Featured Thrift store art....

Thank you. I appreciate you saying that (sometimes I wonder) And Yes boring day jobs are part of the motivating factor.

 

No bad,I thought. But is it decorative art? Very common theme I see.

 

Is this on canvasboard? Many of these decorative Asian paintings are on paper or fabric. This strikes me as being a bit different, though probably decorative in intent.

 

A couple more to show.

This 18" x 24" still life is signed G. Wolfe. I think amateur but not half-bad. I also like the colors. Looks like it once had an exhibition tag on back so the artist must have also liked it. Bought for $3.00.


This is a small sand painting, still in plastic shrink wrap. Might explain the bad photo. Signature is Yazzie. This is the surname of several Navajo sand painters. I can't figure out if it just says By, or are those are initials above the name?

 

Thanks for the reply. Done on board. It does have a better ‘quality’ feel as a lot of the others. Detail also not bad. But yes,probably still decorative (but not 100% sure)

 

looks like BY..

 

Good find yesterday at the Goodwill for $5.00. Native American painting by Red Robin. (1912-1991) Looks to be guoache on paper. 20" x 24". Was an interesting guy.... From his biography on Find a Grave:

"Born Onecimo Quintana on June 8, 1909, in Las Vegas, New Mexico, the sixth child of Antonio and Fedelia Gallegos Quintana. When he was between the ages of 4 and 10, his father passed away. He left home at a very early age. Identifying as a member of the Zuni tribe, he was known as Red Robin. About 1930, he arrived in Denver, Colorado where he met Frederic H. Douglas, curator of Indian art at The Denver Art Museum. Hired under the WPA, (Colorado Federal Art Project of Works Progress Administration), he worked for Douglas for about 10 years at The Denver Art Museum. During this time, Robin also worked as an artist’s model and studied voice, painting, business, English, and mathematics. He won many awards for his art. In 1932 his permanent sand painting “Father Sky and Mother Earth”, illustrated the DAM leaflet on Indian Sand Painting. The original work is now owned by The Portland Art Museum. He exhibited a work in the 1936 Exhibition of WPA Artists at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC. In 1936 and 1937, his permanent sand painting, “Hasjelti Dailis” was part of the New Horizons of American Art Exhibit of MoMA in New York under the Federal Art Project of WPA.

In 1940, Red Robin moved to NYC. He was invited to join the prestigious Professional Artists’ Club of New York. In 1941, he was appointed to the staff of The Museum of Natural History, where he served the Department of Education on Indian Life and Arts. He lectured before a number of institutions and was heard frequently on the radio. Twice he had exclusive one man shows at the Macbeth Gallery, the first show devoted to the work of an American Indian. Red Robin’s canvases are represented in the collections of many museums and have achieved distinction in nationwide competitions.

In the spring of 1942, he was inducted into the Engineers’ Corps of the Army. As a Private in the 4th Infantry Division, Robin was in the Intelligence Unit, drawing sector maps and maps for combat plans. On D Day, he was in the 4th Wave landing on Utah Beach. Two weeks after the invasion, he was shot at Saint-Lo. Critically wounded, he spent about two years in the hospital recovering. He was awarded the Bronze Star with Valor, a Purple Heart, and various other combat awards."

Red Robin returned to NYC from 1949-1959. He was a commercial artist for “Stars and Stripes” and was a designer of textiles in the fashion industry. In 1951, he won an award in the Juried Exhibition of Native American Painting at the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Red Robin was married in Harris, Texas in 1960, and was the father of two sons. He worked in Houston at the Museum of Fine Arts. In 1978, he retired to Velarde, New Mexico where he was associated with the art communities in both Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico.

Red Robin’s mediums of art were water color, oil, pencil, gouache, and permanent sand paintings. His subject matter was scenes from Native American life and ceremonials in the Southwest. He has two paintings in the Smithsonian and is in collections of many art museums and private collectors."

Red Robin (1912-1991) - Find a Grave Memorial





Signed faintly, lower left. Enhanced photo:

 

You can usually tell the sand paintings made for the tourist trade. That one is a whole different kettle of Interesting. (btw - his name Onesimo is a Spanish version of Onesimus - means "useful". Thank the Apostle Paul for me knowing that one. Seems like he spent his life living up to it, making himself useful.)

 

Great find, Brad!
Very cool Native painting.

 

Opinions welcomed on this new purchase: I've tentatively titled it, 'Olmec Robot Man'






16" x 20" crayon and paint??? (no idea really) on canvas; I haven't opened the back yet.

Thank you!

 

u know he's giving you the finger , right..? Twice !!

 

Kind of has that spattered look seen on reproduction Mexican pottery. With the rounded bottom, may be a stylized depiction of a pottery vessel.

 

Hey-- perhaps that's why is caught my eye!

Once I got it home (by bicycle, btw ), and put it in a brighter light than in the cavernous mall I found it in, I kinda like it.

 

Ironically, I found 2 more paintings by Dee Siegmund at a different thrift store from the first. Was able to track her down as a local artist. One medium and one small sized. $3.00 each.

 

Hi all, I found these 2 cool framed little vintage prints for less than $2. Was wondering if someone perhaps know the images/works? The one looks a typical biblical scene (baby Jesus,Mary and a wiseman) Thanks all

 

The first is 'One of the Three Kings Adoring the Virgin and Child' by Rembrandt. c. 1635-1640. The original pen and ink is in the Rijksmuseum. The second is 'Two Standing Women with a Child' c. 1640 and 1649. It's attributed to Carel Fabritius and the original pen and brush is also in the Rijksmuseum.

Debora

 

Great Debora,many thanks for the information

 

A pleasure. They're very attractively framed. MCM.

Debora

 

Dear All,

I rescued these prints today from a second hand shop. I already posted help on a woodcut signature in another thread.

I rescued the framed coloured etching (first print) just in the nick of time from the rain, as it was under a leaky roof and other frames were already destroyed nearby.

I think the other three coloured prints I picked are actually offset lithograph reproductions. However they are quite vintage, most probably from mid century and I rescued them from their crumbling old and rusted frames. Is it only me or does anyone also appreciate such kind of vintage offset lithos? For some reason they have a certain "warm" color about them which I don't normally see in later period modern offset lithos and also even in the more recent giclee or inkjet prints. I just couldn't pass them.

TTA

 

.... and yet another Dee Siegmund painting. This one is a bit larger than the last two and was $4.00. Found an old article about her and she is from a small town just outside of here. Showed at regional shows and taught painting to private students. Not sure why her paintings are showing up at the thrift stores right now. Could not confirm whether or not she is still around.


Thought this paint by number a bit different and campy fun. Was also $4.00.


This still life is signed Van Sweringen and dated 1968 on the back. Possibly Ron Van Sweringen and the signature matches some works. However, there are a lot of works out there bearing this signature, but the styles and quality of work are disparate. I think I need to research this more before attributing. Bought for $3.00.

Interestingly, this is painted in the center of a masonite panel. To frame it, I will need to trim the margins or mat it. It will trim nicely to an 8 1/2" x 11" size without losing anything. Not really a standard size for a painting but there are ready-made document frames that are that size.