A large and beautifully painted portrait miniature by Aimee Thibault. Done in watercolor on organic wafer, the work shows a distinguished older gentleman of serious mien, set against a dark background, in a black tie and jacket with a white shirt and collar. The size of the miniature is due to Thibault having worked in France for a large part of her life, where such portraits were often done on a much grander scale than miniatures in the U.S...

A fine portrait painted by Thomas E. Barratt using watercolor on organic substrate. (In person this work displays much better than the photographs show.)

Aside from the quality and relative rarity of the painting, what makes this offering truly special is the casework. The case is gold and gold on silver and hinges so that the miniature is enclosed on both sides by the metal. The front and back are done with different guilloche (engine turned)designs...

1940s Woman Reading Oil Painting, frame covers signature. Oil on Canvas 44 x 32". 36 x 24" without frame.

Scarce and interesting pencil drawing with some white highlights, on heavy paper, 15" by 20", of one of Quebec's most famous sights, "The Falls of Montmorency/Near Quebec". The work is signed at lower left "Blandford 1871" and at lower right it reads "Miss Alice Tiffany". This is a folky, somewhat primitive work, from an early date, of a kind that is rarely seen...

Original oil painting depicting a tree, a weeping beech beyond an arch, facing its remaining weathered limbs toward a luminous soft yellow sky just over an old line of empty Victorian carriage converted carports. All set against a snow covered ground. The view seen here is at mid trunk level, as these are huge trees...

Glen Pizer, Washington DC artist known for his majestic portraits and surreal landscapes We have a fine selection of the artists work. Please inquire or look through our website ….

A beautiful watercolor done in gray shades. Y an unknown artist of the Pantheon in Rome measuring 4x5”

Description: Wonderful miniature painting of a charming and pretty lady, in a beautiful blue and red dress, sitting with her left hand under chin. The painting comes with the artist's initials, K.A. on the lower right side. Size: The portrait is 3 1/8" in height and 2 1/4" wide, in very good condition, set in a fine gilt rectangular 5 1/8"H X 4 1/4"W frame. Shipping is FREE within the U.S ONLY!

"William Hogarth" The Distrest Poet The Works of William Hogarth" as published by Baldwin, Cradock and Joy in 1822 with the original plates restored by James Heath, engraver to His Majesty. The Heath edition was the last to print directly from Hogarth's original engraved plates. All William Hogarth prints appearing after this date are copies of these original graphic works of art. Heath edition 1822 An original copperplate engraving — over 195 years old. Sheet size: approx...

Adolf Dahn was a Scandinavian born artist who worked in watercolor and is know for his rich landscapes. This work measuring 12x18” is a rare size Signed and dated 1938

A watercolor painting of outbuildings and scrubby trees, 10" by 15 3/4" (20" by 25" framed), titled at lower right "Near Filkins/March 1934" and signed at lower left by listed English artist ANTHONY LOUSADA. There appears to be little information on the artist, though some works have sold at auction in England. Some of his paintings seem to show a distinct modernist approach...

American Surrealist Artist Sally Tate was born in 1908 invoice is quite active than the 1940s and 50s. This oil on canvas painting measures 18x14”and signed S.A.Tate 57. The mainly painted around New England born 1908

Currier and Ives Lithograph, The Old Oaken Bucket, 1878, Framed Print 15 x 19". $300 As-Is

The size of Oil painting: 15 3/4" W x 19 5/8" H. This is another unique Oil painting on Daler Board for Oil painting which has already with canvas texture as you can see from out close up photo. The painting done by Zeka Marquez back in 1980-85's when he was young man. This is one of painting I have acquired in 1991. It is painted with Red, Grey and black, plus white painted area. The condition of painting excellent...

Peter Colasante, director of L’Enfant Gallery, has represented John Court since 1974, owns much of his work and has sponsored several exhibitions of his work since 1970's including in Washington DC and Palm Beach, Florida. Bio: John Court (1948 - ) is a portraitist and landscape painter. Born in Annapolis, Maryland, Court grew up in Maryland and Virginia...

Contemporary unframed American painting (24" by 36"), the subject a middle-aged man, seated, superimposed on a complex patterned background, signed at lower right corner "Tayler". I have been unable to link this to a known artist, but the painting is quite edgy and advanced, and technically skilled, reminding of the work of known artists who paint in what I imagine might be called the "Contemporary Realism" style. I am reminded a bit of David Hockney...

Max Kassler, American 1905–1992 was an abstract Artist known for some of the most unusual experimental work based on the human figure He was an early student of the Picasso school of painting. This work culminated his idea of abstraction in space. This is part of the collection we have at the gallery…....

From our African Collection: African Baule Colon Statue Pair, circa 1960. olon statues, a term derived from the French statues colon ("colon" is the French noun for a colonist), are a genre of wooden figurative sculpture within African art which originated during the colonial period...

By the noted Indiana artist WILLIAM A. EYDEN (1893-1982), an unusually good work in watercolor and gouache, featuring the beech trees associated with the Indiana landscape. The partially denuded forest is shown in late autumn, waiting for winter's arrival. Some leaves still cling to the trees in a chill wind we can nearly feel. The painting measures 17 3/4" by 23 1/2" (24" by 29 1/2" as framed). This seems to be an earlier work , maybe 1920's or 1930's, judging from its "tightness", the fram...

Young Boy Lounging Under a Tree, signed by the artist Broh. Watercolor. Frame Size 23 x 29.5".

Large original fresco on board by Mario Toppi (Italy, United States, 1899-1976). This work retains its original Italian frame. It is signed M. Toppi l.r. and also on the verso. Mario Toppi is a well listed artist. 32" by 43".

Fine etching of windmills in a landscape in a brownish-black ink, 9" by 11" (14 1/2" by 16 3/4`" framed), pencil signed at lower right by listed artist DIRK BAKSTEEN (1886-1971). The quality of the work is excellent, reminding the viewer of Rembrandt and other better known artists, though Baksteen is a somewhat obscure figure today. Born in Rotterdam and educated in art there at the academy, by 1912 he was in Mol, Belgium, becoming part of the "School of Mol" landscape artists. Somewhere duri...

French impressionist artist Eugène Baudoin 1842-1893, a beautiful Nineteenth Century Seascape Oil 24” x 30”

This very well carved agate contemporary snuff bottle is 2 ¾” high, 1” wide and 3 quarters of an inch thick. The artist used the colors very well. The lighter part was carved as the body of the bottle. The dark part was carved as a bamboo branch with leaves and small Ling Zhi (tree mushroom). It is well hollowed, polished and in great condition.

Artist Henry Clay CADY, Original Watercolor “”Ocean Waves” 13 x 22 inches frame size 19 x 28“ Henry Newell Cady 1849-1935 Henry Newell CadyThis late 19th century artist from Warren, a small coastal town in Rhode Island, was best known for his seascapes of New England. His coastline paintings evidence a sensitive touch for capturing the effects of sky and sunlight conditions in ever-changing rhythms. A colorist of wide range and ability, his carefully rendered water colors and oils are ...

Walter Groombridge was founder and president of New York Art League and his work is in the collection of Admiral Farragut Academy; Lowe Art Museum and the Capitol building in Washington D.C. and pivate collections. The artist lived in the Palm Beach area of Florida

The size of frame: 17" W x 21" H. The image area size: 10 1/2" x 14 3/4" x 1 1/2" Thick. The framed Original Ink and Watercolor painting on the paper. The subject of "Hawk and 3 Chicks" was done by artist signed, it read as MIKE DANTES. It is well executed ink and water color work by the artist. The work was done in very finely detail. The brown wood frame. The condition of work excellent. The frame in very good condition. Painting 20-30 years old. Market price $500.00.

Oil on small wood panel that appears to be an old cigar box lid, 8 1/2" by 4 1/2", (10 3/4" by 6 3/4" as framed), signed at lower right "Lily Vosburgh", the subject a church steeple in France, impressionistically rendered trees largely obscuring it. Affixed to the reverse is a typed 20th century label which reads "A small church in the south of France as painted by Lily Vosburgh in the 1930's", and below that "JB" AND "$22.50". The printed label side of the cigar box lid forms the reverse side...

Mid 19th Century Rider Seeking The Holy Grail Oil on Panel Measuring 8“ x 6 1/2“

Extremely fine original miniature paintings on thin slabs of mother-of-pearl, depicting celestial Buddhist figures, angels, musicians from Thai temple frescoes or the famed Ramayana. Each miniature is different and as we have a large collection of these, exclusively painted for us, please ask if you wish to see more. Individually framed on 100% Thai Silk, glass and with 24K. gold leaf frame. This version has 2 miniatures. Overall size: 25.5 cm x 17 cm. Each mother-of-pearl medallion measures 8 c...

An original watercolor painting of a pueblo in New Mexico against a dark blue sky, traditional pots displayed in foreground. The work, 13 3/4" by 10" on heavy watercolor paper (24 3/4" by 20 1/2" framed) is unsigned. It dates to the late 20th century and was likely created by a talented amateur artist, perhaps for the tourist trade. The designs on the pottery suggests this is possibly Zia Pueblo.

Anne LANE American Master oil on Canvas “Women Series” Women in a Négligée is a masterpiece measuring 48 x 24“ and is framed in a beautiful contemporary black frame measuring 52 x 28“ I Anne Lane is a Washington a D.C. Artist from the lane family of artist, known for brilliant works and beautiful portraits of men and women. Her collection is many places around the world including museums and public spaces….. Anne Lane studied art at George Mason University in Virginia, completed h...

Geometric Abstraction Oil by Ivory Coast Painter Ephreme Kouakou , large oil on canvas 50x40 inch Abstracted Figures by Ivory Coast Artist Ephrem Kouakou. Oil on Canvas. Ephrem Kouakou is one of the world’s foremost African painters. He currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland, and Ivory Coast, West Africa. His powerful, vivid paintings are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum, New York, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington DC. and Fondo Del Sol Museum, Washingto...

A beautifully painted gem of a small work, acrylic or oil on paper on board (tempera?), or directly on board, 11" by 14" (17" by 20 1/4" in silvery frame), signed at lower right ARTHUR A. HENDERSON 1989 (with copyright symbol). The work would be easy to mistake for a print; but it is not. GUARANTEED TO BE AN ORIGINAL PAINTING. The subject is a pond at midwinter dusk, probably in the northeast. Skaters take a last go at it as daylight fades. There are white snow geese and Canada Geese swimmi...

Grace Adelaide Reed, Boston Artist "New England Townscape" Watercolor 14 x 13 inch this is a beautiful watercolor in the style of Maurice Prendergast

A watercolor painting of flowers (perhaps, zinnias) in a vase on a tabletop, painted in an impressionist manner, and signed at lower right by artist "Cara dee" or similar. The work measures 18 3/4" by 14 3/4" as framed. All photos taken through detail-dulling non-glare glass. Condition is excellent.

In some ways the Albert Bierstadt of Europe, Frederick Kammeyer ( 1873 - 1941 ) painted grand lavish landscapes of Europe's beautiful mountain scenes. The oil on linen offered here renders a rapid stream coursing through a wooded valley against the backdrop of majestic imposing mountains in the background but never out of view. Signed lower right F Kammeyer Munchen. Painting is in excellent condition and framed. Dimensions: 36" x 28 1/4" framed; 31 1/4" x 23 3/4"

Pastel or oil pastel on velvet landscape of the Philippines, the sun setting dramatically over a distant peak, a traditional thatched house at right, signed at lower left "Igning Sarmiento Manila 68". There is a known Sarmiento artist in the Philippines but I am not sure that this is by that artist. The size is 17 1/2" by 24" on the stretchers and 20" by 26" framed. The handling of the color in the sky as the sun disappears and night comes on is exquisite. Condition is excellent, no damage n...

The print (8 1/2" by 9 3/4" inside the mat, 15" by 20" as framed) is a very detailed etching typical of the meticulous style of the artist, renowned for his prolific printmaking. Popular and rare images by the artist, of New York City scenes, can sell for five figures. He traveled widely in Europe and architecture, especially Gothic architecture, especially revered by the artist, was a favored subject. This print is of a Gothic style building in Princeton, New Jersey. The artist signed the w...

The Gibson Girl "The Rendezvous" Artist Proof (1909) Charles Dana Gibson Original Gibson Girl print "The Rendezvous" by Charles Dana Gibson. Published in 1909 by P.F.Colliers & Son - Series A., No.12 artist proof. Measures W11 1/2 x H16 1/2 inches including border. Charles Dana Gibson (September 14, 1867 – December 23, 1944)[1] was an American illustrator. He was best known for his creation of the Gibson Girl, an iconic representation of the beautiful and independent Euro-American woman at th...

This fine bronze of a young lady is an Art Nouveau gem by celebrated French sculptor Henri Godet (1863-1937) who exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Francais between 1886 - 1913. The young girl is modeled in fine fashion of the day, gazing to her left. Her hair and the flowers on her dress complement each other. Godet is well known for different treatments of women, often enveloped in flowers. The beautiful sculpture rests atop a rouge griotte waisted marble socle.

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Paco Lane, is a Washington DC-based artist who has been painting in a myriad of styles for many years and is part of the Lane family of renown artist. Trained as a professional artist with a brilliant career. Paco Jacques Lane was born on October 24, 1969 in Virginia just outside of Wash- ington DC. From an early childhood Paco was encouraged The artist in Greenwich CT, 2003. and allowed great freedom to pursue a natural interest in the visual arts. With parents who were liberally and int...

Original etching Gothic Interior Suffolk England by Valerie Thornton, British 1931-1991. Signed lower right. Thornton a painter and printmaker. In the1960s she lived in New York working at Pratt Graphics Art Center. Member Royal Society of Painters-Etchers and Engravers. Her work is in the collections of the Royal Academy, Victoria and Albert Museum, British Museum, Tate Gallery, Fitzwilliam Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York Public Library. Image 26"L x 16.5"W. F...

A wood engraving on thin paper, the sheet unframed and measuring 8 1/2" by 11", pencil titled "Wadcroft, Kettering, Northants", and pencil signed at lower right and numbered 71/100, by the artist, American artist LEONARD THIESSEN (1902-1989). This is a mid 1940's work by the Nebraska-born artist. Thiessen's father worked in printing in Omaha. The young Thiessen went to work for an architectural firm, and studied at university in Nebraska. He became an interior designer and decorator. In 19...

An impressively large color print of the year 1977, titled appropriately "Boat", pencil signed at lower right and dated there, and numbered 23/150 at lower left, by the noted, Japanese-born artist KENZO OKADA (1902-1982). The print, 27 1/2" by 34" inside the mat (36" by 42" in attractive and complementary quality silvery frame) is decidedly modern but the imagery has its root in Asian and specifically Japanese art. Okada was born in Yokohama to a privileged background. After study locally, in...

William Lee Hankey, 1869-1952 British, "The Lesson", etching and drypoint, 6 1/2X8 1/4 inches, pencil signed and artists blindstamp

This is an elegant work, the first impression being that of a Japanese panel with interlocking silvery metallic sheets as a background, and the natural world the theme; note the wonderful dragonflies and leaves and reeds and pebbles. The artist signed at lower right in red. Born in Holland on Oct. 3, 1898, HARMAN C. KOOPS was a veteran of WWI and by 1930 was working in Los Angeles. He died there on Aug. 31, 1957. According to the brief Hughes dictionary listing, he was a "highly skilled painte...

For the dog fancier, an unusually charming drawing of what I believe to be perhaps a border collie or Australian Sheepdog, 13 1/2" by 10 1/2" (16" by 12 1/2" framed), signed illegibly at lower right and dated 1979. The artist was obviously talented and perhaps listed, but I cannot to date decipher the signature. The dog's expression is unusually energetic, charming, and even amusing. This is certainly among the most lifelike portrait drawings of a dog I have encountered. The drawing is in ex...

Boscoe Holder (16 July 1921 – 21 April 2007), born Arthur Aldwyn Holder in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, was Trinidad and Tobago's leading contemporary painter, who also had a celebrated international career spanning six decades as a designer and visual artist, dancer, choreographer and musician. Living in London, England, during the 1950s and 1960s, Boscoe Holder has been credited with introducing limbo dancing and steel-pan playing to Britain,[1][2] performing on British television and radio, ...

Original Acrylic Painting "HALLOWEEN SPIRIT" by SWISS ARTIST Michael Maync, on stretched canvas. Signed and dated by artist. Size 27.5" x 20" inches (70 cm x 50 cm). Available for purchase. Kindly inquire for details. Thank you.

Luigi Kasimir, Austrian/American, 1881-1962, color etching, "Corvara (Dolomites)," image size 13 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches, 1916, inscribed in the plate "Corvara 11 Feb. 1916," pencil signed.

A strong watercolor on organic wafer portrait of a British staff officer. With his mutton-chop whiskers, he is dressed in the well-known red jacket, and sports gold epaulettes. The painting is housed in a wonderful gilt bronze brooch with a guilloche silver back, which displays a nicely tied curl of hair under a glazed aperture.

Sight size is 1 1/2" by 1 1/4", with an overall size of 1 3/4" by 1 1/2". The condition of the painting and the case is excellent, with no issues at all. The white fle...

A circa 1868 albumen photo on thin paper, 9 3/4" by 7 1/2" inside the mat and 19" by 15 1/4" framed, with the blind stamp at lower left of noted early Italian photographer GIACOMO BROGI (1822-1881). The subject is identified at bottom edge in the image, as "Gerusalemme" (Jerusalem) and is assigned reference number 4019 there. This is a view of the so-called "Golden Gate", the oldest of the gates in the walls surrounding Old Jerusalem. The site is of importance to members of the Jewish, Musli...

This is a scarce, even rare work in watercolor, pencil and, I believe, gouache, 17 5/8" by 11 1/4" (24 1/2" by 18 3/4" as framed) signed at lower right and dated there 1937 by painter and sculptor Angelina Beloff (1884-1969). The scene is inscribed "Jalapa"---corresponding to the colonial highlands city in southeastern Mexico on the main road between Mexico City and the coastal city of Vera Cruz. Beloff was a talented Russian-born artist, her oils selling today at Sotheby's Latin American Art ...

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. Meltzer's mother directed her to academics and music, but ...

Hasui Kawase, oban tate-e, ¡°Yuimachi, Suruga Province¡±, dated Showa 9 (1934), published by Watanabe, slightly toned, fine impression and color.

Eighteenth Century Lithograph “Four In Hnad” 24x27” by Courier and Ives from 1861

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...

African Mask 10" long X 6 1/2" wide.

This is a very nicely done watercolor painting of a young woman in a flowered hat, holding more roses in her hands, executed in the style of the noted illustrator and artist Harrison Fisher (1875-1934). The work, 10 3/4" by 8 3/4" (16 1/4" by 14 1/2" framed) likely dates to about 1905 or 1910. It is laid down on a card and the mat is laid over that. I have peeked underneath and do not see any evidence of a signature. A fine addition to a lady's dressing area. Condition is very good. There ...