STILL LIFES

The Dead Artists Gallery Presents “Larger than Life”

This larger-than-(still)life was painted about 1930 by an unknown English artist of some merit. The dented and outsized copper vessel, white porcelain vase and oversized fruit certainly draw your attention! Housed in its original bronzed frame 28″ x 24″, this piece works perfectly for today’s kitchen or yesterday’s Arts and Crafts cottage. $425.
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The Dead Artists Gallery Presents “Fuchsia and Violets”

Alfonso T. Toran’s (1896-1965) oil painting on masonite portrays vibrant fuchsia and violet flowers in an ornate Victorian vase. The piece is elegantly framed in a contemporary closed corner frame 16″ x 12″, blending traditional beauty with modern design and creating a stunning floral composition that bridges the past and present. Toran was born in Naples, Italy, but spent most […]
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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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