Andy Gradwell

'Solstice, Stonehenge' c 2012, Original signed work in mixed media

Pompeii , Unearthed Material, ' signed c 2005 glazed oak frame 42.5 x 52cm painting 23cmx 34cm Mixed media, watercolor, ink varnish and inkjet print.

'Amalfi Coastline, Italy' signed mixed media on paper. Glazed frame 53cmx 42cm painting 36cmx27cm A view of Amalfi, looking down to the shoreline from the hilly landscape that surrou...

'View from Ravello, Italy' on The Amalfi coast. mixed media signed original painting by Andy Gradwell. painting 42cmx 54cm Glazed giltwood frame 65cm x 80cm Fine piece from his work ...

An original signed mixed media framed painting by Andrew Gradwell b. 1968 'Sun Melt, Cornish Bay' circa 2010. painting 25cmx28cm glazed and mounted frame 50cmx60cm Plein aire painted...

Born in the South of France in 1926 and raised by very strict parents, Jean Sanglar was prohibited from playing with same age mates. Truly talented, as a young boy he drew frequentl...

Oil Painting of Snowdon Mountains & Lakes in Wales by Modern British Artist Charles Wyatt Warren (1908-1983) Art measures 21.5 x 9.25 inches Fra...

Provenance: Private Collection, San Diego, CA. Framed Giovanni Martino, National Academy of Design* member, was born on May 1, 1908 in Philadelphia PA where all seven brothers and one sister, Filomina, Frank, Antonio, Albert, Ernest, Giovanni, Edmond, and William became painters. They were under the tutelage of their eldest brother, Frank, who in the late 1920s, founded the first commercial art* studio, Martino Studios, at 27 South 18th Street. Besides studying with his two eldest brothers, Giovanni also studied with Albert Jean Adolph at La France Institute, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts*, The Graphic Sketch Club, and Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia. In his mid teens he accompanied his two eldest brothers to New Hope searching for subjects to paint. In the 1930s, he also started to paint in Manayunk, a hilly mill town along the Schuylkill River. At this time he signed his paintings M. Giovanni. These colorful impressionistic* works proceeded more thinly painted dramatically poetic street scenes of the mill town. These images developed into impasto* laden oils in the 1960's with some of the paintings worked with a palette knife*. In Manayunk, he was a common sight on the streets and sidewalks, painting on-the-spot with his wife, Eva Marinelli and his two daughters, Nina & Babette. In the 1980's and 90's he also painted in Conshohocken and Norristown with his youngest daughter, Babette. His paintings became more sharply executed like his earlier work but were more colorful. In the late '90's he worked in his studio to enlarge paintings. He is the recipient of over 100 awards and honors. He received the Benjamin Altman Prize in Landscape Painting in 1975 at the National Academy of Design, NYC where he was elected an Academician (NA) in 1944. He mentored not only his wife and two daughters but also taught at Lehigh University and the Graphic Sketch Club, Philadelphia. He died at his home in Blue Bell on February 1, 1997. (Babette Martino...

William Black (British, Fl. 1963 – 69) Ghost boats Mixed media on board Titled, signed and dated ‘Ghost Boats, William Black 69’ (lower edge) 17 x 23.3/4 in. (43.2 x 60.5 cm.)