1961
Boxer Knockout Punch - Esquire Magazine Mid- Century Sports - Action Painting
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Brilliant American Illustrator Bob Peak captures the fury and power of a punch to the face with rapid broad strokes of the brush. Combined with a somber color scheme and gestural bru...
Masonite, Acrylic
Boxing Scene Painting, Abstract Figurative Art, Signed 1961, 17.6x31.5
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Many in the art world today dismiss illustrators as being commercial simply because their work was done on assignment for a client, rather than for themselves. Sadly, these art world people have limited imagination and a restricted sense of curiosity. Rembrandt and Leonardo were commercial artists. This boxing illustration/painting was done for Sports Illustrated...
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil, Paper
Sports Portrait of Athletic Partially Nude Boy with Rapid Brushstrokes
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Figuration and abstraction meet in this energized quick portrait of an athletic boy with headband and resting on a bench, Most likely done for a magazine like Sports Illustrated - Si...
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Masonite
Football Team Sports Action Painting Abstract Expressionism, Sports Illustrated
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Football players cloaked in oversized Browns jackets are seen from behind running off the field. Always the graphic innovator, legendary illustrator Bob Peak creates a radical composition by leaving the bottom two-thirds of the picture plane empty of detail. To convey a sense of motion, Peak uses broad strokes of paint similar to the action painters Franz Kline and Willem de Kooning, who were the dominant force in the fine art world in the 1960s. Clearly, one can see a cross-over influence from Fine Art to commercial illustration as Peak strikes a balance between abstract versus figurative art. This work was done on an assignment for Sports Illustrated...
Charcoal, Acrylic, Panel
Racing Cars in Bright Red, Sports Illustrated Illustration - Sports Car - Pink
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
Punchy reds and zestful hot pinks convey a sense of intense motion and engine heat. The art is as much a color-field painting as a narrative work. It was a commissioned illustration for Sports Illustrated...
Canvas, Acrylic, Laid Paper
Motorsport Car Racing with Checkered Flag at Finish Line of a Race Track
By Bob Peak
Located in Miami, FL
This highly innovated Bob Peak Race Track painting is a perfect synthesis of art and commerce. Designed with a radical composition where two-thirds of the picture plane is an alm...
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Illustration Board, Pencil
Ernie Barnes: Sketch for boxing No. 2
By Ernie Barnes
Located in Miami, FL
Ernie Barnes Sketch for boxing No. 2, 1984 Mixed media on paper 30 x 24 in Provenance: Private Collection, Los Angeles. Bonhams, NY. Made in California Contemporary Art. From June 2...
Paper, Mixed Media
Robert Riggs Original Lithograph, Boxing Subject “Trial Horse”
By Robert Riggs
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Boxing subject original stone lithograph by Robert Riggs (1896-1970) Pencil titled lower left “Trial Horse” Pencil signed lower right “Robert Riggs” Image measures 13 1/2" H x 17 1/2...
Paper
Wrestling Woman - Mixed Media by Sergio Barletta - 1995
By Sergio Barletta
Located in Roma, IT
Wrestling Woman is an original mixed media, ink and tempera, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1998. Hand-signed on the lower right. Titled on the lower center, dated on the lower left. In good conditions. The artwork represents a nude wrestling...
Mixed Media, Ink, Tempera
A Dynamic 1960s Mid-Century Modern Boxing Scene of a Standing Prize Fighter
By Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Dynamic, Expressive 1960s Mid-Century Boxing Scene of a Standing Prize Fighter by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. This energetic sporting scene, painted in the 1960...
Canvas, Oil
"Dante's Inferno", Expressionist Painting in Red & Black by Emil Kosa, Jr.
By Emil Kosa Jr.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A remarkable scene from Dante's Inferno with three nude male figures and a horse, all imbued in white, black and red the color of blood was painted by Emil Kosa, Jr. The central figu...
Paint
Robert Riggs Original Stone Lithograph, Boxing Subject “Afternoon at Max’s”
By Robert Riggs
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Boxing subject original stone lithograph by Robert Riggs (1896-1970) Pencil titled lower left “Afternoon at Max’s” Pencil signed lower right “Robert Riggs” Image measures 15 1/8"h x ...
Paper
