Hansche, Werner: Woman with Bull 23in. x 23in. oil on canvas HGH comments: Werner’s entry into the naïve art world is interesting: He was stimulated by a number of friends who all offered to make paintings for a party on the occasion of a birthday as Werner was broke and had no other painting materials […]
Kids
Untitled (Ecuadorian folk scene)
Tree Scape
Railroad to Wigan Pier
Tripp, Michael: Railroad to Wigan Pier 17.25in. x 21.5in. oil on canvas board HGH comments: Railroad to Wigan Pier was done by Michael Tripp, a British train engineer who must have been fascinated by the powerful engine and its ability. I think I was a little bit too early in line to have bought this […]
Hot Air Balloon
Bremer, Edith: Hot Air Balloon 23in. x 19in. mixed media, gouache & pastel on paper HGH comments: I hope that you are as enchanted as I was when Edith Bremer, born in Germany and living in Johannesburg, showed me this fantasy work of the balloon world. I wish we could all live that way. I […]
Dolls Game
Bienstock: Dolls Game 7in. x 11.5in. oil on canvas board HGH comments: Scared? You are right if you are. The two teenagers with murder in their hearts are playing a kidnapping game. Who is the little girl? It’s not a little girl, it’s a doll. The foreboding atmosphere of landscape and players are most impressive. […]
Gentlemen of the Jury
Berman, Audrey: Gentlemen of the Jury 23.5in. x 29.5in. oil on masonite HGH comments: The interesting aspect of “Gentlemen of the Jury” by Audrey Berman is that it must be seen as an early creation by an artist who started the challenge with brush and canvas at that time of her life. This is one […]
African Madonna in Blue
Adams: African Madonna in Blue 26.5in. x 21.25in. oil on canvas HGH comments: Adams, a black immigrant from middle Africa to South Africa, painted “African Madonna in Blue” after he saw an exhibition of Picasso’s work. to sell
Almost Home
Johnson, Taploe: Almost Home 27.5in. x 35.5in. oil on board HGH comments: This African American needed nearly two years to complete “Almost Home” a splendid example of the world he knew best: namely, the world of the working class. One can smell the poverty and hopelessness of this world. His portrait without camouflage is presented […]