Boyer Gonzales Jr. – ‘Cornet’ 1960 Bold and colorful abstract expressionist painting by American artist and educator, Boyer Gonzales Jr. Boyer Gonzales Jr., (1909-1987), was born in Texas, and was immediately immersed in art. His father, Boyer Gonzales Sr. was raised in a prominent American merchant family and was able to travel the world, working…
Kazuo Matsubara – ‘Chapel Through the Trees’ A delightful landscape oil painting by Japanese-American artist Kazuo Matsubara titled ‘Chapel Through the Trees’. Matsubara was born in Hawaii in 1895. By 1912 he had moved to San Francisco, California. Matsubara studied at the California School of Fine Arts under John A. Stanton, Frank Van Sloun, and…
George Gardner Symons wintertime Impressionist landscape painting Impressionist winter or spring scene, titled ‘Late Afternoon’ by George Gardner Symons. George Gardner. Symons, (1861-1930), was born in Chicago, and began his training as an artist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Symons later traveled to St. Ives art colony, in Cornwall, England, where…
Jimmy Ernst – Painted disc – 1968 Painted mixed media by Jimmy Ernst. Jimmy Ernst, (1920-1984), was born in Cologne, Germany, the son of famous German Surrealist Max Ernst, and Luise Straus-Ernst, a well-known art historian and journalist. Through his parents Ernst met many important artists of his time, including Salvador Dalí, Alberto Giacometti, Joan…
J. Lapeyre – WWI painted postcard – 1917 WWI painted postcard of Ham, Somme (Northern France), dated 1917.Watercolor on a paper postcard.Measures 3.5 x 5.5 x .1 inches overall. Good condition overall with some dark mat burn at the edges of the watercolor. Some light soiling.Signed, titled and dated by the artist.Purchased at a local…
Max Pollak – Wall Street, New York circa 1928 Etching and aquatint of Wall Street, New York circa 1928 by Max Pollak. Painter and printmaker Max Pollak, (1886-1970), was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia and was raised in Vienna, Austria. Pollak entered the Vienna Academy of Art at the age of 16 to study painting and…
Percy Neymann – Pictorialist image of two nudes under a California oak Pictorialist images of two nudes under a California oak by Percy Neymann. Not much is known at this point of Percy Neymann, other than that he held a PhD, and was active as a photographer in the early 1900s. His work won accolades…
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…
