All Entries in the "Paintings" Category
oil paintings
Traditional oil painting techniques often begin with the artist sketching the subject onto the canvas with charcoal or thinned paint. A basic rule of oil paint application is ‘fat over lean’. This means that each additional layer of paint should contain more oil than the layer below to allow proper drying. If each additional layer [...]
paintings by vincent van gogh
Vincent van gogh was grown up in Holland and spend rest of the life as a pastor in france. Vincent van Gogh painted almost 900 paintings. Since his death, he has become one of the most famous painters in the world.
paintings by Frank Auerbach
Frank Auerbach was born in Berlin, the son of Max Auerbach, a patent lawyer, and Charlotte Nora Burchardt, who had trained as an artist. Auerbach’s first solo exhibition was at the Beaux Arts Gallery in London in 1956.Auerbach is a figurative painter, who focuses on portraits and city scenes in and around the area of [...]
Di Cavalcanti “Imprensa” Mosaic
via Brazilian artist Emiliano Di Cavalcanti (1897-1976) completed the mosaic mural titled Imprensa (Press) in 1954. It is located in São Paulo, Brazil on the exterior of what use to be the headquarters for the newspaper, O Estado de São Paulo, hence the mosaic's subject matter. The building has since become the [...]
G. Maurice Cloud Paintings
Women with Oranges, 1949, oil on canvas, 32" x 25". Jeffrey Winter Fine Arts Guitar Player, 1948, gouache, 21" x 14". Jeffrey Winter Fine Arts Le Port du Pouliguen, 1948, gouache on paper. via G. Maurice Cloud Peace, 1951, gouache on paper, 25" x 19". Jeffrey Winter Fine Arts Woman and [...]
Painting + Pottery = Majolica
Majolica is a pottery decorating method that combines the best of both worlds, painting and ceramics. With a coat of white glaze as a canvas, colored glazes can be painted much like watercolors. True majolica ware is earthenware clay glazed with white tin glaze, painted with metallic oxides or fritted glazed. The oxides were painted [...]
Dorr Bothwell Serigraphs
American artist Dorr Bothwell (1902-2000) produced some amazing serigraphs during the 1940's and 50's. The Juggler, 1949, serigraph, edition 5/45, 19 1/16" x 14". Annex Galleries ($1,200 at time of post) Antibes, 1950, serigraph, edition 15/25, 14 3/4" x 10 3/8". Annex Galleries ($650 at time of post) Comment on Fashion, 1947, serigraph, [...]
Mid-Century Tapestries II
Here is another set of mid-century era tapestries that I have collected while art auction mining. Enjoy. cubist nude tapestry by Rene Reno, 52" x 36". via Clark's Auctioneers (sold 2006) roosters tapestry by UHR, 14" x 13". via Etsy (sold 2010) bird tapestry by UHR, 12.5" x 12.75". via Etsy (sold 2010) [...]
Mosaic Panel Mystery: Stephenson Home
This fantastic Hispanic-themed mosaic, that previously resided in a Beverly Hills home designed by the late architect William Stephenson (noted for designing the Reagans' Palisades home), was recently acquired by a fellow blogger. Unfortunately, upon examination of the piece, she noticed there were no markings indicating its origins or maker, hence the title "mystery". [...]
Picasso’s Pierrot and Harlequin
I recently came across a mosaic on eBay that I thought was a knock-off of a painting by Arthur Gladfelter, but after further research I discovered I was mistaken. They both are in fact copies of Picasso's Pierrot and Harlequin (c. 1920). I also learned that many other artists including, Gris and Cézanne created works [...]
