$856Sale Price|37% Off
French Cafe Musicians with Accordion and Wine – Spanish Figurative Oil Painting
By Albert Roca
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
French Café Musicians with Accordion and Wine – Spanish Figurative Oil Painting Artist: Albert Roca (Spanish, born 1945) Title: French Café Musicians with Accordion and Wine Medium:...
Board, Oil
$1,141
French Accordion Player Portrait Oil Painting Figurative European Interior Scene
By Albert Roca
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
French Accordion Player Portrait Oil Painting Figurative European Interior Scene Artist: Albert Roca (Spanish, born 1945) Title: Accordionist with Pipe Me...
Oil, Board
$1,141
Mediterranean Fisherman Playing Accordion Harbor Figurative Oil Painting Europe
By Albert Roca
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Mediterranean Fisherman Playing Accordion Harbor Figurative Oil Painting Artist: Albert Roca (Barcelona, 1945) Technique: Oil on board Signature: Signed l...
Oil, Board
$741Sale Price|40% Off
Street Musicians Oil on Canvas Board, Modern Figurative, Signed, 1990s
By Albert Roca
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Title: Street Musicians Artist: Albert Roca i Cama (Palamós, 1945 – 2023) Technique: Oil on canvas board Dimensions: 71 x 51 cm (27.95 x 20.08 in) Support: Canvas board Signature: Signed in the lower right corner as “214 Roca” Approximate date: Late 20th – early 21st century Condition: Very good Framing: Unframed Description of the work: The painting depicts two street musicians in a profoundly expressive scene. In the foreground, a man rests his arm on an accordion, his gaze lost in thought and a contemplative expression on his face, while holding a straw or toothpick between his lips. Behind him, another figure plays a transverse flute with closed eyes, fully immersed in his music. The composition conveys serenity and weariness, presenting an intimate moment imbued with urban lyricism. The brushwork is loose yet confident, reinforcing the emotional depth of the characters. The color palette blends warm tones with hints of grey and blue, emphasizing the introspective and street-like atmosphere. The overall impression is of a moment suspended in time, where music and life intertwine in the silent dignity of their expressions. Artist biography: Albert Roca i Cama was born in Palamós in 1945 and passed away in 2023. He was a Catalan painter associated with expressive realism, known for his energetic strokes and mastery of color. From an early age, he showed artistic inclination and worked in Barcelona alongside comic artist García...
Canvas, Oil
$913Sale Price|38% Off
Charming Street Musicians with Dog Spanish Modern Figurative Oil Painting art
By Albert Roca
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Charming Street Musicians with Dog, Spanish Modern Figurative Oil Painting Artist: Albert Roca (Spanish, b. 1945) Title: Street Musicians with Dog Date: circa 1990 Medium: Oil on bo...
Oil, Board
$741Sale Price|31% Off
Woman at Rest with Mandolin oil on board painting modernism art
By Albert Roca
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Oil measures 46x65 cm. Frame measures 69x87 cm. Technical Sheet: - Title: Woman at Rest with Mandolin - Artist: Albert Roca (1945) - Technique: Oil on board - Dimensions with...
Oil, Board
$1,027Sale Price|35% Off
Spanish Figurative Travelers Genre Scene Oil Painting Character Study modern art
By Albert Roca
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Spanish Figurative Travelers Genre Scene Oil Painting Character Study Artist: Albert Roca (Spanish, b.1945) Title: Travelers Date: circa 1990 Medium: Oil on panel Dimensions artwork...
Board, Oil
$741Sale Price|40% Off
Mediterranean Figurative Painting of Vagabond and Daughter Spanish Modern oil
By Albert Roca
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Mediterranean Figurative Painting of Vagabond and Daughter Spanish Modern Artist: Albert Roca Title: The Vagabond and His Daughter Medium: Oil on board Period: Circa 1990 Dimensions artwork: 70 × 50 cm (27.56 × 19.69 in) Dimensions with frame: 83 × 63 cm (32.68 × 24.80 in) Signature: Signed lower right Condition: Very good vintage condition. Minor wear consistent with age. Frame included. Style: Modern Figurative / Mediterranean Expressionism Origin: Spain DESCRIPTION A deeply human and emotionally resonant figurative composition by Spanish painter Albert Roca, depicting an elderly vagabond seated beside a sleeping young girl wrapped in a red shawl. The painting captures a rare balance between tenderness and hardship. The old man’s weary expression contrasts with the peaceful innocence of the child, creating a quietly cinematic scene filled with psychological depth. The small travel sack resting beside them transforms the image into a visual poem about exile, protection and survival. Executed with loose, expressive brushwork and a warm Mediterranean palette of dusty pinks, violets and earthy browns, the composition possesses the direct emotional clarity associated with mid-century European figurative painting. The simplified forms and softened contours give the work a timeless, almost neo-expressionist atmosphere. Albert Roca demonstrates a remarkable ability to humanize marginal characters without sentimentality. The result is a painting that feels intimate, melancholic and profoundly decorative at the same time. An exceptional piece for collectors of Spanish figurative art, modern European painting, emotional portraiture or Mediterranean interiors with soul and narrative presence. This type of emotionally charged figurative scene performs especially well in sophisticated interiors because it immediately creates conversation, atmosphere and psychological texture. It has the rare quality of feeling both humble and monumental. Like a forgotten frame from an arthouse film discovered in a trunk at a railway station somewhere between Barcelona and memory. ARTISTIC CONTEXT This work evokes elements of European social realism and Mediterranean figurative traditions, recalling certain emotional qualities found in the works of Bernard Buffet, early Picasso blue-period humanity, Catalan postwar figurative painters and French expressionist narrative scenes. The combination of simplified anatomy, expressive brushstroke and emotional storytelling gives the painting strong decorative power while maintaining genuine narrative depth. ARTIST BIO Albert Roca is a Spanish painter known for his landscapes and figurative compositions, particularly appreciated for his psychological approach to character depiction. His work has received awards in Spanish and European art competitions and has been exhibited extensively in Spain and France. His paintings are also regularly displayed aboard French CroisiEurope cruise ships, reflecting the broad decorative appeal of his Mediterranean-inspired visual language. Spanish figurative painting, Mediterranean painting, modern European art, emotional portrait, social realism, expressionist figurative art, old man painting...
Oil, Board
$16,000
H 31 in W 25 in
Henry Gasser American Scene Realism Regionalism Mid-20th Century Modern WPA
Located in New York, NY
Henry Gasser American Scene Realism Regionalism Mid-20th Century Modern WPA Henry Martin Gasser (1909-1981) "Village in Snow" Oil on canvas laid on artist's board, c. 1930s 28 x 22...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$489
H 16 in W 12 in
America impressionist portrait young boy 1937 Modern Figurative Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
A fantastic modern portrait of a young boy. This work is signed what appears to be Paul Sellers and dated 1937, but we have not found information on the artist. The work dated 1936...
Oil, Board
$85,000
H 28 in W 47 in
"Paper Making" WPA Industrial Mid-Century American Scene Social Realism Workers
Located in New York, NY
"Paper Making" WPA Industrial Mid-Century American Scene Social Realism Workers Douglas Crockwell (1904-1968) "Paper Making" 19 x 39 inches Oil on board, c. 1936 Signed verso Framed: 28 x 47 Provenance: Estate of the Artist BIO Spencer Douglass Crockwell was born into a comfortable middle class household on April 29, 1904 in Columbus, Ohio. His father, Charles Roland Crockwell, was a mining engineer; his mother, Cora, was the daughter of an Iowa attorney. He became a commercial artist and experimental filmmaker who spent a good part of his career creating illustrations and advertisements for the Saturday Evening Post. In 1907 the Crockwell family moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where he graduated from high school and then attended from Washington University. Initially he studied engineering, but soon switched to business. While still an undergraduate, Crockwell took courses at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts and quickly realized that he wanted to be an artist. After graduating from Washington University in 1926, Crockwell continued to study at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts until 1929. The following year he relocated to Chicago and continued his studies at the American Academy of Art. In 1930 and 1931 he studied in Europe on a Traveling Fellowship. In 1932 Douglass Crockwell moved to Glens Falls, New York, which was to be his home for the remainder of his life. The following year he married Margaret Braman. They had three children, a son Douglass and two daughters, Johanna and Margaret. During the depression he created murals and posters for the Works Progress Administration including Post Office murals in White River junction, Vermont; Endicott, New York; and Macon, Mississippi. In 1934 he painted Paper Workers, Finch Pruyn & Co. (the leading Glens Falls, New York company) for the WPA. In the 1930s Crockwell developed an interest in experimental animated films that occupied him for the rest of his life. In 1936 and 1937, he collaborated with David Smith, a sculptor, to create surrealist films. Because of his interest in experimental films, his output of paintings was limited to just twenty to forty illustrations a year during this time. Crockwell painted his first of many Saturday Evening Post cover in 1933. He also worked for Life, Look, and Esquire, and numerous national advertisers including Friskies dog food, Welch’s Grape Juice, Republic Steel...
Oil, Board
$5,706
H 6.74 in W 5.12 in D 0.4 in
Portrait of Child with Flowers in Hands - Miniature Painting by A. Noci
By Arturo Noci
Located in Roma, IT
Little portrait by Arturo Noci realized in 1909 probably in US. Oil on board. Bronze frame Signed and dated by the artist at bottom right. Very good conditions.
Oil, Board
$450,000
H 28 in W 24 in
Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in New York, NY
Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975) "Water Story" (Study for The History of Water) Tempera and o...
Oil, Egg Tempera, Board
$850
H 16 in W 12 in D 1.5 in
An Intimate, Colorful Modern Portrait of a Young Woman Reading by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Colorful, Intimate Modernist Portrait of a Young Woman Reading by Notable Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A wonderfully painted studio work dating from the 1930s. ...
Board, Oil
$1,208Sale Price|20% Off
H 14.57 in W 18.51 in
Family on a Bench at the Port, Expressionist Oil on Board, 1970s
By François Diana
Located in London, GB
'Family Seated on a Bench at the Port', oil on board, by François Diana (circa 1970s). A painting with a very wholesome, homespun theme harks back to a more innocent time. A family i...
Oil, Board
$13,500
H 40.5 in W 50.5 in D 3 in
“Washington Square Park, 1938” NYC Social Realism Female American Artist Oil
By Dorothy Eisner
Located in Yardley, PA
An exceptional, large, early work by American artist Dorothy Eisner (1906-1984). This painting was recently exhibited at Gracie Mansion in 2019 as part of “She Persists” - a show de...
Canvas, Oil
$622Sale Price|30% Off
H 19.49 in W 14.38 in
Seated Woman, Modern Oil on Board Painting, Circa 1970s, Framed
By François Diana
Located in London, GB
'Seated Woman', oil on board, by François Diana (circa 1970s). This work of sumptuous colour and sensuous subject matter elicits an immediate response. ...
Oil, Board
$29,000
H 40 in W 43 in
"Winter Landscape" William Lester Stevens, Cape Ann Snowy Landscape
By William Lester Stevens
Located in New York, NY
William Lester Stevens Winter Landscape Signed lower right Oil on canvas 32 x 36 inches Born on June 15, 1888, in Rockport, Massachusetts, Stevens displayed his artistic abilities ...
Canvas, Oil
$9,500
H 20 in W 24 in D 2 in
Landscape with Artist. Mid-Century Chicago Modernist Oil Painting.
By William Schwartz
Located in Marco Island, FL
Chicago Modernist, William Schwartz, painted this dynamic landscape of an artist painting en plein air. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago shortly after emigrating to the Un...
Canvas, Oil, Board
$410Sale Price|50% Off
H 17.33 in W 24.41 in
1960s Modern Style Grand Prix Racer Oil Painting on Board, Framed
Located in London, GB
'Grand Prix Racer', French School, oil on board (circa 1960s). The 'good ole' days' of Formula One racing are depicted in this thrilling mid-century...
Oil, Board
$635Sale Price|40% Off
H 13.39 in W 11.82 in
Market Day in Piazza Grande, Expressionist Oil on Board, 1940s, Framed
Located in London, GB
'Market Day in Piazza Grande, Locarno, Switzerland', oil on board, by unknown artist (1947-48). Locarno is an utterly charming Italian-speaking resort located on the northern shore o...
Oil, Board
$2,900
H 15 in W 19 in
Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modernism
By Henry Ernst Schnakenberg
Located in New York, NY
Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modernism Henry Schnakenberg (1982 - 1970) Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 sight Oil on Canvas Signed lower left 14 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches, Framed Bio In many cases, American artists visited the Armory Show in New York in 1913, and returned to their studios to react to or against what they saw. However, for Henry Ernest Schnakenberg it was much more life altering. Prior to visiting this important exhibition of American and European modernist art...
Canvas, Oil
$6,500
H 21.88 in W 17.38 in D 2 in
On the Beach. Woman Reading. Mid-Century Chicago Modernist Oil Painting.
By William Schwartz
Located in Marco Island, FL
Chicago Modernist, William Schwartz, painted this intimate painting of a woman reading titled On the Beach. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago shortly after emigrating to th...
Canvas, Oil, Board
violinist oil on board painting modernism art
By Albert Roca
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Albert Roca (1945) - violinist oil on board painting Medidas óleo 47x34 cm. Medidas marco 62x48 cm. Painter of landscapes and figures, in whose characteri...
Oil, Board
homeless with dog oil on board painting modernism art
By Albert Roca
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Albert Roca (1945) - homeless with dog oil on board painting Medidas óleo 70x50 cm. Medidas marco 83x63 cm. Painter of landscapes and figures, in whose characterization he deepens p...
Board, Oil