CONTEMPORARY

The Dead Artists Gallery Presents “Stoneware Plaques”

New morning… new look! A bit different from our standard oil on canvas, but interesting and decorative nevertheless. Titled and signed indistinctly on verso, these unique cast and glazed tiles are mounted on a painted wooden panel to give a clean, contemporary, industrial look. Fired with fetching hues of indigo, burnt umber, and bone, this piece could set the perfect […]
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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 “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 “Landscape at Noon”

On the other hand, as Tevye the Dairyman would say, London-based aquatint master Robert Watson gives full reign to the viewer’s imagination with this 1972 artist-proof “landscape at Noon” on heavy woven paper signed in pencil along the bottom. Using a copper plate etched with nitric acid, Watson produces a total effect which creates sunken areas, holding the ink and […]
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The Dead Artists Gallery Presents “Force Fields”

Half a dozen of these large (54″ x 52″, Unframed) oil on canvas pieces, each signed and titled on verso by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts trained WPA artist Glenn Stewart Pearce (1909-1996). Can you picture a group of these abstract expressionist pieces in one large space? $1450 each. DM for additional images
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The Dead Artists Gallery Presents “Paisage II”

Last Tree Standing… Minimalism? Surrealism? Abstract objectivism? All of the above? None of the above? Help me out here… 1976 French hand-colored lithograph number 45 of 150, signed with initials only and housed in period if not original frame 33″ x 26″. Lithograph itself is protected from moisture and soiling by applied ultraviolet film, so no glazing necessary. $650.
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The Dead Artists Gallery Presents “Shades of Braque”

Braque? (Georges, 1882-1963)… Yes,… and… No. This large oil on canvas painted about 1945-50 in Havana by a museum apprentice certainly carries tht shades of Braque, if not the echo. Presented in a wonderful French-carved wood and gesso frame 41″ x 32″ circa 1920, it actually pretty well defined cubism. Evoking Braque’s “L’eglise de Carriers-Saint-Denis”, this painting embraces the sharp-edged […]
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The Dead Artists Gallery Presents “All Boxed In”

Ultra polished red cross on yellow ground under highly finished acrylic glaze on wood panel bearing artist’s cypher with copyright mark on verso. David Adam Devillier (1960- ) was born in Opelousas, Louisiana, received his Bachelor’s of Fine Arts at Louisiana State University and his MFA from Yale University. Translating his quirky humor and raw honesty into timeless two and […]
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The Dead Artists Gallery Presents “Little Jewel”

Mid -century realism enhanced by exceptional turn of the century French frames. Little jewels created by the Plein air Ukrainian artist V. I. Lugovoi (1918- )who was known for his exquisite small compositions depicting villages and forests near his home, the city of Dnepropetrovsk. Oil on cardboard, signed and dated 1959 in Cyrillic on verso. $460
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