one one-room structure to another, often with no running water, no plumbing, no heat but the stove. His father was killed in a car accident when Rigsby was just 9 years old. Life for the remaining eight family members proved tumultuous and difficult -- food wasn't plentiful, nor money. The family moved from place to place, following work -- Rigsby attended 30 different schools before graduating from high school. Despite living in poverty, Rigsby demonstrated academic and artistic aptitude at a young age. Two oil paintings on covers ripped off of old books that he painted when he was eight years old show the promise of an imaginative and gifted eye. Rigsby was drafted by the U.S. Army in 1953. As he later wrote, "When basic training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, was over, I was told to go out and find a job. Jasper Johns was painting visual aids for the 28th Regimental Headquarters. He suggested the Band Training Unit." Rigsby played the clarinet in that unit, and after 2 years of service, he enrolled at the University of Alabama on the G.I. Bill to study art. After just two years, he left school and followed his mentor (and one of the greatest and longest-lasting influences on his art), Japanese artist and U of A art instructor Tatsu Heima, to New York City. Heima introduced him to Isamu Noguchi and suggested that Rigsby work as Noguchi's assistant. Instead, Rigsby chose a job as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, since "the notion of seeing all of that art appealed more to me than the boring task of studio assistant." The opportunity was a rich one for Rigsby. He had a chance to study the masters, and cited Rembrandt with his simplicity and elegance as another of the most important influences on his work. In the years between 1957 and 1963, when Rigsby eventually earned his BFA in sculpture, the artist traveled back and forth between New York and Tuscaloosa, alternating study with forays into the fertile New York art scene. Rigsby exhibited some of his early sculpture work in 1958 at a small New York gallery, which was also exhibiting the work of Willem and Elaine de Kooning and Theodore Stamos. Shortly thereafter, searching for an educational venue closer to New York City, Rigsby visited New Haven, Connecticut, and spent an afternoon speaking with Josef Albers at Yale. Albers agreed to accept Rigsby into the Yale program on the condition that he take freshman drawing all over again. A brilliant opportunity, but, in Rigsby's words, "When it was time to register, I was hitchhiking back to Alabama, looking for food and shelter." Rigsby had his first one-man show at the University of Alabama in 1959. A visiting critic from New York, J.F. Goosen, reviewed the show and wrote "here is a talent which produces art because that is the thing for a gifted person to do. In his effortless ease of conception and execution, he has already achieved a goal that eludes many artists for a lifetime." Finally, in 1963, Rigsby received his degree in sculpture, dissolved a short-lived marriage, visited his family, packed up his car and headed permanently for New York. That year, his work was included in a group show at the Delgado Museum in New Orleans - which led to a one-man exhibit at the Delgado in 1964. During 1964, Rigsby took drawing classes at Columbia University, and worked at the General Post Office at night. He met his future wife, Linda Palmieri, and married. In 1965, his daughter Lisa was born, followed in 1966 by the birth of his son, John David Jr. In 1966, Rigsby had a successful one-man show at the Pietrantonio Gallery in New York. Shortly thereafter, he and the family moved to Tunis, Tunisia at the suggestion of a colleague, who urged him to "come paint by the light of Klee." Rigsby worked for the United States Information Agency as a teacher, and he spent the next year and a half painting over ninety paintings inspired by the smells, light, and Phoenician and Roman art surrounding him. He also executed a number of character and landscape drawings, capturing the Tunisian way of life. During his time in Tunisia, Rigsby's work was shown there in two major exhibits. Upon the family's return to the U.S. in 1968, Rigsby once again exhibited at the Pietrantonio Gallery. Later that year, Rigsby enrolled in Southern Connecticut State College's Urban Studies program, earning a master's degree in 1970. During his time at SCSU, Rigsby worked as the city of Bridgeport's Curator of Exhibits, driving a mobile art gallery from schools to neighborhood fairs and housing projects. After completing his degree, Rigsby had an exhibit at the Telfair Museum in Savannah, Georgia. This exhibit caught the attention of a member of the search committee looking to hire an artist for a newly-developed program in neighboring South Carolina. In 1970, Rigsby was selected as the first Artist-in-Residence in the state of South Carolina for the National Endowment for the Arts Artists in Schools program. His work with the newly-integrated students at Beaufort (SC) High School over the term of his residency precluded substantial work on his own art. He did, however, set up a studio in downtown Beaufort, and was able to create a modest number of paintings, which were included in exhibits at the Columbia Museum in South Carolina in 1971 and Yale University in 1973. At the end of his residency in 1974, Rigsby was named the National Visual Arts Coordinator of the Artists in Schools program for the NEA, a post he held for two years. In this position, Rigsby traveled the country, reviewing grant applications, meeting with state leaders in government, education and the arts to promote program concepts and explore local opportunities. The message he repeated over and over again echoed that of one of the other major influences on Rigsby as an artist - Ruth Asawa Lanier, whose words taught him that all of the work that the artist does is the artist's work, not simply the paintings he creates. In his capacity as National Coordinator, as well as many times in the future, Rigsby stressed that artists function in the same way as any other person in society, and deserved the same respect and place for their work as did all other professions. After two years traveling the country, Rigsby was ready for a change, saying "for the first time in my adult life, there was not a body of paintings to show for the years put into my work." In 1976, a summer retreat to the mountain community of Central City, Colorado, led to a permanent relocation. Eventually settling in the small town of Evergreen, Rigsby followed his own advice about artists becoming actively involved in their communities, and he established the Evergreen Visual Arts Center. The Center provided working space for artists, classes for adults and children, and, most importantly, a place for Rigsby to create his own work. Buoyed by the opportunity to concentrate once again on his art, and inspired by his new surroundings, Rigsby entered an extremely prolific period in his career. In 1977, he organized a traveling exhibition of his paintings, which showed at the Kimball Arts Center in Utah, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and the Arvada Center in Colorado. 1978 brought more exhibits, notably in Aspen and Denver, as Rigsby's work continued. He took an extended trip to visit his mentor, Tatsu Heima, in Japan, where he climbed Mt. Fuji, followed by travels to Tehran, Delhi, and several European countries. He chronicled his impressions from his travels in a small collection of paintings upon his return to the U.S. - the beginning of a practice which would continue through the rest of his life. In 1979, Rigsby's marriage failed, and at the same time he lost the lease to his Evergreen studio to redevelopment plans. In response to the personal chaos around him, Rigsby began a series of what he called "hard-nosed process paintings," the watercolor paintings of dots which marked his work from this period. The paintings gained him an NEA Individual Artist grant in 1980, as well as a Yaddo fellowship in 1981. The polka dot paintings were followed by a series of cupcake-like images, again examining space and color. During the early 1980s, Rigsby lived in a suite of old dentists' offices in a rundown part of Denver, with a studio in an area that reminded him of the Bowery in New York. In 1984, Rigsby founded the Progreso Gallery in the building where he lived, using the space both to show his own work and also to mount shows of the work of many Colorado artists. The gallery also served as a focal point for Denver's local arts community, hosting weekly discussion groups and classes. In 1984, Rigsby traveled to the Baja Peninsula and then in 1985 to Yugoslavia. After each sojourn, Rigsby returned to create vibrant and explosive paintings based on his experiences, showing them at his Progreso gallery and another alternative gallery in Denver, the Edge Gallery. The economic recession of the mid-eighties hit the art market and Rigsby hard, however, and although he continued to create new works of art, major exhibitions were difficult to come by. In 1987, Rigsby decided to leave Denver and spent six months in Barcelona, Spain. It was an electrifying trip for him. Rigsby wrote of that time: "The streets alone are a visual feast, and the additions of museums from Saarinen, Picasso and Miro to 12th century icons produced artistic indigestion. My paintings are always about the way things look and feel. Barcelona was a time machine extending those sensory and emotional concerns back to the Middle Ages. I felt the need to reduce my work to essential elements of color, scale, drawing and format. The [resulting] color studies speak eloquently for themselves, and in doing so, redefine all of the work I've done in the past 35 years of painting." Rigsby completed over a hundred paintings while in Barcelona - color studies, street portraits of the characters he encountered on a daily basis, and a number of dark landscape paintings. He found time to run with the bulls in Pamplona, and began writing stories about his adventures that were later published. Upon his return to Denver in 1988, Rigsby continued to explore the alter egos of the color studies - he concentrated on a series of dark paintings, all prominently featuring back. He commented about these black paintings that he " decided it was time to explore the perception of the eye and physical space as defined by low -light conditions…I find these paintings elegant, joyous and light-filled, with no feeling of heaviness at all." In mid-1988, Rigsby moved permanently to Houston, Texas, where he would spend the last five years of his life. Once in Houston, Rigsby made a discovery that would serve as the inspiration and material for some of the last works of his career. In 1989, he discovered a salvage yard filled with scrap rubber, and he began working on black rubber sculptures, as well as paintings with rubber elements incorporated. He made strong connections in the Houston alternative arts scene, and became a regular contributor and art critic for a local weekly newspaper, The Public News. From 1989 through 1992, he exhibited his sculptures and paintings at Houston's Brent Gallery, Fountainhead Gallery, and Blaffer Gallery. He also produced an installation of his rubber sculptures on the roof of the Diverse Works Gallery in Houston. 1992 also marked Rigsby's return to Denver when he exhibited his sculptures at the Payton-Rule Gallery in Denver, leading to an Absolut Rigsby commission by Carillon Importers. The 1990s were a tremendous struggle for Rigsby, with financial crises compounded by physical trauma (he accidentally sawed off the top joint of the index finger of his left hand while working in his studio). Although his work was being shown, it wasn't selling, and the tremendous financial pressure he felt weighed heavily upon him. He spent an increasing proportion of his time going to flea markets and garage sales, rehabilitating and repairing the things he bought there, and then re-selling them simply to raise enough money to keep a roof over his head. He had little time to paint or sculpt, the things in life that had always, no matter what the circumstances, brought him joy. Rigsby's final works were a series of intricate paintings and drawings on used books that he purchased at the flea market. Most of these drawings, which he referred to as sculptural form drawings, were executed on page after page of science texts, music books, and a Korean bible and fill hundreds of pages. Additionally, Rigsby created an exquisite book he titled 28 de los Angeles, in which his twenty-eight simple and elegant drawings of angels resonated with the influence of Rembrandt he had so admired in his early days. In a sense, Rigsby's final works, art created on used books which were the only materials he could afford, brought his work and life full circle from his childhood days. Rigsby's life, though begun and ended in adversity, was nonetheless illuminated and enriched by the irresistible impulse he had to create art and beauty. John David Rigsby was killed in a one-car accident in Colorado in August, 1993. Biography from the Archives of askART Following is a review by Michael Paglia of the artist's July 2004 retrospective at the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art. It was submitted by John Rigsby, Jr., son of the artist. There's a magnificent retrospective at Denver's Museum of Contemporary Art devoted to the work of the late John David Rigsby, who was a major powerhouse in Colorado's art scene. "Dots, Blobs and Angels" surveys more than forty years' worth of the remarkable artist's paintings and sculptures. The year 1993 was strange, and by that I mean terrible. Many of the city's galleries closed because of bad economic times, and then the artists started dying. In a matter of a few months, Denver lost three significant artists: Rigsby, experimental photographer Wes Kennedy...

A vibrant hand-painted enamel on metal attributed to the Spanish School, 20th century. This striking floral still life depicts an overflowing bouquet in vivid, high-gloss colors set ...

Attributed to Flora Crockett (American, 1892-1979), Untitled Abstraction. Flora Crockett is a newly discovered American abstractionist whose career spanned the middle decades of th...

Keep a view of Paris in your home with this oil on canvas painting by French painter, Lucien Delarue (circa 1970). Set inside a carved gilt frame, this detailed, architectural painti...

German Orientalist oil on canvas painting of a street scene. Long shadows suggesting start of the day, complete with merchants, travelers, ar...

Traditional Russian icon made in the 18th century, depicting the crucifixion of Jesus who is surrounded by various saints such as St. Boniface and St. Nicholas on the top. It also in...

Impressionistic landscape painting, oil on canvas, mounted in a wood and parcel gilt frame. Signed lower right Shreve, and dated 1923. Possibly Catherine Shock Shreve, (1900-2000). ...

Antique oil painting of boat at sea in giltwood frame Unsigned, this oil painting on canvas is framed in a chippy, giltwood frame. The oil does have age signs with some peeling and...

Signed and dated 1924. Jean Germain-Jacob was a French artist who was born in the 20th Century. Possibly of "Rue animée" which Jacob has used as a backdrop in some of his street pain...

The artist says this was one of the first paintings he created under the name Bruce Sargent (1898–1938). The Boxers is a striking double portrait of the ...

Great original drawing by Robert Loughlin on cardboard. Image of 'the Brute' with cigarette facing to the right. Signed RL on the back. Water stain on bottom right. Over 20 original ...

Expressive Abstract painting of machinery. Randall uses deep reds complemented with greenish-yellows. The piece sits in a patinated grey frame. Randall had a fascination with labor...

A fine & large antique Russian Orthodox icon, circa 1820. This large antique Russian icon painted with egg tempera on wooden panel, depicts the "True Cross" to the center with Saint...

Large religious icon made in Russia in the early 18th century depicting the Veneration of St. Michael. He is shown surrounded by Saints and Prophets. They are painted delicately in t...

This is a signed mid-century Folk Art painting by Helen Strong. It is a charming depiction of a park scene.i could not find any information regarding the artist. It is in an ebonized...

Gilt framed oil painting of a still life of a vase and pitcher with fruit and flowers.

Russian Icon depicting images of the Mother of God from the cities of Smolensk and Vladimir, together with four saints. Painted on a wood panel. The condition is good. 13"h x 11.5"w...

An exquisite hand painted Tibetan Thangka depicting 63 Buddhas with consorts and 5 protector Vajrabhairavas. Buddha seated dhyana asana on lotus throne at the center of the mandala i...

A spectacular frame house this whimsical work by the Mexican artist Leonel Maciel. The painting is not signed. The frame itself is magnificent and a work of art in itself with its si...

A wonderful painting by the noted Palm Springs Artist Shawn Savage who sadly passed away suddenly a few months ago. We managed to acquire a few works of his that he had displayed in ...

Southern California landscape Plein Air style painting in original period carved and gilded wood frame. Signed, Esther Smee. Recently professionally cleaned. In excellent condition. Esther B...

This charming 19th century KPM porcelain plaque depicts a painting after German artist Christian Leberecht Vogel's popular work Die Söhne des Künstlers, executed in 1793. The beautif...

1869 English oil painting men on horse back preparing for the fox hund Painted on wood panel Signed Dave

Maxwell Mays (1918-2009) American painter and illustrator. Signed and dated 1983. This painting titled "Cascade Springs" is an intricate and lively depiction of a bustling Colorado town during its historical boom period. The painting illustrates the vibrant energy of the town with details of trains, trolleys, horse-drawn carriages, and pedestrians in a winter landscape. The scene captures the essence of Victorian and Edwardian architecture alongside the Rockies, representing a mix of rural charm and the burgeoning industrial presence with trains labeled "Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe" and freight cars marked "Rock Island" and "DRG." The composition is filled with movement: people strolling on the sidewalks, horses pulling carts loaded with goods, and trains arriving and departing, indicating a hub of economic and social activity. The detailed rendering of buildings, including "William M. Baxter Hay & Grain" and market scenes, emphasizes the town's industry and commerce. The snowy mountains and rooftops in the background further ground the painting in the Colorado Springs region, showcasing the rugged, wintry landscape that frames the town. The palette of subdued winter tones, combined with bright pops of color in the trains and clothing of the figures, enhances the painting’s nostalgic and whimsical quality typical of Mays' work. The title plaque on the back provides historical context, describing how people came to Colorado Springs for both riches and health, symbolizing a new society born from the merging of the West with industrial advancement. This picturesque narrative combined with Mays’ folk art style makes it a remarkable piece evoking both history and community. Overall, "Cascade Springs" is a celebration of early American life in a rapidly modernizing town, capturing both its charm and progressiveness through Mays' detailed and stylized artistic lens. Dimensions: 45.5"w x 35"h x 1.5"d (sight) Condition: Good. No issues observed. Ready to hang. About the Artist" Maxwell Mays was born in Rhode Island in 1918, and focused his art on celebrating the landscapes of his home state. Known for their birds-eye perspectives and nostalgic style, Mays' prints have appeared multiple times on the cover of Yankee Magazine. His paintings hang in many establishments, including the University of Rhode Island, and are particular favorites of Rhode Island residents. Mays' artwork often depicts scenes from throughout Rhode Island and the surrounding areas of New England but he did produce works depicting communities from across America . Featuring town squares, farm lands, and harbors, Maxwell Mays' prints celebrate the Americana found in small towns. A graduate of RISD, he began painting seriously while serving in the US Air Force in Brazil during WWII. His first one-man commercial show was at the Ferargil Gallery in New York in 1948. In the ensuing years he became notable for a number of highly successful art shows and magazine covers, and was a highly sought-after speaker and storyteller. As a successful businessman, he was Treasurer of Mays Manufacturing Company, a family business until its sale in the mid-1980s. He was Past President and Director Emeritus of the Providence Art...

Georg August Stahl – Composition (1962–63) A striking abstract painting by Georg August Stahl, executed in oil on masonite. Signed on the front by the artist, with a label on the ver...

Gérard Calvet French (b. 1926)  Expressionist Gruissan Mountainous Landscape French painter and sculptor (1926–2017) An exquisite oil on canvas by renowned French painter and sculpt...

Vintage American Impressionist Oil On Canvas Landscape Painting Signed By L. R. DeFiore C1972 Measures - 15 3/8" x 19 3/8" x 1 3/8" An American Impressionist oil on canvas landscap...

19th Century French Sea Scape Painting Beautiful painting purchased in France Age appropriate wear, see detailed photos or message us with any questi...

Orientalist Moroccan scene giclee painting of the King o Morocco. French orientalist reproduction painting of Mohamed V coming back from exile with a ...

Large size masterfully painted 17th century oil panting depicting the adoration of the magi, possibly after follower or in the circle of Gerard Seghers. Works of this caliber rarely ...

A traditional Russian icon of St. Nicholas portrayed in a frontal, half-length view, dressed in bishop's attire. He blesses with his right hand while holding the open Gospels in his ...

A finely detailed landscape depicting the rocky shoreline of Odiorne Point in Rye, NH. This 1971 work, almost abstract in its intricacy, is by the Lowell, MA artist Ted Giavis (1920-...

Oil on canvas, signed lower left. Wildlife artist Julie Jeppsen is known for her paintings combining realism and atmosphere of wild animals in landscape. Julie is a self-taught ar...

A vibrant vintage painting of a fabric draped interior with the backside of a lady. Painted on canvas, no signature found. Be sure to view all the images to see the details of this p...

“The Odalisques” 19th Century Orientalist Oil on Canvas, Signed Raupp An exquisite 19th-century European Orientalist oil painting on canvas, ...

1866 Oil on canvas of a still life table setting Set in agilt frame Image size 29.5x24 " signed lower right