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...
G. Ralph Smith (b. 1907, Circleville, Ohio,lived Phila,PA)
Drawing, c...
By the famous and important American-born artist who lived much of his life in Europe, this is a PAIR of unframed portrait paintings of a middle aged man and middle aged woman, one signed on the reverse "Cucuel" and dated there 1934, the other not signed. The portrait of the man (on the reverse of which is a lightly sketched out female face) measures 30" by 25 1/2" and that of the woman 25 1/2" by 20". These are works by the important San Francisco born artist EDWARD ALFRED CUCUEL (1875-1954)...
Gouache on paper laid on board, 20" by 14 1/4", signed at top left and dated 1960 by the artist, RASIK DUGASHANKER RAVAL (1928-1980). This is a modernistic view of three Indian women, balancing pots on their heads, a goat grazing at lower left among their anklet draped feet. The artist's works have sold into five figures at Sotheby's auctions of contemporary and modern Indian art...
Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Painted Miniature Brooch
Oil-on-canvas, unsigned
Mid 19th Century
Painting: 20 ¼” x 16 ½”
Frame: 24 ¼” x 201/4”
Follower of Barend Cornelius Koekkoek
(Dutch, 1803-1862)
Landscape with Farmhouse and Sheep
Oil on canvas, signed lower left.
Painting Size: 11” x 14”
Frame Size: 16.5 ” x 19.5”
Koekkoek was a student of his father the artist Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek and of Schelfhout Van Os at the Academy of Amsterdam. He married the daughter of the painter J.A. Daiwaille. In 1845 the Dutch king commissioned numerous paintings from Koekkoek...
Charles A. Watson (American, 1857-1923)
Moonlight on the Chesapeake
Oil on canvas, signed lower right
Painting size: 12” x 10”
Frame size: 15.5” x 13.5”
** For other paintings by artists from Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC or North Carolina, click on the “Regional Artists” button on our Homepage.
Watson was born in Baltimore, MD. He studied with A. Castaigne, E.S. Whiteman and D. Woodward...
Benson Bond Moore
(American 1882-1974)
Old Willow in Winter, Anacostia
Oil-on-artist board,
signed lower right and titled on reverse
Painting: 11” 14”
Frame: 17” x 20”
Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washington, DC. He studied at the Corcoran School of Art with Messer and Brooke , and also with Weyl ...
Venus at Her Bath
After a model (1757) by Christophe Gabriel Allegrain (French,1710 - 1795)
Executed by Maison Susse Foundry after 1839
Bronze, 16" tall x 5" x5", stamped "Susse. fre. Edt."
Known for their fine casting and patinas the Susse Foundry produced both antique bronzes and bronzes by contremporary 19th Century artists.
*Please note: This is an original antique bronze, not a modern re-strike, and is so guaranteed.
Arthur Heyer (German/Hungarian, 1872-1931)
White Cat in the Tall Grass
Oil on canvas, signed lower right
Painting Size: 16” x 20”
Frame Size: 22.5 “ x 26.5”
11117
Heyer was born in Haarhausen, Germany and studied at the College of Applied Arts in Berlin. In 1896 he moved to the village of Rakospalota near Budapest where he lived until his death...
Pasquale Ruggiero (1851-1916). Oil on Board. Cavalier in Tavern. Signed Lower Left "P Ruggiero Napoli (Naples)" Dimensions; 19.5" x 14.5"; framed 24.5" x 19.5". Excellent Condition.
A beautifully crafted oil on board painting of a barge and its brightly painted bow at a river dock in Europe, 13 3/4" by 17" (19 1/2" by 23" in inexpensive modern frame). signed at lower left by master Hungarian artist ERVIN KORMENDI-FRIM (1885-1939). A number of small figures, a bridge span, and distant buildings complete the richly-painted scene. The distinct structure at center right in the distance could provide a clue as to where in Europe this might be...
Fresh to the market (acquired in southern Pennsylvania antique shop), an oil on canvas landscape of typical tawny gold hills in late summer, signed at lower left by the well-listed California artist MANUEL VALENCIA (1856-1935). The work measures 15 3/4" by 24" on the stretcher, 20 1/2" by 28 1/2" in present frame...
Classical English Porcelain Sculpture Of Hercules Lusterware c.1900 A beautiful and rare work measuring 18 in tall
Born in German, known for his farm scenes of northern New York, he painted at Lake George before moving to the mid-Atlantic. He was a 19th century artist who also taught art. Little else is known
Watercolor/gouache on board painting, 19 1/4" by 12 3/4", the subject the interior of a Jewish place of worship, signed at lower left by the well listed Jewish artist MAX BAND (1900-1974). Band was born in Lithuania and spent much of his earlier life in Paris, after study at the Berlin Academy. His works often feature Judaic themes, though subject matter can range from florals to European urban vistas to genre and portraits...
Rudy Burckhardt famous photographer and painter (Swiss-American, 1914-1999) watercolor and pencil on paper depicting a nude female standing with chair in original gallery frame painted in cream enamel. Signed lower right. Press notice on the back from the gallery where this painting was purchased it is also signed by Rudy, it states that the art in this show was painted in the woods where he was staying in 1973. Measures 12 3/8" x 9 5/8" + 1/2" (1.2cm) frame.
Louis-Auguste-Mathieu Legrand (b.1863-d.1951)
Original mixed media of gouache, etching, collage, and ink drawing of a French can can dancer c. 1900 signed lower left.
Louis Legrand was an important artist of the Belle Epoque in France in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Dijon and in 1884 moved to Paris.
In good condition some minor touch ups to gouache paint.
Image measuring 10.5"x11.5" overall framed size 17"x18.5"