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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"SMALL FALLS" COLORADO, MONTANA, UTAH, WASHINGTON 51 X 75 FRAMED A.D. GREER
By A.D. Greer
Located in San Antonio, TX
A.D. Greer (1904-1998) Austin Artist Image Size: 43 x 67 Frame Size: 51 x 75 Medium: Oil on Canvas "Small Falls" Signed Biography A. D. Greer (1904-1998) A.D. Greer (Austin Artist) ...
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$10,500
"RIVER VALLEY" MOST LIKELY PEDERNALES RIVER FREDERICKSBURG TEXAS AD GREER
By A.D. Greer
Located in San Antonio, TX
A. D. Greer (1904-1998) Austin Artist Image Size: 24 x 36 Frame Size: 32 x 44 Medium: Oil on canvas "RIVER VALLEY" SIGNED LOWER LEFT Biography A. D. Greer (1904-1998) A.D. Greer (Au...
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"Lakeside in Autumn"
By A.D. Greer
Located in Austin, TX
By Texas artist A.D. Greer This Autumn landscape depicts a peaceful lake in the morning. A large tree with orange leaves towers in the foreground and hazy, blue and pink mountains gl...
Canvas, Oil
$35,000
"BIG FALLS" COLORADO, MONTANA, UTAH, WASHINGTON 51 X 75 FRAMED A.D. GREER
By A.D. Greer
Located in San Antonio, TX
A.D. Greer (1904-1998) Austin Artist Image Size: 43 x 67 Frame Size: 51 x 75 Medium: Oil on Canvas "Big Falls" Signed Biography A. D. Greer (1904-1998) A.D. Greer (Austin Artist) An...
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"WESTERN MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE" AUSTIN ARTIST FRAMED 27 X 46
By A.D. Greer
Located in San Antonio, TX
A. D. Greer (1904-1998) Austin Artist Image Size: 21 x 40 Frame Size: 27 x 46 Medium: Oil "Mountains" SIGNED LOWER RIGHT Biography A. D. Greer (1904-1998) A.D. Greer (Austin Artist)...
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"Mountain Shadows" Vintage Landscape Painting of Lake Trees Cliffs Peaks Clouds
By A.D. Greer
Located in Austin, TX
By A. D. Greer 24" x 36" Oil on Canvas Painting A luminous landscape depicting the essence of wilderness: a breath-taking mountain vista bathed in golden sunlight and swathed in m...
Canvas, Oil
"Autumn Landscape", Sunset Landscape Scene of Creek in Autumn Waterfall Forest
By A.D. Greer
Located in Austin, TX
This serene landscape by A.D. Greer depicts an Autumn scene of a waterfall in a creek during sunset. This painting is executed in oil on canvas and measures 24" x 30". Beautifully f...
Canvas, Oil
$60,000
"Idyllic Landscape", A.D. Greer, Original Oil on Canvas, 48x96 in, Realism, Pink
By A.D. Greer
Located in Dallas, TX
A.D. Greer was an American artist best known for his luminous landscape paintings. His images of the American West—the Grand Canyon and Yosemite Falls in particular—brought him publi...
Canvas, Oil
$1,143
H 15.95 in W 18.12 in
Starry Night Oil-Paint, Californian Sacramento Artist, Impressionist, Museum
By Edward Riche Butler
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
Edward Richie Butler Sacramento 1855 - 1916 Lüderitz Starry Night, Circa 1907 Oil on canvas laid on board signed and titled in German on the reverse Size: 40,5 x 46 cm Original co...
Oil
$37,500
H 32 in W 32 in D 1.25 in
“Palm Trees Along Florida Coast, c. 1940” Jane Peterson Impressionist Palm Beach
By Jane Peterson
Located in Yardley, PA
A wonderful example of Peterson’s views of the Florida Coast during her winter trips down south. Painted during Peterson’s mature period, this lively work underscores the energy of ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,450
H 25.5 in W 29.5 in D 1.25 in
Jon Blanchette “Mendocino Hippies” 1960s California Counterculture Art
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Denver, CO
Painted circa the 1960s–1970s, Mendocino Hippies is a richly atmospheric oil painting by listed California artist Jon Blanchette, capturing a quiet moment within the early Northern C...
Oil
Jardin des Tuileries, Paris
By Albert Genta
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Albert Genta (French, 1901-1989) Title: "Jardin des Tuileries, Paris" Year: Circa 1950 Medium: Oil on panel Panel size size: 10.85 x 1...
Oil
Barbara Under Full Sail
Located in Greenwich, CT
Unframed dimensions: 16 x 28 inches Framed dimensions: 22 1/4 x 34 1/2 inches Burgess 46' Footer W.L. Marblehead 1891 study Barbara was a forty-six-foot class and started racing in ...
Canvas, Oil
World War II Invades Central Park
By Cecil Crosley Bell
Located in Los Angeles, CA
World War II Invades Central Park, 1943, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 30 x 36 inches, literature: Barton, Phyllis, Cecil C. Bell, McGrew Color Graphics (Kansas City, MO, 1976),...
Canvas, Oil
$5,000
H 18.25 in W 21.625 in D 1.375 in
Cows in Summer Landscape (California Coastal Ranch, Carmel Valley), c. 1914
By Angel De Service Espoy
Located in Pasadena, CA
Consigned to the gallery; By descent to the Katherine A. Norris Legacy Collection, Huntington Beach, California; Acquired by Katherine A. Norris, Newport Beach, California; From John...
Canvas, Masonite, Oil, Panel
$25,000
H 30 in W 38 in
NYC EL American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Era Figurative
By Cecil Crosley Bell
Located in New York, NY
NYC EL American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Era Figurative Cecil Bell (1906 – 1970) Street Life Under the EL 22 x 30 inches Oil on canvas, c. 1930s Signed upper...
Canvas, Oil
Schooner Off Shore
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, b. 1964 Michael Harrell focuses on capturing natural light in both landscapes and cityscapes while working with nautical themes, especially ...
Canvas, Oil
Weather Front, Point Fermin
By Stephen Mirich
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed Mirich" on lower left Artist Statement "When there is a 90 percent chance of rain moving in, most people want to ...
Canvas, Oil
Point Lobos
By Brian Blood
Located in San Francisco, CA
This oil on board is by the well-known California plein air artist Brian Blood (1962-). The painting depicts Point Lobos, just south of Monterey Bay. It m...
Oil
$4,200
H 16 in W 22 in
“All Hallows’ Eve” american realist, landscape oil painting of forest in autumn
By Rachel Personett
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by American artist Rachel Personett (b. 1991, Hawaii) of a woodland scene in October. Yellow foliage adorns the trees and fallen brown leaves cover the ground in this...
Canvas, Oil
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H 30 in W 40 in D 1 in
"Moonlight", A.D. Greer, Original Oil on Canvas, 30x40 in., Mountain Landscape
By A.D. Greer
Located in Dallas, TX
A.D. Greer was an American artist best known for his luminous landscape paintings. His images of the American West—the Grand Canyon and Yosemite Falls in particular—brought him publi...
Canvas, Oil
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H 32 in W 44 in D 3 in
Naturalistic Landscape Oil Painting of Two English Pointer Hunting Dogs
By A.D. Greer
Located in Houston, TX
Oil painting of two English Pointer dogs in the midst of a hunt that is set in a beautiful landscape scene. The romantic piece represents the spirit o...
Oil
The Old Mill
By A.D. Greer
Located in Plano, TX
A.D. Greer's depiction of a mill set along a curving path bordered by hills, with mist rising in the distance. Oil on canvas measures 24 x 36; frame dimensions measure 32 x 44 x 2 3/...
Oil
Floral Still Life of Dogwood and Cherry Blossoms
By A.D. Greer
Located in Plano, TX
A.D. Greer's depiction of a cascade of dogwood and cherry blossoms, displayed in front of a white curtain, vase and blue bowl . Oil on canvas measures 24 x 30; frame dimensions measu...
Oil
{Still Life of Black Grapes and White Vase}
By A.D. Greer
Located in Plano, TX
Elegant oil painting of a still life displaying black grapes in a bowl, white vase and partial view of a tapestry. Oil on canvas measures 20 x 24...
Oil
{Floral Still Life of Dahlias}
By A.D. Greer
Located in Plano, TX
Elegant painting of brilliantly-colored dahlias. The canvas measures 24 x 30, housed in a decorative frame which measures 28 3/4 x 34 3/4 x 2 3/4. Artists's signature, lower right. ...
Oil
Mountain Lakes
By A.D. Greer
Located in Houston, TX
Beautiful oil on canvas landscape of "Mountain Lakes" by renowned artist A.D. Greer. Painting is framed in a gorgeous gold frame by Newcomb Macklin Frami...
Oil