Wisconsin - Art

"Famous Artist Series: Leonardo & Rodin Dreaming of Jona Lisa" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. Collaged images of Mona Lisa, Leonardo, a...

"Abstract With Clouds" is an original ink drawing on paper by Sylvia Spicuzza, stamped with her signature in the lower right. The drawing is done entirely in pink with a combination ...

"Country Church" is an original linoleum print by Elsa E. Ulbricht. A front facing view of a country church is proudly replicated within this print. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Image:7" x 5" Framed: 15.25" x 13.25" Painter, Teacher When she directed The Milwaukee Handicraft Project, Elsa Ulbricht...

"Smile For Me" is an original mixed media piece on watercolor paper. Alayna Rose, the artist, signed the piece in the lower right. This piece features a variety of abstract marks in ...

"Cranberry Bog & Golden Fields" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by David Barnett. This painting features a bright yellow field behind a red bog...

"Title Page" and "Art Nouveau Motif" are two sides of one double-sided original lithograph by Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha. These illustrations were from "Ilsee, Princess of Tri...

"Isaiah II--Quaspace For Cow" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Reginald K. Gee. It depicts a cow in yellow, a graph, a landscape, and a bubble of text. The artist signed ...

"The Spring Years" is an original acrylic painting on canvas by Karen Hoepting. It depicts a cow and two birds with brightly colored patterns. The artist signed the piece in the lowe...

"View of the Mountain from the Air" is a small original iridescent watercolor and ink painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The piece is abstract, dominated by the col...

"Full Moon #26" is an original graphite drawing on paper by Bill Teeple, signed in the lower right corner of the mat. This small image of the moon over the water is surrounded by a large white mat, isolating this intimate work so that it may be viewed on its own. Art size: 1 5/8" x 2" Frame size: 14" x 11" "I am the Director of Iowa Contemporary Art (ICON) and Bill Teeple Fine Art, in Fairfield. I have been serious about making art for 50 years, with a degree in art from the University of California at Berkeley. I have taught art in Fairfield for the past 15 years." In the ’70s, Bill and his artist partner Lynn Durham were living in California. Their fantasy/fairy art...

"Morning Glory" is an original watercolor painting on paper by Carol Christ. A sunny corner of a garden overflows with the beginnings of a lush garden. 24 x 18 inches, artwork 35 x...

"Looking North II-8" by Janet Richardson-Baughman is a pastel landscape drawing. The work is framed and matted with acid-free mat board. The signature is in the lower right in pencil...

"Beaver Lake Spring" is an original watercolor painting on paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. This abstract painting features stripes of pastel blue, red, brow...

"Up North Wisconsin Series: Morph Dog, Rabbit, & Beaver" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett and his daughter, Sarah. This colorful piece incorporates watercolor, ink, ...

"Head of Girl with Fancy Earrings" is an original steel sculpture by Haitian artist Fred Cantave. The artist signed the base. It depicts a face without a mouth and with braided hair ...

Designed by Shusaku Arakawa, this was a poster for his exhibition at the Galerie Maeght in Paris, 1977. Shusaku Arakawa was a Japanese artist and architect. Shusaku Arakawa, who spoke of himself as an “eternal outsider” and “abstractionist of the distant future,” first studied mathematics and medicine at the University of Tokyo, and art at the Musashino Art University. He was a member of Tokyo’s Neo-Dadaism Organizers, a precursor to The Neo-Dada movement. Arakawa’s early works were first displayed in the infamous Yomiuri Independent Exhibition, a watershed event for postwar Japanese avant-garde art. Arakawa arrived in New York in 1961 with fourteen dollars in his pocket and a telephone number for Marcel Duchamp, whom he phoned from the airport and with whom he eventually formed a close friendship. He started using diagrams within his paintings as philosophical propositions. Jean-Francois Lyotard said of Arakawa’s work that it “makes us think through the eyes,” and Hans-Georg Gadamer described it as transforming “the usual constancies of orientation into a strange, enticing game—a game of continually thinking out.” Quoting Paul Celan, Gadamer also wrote of the work: "There are songs to sing beyond the human." Charles Bernstein and Susan Bee observe, "Arakawa deals with the visual field as discourse, modal systems that constitute the world rather than being constituted by it." Arthur Danto found Arakawa to be “the most philosophical of contemporary artists." For his part, Arakawa declared: “Painting is only an exercise, never more than that.” Beginning in 1963, he collaborated with fellow artist, architect and poet Madeline Gins...

"Space Odyssey" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features abstract marks and brushstrokes in blue, purple, gray, yellow,...

Solar System 4 is a painted aluminum and wood wall sculpture. It is light weight and easily installed with a single wall anchor, which is included. It is from a series of wall sculpt...

"Star Lake Reflections - Autumn" is an original watercolor painting on antique Whatman watercolor paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. The image is an abstract r...

"Flower" is a double-walled porcelain ceramic bowl by Wayne Fischer. It features delicate pink and white coloration. 4 1/2" x 7" diameter Milwaukee ceramist currently residing in ...

"Abstract Landscape" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. It is a playful piece, characterized by lines and splotches of color, high...

"Personnages with Bird" is an original lithograph by Sebastien Hadengue. The artist signed the piece lower left. It depicts abstracted figures and birds in earth tones. 11" x 8 1/2...

"Postcard Size Impression of Autumn at Star Lake, WI" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower center. The piece is an abstract representation of the ...

"Lenexa Field, Kansas" is an original watercolor painting on Holbein watercolor paper. The artist, Craig Lueck, signed the piece in the lower right and titled it in the lower left in...

This Golek puppet was made by an unknown Indonesian artist using wood and cloth. It is approximately 20" tall. Traditional Wayang Golek plays can be compared to European and North America: most performances revolve around Kings, Queens, Princes and Princesses who fight against evil, mystical, beings to (usually) end happily. Three-dimensional Indonesian puppets...

"Discarded Becomes Life (Window To The World)" is an original mixed media piece by Dan Muller. The artist signed the piece lower right. This artwork features abstract marks and shape...

"It's a Gusher II" is an original ink drawing by David Barnett, signed in the lower center within the red stripe. It depicts an oil rig exploding with black oil and color, mimicking ...

"The Rose Farm" is an original pastel drawing by Alicia Czechowski. It depicts a variety of plants and flowers in lush greens and blues. The artist signed the piece in the lower righ...

"Italy Residence" is an original watercolor on Holbein Watercolor paper by Craig Lueck. These petite watercolors that make up Lueck's portfolio serve as windows into the artist's wo...

Solar System 3 is a painted aluminum and wood wall sculpture. It is light weight and easily installed with a single wall anchor, which is included. It is from a series of wall sculpt...

Solar System 2 is a painted aluminum and wood wall sculpture. It is light weight and easily installed with a single wall anchor, which is included. It is from a series of wall sculpt...

"Shibumi X-15 is American abstract artist John Baughman's 2002 mixed media artwork. It is signed and titled lower right. 35 1/2" x 21 1/2" art 45" x 30 3/4" framed Baughman is a mixed media artist who is influenced by the work of Mark Rothko and Conrad Marcarelli...

Solar System 1 is a painted aluminum and wood wall sculpture. It is light weight and easily installed with a single wall anchor, which is included. It is from a series of wall sculpt...

"Venise en Fleurs" is an original color lithograph by Andre Masson. This piece is from the "Je Reve" (I Dream) portfolio of 1975. The edition number, written lower left, is H.C. XXV/...

"Light House Eagle Bluff Peninsula State Park" is an original pastel drawing by Michael DeFrancesco. The artist signed and dated the piece in the lower right. This drawing depicts a red-roofed house next to a light house in an expansive green field. 22" x 30" art 29 1/2" x 37 1/2" frame "As I progress in my painting, I hope to say more with less ... to leave the obvious vague ... and to paint only that which is essential ... this is my goal as an artist." Michael Defrancesco received his Fine Arts degree from the American Academy of Art in Chicago. While at the Academy, he was fortunate to have studied under some wonderful instructors such as Bill Parks, Vern Stake, Eugene Hall, Fred Berger, and the renowned watercolorist Irving Shapiro...

"Noel" is an original linocut on blue paper by Sylvia Spicuzza. The artist stamped her signature lower center. This artwork features the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus. Both figu...

"Sunset Over the Mountain, Scottsdale, AZ" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower left. The painting is a desert landscape, dotted with red flowers ...

"Snow on the Lake" is an original oil painting on wood by Robert Richter. The artist signed the work on the back. This piece depicts snow and some dark brown tree branches. The paint...

"Purpose" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. This piece features abstract shapes in red, pink, blue, yell...

"Indian Pow-Wow" is an original painting in tempera, signed in the lower right. It features gestural blue outlines, decorated in shades of yellow, blue, and green. Art size: 24" x 1...

"Constellation with Blue Cloud" is an original watercolor painting on paper by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower left. The piece is abstract; a large blue ring...

"Emprunt 4% 1918 - Appel" is an original lithograph poster by A. Malassinet. This poster advertised a fund for the national defense during World War I. The following are two statemen...

"Monumental" is an original springstone sculpture by Shona sculptor Phineas Masaya. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features an abstracted figure. 10 1/2" x 4" x 4" art Shona artists and crafts people have been working in different media for generations. These include paintings, pottery, basket ware, wood carvings, and sculpture done in metal as well as the stone carvings. While there is not a long standing tradition of sculpture in what is now Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia), stone carvings dating from the 15th century were seen in Great Zimbabwe, an excavated temple near Bulawayo. Most of the artifacts from this location have been moved to museums in Cape Town, South Africa or London. It is generally agreed that Zimbabwean stone sculpture as seen today began during the late colonial period of the 1950's and 1960's. During this period the artists and artisans depicted many of the traditional Shona and other tribal spiritual myths. Out of all the nations in Africa, the large varieties and abundant supplies of rock formations present throughout the Zimbabwe landscape...

This photo frame was hand-made in Romania and features 22K gold leafing. It is made out of wood and includes archival plexiglass to protect anything displayed in it from fading or ot...

"Beaver Lake Sunrise IV" is an original watercolor painting on paper by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. This abstract piece features brig...

"Shibumi IV-17" is American abstract artist John Baughman's 2003 mixed media artwork. Earth tones of red, brown, and beige flow organically through the composition. It is signed, titled, and dated lower right. 16" x 36" art 25 1/2" x 45 3/8" framed Baughman is a mixed media artist who is influenced by the work of Mark Rothko and Conrad Marcarelli...

"Crossroads A-38" by Jan Richardson-Baughman is a pastel drawing on paper. The work is framed and matted with an off-white acid-free mat board. It is signed in the lower right corner and titled in the lower left, both in pencil. The landscape drawing shows a country road starting in the lower left and heading off into a grove of trees in the center. Vivid green grass frames the lower right, offsetting the dark green and red of the trees, while the expansive blue sky takes up the top third of the image. Art size: 16" x 20" Frame size: 30" x 26" A move to an eighty-acre farm in Western Michigan from Detroit suited Janet Richardson Baughman to a tee. She and her three siblings loved country life and relished the many humorous adjustments to their new surroundings. The one-room schoolhouse she attended, for example, contrasted sharply with her earlier city school. Sports programs had been fairly sophisticated in the city. Rural sports consisted of her teacher piling everyone in her car, including the trunk, and then driving the children to another one-room schoolhouse for games. When Janet reached the sixth grade, a chapter in American history closed because all of the one-room schoolhouses were annexed by the nearest cities, but that unusual educational experience is something Janet fondly remembers. Growing up in a family that was very artistic, it is not surprising that Janet loved drawing. She and her brothers and sisters would make Christmas decorations for the Christmas tree and had ongoing art projects all year long. Her architect father was an artist in his free time. As the children have become adults, they are all involved in artistic endeavors from carving to sculpture. Janet's high school years were spent riding and showing her horses. "That was my life," she says. Living on the farm allowed her freedom to indulge her love of animals including the dogs that were so special to her. Active in 4H, Janet became an accomplished seamstress and an excellent cook. She took no art classes in high school although she sometimes helped her father with drafting. Starting college with the intention of majoring in speech and drama, Janet took an art class only because it was required. She found the art classes so appealing that she took one after another. Eventually, having taken every art class offered, the university had to design independent studies for her. With her beloved horses back on the farm, Janet discovered a new passion, and that was ceramics. First working as a waitress during college to earn income, Janet later became a Student Assistant and lived at the Ceramics Studio. As an assistant, she would make clay and glazes, fire the kiln, and assist the instructor however she could. At first, she had planned to become a high school teacher, but she was encouraged to earn her graduate degree and pursue her artistic endeavors, in addition to teaching. Janet graduated in 1975 with a BFA in Ceramics and Weaving from Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, MI. Following her mentor's advice, she went to Indiana State University in Indiana for her graduate work where she studied under Dick Hay...

"Battle of Monmouth June 28, 1778" is an original lithograph by Kurz & Allison. It depicts a battle in the American Revolutionary War. 12 1/4" x 18" art 21 1/4" x 27" frame Kurz &...

"Le Repos (Rest)" is an original etching by Victor Roux-Champion. It features a nude woman lounging on a couch. The artist signed the piece lower left and wrote the edition number, 2...

"Pyramid Between Two Dry Lakes" is an original etching and aquatint by James Rosenquist. The artist signed the piece lower right and wrote the title and edition number (56/78) in the...

"Princess Diana" is an original oil painting created by Alayna Rose. This piece was created shortly after the death of Princess Diana in 1997. The painting effectively captures the distance and sadness surrounding the event. Alayna Rose did not set out to make a tribute painting...

This Ekamka Fetish sculpture was carved from wood by an unknown Nigerian artist. It depicts a figure holding a mask. The figure has two symbolic horns protruding from his head and he sits on a thin...

"Saffron" is an original acrylic painting on paper mounted on museum foamboard by Karen Hoepting. The artist signed the piece in the lower left. It depicts a machine-like collection ...

"Avacado" is an original oil painting on wood by Wisconsin artist Robert Richter. It is signed on the back, and the frame was created and hand-carved by the artist, which makes it an...

"Plane Into Cloud, AZ" is an original color photograph by Thomas Ferderbar. The artist signed the piece lower right. It depicts an airplane flying towards a large, fluffy cloud. 20 1/4" x 15" image 26" x 21" paper 29" x 24" frame I wanted to become a photographer at the age of 12, when my sister Grace gave me a Kodak Box Brownie camera for Christmas. (I still have that camera.) Since our family was quite poor, I built my first enlarger with an oatmeal box, while that same box camera was used as its lens. In 1947, just after graduation from high school, I had the opportunity to travel to California by car and house trailer with my uncle, aunt and mother, and in the process to shoot my first pictures along Route 66. Then, after graduation from college, a stint in the army followed by photography school, I opened an advertising photography studio in 1954. For over four decades my staff and I earned numerous local, regional and national awards for our achievements in photography, including several "best of show" honors. In 1958 I studied with renowned landscape photographer Ansel Adams at his Yosemite National Park workshop. In 1980, while still operating my advertising photography studio, I began a serious photographic study of the decaying artifacts along our country's former Mother Road, Route 66. The former national highway route from Chicago, Illinois to Santa Monica, California was not a popular subject at the time, and so I filed away my transparencies, not knowing what I might ever do with them. However, as time passed Route 66 did become a topic of national interest, and upon my retirement in 1997, I once again returned to record the Mother Road's artifacts. A number of my Yosemite series photographs are included in the Ansel and Virginia Adams collection at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona at Tucson, and several of my Route 66 photographs and other subjects have been acquired by the Milwaukee Art Museum. At this time I am preparing a book of my photographic experiences along Route 66, from 1947 to the present. --Tom Ferderbar

"Self Portrait in N.Y., 20th St." is an original gouache, ink, and pastel drawing by Dan Muller. The artist signed the piece lower right. This artwork features a seated, abstracted f...

"Skeletype Grape" is an original acrylic painting and pastel on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower left. This artwork features an abstract portrait o...

"Three Riders, Two Trees" is an original tempera painting by an unknown Persian artist. it features three royal figures on three horses riding through ...

"The First Bird with Egg, Duckling Abstraction" is an original oil pastel on board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist initialed the piece on the back. It features an abstracted duckling ...

"Region Nine Walkers" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right and dated it on the back. It features two blue fi...