The Boydell Gallery of paintings from Shakespeare must have been an amazing site in fashionable London in the early 19th century. The publisher, John Boydell, commissioned some of the leading artists of the day to paint scenes from Shakespeare and to display the paintings at the publishers Shakespeare Gallery in Pall Mall. The Gallery published large prints after the paintings in a portfolio that reached 72 prints...

Oil on canvas painting of the modern day Shanghai waterfront, 28" by 32" (34" by 38" framed), signed at lower right by artist HUANG JIE and dated there 2002. This contemporary work shows the old classic buildings and the new distinctive tower and bridge in the distance, all painted in a meticulous and impressive highly impressionistic pointillist technique. I have looked for information on the talented artist but to date cannot pinpoint the artist...

An American portrait miniature of a woman with strong features and striking presence. Excellent condition, although the photo came out somewhat blurry. A card with illegible writing was inside the traveling case which measures 4" by 3 1/8" when closed. The sight size is 2 5/8" by 2".

William Lee Hankey, 1869-1952 British, "The Birthday", etching and drypoint, image size 9 1/4X9 inches, pencil signed, artists blindstamp

An outright rare monotype print work by a Northern California artist, works of whom rarely appear on the art market, JOHN ALOYSIUS STANTON (1857-1929). He signed it in pencil at lower left and dated it there 1904. The subject is a beached small wooden boat attended by several figures, as the sun sets...

Anne Lane studied art at George Mason University in Virginia, completed her education at Saint Patrick’s college, Ireland, where she studied theology and philosophy. The tonal and contemplated intensity of her paintings reflect her 10 years spent working as an artist under the desert sun of New Mexico. Her vibrant style,resonant with color and baroque in detail,swoons its delight over her canvases...

A pretty watercolor of a lakeshore, titled on backing "Reservoir Cristaline/France", signed at lower right illegibly and dated 1959. The work measures 12" by 15 1/4" inside the mat and 21" by 24" in a gold frame. The signature reads something like "B N Fleur" or "Fleury" but to date despite considerable efforts in that direction, I have not been able to identify the obviously talented artist. Watercolor is in excellent condition, frame has wear, especially on bottom and right sides...

Village scene, possibly Nara, issued ca. 1950s, non-limited edition.

Pencil signed in the image beneath red artist’s seal, very good impression and color, untrimmed, full margins, light toning in margins, white tape residue on back of margins, printer’s seal on back of margin.

Overall size: 11 ½ x 17 in., image size: 10 ½ x 15 1/8 in.

By well listed HENDRIK GERRIT TEN CATE (1803-1856) is this 9 1/2" by 13" watercolor on paper painting (15" by 19" as framed), laid long ago to a card, the subject a few chickens pecking the soil in front of a ramshackle thatch roofed structure I would think might be a barn or out building, except for the telltale domestic woodsmoke venting from the roof. The painting is actually signed "H.J. ten Kaet" at lower left...

A striking mixed media work, featuring the whitewashed architecture and Mediterranean light of the island of Djerba, Tunisia, highlighted by an electric blue paint, signed at lower center, dated 1979. There is also extensive writing in modern Hebrew. Measurements are 22" by 30 3/4" (27 3/4" by 36 1/2" in metal framing). The artist is YGAEL TUMARKIN (1933-2021), a well-known, prolific Israeli artist who works in sculpture and painting. Prices for his works have exceeded $25,000 at auction...

A French oil on canvas painting of a flirting couple, the male dressed as a pierrot clown, she in an elegant ornate dress, the work signed at lower left with what appears as "Jos. Bellet". The work could possibly be by JEAN PIERRE JOSEPH ALFRED BELLET DU POISAT (1823-1883), but further research may be required to confirm the artist. Measurements are 13" by 9 3/4" (20 1/2" by 16 3/4" in old gold frame)...

Large contemporary Haitian painting with an enormous amount of detail and pleasing color, 31 1/2" by 23 1/2" (37 1/2" by 29" in shiny black plastic framing), signed at lower right by artist Felden Lafleur. Take some time to study the images, filled with amazing intricacies that must have taken days to create. The work is in excellent, unusually fresh condition; frame has some wear.

Hand colored lithograph titled, “THE BATTERY, NEW YORK/BY MOONLIGHT.” N. Currier lower left, address lower right. Promenade under the leafy trees with the full moon lighting the harbor with sailing vessels. Kennedy Galleries label taken from the earlier back board, now on the new backing. Sight size 9 x 12 ½ inches, over all with frame, 16 1/8 x 19 1/8 inches.

Condition: Minor tears in the margins and some slight discoloration, but otherwise good condition.

Oil on canvas still life of red roses on a table with ceramic vessel, 17" by 39" as framed. The painting is executed in the Victorian style, but I think it probably dates to the final years of the 19th century or early years of the 20th. I cannot find a signature. There is a framer's stamp on the stretcher from Grand Rapids, Michigan, giving some hint as to its origin perhaps. Also the corner keys are of the post-1885 style...

Sinochkin, Russian painter,Nude in a Dacha,watercolor 13x10”,Fs18x16”

Anne Lane studied art at George mason University in Virginia, completed her education at Saint Patrick’s college, Ireland, where she studied theology and philosophy. The tonal and contemplated intensity of her paintings reflect her 10 years spent working as an artist under the desert sun of New Mexico. Her vibrant style,resonant with color and baroque in detail,swoons its delight over her canvases...

An original antique monotype oil on paper of a path through a forest by Joseph Henry Sharp. Oil on paper board signed lower right presented in a vintage period frame. Measuring overall size 17.5" x 22.5". Biography, Born in Bridgeport, OH on Sept. 27, 1859, Joseph Henry Sharp was raised in Ironton and Cincinnati...

Oil on canvas painting of a coastal bluff with gentle incoming waves, possibly Rhode Island near Newport but most certainly New England, 12" by 16" (20" by 24" nicely framed), signed at lower right and dated there (likely, a little hard to read) 1908, by Massachusetts artist of the famous Fall River School, BRYANT CHAPIN (1859-1927). Chapin's still life works of fruit, his specialty, have auctioned into five figures, but he did execute some landscapes and coastal scenes, (some of them of the Is...

Unframed watercolor painting of a tawny Australian landscape, signed at lower right by artist PETER BOUSFIELD and titled there "Murrumbidgee River nr Canberra", measuring 10" by 12". Bousfield is a recognized artist who studied at the Australian Watercolor Institute and Royal Art Society of New South Wales. He studied with Will Ashton. Most active between 1901 and 1937, he was obviously a traveler, his subject matter ranging from Australia through much of New Zealand, and also in places more ...

persimmons galore. 81-3 added. * means I own it.

A fine pastel landscape depicting a modernist view of a Forrest. Signed lower left Pilar VESQUEZ,Measuring 18” x21”. Framed and matted.

Watercolor on paper of wildflowers in a ceramic vessel, and what appear to be cherries in the foreground, 19 3/4" by 15 1/2" as framed, signed at lower right with a signature that looks like "M. Bals-Werthmann" or similar, and dated there 1944. I don't see a listing for that name or variants I have tried. The artist, working during the darkest days of World War II, must have been wanting to try to bring a little brightness to grim times. The work is a little oxidized and the mat is simple cut...

Samuel Chamberlain, American, 1895-1975, drypoint etching, "The Verdant Village", image size: 6 1/2 x 11 inches. 1931, edition 75/100, cat. Chamberlain and Kingsland-107, pencil signed, numbered and titled. This scene of Bellefontain, Ile-de-France, exhibits Chamberlain's ability to create subtle gradation in plate tone.

Lithograph on paper, the title "Nuit Blanche" ("White Night"), 17 1/4" by 12" inside the innermost of two mats (20 1/2" by 15 3/4" as framed), signed in pencil within the image at lower right by the well-known Belgian-born modern artist PIERRE ALECHINSKY (1927-), and numbered at lower left 222/300. This a modern image was published in 1969. The artist is a major figure in late 20th century art's CoBrA movement, counted as one of the founders of it in 1949. The oil paintings sell for significant ...

Frederick H Swoffer, British School, early 20th century pair of prints of boys "La Guaira" plate signed on both F.H.S /25 one pencil signed below etching plate mark. Both matted. sight 5" by 6.5"

This is a rather large oil on canvas work, 30" by 39" (43" by 34" as framed), signed at lower right "DeShazo", the subject a landscape with houses, church, and lonely leaning telephone pole. The work is not titled and the artist is not apparently listed. I originally thought this might be an early or atypical work by the noted painter William DeShazo, but the wife of the artist has stated that this is absolutely not by his hand, so, I am offering it as a decorative work, The painting probabl...

A colorful contemporary painting of villagers in Africa going about their daily activities, 15" by 18 1/2" in hand painted colorful frame, unsigned. On the reverse in an English-influenced style of handwriting is written: "Village Life/Two women are carrying buckets of water and the other is sweeping while the other is pounding. Boys are herding cattle and the mother is bathing the baby while men are drinking beer. Two women are carrying bundles of firewood". This charming inscription, whic...

This silkscreen offering is said by some to depict Kabuki make-up. It is 8sq inches and in excellent condition. See picture 4, the title, where Maki seems to have written Kuma 92/--his numeral 1 was usually a straightforward vertical 1.

Alexander Gassel Deco Cubist "Red woman of Roof Top" tempera and mineral pigments on canvas with a curved corner Deco black lacquer frame . Size 12" bt 16" signed lower left corner dated "A Gassel 94" good condition faint specking in some areas . The Museum of Russian Icons presened Painted Poetry, a retrospective exhibition of contemporary works by Russian-born American artist and designer Alexander Gassel through Sep 2021.His painting style derives as much from icon painting as from early 20...

Original oil painting on canvas by Edgar Yaeger (USA, 1904-1997), signed and dated 1984 l.r. Also bearing gallery label from the Cincinnati Art Galleries stating the title of the work ("The Overlook"). Yaeger's work has been shown in such venues as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Corcoran Gallery, the AIC, PAFA, etc. One of two works by this artist currently available.

Black ink on paper still life including wine bottle, Asian pot in foreground, potted plant and objects on a distant table, 17 1/4" by 11 1/4" (25" by 19" as framed), signed at lower right by well listed artist WAYNE LA COM (1922-). The economy of draftsmanship in this ink drawing reminds of the skilled pen technique of Henri Matisse and his famous nudes. La Com is known for his skilled watercolors in the 20th century California Scene style. Many works were executed in Hawaii of familiar Hawaiia...

An egg tempera on gesso with gilt painting capturing the face of Jesus with piercing eyes.There is gilt loss throughout and chipping at the corners. Sold as is. The board measures 17-1/4" x 14-1/2".

Cubist Still Life by local DC artist Paco Lane, 40x48 . 1987. 6500.00……… Paco Jacques Lane was born on October 24, 1969 in Virginia just outside of Wash- ington DC. From an early childhood Paco was encouraged The artist in Greenwich CT, 2003. and allowed great freedom to pursue a natural interest in the visual arts. With parents who were liberally and intellectually minded Paco recalls the excursions to the National Gallery and Phillips Collection from an early age and dinner table c...

After the great world-renowned master MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985), this is the 1972 Galerie Maeght lithograph poster "Artist as Phoenix", issued in an edition of 5000. The print has fresh bright colors, although it is evenly rumpled from age (no creases, just not a flat surface). It can be shipped rolled in a tube (for lower cost shipping than indicated) or with green metal mid-century spring-clip style poster frame (the present shipping quote). Chagall's imagery drawing upon his youth in Jewish ...

Italian Artist MARTUCCI what is an Italian artist in the 20th century this work is a Neapolitan view of Naples measuring 15 x 23“ in a very beautiful matching 19th century frame that measures 24 x 32“

Felipe Castaneda b.1933 Mexico, Mother & Child Bronze 16 inch high, 10 1/2 inches deep, and 7.5 inches wide. Edition of 3;beautiful patina on a wood base. Signed lower right side dated 1969

Abstract Figure Trio by Ephrem Kouakou. Oil on Canvas. 40 x 48" Ephrem Kouakou is one of the world’s foremost African painters. He currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland, and Ivory Coast, West Africa. His powerful, vivid paintings are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum, New York, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington DC. and Fondo Del Sol Museum, Washington DC. He is noted for his bold blending of indigenous African visual sensibilities and folk motifs w...

Authentic antique, large 18th-century Greek Orthodox icon triptych, finely hand-painted on wood panels. The center wooden panel has a niche carved as a raised arch. Within is an image of the crowned Mother of God (Theotokos), flanked by the Greek script.

The Virgin crowned and nimbate, in a richly embroidered veil, supports a small, rather adult-looking Christ child on the one hand. The Christ is dressed in an elaborate gown and holds a "globus cruciger" in the right hand.

"The top t...

One of Anne Lane’s series of sorrowful themed oils. This piece measures 40 x 30“ oil on canvas Anne Lane studied art at George Mason University in Virginia, completed her education at Saint Patrick’s college, Ireland, where she studied theology and philosophy. The tonal and contemplated intensity of her paintings reflect her 10 years spent working as an artist under the desert sun of New Mexico. Her vibrant style,resonant with color and baroque in detail,swoons its delight over her canvase...

L. De Tourneville French Watercolor 19th century 8x10” Parisian scene titled “Champs Elises”

A beautiful 1930s oil on canvas unsigned, framed 24” x 30” depicting a rural country scene in the style of Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American painter, muralist, and printmaker. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. The fluid, sculpted figures in his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the United States. His work is strongly associated with the Midwestern United States, ...

French Artist Françoise SYLVAND is known for bold paintings and this painting is one of the collages famously done with Mixmedia using metal acrylic and found objects He is also known for his very realistic work like this piece. This work measures 28x32”

A magnificent and imaginative work on paper signed “Calder” Color lithograph , titled “The Way To The World” 1968 the work framed and matted size is 39” x 52” The lithograph measures 29” x 42” The painting comes well framed and matted. The Frame is matte silver metal

Anne Lane studied art at George Mason University in Virginia, completed her education at Saint Patrick’s college, Ireland, where she studied theology and philosophy. The tonal and contemplated intensity of her paintings reflect her 10 years spent working as an artist under the desert sun of New Mexico. Her vibrant style,resonant with color and baroque in detail,swoons its delight over her canvases. The subjects and themes of her art, reflect her fascination with people, particularly the phycho...

Early and Eighteenth Century oil on canvas of a very joyful seen more information coming soon

A refined old drawing titled "Caterskill Clove" dated Oct. 7, 1859, the subject a famed rocky gorge in the eastern part of the Catskill mountains of New York State (google "Catskill Clove" for full information on this renowned scenic area). The work is apparently unsigned. There are any number of listed artists of the Hudson River School who could have created the drawing; Sanford Robinson Gifford, William Hart, Asher Durand and many others of note painted in the area. There are some fox mark...

A wonderful pair of miniature portraits of two young near identical twin boys, painted on organic material. Although it might often be a decent bet that any attractive English portraits of young children done in this time period were by William Egley (joking, sort of) I cannot, in good conscience, make that attribution, so the artist will, at least for now, remain unidentified.

Possibly Scottish, and in excellent condition, each portrait has a sight size of 1 7/8" by 1 1/2". They are mou...

Beautiful Italian work by VIANI signed Villa d’Este Italy o/c 16x20”

The size of Sheet: 11 x 10 5/8
Image size: 9 x 8 1/2
Artist: Jo Ann Mulroy
Medium: Serigraph
The Title: One Two More II
The condition: Excellent. It never been framed The year of Serigraph: 1990
Edition No.: 5/20
Signed on lower right in pencil by Artist: Jo Ann Mulroy
This is very unique Serigraph work first time showing in our website. The condition of Serigraph is excellent. It never been framed. I had this serigraph last 19 years stored away. We w...

Léon Bakst (Russian: Леон (Лев) Николаевич Бакст, Leon (Lev) Nikolaevich Bakst) – born as Leyb-Khaim Izrailevich (later Samoylovich) Rosenberg, Лейб-Хаим Израилевич (Самойлович) Розенберг (27 January (8 February) 1866[1][2] – 28 December 1924) was a Russian painter and scene and costume designer of Belarusian origin. He was a member of the Sergei Diaghilev circle and the Ballets Russes, for which he designed exotic, richly coloured ...

A watercolor on paper of people conversing and socializing in a square or city street, the sheet 15" by 11", the drawing 12 1/2" by 8 1/2" (22 1/2" by 18" in newish gold framing), the work indecipherably signed in red below the linen mat. The signature looks like "Arnold Balg(xxxxx)" or any number of variations of that, but to date I have been unable to tie this to a listed artist. The work came from the liquidated collection of eastern Pennsylvania theatre owner mogul Merton Shapiro (also of ...

An extremely fine depiction of an older woman, attributed to Charles Jagger, done in watercolor on natural wafer. Jagger was known to draw with a high degree of accuracy and talent, especially in the faces of his subjects, and that is certainly the case here. Also note the way the lace edges and the satin dress are highlighted. The condition of this 3 1/8" by 2 1/2" work is excellent, as is that of the period 5 1/4" by 4 5/8" wood frame.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Charles Jagger (c1770 - 1827)...

From our African Collection: Fante Akuaba Doll, circa 1960. Akua'ba (sometimes spelled Akwaba or Akuba) are wooden ritual fertility dolls from Southern Ghana and nearby areas. The best known akua'ba are those of the Fanti people, “Fanti Dolls” whose akua'ba have large, disc-like heads. Other tribes in the West Africa region (f.ex. Kru and Igbo people) have their own distinctive style of akua'ba. Traditionally, these dolls are carried on the back of young women either hoping to conceiv...

This is a fine pastel on paper work, 9" by 11 1/2" inside the mat, 15 1/4" by 17 1/4" as simply framed in wood, the subject a low desert with saguaro cactus near a desert wash at right center, a range of brooding desert peaks in the distance. The work is signed by the artist on the original mat at lower left corner. Condition of the drawing is superb. The outer portion of the mat is browned and a bit discolored with age, but since the mat contains the signature, if you reframe you would want ...

This work is a mixed media on paper measuring 44” x 31”… Ephrem Kouakou is one of the world’s foremost African painters. He currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland, and Ivory Coast, West Africa. His powerful, vivid paintings are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum, New York, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington DC. and Fondo Del Sol Museum, Washington DC. He is noted for his bold blending of indigenous African visual sensibilities and folk motifs with Wes...

Valentine Green, British, 1739-1813, mezzotint after Reynolds, "Self Portrait of Sir Joshua Reynolds", 1780, plate size: 19 x 15 inches, signed in the plate. Water stains along the bottom edge of the sheet, outside of the plate mark.

Oil on canvas painting of a dirt track in an autumn forest, 16" by 24" (25 1/2" by 33 1/4" as framed), signed at lower right by the noted Indiana impressionist, EDWARD SITZMAN (1874-1949). This is a peaceful scene of late autumn. The artist is known for his watercolor and oil paintings of such landscapes, usually lacking figures. Watercolors are more commonly seen, the oils relatively scarce. This example needs to be cleaned and varnished as the surface is dry and blanched, but with that cle...

A watercolor painting featuring a street scene in exotic Cusco, Peru, the imagery of a steep walkway in the high altitude mountain city, a lone figure in classic, native Andean dress descending the steps, an extensive view of tiled rooftops, whitewashed buildings and churches completing the middle distance, as serrated mountain ranges fill the horizon. The 10 7/8" by 7 1/2" painting (15 1/4" by 12 1/4" framed) is signed at lower left "ORE" and dated there 1980. Condition is excellent. The gra...

Benson Bond Moore (American 1882-1974)

"Sunset on the Potomac"

Oil on board, signed lower left and titled on the reverse

Painting: 10" x 14"
Frame: 13.5" x 17.5"

Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector

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Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washington, DC. He studied at the Corcoran S...

Beautiful contemporary WWI Portrait of General Black Jack Pershing dated 1918, done in oil on panel measures 20x16” by American artist J.Smack 1872-1965