This early work, done November 1931, while Studying in New York with other ashcan School Artist……. Alfred McNamara was born in Tompkinsville, Staten Island and lived most of his life in Staten Island. He was heavily influenced by John Sloane, Edward Hopper, and others of the Ashcan School in the 1920's and 1930's. During the 1930's, he received his basic art training under Walter Drewes, through a program sponsored by the WPA (Works Projects Administration) at the Brooklyn Museum of Art...

For your rustic lake cabin, second home, or Adirondack style interior, a well executed pastel drawing of a lake landscape with tent and figures, 17 1/2" by 29 1/2" (21" by 34" as simply framed), signed at lower right by noted American pastel artist ANDREW GUNDERSON (1888-1964). Gunderson is grouped today with such pastellists as William Chandler and Glatthaar...

Ink drawing with some pencil outlining visible, subject an idyllic northern lake bordered by tall spruce or pines, a ti-pi with Indian at center left, a canoe plying the waters at center distance, signed at lower left "Leb-Wendell", 7" by 9 3/4", 12 1/2" by 15" as framed. At first I though this an etching but close up inspection reveals it to be actually an ink drawing with fine detail. One can see the pencil outlining and guide lines placed by the artist...

A very well done etching by (William Nugent) measures 11x9 inch. The artist was working in the style of Pablo Picasso..this work of the classic mother and child is a beautiful example more info coming soon

INDIAN/PERSIAN SCHOOL , 19TH CENTURY, TWO FRAMED MANUSCRIPTS, 9 X 5 1/4 In. Frame: 12 1/2 X 9 In.

Vintage and early Hawaiian art is scarce to rare, and desirable. This is a 1932 etching, "Hawaii Hall", one of the principal buildings of the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus, on Oahu. It is pencil signed at lower right margin. An image of this print is included in the university's yearbook for 1932. The work is presently unframed, behind a mat, and it is simply taped at top edge...

Watercolor on paper painting of classic buttes and mesas of the great Southwest, possibly Arizona or Utah, 22 1/2" by 28" as framed, the work signed in very small writing at lower right with what appears as "E. T. Bell" and dated there July 4, 1933 (or, possibly, 1935). The painting is a strong watercolor by a talented hand but if I am reading this correctly, there does not appear to be a known artist of that name...

This gifted artist was born in the Tyrolean Alps in 1911. He studied in Munich and Viena. Returning to his homeland, he specialized in painting portraits. His subjects were usually sun-browned peasants, depicted with brilliant realism and detail. He has exhibited and has received wide acclaim throughout Europe and the United States. The painting measures 8"W x 10"H framed in a 16.5"H x 14"W gilt wooded frame. Artist's signature, great condition. Shipping is FREE within the U.S.

This is an original woodblock print by American artist Isac Friedlander. it is titled: "Vanquished" it was created and printed in 1938, it is editioned as 1/4 impressions. The image measures 10X12 inches, printed on a light weight laid type paper. It is hand signed,titled and editioned in pencil in the lower margin. Isac Friedlander (1890-1968) was born in Latvia. In 1912 he went to Italy where he met and worked with Russian artist Maxim Gorky...

American Artist Frances Devereaux Jones Hall, “Figure Study” Oil,22” x14” dated 1941…… Born in New Orleans in 1876, Frances (Frannie) Devereaux Jones attended Sophie Newcomb College in that city. She began her artistic career as a calendar designer in the 1890's until she moved to Philadelphia ca. 1904 and studying under Howard Pyle 1853-1911 in Delaware. Then studying at the Pennsylvania Academy, she became a teacher...

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)...

In the style of masters like William Harnett, John F. Peto, Otto Kaye and others, this is a painting of an ink bottle, old style fountain pen, pipe and matches, stamped envelope and calendar, signed at lower right "Roy Fay". The letter, in the trompe l'oeil" (French for "fool the eye") tradition, is addressed to himself, in "Pasadena, Cal", and is interestingly postmarked in Kansas. The calendar is from the "Ohio Grocery", of Pasadena, and the calendar sheet reads November 1912...

Swiss Alps Landscape oil on canvas of Tarasp Castle, measuring 18x26 inches,frame size measures 25x33 inches ………… Otto Altenkirch (2 January 1875, Ziesar – 20 July 1945, Siebenlehn) was a German Impressionist painter and set designer. He was the sixth child born to Johann Christian Friedrich Altenkirch, a Master saddler, and his wife Dorothea Wilhelmine Auguste née Müller.[1] In 1889, after completing primary school in Zeisar, he went to Berlin to serve a four-year apprenticeship ...

Dorothy Van Loan art deco/modernist color lithograph

Titled - Clash.

C. 1939 - 40.

Artist's proof.

Image - 12" x 15"

With frame - 19" x 21".

Very good original condition not examined out of frame.

Dorothy Van Loan, American 20th century

Painter, lithographer

Studied - PM School IA; PAFA, 1927-28 (Cresson scholarship); Phila...

Oil on canvas landscape painting of a river in a wooded landscape at dusk, (19 1/2" by 23 1/2" framed), signed at lower right by the listed artist IRA McDADE (1867-1954). The scene could be Pennsylvania or Texas, as the artist is associated with both states. Born in Pittsburgh at the end of the Civil War, he studied art at the Pittsburgh School of Art and for a time under well-known Pennsylvania artist A...

Harold Kerr Eby 1889-1946 American This is an original etching and aquatint by American artist Kerr Eby. The title is Refugees, a study from his series of WWI images that he created as a War Artist. This pencil signed impression has an image size of 9 15/16X14 7/8 inches. This impression was last sold by Keppel in New York, it came to us in the original frame. A dramatic rich impression printed by the artist himself.

This elegant 1930’s Art Deco bronze sculpture of a nude female seated on her leg that is folded, while the other leg extended, and she is resting her elbow on her knee and her face on her hand and her other hand stretched behind her near the signature L. Alliot. This beautiful sculpture is on a dark marble base. Condition: in good condition commiserate with its age. Age: 1930’s Size 21” wide x 11” x 10.5” Weight: 20 Lbs.

Arthur Heintzelman, American, 1891-1965, drypoint etching, "Adolphe Appia, Jeune Artiste Philosophe", drypoint etching, image size: 12 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches, 1934, cat. Smith-92, edition of 100, pencil signed.