Maurice Becker Paintings

The Artist's Apartment Mid-Century Fauvist Interior Scene Original Oil on Canvas Vibrant interior scene by Santa Cruz California artist Frances Rinaldo (American, b. 1943). A bright...

A dynamic, colorful 1930s painting of a boxing match in Mexico by famed Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin. Painted during one of the artist's early trips to Mexico, an exceptional painting showing Chapin's steadfast interest in sporting scenes, particularly boxing matches. Image size: 12 x 28 inches. Framed size: 15 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches. Estate stamped on reverse. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington and Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...

A Fabulous, Large and Dynamic Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Chicago Night Club by Notable Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen (Am. 1918 - 1989). Painted circa 1948, this is a large, a...

Adolphus Knell (1795–1875) Beached Fishing Vessel at Low Tide Oil on artist’s board, signed verso Circa 1870 A beautifully restrained and atmospheric Victorian coastal scene by the ...

J.G. (English, fl. early 20th century) Fox Hunting Scene with Huntsman and Hounds Oil on board, circa 1906 A spirited and finely observed English fox hunting scene depicting a field...

Adolphus Knell (1795–1875) Boats at Anchor off the English Coast Oil on artist’s board, signed verso Circa 1870 A refined and beautifully atmospheric nineteenth-century marine paint...

A Large, Compelling Mid-Century Modern Figurative Painting by New York Artist, Gerrit Hondius, Titled "Equestrienne & Clown". Artwork size: 30 x 24 inches (Oil on Masonite); Frame...

Charles Bertie Hall (British, Contemporary) French Harvest Landscape with Wildflowers Oil on board Signed lower right Presented in a Whistler-style frame A luminous and richly atmos...

An Exceptional, Vibrant Mid-Century Modern 1950s Chicago Night Club Scene of Dancing Showgirls. Titled "Dancers #2", the painting depicts a dynamic, sta...

Samuel David Landau American, 1895-1979 Country Road Oil on board 12 by 15 ¾ in, w/ frame 18 by 22 in Signed lower right Samuel David Landau was born in Warsaw, Poland, and emigrat...

William Fisher (American, 1891-1985) Untitled, 20th Century Oil on canvas/illustration 23 3/4 x 29 3/4 in. Framed: 31 x 37 1/4 x 1 in. Signed lower right: William Fisher William Fis...

George Oberteuffer Untitled (Coastal Cliffs, Brittany), circa 1912 Oil on canvasboard 15 x 21 1/2 inches Born in Philadelphia, George Oberteuffer is best remembered for his Impress...