This original oil painting is a spectacular depiction of a mare and foal grazing in the field. Artist Signed and dated-Cresman 1986. The detail of the lights and shadows really make this artwork shine. The mares coat truly glistens in the sunlight. Comes in original wooden frame. Ready to hang on the wall. Substantial size: In frame it measures 27" by 31". Canvas alone measures 20" by 24"...
“Cardinal and Company”
Watercolor on paper view size 19 ½” x 13 1/2”
Daini was born in as well as died in Rome. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts of Rome and exhibited throughout Europe. He is a well listed artist. He was equally skilled in the art of both watercolor and oil painting but preferred the medium of watercolor. He was a genre painter with skills on par with the best of his time such as Reggianini and Landini...
“Fox Hunt”
Oil on canvas 32 ½” x 39 ½” unframed
J.R. Herve was born in 1887 in Langres, a town in the eastern part of France. He began his art studies in an evening school of his hometown. He went to Paris where he first continued his studies at the School of Decorative Arts and then at the Fine Arts School. He exhibited his works for the first time at the Salon of French Artists in 1910. He was one of the most important members of this group...
This is a pre-1900, fine original oil by J.F. Herring. Overall with frame it measures 42” by 30”. The painting itself is 36” by 24”. It is fully signed J.F. Herring.
Modernist oil painting by Albert Kotin
1967
8 1/2" x 10 1/2" w/ frame, 8" x 10" w/o
Signed Kotin dated 1967
Excellent condition
“Flirtation”
Watercolor on paper 11” x 15” view size \ 26 1/8” x 30 1/8” framed
Aureli was a native of Rome, Italy. He became most famous for his watercolors depicting scenes of courtship and flirtation between Victorian era subjects in formal dress within opulent interiors . Aureli is an extensively listed artist appearing in Mallet, Davenports and Art Price to name a few...
[1854-1941]
Landcape With Village Beyond
Oil on canvas 21 ¼” x 25 ½” unframed
Born in Paris, France in December 1854 to French-Italian parents, with the name Eugene Galiany. He later changed it as a tribute to his teacher Charles Laloue whom he studied with in 1877. During the early part of his career as an artist Galien-Laloue took on several pseudonyms because of an exclusive contract with a major gallery. These pseudonyms included L. Dupuy, J. Lievin, Lenoir and E...
Albert Kotin abstract expressionist, pen and ink on paper.
Exhibitions - Museum of Modern Art, New York, Woodstock NY Art Association, ASL among others.
Image measures - 11 1/2" x 12 1/2".
Condition - excellent.
Unframed.
Estate stamped on verso.
Machine Age industrial photograph - Circa - 1900.
Image - 10" x 13 1/4".
Condition - very good, crisp, slight toning.
Aaron Bohrod surrealist lithograph, circa - early 1950's.
Exhibited - Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Institute, Corcoran Gallery Biennial, Guggenheim Museum, Metropolitan Museum, New York, Museum of Modern Art, New York, and The Whitney Museum of American Art.
Image - 10" x 12 1/2".
Condition - very good.
Original acrylic painting on canvas mounted on board by Richard Hennessy (American, born 1941). This painting is offered in excellent condition. It measures 8.5" by 29" in its slender custom brass frame. It is signed Hennessy l.r and dated 75. It is also signed, dated (21 July 75), and titled "The Cave of Ali Baba" on the reverse. Hennessy is an abstract painter active in New York who has been a participant in the resurgence of Abstraction in the last few decades...
Early 20th century Dutch harbor scene by Gerard Wiegman (1875-1964). The painting depicts a large cargo ship moored at harbor and surrounded by a variety of smaller ships, fishing boats and tugs. The sky is painted in moody shades of grays that echo the colors of the dark smoke rising from the other large ships in the background. This choice of coloring suggests the obvious industrial nature of this unidentified harbor...
Early 20th century Dutch harbor scene by Gerard Wiegman (1875-1964). The painting depicts a large cargo ship moored at harbor and surrounded by a variety of smaller ships, fishing boats and tugs. The sky is painted in moody shades of ochres and grays that echo the colors found in the water. This choice of coloring suggests the obvious industrial nature of this unidentified harbor...
Harry [Herschel] Levit, American. 1912-1986.
Studied at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Exhibited at - The Art Institute of Chicago, Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum, New York, Pennsylvania Academy,and The Whitney Museum of American Art.
Crayon or pastel on paper signed Harry Levit 1933. Paris.
Image - 8 3/4" x 12".
Frederick Gill - American 1906 -1974.
Studied at The Pennsylvania Museum School of Art, The University of Pennsylvania and The Tyler School of Art.
Exhibitions - Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Butler Art Institute and the Philadelphia Art Alliance.
This watercolor [image] measures 17" x 21".
Condition - excellent.
Lucille Ireland modernist abstraction - oil on board, circa 1950.
Ireland lived on the Philadelphia Main Line and exhibited at the Stabler gallery during the 1950's in NYC. She is listed in "Women Artists in America".
Image measures 22 1/2" x 33 1/4", frame is 2 1/2" wide.
Condition - very good and original, very minor paint ripple in a small center area.
[NOTE: I think my late husband Daniel Tretiak wrote this in 2007, after he got this site up and running.]
Daniel Tretiak has written a book, The Life and Works of Haku Maki, the important Japanese printmaker of the second half of the 20th Century. Maki toiled alone most of the time between 1960 and 2000. His output was substantial, most of it was cool, crisp, elegant. An example is shown above. I wrote about it: "The print in the center is the kanji for Me or I; it swooshes across the print,...
Giuseppe Pitto (1857-1928)
"A Market Beauty"
oil on canvas 28" x 20 1/8" unframed
This Italian master is best known for his depiction of Italian market scenes which he executed with perfection. His Rococco style is combined with near impasto application and brilliant colors, creating a unique composition of unparalleled grace and beauty. His genre market scenes are playful and relaxed and the focal point of each is invariably a woman of alluring beauty. This magnificent gem is an exqui...