THOMAS SILLS (1914 -2000)

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THOMAS SILLS (1914 -2000)

b. 1914, Castalia, North Carolina; 
d. 2000, New York, New York
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Color Study
Oil on canvas
44 x 48-1/2 inches (111.8 x 123.2 cm)


“When I get ready to paint I usually have definite ideas about the colors I want to start with although I may change after I begin. Since I don’t know exactly what I’m going to do, it helps me at least have some idea or something to go on before I start.”

THOMAS SILLS


Town, 1976

oil on canvas

50h x 49w in
127h x 124.46w cm


Forest Hill, 1975

oil on canvas

49h x 50w in
124.46h x 127w cm


Out, 1975

oil on canvas

49h x 50w in
124.46h x 127w cm


Untitled (white painting), 1975

oil on canvas

30h x 40w in
76.20h x 101.60w cm


Untitled, 1975

oil on canvas

50h x 50w in
127h x 127w cm


Hold Tight, 1975

oil on canvas

30h x 40w in
76.20h x 101.60w cm


Burnt Forest, 1975

oil on canvas

49h x 46w in
124.46h x 116.84w cm


Son Bright, 1975

oil on canvas

50h x 50w in
127h x 127w cm


Window, 1973

oil on canvas

40h x 30w in
101.60h x 76.20w cm


Little Water Fall, 1973

oil on canvas

40h x 30w in
101.60h x 76.20w cm


Blue Jay, 1971
enamel on board
15 1/2 x 12 inches

Untitled ; c. 1970s 
oil on canvas, benzine / unframed 
dimensions 89 x 76,5 cm (35 x 30 in.)

Untitled, 1970s

oil on canvas

30h x 40w in
76.20h x 101.60w cm


Untitled, c. 1970
oil and benzene on canvas
24 x 36 inches



Mix Day, 1969

oil on canvas

49h x 50w in
124.46h x 127w cm


Homage to Africa ，1968Acrylic on canvas49 × 50 1/8 in. (124.5 × 127.3 cm) 



Untitled, 1968

Graphite And Watercolor On Paper

18h x 24w in
45.72h x 60.96w cm


Untitled, 1968

Graphite And Watercolor On Paper

18h x 24w in
45.72h x 60.96w cm


Untitled, 1968

Graphite And Watercolor On Paper

18h x 24w in
45.72h x 60.96w cm


Red Hour, 1968

oil on canvas

40h x 44w in
101.60h x 111.76w cm


The South, 1968

oil on canvas

50h x 50w in
127h x 127w cm


Untitled, 1968

oil on canvas

50h x 50w in
127h x 127w cm


Untitled, 1967
Oil on canvas
54 × 43 in | 137.2 × 109.2 cm

Pleasant Hills，1966
Oil on canvas
42x49 inches

Arctic Weapon, 1965

oil on canvas

55h x 49w in
139.70h x 124.46w cm


The Tree and the River, 1964

oil on canvas

68h x 69w in
172.72h x 175.26w cm


Signal , 1963
Oil and benzene on canvas
48 x 50 inches

Abstract, circa 1962
Artist: Thomas Sills
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 inches 

Ralley, 1961

oil on canvas

49h x 60w in
124.46h x 152.40w cm


Flagship, 1961
oil on canvas
overall: 167.64 x 177.8 cm (66 x 70 in.)

untitled
c. 1960-1970
acrylic on canvas
44 x 50 inches

Black City, 1960

oil on canvas

45h x 48w in
114.30h x 121.92w cm


Mixed Earth, 1960

oil on canvas

46h x 48w in
116.84h x 121.92w cm


Abstract, ca. 1960
Oil on canvas
48 × 46 1/4 in | 121.9 × 117.5 cm



Nilotic Waters, 1960

oil on canvas

84h x 68w in
213.36h x 172.72w cm


Grey Black, 1960

oil on canvas

47h x 50w in
119.38h x 127w cm


Earth, 1960

oil on canvas

44h x 44w in
111.76h x 111.76w cm


Red Berries. 1959
Oil on canvas, 2134x1651 mm; 69x65 inches. 
Signed in oil, lower right. 

New Born. 1958
Oil on cotton canvas, 1092x1245 mm; 43x49 inches. 
Signed in oil, lower right. 

Arbor, 1958

oil on canvas

45h x 49w in
114.30h x 124.46w cm


Untitled, 1958

oil on canvas

39h x 48w in
99.06h x 121.92w cm


Travel, 1958

oil on canvas

49h x 60w in
124.46h x 152.40w cm


Spring, 1958

oil on canvas

36h x 49w in
91.44h x 124.46w cm


Merry-Go-Round, 1958

oil on canvas

49h x 24w in
124.46h x 60.96w cm



Native Dancer, 1958

oil on canvas

45 1/2h x 69w in
115.57h x 175.26w cm


Still Pond, 1956

oil on canvas

37h x 49w in
93.98h x 124.46w cm


Blue Head, 1956
Artist: Thomas Sills
Oil on board — Two-Sided
48 x 32 inches  
Signed lower right

Easter Holliday, 1955

oil on canvas

49h x 41w in
124.46h x 104.14w cm


The Morning, 1954

oil on canvas

42h x 44w in
106.68h x 111.76w cm


Summer, 1952. 
Oil on canvas, 44 × 43 in


Untitled (Abstract) ， 1950
Oil and benzene on paperboard
22 x 30 inches


Untitled (Abstraction in Black).circa 1958-59.
Oil on linen canvas,  1016x1245 mm; 40x49 inches. 
Signed in oil, lower right. 

As Sills remarked,  “With paintings and artists all around me, it didn’t take very long before I got stirred up to doing my own work. . . . I wanted to go my own way from the very beginning.”


1976.29.1.TIFMixed media and collage on board14 1/2 × 16 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. 
MY DOLL
oil and mixed media on panel in artist's frame
35 1/2 x 13 1/2 in.


The GoatOil on canvas44 × 44 in. (111.8 × 111.8 cm) 

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