Category Archives: Figurative Art

SCNY Auction

New York City’s longest running art auction will be featuring three pieces by Seth Harris. These paintings and many more will be on display in The Salmagundi Club’s Upper Gallery from March 16, 2021 to April 09, 2021 when they will be gaveled off via a live streaming event.

Founded in 1871 Salmagundi is the oldest art club in New York, and former home to many of the great names in American art history, including Thomas Moran, William Merritt Chase, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Chaim Gross, N.C. Wyeth, Guy Wiggins and Norman Rockwell.  The club is also home to the oldest continuous art auction in the city, offering works selected from member submissions sold to benefit the club, all featuring the famous Salmagundi Club label and offered to a live audience. Over 200 works will be offered, mostly paintings, all professionally framed and appearing at auction for the first time.  Among the ‘experiences’ offered will be the opportunity to commission a Salmagundian to paint your portrait, architectural or landscape scene. The auctioneer will be Nick Dawes of Heritage Auctions, who is also Chairman and CEO of Salmagundi and familiar to many through 25 years as an expert appraiser on PBS ‘Antiques Roadshow’.
These Spring Auctions are a major fundraising event for Salmagundi, a non-profit organization.  Monies raised from the auctions help to fund the operation of our historic organization and maintain our landmark building.

Three Ways to Bid:

1)  Online at Live Auctioneers
2) By Absentee Bid Form that can be faxed to 646.349.2275 or emailed to info@salmagundi.org
3) By phone. Call 212.255.7740 in advance to register to bid from wherever you are. We will call you during the auction just prior to your lot coming to the block.

A 15 percent buyer’s premium will be applied to all purchases. All pieces are professionally framed. Please see the live stream for framing details.

Merit Award

“Sunset at the Rockaways”, oil on canvas, 18″x24″

The National Art League has presented a Merit Award to the painting “Sunset at the Rockaways”. This oil on canvas work will be on display at the National Art League through March 28th, 2021.

The National Art League is located at 44-21 Douglaston Parkway in Douglaston, NY.

Black & White Exhibition

“Update”, charcoal on paper, 11″x14″

The Salmagundi Club is proud to announce its historic Annual Black and White Exhibition. Three charcoals by Seth Harris will be included in this show which is a juried members’ exhibition of black and white or monochromatic sepia drawings, graphics, photographs, paintings, and sculpture by artist members. 

The first Black & White Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club took place in 1878, only a few short years after the Club was formed. It provided a rich catalogue of the artists of the day, and interestingly enough, exhibitors did not originally need to be members to participate. As the public’s interest in illustration grew, these exhibitions provided artwork for a variety of purposes, and many of the works initially shown in these shows went on to be published in the burgeoning magazine market of the late 19th century. The “Black and White” has taken place yearly since then.

The show will be in the Upper Gallery at the Salmagundi Club located at 47 Fifth Ave. New York, NY and will run from February 23, 2021 – March 12, 2021. Gallery Hours are Tues-Friday, 1-6PM and Sat & Sun 1-5PM. The building will remain closed on Mondays until further notice.  Face masks are required and social distancing measures are in place. 

2021 Figuratively Speaking

The Salmagundi Club has announce that three pieces by Seth Harris will be included in the 2021 OPEN FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING EXHIBITION, scheduled for February 2 – 19, 2021.

On View:
Tue-Fri, 1-6PM | Sat-Sun, 1-5PM
Closed Mondays 

This competitive fine art exhibition is  open to artists and comprised of works from all over the country and allows both well known and up-and-coming artists to exhibit their work in Salmagundi prestigious galleries.

Click here for more information

SCNY Library Show

“Quickstop”

2021 SCNY library committee member exhibition

February 01, 2021 – April 11, 2021

“Quickstop” is included in the 2021 SCNY library committee member exhibition.

This is the inaugural exhibition to celebrate the newly refurbished library with its reference to the original library of 1917.The art in this exhibit is for sale as indicated on the price list. All sales will help support the Salmagundi library.

For more information on this painting, click here.

For more information on this show, click here.

Don Donaldson Memorial Award

“The Library Corner”, Oil on Canvas, 9”x12”[sold]

“The Library Corner” has won the Don Donaldson Memorial Award for a Figurative Work in the Salmagundi Club’s 2020 Thumbox Exhibition.

Lindy Hop – Solo Show

The Corkran Gallery at the Rehoboth Art League is hosting my solo show “Lindy Hop” from October 2nd to November 1st. The opening reception will be at 5pm on October 2nd in person though socially distanced and requiring a mask. Click on the link below for more information.

Lindy Hop solo exhibition

Contemporary Realism Exhibition

I have two pieces on display in the Mills Pond House Gallery show, “Contemporary Realism”. The show runs from September 12 – October 16, 2020. click on the link below for more information or to plan a gallery visit.

2020 Contemporary Realism Exhibition

“Sixty-eight works in Oils in a broad range of representational styles will be on view, displaying interpretations of realism seen through the lens of 46 contemporary artists. Various subjects from landscape, urban views, interiors, still life, and portraiture show the unique creative eyes of these artists as they depict the world around them, each sharing their own perspective and passions through their art. B Artists hail from 11 states including CT, FL, GA, MD, MN, NC, NH,NJ, NY, OR and PA”

SCNY Members show

“Lindy Hop in the Library”

The Salmagundi Club has included “Lindy Hop in the Library” for the 2020 Members exhibition. Of course, because of the pandemic this show will be online only. Here is a link to the show.

Best Of America -Small Works Exhibition

The National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society has selected “The Parlour” for inclusion in the 2020 Best of America Small Works Exhibition. This art show and competition will be held at the McBride Gallery in Annapolis Maryland from April 5th to May 3rd, 2020. For more information, click here.

The show is available to view online and in person, though it is subject to change from any COVID-19 related concerns. Please check with The McBride Gallery website before visiting.

“The Parlour”