Paul Havas Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Paul Havas Art Value Price Guide

Jul. 18, 2024
Paul Havas ''Tide Land'' (Skagit Valley) 1976 Oil
Est: $500 - $1,000
Paul Havas (1940-2012 Washington) ''Tide Land'' (Skagit Valley) 1976 Oil on Panel 11.5''x18'' Image. Signed and dated l.r. Original framing 12.5''x19.5''. Excellent condition.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Jul. 14, 2024
PAUL HAVAS (WA) "GREENHOUSE" OIL ON CANVAS
Est: $300 - $600
Paul Havas (1940-2012 Washington) "Greenhouse" Oil on Canvas. Unsigned. Image measures 30x27.5", framed dimensions of 31.5x29". Scattered dark brown paint splatter in lower right corner, otherwise very good condition.
District Auction
Sep. 28, 2023
Paul Havas ''Skagit Scene'' Oil
Est: $300 - $600
Paul Havas (1940-2012 Washington) ''Skagit Scene'' Oil on Masonite 10''x11'' Image. Signed l.l. Original framing 11.5''x12.5''. Excellent condition.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Sep. 28, 2023
Paul Havas ''Daybreak & Dusk from Decatur Island'' 1994
Est: $750 - $1,500
Paul Havas (1940-2012 Washington) ''Daybreak & Dusk from Decatur Island'' 1994 Oil on Canvas 16''x20'' Image. Signed l.r. Original framing 17''x21''. Excellent condition. This lot being sold with no reserve.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Dec. 15, 2022
Paul Havas ''Falls on the Taylor River'' 1994 Oil
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Paul Havas (1940-2012 Washington) ''Falls on the Taylor River'' 1994 Oil on Canvas 26''x31'' Image. Signed and dated l.r. Framed 27.5''x32.5''. Excellent condition.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Mar. 03, 2022
Paul Havas ''Falls on the Taylor River'' 1994 Oil
Est: $750 - $1,500
Paul Havas (1940-2012 Washington) ''Falls on the Taylor River'' 1994 Oil on Canvas 26''x31'' Image. Signed and dated l.r. Framed 27.5''x32.5''. Excellent condition.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Oct. 21, 2021
Paul Havas ''Skagit Landscape'' 1994 Monotype
Est: $300 - $600
Paul Havas (1940-2012 Washington) ''Skagit Landscape'' 1994 Monotype 14''x21'' Image. Signed and dated lower margin. Plasteel gallery framing 24''x31''. Excellent condition.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Feb. 14, 2021
Paul Havas (1940-2012) Pencil Drawings
Est: $75 - $150
Group of 3 pencil drawings on heavy paper depicting construction of the Henry Gallery construction site. (1) Drawing titled "Henry Gallery Construction Site 96" and signed along bottom; inscribed to the reverse "5/5/96 Henry Gallery Construction Site". (2) Drawing with signature and 96 date lower left; inscribed to the reverse "Paul Havas - Henry Gallery Construction Site 1996". (3) Unsigned and uninscribed drawing. All 5" x 7"; unframed.
District Auction
Jan. 03, 2021
Paul Havas (WA,NJ,1940-2012) oil painting
Est: $320 - $360
ARTIST: Paul Havas (Washington, New Jersey, 1940 - 2012) NAME: Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 11 inches / 25 x 28 cm FRAME SIZE: 12 x 13 inches / 30 x 33 cm SIGNATURE: Lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting SKU#: 116301 US Shipping $42 + insurance. AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US Paul Havas (Washington, New Jersey, 1940 - 2012) Paul Havas, a remarkable and prolific painter of Northwest scenes, once said to his friend and gallerist, John Braseth, "I have the best job in the world." After decades of creating quiet and deeply evocative views of his beloved Northwest, Havas died of pancreatic cancer on Feb. 16 at the age of 71. While the subject matter of his art would vary вЂ” from tidelands to fields tucked next to mountains, from the geometric farmland of Skagit valley to the hilly cityscapes of Seattle вЂ” Havas was always referring to perspective, relying on acute observation to immerse viewers in palpably serene paintings. The sense that we are placed within known landscapes is key to the appeal of his work; his paintings are in numerous Northwest collections including those of the Museum of Northwest Art, the Tacoma Art Museum, and the Whatcom Museum of History and Art. But these are not strict documents of places. In his artist's statement, Havas wrote, "Some paintings follow closely on the view, others are invented." It is not correct to say that Havas embellished. He reduced and synthesized, creating an abstract feel to his scenes. His ability to find essential forms and colors within observed reality stems from his early training in Abstract Expressionism. It is telling that he called his nonfigurative paintings from 1960-1966 "Synthetic Abstractions," alluding to the Cubist approach of building up form. But the landscape was always alluring to Havas. He grew up in New Jersey and received his bachelor of fine arts degree from Syracuse University, but was drawn to the beauty of Washington state, moving here in 1963 to earn his master of fine arts in painting at the University of Washington. He lived and painted on Fir Island in the Skagit Valley for 14 years and later had a summer home near the mouth of Willapa Bay. He began exhibiting with the Gordon Woodside Gallery (now the Woodside/Braseth Gallery) in 1970. Braseth calls Havas "a natural born educator." He taught painting and drawing at Stanford University, the University of Washington and Idaho State University, and was known to welcome fellow artists and collectors into his studio. Braseth says that "Havas was a generous person and shared ideas about history, literature, travel and art вЂ” all of the wonderful things that informed his art and life." He was passionate about geology, mountain climbing, hiking and fly-fishing, activities that immersed him in his surroundings. An intimate, immersive quality infuses his paintings even while counterbalanced by a certain reserve. We are placed within the landscape amid golden grasses or vivid cranberry fields but also detached from the geometric farm houses and warehouses on piers. We observe them from a distance, from the other side of a rivulet or across a curve in the marina. We are, in fact, made gently aware of our vantage point and the very act of observing. The dualities of observation and abstraction, intimacy and distance, often led critics to discover poetry and metaphor in Havas' work. Back in 1970, critic R.M. Campbell wrote in The Seattle Times that Havas' landscapes are "always in a state of becoming." In 2007 in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, critic Regina Hackett wrote that Havas "paints moments, not worlds. He's after that second when you turn a corner and your body feels light in your clothes and light slides around you like a blessing." There is a sense of meditation or spirituality in Havas' paintings, generated by his luminous colors and gracious compositions, but it's an earthly spirituality, rooted in this world. Braseth says, "He painted what inspired him, and nature was his religion."
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Dec. 17, 2020
Paul Havas ''Skagit Landscape'' Oil on Board
Est: $300 - $600
Paul Havas (1940-2012 Washington) ''Skagit Landscape'' Oil on Board 11''x14'' Image. A colorful impressionist landscape. Signed l.r. Original framing 13''x16''. Excellent condition.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Oct. 11, 2020
Paul Havas (WA,NJ,1940-2012) oil painting
Est: $340 - $380
ARTIST: Paul Havas (Washington, New Jersey, 1940 - 2012) NAME: Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 11 inches / 25 x 28 cm FRAME SIZE: 12 x 13 inches / 30 x 33 cm SIGNATURE: Lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting SKU#: 116301 US Shipping $42 + insurance. Paul Havas (Washington, New Jersey, 1940 - 2012) Paul Havas, a remarkable and prolific painter of Northwest scenes, once said to his friend and gallerist, John Braseth, "I have the best job in the world." After decades of creating quiet and deeply evocative views of his beloved Northwest, Havas died of pancreatic cancer on Feb. 16 at the age of 71. While the subject matter of his art would vary вЂ” from tidelands to fields tucked next to mountains, from the geometric farmland of Skagit valley to the hilly cityscapes of Seattle вЂ” Havas was always referring to perspective, relying on acute observation to immerse viewers in palpably serene paintings. The sense that we are placed within known landscapes is key to the appeal of his work; his paintings are in numerous Northwest collections including those of the Museum of Northwest Art, the Tacoma Art Museum, and the Whatcom Museum of History and Art. But these are not strict documents of places. In his artist's statement, Havas wrote, "Some paintings follow closely on the view, others are invented." It is not correct to say that Havas embellished. He reduced and synthesized, creating an abstract feel to his scenes. His ability to find essential forms and colors within observed reality stems from his early training in Abstract Expressionism. It is telling that he called his nonfigurative paintings from 1960-1966 "Synthetic Abstractions," alluding to the Cubist approach of building up form. But the landscape was always alluring to Havas. He grew up in New Jersey and received his bachelor of fine arts degree from Syracuse University, but was drawn to the beauty of Washington state, moving here in 1963 to earn his master of fine arts in painting at the University of Washington. He lived and painted on Fir Island in the Skagit Valley for 14 years and later had a summer home near the mouth of Willapa Bay. He began exhibiting with the Gordon Woodside Gallery (now the Woodside/Braseth Gallery) in 1970. Braseth calls Havas "a natural born educator." He taught painting and drawing at Stanford University, the University of Washington and Idaho State University, and was known to welcome fellow artists and collectors into his studio. Braseth says that "Havas was a generous person and shared ideas about history, literature, travel and art вЂ” all of the wonderful things that informed his art and life." He was passionate about geology, mountain climbing, hiking and fly-fishing, activities that immersed him in his surroundings. An intimate, immersive quality infuses his paintings even while counterbalanced by a certain reserve. We are placed within the landscape amid golden grasses or vivid cranberry fields but also detached from the geometric farm houses and warehouses on piers. We observe them from a distance, from the other side of a rivulet or across a curve in the marina. We are, in fact, made gently aware of our vantage point and the very act of observing. The dualities of observation and abstraction, intimacy and distance, often led critics to discover poetry and metaphor in Havas' work. Back in 1970, critic R.M. Campbell wrote in The Seattle Times that Havas' landscapes are "always in a state of becoming." In 2007 in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, critic Regina Hackett wrote that Havas "paints moments, not worlds. He's after that second when you turn a corner and your body feels light in your clothes and light slides around you like a blessing." There is a sense of meditation or spirituality in Havas' paintings, generated by his luminous colors and gracious compositions, but it's an earthly spirituality, rooted in this world. Braseth says, "He painted what inspired him, and nature was his religion."
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Oct. 08, 2020
Paul Havas ''Cloud Strata VI'' 1976 Oil on Canvas
Est: $300 - $600
Paul Havas (1940-2012 Washington) ''Cloud Strata VI'' 1976 Oil on Canvas 16.5''x15.5'' Image. A colorful early Skagit Valley landscape. Signed l.r. with title label on verso. Framed 18''x17''. A few small scattered dirt spots. Collection of Betty Black, Mt. Vernon. Betty's collection was recently exhibited at the Museum of Northwest Art and work is published in ''Especially Special: Betty Black and her Collection of Art'' pages 14-15, 24, 47-48.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Jul. 05, 2020
Paul Havas (WA,NJ,1940-2012) oil painting
Est: $340 - $380
ARTIST: Paul Havas (Washington, New Jersey, 1940 - 2012) NAME: Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 11 inches / 25 x 28 cm FRAME SIZE: 12 x 13 inches / 30 x 33 cm SIGNATURE: Lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting SKU#: 116301 WARRANTY: 7 days returns accepted if item doesn't match description US Shipping $42 + insurance. Paul Havas (Washington, New Jersey, 1940 - 2012) Paul Havas, a remarkable and prolific painter of Northwest scenes, once said to his friend and gallerist, John Braseth, "I have the best job in the world." After decades of creating quiet and deeply evocative views of his beloved Northwest, Havas died of pancreatic cancer on Feb. 16 at the age of 71. While the subject matter of his art would vary вЂ” from tidelands to fields tucked next to mountains, from the geometric farmland of Skagit valley to the hilly cityscapes of Seattle вЂ” Havas was always referring to perspective, relying on acute observation to immerse viewers in palpably serene paintings. The sense that we are placed within known landscapes is key to the appeal of his work; his paintings are in numerous Northwest collections including those of the Museum of Northwest Art, the Tacoma Art Museum, and the Whatcom Museum of History and Art. But these are not strict documents of places. In his artist's statement, Havas wrote, "Some paintings follow closely on the view, others are invented." It is not correct to say that Havas embellished. He reduced and synthesized, creating an abstract feel to his scenes. His ability to find essential forms and colors within observed reality stems from his early training in Abstract Expressionism. It is telling that he called his nonfigurative paintings from 1960-1966 "Synthetic Abstractions," alluding to the Cubist approach of building up form. But the landscape was always alluring to Havas. He grew up in New Jersey and received his bachelor of fine arts degree from Syracuse University, but was drawn to the beauty of Washington state, moving here in 1963 to earn his master of fine arts in painting at the University of Washington. He lived and painted on Fir Island in the Skagit Valley for 14 years and later had a summer home near the mouth of Willapa Bay. He began exhibiting with the Gordon Woodside Gallery (now the Woodside/Braseth Gallery) in 1970. Braseth calls Havas "a natural born educator." He taught painting and drawing at Stanford University, the University of Washington and Idaho State University, and was known to welcome fellow artists and collectors into his studio. Braseth says that "Havas was a generous person and shared ideas about history, literature, travel and art вЂ” all of the wonderful things that informed his art and life." He was passionate about geology, mountain climbing, hiking and fly-fishing, activities that immersed him in his surroundings. An intimate, immersive quality infuses his paintings even while counterbalanced by a certain reserve. We are placed within the landscape amid golden grasses or vivid cranberry fields but also detached from the geometric farm houses and warehouses on piers. We observe them from a distance, from the other side of a rivulet or across a curve in the marina. We are, in fact, made gently aware of our vantage point and the very act of observing. The dualities of observation and abstraction, intimacy and distance, often led critics to discover poetry and metaphor in Havas' work. Back in 1970, critic R.M. Campbell wrote in The Seattle Times that Havas' landscapes are "always in a state of becoming." In 2007 in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, critic Regina Hackett wrote that Havas "paints moments, not worlds. He's after that second when you turn a corner and your body feels light in your clothes and light slides around you like a blessing." There is a sense of meditation or spirituality in Havas' paintings, generated by his luminous colors and gracious compositions, but it's an earthly spirituality, rooted in this world. Braseth says, "He painted what inspired him, and nature was his religion."
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Apr. 19, 2020
Paul Havas (WA,NJ,1940-2012) oil painting
Est: $340 - $380
ARTIST: Paul Havas (Washington, New Jersey, 1940 - 2012) NAME: Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 11 inches / 25 x 28 cm FRAME SIZE: 12 x 13 inches / 30 x 33 cm SIGNATURE: Lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting SKU#: 116301 WARRANTY: 7 days returns accepted if item doesn't match description US Shipping $42 + insurance. Paul Havas (Washington, New Jersey, 1940 - 2012) Paul Havas, a remarkable and prolific painter of Northwest scenes, once said to his friend and gallerist, John Braseth, "I have the best job in the world." After decades of creating quiet and deeply evocative views of his beloved Northwest, Havas died of pancreatic cancer on Feb. 16 at the age of 71. While the subject matter of his art would vary вЂ” from tidelands to fields tucked next to mountains, from the geometric farmland of Skagit valley to the hilly cityscapes of Seattle вЂ” Havas was always referring to perspective, relying on acute observation to immerse viewers in palpably serene paintings. The sense that we are placed within known landscapes is key to the appeal of his work; his paintings are in numerous Northwest collections including those of the Museum of Northwest Art, the Tacoma Art Museum, and the Whatcom Museum of History and Art. But these are not strict documents of places. In his artist's statement, Havas wrote, "Some paintings follow closely on the view, others are invented." It is not correct to say that Havas embellished. He reduced and synthesized, creating an abstract feel to his scenes. His ability to find essential forms and colors within observed reality stems from his early training in Abstract Expressionism. It is telling that he called his nonfigurative paintings from 1960-1966 "Synthetic Abstractions," alluding to the Cubist approach of building up form. But the landscape was always alluring to Havas. He grew up in New Jersey and received his bachelor of fine arts degree from Syracuse University, but was drawn to the beauty of Washington state, moving here in 1963 to earn his master of fine arts in painting at the University of Washington. He lived and painted on Fir Island in the Skagit Valley for 14 years and later had a summer home near the mouth of Willapa Bay. He began exhibiting with the Gordon Woodside Gallery (now the Woodside/Braseth Gallery) in 1970. Braseth calls Havas "a natural born educator." He taught painting and drawing at Stanford University, the University of Washington and Idaho State University, and was known to welcome fellow artists and collectors into his studio. Braseth says that "Havas was a generous person and shared ideas about history, literature, travel and art вЂ” all of the wonderful things that informed his art and life." He was passionate about geology, mountain climbing, hiking and fly-fishing, activities that immersed him in his surroundings. An intimate, immersive quality infuses his paintings even while counterbalanced by a certain reserve. We are placed within the landscape amid golden grasses or vivid cranberry fields but also detached from the geometric farm houses and warehouses on piers. We observe them from a distance, from the other side of a rivulet or across a curve in the marina. We are, in fact, made gently aware of our vantage point and the very act of observing. The dualities of observation and abstraction, intimacy and distance, often led critics to discover poetry and metaphor in Havas' work. Back in 1970, critic R.M. Campbell wrote in The Seattle Times that Havas' landscapes are "always in a state of becoming." In 2007 in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, critic Regina Hackett wrote that Havas "paints moments, not worlds. He's after that second when you turn a corner and your body feels light in your clothes and light slides around you like a blessing." There is a sense of meditation or spirituality in Havas' paintings, generated by his luminous colors and gracious compositions, but it's an earthly spirituality, rooted in this world. Braseth says, "He painted what inspired him, and nature was his religion."
Broward Auction Gallery LLC
Oct. 18, 2018
Paul Havas (1940-2012 Washington) ''Utah Redland #1'' 2000 Oil on Board 11''x18'' Image. Signed and titled on verso. Mounted size 12''x18.5''. A few light scratches. Overall excellent condition.
Est: $100 - $300
Paul Havas (1940-2012 Washington) ''Utah Redland #1'' 2000 Oil on Board 11''x18'' Image. Signed and titled on verso. Mounted size 12''x18.5''. A few light scratches. Overall excellent condition.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Jul. 09, 2018
PAUL HAVAS (Washington/New Jersey, 1940-2012) oil
Est: $200 - $300
PAUL HAVAS (Washington/New Jersey, 1940-2012) oil on canvas, "Study: Basalt Outcrops - Cushman Ranch. Signed lower right and dated 1988. Image measures 20" x 16". In a thin wood frame.
O'Gallerie
Jul. 09, 2018
PAUL HAVAS (Washington/New Jersey, 1940-2012) oil
Est: $200 - $300
PAUL HAVAS (Washington/New Jersey, 1940-2012) oil on board, landscape. Signed lower right and dated 1979. Image measures 15.5" x 20". In a wood frame; 19.75" x 24.25" overall.
O'Gallerie
Sep. 09, 2017
PAUL HAVAS (1940-2012, WA/NJ) SECLUDED LAKE - Oil modernist landscape scene of a quiet lake composed on board. Signed and dated "198...
Est: $250 - $500
PAUL HAVAS (1940-2012, WA/NJ) SECLUDED LAKE - Oil modernist landscape scene of a quiet lake composed on board. Signed and dated "1983" in the bottom right corner. Body measures 8.25"L x 20"W, total measures 16.25"L x 28"W
Pacific Galleries
Sep. 09, 2017
PAUL HAVAS (1940-2012, WA/NJ) COUNTRYSIDE FARM - Oil modernist landscape scene of rural farmland possibly composed on board. Signed...
Est: $200 - $500
PAUL HAVAS (1940-2012, WA/NJ) COUNTRYSIDE FARM - Oil modernist landscape scene of rural farmland possibly composed on board. Signed and dated "1989" in the bottom right corner. Body measures 8.25"L x 20"W, total measures 16.25"L x 28"W. Stain on the matting in the top right corner.
Pacific Galleries
Jan. 07, 2017
PAUL HAVAS (1940-2012, WA) - UNTITLED BARN - Oil on canvas abstracted image showing the corner of a barn with a forested landscape i...
Est: $200 - $400
PAUL HAVAS (1940-2012, WA) - UNTITLED BARN - Oil on canvas abstracted image showing the corner of a barn with a forested landscape in the background. Wash of colors used to achieve obstructed view. In wood frame, signed at bottom right with gallery info card included on reverse. Dated 1974. 43" x 48" x 1"
Pacific Galleries
Sep. 03, 2016
Paul Havas (1940-2012) Oil On Board
Est: $300 - $500
' Spring Moon Rising'. Some Small Scratches In The Paint. Signed In Lower Right. Frame Measures Approximately 12.5" X 19.5" And Board Measures Approximately Measures
EJ'S Auction & Appraisal
May. 02, 2015
PAUL HAVAS (1940-2012, WA) OIL ON CANVAS - Signed and dated lower right
Est: $500 - $1,500
PAUL HAVAS (1940-2012, WA) OIL ON CANVAS - Signed and dated lower right. Large untitled commissioned work of a lush sunny park scene. Condition good. Dated 1986. 50"H x 122"W, framed.
Pacific Galleries
May. 02, 2015
PAUL HAVAS (1940-2012, WA) OIL ON PAPER - Signed and dated at lower right. A cityscape, titled "View of Downtown from Studio" and de...
Est: $300 - $600
PAUL HAVAS (1940-2012, WA) OIL ON PAPER - Signed and dated at lower right. A cityscape, titled "View of Downtown from Studio" and depicting a colorful downtown view. Condition good. Dated 1985. 41"H x 47.75"W framed.
Pacific Galleries
Apr. 13, 2014
PAUL HAVAS (1940-2012, WA) PAINTING - Signed and dated, lower right, titled "Beach Rock, Decatur Island'. This is an oil on canvas m..
Est: $200 - $500
PAUL HAVAS (1940-2012, WA) PAINTING - Signed and dated, lower right, titled "Beach Rock, Decatur Island'. This is an oil on canvas mounted on board, a beach scene with seagull. Condition good. Dated 1996. 19" x 24" not framed.
Pacific Galleries
Apr. 13, 2014
PAUL HAVAS (1940-2012, WA) PAINTING - Watercolor and mixed media on paper
Est: $300 - $500
PAUL HAVAS (1940-2012, WA) PAINTING - Watercolor and mixed media on paper. Signed at lower right. This painting, one of Havas' earlier works from the 1980s, shows a city view with buildings in the background. Condition good. Dated 1987. 23.5" x 9.5" framed.
Pacific Galleries