Saturday, July 23, 2011

Buying Jewish Paintings


I have a family who commissioned me to find all the Jewish paintings I can find. He gave me no budget constraint. I do not know why it has not established guidelines to follow for me, he just wants to amass a collection quickly.

I found an oil painting that was a Jewish painting called Jewish meeting. The artist was Amparo Cruz Herrera. The artist is Spanish and this work exuded grace. I really liked. I bought it for eight thousand dollars. My benefactor was happy with the purchase.

My client made no distinction between Jewish paintings that were religious in nature and those that were only painted by a Jewish person. Leon Bakst I bought a few that has been dated to 1910. His subject was a person in an exotic costume. I do not know where my client plans to show it.

The next Jewish painting I found for him a cityscape in oil of an abandoned house in Veroia. This painting only cost six thousand dollars. Veroia is a Jewish neighborhood in northern Greece. I thought this painting was a bit disturbing.

I found another good Jewish painting for my client. The title of the painting was Juedische Oesterreich Jewish Austria and was created by Frank Ettenberg in 2004. The person who sold me the painting said that the painting evokes a sense of the artist's state of being face to face with nationalism, ethnic identity and an existential situation.

I found another Jewish painting I liked for four thousand dollars. The oil painting called Birds of Paradise was painted by Maurice Sterne. Sterne was a Jewish immigrant from Russia. It was the first person to have a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He exhibited 174 paintings, drawings and sculptures.

I found a Jewish painting of a cat that sold for thirty five hundred dollars. The artist of this work was Wettingfeld Zarojewski. I could not find another artist's work at all. My client really liked it. It is also a cat lover as well as being a collector of Jewish art.

There was a wonderful Jewish painting of a seated woman. I fell in love with it on sight. The woman depicted looks so reflective and comfortable. I feel comfortable looking at that.

I finally found a significant Jewish religious painting for my client. The artist was Joan Landis and the title of the painting was Simchat Torah. This is the paint that was used by Pomegranate Publishing for their 2003 calendar and their greeting cards. I thought it was lovely.

I liked the Jewish painting by Joan Landis so much that I looked over his work. I bought two paintings. One of the paintings was appointed on Shabbat and the other was mikvah. I took the three that I bought for my client and he fell in love with them. He asked me to find more of his work.

I found more work by Joan Landis and I bought all I found. I found three other Jewish paintings on eBay at reasonable prices. I bought Shavuot, Purim and the birth of three thousand dollars each. I felt like I had a good deal.

I liked the colors in the painting Jewish, I bought called the tailor shop. This painting was created by Jacob Glushakow. He was an active member of the Jewish community of Baltimore. His parents were immigrants from Russia at the beginning of the first world war. He has a painting that is still preserved in the permanent collection of the Museum of Art in Baltimore.

I was lucky to find two paintings by Jacob Jewish Glushakow on the way to purchase same. The other painting I found was called Grange, Maryland. I loved and my client was very happy with what I brought for him.

Buying Impressionist Cityscapes



I have been looking for impressionist cityscapes in various mediums to decorate my home. I prefer to hang art that was created in the last fifteen years. There are so many great artists to choose from.

I have decided that I want to have three impressionist cityscapes painted in acrylic. I will be buying one called Stormy Desert that was painted by an artist named JoanAnn. The piece is painted on a 40” X 30” canvas and has flowering cactus plants in the foreground.

The next impressionist cityscape painting I plan to buy is called Tuscan Waterfall. The piece is a triptych and is on three gallery wrapped canvases. The artist lives in Tennessee and supports herself with her art.

The last acrylic impressionist cityscape that I plan to buy is called Autumn Dream. Autumn is my favorite time of year and the painting captures every color of autumn. The artist painted the sides, so there is no need to have it framed. I can’t wait to see this hanging in my home.

I have found only two impressionist cityscapes that I liked in the Gouache medium. The first was from an artist named Joe Wojdakowski and the subject is an area located in Wells, Maine. I’m not sure why I am so drawn to this particular impressionist cityscape, but I am and plan to buy it.

The other Gouache impressionist cityscape that I plan to buy features Big Ben in London. The artist is an Englishman named Alasdair Rennie. The scene is rainy and I like it a lot. It reminds me of my time in London when I was a child.

The first oil impressionist cityscape painting I bought was called Koi Pond Reflections. I’ve seen this artist’s work before and I always really like it. The painting was completed using brush and knife. The painting has not arrived, yet, because the paint is very thick and needs to complete the drying process undisturbed. I cannot wait to get it!

I really like having various styles of impressionist cityscape paintings. I don’t just like variety in the mediums; I like variety in styles and influences. I really fell in love with an oil impressionist cityscape painting called En Sendero that was originally purchased in Oaxaca, Mexico. I purchased the painting for just over three thousand dollars.

The oil impressionist cityscape painting of Paris that I want was painted by a well recognized painter Radik Atoyan. He is Armenian and signed the painting in his Armenian language. He has a unique way of using color that just makes his painting look special.

I have also been interested in watercolor impressionist cityscape paintings. There is an original painting that depicts an urban rainy night that I think would be perfect for me. The painting just makes me feel good to look into.

I made a purchase not long ago that was painted by an Israeli artist named Yosef Kosssonogi. The use of color in this watercolor impressionist cityscape is so vivid. I could not wait to hang it on my wall. After the shipment arrived with the painting, my brother came right over with a level to hang it.

I found a painting that reminded me of a vacation I took to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The impressionist cityscape painting was created by Adam Maeroff and I think that it is the perfect painting to complete my collection.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Buying Folk Art Paintings and presenting it as a gift


Buying folk art paintings has become one of my passions. I have been searching everywhere it appears. I found a bunch of folk art paintings recently and I'm having a hard time deciding which one to buy.

There was a folk art painting by Rev. Howard Finster is called Howard in 1944. This is an enamel paint all popular art that was painted in 1988. The smile on this portrait is very engaging and makes me smile just as big.You can buy these paintings and present it as a gift.

I am also really taken by a folk art painting that was painted by painter Bill Dodge in October 1962. The title of the painting is first Trolley To Van Nuys. The painting is on board and is the center of the city with all the people of the city. They are in windows and on the street. The town market, bakery, the Hotel Van Nuys, an ice cream parlor and the Wing Lee Laundry are all depicted in vivid colors. Women are at the forefront against the truck and signs saying "Ban the Monster" and "Keep Van Nuys in rural areas".

Thomas Chambers is one of the folk artists in America first. I found a piece by him that I do not like. It is a bit austere for my taste. The subject is a scene of fishing villages and boats. I do not think I'm going to buy this painting folk art because I do not like it.

He was a folk art painting I've found called Alligator Fisher which was painted in 1940 that I truly love. The blue bayou is very quiet and the trees give a feel very south. There is a house in the swamp of painting and I like this a lot. It reminds me very much of Louisiana.

My mother started this passion for painting folk art. She was a folk art painting by John Roeder in our living room to grow. I used to spend hours just watching it. The trees were so relaxing to lose myself in. I asked him for giving me this wonderful folk art painting many times, but she says I'll have to wait until after his funeral!

I found a folk art painting on my trip that I felt sad every time I looked. The name of the painting is a letter from my mother. The look in the face of the girl is so serious and sad. I have no idea where this folk art painting should hang. The painting itself is beautiful, it just makes me feel sad.

There is a subset of folk art paintings that represent black Americana. I'm not used to buy one of these pieces as they do not talk about my experiences. I have not found one piece I bought for a collector friend of mine who loves this type of art. Painting folk art was a fantastic atmosphere to it and a woman relaxing in a hammock. It hung in his lane and he now loved her long ago.

My brother likes folk art paintings as much as I do. He prefers animals to be the subjects of paintings he bought. I found a beautiful painting of clouded leopard folk art for him last Christmas and asked that I keep my eyes open for more like him. He said he will buy any art I feel for him because he hoped that I know and understand his tastes.

I kept my eyes open for animals on the theme of folk art paintings for my brother, but I can not find any as beautiful as a leopard that I got for him. The official measure of paintings on the theme of animal art folk I found recently was a painting of two owls on a limb and I know he would not be that. Since we were kids, owls completely panic.

Buy Abstract Painting


Buying and collecting abstract painting can be a labor of love. I like abstract paintings. I think my favorite medium is gouache. I recently purchased a work of Oscar Bluemner. The person I bought the abstract painting from had it in storage for over twenty years. I'm going to hang this piece in my office.

I found an oil abstract painting that was dated 1947, which was painted by Louis Bassi Siegriest. I liked the composition, it felt oddly soothing. The artist signed the back of the painting. It was a little out of my price range, but I bought it anyway.

Trade Winds is the name of an abstract painting I bought from the artist Joanne Riddle when I was in Connecticut. The room was huge and I had to be sent by freight to my home. The blue paint was so strong. The whole composition was absolutely inspired.

I bought an abstract painting for my sister-in-law last year. The artist of the piece was Leonardo Nierman and environment that he used was oil. I bought the piece unframed and took my sister-in-law to the framer to choose the frame.

I tried to buy an abstract painting of the mayor of our city. I offered him two thousand dollars for the modernist abstract colorful figure. The artist used red, white and blue and I wanted to buy this for my stepmother. She would have loved, but the mayor did not want to part with it.

My mother has decorated her house in a style she liked in Santa Fe. I bought a large abstract painting for her favorite artist, Lou Monti. She saw her work in a number of homes and always raves about them. She was so happy when she saw the painting I bought for her hanging on the wall of his living room.

I dated a guy once who had a signed abstract painting by Robert Gilberg on his wall. I saw something different every time I saw him. This painting had an attraction that I can not explain everything. He was always buying art and the evolution of abstract paintings on its walls, but this particular piece always stayed. I guess he was attracted to it as well.

Abstract painting I bought for my older brother did not work in his apartment. I ended up buying a painting that was a little too big for the room it was intended. The colors do not work in the only room that worked for its size.

I ended up selling that abstract painting the same place I had bought on eBay! I ended up making a profit on the abstract painting. There was more information in my auction about the artist, Richard Diebenkorn, than there were in the auction that I won. I think the extra hour of research, I had increased the value of abstract painting.

I learned long ago that an abstract painting is worth exactly as much as someone is willing to pay for it. I have friends who simply can not be convinced of this fundamental truth. I think if no one wants an abstract painting in particular, then it is worthless.

My brother used the money from the sale of the unwanted abstract painting to find himself another abstract painting. He finished with an abstract collage that was made in 1930. I liked it when I saw it and it worked beautifully in his office.