The Discovery Art Auction brings together oil paintings, watercolors, lithographs, screen prints, drawings, mixed media, and works on paper, with an emphasis on Pennsylvania and Bucks County art, American modernism, European painting, and contemporary abstraction. The selection encompasses regional artists, established American and European names, and substantial collections of original paintings and prints.

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Featured artists include Antoine Blanchard, Seymour Remenick, Wolfgang Roth, Edward Hopper, Zavel Silber, Albert Lynch, Katharine Renninger, Ludwig Platzoder, Clarence Leslie Oursler, Ray Hendershot, Paul Calle, Dody Muller, Ilona Smithkin, and Lee Long Looi. Their works and related offerings encompass European street scenes, landscapes, figurative subjects, still lifes, and modernist compositions. Exhibition posters featuring art by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse are also represented.

A significant component of the auction is a collection of lithographs by Benton Spruance, the Philadelphia-born American printmaker known for his distinctive approach to modernist imagery. The selection includes signed, dated, and numbered examples featuring religious, mythological, and figurative subjects, as well as expressive compositions reflecting his interest in symbolism and the human experience.

Pennsylvania and Bucks County art is represented by Christopher G. Willett, whose original oil paintings portray rural landscapes, farm animals, and scenes of everyday life. Other regional and American artists contribute landscapes, architectural subjects, portraiture, and works on paper.

Abstract art is another major focus, with an extensive collection of paintings from the estate of Lewis Lanza Rudolph (1949–2012). His work encompasses geometric abstraction, expressive color, figurative elements, and mixed-media compositions. The auction also includes a substantial selection of works by Louis Tavelli (1914–2010), including oil-on-paper paintings, gestural abstractions, and layered mixed-media collages.

Contemporary regional painting includes David Paul Ohlerking, represented by original oil paintings depicting Doylestown storefronts and streetscapes. Additional artists include Edward Winiarski, Marcia Flammonde, Manuel García y Rodríguez, and Roxanne Rodwell, whose works contribute further variety in subject matter, technique, and artistic approach.

The selection also includes Marc Chagall lithographic reproductions and posters and a Grandma Moses lithograph, alongside exhibition-related prints and other collectible works on paper.

With its combination of Pennsylvania regional painting, American printmaking, European subjects, and contemporary abstract art, the Discovery Art Auction offers a varied selection of original artwork, prints, and mixed-media pieces.

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