Norman Baasch

Finely done, this late example of American cubism depicts a violin, water jug, and bowl of fruit, using a palette of lime greens, pinks and yellows pop...

Stunning still life of fruit by German artist Franz Priking. Painted primarily in shades of gold, deep green and black and housed in a beautiful frame that has gilded accents, this original work of art is a stunner. Signed and dated in the upper right hand corner "Pricking 1955". There is a label on the reverse side from World House Galleries on Madison Ave in NYC. The label states the artist is French (where he resided at the time this work was painted). Priking was born in Germany and was eleven years old when WWII broke out. It is said that the war influenced him and his art for the rest of his life. Immediately after the war he began to show an affinity for the Expressionist art that was banned by the Nazis. Priking was a student of Max Pechstein by 1948 at the Bauhaus, and by 1952 he had moved to southern France, meeting Picasso at Vallauris. Picasso is said to have strongly encouraged him, saying he would become one of the great artists of the century. He exhibited mostly in Europe but also in Tokyo and Sao Paolo. The artist's use of black (prominent in this work) is said to reflect the darkness of his early years during the war. His work moved through various phases, beginning with Fauvism and Cubism, moving through Expressionism and finally on to abstraction in his final decade. In 1958 he was awarded the Prix de la Jeune Peinture in Paris, in 1961 he was elected a member of the International Institute of Arts and Letters in Geneva. He died at barely age 50, cutting short a promising career. In 1990 when Ecole de Paris paintings...

Still Life by Bernard Labbe (French Mid-20th Century) original watercolor, ink and gouache on paper size: image 7.75 x 11.75 inches size: sheet 10 x 14 inches unsigned, stamped verso condition: very good, right side of sheet (white margin) cut slightly unevenly, ready to be enjoyed provenance: the artists atelier/ studio, France (stamped verso) A still life tableaux of objects, perhaps some surrealism in Labbe's work on this one. A bird perches above a face which is depicted as half skeletonised, a decorative mirror hangs...

Cubist still-life painting of flowers on a nightstand in a very sturdy rustic wooden frame. This piece is unsigned.       

The picture is painted with oil paint on canvas. Origin : Poland Author : x Dimensions: Frame: height 87 cm / width 117 cm Image: height 68 cm / depth 98 cm

Gorgeously rendered still life of a large blue and white bowl overflowing with ripe yellow green pears set against a graphic black background...

Colorful Post-Cubist oil painting still life with guitar By Serge Magnin, born in France, 1934. Framed. Size of the frame: H 67 cm x L 81 cm x W 2 c...

Scandinavian modernist. Oil on canvas. Cubist still life. Dated 1975. The canvas measures: 59 x 51 cm. The frame measures: 6 cm. In excellent condition. Signed and dated.

This Mid-Century Modern one of a kind vintage wonderful watercolor of individual faces with African influences is cubistic. Each face is outlined forming an oblong or circle which is...

Flower still life with dahlias, in beautiful, vibrant colors. Oil on canvas. The round format is very unusual. Frame and canvas are an original whole. The painting is signed in the paint on the lower right and dated, 1934. The painting is framed behind anti-reflective glass, which means that the colors are beautifully preserved. The frame is subtly carved in Art Deco style. A similar painting by the same painter is depicted in an old exhibition book by this painter. See picture. His work work has also been purchased by various museums. The book about Gaston Geleyn is beautifully illustrated, 170 pages and it is about the life and work of the artist. The book was published in 1933. Book is supplied with the painting. More information about the Gaston Geleyn follows below. Source: Paul Piron 'Art in Belgium'. GELEYN, Gaston (Brussels, 1892 - Grimbergen 1949). Painter. Stayed with a great uncle in Paris until he was 16 years old. After a short stay in Brussels, he returned to Paris and attended classes at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts led by Roll and Flaming. After the First World War he traveled the world and stayed in America, India and North Africa, among other places. He was under contract from 1919 to 1929 by a Dutch art dealer. His first exhibition was at the 'Giroux' Gallery in Brussels in 1933. Geleyn painted landscapes, marines, figure still lifes and flowers. He also painted the portrait of King Albert I. He had studios in Grimbergen and in Ostend. In Ostend, he painted the sea in all its forms, from the sleeping silver-gray sea...

Midcentury mixed-media Cubist still life oil on canvas, a fine composition with influences of Kurt Schwitters and George Braque. Signed "Gordon" Lower left center. Measures: Canvas 3...

Still life painting of fruit in a basket. Oil on silk.