BATHERS 1958 BAY AREA FIGURATIVE OIL William Theo BROWN Start Price USD 38,500.00 Current Price USD 38,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, December 03, 2008 End Time Monday, December 22, 2008 Location Los Angeles, CA See more about 'BATHERS 1958 BAY AREA FIGURATIVE OIL William Theo BROWN' Description E N T H U S I A S T The item you are bidding on is: We purchase American artist Estates as well as American art libraries and our goal is to provide, through eBay, a constantly replenished veritable "candystore" of rare and out-of-print books and catalogs for the lover of American prints and paintings... "BATHERS" an iconic California image by William Theophilus Brown, 1958, Oil painting on wood panel, thin simple frame by artist all around.  10.5" x 14.5".  Excellent condition.  Signed and dated on verso.  Please note that despite time shown in listing, we will be offering this painting only through December 21, 2008, after which it will be off-market.  We all know that Bay Area figurative paintings from 1958 and thereabouts are about as rare as hens teeth today and prices keep climbing.  This is a chance to snag one at the right time.  ********** See below for our COMBINED SHIPPING DISCOUNTS! PLEASE READ the description provided above carefully prior to purchase, and please examine the photo or photos provided, since those detail exactly what you are purchasing.  If you have any questions please email us prior to purchase.   We have thousands of happy customers all around the world! Thank you for your WONDERFUL Feedback! 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In that case, email us following your purchase for a special COMBINED invoice pursuant to which a 25% discount off posted shipping price for the second item will be extended, and a 50% discount off the posted shipping price(s) will be extended for the third and subsequent items so purchased that same day. Again, the foregoing applies only to domestic shipments. It is possible that in some cases a similar courtesy can be extended for international shipments, but, because of the Post Office limitations on package size, weight, content etc., an international buyer must contact us in ADVANCE to confirm whether any such courtesy may be extended for the particular items desired. WE THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE OVER THE PAST MANY YEARS! About this well listed artist: Biography from AskART: William Theophilus Brown, a long-standing and distinguished figure in the history of Bay Area art, was born in Moline, Illinois in 1919. He studied music and painting at Yale University, from which he graduated in 1941. Upon completion of WWII military service, the artist relocated to Paris, where he worked under Fernand Leger and Amedee Ozenfant.In 1950, Brown moved to New York. There, he became deeply immersed in the nascent school of Abstract Expressionism. He befriended fellow West coast artist Mark Tobey, as well as Phillip Guston, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning (who became a strong influence on the artist's work). As his painting matured and he began to find a unique voice, however, Brown realized that Abstract Expressionism posed an ideology with which he was not comfortable. Thus, Brown left New York in 1952 to begin graduate study in painting at the University of California, Berkeley. There, he met young painters Paul Wonner and Richard Diebenkorn, who— along with Elmer Bischoff and James Weeks —followed example of fellow painter David Park in the re-introduction of the human figure into their paintings. The group's artistic exchange evolved into what is now known as the highly influential San Francisco Bay Area Figurative Movement, the first nationally recognized West Coast style. Place a Bid!