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Curtsy
by Franklin
Edition 200
Lithograph, signed in pencil
Image 12″ x 7.75″
SOLD – Kaleidoscope by Franklin
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Kaleidoscope
by Franklin
Lithograph, signed in pencil
Edition 200
Image 18.5″ x 18.5″
Paper 22.5″ x 22″
Top Hat by Gail Bruce
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Top Hat
by Gail Bruce
Screen printing Signed/Numbered
Edition 250
A native of Chicago, raised in California, educated at Pepperdine, UCLA and Hunter, Gail Hire Bruce modeled throughout Europe and America in her teens and early twenties. She worked regularly for the major designers and publications from Chanel to Vreeland and Vogue. She was a favorite model of Irving Penn.
Discovered by director Howard Hawks, she acted in films and television until her late twenties. Her formal training in art came at the Arts Student League in New York and the Woodbury School of Design in Los Angeles, and by the time she took up serigraphy in 1974, she was clearly a self-developed original. So apparent was her freshness of design and concept that the color separations, from her first serigraph editions, were used by the Museum of Modern Art in a serigraphy demonstration class.
Her distinctive painting style is the result of profound influences: the clean and simple look of Irving Penn’s photographs, the tranquility of Japanese images, and the mystery of a Chumash Indian Elder, who inspired Gail to become a Native American Education Activist. Gail is President of RAMSCALE, upscale West Village loft locations for Events, Art and Productions. She is a founding board member of The American Indian College Fund. She is the founder of HipSilver, a website for the over sixty generation. She is the creator and founder of the Cultural Learning Centers Initiative for the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, which has built learning centers at 29 American Indian Tribal Colleges in 12 states. Gail is on the Multicultural Audience Development Initiative (MADI) of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and is co-founder of Unreserved, a not-for-profit devoted to celebrating and leveraging American Indian fashion and art.
SOLD -Zodiac by Margery Niblock
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Zodiac
by Margery Niblock
Signed Woodcut Print
Size 26″ X 19″ Approx
Margery Niblock grew up in New York City, married a Philadelphian after graduation from college and lived in Center City for thirty years. Margery has been a printmaker since 1958. Her work is in collections throughout the United States and abroad. The 1972 UNICEF Engagement Calendar had one of her woodcuts, “Fantasy,” chosen for inclusion, and her work was used as a cover and feature story in the Today Magazine of the Philadelphia Inquirer. She also appeared on several TV shows to demonstrate the techniques of woodcutting and printing, and taught private classes for both adults and children.
Niblock was commissioned by many organizations to do special pieces during the time she made her home in Philadelphia; The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, Ars Moriendi, Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), American Friends Service Committee, Pearl S. Buck Foundation, Developmental Center for Autistic Children, and Support Center for Child Advocates.
In 1989 Margery moved to Portland, Maine, where she has had two solo exhibits and illustrated a dozen books. In Maine her drawings and woodcuts appeared in Greater Portland Magazine and the Maine Times. She has also visited several Portland area schools to discuss her art with the students.
SOLD – Flowers by Margery Niblock
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Flowers
by Margery Niblock
Signed Woodcut Print
Edition 250
Size 26″ x 19″ Approx
Margery Niblock grew up in New York City, married a Philadelphian after graduation from college and lived in Center City for thirty years. Margery has been a printmaker since 1958. Her work is in collections throughout the United States and abroad. The 1972 UNICEF Engagement Calendar had one of her woodcuts, “Fantasy,” chosen for inclusion, and her work was used as a cover and feature story in the Today Magazine of the Philadelphia Inquirer. She also appeared on several TV shows to demonstrate the techniques of woodcutting and printing, and taught private classes for both adults and children.
Niblock was commissioned by many organizations to do special pieces during the time she made her home in Philadelphia; The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, Ars Moriendi, Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO), American Friends Service Committee, Pearl S. Buck Foundation, Developmental Center for Autistic Children, and Support Center for Child Advocates.
In 1989 Margery moved to Portland, Maine, where she has had two solo exhibits and illustrated a dozen books. In Maine her drawings and woodcuts appeared in Greater Portland Magazine and the Maine Times. She has also visited several Portland area schools to discuss her art with the students.
African American Art to be featured in county building
Morris Arts and Art in the Atrium are sponsoring an exhibition of African American art that will be featured in the Morris County Administration & Records Building.
A free opening reception will be held on Jan. 29 from 6 to 9:30 p.m. at the Atrium Gallery, which is floors 2-5 of the Morris County Administration & Records Building, 10 Court St. The reception will include music, food and an opportunity to meet the artists, according to a press release from Morris Arts.
Running through March 16, the exhibit is entitled Visual Griot highlights the work of Plainfield artist Alonzo Adams, as well as works by nearly 30 other African American artists including Lavette Ballard, Bisa Butler, Leroy Campbell, Howard Cash, Stephen B. Ellis, Leslie Floyd, April Harrison, Janice Jamison, Julio Mejia, Maceo Mitchell, Janet Taylor Pickett, Ellaree Pray; Deborah Shedrick, Sandra P. Smith, and Cephalus Stubbs.
Born in 1961 in Harlem and raised in Plainfield, Alonzo Adams’ passion for art was nurtured from the streets of Plainfield to the country roads of North Carolina and enriched by trips to France and Spain, the release said.
With more than 25 years as a professional award-winning artist, Adams hold a BFA from Rutgers, an MFA from University of Pennsylvania and had additional training at the Ducret School of the Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
One of the first African American artists to become an Absolut Artist, Adams was featured in the Black Romance exhibit at the Studio Museum of Harlem and three of his original oils were auctioned at Sotheby’s.
He was also one of the first inductees into the Rutgers African American Alumnae Association Hall of Fame. His work is in various museum and private collections including that of Maya Angelou.
Art in the Atrium’s annual exhibition is the largest of its kind in the state.
“It really helps to expand people’s idea of what African-American art can be,’’ says Craig. “We have works in all mediums and genres. It’s not just figurative paintings with a mask in them.’’
The non-profit organization, Art in the Atrium, began in 1992 after Victoria Craig’s husband, attorney Charles Craig, noticed that no art works exhibited in the Morristown administration building were by African-American artists.
Dedicated to exhibiting works by emerging and established black artists, Art in the Atrium is a nonprofit volunteer organization whose annual exhibit at the Atrium Gallery is now the largest of its kind in New Jersey, growing from a single floor to currently occupying 4 full floors of the County Administration & Records Building.
Art in the Atrium has also expanded to include seminars, jazz brunches, collectors’ workshops and cosponsored artist residencies in the Morris School District. It also awards an annual scholarship to a student artist, whose work is often exhibited in the show. For more information, visit www.artintheatrium.org.
Gladiolus Harvest by Jonathan Green
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Gladiolus Harvest
by Jonathan Green
Silkscreen Hand Pulled
Signed and Numbered by Artist
Size 23″ x 29″
Jonathan Green The second of seven children, artist Jonathan Green was born in 1955 in Gardens Corner, South Carolina. Raised in the black “Gullah” culture of the coastal Southeast, he grew up speaking the region’s dialect–English mixed with grammar elements from several African languages. Jonathan Green received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1982. His work is the subject of a book entitled “Gullah Images: The Art of Jonathan Green” (University of South Carolina Press, 1996). It has been included in such renowned national art publications such as “American Visions” and the artist has illustrated numerous books and articles on topics ranging from fine arts to children’s literature. Jonathan Green’s work is included in the permanent museum collections of the Greenville County Museum of Art (Greenville, South Carolina), the Morris Museum of Art (Augusta, Georgia), and The Norton Gallery Museum (West Palm Beach, Florida), among others
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Diga-Brazil Commercial
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Andrew Turner Passion for Life
Andrew Turner
by October Gallery Staff
Inspired by art history’s masters, Andrew Turner painted the African American experience in a style that embraced the embolden, thick brushstrokes of Expressionism. With a nod to Social Realism and Dutch genre painting, he portrayed the simplicities of everyday life and examined the complexities of the human condition. Turner was an artist that absorbed the world around him, and it poured onto the canvas through a brilliant, electrified color palette.
Born in 1944, Turner grew up in Chester, Pennsylvania and remained active in the Philadelphia art community throughout his entire life. The vibrant culture and communities that surrounded him became the muses for his work. After completing high school, he went on to serve in the U.S army before setting his sights on academia. Turner graduated from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art. He participated in a educational exchange program in China.
Tuner was steadfast in his goal of becoming a professional artist but was equally passionate about education. His interest in education led to teaching jobs at public high schools and state correctional facilities. His vast knowledge and appreciation for art history naturally propelled him toward curatorial work, and he landed an artist-in-residence opportunity and curator job at the local Deshong Museum in Chester. He also presented lecturers at Widener University and the Institute of Contemporary Art at University of Pennsylvania.
While many artists seek the New York art scene, Turner remained in his home state where he became a central figure in the art community. Staying true to his roots, Turner didn’t miss out on major opportunities in the art industry because Philadelphia was his most inspiring subject. He regarded his paintings as vignettes or documentations of everyday African American life and assumed the role of reporter. Turner desired to expose the emotional importance of seemingly simple activities that usually go unnoticed. Very much in the tradition of the 17th century Dutch painters and the American Social Realists, Turner’s subjects were the children you saw playing in the front yard or a group of familiar, working-class women socializing.
Aside from the spirited people of his hometown, Turner was drawn to jazz music and notable artists of the genre. The 1992 painting, Sax Player, is an vivid portrait of a musician amongst the background of a dazzling cityscape. The bright, colorful skyscrapers shine through a translucent saxophone player that’s painted in a glowing blue. The painting feels inspired by Kandinsky, and Turner’s appreciation for art history is displayed in his unique hybrid style.
Today, Turner is regarded as one of the greatest artists from Philidelphia, and his works resides in the private collections of director Woody Allen, Dr. Maya Angelou, the artist formerly known as Prince and the legendary, Bill Cosby. After a battle with lung cancer in 2001, Turner passed away before his time at age 58. His paintings still reside at the Deshong Museum and have joined the collections at Penn State University, Widener University and Swarthmore College.
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MAYA ANGELOU – US Stamp
Author, poet, actress, and champion of civil rights Dr. Maya Angelou (1928–2014) was one of the most dynamic voices in all of 20th-century American literature. The book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, an autobiographical account of her childhood, gained wide acclaim for its vivid depiction of African-American life in the South.
The stamp showcases artist Ross Rossin’s 2013 portrait of Dr. Angelou. The oil-on-canvas painting is part of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s collection. In the bottom left corner is the following phrase quoted by Dr. Angelou: “A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” Above the phrase is her name in black type. The words “Forever” and “USA” are along the right side.
The bright red-colored sheet also includes a short excerpt from Dr. Angelou’s book Letter to My Daughter. It reads: “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”
Art director Ethel Kessler designed the stamp.
The Maya Angelou stamp is being issued as a Forever® stamp in self-adhesive sheets of 12. Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce price.
The Woman with the Necklace by Olatunde Barber
Price $8,640
The Woman with the Necklace
by Olatunde Barber
Oil On Canvas
Size 48″ x 36″
Olatunde Barber is and artist and a curator. Born into the house and studios of Nigeria’s foremost sculptor and painter Abayomi Barber on October 6th, 1975, in Lagos state, Nigeria.
He started attending the studios of the Abayomi Barber School of Thought in 1981, he obtained a BA in fine arts from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Nigeria in 1999 and an MA in visual arts from the University of Lagos, Nigeria in 2009.
As a painter Olatunde Barber specialises in landscape paintings done in the surealist style. A close look at his paintings reveil some hidden images in the foliage and sometimes in the clouds. It is these hidden images that he uses to convey the focal theme of his composition.
Offered at $8,640
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The Mask by Olatunde Barber
Price $8,640
The Mask
by Olatunde Barber
Oil On Canvas
Size 36″ x 48″
Olatunde Barber is and artist and a curator. Born into the house and studios of Nigeria’s foremost sculptor and painter Abayomi Barber on October 6th, 1975, in Lagos state, Nigeria.
He started attending the studios of the Abayomi Barber School of Thought in 1981, he obtained a BA in fine arts from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Nigeria in 1999 and an MA in visual arts from the University of Lagos, Nigeria in 2009.
As a painter Olatunde Barber specialises in landscape paintings done in the surealist style. A close look at his paintings reveil some hidden images in the foliage and sometimes in the clouds. It is these hidden images that he uses to convey the focal theme of his composition.
Offered at $8,640
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Repentance III by Olatunde Barber
Price $5,400
Repentance III
by Olatunde Barber
Oil On Canvas
Size 30″ x 36″
Olatunde Barber is and artist and a curator. Born into the house and studios of Nigeria’s foremost sculptor and painter Abayomi Barber on October 6th, 1975, in Lagos state, Nigeria.
He started attending the studios of the Abayomi Barber School of Thought in 1981, he obtained a BA in fine arts from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Nigeria in 1999 and an MA in visual arts from the University of Lagos, Nigeria in 2009.
As a painter Olatunde Barber specialises in landscape paintings done in the surealist style. A close look at his paintings reveil some hidden images in the foliage and sometimes in the clouds. It is these hidden images that he uses to convey the focal theme of his composition.
Offered at $5,400
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The Close of Day by Olatunde Barber
Price $8,640
The Close of Day
by Olatunde Barber
Oil On Canvas
Size 48″ x 36″
Olatunde Barber is and artist and a curator. Born into the house and studios of Nigeria’s foremost sculptor and painter Abayomi Barber on October 6th, 1975, in Lagos state, Nigeria.
He started attending the studios of the Abayomi Barber School of Thought in 1981, he obtained a BA in fine arts from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Nigeria in 1999 and an MA in visual arts from the University of Lagos, Nigeria in 2009.
As a painter Olatunde Barber specialises in landscape paintings done in the surealist style. A close look at his paintings reveil some hidden images in the foliage and sometimes in the clouds. It is these hidden images that he uses to convey the focal theme of his composition.
Offered at $8,640
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Omooba by Olatunde Barber
Price $5,400
Omooba
by Olatunde Barber
Oil On Canvas
Size 30″ x 36″ Approx
Olatunde Barber is and artist and a curator. Born into the house and studios of Nigeria’s foremost sculptor and painter Abayomi Barber on October 6th, 1975, in Lagos state, Nigeria.
He started attending the studios of the Abayomi Barber School of Thought in 1981, he obtained a BA in fine arts from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Nigeria in 1999 and an MA in visual arts from the University of Lagos, Nigeria in 2009.
As a painter Olatunde Barber specialises in landscape paintings done in the surealist style. A close look at his paintings reveil some hidden images in the foliage and sometimes in the clouds. It is these hidden images that he uses to convey the focal theme of his composition.
Offered at $5,400
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