The Lucien Crump Art Gallery and Education Center closed its doors for the final time Friday after 40 years of serving Philadelphia as the first to feature works by African-American artists. The gallery’s namesake, who had a long career as an artist and educator, passed away at age 71 in 2006. In the last days of the gallery’s opening, an announcement of the change caused neighbors and art lovers alike to pause and share their memories...
Max Kassler, American 1905–1992 was an abstract Artist known for some of the most unusual experimental work based on the human figure He was an early student of the Picasso school of painting. This work culminated his idea of abstraction in space. This is part of the collection we have at the gallery. Automatic drawing was pioneered by the English artist Austin Osman Spare who wrote a chapter, Automatic Drawing as a Means to Art, in his book, The Book of Pleasure (1913)...
Anne Lane studied art at George mason University in Virginia, completed her education at Saint Patrick’s college, Ireland, where she studied theology and philosophy. The tonal and contemplated intensity of her paintings reflect her 10 years spent working as an artist under the desert sun of New Mexico. Her vibrant style,resonant with color and baroque in detail,swoons its delight over her canvases...
VILLAGE PEOPLES is a mixed media work on paper measuring 44” x 31”, it represents 3 abstract figures of the unseen world… Ephrem Kouakou is one of the world’s foremost African painters. He currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland, and Ivory Coast, West Africa. His powerful, vivid paintings are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum, New York, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington DC. and Fondo Del Sol Museum, Washington DC...
California Portrait Artist Bradford Lambert 40x30” A beautiful piece done circa 1980 oil on canvas unframed
Eve Peri - Abstract oil on canvas
Circa - 1950 to 1960
Image - 20" x 26 1/2"
Eve Peri: September 25, 1897 - March 4, 1966 Place of Birth: Bangor, Maine, United States Place of Death: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Places of Residence: New York, NY, United States, Mexico
Influenced by Henri Matisse, Zeual Higley Gurnsey
Work Type/Media: Drawings and prints, painting, textiles and clothing
Artistic Roles: Collagist...
Religious Scene by Julien L Crump, Oil on Canvas, 30 x 40", 1940s
Mario Russo (1925-2000) was an Italian painter known for his unique style and innovative approach to art. Born in Naples, Italy, Russo received his formal art education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, where he studied painting and sculpture...
Manfred Schwartz (November 11, 1909 in Łódź, Poland – November 7, 1970 in New York City, United States) was a Polish-born American artist who was educated at the Sorbonne in Paris, the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, the Art Students League of New York, and the National Academy of Design in New York City. He also studied with Charles Hawthorne, John Sloan, and George Bridgman” this work is of the lower east side of Manhattan circa 1940 oil on canvas measuring 16x20”....
Italian Master Artist Mario Russo Still Life with Sculptures Oil 20x24
Mario Russo (1925-2000) was an Italian painter known for his unique style and innovative approach to art. Born in Naples, Italy, Russo received his formal art education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, where he studied painting and sculpture...
LAURITZ, Paul /Painter
5.1889, Larvik, Norway / d. 1975,
Los Angeles, CA.
Addresses: Canada; Oregon; Alaska;
PAiL AURITZ
Los Angeles, CA, 1919-75. Studied:
self-taught. Member: Laguna Beach AA; SC; Los Angeles PS;
Western Acad.; Soc. Western Artists; Calif. AC; Royal Soc. Arts.
Exhibited: CI; AIC; BM; PAFA; CGA; SFMA; Calif...
Amagnificent masterpiece by artist Paco Lane of the famous Lane family of artist,
This portrait of Anne and Nanny,Old San Juan Puerto Rico, Oil on canvas work measuring 24 x 36“
Paco Lane, brother of Anne Lane are brother and sister master painters who have been exhibiting works for over 20 years all over the United States and Puerto Rico They are know for their unique talents in draughtsmanship and painting styles
“LE GRANDE CHAT” is a work on paper done in mixed media, measuring 44” x 31”……… Ephrem Kouakou is one of the world’s foremost African painters. He currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland, and Ivory Coast, West Africa. His powerful, vivid paintings are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum, New York, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington DC. and Fondo Del Sol Museum, Washington DC...
R GRAHAM SIGNED MODERNIST OIL measuring 24” x 27”
Anne Lane studied art at George mason University in Virginia, completed her education at Saint Patrick’s college, Ireland, where she studied theology and philosophy. The tonal and contemplated intensity of her paintings reflect her 10 years spent working as an artist under the desert sun of New Mexico. Her vibrant style,resonant with color and baroque in detail,swoons its delight over her canvases...
Harbor Scene signed Ram Igal Israel artistIgal Ram, born 1974, is an Israeli figurative painter living, working and teaching in Tel Aviv. Has two bachelor's degrees and an interdisciplinary masters degree, Ram studied painting in Hatachana studio with Aram Gershuni, in the Visual Arts Center and with the New Barbizon group. He paints from observation and works mainly with oil, ink, charcoal and pastel paints.
"A good painting exceeds reality...
Nat Ozuko, a Nigerian born artist of the Yuroba
Who works and exhibited in his homeland and the United States.
A beautiful oil on canvas work that depicts different caricatures inspired by Vincent Van Gogh, measuring 39” x 49”
Oil on canvas, simply framed in wood, the canvas measuring 35 1/2" by 30" (90 cm. by 76 cm.) on the stretchers, signed at lower right in the wet paint and dated there "10-4-1996". This is a work by a popular and well regarded Indonesian painter, DJOKO PEKIK (1938-). The works of Pekik (sometimes spelled Pekek) have sold to at least the $40,000 level at auctions of Southeast Asian paintings in Singapore and Hong Kong. The artist was discussed, curiously, in an "Art in America" 1996 article: "...
Southwest Abstract Landscape Signed Samuels 1987 in oil and framed measures 24x27” A beautiful work by an artist that worked in New Mexico and Arizona in the 1980s. More info coming soon….
A abstract modernist landscape signed Werner Drewes in Watercolor measures 22”x28” and framed measures 31”x38”
Werner Drewes was born in Canig, Germany, and began studying art in 1920 at the Stuttgart School of Architecture. A year later he transferred to the Stuttgart School of Arts and Crafts. From 1921 to 1922, he studied with Paul Klee, Johannes Itten, and Oskar Schlemmer at the Bauhaus in Weimar. After visiting the United States in 1924 and 1925, Drewes returned to work at the Ba...
Anne Lane studied art at George Mason University in Virginia, completed her education at Saint Patrick’s college, Ireland, where she studied theology and philosophy. The tonal and contemplated intensity of her paintings reflect her 10 years spent working as an artist under the desert sun of New Mexico. Her vibrant style,resonant with color and baroque in detail,swoons its delight over her canvases. The subjects and themes of her art, reflect her fascination with people, particularly the phycho...
Pair of early Edo period carved Baku mythological elephants. These would have been built into the design of a temple, displayed high up by the beam construction. Hand carved with great care from a single piece of Keyaki hardwood (zelkova wood).
Baku are Japanese supernatural beings that dispel evil spirits and devour nightmares when the mouth is open and retain good spirits when the mouth is closed. They have a long history in Japanese folklore and art, and more recently have appe...
Norwich, England Artist B. George BAYLISS, 1900-1987, was a landscape plein aire Artist working mainly in his native England. This work was done near the quant Village of Norwich in oil, and framed in a gold leaf frame. The painting measuring 20” x 24” and is signed and dated 1942
Manfred Schwartz (November 11, 1909 in Łódź, Poland – November 7, 1970 in New York City, United States) was a Polish-born American artist who was educated at the Sorbonne in Paris, the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, the Art Students League of New York, and the National Academy of Design in New York City. He also studied with Charles Hawthorne, John Sloan, and George Bridgman” The National Recovery Administration (NRA) was a prime agency established by U.S. president Franklin ...
W.T. Carlsen Danish born Canadian Artist who work in Canada and Scandinavia. Known for his rich harbor scenes. This work dates from the 1970s and is done from his memory of Denmark. The work is oil on panel and measures 24 x 24“, and is framed in a beautiful 1970s era drift wood frame measuring 32 x 32“
Mixed media by Philadelphia Outsider artist Lucien Crump “My Father’s House”46x36 ” The Lucien Crump Art Gallery and Education Center closed its doors for the final time Friday after 40 years of serving Philadelphia as the first to feature works by African-American artists. The gallery’s namesake, who had a long career as an artist and educator, passed away at age 71 in 2006. In the last days of the gallery’s opening, an announcement of the change caused neighbors and art lovers alik...
"The Scavenger" by Rita Welpe Barnett. 1930s. Oil on Canvas. 34 x 26". Frame Size 42.5 x 34".
Attributed to Pieter van Bloemen
(Flemish, 1657-1720)
Military Encampment
Oil-on-canvas.
Painting size: 23” x 32”
Frame size: 31” x 40”
Born in Antwerp, van Bloemen was the brother of Jan-Frans and Norbert van Bloemen. His master was the battle painter, Simon van Douw. In 1673 van Bloemen was a master in Antwerp, but he did not stay there long. He is believed to have spent 20 years in Rome and it is known that he was working there in 1688. In 1694 he...
Everett Lloyd Bryant landscape oil painting on canvas signed lower right. Measuring 28"L x 36"W. Everett Lloyd Bryant studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Thomas Anschutz, William Merritt Chase, and Hugh Breckenridge. A member of the Baltimore Watercolor Society, Philadelphia Watercolor Club, and California Watercolor Society, Bryant exhibited at the Salons of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris (1895), the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1904-24), Art Insti...
TROIS MEME IS A WORK ON PAPER DEPICTING A ABSTRACTION OF ONE PERSON IN THREE STYLES…….Ephrem Kouakou is one of the world’s foremost African painters. He currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland, and Ivory Coast, West Africa. His powerful, vivid paintings are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum, New York, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington DC. and Fondo Del Sol Museum, Washington DC. He is noted for his bold blending of indigenous African visual sensibiliti...
AMERICAN ARTIST YANKEL GINZBURG (B.1945) ABSTRACT PUEBLO 18 x 24 in. , oil on canvas panelFrom the Chloe gallery, the following: YANKEL GINZBURG (American, b. Kazakhstan, 1945)
Yankel Ginzburg, painter, sculptor, printmaker, and statesman, is a Grand Master of the Washington, D.C. “School of Light.” He was born in a province of the old Soviet Union, the grandson of famous Soviet General Marshal Zhukov, who defeated Hitler on the Eastern Front in WWII. Jewish on his mother’s side, Yankel a...
Manfred Schwartz (November 11, 1909 in Łódź, Poland – November 7, 1970 in New York City, United States) was a Polish-born American artist who was educated at the Sorbonne in Paris, the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, the Art Students League of New York, and the National Academy of Design in New York City. He also studied with Charles Hawthorne, John Sloan, and George Bridgman”
The National Recovery Administration (WPA) was a prime agency established by U.S. president Franklin...
Pierre Mas, French born 1933 is a modernist painter. This work with its heavy impasto is quite beautiful. Dan in his modernist style with a painterly impasto.
Woman with Dark Hair by Anne Lane. Oil on Canvas. 24 x 24". Frame Size 30 x 30". ….. Anne Lane studied art at George Mason University in Virginia, completed her education at Saint Patrick’s college, Ireland, where she studied theology and philosophy. The tonal and contemplated intensity of her paintings reflect her 10 years spent working as an artist under the desert sun of New Mexico. Her vibrant style,resonant with color and baroque in detail,swoons its delight over her canvases. The subje...
Carol Chase formally of the Washington area is an abstract painter whose work is figurative born in Kansas City in 1947.
This work on fine French paper is attractive and well framed.