EDMUND GREACEN-AMERICAN; 1876-1949 WINTER LANDSCAPE Oil on Canvas Signed and Dated: Lower Right Edmund Greacen 1939; Signed and Dated on Back EG was born in NY, traveled, studied and lived in Europe, and eventually settled in NY and Old Lyme Ct. He studied with Wm Merritt Chase, Robert Henri among others. Greacen is one of the founders of the Grand Central Art Studio in NY...

William Barnett [1918 - 1992 Phila,Pa]

Modernist oil on canvas depicting farm workers in field

1940's

20" x 34"

Very good condition

Unframed

William Barnett -

Schools * Philadelphia Museum School, Teacher * Pratt Institute of Art, Student

Some Exhibitions * Brooklyn Museum * Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC * Guggenheim Museum * Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts * Philadelphia Sketch Club

"Last of Winter" landscape painting by Harold Kloongian, 1980, oil on canvas board, 16 inches x 20 inches. Signed lower right, and titled, dated and signed on verso. Excellent condition. In this painting, Kloongian captures a rural Vermont farm house and barn in a golden light at the end of a sunny day in late winter. Harold Kloongian is a Massachusetts painter...

ANDRE GISSON: 1921-2003; AMERICAN A STROLL BY THE RIVER; Oil on Canvas; Signed: lower right A Gisson Gisson was born in America but sought to create an identity of being a cosmopolitan French Post Impressionist artist. He travelled extensively in Europe and the Far East, and had many one man shows in the US, Paris and Tokyo. He is a graduate of Pratt Institute in NYC. His landscapes show a strong French influence...

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...

ALBERT WEBSTER DAVIES 1889-1967 AMERICAN FARM WITH COWS GRAZING IN A PASTURE Oil on Canvas; Signed lower left: Davies AWD lived most of his life in New Hampshire. He is known for his genre scenes which he paints in a naive style. He is listed in many art reference books including The Artists Bluebook and Davenport's Art Reference. Dimensions; 20" wide x 24" high, framed; 25" x 28.5"

DAVID BURLIUK-1882-1967; RUSSIAN AMERICAN ON THE FARM Oil on Board; Signed: lr: Burliuk Burliuk was born in Russia, traveled and studied in Western Europe and eventually moved to America where he died. He was a poet, art critic, organizer of exhibitions and was a leader in the Russian advant-garde movement. His style, which is varied, includes symbolism, neo primitivism and expressionism...

ROBERT BRACKMAN-1898-1980; AMERICAN STILL LIFE; Oil on Canvas Signed lower right: Brackman Robert Brackman was born in Russia in 1898 and came to America with family in 1908. He died in Noank, CT in 1980. Brackman was a painter and an educator. He studied at the National Academy of Art in NY under George Bellows and Robert Henri. He taught at several schools, including the Art Student’s League and The Brooklyn Museum School...

Benson Bond Moore (American,1882-1974)

Autumn in the Blue Ridge Mountains (near Emmittsburg, PA[sic]) 1955

Oil on board, signed lower left and dated “1955”. Titled on the reverse

Painting Size: 15.5” x 19.5”
Frame Size: 23.5” x 27.5”

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Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washington, DC...

A Fine Painting by the Listed Oklahoma Artist, Eula L. Grimes. Painting measures about 22" by 26" and is signed lower left. Does have a little wear and a couple of scratches, but shows well. Great Mid Century look.

A Fine Painting by the Listed Monterey, California Artist, Russell Swan (1908-63). Measures about 14 1/4" by 12", overall frame is about 18 3/4" by 16 1/2". Signed lower right, also signed and titled "Monterey Dwelling" on back.

A Fine Painting by the Listed Riverside, California Artist, Myrna Elwell (1902-?). The Painting measures about 18" by 18" in its frame of about 24 1/2" by 24 1/2". Signed lower right as shown. A little dirty and some wear to frame, overall quite nice.

Original oil painting on panel by Henry Kallem (American, 1912-1985), circa 1966. 16" by 12" painting alone. This painting bears an identification label on the verso which states: "Monhegan Series (Chromatic Vision)/ 1966/ Estate Inventory on File: Boston Art Club." Henry Kallem is known as a painter and printmaker. Originally from Philadelphia, he studied with his father Morris, also a known painter. His brother is the sculptor Herbert Kallem...

Original oil painting on panel by Henry Kallem (American, 1912-1985), circa 1965. 16" by 12" painting alone. This painting bears on the verso an identification label stating: "Monhegan Series (Sunrise Sunset)/ 1965/ Estate Inventory on File: Boston Art Club." Henry Kallem was known as a painter and a printmaker. Originally from Philadelphia, he studied with his father Morris Kallem, himself a known painter. Henry's brother is the sculptor Herbert Kallem...

Original oil painting on panel by Henry Kallem (American, 1912-1985) circa 1965...

Original oil painting on panel by Henry Kallem (American, 1912-1985), circa 1966. 16" by 12" (painting alone). This painting bears on the verso an identification label stating: "Monhegan Series (Chromatic Vision)/ 1966/ Estate Inventory on File: Boston Art Club." Henry Kallem was known as a painter and printmaker. Originally from Philadelphia, he studied with his father Morris Kallem, himself a painter. Henry's brother is the sculptor Herbert Kallem. Henry worked out of New York where he w...

Original oil painting on panel by Henry Kallem (American, 1912-1985), circa 1966. 16" by 12", painting alone. This painting bears on the verso an identification label stating: "Monhegan Series (Chromatic Vision)/ 1966/ Estate Inventory on File: Boston Art Club." Henry Kallem was known as a painter and printmaker. Originally from Philadelphia, he studied with his father Morris Kallem, himself a painter. Henry's brother is the sculptor Herbert Kallem. Henry worked out of New York where he ...

Original oil painting on masonite panel by Doris Totten Chase (American, Seattle, 1923-2008). This painting is signed "D.Chase" l.r. It measures 36" by 20" (43" by 27" in its original frame). Provenance: from the Lawrence Alloway estate. A very similar work by this artist is in the collection of the Seattle Art Museum. Doris Chase studied at the University of Washington and with Jacob Elshin, Nickolas Damascus, and Mark Tobey. She exhibited in 1956 at the Otto Seligman Gallery in Seattl...

Eleanor Reed, b. 1913

American - PA

Known for her unique blending of modernism and classic western imagery this large landscape is a prime example of her work.

38 1/2" x 41 1/4", 2" wide frame

Oil on canvas

Signed upper center - Reed

Dated 1948

Very good condition

Associations - American Artists Professional League

Exhibitions --- American Artists Professional League, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Was...

Ron Dembosky - Pair of powerful mythic figures

Oil on canvas

Mid 20th century

Dembosky - American, PA. 20th century

13" x 33"

Very good original and unrestored condition

A Fine Painting by the Listed Iowa and Michigan Artist, Vernon Leroy Bobbitt (1911-92). Lightly signed on front bottom right "Bobbitt '43", exhibition label on back as shown. Painted on the rough side of masonite. Measures about 16" by 20", overall frame about 19" by 23". Great Regionalist Look.

Kenneth Frazier (American, 1867-1949) landscape painting titled "Autumn" in Garrison NY. Oil on canvas, dated 1930, initialed by artist in lower right 'KF'. Size: 25 inches x 30 inches. Kenneth Frazier was a New York artist who worked in a variety of styles: Art Nouveau, Impressionist & Realist. He was an illustrator, as well as a figure, portrait and landscape painter, and worked in both oil and watercolor. He was born in Paris, France, in 1867, to American parents, but grew up in the Unit...

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.

A good maritime oil on canvass painting of a fishing sloop in a turbulent sea. Signed "IR Lowd" at lower right. The stretcher is pencil signed "Fishermen in a Winter Sea/Winter Rig/Flat Roof". The canvas is an older, probably original giltwood frame. Found in Maine.

Ca. 1920. Condition: fine condition; no repairs; a 1/4" area of flaked paint. Canvas Size: 12-1/2" x 14-1/2". Framed Size: 14" x 16".

The photo on the left shows a double portrait by John Singer Sargent of Mr. John White Field and his wife. This painting was done in the early 1880's and is in the collection of Pennyslvania Academy of Fine Arts. The image on the right shows an earlier portrait of Mr. Field by Sargent. Notice Mr. Field is blind in his left eye, which is enlarged and his right eye is focused which is a good eye. It is my opinion that Mr. Field rejected the first portrait of himself done by Sargent. And of co...

The study photo on the left is a close up of Mr. John White Field,a Philadelphia Merchant, which was painted by John Singer Sargent in the early 1880's. The study image in the center shows what Mr. Field looks like with the beard removed. The image on the right shows an earlier Sargent portrait of Mr. Field. Please refer to Sargent Painting in our listing.

The untouched signature is shown in this close-up photo and the paint used in the signature is found through out the original abstract painting. It is in untouched condition. Refer to painting.

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. ...

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. ...

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. ...

This is a detailed photo of Rockefeller's bluish gray eyes and broken nose. Refer to Rockefeller portrait in our listing.

"Still Life 3 Urns and Flowers" 24 x 20" Oil on canvas. Andre Gisson was born with the name Anders Gittleson, in Brooklyn, New York but lived in Westport, Connecticut for most of his life. He traveled extensively and studied throughout Europe and the Far East. Mr. Gittleson was a leading American realist painter. He graduated from the Pratt Institute and was a Captain in the Army during WWII. Over 4 decades his one man shows extended from New York, Washington, Texas, and California to London, Pa...

Original oil painting on canvas by Hilda Rubin--aka Hilda Rubin Pierce--aka Hilda Pierce (American, born in Austria in 1922). This painting measures 22" by 28" and 28" by 34" in its original frame. Signed "Hilda Rubin" l.l. In excellent original condition. Hilda Rubin is an American artist of Austrian-Jewish descent. She studied art briefly in Austria with Oskar Kokoschka (her work "found favor with him") before having to leave the country for England in 1938--as Hitler took over the count...

American School, Early 19th Century

Carib Indians Around a Jungle Campfire, with a Piton in the Background

Oil on canvas, signed indistinctly on the stretcher. Mid 19th century carved wood, compo and gilt frame

Painting Size: 9.25” x 12”
Frame Size: 13.5” x 16.5”

Commissioned oil portrait painting on stretched canvas of a little girl in pigtails and as the patron described, '...you captured her eyes as lipid pools...'. This child is a Scorpio and can fix anyone with one firm look! Although she does not tolerate fools, she is both kind and sweet. Although of European descent her "cat eyes", as she calls them, appear when she smiles.
Title: Little Meghan. Medium: Oil.

Original work by this self taught artist has been exhibited in various area ...

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. Bardin, some of which are also liste...

Original oil painting on panel by Paul Matthews (American, born 1933). In excellent condition and in its original gallery frame. Signed "Matthews" l.r. Also inscribed Paul Matthews verso. Still bears a gallery label from the Kiosk Gallery in Provincetown. This painting measures 29" by 16" in its frame (23" by 10" painting alone). Paul Matthews studied at the Cooper Union Art School in NYC in the fifties. He is widely exhibited (many solo shows including in prestigious venues like the Zabr...

Original oil painting on canvas by J. Bardin (Jesse Redwin Bardin, American, South Carolina, 1923-1997). In excellent original condition, and in its original frame, circa 1965-1970. This painting measures 16" by 20" (painting alone). It is signed "J. Bardin" l.r. It also bears on the top stretcher the stamp of the Arnold Finkel Gallery in Philadelphia, who originally sold the painting, as well as a typed exhibition label which states the size of the painting, the title ("Beyond Corinth"), an...

"The Farm" oil on canvas 40" x 25" Elsie Palmer was born in San Antonio, Texas on September 9, 1884 and was raised by parents who had emigrated from England where her father had raised fine horses. In 1886, they moved from Texas, where they had tried unsuccessfully to raise horse, to Los Angeles and then to San Francisco where Elsie Payne was raised. After studying locally at the Best Art School, she worked as a commercial artist designing billboards and ads including for Old Dutch Cleanser, Kel...

American Abstract Geometric Landscape Oil Painting

c.1940s

Joseph Meierhans

Bucks Country, Pa.

30" x 26" - image only - 24" x 20 1/2"

Very good vintage condition

Meierhans, b. - 1890 in Switzerland, came to the United States in 1917, eventually settling in Bucks County. He studied under A.N.Lindenmuth and J. Sloan. He was a member of the S.Indp.Artists, ASL, Provincetown A.A. and the American Abstract Artists

G. Ralph Smith (b. 1907, Circleville, Ohio,lived Phila,PA) Drawing, c. 1930's 24" x 30" Framed STUDIED: PAFA, 1933-38 Cresson Traveling Scholarship, 1937 EXHIBITED: Columbus Museum of Art PAFA Philadelphia Museum of Art Albright Knox Art Gallery Philadelphia Art Alliance National Academy of Design Butler Institute of American Art Scribner's (solo) New York -Swains Gallery Philadelphia -Woodmere Art Museum Philadelphia COLLECTIONS: Col...

Large original oil painting on canvas by Robert (Bob) Matthew Freimark (American, 1922-2010) in excellent original condition and in its original frame. The painting measures 34" by 48" (39" by 53" in its frame). It is signed "Freimark" l.r., with the artist's distinctive early signature, and dated "58". It is also signed "Robert M. Freimark" and dated "1958" on the stretcher. Also bears the title "Seattle" on the stretcher, and a label indicating that it was in the collection of the Equitabl...

Grocery Still Life

James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)

Oil on canvas, signed, titled and inscribed on the reverse.

Painting size: 16” x 20”
Frame size: 21” x 25”

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Original oil painting on panel by Robert Lohman (American, 1919-2001), offered in excellent original condition. This painting is currently unframed. It measures roughly 15" by 6". It is signed and dated 1960 l.l. Also signed, dated, and titled "Chanteuse, Singing Girl" on the verso. Robert Lohman is a well listed American painter and sculptor. One of a number of works by this artist currently offered on this website.

Eve Peri - Abstract oil on canvas

Circa - 1950 to 1960

Image - 20" x 26 1/2"

Eve Peri: September 25, 1897 - March 4, 1966 Place of Birth: Bangor, Maine, United States Place of Death: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Places of Residence: New York, NY, United States, Mexico

Influenced by Henri Matisse, Zeual Higley Gurnsey

Work Type/Media: Drawings and prints, painting, textiles and clothing

Artistic Roles: Collagist...

Laszlo Matulay - 1912 - 1999

Austrian/American

Gouache on heavy paper

Expressionist portrait entitled "Mozart"

20" x 30"

In very good unframed condition

Minor small tear in lower right

Studied - Vienna Academy of Applied Arts

Associated with Bauhaus artist group

Emigrated to the United States in 1935

Painter, magazine and book illustrator

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. Originally from Ohio, he studied at the Toledo Museum of Art and the University of Toledo with...

James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)

Excavation Site, 16th & I Streets

Oil on canvas, located, inscribed and dated: “1958” on the reverse.

Painting size: 24” x 18”
Frame size: 29” x 23”

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Franklin Watkins (1894-1972) American Artist. "MILL TOWN" Oil on Canvas. Signed Lower Right "FW". Dimensions; 36" x 28"; site 31" x 23".

James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)

Drugstore on 14th Street

Oil on canvas, signed, inscribed on the reverse.

Painting size: 16” x 20”

Frame size: 21” x 25”

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This is a 1972 acrylic on canvas painting done by Suzann Phelan Denny. It is painted on a very large canvas which measures 62 3/4" x 48". This is a copy of a famous painting by the German Artist Cranach.

This is a very unusual American portrait of a lady. The painting is oil on canvas mounted loosly on a cardboard with tacks. The painting is done in a many layered style which is similar to the style of Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847-1917). It is marked in pencil on the back Ms. Pitts. The painting is marked in the lower right corner with a large capital R. Many of Ryder paintings have been copied; however this would be a very unusual copy. It is a very American Portrait. The painting measures 1...

Large original oil painting on canvas by James Hennessey (American, 20th Century). This work measures 48" by 48" (slightly more in its original strip frame). It is signed "Hennessey" and dated (81) l.r. It is also signed "James Hennessey" and dated on the stretcher. A wonderful large Italian inspired work with a fresco-like facture by a painter who taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art for many years and traveled through Italy for as many years. James Hennessey won the prestigious...

Maurice Braun (American, 1877-1941)

Old River Landings

Oil on canvas, signed lower right and titled on stretcher.

Painting Size: 20” x 22”
Frame Size: 26” x 28”

Maurice Braun is one of the most well-known artists of California Impressionism. His deeply rooted beliefs in the unity of man and nature combined with the beauty of America’s southwest landscape gave rise to paintings that made him one of the most lauded artists of his day.

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Sunset on Pennsylvania Avenue

James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)

Oil on board laid to canvas, located and inscribed on the reverse.

Painting size: 18” x 16”
Frame size: 23” x 21”

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James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)

Washington Row Houses (Dupont Circle)

Oil on canvas, located on the reverse.

Painting size: 20” x 16”
Frame size: 25” x 31”

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This miniature of George Washington was found by an advanced collector in London. We have agreed to research this miniature for the owner. The very American style of painting on ivory miniature measures 42mm x 35mm, and is mounted in its original gold frame. To date, we have sent photos of this miniature to Mount Vernon and to another advance collector in the South. We will advise more as we receive more information on this rare item.

Robert Brackman (Born Odessa, Russia 1898; Died Roank, CT 1980). “Still Life on White”. Oil on Canvas. Signed Lower Right and on Rear (with title). Dimensions; site 19.5"wide x 15.5"high, with gilt frame 27"wide x 22"high. Brackman studied at the National Academy of Design and was a long time teacher at the Art Students League of NY and elsewhere. His paintings are in many Museum Collections.

This is a early 19th century portrait of a New York Lady wearing a fur. It appears she is wearing a fur wrap. The oil on canvas portrait measures 26" 21 1/2". The portrait was purchased from the family from Woodstock New York. The name of the lady in the portrait is Mrs. Duenner. We have all the provenance and will advise more later. At this time, I am attributing this portrait to have been done by Sheldon Peck. It is very rare to see fur in paintings. This portrait has three areas where it ...

"Western Hills" oil on board 12" x 16". Henry Martin Gasser was born in Newark, New Jersey on Oct. 31,1909. He lived, studied and worked in New Jersey for his entire life. He was a painter, lecturer, teacher, illustrator and author. A Master at watercolor and oil his work consisted of, in his own words, "everyday subjects that are available to most of us-street scenes, back yards, trees, old houses, etc I looked for them in front of houses, in backyards, public parks, and elsewhere". He also pa...