Virginia True

Old Mine Dump - Ward, Colorado, 1930s Modernist Mountain Landscape Oil Painting

1929

This WPA-era signed oil painting by Paul K. Smith captures a stormy summer landscape in Colorado, featuring houses and lush trees under dramatic storm clouds. Painted in rich shades ...

"View from the Park" is a stunning oil on canvas painting by Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968), showcasing the serene beauty of a Colorado landscape. The artwork captures a peacefu...

"Abandoned (Colorado)" is a captivating oil painting by renowned artist William Sanderson (1905-1990), showcasing a desolate house set against the rolling green hills of Colorado. Th...

This original oil on board painting by acclaimed American artist Doris Emrick Lee depicts a vibrant Colorado mountain town bathed in warm summer light. T...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Torre di Tiberio, 1951 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower left 21 x 18 inches 28.5 x 26.5 inches, framed Clarence Holbrook Carter ac...

ABOUT THIS PIECE #1100 “Rental Boat by Bridge”, Oxford, England 1992 28 x 20”, Oil on Canvas Custom framed. This is a series of English landscapes, painted by the late American arti...

Moonlight Shanties, c. 1940s, oil on canvas, 24 x 18 inches, signed lower right, signed and titled verso About the Painting In Moonlight Shanties, Joachim depicts a lower-class neighborhood sitting along-side an elevated road or railway which crowds out the small nearby houses and structures. Joachim’s use of an expressionist palette and gestural brushstrokes together with the isolated figures obscured in the shadows, create a feeling of unease, isolation and even loneliness. From the 1920s through 1940s, American artists commonly employed expressionist conventions in their social realist works which portrayed the gritty side of urban America, especially the communities of the city-dwelling poor. Expressionist styles were considered appropriate for bridging the gap between the modernist idea of art-for-art’s-sake and the narrative qualities demanded by the dual crises of the Great Depression and World War II. Moonlight Shanties successfully uses these expressionist methods to portray a neighborhood and its people who appear to be literally and figuratively “on the edge.” About the Artist Paul Lamar Joachim...

Farm in the Valley - Plein Air California Landscape Beautiful mid century landscape of a California farm by Baumgardner (American, 20th Century). The viewer stands on a dirt road, w...