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…
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…
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…
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…
Gaston Lachaise – Standing female figure Standing nude pencil drawing by French born artist Gaston Lachaise. Lachaise was a native of Paris, France best known for his robust depictions of female nudes. While still a student in Paris, studying the European approach to the female form, he met and fell in love with Isabel Dutaud…
