Hanani Meller – Self Portrait – 1941 Surrealist self-portrait painting by Hanani Meller, dated 1941. This small painting is an oil on stretched canvas, framed in an artist made stip frame by surrealist Hanani Meller. Hanani Meller, aka Hanany Meller, D’Hanany, D’Hanani, was born in Israel and later moved to the United States settling in…
Arthur Bowen Davies – circa 1920 A quintessential oil on canvas by American modernist Arthur Bowen Davies. Titled ‘Fjording Song’ depicting a gathering of figures on the bluffs of a fjord, where masted sailing ships are moored. Early 20th century. Measures 17.5 inches by 29.5 inches sight size, and 23.25 inches by 35.25 inches by…
Louis Schanker – 1933 American modernist figurative abstract from 1933. Louis Schanker, (1903-1981), lived in worked in New York and Connecticut, creating paintings, sculptures and prints. During his life, Schanker was known as a radical among radicals. He was an important early American modernist, was a founder of the American Abstract Artists and was a…
John Franklin Koenig – 1953 John Franklin Koenig mixed media collage and pigment on paper mounted on cardboard. John Franklin Koenig, (Washington/France 1924-2008), was born in Seattle, Washington, and lived there until moving to Paris in 1948. Koenig began exhibiting abstract expressionist works in 1952 and continued to focus on abstract expressionism throughout his lifelong…
Thomas Akawie – 1963 Large abstract oil on canvas by San Francisco artist Thomas Akawie. This work was recently acquired from the artist’s estate and was taken to our conservator where it was cleaned and placed on a new stretcher. Thomas Akawie was a California painter who exhibited his work at shows around the United…
Lorenzo Tornabuoni Lorenzo Tornabuoni, 1934-2000, was an Italian painter and printmaker known for his abstract works, often with figures yet sometimes non-representational. This works is oil on canvas and was previously in the collection of a long-time gallery assistant at William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Measures 19.75 inches by 21.75 inches sight size, and…
Seymour Franks – 1947 1940s abstract painting by New York artist Seymour Franks. Seymour Franks, 1916-1981, was born in New York City in 1916. At the age of 16, Franks was stricken with polio. He went on to work for the WPA and later studied at the National Academy of Design in 1937. Early in…
Florence Alston Swift – 1940s Large abstract painting of flowers and wine glass on a table by American modernist artist F. Alston Swift.. Signed lower right. Measures 24.5 inches by 30 inches sight size, and 33 inches by 38.5 inches by 2 inches overall including framing. Price $12,500 Click on price to purchase or…
Jimmy Ernst – 1968 Mixed media construction by American artist Jimmy Ernst. Jimmy Ernst (American/German 1920-1984), was the son of important German surrealist artist Max Ernst. Jimmy was an important and influential 20th-century American artist associated with the American surrealism movement and the New York abstract expressionism movement. Jimmy’s works have been included in many…
