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Pipe Fitters
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Byron Gere (1898 - 1962) was active/lived in United States. Byron Gere is known for Painting.
Byron Gere. Pipe Fitters. American signed dated 1951.
It has a cool provenance. This p...
Category
1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Abstract Composition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ms De Pinna was part of the Provincetown modernist art movement and was a student of legendary artist/teacher Hans Hoffman.
Vivian (Foster) De Pinna was a suffragist and an abstract...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Les Baigneuses de collioure
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pascal Jarrion was born in Perpignan, France, in 1961. It is a region known for its Catalan culture and an area that has influenced many artists before ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Seed of Life
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Framed 29 x 23 inches.
Pascal Jarrion was born in Perpignan, France, in 1961, a region known for its Catalan culture and an area that has influenced m...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Eve
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pascal Jarrion was born in Perpignan, France, in 1961, a region known for its Catalan culture and an area that has influenced many artists before him, i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Symphony
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pascal Jarrion was born in Perpignan, France, in 1961. It is a region known for its Catalan culture and an area that has influenced many artists before ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Canvas
What Kind of Woman is This
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pascal Jarrion was born in Perpignan, France, in 1961. It is a region known for its Catalan culture and an area that has influenced many artists before ...
Category
2010s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Eve
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pascal Jarrion was born in Perpignan, France, in 1961. It is a region known for its Catalan culture and an area that has influenced many artists before ...
Category
2010s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
The Waiting Game
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Dickens Chang
Born 1948
He designed posters for the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Chang was born in Honan, his name was Zhang Jianguo before he came to the United States.
The fol...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Seine at Saint-Cloud
By Constantin Terechkovitch
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil on canvas painting by the Russian artist, Constantin Terechkovitch. Done on the bank of the Seine River with a leisurely couple taking a stroll in the forground and the use of a ...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
La Concorde
By Jean Rigaud
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A 20th-century French realist and impressionist painter, especially known for marine subjects, Jean Rigaud was born in Bordeaux in 1912, just before the beginning of World War I. He ...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Self Portrait
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Eduardo Gordigiani, a portrait, still life and landscape painter, was born in Florence, Italy on January 18, 1866. He completed his classical* stud...
Category
1890s Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Women Dancing at a Cafe
By Isaac Israëls
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage oil on canvas, in the manner of Isaac Israels.
Beautifully painted, probably done c1930s.
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Composition
By Elba Alvarez
Located in Los Angeles, CA
20th Century Modern Mixed Media Triptych of Acrylic and Sand on Canvas. Signed and Dated Lower Right 1980. Bright Dynamic Abstract work known for Painted Forms that seem to Dance Off...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Country Landscape
By Fernand Toussaint
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A serene impressionist landscape with wonderful use of colors.
Fernand Toussaint was born in Brussels 1873. He is remembered for his still-lifes and figurative subjects.
Framed size ...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Au Cafe
By Francois Chabrier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
FRANCOIS CHABRIER
“”AU CAFE"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED
FRANCE, C.1960
32.5 X 39.5 INCHES
Framed 41 x 48 inches.
François Chabrier
Born 1916
François Chabrier was born in 1916 in Bel...
Category
1960s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Point Judith
By Reynolds Beal
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Born in New York City, Reynolds Beal's year of birth is reported as being 1866 as well as 1867. If one follows the most extensively researched source produced in consultation with t...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Composition
By Bill Parker
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Signed bottom left center and again verso along with title and date 1979.
Bill Parker (from the Chase Gallery letter of December 6,1974)
Born Texas 1922
Worked in Paris from 1951 o...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abstract Composition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Aaron Levy was born in New York City in 1899. After retiring in 1951 from a career as president of E. Milius & Company, a textile company, Levy began a new career as a fine artist. ...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Flower Vendor
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Framed size 41.5 x 52 inches.
This painting was exhibited at the Salon Indépendants in 1964, label on verso,
Louis-André Margantin was a student at the École Nationale des Arts Déc...
Category
1960s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Femme Assis a la Mantilla Noire
By Georges Artemoff
Located in Los Angeles, CA
GEORGES ARTEMOFF
"LA FEMME ASSIS A LA MANTILLE NOIRE”
OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED
RUSSIAN-FRENCH, DATE 1963
PROVENANCE: GALERIE MAKASSAR , PARIS
31.75 X 20 INCHES
Illustrated in the c...
Category
1960s Art Deco Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Alexandria
By Buckley MacGurrin
Located in Los Angeles, CA
BUCKLEY MACGURRIN
"ALEXANDRIA"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
AMERICAN, DATED 1949
EXHIBITED: DALZELL-HATFIELD GALLERY
14 X 20 INCHES
Buckley MacGurrin
1896 –1971
Buckley MacG...
Category
1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Circus
By Reza Afrookhteh
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Signed, titled. Dated 2015
Reza begun studying art seriously at age 15 and was studying at the institute of art in Iran where he graduated with highest honors.
He also studied pr...
Category
2010s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
LADY WITH MARTINI
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biography from the niece of the artist from during his lifetime. Paintings acquired from the artist.s estate.
Max Turner
1925 - 2019
Max Lamar Turner Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author.
Max Turner was born in Omaha, Nebraska on July 28, 1925. His father was Lance Howard Turner and his mother Mary Irene Turner. In 1927, his family moved to Bingham Canyon, Utah where Max's father extracted copper from a creek that he had diverted to pass through his garage. The town was located in a narrow canyon on the eastern face of the Oquirrh Mountains. In 1938, when Max was 13, his family moved to Midvale, Utah. After completing high school, Max went to work laying rail until he was inducted into the U.S. Navy to serve during W.W. II.
There he took an aptitude test and was initially assigned to the medical corp., later transferring to the dental unit. Max was stationed at Port Hueneme, Ventura County, California through the end of the war. When he was discharged in 1946, he remained in Southern California, living in the Los Angeles area. He met a man named Larry Torres and they formed a partnership to do silk screen work primarily for the Colby Poster Printing Company. This lasted about 10 years until the Colby building caught fire and burned down. In 1958, Max began working for Slade Novelty company that made doll parts using a product called plastisol. A year later, Max began producing plastic parts through his own business. One day, a couple of kids brought in a shrunken skull they had made and asked Max if he could reproduce it. Max said he could and he looked around for a business to work with for this task. He ultimately decided he could create his own machine shop to make molds. As a result, Max purchased a lathe, drill press, grinder and other tools to create his own machine shop and went into business making molds. He built a clientele and in 1973, he moved his machine shop to Glendale, California.
Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author:
Max recalls the day when his interest in art took a new direction. He happened to be in a paint store to purchase some supplies when he saw a card posted on a wall that read, "Come paint with Connie Marlo". Max had been interested in art since his youth and he was frequently impressed with paintings displayed by local artists at various community events.
Consequently, he decided to go to Connie's Saturday morning art class at a studio on North La Brea Avenue (between Sunset and Hollywood) in Los Angeles. But, as fate would have it, he immediately took a detour from this class when he found a piece of paper on the floor of the studio referencing another art class dealing with compositions, patterns, rhythms and color harmony. The instructor's name was Hal Reed, a former art student of the Russian/American Master, Nicolai Fechin. Hal owned the building (previously the Will Foster Studio) and had founded the Art League of Los Angeles. When Max found Hal, he asked Hal if he could join his class. Hal said "No, the class was full" but he said Max could monitor the class in the back of the classroom. Max took him up on the offer and began observing the weekly class.
During the class, Hal told his students that they should practice what they were learning by going to "live model" classes. Max began attending these classes where he learned how to draw figures. After a few months, Hal and Max became good friends. Hal was so impressed with Max's work that he offered Max the opportunity to teach at another location that Hal was opening in the San Fernando Valley. Max accepted the offer and began teaching his own art class. For Max, it was a quick jump from learning to teaching. Max then found that several of his students had to commute to his art class from the west end of the "Valley". To better serve this group of students, Max decided to relocate to another studio in Calabasas.
Max continued teaching, and at this time he was producing very impressive portraits, both oil paintings and charcoal drawings from live models (Max never worked from photos). Max demonstrated real talent, and the style of his drawings and paintings were being compared to those of Nicolai Fechin. And, like Fechin, Max also had an interest in sculpting. One day, Max decided to design and cast a bronze owl sculpture to put in his Calabasas Fine Art Gallery. Later, someone approached Max when he was at the foundry and asked him about his success selling the owl sculpture. The individual who asked this question was convinced that there was a broader market for these sculptures and he ordered a dozen of the owl sculptures from Max. This encouraged Max to do more castings. Some of the new castings were antique sculptures he found and reproduced. As this new business grew, he decided to establish his own foundry, employing up to 15 workers. The business continued for many years, up until the late 1990's when Max got tired of the foundry business and sold it.
Max, who was now in his 70's, decided to move on to his next venture as an artist, dedicating himself to doing the actual sculpting of original art. He loved the creativity of sculpting and he had his sculptures cast at local foundries, ironically the same ones that used to be his competition. Max was now fully engaged in his new artistic direction and, over time, he produced a large body of work. He created very impressive sculptures, including about 100 full-size sculptures. He sold some of these to high-end clientele, the Foundry at SLS Las Vegas, and to Hollywood studios.
Even though Max now seemed to be totally in his element, he somehow also found time to continue to teach painting classes at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village in Los Angeles. At the institute, he specialized in figure work. Max continued to draw, paint and teach, but he says he stopped sculpting when he turned 90.
Max produced four books showcasing his drawings and paintings. The first is "Faces, The Drawings of Max Turner", copyright 2000, that showcases nearly 100 of his portrait drawings. Within the "Acknowledgements" section, he lists Hal Reed and Joseph Nordmann, two former students of Nicolai Fechin.
In 2006, Max produced his second book titled "Figures and Faces", reflecting not only portraits but also figure drawings and paintings. It is a wonderful book of Max's work, but it is currently difficult to find. The third book is titled "Faces 2, The Paintings and Drawings of Max Turner", copyright 2009, which includes 75 portrait paintings and drawings. In the "Preface" of this book, Max describes growing up in a small and isolated mining town during the Great Depression. He states that as a kid, he had little exposure of any culture or view of what the rest of the world was like. His neighbor was the trash collector and Max would sometimes go through his truck looking for anything of value. Among other things, he found magazines like Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and Red Book, with covers that frequently showed drawings or paintings of faces. Max states that these images were the very first source of inspiration for him. He says that he began looking more carefully at people's faces and if they had character, he would draw them. By drawing them, Max says that he was making them part of his world, his world of "Faces".
In 2018, Max published his newest book showcasing his drawings and paintings. It is titled "Max Turner's Figure Sketches". This softbound book includes 76 pages and over 120 drawings and paintings. In the Introduction, Max explains "I have found that when approaching the figure, one should begin with the gesture. After having captured the essence or feeling of the pose, one can then proceed to build on it." The figure sketches in this wonderful book reflect a Master's work that consistently captures the "gesture"-showing the emotion, movement and expression.
Two more books are on the horizon for Max, both dealing with his passion for sculpting. His first, "The Sculpture of Max Turner" is a compilation of his commercial and noncommercial pieces throughout his career. The second, "Terra Cotta Sculpture by Max Turner" is a complete collection of figures done at the California Art Institute. These much anticipated books should be out later in 2018.
Max now considers himself primarily a sculptor. But others in the art world are more than impressed with his drawings and paintings as well. His portraits are often described as having a Fechin-esque appearance, referring to the style of Nicolai Fechin. When Max observed those first art classes given by Hal Reed, it should be noted that Hal had previously been a student of the Russian/American Master Nicolai Fechin in the early to mid-1950's. In fact, Hal was a student in the last art class that Fechin taught before he unexpectedly died in 1955. Hal was so strongly influenced by Fechin that he later produced two 30-minute art instruction videos as part his Art Video Productions wherein he specifically described Fechin techniques that he learned in Fechin's class. The Fechin style and techniques were in play when Max later met Hal. Over the years, many of Max's art students, art collectors, gallery owners, as well as the Director of the Monterey Museum of Art have commented on the Fechin-esque qualities of Max's wonderful charcoal drawings and paintings. So, while Max may consider himself primarily a sculptor, his drawings and paintings are also impressive and very much sought after.
When Nicolai Fechin died in 1955, three of the nine students in his last art class became life-long friends. Max subsequently became friends with not only Hal Reed, but also with prior Fechin students Joseph Nordmann and Albert Londraville...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hombre
By Roberto Lisano
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ROBERTO LISANO
"HOMBRE"
WOOD, SIGNED
COSTA RICA, DATED 1995
13 X 11.5 INCHES
Roberto Lisano
Born 1951
Lizano in the work of the significance of the matter is ess...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wood
List plus Dopamine
By Rene Ramos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Rene Ramos
Lust plus Dopamine
Oil on Canvas, Signed
Cuba
2015
31.5 x 25.5 Inches
Rene Ramos was born into a family of accomplished artists. Hi father Rene Martinez Sopena was an accomplished sculptor and teacher at the prestigious San Alejandro School, where Rene and his brother Yuri Martinez Ramos, also a world renowned painter, were graduates. The Martinez/Sopena family can also count amongst their artistic luminaries Hector Martinez and Sergio Martinez Sopena, uncles of Rene and Yuri, both master sculptors with works included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Bellas Artes in Havana, as well as countless collections around the world. Rene from a young age was a master drawer and painter, winning countless awards and scholarships. The competitive and artistic family atmosphere with his father, uncles and brother solidified Rene’s future aspirations of becoming an accomplished figurative painter of Cuban social scenes. The dynamics of Rene’s works can best be described as a narrative of whimsical social commentary of what it truly means to be Cuban in the latter half of the twentieth century and beyond. He takes his ques from family and friends and their interrelationships within Cuban society as it currently unfolds on the island. His works are not political in nature but rather reflects a poignant reminder of the resiliency of the Cuban spirit. His works offer a superior measure of detail utilizing a flow of powerful colors that jump off the canvas. One cannot help but admire and cherish any work of Rene’s a collector decides to take home. Group Shows: RDZ Fine Art –Arte Americas & Red Dot 2009-2012 RDZ Fine Art, Coral Gables, Fl – 2008 Cuban Dreams Papillon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2005-2007 Gallery of West Indian Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
BLONDE WITH ART DECO NECKLACE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biography from the niece of the artist from during his lifetime. Paintings acquired from the artist.s estate.
Max Turner
1925 - 2019
Max Lamar Turner Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author.
Max Turner was born in Omaha, Nebraska on July 28, 1925. His father was Lance Howard Turner and his mother Mary Irene Turner. In 1927, his family moved to Bingham Canyon, Utah where Max's father extracted copper from a creek that he had diverted to pass through his garage. The town was located in a narrow canyon on the eastern face of the Oquirrh Mountains. In 1938, when Max was 13, his family moved to Midvale, Utah. After completing high school, Max went to work laying rail until he was inducted into the U.S. Navy to serve during W.W. II.
There he took an aptitude test and was initially assigned to the medical corp., later transferring to the dental unit. Max was stationed at Port Hueneme, Ventura County, California through the end of the war. When he was discharged in 1946, he remained in Southern California, living in the Los Angeles area. He met a man named Larry Torres and they formed a partnership to do silk screen work primarily for the Colby Poster Printing Company. This lasted about 10 years until the Colby building caught fire and burned down. In 1958, Max began working for Slade Novelty company that made doll parts using a product called plastisol. A year later, Max began producing plastic parts through his own business. One day, a couple of kids brought in a shrunken skull they had made and asked Max if he could reproduce it. Max said he could and he looked around for a business to work with for this task. He ultimately decided he could create his own machine shop to make molds. As a result, Max purchased a lathe, drill press, grinder and other tools to create his own machine shop and went into business making molds. He built a clientele and in 1973, he moved his machine shop to Glendale, California.
Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author:
Max recalls the day when his interest in art took a new direction. He happened to be in a paint store to purchase some supplies when he saw a card posted on a wall that read, "Come paint with Connie Marlo". Max had been interested in art since his youth and he was frequently impressed with paintings displayed by local artists at various community events.
Consequently, he decided to go to Connie's Saturday morning art class at a studio on North La Brea Avenue (between Sunset and Hollywood) in Los Angeles. But, as fate would have it, he immediately took a detour from this class when he found a piece of paper on the floor of the studio referencing another art class dealing with compositions, patterns, rhythms and color harmony. The instructor's name was Hal Reed, a former art student of the Russian/American Master, Nicolai Fechin. Hal owned the building (previously the Will Foster Studio) and had founded the Art League of Los Angeles. When Max found Hal, he asked Hal if he could join his class. Hal said "No, the class was full" but he said Max could monitor the class in the back of the classroom. Max took him up on the offer and began observing the weekly class.
During the class, Hal told his students that they should practice what they were learning by going to "live model" classes. Max began attending these classes where he learned how to draw figures. After a few months, Hal and Max became good friends. Hal was so impressed with Max's work that he offered Max the opportunity to teach at another location that Hal was opening in the San Fernando Valley. Max accepted the offer and began teaching his own art class. For Max, it was a quick jump from learning to teaching. Max then found that several of his students had to commute to his art class from the west end of the "Valley". To better serve this group of students, Max decided to relocate to another studio in Calabasas.
Max continued teaching, and at this time he was producing very impressive portraits, both oil paintings and charcoal drawings from live models (Max never worked from photos). Max demonstrated real talent, and the style of his drawings and paintings were being compared to those of Nicolai Fechin. And, like Fechin, Max also had an interest in sculpting. One day, Max decided to design and cast a bronze owl sculpture to put in his Calabasas Fine Art Gallery. Later, someone approached Max when he was at the foundry and asked him about his success selling the owl sculpture. The individual who asked this question was convinced that there was a broader market for these sculptures and he ordered a dozen of the owl sculptures from Max. This encouraged Max to do more castings. Some of the new castings were antique sculptures he found and reproduced. As this new business grew, he decided to establish his own foundry, employing up to 15 workers. The business continued for many years, up until the late 1990's when Max got tired of the foundry business and sold it.
Max, who was now in his 70's, decided to move on to his next venture as an artist, dedicating himself to doing the actual sculpting of original art. He loved the creativity of sculpting and he had his sculptures cast at local foundries, ironically the same ones that used to be his competition. Max was now fully engaged in his new artistic direction and, over time, he produced a large body of work. He created very impressive sculptures, including about 100 full-size sculptures. He sold some of these to high-end clientele, the Foundry at SLS Las Vegas, and to Hollywood studios.
Even though Max now seemed to be totally in his element, he somehow also found time to continue to teach painting classes at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village in Los Angeles. At the institute, he specialized in figure work. Max continued to draw, paint and teach, but he says he stopped sculpting when he turned 90.
Max produced four books showcasing his drawings and paintings. The first is "Faces, The Drawings of Max Turner", copyright 2000, that showcases nearly 100 of his portrait drawings. Within the "Acknowledgements" section, he lists Hal Reed and Joseph Nordmann, two former students of Nicolai Fechin.
In 2006, Max produced his second book titled "Figures and Faces", reflecting not only portraits but also figure drawings and paintings. It is a wonderful book of Max's work, but it is currently difficult to find. The third book is titled "Faces 2, The Paintings and Drawings of Max Turner", copyright 2009, which includes 75 portrait paintings and drawings. In the "Preface" of this book, Max describes growing up in a small and isolated mining town during the Great Depression. He states that as a kid, he had little exposure of any culture or view of what the rest of the world was like. His neighbor was the trash collector and Max would sometimes go through his truck looking for anything of value. Among other things, he found magazines like Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and Red Book, with covers that frequently showed drawings or paintings of faces. Max states that these images were the very first source of inspiration for him. He says that he began looking more carefully at people's faces and if they had character, he would draw them. By drawing them, Max says that he was making them part of his world, his world of "Faces".
In 2018, Max published his newest book showcasing his drawings and paintings. It is titled "Max Turner's Figure Sketches". This softbound book includes 76 pages and over 120 drawings and paintings. In the Introduction, Max explains "I have found that when approaching the figure, one should begin with the gesture. After having captured the essence or feeling of the pose, one can then proceed to build on it." The figure sketches in this wonderful book reflect a Master's work that consistently captures the "gesture"-showing the emotion, movement and expression.
Two more books are on the horizon for Max, both dealing with his passion for sculpting. His first, "The Sculpture of Max Turner" is a compilation of his commercial and noncommercial pieces throughout his career. The second, "Terra Cotta Sculpture by Max Turner" is a complete collection of figures done at the California Art Institute. These much anticipated books should be out later in 2018.
Max now considers himself primarily a sculptor. But others in the art world are more than impressed with his drawings and paintings as well. His portraits are often described as having a Fechin-esque appearance, referring to the style of Nicolai Fechin. When Max observed those first art classes given by Hal Reed, it should be noted that Hal had previously been a student of the Russian/American Master Nicolai Fechin in the early to mid-1950's. In fact, Hal was a student in the last art class that Fechin taught before he unexpectedly died in 1955. Hal was so strongly influenced by Fechin that he later produced two 30-minute art instruction videos as part his Art Video Productions wherein he specifically described Fechin techniques that he learned in Fechin's class. The Fechin style and techniques were in play when Max later met Hal. Over the years, many of Max's art students, art collectors, gallery owners, as well as the Director of the Monterey Museum of Art have commented on the Fechin-esque qualities of Max's wonderful charcoal drawings and paintings. So, while Max may consider himself primarily a sculptor, his drawings and paintings are also impressive and very much sought after.
When Nicolai Fechin died in 1955, three of the nine students in his last art class became life-long friends. Max subsequently became friends with not only Hal Reed, but also with prior Fechin students Joseph Nordmann and Albert Londraville...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
LADY WITH PICK FAN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Biography from the niece of the artist from during his lifetime. Paintings acquired from the artist.s estate.
Max Turner
1925 - 2019
Max Lamar Turner Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author.
Max Turner was born in Omaha, Nebraska on July 28, 1925. His father was Lance Howard Turner and his mother Mary Irene Turner. In 1927, his family moved to Bingham Canyon, Utah where Max's father extracted copper from a creek that he had diverted to pass through his garage. The town was located in a narrow canyon on the eastern face of the Oquirrh Mountains. In 1938, when Max was 13, his family moved to Midvale, Utah. After completing high school, Max went to work laying rail until he was inducted into the U.S. Navy to serve during W.W. II.
There he took an aptitude test and was initially assigned to the medical corp., later transferring to the dental unit. Max was stationed at Port Hueneme, Ventura County, California through the end of the war. When he was discharged in 1946, he remained in Southern California, living in the Los Angeles area. He met a man named Larry Torres and they formed a partnership to do silk screen work primarily for the Colby Poster Printing Company. This lasted about 10 years until the Colby building caught fire and burned down. In 1958, Max began working for Slade Novelty company that made doll parts using a product called plastisol. A year later, Max began producing plastic parts through his own business. One day, a couple of kids brought in a shrunken skull they had made and asked Max if he could reproduce it. Max said he could and he looked around for a business to work with for this task. He ultimately decided he could create his own machine shop to make molds. As a result, Max purchased a lathe, drill press, grinder and other tools to create his own machine shop and went into business making molds. He built a clientele and in 1973, he moved his machine shop to Glendale, California.
Painter, Sculptor, Teacher and Author:
Max recalls the day when his interest in art took a new direction. He happened to be in a paint store to purchase some supplies when he saw a card posted on a wall that read, "Come paint with Connie Marlo". Max had been interested in art since his youth and he was frequently impressed with paintings displayed by local artists at various community events.
Consequently, he decided to go to Connie's Saturday morning art class at a studio on North La Brea Avenue (between Sunset and Hollywood) in Los Angeles. But, as fate would have it, he immediately took a detour from this class when he found a piece of paper on the floor of the studio referencing another art class dealing with compositions, patterns, rhythms and color harmony. The instructor's name was Hal Reed, a former art student of the Russian/American Master, Nicolai Fechin. Hal owned the building (previously the Will Foster Studio) and had founded the Art League of Los Angeles. When Max found Hal, he asked Hal if he could join his class. Hal said "No, the class was full" but he said Max could monitor the class in the back of the classroom. Max took him up on the offer and began observing the weekly class.
During the class, Hal told his students that they should practice what they were learning by going to "live model" classes. Max began attending these classes where he learned how to draw figures. After a few months, Hal and Max became good friends. Hal was so impressed with Max's work that he offered Max the opportunity to teach at another location that Hal was opening in the San Fernando Valley. Max accepted the offer and began teaching his own art class. For Max, it was a quick jump from learning to teaching. Max then found that several of his students had to commute to his art class from the west end of the "Valley". To better serve this group of students, Max decided to relocate to another studio in Calabasas.
Max continued teaching, and at this time he was producing very impressive portraits, both oil paintings and charcoal drawings from live models (Max never worked from photos). Max demonstrated real talent, and the style of his drawings and paintings were being compared to those of Nicolai Fechin. And, like Fechin, Max also had an interest in sculpting. One day, Max decided to design and cast a bronze owl sculpture to put in his Calabasas Fine Art Gallery. Later, someone approached Max when he was at the foundry and asked him about his success selling the owl sculpture. The individual who asked this question was convinced that there was a broader market for these sculptures and he ordered a dozen of the owl sculptures from Max. This encouraged Max to do more castings. Some of the new castings were antique sculptures he found and reproduced. As this new business grew, he decided to establish his own foundry, employing up to 15 workers. The business continued for many years, up until the late 1990's when Max got tired of the foundry business and sold it.
Max, who was now in his 70's, decided to move on to his next venture as an artist, dedicating himself to doing the actual sculpting of original art. He loved the creativity of sculpting and he had his sculptures cast at local foundries, ironically the same ones that used to be his competition. Max was now fully engaged in his new artistic direction and, over time, he produced a large body of work. He created very impressive sculptures, including about 100 full-size sculptures. He sold some of these to high-end clientele, the Foundry at SLS Las Vegas, and to Hollywood studios.
Even though Max now seemed to be totally in his element, he somehow also found time to continue to teach painting classes at the California Art Institute in Westlake Village in Los Angeles. At the institute, he specialized in figure work. Max continued to draw, paint and teach, but he says he stopped sculpting when he turned 90.
Max produced four books showcasing his drawings and paintings. The first is "Faces, The Drawings of Max Turner", copyright 2000, that showcases nearly 100 of his portrait drawings. Within the "Acknowledgements" section, he lists Hal Reed and Joseph Nordmann, two former students of Nicolai Fechin.
In 2006, Max produced his second book titled "Figures and Faces", reflecting not only portraits but also figure drawings and paintings. It is a wonderful book of Max's work, but it is currently difficult to find. The third book is titled "Faces 2, The Paintings and Drawings of Max Turner", copyright 2009, which includes 75 portrait paintings and drawings. In the "Preface" of this book, Max describes growing up in a small and isolated mining town during the Great Depression. He states that as a kid, he had little exposure of any culture or view of what the rest of the world was like. His neighbor was the trash collector and Max would sometimes go through his truck looking for anything of value. Among other things, he found magazines like Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and Red Book, with covers that frequently showed drawings or paintings of faces. Max states that these images were the very first source of inspiration for him. He says that he began looking more carefully at people's faces and if they had character, he would draw them. By drawing them, Max says that he was making them part of his world, his world of "Faces".
In 2018, Max published his newest book showcasing his drawings and paintings. It is titled "Max Turner's Figure Sketches". This softbound book includes 76 pages and over 120 drawings and paintings. In the Introduction, Max explains "I have found that when approaching the figure, one should begin with the gesture. After having captured the essence or feeling of the pose, one can then proceed to build on it." The figure sketches in this wonderful book reflect a Master's work that consistently captures the "gesture"-showing the emotion, movement and expression.
Two more books are on the horizon for Max, both dealing with his passion for sculpting. His first, "The Sculpture of Max Turner" is a compilation of his commercial and noncommercial pieces throughout his career. The second, "Terra Cotta Sculpture by Max Turner" is a complete collection of figures done at the California Art Institute. These much anticipated books should be out later in 2018.
Max now considers himself primarily a sculptor. But others in the art world are more than impressed with his drawings and paintings as well. His portraits are often described as having a Fechin-esque appearance, referring to the style of Nicolai Fechin. When Max observed those first art classes given by Hal Reed, it should be noted that Hal had previously been a student of the Russian/American Master Nicolai Fechin in the early to mid-1950's. In fact, Hal was a student in the last art class that Fechin taught before he unexpectedly died in 1955. Hal was so strongly influenced by Fechin that he later produced two 30-minute art instruction videos as part his Art Video Productions wherein he specifically described Fechin techniques that he learned in Fechin's class. The Fechin style and techniques were in play when Max later met Hal. Over the years, many of Max's art students, art collectors, gallery owners, as well as the Director of the Monterey Museum of Art have commented on the Fechin-esque qualities of Max's wonderful charcoal drawings and paintings. So, while Max may consider himself primarily a sculptor, his drawings and paintings are also impressive and very much sought after.
When Nicolai Fechin died in 1955, three of the nine students in his last art class became life-long friends. Max subsequently became friends with not only Hal Reed, but also with prior Fechin students Joseph Nordmann and Albert Londraville...
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
NUDE WITH RED HAIR
By Lucien Boulier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
LUCIEN BOULIER
"NUDE WITH RED HAIR"
OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED
FRANCE, C.1930
26 X 20 INCHES
Lucien Boulier
1882-1963
Lucian Boulier was born Verdun...
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Acecho
By Gonzalo Morales
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil on Canvas, Signed
Dated 2013
14 x 18 Inches
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Abstract Composition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Provenance: Barry Friedman Gallery, Modernism Fine Arts, New York.
Estate Stamped.
Thilo Maatsch (1900-1983)
Thilo Maatsch has an epiphany at age 16 when, having been taken to Berlin’s prestigious Avant Garde art gallery Der Sturm, he’s mesmerized by the work of Franz Marc, and determines to be an artist. Eleven years later, he’ll one day recall with pride, his work exhibits there.
Born and raised in 1900 Braunschweig, Germany, Maatsch by age 18 forms "Gesellschaft der Freunde junger Kunst" (Society of Friends of New Art) with Rudolf Jahns and Johannes Molzahn. Its members include soon-to-be-famous Lyonel Feininger, Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky, who promotes Maatsch and becomes something of a father figure. Introductions to collector Otto Ralfs in Braunschweig and the esteemed painter Heinrich Vogeler in Worpswede over the next two years influence his expanding body of work.
By 1922 Maatsch has a growing family to support, and as his art fails to provide this he begins training to be a teacher, a vocation he’ll fall back on repeatedly throughout his life. His first assignment is that of primary school teaching in Holzminden.
1924 sees Ralfs purchasing a Maatsch work and hanging it alongside the now well-known names of Mondrian, Kandinsky and Klee. The following year Ralfs launches an entire exhibition of the Society of Friends of New Art.
Because of his day job, Maatsch is unable to realize his wish to study at the Bauhaus, the avant garde epicenter in Weimar and later, Dessau. But thanks to Kandinsky, Klee and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, he’s allowed to occupy their studios and study with them during school holidays. His befriending of Kurt Schwitters during this time explains why Maatsch is often included in the so-called Schwitters Group.
In 1925 he joins the Novembergruppe (November Group) and exhibits annually in the renowned Große Berliner Kunstausstellung (Great Berlin Art Exhibition...
Category
1920s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Parisienne en Vacance
By Edouard Goerg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Charming French oil painting c1960.
Beautiful French frame.
Category
1960s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Models
By Reza Afrookhteh
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fabulous large Cubist oil on canvas. Nicely framed. We have several other works by this artist listed.
Reza begun studying art seriously at age 15 and wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Studio
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large watercolor and mixed media work
Original frame.
“Keith Finch was born in Holyoke, Colorado in 1920 but has lived in Los Angeles, where he attended the elementary grades and h...
Category
1950s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Interior
By Alfred McNamara
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ALFRED MCNAMARA
"INTERIOR "
OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED
TITLED
AMERICAN, DATED 1978
30 X 36 INCHES
Alfred McNamara
(1911 - 1994)
Alfred McNamara was born in Tompkinsville, Staten Island and lived most of his life in Staten Island.
He was heavily influenced by John Sloane...
Category
1970s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Cubist Figures
By Irving George Lehman
Located in Los Angeles, CA
IRVING GEORGE LEHMAN
"CUBIST FIURES'
OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED
RUSSIAN-AMERICAN, C.1960
23.5 X 25.5 INCHES
FRAMED 29.5 X 32.5 INCHES
Irving George Lehman
1900-1983
Born in Kiev, R...
Category
1860s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Man with Yellow Tie
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ALEXANDER KREISEL
"MAN WITH YELLOW TIE"
OIL ON CANVAS BOARD, SIGNED
RUSSIAN-AMERICAN, C.1935
26 X 19.5 INCHES
FRAMED 29.5 X 23.5 INCHES
Alexander Krei...
Category
1930s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nu
By Charles Kvapil
Located in Los Angeles, CA
CHARLES KVAPIL
"NU"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
BELGIAN, DATED 1932
46 X 32 INCHES
FRAMED 55.5 X 41 INCHES
Charles Kvapil
1884-1957
Charles Kvapil was born in 1884 in Anvers...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Horse Traners
By Umberto Romano
Located in Los Angeles, CA
UMBERTO ROMANO
"HORSE TRAINERS"
OIL ON PANEL, SIGNED
AMERICAN, DATED 1952
23.74 X 35.75 INCHES
Born: 1905 - Naples, Italy
Died: 1984 - New York C...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
Picking Flowers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful. large oil on canvas, in excellent condition. Framed
The Spätimpressionist Leopold Illenz was a student of Anton Azbe, and Simon Hollósy at Munich private schools...
Category
1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
White Mantilla
By Richard Kirk
Located in Los Angeles, CA
RICHARD KIRK
"WHITE MANTILLA"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
AMERICAN, C.1960
36 X 23 INCHES
Original Frame
Richard Kirk
Born 1932
Kirk was born in West Virginia in 1932.
He ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Man Portrait
By Ann Singer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ANN SINGER
"MAN PORTRAIT"
ACRYLIS ON CANVAS, SIGNED
CZECH, DATED 1983
35 X 29 INCHES Plus frame
Category
1980s Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Masks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We are pleased to offer several works by this artist.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel
Cards and Chips
Located in Los Angeles, CA
We are pleased to offer three works by this artist
JANET SNITKOVSKY
"HOLDING MASKS"
36 X 36 INCHES
OIL PASTEL ON CANVAS
Janet Snitkovsky
Janet Snitkovsky was born in Chernyakhiv, Ukraine in 1934 and began doing art as a child, but her creativity was temporarily stopped by WWII.
After the war, she began her artistic pursiut in high school and eventually enrolled in L’viv Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel
BACCANALE IN THE FOREST
Located in Los Angeles, CA
ALEXANDER FRENZ
"BACCANALE IN THE FOREST"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED
GERMAN, C.1900
39 X 33 INCHES
Alexander Frenz
1861-1941
He was born in 1861 in ...
Category
1890s Symbolist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Relaxing
By Richard Geiger
Located in Los Angeles, CA
RICHARD GEIGER
"RELAXING"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED
HUNGARIAN, C.1930
28 X 39 INCHES
FRAMED 36.5 X 46 INCHES
Richard Geiger
1870-1945
Richard Geiger was born in Vienna and first studied at the Vienna Art Institute with the academic painter Christian Ludwig Von Griepenkerl and, subsequently, in Paris with Francois Flameng...
Category
1930s Art Deco Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
NY JAZZ #3
By Reza Afrookhteh
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Frame 64 X 36 inches
Reza begun studying art seriously at age 15 and was studying at the institute of art in Iran where he graduated with highest honors.
He also studied privately ...
Category
2010s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Home Fire
By Yuri Martinez Ramos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS
"HOME FIRE
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED
CUBAN-AMERICAN, C.2006
20 X 16 INCHES
Home Fire" brings me back to my childhood home when my grandpa visited us every day smoking his pipe and conversing good moments.
Yuri Martinez Ramos was born in Havana, Cuba on November 24, 1964.
He studied at the Elemental School of Plastic Arts from 1975 – 1979 and the National School of the Arts from 1979 – 1983.
Martinez’ figurative paintings have been compared to Botero because of his satirical social commentary. His style, however, is uniquely his own with typically vibrant Latin colors and use of expressive magical realism. His paintings tell his story and the story of the Cuban dilemma.
Martinez was granted permission by the US Justice Department after much effort with Cuban authorities to come to the US with his family and pursue his career outside Cuba. He now lives and works in Texas.
Papillon Gallery...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
LOVE AT FIRST PIPE
By Yuri Martinez Ramos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS
"LOVE FIRST PIPE"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED
CUBAN-AMERICAN, C.2006
20 X 16 INCHES
Yuri Martinez Ramos was born in Havana, Cuba on November 24, 1964.
He studied at the Elemental School of Plastic Arts from 1975 – 1979 and the National School of the Arts from 1979 – 1983.
Martinez’ figurative paintings have been compared to Botero because of his satirical social commentary. His style, however, is uniquely his own with typically vibrant Latin colors and use of expressive magical realism. His paintings tell his story and the story of the Cuban dilemma.
Martinez was granted permission by the US Justice Department after much effort with Cuban authorities to come to the US with his family and pursue his career outside Cuba. He now lives and works in Texas.
Papillon Gallery...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"THE FUNNY SIDE OF ME"
By Yuri Martinez Ramos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS
"THE FUNNY SIDE OF ME"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED
CUBAN-AMERICAN, C.2005
20 X 16 INCHES
This piece is a type of self-portrait where I try to show the ones around me, I also have a funny side.
Yuri Martinez Ramos was born in Havana, Cuba on November 24, 1964.
He studied at the Elemental School of Plastic Arts from 1975 – 1979 and the National School of the Arts from 1979 – 1983.
Martinez’ figurative paintings have been compared to Botero because of his satirical social commentary. His style, however, is uniquely his own with typically vibrant Latin colors and use of expressive magical realism. His paintings tell his story and the story of the Cuban dilemma.
Martinez was granted permission by the US Justice Department after much effort with Cuban authorities to come to the US with his family and pursue his career outside Cuba. He now lives and works in Texas.
Papillon Gallery...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Patches
By Yuri Martinez Ramos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS
"PATCHES"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
CUBAN-AMERICAN, DATED 2012
40 X 30 INCHES
Patches symbolize the destruction and erosion of Cuba.
A ruined country stitched together by patches that blend the society like an old rag pant.
The main buffoonery image depicts the old system, no more speech to play when you only have a broken instrument.
Yuri Martinez Ramos was born in Havana, Cuba on November 24, 1964.
He studied at the Elemental School of Plastic Arts from 1975 – 1979 and the National School of the Arts from 1979 – 1983.
Martinez’ figurative paintings have been compared to Botero because of his satirical social commentary. His style, however, is uniquely his own with typically vibrant Latin colors and use of expressive magical realism. His paintings tell his story and the story of the Cuban dilemma.
Martinez was granted permission by the US Justice Department after much effort with Cuban authorities to come to the US with his family and pursue his career outside Cuba. He now lives and works in Texas.
Papillon Gallery...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"REST ME ON A CUCKOO CLOCK"
By Yuri Martinez Ramos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS
"REST ME ON A CUCKOO CLOCK"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
CUBAN-AMERICAN, DATED 2020
48 X 36 INCHES
I wrote these words for the ...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"SILLY TOPIC OF TWO LOVERS"
By Yuri Martinez Ramos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS
"SILLY TOPIC OF TWO LOVERS"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
CUBAN-AMERICAN, DATED 2000
31.5 X 39.5 INCHES
Silly Topic for Two Lovers is exactly what you can appreciate in the painting,
by the time every young couple was using the bicycle as a way of transportation in Havana,
I saw that silly imagery as an excuse to talk about love.
Yuri Martinez Ramos was born in Havana, Cuba on November 24, 1964.
He studied at the Elemental School of Plastic Arts from 1975 – 1979 and the National School of the Arts from 1979 – 1983.
Martinez’ figurative paintings have been compared to Botero because of his satirical social commentary. His style, however, is uniquely his own with typically vibrant Latin colors and use of expressive magical realism. His paintings tell his story and the story of the Cuban dilemma.
Martinez was granted permission by the US Justice Department after much effort with Cuban authorities to come to the US with his family and pursue his career outside Cuba. He now lives and works in Texas.
Papillon Gallery...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"SYMPHONY IN D-MINOR"
By Yuri Martinez Ramos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS
"SYMPHONY IN D-MINOR"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
CUBAN-AMERICAN, DATED 2005
40 X 30 INCHES
Symphony in D Minor is the "music" Cuban people have to perform every day to survive a decadent system that has pushed people to the limit.
A prostitute looking for living on the street, a musician playing for no tourist,
a rounded stage that depicts the enclosing system from where you cannot escape,
vigilant red birds are the government-symbol watching everywhere, controlling your miserable life.
-D- minor instead of a chord is Destruction, Deplorable.
Yuri Martinez Ramos was born in Havana, Cuba on November 24, 1964.
He studied at the Elemental School of Plastic Arts from 1975 – 1979 and the National School of the Arts from 1979 – 1983.
Martinez’ figurative paintings have been compared to Botero because of his satirical social commentary. His style, however, is uniquely his own with typically vibrant Latin colors and use of expressive magical realism. His paintings tell his story and the story of the Cuban dilemma.
Martinez was granted permission by the US Justice Department after much effort with Cuban authorities to come to the US with his family and pursue his career outside Cuba. He now lives and works in Texas.
Papillon Gallery...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Checkmate
By Yuri Martinez Ramos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS
"CHECKMATE"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
CUBAN-AMERICAN, DATED 2017
53.25 X 41.5 INCHES
"Checkmate" is that great end-finale, that surprised everyone because you basically were playing or getting ready for a totally different game.
An unexpected move from the governments who always have a "card up their sleeve" to screw you.
Yuri Martinez Ramos was born in Havana, Cuba on November 24, 1964.
He studied at the Elemental School of Plastic Arts from 1975 – 1979 and the National School of the Arts from 1979 – 1983.
Martinez’ figurative paintings have been compared to Botero because of his satirical social commentary. His style, however, is uniquely his own with typically vibrant Latin colors and use of expressive magical realism. His paintings tell his story and the story of the Cuban dilemma.
Martinez was granted permission by the US Justice Department after much effort with Cuban authorities to come to the US with his family and pursue his career outside Cuba. He now lives and works in Texas.
Papillon Gallery...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"TOAST TO THE SEA"
By Yuri Martinez Ramos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS
"TOAST TO THE SEA"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
CUBAN-AMERICAN, DATED 2008
40 X 30 INCHES
Toast to the sea is a depiction of the beautiful women at Miami beaches, sunny days, drinks, and having a good moment feeling.
Yuri Martinez Ramos was born in Havana, Cuba on November 24, 1964.
He studied at the Elemental School of Plastic Arts from 1975 – 1979 and the National School of the Arts from 1979 – 1983.
Martinez’ figurative paintings have been compared to Botero because of his satirical social commentary. His style, however, is uniquely his own with typically vibrant Latin colors and use of expressive magical realism. His paintings tell his story and the story of the Cuban dilemma.
Martinez was granted permission by the US Justice Department after much effort with Cuban authorities to come to the US with his family and pursue his career outside Cuba. He now lives and works in Texas.
Papillon Gallery...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"REGGAETON ON 47TH STREET"
By Yuri Martinez Ramos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
YURI MARTINEZ RAMOS
"REGGAETON ON 47TH STREET"
OIL ON CANVAS, SIGNED, TITLED
CUBAN-AMERICAN, DATED 2008
48 X 36 INCHES
"Reggaeton on 47th Street" is a homage to the Dominican wo...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sailor and Lover
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Roland Marie Gérardin was born in Paris in 1907. He is best known as a painter of historical, mythological, and religious subject matter as well as genre scenes.
He studied with J...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cubist Nude
By Reza Afrookhteh
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Frame 41 x 35 inches
Reza begun studying art seriously at age 15 and was studying at the institute of art in Iran where he graduated with highest honors.
He also studied privately ...
Category
2010s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Woman with Dog
By Reza Afrookhteh
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Size with frame: 34 x 28 Inches
Reza begun studying art seriously at age 15 and was studying at the institute of art in Iran where he graduated with highest honors.
He also studied...
Category
Early 2000s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil