2009
John Hardy was born in Tours, France, on March 23, 1923, to Charles Crum Hardy and the former Jacqueline Gadois. He lived in Brooklyn from age 1 to 6, when his family relocated to suburban Long Island. His mother died when he was 8, after which he was sent to live with another family in Roanoke, Va., while his father remained in New York. As a teenager, he lived with an aunt in Guilford, N.C He spent his childhood in various parts of the country including New York, Virginia, and North Carolina, and later lived in Florida and Georgia. His travels outside the USA include Europe, Greece, Egypt, Kenya, Uganda, the Caribbean Islands, Panama, and Mexico.
In 1942, he married Betty Blackman, with whom he lived for 26 years and raised four children. He served in the Army from 1940 to 1945, spending 16 months in Europe during World War II. At age 52, he moved to New York City with Page Ogden, to whom he was married for 12 years. He subsequently lived with Naomi Lionni, who died in 1992.
He taught drawing and painting from 1958 to 1981, first at the Atlanta College of Art, and subsequently at the College of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology and at New York University. A figurative painter known especially for his portraits, cityscapes, and seascapes, his work captured the depth and complexity of his subjects with empathy, humor, and, in some cases, astute social commentary.
According to Gail Levin, an art historian, professor, and author specializing in the art of the 20th and 21st centuries, “Like those of [Edward] Hopper and [Reginald] Marsh, Hardy’s paintings often imply multi-layered meanings, enabling him to distill the essence of a cultural moment. . . . He selects and manipulates with an uncanny power, achieving ironic realism.”
John C. Hardy, an artist and teacher who lived in SoHo and Springs, died of complications from a stroke at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City on Oct. 10 2014 in the company of Joan Semmel, his companion for the past 21 years. He was 91.
LD5-378
By John Hardy (Artist)
Located in Long Island City, NY
LD5-378 John Hardy, American (1923–2014) Oil on Canvas Image Size: 30 x 40 inches Size: 35 x 45 in. (88.9 x 114.3 cm)
Oil
For the Bergers
By Kiki Kogelnik
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kiki Kogelnik, Austrian (1935 - 1997) Title: For the Bergers Year: 1966 Medium: Watercolor, signed, titled and dated verso Size: 29 in. x 23 in. (73.66 cm x 58.42 cm) Frame S...
Watercolor
Edge
By John Hardy (Artist)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Edge John Hardy, American (1923–2014) Date: 1997 Oil on Wood, signed Size: 24 x 18 in. (60.96 x 45.72 cm)
Oil
Two Into One (Passage Series)
By John Hardy (Artist)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Two Into One (Passage Series) John Hardy, American (1923–2014) Date: 1982 Pastel on Paper, signed Size: 39 x 27 in. (99.06 x 68.58 cm)
Paper, Pastel
People on Display
By John Hardy (Artist)
Located in Long Island City, NY
People on Display John Hardy, American (1923–2014) Oil on Canvas Image Size: 30 x 40 inches Size: Size: 36 x 46 in. (91.44 x 116.84 cm)
Oil
Behind, Surrealist Ink and Watercolor on Paper Painting by Thaddeus Strode
By Thaddeus Strode
Located in Long Island City, NY
An ink and watercolor work by Thaddeus Strode. A conceptual piece of a shadowed figure and ghost with caption "Behind the Sufferer is a Ghost". Artist: Thaddeus Strode Title: Behind...
Ink, Watercolor
The Ruby R
By William Thon
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
William Thon, 'The Ruby R', watercolor, c. 1990. Signed, lower right; titled verso. A fine, expressionist work, on off-white watercolor paper; the image extending to the sheet edges....
Watercolor
Dream
By Thaddeus Radell
Located in Atlanta, GA
"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in an undefined setting. The emphasis is almost purely on intuition. The figures are born of their surrounding environment, emerging only partially and fugitively from the layers of pigment. A narrative is evident but never overt. A crown, a shield, a boat, a wheel. Though the subject has recently coalesced around my reading of Dante and Shakespeare, the settings remain extremely vague- a beach, an interior, a woodland. The paintings are, in the end, meditations on the relationship between the protagonists in a wordless drama. In my paintings, I use a cold wax medium combined with dry pigments, oil paint, and embedded fragments of burlap. The surfaces eventually build up into a dense, rugged terrain." --Thaddeus Radell
Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Untitled
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled" c.2000 is a watercolor and gouache on paper by noted Sudanese artist Ahmed Abushariaa, b. 1966, It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 20 x 16 inches, framed is 29.25 x 25.5 inches. It is custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with green color matting. it is in excellent condition. PLEASE NOTE, the discolored line at the bottom of the mat is not a part of the item, it is the reflection on the glass, as stated above it is in excellent condition. About the artist: Ahmed Abushariaa was born in 1966 in Sudan.Son of a tailor, he developed his own artistic style from playing with color patches left over from his father”s work. Abusharria has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Sudan University's College of Fine and Applied Arts. Abu lived in Nairobi, Kenya for many years, in the mid-nineties and after a short stay in Germany he had an exhibition at AKA Gallery, fell in love with the country and moved to Kampala permanently. Ahmed is working with watercolors and acrylic. He has gained several national awards for his work and exhibitions in many different countries, including Canada...
Watercolor
Classic Coastal Watercolor Painting Signed Cavanagh
Located in New York, NY
Untitled, c. 21st Century Watercolor and pastel on paper Sight: 17 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. Framed: 26 3/4 x 30 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. Signed lower right: Cavanagh
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
Portrait Study
Located in Soquel, CA
Unique set of expressive portrait studies in watercolor and ink by Santa Cruz artist Bob Newick (American, 20th Century). Signed "To Wendy / In Friendsh...
Ink, Watercolor, Foam Board
UNTITLED SKETCHBOOK DRAWING #2
By William Thon
Located in Portland, ME
Thon, William (American, 1906-2000) UNTITLED SKETCHBOOK DRAWING #2. Ink on paper, not dated, but circa 1960s. Unsigned.The sketchbook identified by an Estate label on its cover. 5 x ...
Ink
Through collage, painting and printmaking, the artist foregrounded Black life in America in revolutionary new ways.
By working with lettering, neon and Pop imagery, Chryssa pioneered several postmodern themes at a time when most male artists detested commercial mediums.
