STILL LIFES

The Dead Artists Gallery Presents “Nature Morte sur en Table”

“Nature Morte sur en Table”. 18th century Dutch realism reached a pinnacle with the still- lifes of Pieter Paul Rubens(1577-1640) Jean Chandin(1699-1779) and Jan van de Velde. The Flemish approach emphasizing abundance by depicting a diversity of fruits, flowers and dead game became the “thing”, and the European great houses, especially English ones, could not get enough for their grand […]
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The Dead Artists Gallery Presents “Nature Morte sur en Table”

“Nature Morte sur en Table”. 18th century Dutch realism reached a pinnacle with the still- lifes of Pieter Paul Rubens(1577-1640) Jean Chandin(1699-1779) and Jan van de Velde. The Flemish approach emphasizing abundance by depicting a diversity of fruits, flowers and dead game became the “thing”, and the European great houses, especially English ones, could not get enough for their grand […]
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The Dead Artists Gallery Presents ““Le Chaval Blanc”

“Gracefully, the white horse pranced across the table top, knocking apples here and there.” Oil on canvas, “Le Chaval Blanc,” was painted in 1944 by Manfred Schwartz(1909-1970.)Producing a varied oeuvre during his lifetime, Schwartz immigrated to New York from Lodz, Poland in 1920 and was recognized as a child progeny. Exhibiting side-by-side with Maurice Vlaminck(1876-1958), Bernard Buffet (1928-1999), Edward Hopper […]
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The Dead Artists Gallery presents “Bowl of Fruit”

Ukrainian Genius: “ Still Life, Bowl of Fruit,” signed L/L “Ben Benn”(1884-1983.) Pioneer Modernist with excursions into Cubism and Abstract Expressionism, Benn was born in southwest Ukraine as a Jew under the Czarist Alexander III. He migrated with his family to the United States in 1898, and between 1904 and 1908 attended The National Academy of Design. Participating in the […]
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The Dead Artists Gallery presents “Mixed Zinnias in Glazed Bowl”

Texas wildflowers? Nope. “Mixed Zinnias in Glazed Bowl”, oil on canvas signed L/R “Emma Jean Mitchell” and signed/dated “1/18/28” on stretcher.Additionally, bears Houston Gallery label on verso. As an aside, excepting the ears, the bowl has the appearance of having been thrown by Maria Martinez (1887-1980), San Ildefonso Pueblo. Intriguing as well is the clever artifice the artist employed utilizing […]
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