Lisbet Olrik

'The First Turn', Horse Race, Equestrian oil, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art

1972

Signed lower center with artist monogram, 'B.S.' for Benjamin Silva (Brazilian, born 1927) and dated with roman numerals, 1968; additionally signed, verso, dated and titled. A dramatic and animated oil painting of a crowd scene showing the feared, mounted police of Mexico City in action against the students in the demonstrations of October 2nd that preceded the opening of the Mexican Olympic Games...

Signed lower right, 'Lily Harmon' (American, 1912-1998) and painted circa 1945. Previously with: Associated American Artists Gallery (partial label verso) An exceptionally lyrical a...

Signed lower right, 'Anton Sipos' (Bosnian-American, born 1938) and dated 1974. A very substantial Impressionist oil painting showing a view of two young women relaxing in a sunny garden with a peacock and a peahen. Born in Bosnia, Anton Sipos began drawing at an early age and left home in his teens to work as a film animation artist. He achieved immediate success with his first work, "Surrogate", which won an Academy Award for best-animated short subject under the direction of Yugoslav animator Dushon VuKotic. In 1964, Sipos moved to Montmartre to study at the École de Paris. During this early period, Sipos exhibited widely and with success including at the Salon d'Automne and Le Salon d'Artistes Françaises. While in France, he made numerous painting trips to Provence, Giverny, Rouen and the Cote d'Azur as well as to Italy. In 1970, Sipos arrived in California where he painted landscapes of Los Angeles and marine scenes of the harbor in San Diego. He also worked as an artist for the film industry, most notably with Eleanor Ettinger Studio in New York where he was given the responsibility of transferring Norman Rockwell...

Signed lower left, 'Frank N Ashley' (American, 1920-2007) and painted circa 1985. Additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'Steeplechase, Los Altos Hunt'. Bea...

A cabinet-size, grisaille oil on panel landscape showing a young Bretonne cowherd attempting to direct a reluctant Guernsey cow, which appears determined on a different direction. U...

Signed lower right 'Spazzali' for Luciano Spazzali (Italian, 1911-1997) and dated 1958. A complex and lyrical equestrian work by this notable Italian Modernist and exponent of Magi...

Oil paint and pastel on canvas Signed and dated by the artist

"4 Koi 22" is a complex work of koi fish swimming underwater filled with light and brilliant color painted in a lush and fluid style bordering on abstraction. Fish are in shades o...

"9 Koi 23 - 2" is a complex work of koi fish swimming underwater filled with light and brilliant color painted in a lush and fluid style bordering on abstraction. Fish are in shad...

"Waterfall 4" is a complex work of koi fish swimming underwater filled with light and brilliant color painted in a lush and fluid style bordering on abstraction. Fish are in shade...

"6.5 Koi 23" is a complex work of koi fish swimming underwater filled with light and brilliant color painted in a lush and fluid style bordering on abstraction. Fish are in shades...

*ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...