NEW YORK STORIES
by Jenness Cortez
NEW YORK STORIES
by Jenness Cortez
Warhol’s Pop
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 30 by 24 inches Homage to: Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Clockwise from upper left: Superman (from the “Myths” suite) 1963 Elvis Presley (from the film "Flaming Star") 1986 Sitting Bull (from the Cowboys and Indians...
Love. Serve. Remember.
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 24 by 20 inches Homage to: Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) "Saying Grace,” cover for The Saturday Evening Post (November 24, 1951) “My most recent painting pays homage to Norman Rockwell, whose profound and...
A Close Call
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 20 by 15 inches Homage to: Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait (1819-1905) "The Life of a Hunter–A Tight Fix,” 1856, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR Price upon request
Home on The Range
© by Jenness Cortez – Acrylic on mahogany panel, 34 by 41 inches Homage to: Frank Tenney Johnson (1874-1939) "Somewhere on the Range" (Amended by Jenness Cortez, 1944- ) Henry Farney (1847-1916) "Days of Long Ago" private collection Charles Marion Russell...
I Am . . . Here, There and Everywhere
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 30 by 24 inches Homage to: Tiziano Vecelli (or Vecellio) known as Titian (1488/1490-1576) “Supper at Emmaus,” circa 1530, Louvre Museum, Paris. Price upon request
Manet Revisits the Folies Bergère
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on birch panel, 30 by 30 inches Homage to: Édouard Manet (1832-1883) “A Bar at the Folies Bergère,” 1882, The Courtauld Gallery, London Manet’s friend and student, Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) “Portrait d'Edouard Manet,” 1867,...
Commander in Chief
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 30 by 24 inches Homage to: Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) George Washington 1796-1803, Clark Art Institute John Faed (Scottish, 1819–1902) Portrait of George Washington taking the salute at Trenton, Westervelt Warner...
America’s Pastime
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 36 by 30 inches Homage to: Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) April 23, 1949 “Saturday Evening Post” cover illustration “Tough Call,” The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, NY. Depicted within the...
Invincible
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on birch panel, 36 by 36 inches Price upon request
One Field
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on birch panel, 30 by 30 inches Price upon request
To Life
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on birch panel, 40 by 40 inches Price upon request
Peonies in a Chinese Vessel
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on birch panel, 30 by 30 inches Price upon request
The Scent of Lilacs
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on birch panel, 30 by 30 inches Price upon request
Roses on Green and Gold
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on birch panel, 30 by 30 inches Price upon request
White Splendor
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on birch panel, 36 by 36 inches Price upon request
Dynamic Symmetry
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on birch panel, 36 by 42 inches Price upon request
Amadeus
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on birch panel, 18 by 24 inches Price upon request
Compassion
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on birch panel, 30 by 30 inches Price upon request
The Storyteller
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 24 by 36 inches Homage to: Charles M. Russell (1864-1926) “Crippled But Still Coming,” Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana “Changing Outfits” Bronze, Montana Historical...
Catlin’s Chiefs and Warriors
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 18 by 24 inches Homage to: George Catlin (1796-1872) All eight paintings in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC Charles M. Russell (1864-1926) “Sign Talk” bronze sculpture,...
Tools of the Trade
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 18 by 24 inches Homage to: Charles M. Russell (1864-1926) “Piegans” Petrie collection, Denver, CO “The Scout” Petrie collection, Denver, CO Photograph of Russell by Harry Pollard, Calgary, Alberta, August 1919,...
War Horse #3 Palomino
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 30 by 40 inches SOLD
War Horse #2 Pinto
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 30 by 40 inches SOLD
Kandinski and Cortez: GPS
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 16 by 20 inches Homage to: Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) “In Blue” 1925, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany Price upon request
Legends
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 24 by 30 inches Silver beaker, Dutch circa 1600 Cartel clock, circa 1850 from Claude Monet’s bedroom at Giverny Price upon request
Homage to Buttersworth
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 30 by 24 inches Homage to James E. Buttersworth (1817-1894) “America’s Cup Yacht VIGILANT, 1893” Clock by Robert Fulford, Alexandria VA, late 1700s Ship model-America’s Cup Defender COLUMBIA, circa 1900 Price upon...
The Pissarro Sketch
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 20 by 16 inches Homage to: Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) "Boulevard des Italiens : Afternoon” Private collection Self-Portrait, 1873, Musée d’Orsay, Paris Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) “Mona Lisa” The Louvre, Paris...
Manhattan in the Moonlight
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 36 by 30 inches Homage to: Childe Hassam (1859-1935) “The Avenue in the Rain” The White House Historical Association (White House Collection) “Up the Avenue from Thirty-Fourth Street, May 1917” private collection...
La Belle Vie
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 24 by 30 inches Homage to: Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) “Luncheon of the Boating Party,” 1881, Phillips Collection, Washington, DC “Portrait of Mme. Monet,” Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown,...
A New World
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 30 by 36 inches Homage to: Frederic Remington (1861-1909) Evening on a Canadian Lake, Collection of William I. Koch, Palm Beach FL The Mountain Men, Bronze, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY Charles M. Russell...
Rothko and Cortez: Asparagus Officinalis
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 18 by 14 inches Homage to: Mark Rothko (1903-1970) White Center (Yellow, Pink and Lavender on Rose) 1950, private collection Price upon request
Amaryllis and A Baby Ruth
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 18 by 14 inches Homage to: Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) Freefall 1993, woodcut printed in colors on hand-dyed TGL handmade paper Price upon request
Kandinsky, Skeaping and Cortez: Secretariat
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 16 by 20 inches Homage to: Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) Lyrical, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Netherlands John Skeaping (1901-1980) Secretariat, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Saratoga Springs, NY Price...
Frankenthaler and Cortez: Equanimity
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 14 by 18 inches Homage to: Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) Grey Fireworks, 1982, private collection Chinese Meditating Bodhisattva (Ming Dynansty), private collection Price upon request
Mid-Century America
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 20 by 24 inches Homage to: Jasper Johns (1930- ) Three Flags, Whitney Museum, 1958 Franz Kline (1910-1962) Chair, 1950, private collection Study for black and white No. 2, 1960, private collection Georgia O’Keeffe...
Klee and Cortez: On Sundae
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 20 by 16 inches Homage to: Paul Klee (1879-1940) Senecio, (1922) Kunstmuseum Basel Price upon request
Kandinsky and Cortez: Circles
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 20 by 16 inches Homage to: Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) Circles in a Circle, 1923, Philadelphia Museum of Art Price upon request
Seeking Balance
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 30 by 24 inches Homage to: Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) "Woman Holding a Balance" Price upon request
Requiem
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 34 by 36 inches Homage to: Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902) The Last of the Buffalo (Amended by Jenness Cortez, 2015) National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite North Carolina Museum of Art,...
The First Americans
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 15 by 20 inches Jenness Cortez (1944- ) Color study for a painting, "The Sentinels" George Catlin (1796-1872) "No-ho-mun-ya" (One Who Gives No Attention), Iowa warrior, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC...
Running Antelope – Thathoka Inyanke
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 24 by 24 inches Hunkpapa Sioux Chief 1821-1896, based on 1872 photograph by Alexander Gardner Price upon request Running Antelope - Thathoka Inyanke was the first and only American Indian to appear on...
Window on the West
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 42 by 60 inches In 1801, when Thomas Jefferson became president, two out of every three Americans lived within fifty miles of the Atlantic Ocean. To our west, France owned the vast, largely unexplored Louisiana...
Country Morning
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 15 by 20 inc hes Jenness Cortez (1944- ) An Early Morning Ride George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879) Daniel Boone Escorting Settlers through the Cumberland Gap, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO Metal cased clock by The...
Conversations With a Cowboy
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 30 by 40 inches Homage to: Frederic Remington (1861-1909) Stampede by Lightning, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK The Hunter’s Supper, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK Charles M. Russell...
The Sport of Kings
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 20 by 24 inches Homage to: Edouard Manet (1832-1883) The Races at Longchamps, 1866, The Art Institute of Chicago Edgar Degas (1834-1917) Before the Race, 1882, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown,...
Homage to Marie-Thérèse Walter
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 24 by 30 inches Homage to: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Five images of Marie-Thérèse clockwise from upper left: Portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter, ink and wash on paper, 1936 Pierpont Morgan Library, NY Marie-Thérèse, 1939,...
Duet of One
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 36 by 24 inches Homage to: Jan van Eyck (c. 1395-1441) The Arnolfini Marriage, 1434, National Gallery, London Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?), 1433, National Gallery, London Shiva Nataraja (Lord of the Dance), 11th...
Apollo’s Angels
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 40 by 30 inches Homage to: Edgar Degas (1834-1917) The Dance Class, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY Entrance of the Masked Dancers (detail), Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA Dancing Lesson,...
An Evening with Vincent
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 36 by 24 inches Homage to: Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Starry Night, Museum of Modern Art New York, NY Self-portrait in Felt Hat, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) Flowers in A Vase, Hermitage Museum St....
Alluring
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 40 by 30 inches Homage to: Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) Girl with a Pearl Earring, 1665, Mauritshuis Museum, The Hague The Glass of Wine, Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden Franz van Mieris (1635-1681) The Oyster...
Summer Song
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 24 by 30 inches Homage to: George Stubbs (1724-1806) “Baron de Robeck” private collection Price upon request
Little Red Schoolhouse
© by Jenness Cortez - Acrylic on mahogany panel, 20 by 24 inches Homage to: Winslow Homer (1836-1910) “Snap the Whip” Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH “Homework” The Arkell Museum, Canajoharie, NY Price upon request