Seymour Franks -1945 Abstracted cityscape of New York City from 1945 by American artist Seymour Franks. Seymour Franks, 1916-1981, was born in New York City in 1916. At the age of 16, Franks was stricken with polio. He went on to work for the WPA and later studied at the National Academy of Design in…
Oronzo Gasparo – 1940 Interior of a home in 1940 by Oronzo Gasparo. Oronzo Vito Gasparo, 1903-1969, was an Italian-born American modernist painter. Gasparo studied, worked, and exhibited in New York in the 1930s and 1940s and was highly influenced by his mentor and teacher, Preston Dickinson. Gasparo exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art…
John Hansegger – 1930s 1930s abstract oil painting by John Hansegger. John Hansegger, aka Hans Egger, John Konstantin Egger, 1908-1989, was a Swiss-born modernist painter. Hansegger was educated in Europe and had his first one-man show in Switzerland in 1928. He later joined the Kunstler-Vereinigung in Munich, Germany in 1933 where he participated in several…
Bateba – Lobi Peoples Bateba – Ti Puo aka Duntundara, (dangerous bateba), with one outstretched arm. Bateba can have a wide range of purposes. This bateba, a Ti Puo or Duntundara, (dangerous bateba), identified by his outstretched arm, was made to protect the owner from harmful forces, disease, and/or witchcraft. Click here to learn…
Bateba – Lobi Peoples Bateba – Ti Puo aka Duntundara, (dangerous bateba), with outstretched arms. Bateba can have a wide range of purposes. This bateba, a Ti Puo or Duntundara, (dangerous bateba), identified by his outstretched arms, was made to protect the owner from harmful forces, disease, and/or witchcraft. It has been told that Christian…
Trobriand Bowl – Massim Peoples Unique Trobriand Bowl – Early 20th Century Unusually carved wood bowl from the Trobriand Islands, the Massim peoples. The Trobriand Islands are an archipelago of coral atolls off the east coast of New Guinea that total approximately 175 square-miles in size.. The Trobriand people are a part of the nation…
Louis Schanker sculpture – c.1930s Carved and painted modernist sculpture by Louis Schanker. Louis Schanker, (1903-1981), lived and worked in New York City, and later Connecticut, creating modern paintings, sculptures, and prints. During his life, Schanker was known as a radical among radicals veering away from current trends to focus on his own styles…
Janet Scudder – ‘Dominatrix’ – 1935 Large oil painting on canvas by Janet Scudder, titled ‘Dominatrix’ – 1935 Janet Scudder, 1869-1940, was an American sculptor and painter from Terre Haute, Indiana, who is best known for her award-winning sculptures, many of which are held in public and private collections around the world. Scudder received her…
Louis Schanker – 1944 Large oil on canvas dated 1944. Louis Schanker, (1903-1981), lived and worked in New York City and later Connecticut, creating modern paintings, sculptures, and prints. During his life, Schanker was known as a radical among radicals veering away from current trends to focus on his own styles of abstraction. Born in…
Philip Evergood – 1940 Philip Evergood oil painting of young female art students studying their craft while male workers ogle and gawk from a distance. Philip Howard (Blashki) Evergood was one of the leading American modernists of the 20th century. He was born in New York City and was raised in London, England where he…
