Private: Gallery 1

The Dead Artists Gallery Presents “Sheeba, a Feline Companion”

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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The Dead Artists Gallery Presents “Hope Valley”

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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The Dead Artists Gallery Presents “Construction Buddies”

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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The Dead Artists Gallery Presents “The Mountains Beyond”

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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The Dead Artists Gallery Presents “Aladdin and his Magical Lamp”

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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The Dead Artists Gallery Presents “Woodland Grouse in Conifer”

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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