AMERICAN ARTIST ANNA ELKAN MELTZER 1896-1974 , klezmer Player, circa 1940, oil on canvas measuring about 72” x 36”, signed lower right. New York Artist who also taught painting. ......She was born on the Lower East Side of New York City to Russian immigrant parents, Rudolph (Joseph) and Sarah Elkan. Her father was employed in a dry goods store shortly after her birth, and was described as being employed in "real estate" in 1920...

A nicely executed large watercolor painting of a vase with lilies and cattails, on a table top with candlestick prop, the entire sheet 27" by 22 1/2" (31" by 27" framed), signed under the mat by listed American artist LONA MILLER KEPLINGER (1876-1956). The work has an Arts and Crafts feeling. Colors are rich and not sun faded. The artist was born in Indiana and is most closely associated with Maryland, where the 1930 census information shows her living in Bethesda...

Bio: Ernesto Alcántara (1933 - 2019) created a vast body of work along many themes: volcanoes, the Sierra Gorda, seascapes, landscapes, nudes, still life works, travel sketches, political satire, fairy tales drawn for his daughter, characters, with Sor Juana, Don Quixote, and Rembrandt being predominant.   His techniques include oil on linen, prepared by him in his studio with rabbit glue, linseed oil, and tempera; engravings on copper or zinc using burin, dry point, etching, or soft ground;...

A desert landscape Scene dated 1953 Tehran by the artist Vartanian, a prominent Iranian Artist. watercolor on Paper 18 x 14“, frame size 24 x 20“

Oil on canvas laid on board, 18" by 12", (25 1/2" by 19 1/2" in its quality gilt frame), apparently faintly signed at lower right and bearing the artist's red estate stamp on the reverse. This is an impressionistic view of a mother or nanny and her two young children, one in a baby carriage, by a well listed painter...

By listed Southern California artist BERTHA TOWNSEND COLER (1865-1948), a large, bulk group of unframed works that came from the liquidation of the contents of a Pacific Palisades home, the owners related to the artist. There were many, many works by the artist at the liquidation (see the framed oils elsewhere in my shop), a number of which I procured. Offered here as a group are 23 watercolors (5 double-sided), and one unstretched oil landscape. TWELVE of the works are signed...

A vintage impressionist oil on board painting with modernist touches, unsigned, 20" by 16". The work is probably by a listed artist but alas there is no signature. The almost Cubistic handling of the cloth and rear drape and the foreshortened space are most interesting. The work probably dates to about the 1940's. Unframed, and with some small faults common to older paintings, including light soiling, a few minor losses, edge losses etc.

Oil on canvas landscape of steep red rock cliffs bordering a canyon in which a lone rider and his horse are to be seen at lower right, 20" by 24" (24" by 28" in white frame), signed at lower left by well listed Texas and New Mexico-associated artist (JOHN) GAITHA BROWNING (1912-1992). The painting is titled on the reverse canvas in pencil "Red Rocks Country"...

Item - Oil on Canvas, cityscape, by Joseph Giunta. Measures app. 23" x 29". Condition - very good and original. Artist - Giunta born in Montreal Canada in 1911, studied at the Montreal School of Fine Arts. His career spanned over 70 years. In his early period from 1930 to 1960 he created portraits, still lifes and landscapes. His later works were more abstract in nature...

A original vintage oil painting of a Beautiful Girl with Flowers oil on canvas panel by Adrian Lamb. Signed lower left and presented in a contemporary gallery frame. The artist panel measures 8 x 10" overall framed size 15 x 18". Adrian Lamb (1901-1988) was born in New York City, where in the mid-1920s he studied at the Art Students League under Frank Vincent DuMond and George Bridgman...

張大千 並蒂圖 水墨設色描金紙本立軸 1944年作 款識：红豔凝香带露開，春風拂槛舊亭臺。可憐飛燕却歸來。 一曲霓裳使月堕，半鈎繡幕紫雲迴。殆人嬌弱与低徊。浣溪沙偶憶文華殿有錢玉潭此圖復擬之。甲卯嘉平月大千張爰。 鈐印：張爰之印、大千、大風堂供養。 出版目錄： 2009年3月：《張大千畫集》（福建美術出版社中國名家畫集系列）；Page 122。 Hanging Scroll of Portrait o...

A wonderful oil on canvas of landscape with sheep, Hackensack River by the New England Artist Robert Van Boskerck 1855-1932. The artist who lived in the Boston area painted most of his life there. This work is an oil on canvas measuring 16” x 24”

Russell Cowles (1887–1979) was an American artist who painted landscapes, still lifes, and human forms in a style that combined both modernist and traditional elements. In 1947 the New York Times critic Howard Devree said "his work shows a remarkably dynamic understanding of both traditional occidental and oriental painting as well as of the abstract principles which activate and underlie the modern movement as such"

This is a work by a significant and interesting figure in the history of early 20th century art and culture.......a watercolor and gouache painting, 14 1/2" by 21" (and 2" wide frame), signed at lower right in pencil "Charles R. Hulbeck" and dated "42". I did some research and determined that that name was a pen name for RICHARD HUELSENBECK (1892-1974), one of the earliest founders and participants in the Dada phenomenon in the teens and 1920's...

By the German woman artist Meta Pluckebaum (1876-1945) is this **HAND SIGNED IN PENCIL** etching of two Scottish Terriers, the sheet measuring 5 1/2" by 8 1/4" inside the old mat. At lower left the artist has titled this "Zwei Rowdies". Pluckebaum was born in Germany and studied with Hermann Emil Pohle. Her subjects included child and animal portraits (the latter, mostly cats and dogs), and still life. She was also an illustrator of children's books...

Gouache, ink and pencil on thin board snow scene, probably in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, measuring 4 3/4" by 5 3/4" (12" by 13" as framed) signed at lower right by noted California artist FRANK WILLIAM CUPRIEN (1871-1948)...

Oil on canvas impressionist still life of flowers, 24" by 30" (30" by 36" in the vintage, period frame), signed at lower right by listed California artist Edwin L. Forker (1876-1958). Born in Pennsylvania, Forker was in California by 1918. He is known today for the body of decorative paintings he left for posterity. This work is in excellent condition, having come directly from a West Los Angeles house where it was displayed for many years.

This is a double-sided drawing of figures by the very well listed American artist RICO (FEDERICO) LEBRUN (1900-1964), measuring 9 1/2" by 7 1/2" (10 3/4" by 8 3/4" in temporary protective framing). The front side shows a figure of a warrior, drawn rapidly in ink; at the bottom in pencil is "to Kate/from Rico--1948"...

Fine oil on canvas painting of a quiet street and buildings on a gray day in winter, possibly Montmartre, signed at lower right by the highly regarded French School of Montmartre painter ALPHONSE-LEON QUIZET (1885-1955). Quizet though not a household name today, was a significant figure in the group of artists painting the bohemian, and in some parts, country-like Montmartre neighborhood on the outskirts of Paris in the first half of the century. Quizet was born in Paris and was headed for a c...

William MCDOWELL Bomber oil on board 15x11” British artist 1888-1950 worked for several magazines in the 1930s and 40s up till his death.

Helmut Linsser (1920-2003) Listed German Expressionist Gouache 26" x 20" AN ORIGINAL GOACHE PAINTING by HELMUT LINSSER Helmut Linsser was born in Meiningen, Germany in 1920 and died in Canada in 2003. A student of mathematics, in his Expressionist art, Linsser strove to display a balance between the geometry and the spirit of nature and the architecture of the human spirit. A student of Fernand Leger, Frank Schaeffer in the mid 1950's, seeing the talent in the young Linsser encouraged ...

ANTHONY THEIME-1888-1954; DUTCH/AMERICAN SCENE IN HOLLAND; Oil on Canvas; Signed lr A Theime Thieme was born in Rotterdam, Holland in 1888;and trained at the Royal Academy in Holland and in Italy and Germany. He was a painter, a teacher and an ardent traveler. In 1917, he came to America and settled in Rockport, MA where he established and taught at the Thieme School of Art. One sees the influence of his travels in the various subject matters and scenes he paints. He exhibited widely incl...

Doel Reed 1894-1985 American Southwest This is an original aquatint etching by American artist Doel Reed. This image was created and printed in 1941 in an edition of 100. This was originally sold through Associated American Artists in New York. The image measures 8 15/16X14 7/8 inches. Pencil signed lower right.

“Venetian Canal” Oil on Canvas, 10.6”x 13.8” unframed Antoine Bouvard Senior was born at St. Jean-de-Bournay in L'Isere in 1870. He trained as an architect and studied art and architecture under Constant-Dufeus at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He became the Director of Architectural Services for the Seine, and was responsible for the construction of the Bourse du Travail and the Boulevard Morland in Paris. His paintings show the influence of Felix Ziem, reflecting his love of Ven...

English Marine painter known for brilliant paintings of ships and seascapes. Painted oil on canvas measuring 32x42” in its original gold frame

Set of THREE Italian circa 1946 paintings on canvas, in decorative gold matching frames, unsigned, each 9" by 11 1/4" as framed, the subject familiar scenes of Venice, executed in the classical eighteenth century style of Canaletto or Guardi. These works were commonly produced for the tourist trade by talented artists. This set evidently dates to the immediate post-war period, as one bears a date stamp on reverse, 3 Ottobre 1946 and a "Made in Italy" circular sticker. Condition is generally ...

This is an OIL PAINTING on Board by the Listed 20th Century Artist: HERMANN NEPOLSKY. Ca. 1950 the size is 23 3/4" X 31 1/2" board; 38 1/4" X 29 1/4" Framed. An unusual Scene on a Western Plain depicted by the Artist. This Artist's works have realized sales at Auction in the one thousand dollar range

Oil on canvas, 20" by 16" and simple wood frame 1 3/4" wide, signed at lower left in capital letters by the artist, ARTHUR CARL WEIGLE, and dated there "30". This is a charming scene of an earlier California, the iconic subject being the 18th century Mission Santa Barbara. Note the figure curled up on the steps, the leaning palm, and the beautifully painted eucalyptus leaves. The overall light palette reminds one of C. W. Nicholson's works or possibly Dana Bartlett. Surprisingly, I do not se...

“Still Life with Fruit and Bowl” oil on canvas 13.5” x 16.75” Georges d’Espagnat was painter, illustrator and stage designer. He left for Paris at the age of 18 to attend the School of Fine Arts. His first exhibition was at the Salon des Refuses and he exhibited regularly at the Salon des Independents, the Salon d’Automne, the Galerie Durand-Ruel in Paris and New York, where d’Espagnat gave a one-man show. While at the academy, d’Espagnat rejected the formalities of the academy a...

Recently acquired from a Southern California German-American family liquidating a household, are twenty-one watercolor paintings by "Uncle Max" (Markus "Max" Hansen, 1898-), featuring mostly Old World landscapes and street scenes, with a few interiors in the mix. Some are framed in wood, some unframed, some have glass, some do not, some are signed, some are not. The artist was talented but is unknown outside of the family. Born in 1898, he lived in Eppertshausen between Frankfurt and Darmstad...

Carl M. Schultheiss, German/American, 1885-1961, engraving, "Goatherd", image size: 8 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches, pencil signed. Presentation Print for the Society of Print Connoisseurs, Society blindstamp lower left. Provenance: Baldwin-Wallace College.

An original gouache (or casein, tempera, etc.) on paper of a Native American male warrior, signed at lower right by the noted artist WOODROW WILSON BIG BOW (1914-1988) and dated there '50. This is an earlier work by the artist, who was born in Carnegie, Oklahoma, the grandson of Chief Big Bow. The artist studied at the University of Oklahoma in 1939. In the course of a career in fine art, he was a set painter for western movies, and painted murals, which adorn the RCA Building in New York and...

Abraham Rosenthal (Russian/American, 1886-1963) oil on artist board painting of Rockport Harbor. Size: 16 inches x 20 inches. Abraham Rosenthal was a Russian born, American painter who lived in New York and Rockport, Massachusetts. He studied at the Art Students League, Cooper's Union, and was a student of Emile A. Gruppe. He was a member of the Rockport Art Association. Condition is excellent; offered in a gilt wood frame. Signed lower right.

An old oil on gray board painting of a stone bridge over the Seine River in central Paris, in high autumn. The work measures 9" by 12" (11 3/4" by 14 3/4" in attractive maybe 1930's frame). The signature at lower left appears to be "E Turner", the "E" placed on top of the "T". If I am reading this correctly, there does not appear to be a listed artist that would correspond. In any event, the work is excellent, and by a trained hand.

Original mid-century watercolor landscape by George Zachary Constant (American, born in Greece, 1892-1978). Circa 1945-1955. Signed l.r. In excellent condition. 21" by 26"in its gallery frame. George Constant was an important modernist who created art in a number of media for the WPA program. His works can be found in a number of institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Portrait Gallery, the Philadelphia Museum, the Brooklyn Museum of A...

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a young dark-haired woman, seen in profile from the shoulders up, 6 1/4" by 7 1/2" inside the mat, 12 1/4" by 13 1/2" in modern framing, signed rather illegibly in pencil at lower left. The signature could be "Gillian Evans" or similar, though this is a guess. There is an English artist by that name who is known for her portraits of people and animals, though I cannot tie this drawing to her. There is a Great Barrington, Massachusetts framer's label on the re...