Theodore Polos – Band of Horses A modern art painting of three horses by artist Theodore Polos, in the manner of Marino Marini. Theodore C. Polos, (1901-1976), was a painter, printmaker and educator, was born in Mytilene, Greece. In 1916 Polos immigrated to the United States, settling in Boston first before moving to San Francisco…
Lois Cohen – Reclining Female Nude An eloquently painted reclining female nude figure by Lois Elaine Green Cohen. Lois Elaine Green Cohen (1919-2012), was born in Chicago, Ill. She studied art at the Carnegie Technical in Pittsburg, PA, Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles, CA, and the University of California, Los Angeles. Cohen was primarily…
Maurice Logan – California Coastal Scene Loose and confidently painted impression of the California coastline by Society of Six painter, Maurice Logan. Maurice Logan, (1886-1977), was an American watercolorist, commercial artist, arts educator, a member of the Society of Six, and a professor at the California College of the Arts in Oakland, California. Logan was…
Joseph Imhof – Mission at Rancho, NM Rare print by Joseph A. Imhof, with only two proofs of this print printed on gray paper. Joseph Imhof ‘s first exposure to art was at the age of six, when his godfather gave him a box of watercolors. When Imhof graduated from high school his father refused…
Juliette Steele – Historic painting of San Francisco Art Institute A historic painting of San Francisco Art Institute by woman artist Juliette Eleanor Wilm Steele. Juliette Steele, (1909-1980) was an American painter, printmaker and educator. She studied art and fashion design at the Traphagen School of Design in New York during the late 1920s. In…
Charles Shepard Chapman – Mermaid with Fishes Exceptional American modernist painting by Charles Shepard Chapman. Charles Shepard Chapman, (1879-1962), was a supremely talented American artist. Born in New York, Chapman studied at the New York School of Art, under the mentor-ship of Walter Appleton Clark and William Merritt Chase, and later at the Ogdensburg Free…
Neil Boyle – Portrait of a Native American Woman – Owns Different Horses A striking portrait of a native American woman, Owns Different Horses, by artist James Neil Boyle. Neil (James Neil) Boyle, grew up in Indian Country. His father was an honorary Chief of the Blood of Peigan tribes of Canada’s Blackfoot Confederacy, and…
Daniel ‘Zev’ Harris – surrealist composition Surrealist composition by Daniel ‘Zev’ Harris. Zev, meaning ‘wolf’ in Hungarian, was the name the artist chose for himself in 1953. He was born Daniel Harris. He studied at the Masters Institute of the Roerich Museum in Hungary, in New York City at the National Academy of Design, and…
Juliette Steele – 1940s action painting 1940s action painting by California woman artist, Juliette Eleanor Wilm Steele. Juliette Steele, (1909-1980) was an American painter, printmaker and educator. She studied art and fashion design at the Traphagen School of Design in New York during the late 1920s. In the 1940s she moved to San Francisco, CA…
Virginia Banks – Floating Tiger 1940s American modern abstract painting by Virginia Banks. Virginia Banks (1920 – 1985) was a well-known Northwest artist based in Seattle. She was born in Norwood, Massachusetts, and received her bachelors degree from Smith College in 1941, and a master of arts from the University of Iowa in 1944. She…
