Edwin Ohrstrom - rare and important modernist art glass sculpture fitted on handmade wood base.
Circa - 1960's or 70's.
19 1/4" x 14 1/4" x 1 1/2"
Condition - excellent.
Large standing Lanna Thai wooden disciple with alms bowl, 19th Century, gilded, good condition, size H. 85 cm x W. 23cm
Lily Michael, American 20th century.
Textured painting on masonite, abstract figures.
21 1/2" x 39".
Condition - very good and original, minor flake on edge. Original frame.
Lily Michael received her art training at the School of Painting and Sculpture at Columbia University. She was a member of the American Abstract Artists Association, and the Tirca Karlis Gallery in Provincetown, MA...
Shirley Tattersfield, Phila. 20th century. Muralist, Lithographs.
Studied - The George School in Newtown; and graduated in 1949 from the Philadelphia Museum School of Art, now the University of the Arts.
Exhibited - Phila. Print Club.
Lithograph - entitled 'Mannequins'.
Pencil signed and dated
Image - 12 1/2" x 8 5/8", Full sheet - 16" x 11".
Condition - excellent, unframed.
Chinese Spirit Stone. It's very dramatic and could make a great center piece. The coloration is veined black and white striations. Height:17" Length"17.5
Organic bronze sculpture
Klaus Ihlenfeld
9 1/2" long x 4 1/2" wide x 9" tall
c.1960s
Excellent condition
Klaus was Harry Bertoia's best friend and first hand man in his studio
This original oil painting is a spectacular depiction of a mare and foal grazing in the field. Artist Signed and dated-Cresman 1986. The detail of the lights and shadows really make this artwork shine. The mares coat truly glistens in the sunlight. Comes in original wooden frame. Ready to hang on the wall. Substantial size: In frame it measures 27" by 31". Canvas alone measures 20" by 24"...
“Cardinal and Company”
Watercolor on paper view size 19 ½” x 13 1/2”
Daini was born in as well as died in Rome. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome and exhibited throughout Europe. He is a well listed artist. He was equally skilled in the art of both watercolor and oil painting but preferred the medium of watercolor. He was a genre painter with skills on par with the best of his time such as Reggianini and Landini...
“Fox Hunt”
Oil on canvas 32 ½” x 39 ½” unframed
J.R. Herve was born in 1887 in Langres, a town in the eastern part of France. He began his art studies in an evening school of his hometown. He went to Paris where he first continued his studies at the School of Decorative Arts and then at the Fine Arts School. He exhibited his works for the first time at the Salon of French Artists in 1910. He was one of the most important members of this group...
This is a pre-1900, fine original oil by J.F. Herring. Overall with frame it measures 42” by 30”. The painting itself is 36” by 24”. It is fully signed J.F. Herring.
Modernist oil painting by Albert Kotin
1967
8 1/2" x 10 1/2" w/ frame, 8" x 10" w/o
Signed Kotin dated 1967
Excellent condition
“Flirtation”
Watercolor on paper 11” x 15” view size \ 26 1/8” x 30 1/8” framed
Aureli was a native of Rome, Italy. He became most famous for his watercolors depicting scenes of courtship and flirtation between Victorian era subjects in formal dress within opulent interiors . Aureli is an extensively listed artist appearing in Mallet, Davenports and Art Price to name a few...
[1854-1941]
Landcape With Village Beyond
Oil on canvas 21 ¼” x 25 ½” unframed
Born in Paris, France in December 1854 to French-Italian parents, with the name Eugene Galiany. He later changed it as a tribute to his teacher Charles Laloue whom he studied with in 1877. During the early part of his career as an artist Galien-Laloue took on several pseudonyms because of an exclusive contract with a major gallery. These pseudonyms included L. Dupuy, J. Lievin, Lenoir and E...
Albert Kotin abstract expressionist, pen and ink on paper.
Exhibitions - Museum of Modern Art, New York, Woodstock NY Art Association, ASL among others.
Image measures - 11 1/2" x 12 1/2".
Condition - excellent.
Unframed.
Estate stamped on verso.
Machine Age industrial photograph - Circa - 1900.
Image - 10" x 13 1/4".
Condition - very good, crisp, slight toning.
Aaron Bohrod surrealist lithograph, circa - early 1950's.
Exhibited - Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Institute, Corcoran Gallery Biennial, Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum, New York, Museum of Modern Art, New York, and The Whitney Museum of American Art.
Image - 10" x 12 1/2".
Condition - very good.
Original acrylic painting on canvas mounted on board by Richard Hennessy (American, born 1941). This painting is offered in excellent condition. It measures 8.5" by 29" in its slender custom brass frame. It is signed Hennessy l.r and dated 75. It is also signed, dated (21 July 75), and titled "The Cave of Ali Baba" on the reverse. Hennessy is an abstract painter active in New York who has been a participant in the resurgence of Abstraction in the last few decades...
Early 20th century Dutch harbor scene by Gerard Wiegman (1875-1964). The painting depicts a large cargo ship moored at harbor and surrounded by a variety of smaller ships, fishing boats and tugs. The sky is painted in moody shades of grays that echo the colors of the dark smoke rising from the other large ships in the background. This choice of coloring suggests the obvious industrial nature of this unidentified harbor...
Early 20th century Dutch harbor scene by Gerard Wiegman (1875-1964). The painting depicts a large cargo ship moored at harbor and surrounded by a variety of smaller ships, fishing boats and tugs. The sky is painted in moody shades of ochres and grays that echo the colors found in the water. This choice of coloring suggests the obvious industrial nature of this unidentified harbor. The impasto lends nice texture and depth. Signed lower right “G. Wiegman”. The painting is framed in a mid...
Harry [Herschel] Levit, American. 1912-1986.
Studied at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Exhibited at - The Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum, New York, Pennsylvania Academy,and The Whitney Museum of American Art.
Crayon or pastel on paper signed Harry Levit 1933. Paris.
Image - 8 3/4" x 12".
Frederick Gill - American 1906 -1974.
Studied at The Pennsylvania Museum School of Art, The University of Pennsylvania and The Tyler School of Art.
Exhibitions - Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Butler Art Institute and the Philadelphia Art Alliance.
This watercolor [image] measures 17" x 21".
Condition - excellent.
Lucille Ireland modernist abstraction - oil on board, circa 1950.
Ireland lived on the Philadelphia Main Line and exhibited at the Stabler gallery during the 1950's in NYC. She is listed in "Women Artists in America".
Image measures 22 1/2" x 33 1/4", frame is 2 1/2" wide.
Condition - very good and original, very minor paint ripple in a small center area.
[NOTE: I think my late husband Daniel Tretiak wrote this in 2007, after he got this site up and running.]
Daniel Tretiak has written a book, The Life and Works of Haku Maki, the important Japanese printmaker of the second half of the 20th Century. Maki toiled alone most of the time between 1960 and 2000. His output was substantial, most of it was cool, crisp, elegant. An example is shown above. I wrote about it: "The print in the center is the kanji for Me or I; it swooshes across the print,...
Giuseppe Pitto (1857-1928)
"A Market Beauty"
oil on canvas 28" x 20 1/8" unframed
This Italian master is best known for his depiction of Italian market scenes which he executed with perfection. His Rococco style is combined with near impasto application and brilliant colors, creating a unique composition of unparalleled grace and beauty. His genre market scenes are playful and relaxed and the focal point of each is invariably a woman of alluring beauty. This magnificent gem is an exqui...
A Charles Dana Gibson THE WEAKER SEX ink sketch study. We are proud to offer this original preliminary ink sketch by the famed American illustrator Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944), the creator of the Gibson Girl. He first came to eminence as the foremost magazine illustrator of his time in the late 19th century, later in life he turned completely to painting. His long and illustrious career takes more room than alloted here to discuss, and is well covered elsewhere on the Internet. This item i...
Ramstonev modernist abstraction - crayon and pastel on paper - circa 1939.
Dimensions - image - 17" x 22 3/4".
Condition - very good, framed.
This work was done during the late 1930's as part of the 'Cooperative' project in the New Hope, Pa. modern art community. Charles Ramsey, Louis Stone and Charles Evans worked collectively on many drawings and paintings during this time. While all three were accomplished artists they decided to suppress their individual egos and c...
Joseph Meierhans modernist oil on board, circa 1940's.
Entitled "Country Abstraction".
Original handmade frame.
Image measures 22" x 26".
Meierhans, b. - 1890 in Switzerland, emigrated to the United States in 1917, eventually settling in Bucks County. He studied under A.N.Lindenmuth and J. Sloan and was a member of the S.Indp.Artists, ASL, Provincetown A.A. and the American Abstract Artists.
"Harbor Scene"
watercolor on paper 36 1/2" x 30 1/2" framed \ 20" x 16" view size
Painter. Born in Matthews, IN on Nov. 9, 1902. At age five Faivre moved with his family to Portland, OR where as a teenager he studied at the Portland Art Gallery and privately with Howard Ellis. He moved to Los Angeles in 1923 and worked as a freelance commercial artist and in the late 1920s went north to San Francisco. He first exhibited in 1934 at the Oakland Art Gallery and continued to exhibit throughou...
"Moulin Rouge"
Oil on canvas, 31.5" x 34.5" framed, 20.5" x 24.5 unframed
This French born artist has been most inspired by the city of Paris, well know for his wonderful depictions of the iconic landmarks of Paris as seen in this wonderful piece. His technique combines both impressionism and classical modernism. This combined with his bold colors creates an exquisite composition on par with great French artist of his time. Posters of his paintings are sold in Europe and can be found on I...
"Rouen"
OIL ON canvas 16 3/4" X 23" UNFRAMED
François Gall was born on May 22, 1912 in Kosovar (Transylvania) to Hungarian parents.
From 1929 to 1930, Gall studied in Rome, with the support of the Hungarian government, at l’Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts. After graduating, at the request of the Hungarian Government, he returned to his native country to study and teach at the Hungarian College.
In December of 1936, François Gall traveled to Paris to study at the l’Ecole Nationa...
This is a Pair of WATERCOLORS signed by the ARTIST: R.E. HOLMES.
From a Maryland Estate, suburb of Washington, DC. Bio of the Artist:
Born in Rosedale, B.C., Canada on March 6, 1917. After graduating from Chouinard Art Institute in 1940, Rosinda Sellers went to work in San Diego in an advertising agency. The following year she married artist Rexford Holmes and moved to San Francisco into Maynard Dixon's old studio (later the Melvin Belli office). After settling on a farm near Healdsburg,...
Ethel M. Stilson
(American)
Hayfield in Summer
Oil on canvas, signed and dated: ‘1905’.
Stilson was an Ohio artist and member of the National Association of Women Artists and the Cleveland Woman’s Art Club. She is listed in Falk, Who Was Who in American Art.
Painting size: 15”x19”
Frame: 23.5”x27.5”
Byron Browne - New York, 1907-1961.
Studied - National Academy of Design.
Member- American Abstract Artists Group of 1938.
Exhibited - Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Institute,
Corcoran Gallery Biennial,
Museum of Modern Art, Pennsylvania Academy among many others.
Ink and watercolor on paper. Image Measures appx. 19" x 26".
Abstract watercolor, by Joseph Meierhans, Bucks County, Pa. modernist, circa 1940's. In very good original condition this work measures appx. 10 1/2" x 14". Estate stamped on verso. Meierhans, b. 1890 in Switzerland, came to the United States in 1917, eventually settling in Bucks County. He studied under A.N. Lindenmuth and J. Sloan. He was a member of the S.Indp.Artists, ASL, Provincetown A.A. and the American Abstract Artists.
Abstract pencil/charcoal on paper - estate stamped 'Ramstonev'. This work was done during the late 1930's as part of the 'Cooperative' project in the New Hope, Pa. modern art community. Charles Ramsey, Louis Stone and Charles Evans worked collectively on drawings and paintings during this time. While all three were accomplished artists they decided to suppress their individual egos and create works in keeping with the leftist philosophies proposed by many of the intellectuals of the time and the...
Cape Ann Harbor Scene
oil on canvas 20" x 16" unframed
Russ Webster was a long time resident of Lynn Massachusetts. He worked as a commercial artist at General Electric in Lynn Massachusetts. He studied in Rockport with Wayne Morrell, Paul Strisick and especially Emile A. Gruppe, who remained a long time friend and traveling companion. His studies with Gruppe took him to Florida, Northern New England and Europe. He paints in a characteristic Cape Ann style clearly influenced by Emile A. Gruppe...