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Still Life, Anstruther, Oil on Board Painting by John Houston, 1953
By John Houston
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Still Life, Anstruther, Oil on Board Painting by John Houston 1930-2008, 1953 Additional
Category

20th Century Still-life Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Poppies
By John Houston
Located in Edinburgh, GB
Born in Fife, John Houston is known for his devotion to landscape, particularly the rugged Scottish
Category

20th Century Other Art Style Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Junio Eskew, Houston Fat Stock Show
By John Stryker
Located in Dallas, TX
camera on the toe of his right boot right next to a bucking bronco. Some historians believe that John
Category

1940s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

'Favourite Flowers' Limited edition book with signed aquatint 'Salpiglossis'
By Elizabeth Blackadder
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
influenced by Byzantine architecture and mosaics. In 1956 she married the painter John Houston with whom she
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Color, Etching, Aquatint

'Favourite Flowers' Limited edition book with signed aquatint 'Iris'
By Elizabeth Blackadder
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
influenced by Byzantine architecture and mosaics. In 1956 she married the painter John Houston with whom she
Category

Late 20th Century Contemporary More Prints

Materials

Color, Etching, Aquatint

Architecture of John F. Staub, Houston and the South by Howard Barnstone
By Howard Barnstone
Located in valatie, NY
The Architecture of John F. Staub, Houston and the South by Howard Barnstone. Austin: University of
Category

20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

Late 19th Cent. Kuba Drum W Honey Brown Patina - Harry Franklin Collection
Located in Culver City, CA
( Edward G. Robinson, Vincent Price, John Houston, etc... The sale of his African Collection at Sothebys
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Congolese Tribal Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Fisherfolk & Children On A Scottish Beach, 19th Century
By John Adam Houston
Located in Blackwater, GB
Fisherfolk & Children On A Scottish Beach, 19th Century John Adam Houston RSA RI (British, 1812
Category

Early 19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Circus performance, oil on canvas by French / hungarian artist Marcel Vertes
By Marcel Vertès
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
second collaboration with Elsa Schiaparelli, he designed the costumes and sets for John Houston’s film
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, NY, 2022" photograph from "HOOPS" basketball series
By Sean Hemmerle
Located in New York, NY
for Photography, Martin Margulies, Elton John, Houston Fine Arts Museum, Saatchi London, and Brooks
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

"Rucker Park, New York, NY, USA, 2022" photograph from "HOOPS" basketball series
By Sean Hemmerle
Located in New York, NY
, Elton John, Houston Fine Arts Museum, Saatchi London, and Brooks Brothers. His images have been featured
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Pigment

"Pingyao, China, 2006" photograph from "HOOPS" series, (basketball court)
By Sean Hemmerle
Located in New York, NY
International Center for Photography, Martin Margulies, Elton John, Houston Fine Arts Museum, Saatchi London
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Pigment

"Perkin’s Park, Akron, Ohio, USA, 2023" photograph from HOOPS series
By Sean Hemmerle
Located in New York, NY
for Photography, Martin Margulies, Elton John, Houston Fine Arts Museum, Saatchi London, and Brooks
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Campa da Pallencestro, Venice, Italy, 2022
By Sean Hemmerle
Located in New York, NY
, Elton John, Houston Fine Arts Museum, Saatchi London, and Brooks Brothers. His images have been featured
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Digital Pigment

"Nebatieh, Lebanon, 2007" HOOPS basketball court 11"x14" photograph
By Sean Hemmerle
Located in New York, NY
for Photography, Martin Margulies, Elton John, Houston Fine Arts Museum, Saatchi London, and Brooks
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Shanghai, China, 2006" HOOPS basketball court limited edition photograph
By Sean Hemmerle
Located in New York, NY
International Center for Photography, Martin Margulies, Elton John, Houston Fine Arts Museum, Saatchi London
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Baghdad, Iraq, 2003" HOOPS basketball court limited edition photograph
By Sean Hemmerle
Located in New York, NY
International Center for Photography, Martin Margulies, Elton John, Houston Fine Arts Museum, Saatchi London
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Nebatieh, Lebanon, 2007" HOOPS basketball court limited edition photograph
By Sean Hemmerle
Located in New York, NY
International Center for Photography, Martin Margulies, Elton John, Houston Fine Arts Museum, Saatchi London
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Springfield College, Springfield, MA, USA" HOOPS basketball court photograph
By Sean Hemmerle
Located in New York, NY
International Center for Photography, Martin Margulies, Elton John, Houston Fine Arts Museum, Saatchi London
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

"Campa da Pallencestro, Venice, Italy, 2022" HOOPS basketball court photograph
By Sean Hemmerle
Located in New York, NY
, Elton John, Houston Fine Arts Museum, Saatchi London, and Brooks Brothers. His images have been featured
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Lucie Rie Vase With Flaring Lip Mixed Stoneware Circa 1985
Located in Benington, Herts
Britain. The vase later sold at Phillips for over £165,000 Vases of this form are illustrated by John
Category

Late 20th Century British Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Pink Poppy and Sweet Peas, Oil on Canvas Painting by David Michie, circa 1980
Located in Kingsclere, GB
artists David McClure and John Houston and was taught by his mother's contemporary, William Gillies. After
Category

20th Century Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Vintage Modernist Abstract Oil Painting by Texas artist, 1961; Religious theme
Located in Baltimore, MD
bill. The oil on board is signed John M. Good and dated on a back board 1961. It is titled “Adoration
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil

Couture 1937-40 ElsaSchiaparelli MarcelVertes Harlequin Duck GlazedCeramicBrooch
By Elsa Schiaparelli
Located in Chicago, IL
with any artist, their final creative project was for the 1952 American movie directed by John Houston
Category

Vintage 1930s French Artisan Brooches

Materials

Gold, Yellow Gold, Gilt Metal

Dry Season /// Large African Wildlife Safari Elephant Herd Animal Oil Painting
By Adolf Sehring
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
to be commissioned to paint the Papal picture of Pope John Paul II, (Houston page 39). "As the
Category

1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Tigers by a Jungle Stream /// Big Cat India Asia Wildlife Animal Oil Painting
By Adolf Sehring
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
to be commissioned to paint the Papal picture of Pope John Paul II, (Houston page 39). "Once rulers
Category

1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Stoic Lion /// African Wildlife Safari Big Cat Animal Art Portrait Oil Painting
By Adolf Sehring
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Sehring's portrait of Pope John being formally presented in the Grotto at the Vatican in 1979. Adolf Sehring
Category

1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Fun Time /// Adolf Sehring Oil Painting Children Virginia Landscape Realism Art
By Adolf Sehring
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
of Pope John Paul II, (Houston page 39). Biography: Adolf Sehring (1930-2015) was a Russian/German
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Attacking Cheetah /// African Wildlife Safari Big Cat Animal Portrait Painting
By Adolf Sehring
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
to paint the Papal picture of Pope John Paul II, (Houston page 39). "So in early August, 1988, he
Category

1990s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Antique English Oil On Canvas Portrait of a Man by Thomas Beach 18thC, Framed
Located in Big Flats, NY
mezzotint by William Dickinson, Valentine Green, Richard Houston, and John Jones.[1] Beach died at
Category

Antique 18th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Early Mid Century Modern Abstract Painting
By Tommie Olson
Located in Houston, TX
was 16 and attending John Deagan High School in Houston, TX. This piece was submitted through his
Category

1960s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Mother and Child Bronze Sculpture
By Rose Van Vranken
Located in Soquel, CA
Corporation, Houston; John Whitney Payson Family collection, New York City; Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"After Gandhi, " Acrylic on Canvas - Abstract painting
Located in Houston, TX
Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander, Salvatore Scarpitta and James
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"We Live, We Grow, We Die, We Go Someplace, " Six Color Lithograph
Located in Houston, TX
Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander, Salvatore Scarpitta and James
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Lithograph

"Untitled, " Acrylic on Canvas - Psychedelic Abstract painting
Located in Houston, TX
born in 1940 in Texas, grew up the Houston’s historic Fifth Ward and received his formal education from
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

"Untitled, " Acrylic on Paper - Figurative drawing
Located in Houston, TX
, then Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander, Salvatore Scarpitta
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

"Untitled, " Acrylic and Paper Collage on Canvas
Located in Houston, TX
, then Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander, Salvatore Scarpitta
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

"Roma, " Etching on Paper in Cast Bronze Frame
Located in Houston, TX
attention of Jim Harithas, then Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Bronze

"Untitled, " Acrylic and Paper Collage on Canvas
Located in Houston, TX
, then Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander, Salvatore Scarpitta
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

"Pre-Rome, " Etching on Paper in Cast Bronze Frame with Glass Eye
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander, Salvatore Scarpitta and James Surls. His life
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Bronze

"Rivers of Blood, " - Figurative Mixed Media painting on Wood
Located in Houston, TX
attention of Jim Harithas, then Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mirror, Plaster, Acrylic, Wood

"Persistence (Mum’s the Word), " Hatchet and Acrylic on Wood Panel
Located in Houston, TX
, then Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander, Salvatore Scarpitta
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

"Untitled, " Acrylic and Paper Collage on Canvas
Located in Houston, TX
, then Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander, Salvatore Scarpitta
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

"Post Rome, " Etching on Paper in Cast Bronze Frame
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander, Salvatore Scarpitta and James Surls. His life
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Bronze

"See Looking at See, " Acrylic and Charcoal on Dutch Stonehenge Paper - drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Jim Harithas, then Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Acrylic

"Untitled, " Acrylic and Paper Collage on Canvas
Located in Houston, TX
, then Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander, Salvatore Scarpitta
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

"Passion, " Acrylic Paint, Wood Elements, Icepick and Painted Plaster Heart
Located in Houston, TX
Houston, and artists John Alexander, Salvatore Scarpitta and James Surls. His life spanned an era of
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Plaster, Acrylic, Wood

"Dear, " - Figurative Mixed Media painting
Located in Houston, TX
Jim Harithas, then Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Plaster, Canvas, Acrylic

"Untitled, " Acrylic on Canvas - Figurative painting
Located in Houston, TX
in 1940 in Texas, grew up the Houston’s historic Fifth Ward and received his formal education from
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

"Fruits of Life (No Good Deed Goes Unpunished), " Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Houston, TX
attention of Jim Harithas, then Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

"Camino, " Acrylic and Charcoal on Paper - Figurative drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Jim Harithas, then Director of the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Crayon, Paper, Acrylic

"The History of Painting #1, " Acrylic on Canvas - Abstract painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander, Salvatore Scarpitta and James Surls. His life
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Madness, " - Figurative Mixed Media painting
Located in Houston, TX
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and artists John Alexander, Salvatore Scarpitta and James Surls. His life
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Plaster, Acrylic, Mirror

DOGWOOD (WHITE), NO. 10
By Jeri Eisenberg
Located in Tulsa, OK
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA
Category

2010s Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Encaustic, Tissue Paper

Magnolia No. 10
By Jeri Eisenberg
Located in Tulsa, OK
Gallery, Houston, TX Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA 2009 Corden Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA John
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Encaustic, Tissue Paper

TILL IT'S TIME TO GO, NO. 8
By Jeri Eisenberg
Located in Tulsa, OK
Arts, New York, NY John Cleary Gallery, Houston, TX Griffin Museum, Winchester, MA 2009 Corden Potts
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Encaustic, Tissue Paper

Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland: Mezzotint After a Painting by J. Reynolds
By Joshua Reynolds
Located in Alamo, CA
apprentice to the engraver John Brooks in London. Houston quickly gained a reputation for his work, and by
Category

Mid-18th Century Portrait Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

Unique Stoneware Vase with Matte White Glaze by Lucie Rie, c. 1970s
By Lucie Rie
Located in New York, NY
) Impressed "RL" monogram. See front cover of Lucie Rie by John Houston, 1981 pub. CraftsCouncil p. 31 for
Category

Mid-20th Century English Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Bass Rock
By John Houston
Located in New York, NY
Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Sentry
By John Adam Houston
Located in Atlanta, GA
John Adam Houston (1812-1884) was a Scottish painter who in his day actively exhibited work in two
Category

19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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