Minoru Niizuma – Abstract Sculpture Carved onyx sculpture by Japanese-American artist Minoru Niizuma. Minoru Niizuma, (1930-1998), was a Japanese-American sculptor who worked in stone a marble to create unique modern forms. Niizuma was deeply interested in the inherent beauty of the stone or marble he used for his sculptures and often worked to…
Albert Eugene Gallatin – No. 20 Albert Eugene Gallatin, (1882-1952), was a leading modernist painter in New York City in the early 20th century. AE Gallatin was born in Villanova, Pennsylvania into a prominent banking family of Swiss descent. Gallatin inherited a family fortune upon his father’s death in 1902. Gallatin moved to Park Avenue…
Howard Norton Cook – ‘Downtown II’ Howard Norton Cook, (1901-1980), was a highly regarded American painter and printmaker based in the American Southwest. Cook is was well educated and traveled extensively, but spent a majority of his life near Santa Fe, and Taos, New Mexico. His works are held in may major institutions in the…
Max Weber – Reclining Female Figure Max Weber, (1881-1961), was a leading figure in the development of a modern art world in the United States. Born in Russia, Weber studied art in Europe before setting and New York where he became a very prominent figure in the budding modern art scene there. Weber’s works…
Roger Selchow – Diptych Abstraction Roger Selchow, (1911-1994), was an American based artist that worked and lived in New York, Connecticut and Italy. Selchow studied in the United States at Columbia University, then in Paris with André Lhote and Fernand Lëger, in Italy at the Istituto Statale d’Arte in Florence, and in Belgium. Selchow’s exhibited…
Juliette Steele – Action Painting, ca. 1946 Juliette Steele, (American 1909-1980), was an early modernist painter who worked and exhibited in California. Action Painting, ca. 1946 Early abstract works by women artists are rare, and this is a great example of early American modernism from a California based female artist. Excellent condition. Purchased from the…
Virginia Banks – Floating Tiger Virginia Banks, (1920-1985), was an American abstract artist who lived in worked in Connecticut and Washington State. Banks earned a Bachelors degree from Smith College in 1941, and went on to earn a Master of Arts degree from the University of Iowa before moving to Seattle in the mid-1950s. Banks…
Hanne-Lore Sutro Nepote Hanne-Lore Sutro Nepote, (American 1923-2013). A colorful modernist street scene by Hanne-Lore Sutro Nepote, wife of artist Alexander Nepote. Hanne-Lore was yet another female artist that gave up her career as an artist to raise a family and support her husband who was also an artist. Recently purchased at a San Francisco…
Roger Muhl – ‘Springtime’ – Oil Painting Great little oil on canvas by Roger Muhl. Roger Muhl, (French 1929-2008), was an important 20th century painter, based in France, and considered by some to be the foremost painter of light and atmosphere in France at the time. This work is a landscape scene, titled ‘Springtime’. Housed…
Polia Pillin – Surrealist Painting Polia Sunockin Pillin, (Polish/American 1909-1992), was and American painter and ceramist. Pillin exhibited her work widely during her lifetime. Her works can be found a numberous public and private coillections around the world. This surrealist painting is a great example of her work which depicts circus performers. Titled The Circus…
