Spring Jewels
May 19 - June 26, 2026
Spring Jewels
Spring Jewels brings together a selection of compelling and accessibly priced modern and contemporary masterworks by twenty-one artists. Included in the exhibition are early Twentieth Century works by Alexander Archipenko (1887- 1964), Oscar Bluemner (1867-1938), David Burliuk (1882-1967), and Max Weber (1881- 1961). Mid-century figurative works by sculptor, Chaim Gross (1902-1991), and painters Gregory Gillespie (1936-2000) and Raphael Soyer (1899- 1987) reflect each artist’s distinct approaches to their subjects, linked by the quintessential humanism of their art.
Robert Cottingham and Davis Cone are well known for their unique subjects and Photorealist execution. Spring Jewels will present two examples of Cottingham’s dynamic paintings of commercial building neon signs, alongside a brand new, exceptional small jewel of a painting by Cone featuring the “El Rey” Art Deco movie theater in Los Angeles.
Also freshly sprung from the studio is a delightful watercolor by Frederick Brosen featuring Central Park in Spring, and Brian Rutenberg’s new landscape abstraction emanating a blaze of saturated pastel color. Recent small-scale evocations of land and nature by William Beckman, Nathaniel Aric Galka, Linden Frederick, and Alan Magee will be highlighted, alongside graceful paintings by Rance Jones and Clio Newton that instantly transport us into the lives of the women depicted.
The drama of Guillermo Muñoz Vera’s depiction of a Sixteenth-Century exploration ship battling for survival in stormy seas defies the painting’s modest scale, while Cybèle Young’s meticulously crafted Japanese paper construction captivates our curiosity with its whimsy.
Undoubtedly a highlight of Spring Jewels is the inclusion of the stunning still-life impressions of Claudio Bravo (1936-2011) and G. Daniel Massad. Masters of their medium, Bravo’s oil paintings and Massad’s works in pastel are instantly recognizable for their use of color and light to create drama and theater in their distinctive compositions.
Alexander Archipenko
Egyptian Motif, 1917
bronze with green patina
13 1/2 x 4 x 2 3/8 inches, Edition 6/12 F
Oscar Bluemner
Untitled (Red Houses), c. 1920
watercolor and gouache on paper
3 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches
Frederick Brosen
Bethesda Fountain Terrace, 2022
watercolor and graphite on paper
19 x 14 inches
Chaim Gross
Ballerinas (Version 1), 1966
Bronze
16 1/4 x 13 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches, Lifetime cast, Edition of 9
Gregory Gillespie
Lady with Jewels, 1969
mixed media on board
6 x 4 inches
18 3/8 x 14 1/4 inches (with artist's frame)
Nathaniel Aric Galka
"I got the gossip...", 2020
oil, gold leaf, ink and cold wax on marble plastered jute wrapped panel
16 x 16 inches
Nathaniel Aric Galka
"The gang is with you...", 2020
oil, gold leaf, ink and cold wax on marble plastered jute wrapped panel
16 x 16 inches
Cybèle Young
In Close Range (Lost - binoculars), 2015
Japanese paper construction
23 x 36 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches
