$3,999
Post War American Impressionist Southwest Landscape "Taos Splendor" Signed
By Walter A. Bailey
Located in Soquel, CA
Bailey studied at the Kansas City Art Institute with Thomas Hart Benton and Charles Wilimovsky. In the 1940s he worked as a scenic and motion picture artist in Hollywood.
Canvas, Oil, Illustration Board
A 1930s Modern Street Scene of St. Charles Street, New Orleans, Exhibited- AIC
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Canvas, Oil
"Cowboy Serenade", A Cheerful Southwestern Modern New Mexico Landscape Painting
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Canvas, Oil
A Large 1930s Modern Painting of Jackson Square, New Orleans, St. Lous Cathedral
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Canvas, Oil
A Striking Modern Studio Portrait of a Seated African American Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Canvas, Oil
A Striking, Post-War Modern Studio Portrait of a Seated Young Male Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Canvas, Oil
$1,400
A Striking, Post-War Modern Studio Portrait of a Seated Young Male Nude Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Canvas, Oil
"House in New Mexico", A Modern Precisionist Landscape Painting, Urban Realism
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Canvas, Oil
A Vibrant Modern City Street Scene, Urban Realism, New Mexico Landscape Painting
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Canvas, Oil
$950
A Striking Mid-Century Modern Studio Portrait of a Seated Young Woman
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Canvas, Oil
A Large, Striking 1940s Modern Portrait of a Seated Young Woman in Green Blouse
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Canvas, Oil
A Charming 1920's Painting of Mother & Child, Illustration after Norman Rockwell
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Canvas, Oil
$2,500
A Modern Precisionist Landscape Painting, Urban Realism, House in New Mexico
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Canvas, Oil
$975
A Striking Modern Studio Portrait of a Seated African American Male Model
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Canvas, Oil
Still Life
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
He attend SAIC with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr.
Acrylic
Sold
H 32 in W 26 in D 1.25 in
A Striking 1920s Modern Portrait of a Young Woman, Art Institute Exhibited
By Walter Burt Adams
Located in Chicago, IL
Adams’ instruction at the school with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer A. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. bolstered his already well-de...
Oil, Canvas
Southwest Landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
About the artist: Ralph Goltry was born in 1884 near Chanute, Kansas in the Big Creek area. He studied with Charles A. Wilimovsky at the Kansas City Art Institute.
Oil
Walter Burt Adams was an American painter who was involved in the Chicago Modern Art community. He was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 1903 and spent his childhood in Fargo, North Dakota. Then in 1922 he enrolled and attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He attended it with artists such as George Oberteuffer, Frederick V. Poole, Charles Wilimovsky, Elmer G. Fosberg and William Owen, Jr. Paintings by Walter Burt Adams were exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago 15 times between 1930–42. Adams’s work was also exhibited at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Evanston Women’s Club and the Evanston Public Library. Adams moved to Belen, New Mexico in 1977 and died there in 1990.
Figurative art, as opposed to abstract art, retains features from the observable world in its representational depictions of subject matter. Most commonly, figurative paintings reference and explore the human body, but they can also include landscapes, architecture, plants and animals — all portrayed with realism.
While the oldest figurative art dates back tens of thousands of years to cave wall paintings, figurative works made from observation became especially prominent in the early Renaissance. Artists like Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and other Renaissance masters created naturalistic representations of their subjects.
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