Grapefruit Moon Gallery had the honor and privilege of participating this past weekend in the 15th annual Twin Cities 20th Century Design Show and sale; featuring an eye popping building filled with antique Mission Arts & Crafts furniture, decorative collectibles and art pottery as well as Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern pieces. This was the first year the show […]
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As purveyors of collectible illustrative works, we are often asked time and time again, “what is a lithograph?” It’s a printing process that you’ve probably encountered more times than you’re aware of. You see it heralded in museums as 18th and 19th century pieces of fine art. It was the covers of the magazines in […]
After driving halfway across the country and using our superhero powers to stay up for several days straight, we returned to Minneapolis with some new friends, wonderful memories, and even a few treasures. San Diego Comic Con was fun, as it always is, and we were lucky enough to share booth 4205-4207 with the lovely Fred Taraba of […]
Alien Culture, Cosmag, The Mutant, Spaceteer, Star Western, Martian News Letter; what do all these things have in common? All have fantastical names that thrust your mind into adventurous flights of fancy, and all belong to the 1940s subculture of science fiction fandom. They also all feature the work of the prolific, obscure, and intriguing […]
Perhaps the best-known character from the Commedia dell’Arte, Pierrot has occupied a starring role in pop culture since the late seventeenth century. The sad clown has been an inspiration to countless artists, writers, and musicians, including Picasso, Matisse, Maxfield Parrish, Michael Jackson, Lon Chaney, Debussy, Langston Hughes, and of course David Bowie. One of the […]
The Gallery makes headlines! Our new show, “Welcome Traveler: A Pin-up Journey,” was featured in Pioneer Press. Read about the show and our owner Dan Murphy’s take on the pin up scene. Treasures from the heart of our collection are on display at Gallery 122 at Hang It. Peerless examples of pin up art […]
In an exciting coincidence, our founder ran into one of Gil Elvgren’s favorite models this week in Hollywood. The lovely Myrna Hansen, Miss USA and runner up in the Miss Universe Pageant of 1953, was muse to countless mid-century artists and photographers. The radiant former model graciously spoke with us about Elvgren and one of our favorite […]
Today we are beyond thrilled to have the opportunity to post the first guest blog on Grapefruit Moon Gallery. Jack Raglin, America’s premiere scholar of Enoch Bolles, and an all-around great guy to know, took the time to investigate Meet Your Water Lure the newly posted Film Fun cover we added to the website yesterday. […]
One of the current favorites at Grapefruit Moon Gallery is the noted French-American artist Andre Durenceau, and we’re thrilled to have just added this fresh new artwork to the website. The artist was born in Auray, France in 1904, and after studying at Paris’ l’Ecole des Beaux Arts, he moved to the United States in 1923 […]
Australian-born artist Henry Clive (Henry Clive O’Hara) started out as a vaudevillian magician, became a silent film performer, and gained fame as an artist. His career as an illustrator began nearly by accident, when impresario Flo Ziegfeld discovered one of his sketches.
