Hazel Ware mid century painting Temple of Juno fantasy

 

This fabulous surrealist dreamscape that seems to depict (as best I can tell) a version of The Temple of Juno at Agrigento, Sicily. The scene is populated by various little figures recreationally, enjoying themselves on an mountain topped with ruins.
The oil painting is signed by Hazel Ware, an artist and designer, who gained fame designing handkerchiefs with whimsical puppies and kittens on them in the 1950s. She can for instance, be seen in the book Handkerchiefs:volume two, a collectors guide, identification and values. By Barbara Guggenheim in Helene Guarnaccia.
I don’t know if this painting was painted while she was studying or after she became a fabulous handkerchief designer, but its modernist feel is most likely from the postwar era. It is painted on some type of board, not canvas.
CONDITION —
The painting really needs to be cleaned!
Most likely from cigarette smoke, the yellowing is most noticeable in the clouds. The linen edging that surrounds the painting, has yellowed and needs to be replaced. The outside frame could stand to be touched up.
Perfect work for an intermediate restorer, as the paint is not lifting or cracking just very dirty.
The painting is priced with condition in mind. 

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Evening Rural Roadside Silhouette Watercolor Painting Listed Artist A A Hart

 

Silhouette Nightscape Watercolor Painting Country Roadside  Impressionist Landscape by A A Hart is in very good condition. Arthur A. Hart lived in Longmeadow, a beautiful rural community in  western Massachusetts that may have inspired this painting.  Unusual rural roadside silhouette landscape. Purples, plums and amethyst. It is matted and framed.  The painting is in great shape. Check it out in our eBay store here.

Floyd Shaman (1936-2005) Mississippi Artist - 1970s Fish Sculpture

 

A super interesting piece of art, made in the 1970s by Floyd Shaman.
This funny wooden Fish is made of fitted wood pieces, a guitar case handle on the top, and a door that opens to show a picture of children at a table, a little toy child and 3 little piggies.
After reading up on Mr. Shaman's work (Google him he was much beloved man. He can also be seen in a documentary on youtube) I found that the fish was made during his years in Mississippi. On the handle is still the original flight tag from Mississippi on Northwest Orient air. It was purchased then taken to Massachusetts where it was loved. I bought it from the original buyer.

Learn more about him here https://video.mpbonline.org/video/carving-it-out-pzoqyf/

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Dusk Nightscape Country Road Impressionist Silhouette Landscape Signed

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J.Paul 1976 Signed Art Glass Vase

 

This sure does dance with sunlight.

Available here.