Rose Marie Ansel

"Mutual Admiration" Flower Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting Monterey Artist

1960s

Night Life in the City - Figurative Cityscape Mid 1960s cityscape by an unknown artist. Oil on artists board. Image, 16"H x 20"W

Figurative Study In Sausalito by Patricia Gren Hayes Berkeley Figurative School Modern painting of a nude woman with the Sausalito landscape in the background by American painter, P...

"Van Gogh Again" Original Oil on Canvas by Beat Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti Large scale painting titled, (Disasters in the Sun) or "Van Gogh Again" by Bay area beat poet and abstract expressionist artist Lawrence Ferlinghetti (American, 1919-2021). Strong and bold brush work with areas of heavy impasto paint in white, mustard with black birds in a streaked sky. Signed lower left with the artists monogram "F '92", and on verso Ferlinghetti '92 titled "Van Gogh Again" (Disasters in the Sun) Image 40"H x 53.5" Framed, 41.75"H x 54.25"W x 1.75" Lawrence Ferlinghetti was born in New York of an Italian-Portuguese-Sephardic immigrant family in 1919. He graduated in 1941 from the School of Journalism at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (where he worked on the literary magazine founded by Thomas Wolfe). During the Second World War he spent four years on U.S. Navy ships and commanded a U.S. Navy subchaser at the Normandy invasion, saw Nagasaki six weeks after the A-bomb, and after the War earned an M.A. at Columbia University and a doctorate in literature at the University of Paris. He began drawing from the model at the Academie Julien in Paris in 1948 and continued in the open studios of the San Francisco Art Institute in the 1950's, 70's and 80's. In 1953 he rented a large loft at 9 Mission Street, San Francisco, just vacated by Hassel Smith. Originally identifying with the New York painters of his generation, namely Franz Kline and Willem DeKooning, he pursued what he now considers a "farcical attempt" to paint in an Abstract Expressionist style. Having reached an impasse, he stopped painting and did not pick up a brush again until the mid-1970's when he returned to figurative painting, sometimes very close to abstraction, and often combining the lyrical and the political. Since then Ferlinghetti has had many one-man exhibitions in this country and abroad. His most important solo show in Europe was at the Palace of Exhibitions in Rome (1996). In the catalogue for that show, the famous Italian art critic, Achille Bonito Oliva, characterized Ferlinghetti as "godfather of the [Italian] trans-avant garde." Lately he has been associated with European Fluxus art, with shows in Verona and Florence curated by Francesco Conz. Solo exhibitions in the United States include the shows at the Butler Institute of American Art, the Anita Shapolsky Gallery in New York, the Molly Barnes Gallery in Santa Monica, Dominican University in San Rafael, William Turner Gallery in Venice California, Kleinert James Gallery in Woodstock New York, and the George Krevsky Gallery in San Francisco. SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected) 2003 Ferlinghetti: Art, Marin Theater Company, Marin, CA 2002 lit.paint, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2002 lit.paint, Kleinert/James Art Center, Woodstock, NY 2001 Foyer degli Artisti, Florence, Italy 2001 William Turner Gallery, Venice, CA 2000 Archivio Francesco Conz Gallery, Verona, Italy 2000 "Love in the Days of Rage", George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco 1999 "The Painter's Dream", Shorenstein Company, San Francisco 1999 "New Paintings", Molly Barnes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 1999 "Lawrence Ferlinghetti: The Painter", San Marco Gallery, San Rafael 1998 "Pure Art Vs. Agit -Prop", George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco 1998 Paterson Museum, Paterson, New Jersey 1997 Anita Shapolsky Gallery, New York 1996 Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy 1996 Museo Italo Americano, San Francisco 1995 University of Maryland Art Gallery, MD 1995 University of Charleston, West Virginia 1994 Civic Center Gallery, Mountain View, CA 1993 The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio 1992 Instituto Italiano di Cultura, San Francisco 1992 San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 1991 Peter Lembcke Gallery, San Francisco 1991 Kennedy Gallery, San Francisco 1990 Special Collections, University Library, UC Santa Cruz GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected) 2001 "Play Ball!", George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco 1999 "Diamonds & Dust: The Art of Baseball", George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco 1999 "By the Sea", George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco 1999 "Writerly Art...

"Garage Sale" San Francisco Urban Landscape in Oil on Artist's Board Lively street scene by Hirschel Rabinov (American, 1921-2012). Gathered in front of a...

Native American Geronimo 1870s Portrait painted circa 1950s Oil on canvasboard Excellent and expressive portrait of Apache Indian Chief Geronimo as he looked in the 1870s by D. Morgan, unknown (American, 20th C). Painted by a California or Arizona artist...

Wonderful Spanish landscape of a humble farm in Rota, Cadiz, Spain with horses, a cow with two herons, one of which is on cow's back by San Francisco artist John Sackas (American, 1910-2004), circa 1950s. Signed lower Left "Sackas" and verso Rota Farm House Cadiz" "John Sackas" . Verso has location, attribution and full artist's biography. Presented in gilt-toned carved wood frame. Image size: 14"H x 18"W. Born in New Jersey on May 22, 1910. John Sackas studied at the San Francisco Art Institute (1934), Chouinard Art School in Los Angeles, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and California School of Fine Arts, Jerry...

This is a hand painted copy of the New Yorker Magazine cover image from September 25, 1978. It is not signed. I was told it is not by the artist. I am selling it as in the style of Gretchen Dow Simpson...

"East Santa Cruz (California)" is an oil on canvas board by Jon Blanchette (1908-1987) of a yellow farm house with dark gray storm clouds overhead. Presented in a custom frame, outer dimensions measure 21 ¾ x 25 ¾ x 1 ½ inches. Image size is 16 x 20 inches. Painting is in very good vintage condition - please contact us for a detailed condition report. Expedited and international shipping is available - please contact us for a quote. About the Artist: Jon Blanchette Born England, 1908 Died California, 1987 Jon Blanchette was born in Somerset, England on March 29, 1908. He immigrated to Battle Creek, Michigan in 1918. Artistically inclined at age six, he later studied at the Pittsburgh Art...

This piece came from the collection of the Bezalel Art Gallery on the Lower East Side of New York City. Emmanuil Snitkovsky is an internationally known artist, sculpture and poet. ...

"Looking Out" is a contemporary seascape with a young woman in white admiring the view. Framed dimensions: 14 x 24 inches Kelly Carmody’s work has been widely exhibited and collect...

Swimmers and sun tanners at the local watering hole. Her birth name was Theresa Berney. At the time of her passing she was known as Theresa Loew. Birth place: Baltimore artist, blo...

This oil painting from the 65s by California Artist Bruce McCracken derives its title and inspiration from the mythical Arno River in Tuscany. Dividing the historic city of Florence into two distinct parts, the Arno has long captivated the collective imagination and continues to be a subject of exploration for many contemporary artists. Set against the backdrop of the Arno's picturesque banks, the artist likely sought inspiration from the vantage point of the Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) in Florence. The painting is divided into two distinct horizons. The upper section showcases architectural buildings poised upon a medieval arch...