All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Pre 1960 item #1459437 (stock #221099)
Original oil painting on canvas of the Capri coastline by Guglielmo Welters (Italy, 1913-2003). Signed l.r. by the artist. One of three Italian seascapes just added to the website.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1468288
Oil on canvas painting of flowers in a vase, "Gladiolas", 21" by 18", signed at lower right "Shimo" and dated there 59. The artist is OSAMU SHIMODA (1924-2000). This work came out of an eclectic collection of mostly mid 20th century Hawaiian art, much of it apparently purchased in Hawaii at that time; this one retains an old label on stretcher from Sima's Art Gallery, Ala Moana Center, Honolulu 14, Hawaii...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1960 item #757206
Paul M. Roche, American, 1888- , Etching and Drypoint, "Spanish Dancer", image size 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, pencil signed
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : French : Pre 1960 item #1419606 (stock #JB02540)
Oil on canvas landscape painting of a traditional home at the edge of a pond in mid summer, 20 1/2" by 17 1/4" (24 1/2" by 21" framed in older gold interesting frame), signed at lower right corner J. D. Prenne or possibly J.De Prenne. I do not see a listing for that name as spelled but will continue to search. The painting is very nicely executed and pleasing to the eye; it's a very relaxing and calming view...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1960 item #43551 (stock #1288)
Oil on canvas by David Day, dating from 1948. The painting is signed and dated L.R. and is in excellent condition. Contemporary Arts and Crafts gilt frame. David Day studied nude painting in the California studio of Lorser Feitelson in the fourties.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1960 item #1447375 (stock #2134)
L'Enfant Gallery
$3,250.00
Washing by Walter Feldman, 1955. Signed and dated lower right. Artist stamp on reverse. Oil on canvas. Framed. 20” x 30”. Bio*: Walter Feldman (1925 - 2018), born in Lynn Massachusetts.In 1942 he joined Yale School of the Fine Arts but left to join the army where he served in Europe and was awarded 4 battle stars, the Purple Heart and the combat infantry badge. He reentered Yale in 1946, studied with Whilhem deKooning and Josef Albers...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : French : Pre 1960 item #1489938 (stock #Parrens1)
Original oil painting on canvas by Louis Parrens (France, 1904-1994). This work is signed lower left, and again verso. It is titled verso: "Bretagne-Le Guilvinec". 26" by 32" in its gallery frame. In excellent condition.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1037065 (stock #210118)
Original mixed watercolor media on paper by Sigmund (Sig) Abeles (American, born 1934). This painting, an early work contemporary to Abeles' first graphic works, is signed "Abeles" l.r. It is also signed "Sig. Abeles", titled "Striding Man" and dated 55 on verso. In a period frame under glass. Probably an early self-portrait by this important American artist. From the estate of a South Carolina collector, which included also a number of early works by J...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #993574 (stock #BF1)
Large original oil painting on masonite panel by Robert (Bob) Matthew Freimark (American, 1922-2010) in its original artist constructed solid walnut frame. This painting is in beautiful condition. It measures 36" by 48" (slightly more in its frame), is signed with the artist's distinctive early signature l.r. and is titled "View of Sea". Robert Freimark is an important American artist and educator...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1960 item #1342575 (stock #BC024CS)
Original deep etching on copper by Wendell H. Black (American, 1919-1972). First edition printed posthumously by Berkley Chappell. In original unframed condition. 17 by 23 3/8 image alone. Titled and numbered 7/25 in pencil l.l. Also signed "Wendell Black '52 by Elaine" l.r. Plate 15 in "The Lost Works of Wendell H. Black" by Henry Sayre.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1960 item #1443801 (stock #1141)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,500.00
Carlton T CHAPMAN Notre Dame,Moret France,oil on canvas measuring 20x30” American Master Artist 1860-1925
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1960 item #1452976 (stock #221023)
Original watercolor by Nechemia Stencel (Israel, 1904-1991). This mid-century work depicts the old Jaffa clocktower built during the Ottoman period. Signed "N. Stencel" and also in Hebrew l.r. 23" by 29" in its frame. In excellent condition.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1960 item #750294
Adolphe M.T. Beaufrere, French, 1876-1960, Etching, "Quimpere, Brittany", 5/50, initialed Ab 35 in plate, image size 5 13/16 x 8 inches, pencil signed
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #780993 (stock #1204)
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For the last four years, I have researched every aspect of this self-portrait to confirm its artist identity!! Today, I can confirm the artist of this self-portrait, it is ROY FOX LICHTENSTEIN!! I was able to match the 1956 signature to the “rather primitive notion of patterned linear repetition”, or unknown markings (which look like Hebrew) on the side of an airplane in the RFL’s drawing “AIRPLANE 1961”. Similar markings can be found on the RFL’s TEN DOLLAR BILL 1956 Lithograph...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1416605 (stock #JB01204)
Oil on canvas, 12" by 16" (17" by 21" as framed---and likely original frame), signed at lower right by popular listed California artist HERBERT SARTELLE (1885-1955). This is a classic autumn scene of large trees and a lake with distant mountains, executed in Sartelle's unique impressionistic style. The painting probably dates to the 1940s or 1950s. It is in generally good condition, with the typical large cracking seen in a number of his paintings, (visible especially in the sky---see photo)...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1960 item #1422136 (stock #JB03443)
Oil on masonite panel painting of a Texas landscape with oaks and bluebonnet in the spring, 16" by 20", unframed, signed at lower left by artist Nancy McDonald. According to the daughter of the artist, Nancy's paintings were sold in the San Antonio area. She belonged to the River Art Group for many years. McDonald passed away in 2011. The painting is attractive and squarely within the "Bluebonnet School" tradition of Texas art...
All Items : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1960 item #1487348 (stock #3687)
L'Enfant Gallery
$3,000.00
NIGERIAN EKOI MASTERWORK SCULPTURE IN WOOD 7”, mounted to a lucite stand…… Ekoi people, also known as Ejagham, are an ethnic group in southeastern Nigeria and extending eastward into the southwest region of Cameroon. They speak the Ejagham language. Other Ekoi languages are spoken by related groups, including the Etung, some groups in Ikom (such as Ofutop, Akparabong and Nde), some groups in Ogoja (Ishibori and Bansarra), Ufia, and Yakö...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1960 item #1342565 (stock #BC023CS)
Original etching by Wendell H. Black (American, 1919-1972). First edition printed posthumously by Berkley Chappell. In original unframed condition. Titled and numbered 7/25 in pencil l.l. Also signed "Wendell Black '56 by Elaine" l.r. Plate 14 in "The Lost Works of Wendell H. Black" by Henry Sayre.