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"MOVIN' ON UP, Ceramic Sculpture, Apartment Building on Fire, Disaster, Humor
By Andrew Smenos
Located in Toronto, Ontario
apartment building in flames and on fire... At 17x11x6", this compact but accurately detailed sculpture is a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus Fire of 1944 - Historic Disaster
By Eric Edward Esper
Located in Chicago, IL
remember, not only for the people lost and how it affected our culture, but also to remind us that disaster
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Ohio State Penitentiary Fire of 1930, Art of Disasters Series, Original Oil
By Eric Edward Esper
Located in Chicago, IL
remember, not only for the people lost and how it affected our culture, but also to remind us that disaster
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Last Voyage of the Lady Elgin - Detailed Painting of an Historic Ship Disaster
By Eric Edward Esper
Located in Chicago, IL
Lady Elgin disaster resulted in the greatest loss of lives in open water in the history of the Great
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Ashtabula Train Trestle Collapse - Painting of Historic Disasters, oil on linen
By Eric Edward Esper
Located in Chicago, IL
our culture, but also to remind us that disaster can occur at any time, anywhere. Eric Edward Esper
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Our Children of Angels, 1958 School House Fire, Disaster Painting, Original Oil
By Eric Edward Esper
Located in Chicago, IL
people lost and how it affected our culture, but also to remind us that disaster can occur at any time
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"DESTROYER", Ceramic Sculpture, Sinking Boat, Sinking Ship, Disaster, Humor, SOS
By Andrew Smenos
Located in Toronto, Ontario
detailed sculpture is sold with it's own wall-mounted square white shelf. It's a pristine disaster. From a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint, Ceramic

"HELP YOURSELF BEFORE HELPING OTHERS", Painting, Yellow Life Jacket, Disaster
By Andrew Smenos
Located in Toronto, Ontario
alike. It's a pristine disaster. From a recent Press Release: "There’s a giddy, liberated pleasure
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"CALL NOW WHILE SUPPLIES LAST", Ceramic Sculpture, Sinking Ship, Disaster, Humor
By Andrew Smenos
Located in Toronto, Ontario
is sold with it's own wall-mounted square white shelf. It's a pristine disaster. There’s a giddy
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

"THIS WON'T HELP", Oil Paint on Canvas, Fire Extinguisher, Home, Disaster, Humor
By Andrew Smenos
Located in Toronto, Ontario
extinguisher melting in the heat of disaster... At 30x20", this accurately detailed oil on canvas painting is a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"RISING TIDES USED TO BE A GOOD THING", Painting, Oil on Canvas, Disaster, Humor
By Andrew Smenos
Located in Toronto, Ontario
THAT boat. The life-jackets in their great solidity are saving no one. The buildings are on fire, sadly
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Italian Arch - Old Master British art Italian landscape and ruins through arch
By (Circle of) Hubert Robert
Located in London, GB
arched building. Ivy and branches hang down the other side of the arch and columns can be seen to the
Category

18th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Antique Map of Kuinderschans, Part of the Frisian Defense Line, Netherlands 1649
Located in Langweer, NL
passage over the Zuiderzeedijk and prevent an attack from the waterside. The building of the Friese
Category

Antique 17th Century Maps

Materials

Paper

The Firestorm of Peshtigo
By Eric Edward Esper
Located in Chicago, IL
remember, not only for the people lost and how it affected our culture, but also to remind us that disaster
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Divine imprint or Seal of God
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
are unexpected, as a result of natural disasters or war. On the site of the demolished building
Category

2010s Mixed Media

Materials

Spray Paint

The Great Cyclone of St. Louis
By Eric Edward Esper
Located in Chicago, IL
it affected our culture, but also to remind us that disaster can occur at any time, anywhere. Eric
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Wellington, Washington Avalanche of March 1, 1910 - Original Oil Painting
By Eric Edward Esper
Located in Chicago, IL
Also known as the Great Northern Railway disaster and Americas deadliest avalanche. After days of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Early oil depicting the Great Fire of London
Located in London, GB
The Great Fire of London in September 1666 was one of the greatest disasters in the city’s history
Category

17th Century Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Battle For Yellowstone, Original Oil Painting of Oversized Fictional Bookcover
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
Girl warns, “desire leads to disaster, partly bound up with fiction but also with death and catastrophe
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Lords of the Sky oil painting by Julio De Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
assortment of techniques. He notably worked in the Renaissance method of “velatura,” building up to as many
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of March 24, 1911 - Original Oil Painting
By Eric Edward Esper
Located in Chicago, IL
. The approximately 500 employees working that day on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floor of the Asch Building
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Inevitable Day – Birth of the Atom oil and tempera painting by Julio De Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
assortment of techniques. He notably worked in the Renaissance method of “velatura,” building up to as many
Category

1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Tempera

Girl with Long Hair, Colin Self british Pop Art portrait of woman in black white
By Colin Self
Located in New York, NY
Jumping from Building’ (1983) and ‘New York Disaster’ (1998) appear remarkably prescient in the light of
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Portrait Prints

Materials

Etching

n Memory of the Great Fire at Chicago (Cartoon for the Mural Lunette in the Chic
Located in New York, NY
entire city within hours, it left over 90,000 people homeless and destroyed thousands of buildings
Category

Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Old Ruins In Rome - Lithograph by Anonymous 19th Century Italian Artist
Located in Roma, IT
taken from the daguerreotype of that period and shows the ruins caused by the disaster of the war in
Category

1870s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Thomonoy - Mixed Media by Alberto Sordi - 2014
Located in Roma, IT
Thomonoy is one of the best works realized by Alberto Sordi in 2014. The Elements of Disaster
Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Modern 'Collapse' Console Table in Steel
By Duffy London
Located in London, GB
imminent disaster…! A sculptural work that’s designed to confound and to challenge the viewer at every
Category

2010s British Console Tables

Materials

Stainless Steel

Modern 'Collapse' Console Table in Steel
Modern 'Collapse' Console Table in Steel
H 33.47 in W 16.54 in D 59.06 in
Modern Collectible Design Console Table in Gold Finish
By Duffy London
Located in London, GB
heavy metal block at the exact point of perfect balance, or imminent disaster…! A sculptural work
Category

2010s British Console Tables

Materials

Stainless Steel

1820 Flood Catastrophe in Oosterhout, Holland: A Historical Depiction
Located in Langweer, NL
panic, with the village partially submerged in water. Buildings are damaged and in disarray; some have
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Drawings

Materials

Paper

Richard Klein, Johnson Hs. & Guest Hs. General View (2024), Ed 2/3, replica
Located in Darien, CT
, or had changed their logos, and many of their signature buildings, which where examples of classic
Category

2010s Dada Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Photographic Film, Film, Archival Paper, Digital, Wood

Richard Klein, iHop II, 2018, Found and altered objects assemblage
Located in Darien, CT
, or had changed their logos, and many of their signature buildings, which where examples of classic
Category

2010s Assemblage Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Richard Klein, McDonalds (El Nino), 2024, Found and altered objects assemblage
Located in Darien, CT
, or had changed their logos, and many of their signature buildings, which where examples of classic
Category

2010s Assemblage Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Richard Klein, Expo 67, 2017, Found and altered objects assemblage
Located in Darien, CT
, or had changed their logos, and many of their signature buildings, which where examples of classic
Category

2010s Assemblage Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Richard Klein, Holiday Inn Nocturne, 2020, Found and altered objects assemblage
Located in Darien, CT
, or had changed their logos, and many of their signature buildings, which where examples of classic
Category

2010s Assemblage Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Richard Klein, Holiday Inn Beirut, 2017, Found and altered objects assemblage
Located in Darien, CT
, or had changed their logos, and many of their signature buildings, which where examples of classic
Category

2010s Assemblage Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Angels Making Music - 16th Century Renaissance Fresco Fragment - Lombardy Italy
Located in Meinisberg, CH
laid down on a wood panel. When buildings with frescos would become derelict, be it either through
Category

16th Century Renaissance Figurative Paintings

Materials

Plaster, Watercolor

Seated Female Nude (Devora)
By Julio de Diego
Located in Fairlawn, OH
,” building up to as many as forty glazes of oil in each painting. He also commonly worked within gouache
Category

1970s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Richard Klein, American Glassware, 2010-2024, Found and altered objects
Located in Darien, CT
, or had changed their logos, and many of their signature buildings, which where examples of classic
Category

2010s Assemblage Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Golden Age Sheep and Goat in a Landscape - Dutch 17thC Old Master oil painting
Located in London, GB
can see some classical ruins to the left and to the right some buildings with a shepherd and his flock
Category

1690s Old Masters Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Before the Hot Day Brightens to Blue (Mevagissey Harbor, Cornwall). Original Oil
By Gyrth Russell
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
coffins containing bodies found after the Titanic Disaster. In 1911 Russell left Canada to study at the
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Silent Running - Oversized Oil Painted Book Cover with Unexpected Juxtapositions
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
disaster, partly bound up with fiction but also with death and catastrophe. The fate of those who are in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Tlaloc and the Tiger oil painting by Julio de Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
assortment of techniques. He notably worked in the Renaissance method of “velatura,” building up to as many
Category

1930s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

House in the Ravine and
By Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
Shared Disaster. As the award winner of the 2017 NO DEAD ARTISTS Juried Exhibition, Day presents eight
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Crayon, Glitter, Acrylic, Pencil

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By Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
Disaster. As the award winner of the 2017 NO DEAD ARTISTS Juried Exhibition, Day presents eight new
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Crayon, Glitter, Acrylic, Pencil

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H 36 in W 36 in
100
By Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
Disaster. As the award winner of the 2017 NO DEAD ARTISTS Juried Exhibition, Day presents eight new
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Crayon, Glitter, Acrylic, Pencil

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100
H 54 in W 42 in
1:50 / 3:05
By Jenny Day
Located in New Orleans, LA
Disaster. As the award winner of the 2017 NO DEAD ARTISTS Juried Exhibition, Day presents eight new
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Canvas, Crayon, Glitter, Acrylic

Ceremonial Dancers oil and tempera painting by Julio De Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
Renaissance method of “velatura,” building up to as many as forty glazes of oil in each painting. He also
Category

1940s Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Tempera

The Visitor - Fauvist Figurative Abstract
By Carol Swain
Located in Soquel, CA
nature, disasters, abandoned building sites and the banal forms created from discarded objects on the
Category

1990s Fauvist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A head. Steel sculpture, minimalistic, cubism, Polish art classic
Located in Warsaw, PL
assassination attempt on the World Trade Center buildings in New York, unveiled in 2006. He had over 100
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

A head. Steel sculpture, minimalistic, cubism, Polish art classic
Located in Warsaw, PL
assassination attempt on the World Trade Center buildings in New York, unveiled in 2006. He had over 100
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stainless Steel

Christmas Turkey & the General's Daughter painting by Julio De Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
assortment of techniques. He notably worked in the Renaissance method of “velatura,” building up to as many
Category

1960s Surrealist Interior Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Tempera, Paper

Yellow Roses
By Donald Sultan
Located in New York, NY
fluidity of the human against the geometry of the object.” Sultan’s early experiences building theatre
Category

1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Yellow Roses
Yellow Roses
H 25 in W 24 in D 1.5 in
The Magician oil and tempera painting by Julio de Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
assortment of techniques. He notably worked in the Renaissance method of “velatura,” building up to as many
Category

1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Tempera

Fratelli Fanciullacci, Stylised Town Series, Sgraffito, Gloss & Lava Glaze Vase
By Fratelli Fanciullacci
Located in Frome, GB
buildings and landscape silhouettes. The vibrant colour palette of Lime green, Tomato Red and Dandelion
Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Vases

Materials

Ceramic

St. Atomic oil and tempera painting by Julio de Diego
By Julio de Diego
Located in Hudson, NY
assortment of techniques. He notably worked in the Renaissance method of “velatura,” building up to as many
Category

1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Tempera

Living Dangerously, Original Oil Painting, Large Scale Fictional Book Cover
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
. However, Virginie Vuillaume in Another Girl warns, “desire leads to disaster, partly bound up with fiction
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

La déconvenue
By Guillaume Lachapelle
Located in Montreal, Quebec
that leads to nowhere, implying that, in the event of a disaster, one will only be faced with another
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Nylon

19th century color lithograph nature figure winter scene trees snow river
By Currier & Ives
Located in Milwaukee, WI
experimented with portraits, disaster scenes and memorial prints, and any thing that he could sell to the
Category

1860s Other Art Style Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

I'm Witnessing a Forest Fire-Oil Painting, Fictional Penguin Classic Book Cover
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
have an uplifting thread. However, Virginie Vuillaume in Another Girl warns, “desire leads to disaster
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

New France and Labrador - Graphite Drawing, Landscape, On Antiqued Map
By Don Pollack
Located in Chicago, IL
have an uplifting thread. However, Virginie Vuillaume in Another Girl warns, “desire leads to disaster
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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