Oklahoma-born artist A.D. Greer had a talent for filtering out the undesirable elements of his environment — pushing any ugliness or unpleasantness from his mind as he painted — to bring the beauty of the land to the forefront. His immersive paintings transport the viewer in an instant to a calm lakeshore or a quiet country road.
Born Aubrey Dale Greer in Oklahoma City, the artist’s mother died when he was three. His family moved – by covered wagon — to Kansas where he grew up. Greer had a brief boxing career after graduating from St. John's Military Academy in Salina, but when the Great Depression brought the economy to a screeching halt, Greer took on whatever work he could get, including lumberjacking and setting spikes on the railroad.
Greer was able to supplement the income he earned as a laborer by doing decorative painting and murals on water towers, smokestacks and restaurant walls. He credited his artistic talents for keeping him flush throughout the greatest economic downturn in American history.
In 1934, Greer opened a studio in Oklahoma City where he painted stage curtains for theaters around the country. He painted with a realistic style that surpassed his counterparts in the business, and his curtains saw great demand. Hiring a group of traveling salesmen, Greer found modest success.
Greer continued to produce proper landscape paintings, and was eventually approached by his friend, American painter Leonard Woodruff, to allow the International Art Publishing Company of Detroit to publish two of his works for free. He agreed, and the works sold over a million copies. Greer saw no compensation for those sales, but his name and reputation spread all over the United States.
Greer continued to create vivid, beautiful landscapes and other types of paintings until he died in 1998.
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"Still Life Vase with Egret" Orange Blue Gray Pink White Brown Green Bird Floral
By A.D. Greer
Located in Austin, TX
A still-life painting by A.D. Greer featuring a yellow vase decorated with a depiction of an egret bird and flowers, a bowl, and a background with purple flowers. By A.D. Greer 24" x...
Canvas, Oil
Still Life Floral
By Milbie Benge
Located in Austin, TX
Milbie Benge 10" x 8" Oil on Canvas Framed Size: 13.5" x 11.5"
Canvas, Oil
Floral Still Life with Roses, Lilacs, and Zinnias
By A.D. Greer
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning floral still life by A.D. Greer features a bouquet of vibrant red and white roses, purple lilacs, and red and orange zinnia flowers. Measuring a sizable 36 x 48 inches,...
Canvas, Oil
Still Life with Fruit
By Gustav Likan 1
Located in Austin, TX
Still life by Gustav Likan 16" x 20" Acrylic on Canvas signature located on lower right side and dated '64
Acrylic
"Interior Scene with Floral Still Life" Large Framed Painting Fruit Flowers
By Melville Paul Simon
Located in Austin, TX
Picture Size: 36 x 48 inches. Frame Size: 46.25 x 48 inches. Signed lower right "M P Simon" A bright and cheerful, vintage oil on canvas painting featuring an interior scene with a ...
Canvas, Oil
Oil on Canvas Painting Still Life of Red and Pink Floral in Terra Cotta Pot
Located in Austin, TX
Oil on Canvas 20 x 16 inches. unframed A bright and cheery still life painting of red, pink, fuchsia, and magenta flowers in a tera cotta pot. The flowers cast a cool, dappled shad...
Canvas, Oil
American, Oriental Still Life with Ceramics
By Ernest Albert
Located in New York, NY
An amazing and impressive quality still life! Ernest Albert was a true Connecticut landscape artist, devoted to depicting the different seasons in an Impressionist manner. Albert was...
Oil
Still Life with Vase and Urn
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Bright, fun, oil on board still life by WPA painter J. William Hallquist. Signed lower right.
Oil
"Still life with flowers and beads"
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A lively bouquet of white, yellow, pink, and deep red blossoms rises from a warm-toned vessel at the centre of this carefully assembled still life. The flowers form a broad rounded c...
Canvas, Oil
Still life Chinese Ball
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, who says "the charm of Still Life painting for the artist lies in the ability to manipulate ones subject matter and in the intimate, direct nature of the painting process. It is very much a studio-centric activity, complete and self-sufficient. The objects that one works with do seem to take on a life of their own, both by themselves and in their affinity for one another. They have a history, a patina, they may be new, or world-weary." The artist continues, "My collection has been substantially whittled down to an essential few over the years, yet their combinations seem infinite. There is a lengthy and persistent shuffling, adding and eliminating to find that particular combination that suddenly takes on a rightness or self-sufficiency. It is interesting how one small object of the right color in the right place can facilitate such an event, or in another case the removal of something, a simplifying. I have a feeling when composing these paintings similar to my experience of playing with my jazz group. The key, the tempo, the dynamics, all come together, and there is a point when everything clicks and propels the music into a life of its own greater than the sum of its individual parts". —Willard Dixon 'Still Life with Chinese Ball...
Canvas, Oil
Yuemin Zhang Still Life Original Oil On Canvas "Porcelain and Fruits"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Porcelain and Fruits Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 23 x 31 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: Thi...
Canvas, Oil
Vase and Eggs - Oil Painting by Zhang Wei Guang - 2000s
By Zhang Wei Guang
Located in Roma, IT
Vase and Eggs is an original oil painting realized by Zhang Wei Guang (Mirror) in 2000s. Includes frame. Good conditions. Zhang Wei Guang , also call...
Canvas, Oil
