Please notice the new image overlays on Whistler. These match very well. After 50 years+ of ownership and research by an Art Collector this unknown Self-Portrait of an Artist has been identified. The Old Master Collector who purchased this Portrait does not remember where he bought the Portrait. It was a habit of his to visit Antique and Art Shops around the world during his travels. He especially enjoyed working the shops in England for works of Art...

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...

White Mountain Landscape Oil on canvas 18” x 30” w/o frame Benjamin Champney is synonymous with White Mountain paintings of the 19th century. Most art historians consider him the founder of the White Mountain School of painters who came to North Conway and the surrounding area during the second half of the 19th century. His paintings were often used to make chromolithographs that were subsequently sold to tourists who could not afford Champney's originals...

Original oil or casein painting on board by George Joseph Habergritz (American, 1909-1998), circa 1950, offered in excellent condition. This painting measures 6" by 12" (12" by 18" in its original frame). It is signed l.c. "Habergritz" and titled on the verso: "Mexican Landscape". It is also inscribed: "Artist: George Habergritz, 47 E. 9th St. NYC" and "For Lillian, from George and Maya" (Maya Pollack Habergritz, the artist's wife). Habergritz is listed in all the usual databases...

Daffodils in Blue Vase Oil on canvas 16” x 20” unframed A magazine illustrator early in his career for McCalls and Ladies Home Journal, Samuel George Phillips later devoted himself to portraiture and landscape painting as part of the Pennsylvania Impressionist School, artists who painted in Bucks County after 1915 and were much influenced by Daniel Garber...

Original oil on canvas attributed to Lillian Genth (American, 1876-1953), early 20th Century. This painting measures roughly 42" by 31" in its frame. It is initialed L.G. upper right, and interestingly enough inscribed "Nelson" (for George Laurence Nelson, with whom she painted in Connecticut) on the back. From the collection of Robert Austin, author of "Artists of the Litchfield Hills". This painting is in excellent condition.

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...

Original impressionist oil painting on board attributed to Charles Rosen (American, 1878-1950). This painting measures 14" by 18", 19" by 23" in its period frame. It is not signed, but bears the inscription "Charles Rosen, Woodstock, NY" in the artist's handwriting on the back of the period frame. This painting was purchased from the estate of a long time collector of Woodstock artists (it had originally been purchased from a Woodstock gallery)...

Original oil on canvas by Joan Thorne (American, born 1943) offered in excellent original condition. This painting is signed, dated (1989), and titled "Ucello" on the verso. It also bears a gallery label with the name of the artist, the title, the medium, and the size of the painting (11" by 14", 12 1/2" by 15 1/2" in its original frame). Joan Thorne is an important contemporary New York-based American artist who describes her art as "metaphysical abstraction"...

This is a Signed and Dated Portrait by Fr. Schell. The artist trained under Thomas Eakins and his influence can be seen in this portrait. The artist was from Philadelphia and connected with the Philadelphia Fine Arts Museum. It is mounted in a new goldleaf frame and the canvas measures 24 1/2" x 20 1/2". Excellent Condition.

Lily Michael, American 20th century.

Textured painting on masonite, abstract figures.

21 1/2" x 39".

Condition - very good and original, minor flake on edge. Original frame.

Lily Michael received her art training at the School of Painting and Sculpture at Columbia University. She was a member of the American Abstract Artists Association, and the Tirca Karlis Gallery in Provincetown, MA...

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...

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. He is listed in all the u...

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.

Joseph Meierhans modernist oil on board, circa 1940's.

Entitled "Country Abstraction".

Original handmade frame.

Image measures 22" x 26".

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

Ethel M. Stilson (American)

Hayfield in Summer

Oil on canvas, signed and dated: ‘1905’.

Stilson was an Ohio artist and member of the National Association of Women Artists and the Cleveland Woman’s Art Club. She is listed in Falk, Who Was Who in American Art.

Painting size: 15”x19”
Frame: 23.5”x27.5”

Cape Ann Harbor Scene oil on canvas 20" x 16" unframed Russ Webster was a long time resident of Lynn Massachusetts. He worked as a commercial artist at General Electric in Lynn Massachusetts. He studied in Rockport with Wayne Morrell, Paul Strisick and especially Emile A. Gruppe, who remained a long time friend and traveling companion. His studies with Gruppe took him to Florida, Northern New England and Europe. He paints in a characteristic Cape Ann style clearly influenced by Emile A. Gruppe...

"Arc de Triomphe" Oil on canvas, 16" x 12" unframed, 19" x 15" framed 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 Cali...