Graphite and watercolor on old paper, this whimsical portrait is signed by the New Jersey/New York artist Antonio Romano (1953-2018) and was probably executed about 1980. Romano was an Italian-American who studied under Luigi Fali and also attended the School of the Visual Arts in New York City, working under James Moriarty. He developed his distinctive style combining modernism and […]
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Oil on canvas, signed and inscribed lower right by the New Hope, Pennsylvania master of naïveté and impressionism John J. Loeper (1929-2017). Essentially a storyteller, Loeper presents a nostalgic view of an idolized American way of life; the same can be said of the highly trained illustrator Norman Rockwell (1894-1978). 12 1/2″ x 16″ in original gold-tone frame circa 1970, […]
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Titans of American Industry. How were those few men given that title at the turn of the American 20th century? Through the effort of the men pictured here by the Pittsburgh Social Realist Karl Heiden. Pencil and watercolor on heavy paper in original double-matted and framed house circa 1950-1960. The title for this piece might have been “The War Room,” […]
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Oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right “T. (Thomas) Petraity, 1952,” and housed in its original ‘shabby-chic’ tiered-wood frame 22″ x 28″. A plein air artist from Chicago, Petraity aligned himself with the Hoosier School, and specifically the Brown County Salon Midwestern impressionists. Successfully marrying Fauvism with regional American impressionism, these pieces are collected today for their historic as […]
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How about this cheery little piece? Unsigned oil on canvas laid down on foam cord from the New Hope, Pennsylvania circa 1920. 15″ x 22″, unframed. $575.
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Large? Yes. Dark? Yes. Dramatic? Yes. Evocative? Yes! Step away from the ordinary with this high glaze acrylic on plywood circa 1970. 48″ x 48″ in original boxed wood frame signed by the New Jersey/New York artist Stephen Bagnel (1930-1996), known for his large and often dramatic landscapes and genre pieces falling into the realm of interpretive realism. $1600. Those […]
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Starting today with a still life. Signed and dated lower right “Heather M. Boardman, 1976,” this oil on canvas laid down on foamboard aptly displays a summers harvest on the farm table. This New York artist utilizes interpretive realism as her style… successfully! 17 1/2″ x 22 1/2″ in original stained wood frame, $475.
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Squisto! Bellissimo! Perfecto! A round of applause for this fresco painted by Raphael in 1518 as a decoration of nuptial imagery on his workshop vault in the Villa Farnesia, Rome, and then this fragment engraved by Nicolas Gallus in 1683 is the earliest hand-colored engraving we have ever presented. 17″ x 28″ in contemporary silver frame, $650.
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Continuing down the Fantastical Realism path… Two pencil and watercolors on heavy brown manila paper, one painted in 1940 and the other in 1941 by the mythology/fantastical artist Russell C. Veit. Born in boston, but spending much of his life in London, Veit’s pieces are a welcome addition to any art collection. Housed in their original frames, one 20″ x […]
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Totally out of character, but oh so charming! Found in London, but painted in Sweden by the Swedish naturalist Bruno Liljefors (1860-1939), this work is Sweden’s answer to the New World’s John J. Audubon (1785-1851). Painted with the exactness of the hunter and the lover of nature, both artists captured their ssubjets in their every day life without ever being […]
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