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Circus Clown by George Fredericks
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Pre 1970 item# 835040 (stock# 7962)
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Gordon S. Converse and Co.
610.722.9004
$375.00
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An oil on masonite, 4 1/2" X 3 1/2" by George Fredericks within a frame. Fredericks was a Circus stunt performer and self-taught artist, born in 1909 in Bermondsey, London. His popular circus related themes are are in the realm of dreams, magic and a sort of cosmic imagination. Exhibited at the Artists International Association in 1958 with Henry Moore, Graham Sutherland, Chagall, and Picasso and then later in 1965, 1967 and 1972. Found in major collections like Jack Nicholson, Barbar ...click for details
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Five horses by Purvis Young
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Pre 1990 item# 835049 (stock# 8174)
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Gordon S. Converse and Co.
610.722.9004
$2,500.00
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Purvis Young (B. 1943) has been called the "one of the best- if not the best- pure painters of the 20th century," He was discovered by the art community of "Good Bread Alley", the economically depressed section of Miami known as Overtown. Here he painted on the walls of Goodbread Alley in the ghetto, working with found objects, plywood boards, upholstery fabric, curtains, poster board and house paint. He often sketches in cast-off books, painting directly over the printed wo ...click for details
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Maurice Courant, French, Honfleur Harbor
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Pre 1920 item# 709105 (stock# 6601)
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Gordon S. Converse and Co.
610.722.9004
$11,500.00
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A French impressionist oil on board show of a moonlight evening. The moonlight soaks into the surrounding watery landscape and sailboats with a extraordinarily fine effect, as sailboats silently approach the twilight moon lit in Northern France. Known for his impressionist marine seascapes, Courant was born at Havre, France. He studied under Meissonier and debuted at the Salon in 1868 where he exhibited throughout his career. he won prize medals in 1870, 1889, and 1900. He also was a regular con ...click for details
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Justin McCarthy, oil on board "The Light Queen"
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Pre 1960 item# 715041 (stock# 7754)
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Gordon S. Converse and Co.
610.722.9004
$6,500.00
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Justin McCarthy (1892-1977)is a major self-taught or "outsider" artist. His work is not easily categorized; yet his work has grown in recognition year after year. McCarthy was born in Pennsylvania the son of a newspaper executive. He first wanted to be a lawyer but failed to pass the bar, so he settled into a life of raising and selling vegetables- and painting, which he began in 1920 after a visit to the Louvre in Paris. His work went unnoticed until the 1960s when he began to show in ...click for details
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