Leon Kelly - Art for Sale (25 available)

Descension of the Rose Tinted Men

Descension of the Rose Tinted Men

Type:Painting
Year:1962-1963
Size:25.00" x 12.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:

A stunning painting by Leon Kelly. This painting is showing 3 nude men reaching down from above. Extremely well executed.

Mujer Soltara

Mujer Soltara

Type:Painting
Year:1970
Size:16.00" x 10.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Unsigned
Notes:

Kelly’s most original paintings are the group showing anthropomorphized but imaginary beings, often with insect-like heads and appendages, which in the 1950s he began to set against backgrounds that resembled geometric abstract paintings.

"Ancient Priest Examining Himself"

"Ancient Priest Examining Himself"

Type:Painting
Year:1949
Size:14.00" x 16.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Verso
Notes:

This Precisionist work by Kelly comes from the Estate of his paintings which we acquired. It illustrates a Masterful complexity of form, color and definition. A spectacular example of his late 1940's period style.

The Lolipop

The Lolipop

Type:Painting
Year:1963
Size:19.00" x 15.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:

A colorful and detailed abstract painting by Leon Kelly. He used a broad range of saturated colors that distinguishes his paintings from those of other Surrealists and his creatures, even when they remain close to life (with birds), convey Kelly’s intensely-personal vision.

"Cascade Of Souls"

"Cascade Of Souls"

Type:Painting
Year:1958
Size:50.00" x 40.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:

We are proud to offer this Masterwork by "The American Surrealist." It comes directly from the Estate of paintings which we have acquired. Powerful, emotive and riveting as explosive color, form and vision merge into a synchronous Symbolism. A work of genius!

Family Interior

Family Interior

Type:Painting
Year:1924
Size:12.00" x 16.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Unsigned
Notes:

A painting by Leon Kelly of an interior scene of a family of 4 sitting around a table.

The Red Stallion

The Red Stallion

Type:Painting
Year:1940
Size:22.00" x 26.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Upper Right
Notes:

a mesmerizing painting of a stallion. Kelly used a darker palette and plentiful swirls to create this surrealism painting.

The Oriental Bather

The Oriental Bather

Type:Painting
Year:1970
Size:14.00" x 10.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Verso
Notes:

Kelly’s most original paintings are the group showing anthropomorphized but imaginary beings, often with insect-like heads and appendages, which in the 1950s he began to set against backgrounds that resembled geometric abstract paintings. He used a broad range of saturated colors and texture.

"Bathers"

"Bathers"

Type:Painting
Year:1922
Size:5.25" x 7.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed
Notes:

In this work, Kelly exhibits the influence and flavor of Cezanne in a Post Impressionist mode while retaining his complex individuality and stylistic character.

Mujer Soltara

Mujer Soltara

Type:Painting
Size:16.00" x 10.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:

Kelly experimented with imagery that seemed exaggerated in both scale and shape. His depiction of large, anthropomorphic insect-like creatures and unearthly figures seemed illogical but were rendered in such detail and clarity that they seemed to really exist.

Landscape - The Valley

Landscape - The Valley

Type:Painting
Year:1924
Size:18.00" x 15.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:

Kelly experimented with imagery that seemed exaggerated in both scale and shape. His depiction of large, anthropomorphic insect-like creatures and unearthly figures seemed illogical but were rendered in such detail and clarity that they seemed to really exist.

Ames Voltigeant

Ames Voltigeant

Type:Painting
Year:1958
Size:6.50" x 12.25"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:

A beautiful and colorful painting by Leon Kelly.

"Maya with Mallorcan Fan"

"Maya with Mallorcan Fan"

Type:Painting
Year:1962
Size:36.00" x 49.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:

This exemplary Surrealist painting by Kelly embraces and exhibits his brilliant orchestration of color, form and abstraction in a synchronous work where time and space intersect but remain as separate entities.

Fishing Boats - Wharf at  Evening

Fishing Boats - Wharf at Evening

Type:Painting
Year:1930
Size:13.00" x 15.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:

A dramatic painting by Leon Kelly of fishing boats during sunset. Kelly used a thick and heavy paste to create this very textured painting.

Reclining Moor

Reclining Moor

Type:Painting
Size:32.00" x 19.75"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:

Kelly experimented with imagery that seemed exaggerated in both scale and shape. His depiction of large, anthropomorphic insect-like creatures and unearthly figures seemed illogical but were rendered in such detail and clarity that they seemed to really exist.

Plant and a Butterfly

Plant and a Butterfly

Type:Painting
Year:1952
Size:12.00" x 18.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:

Kelly’s most original paintings are the group showing anthropomorphized but imaginary beings, often with insect-like heads and appendages, which in the 1950s he began to set against backgrounds that resembled geometric abstract paintings.

Water Plants

Water Plants

Type:Drawing
Year:1950
Size:30.00" x 22.00"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:

Provenance: Descended in the artist's family to current owner

Glass and Citron

Glass and Citron

Type:Painting
Year:1939
Size:10.00" x 13.50"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:

A most colorful abstract painting of a glass and a lemon by Leon Kelly.

The Candle

The Candle

Type:Painting
Year:1959
Size:10.00" x 6.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:

A beautiful painting of a candle with flames.

The Blue Heron

The Blue Heron

Type:Painting
Size:16.00" x 8.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:

A beautiful painting of a blue heron in water during sunset by Leon Kelly.

Sleeping Moorish Girl

Sleeping Moorish Girl

Type:Painting
Size:32.00" x 50.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:

Kelly experimented with imagery that seemed exaggerated in both scale and shape. His depiction of large, anthropomorphic insect-like creatures and unearthly figures seemed illogical but were rendered in such detail and clarity that they seemed to really exist.

Mallorcan Mountain

Mallorcan Mountain

Type:Painting
Year:1960
Size:28.75" x 36.25"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:

A detailed and colorful painting of the Mallorcan mountains by Leon Kelly.

Paysage Nuit

Paysage Nuit

Type:Painting
Year:1932
Size:10.50" x 14.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Verso
Notes:

A beautiful and colorful abstract landscape painting of the night by Leon Kelly.

Bread of Malaga and Fruit

Bread of Malaga and Fruit

Type:Painting
Year:1956
Size:32.50" x 50.25"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Violin Concert

Violin Concert

Type:Painting
Year:1951
Size:16.00" x 13.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Verso
Notes:

An elegant painting of a waiter holding a tablet with glasses in the foreground and a violin player in the background on stage of a concert hall.