DESCRIPTION: A large Cuzco School oil on canvas depicting “Our Lady of Pomata,” who is said to protect the town of Pomata, Peru. Pomata is situated above Lake Titicaca in the highlands of Peru, and was once a popular Christian pilgrimage shrine. In this painting the Virgin is depicted as cradling the Christ Child in her left arm and holding a bouquet of flowers in her right hand...

Signed original landscape oil painting on stretched canvas in a very limited tonalist palette of three pigments plus white; depicting a minimalist serene scene with a broken luminous space within a dark blue sky and patches of marsh water in the mid and foreground...

Original gouache painting by Hans Kleiss (France, 1901-1973), mid-century. 14" by 11", currently unframed. Portrait of a Moroccan Berber. Signed by the artist l.r. and in excellent condition. One of a number of works by this well-listed artist currently available.

Original oil painting on canvas by Sabine Hettner (French, 1907-1986). In excellent condition. Signed and dated 53 l.r. Also signed and dated verso. 21 1/2" by 18" canvas alone. Sabine Hettner, whose mother was French, was the daughter of German painter Otto Hettner, an associate of Oskar Kokoschka and Otto Dix. She lived and worked in Paris in a residence where her neighbors included Sonia and Robert Delaunay...

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...

Original painting, framed under glass, circa 1960, by Hilda Rubin (Hilda Rubin Pierce). Signed l.l. 23" by 16" painting alone, 31" by 23" in its frame. In excellent condition. Hilda Rubin is an American artist born in Austria in 1922. She studied art with Oskar Kokoschka before leaving Austria for England in 1938 as Hitler was taking over the country, and eventually settled in Chicago. Studied art at the AIC, where she exhibited regularly...

"Anemones" oil on canvas 13 1/4 x 16 1/2 Louis Valtat was born into a wealthy family of ship owners on 8 August 1869 in the Normandy region of France. Valtat spent many of his childhood years in Versailles where he attended secondary school at the Lycée Hoche (near the Palace of Versailles). Encouraged by his father, an amateur landscape painter himself, Valtat became interested in art. At age 17 he applied to the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris...

A charming and beautifully painted landscape done by George W. Drew (signed lower right) in the early 20th century. The scene depicts a country path following beside a river and wending around a wooden house. Adding to this idyllic scene are ducklings on the path and a woman in front of one of the cherry trees surrounding the house, The wonderful luminosity that Drew is well-known for is apparent in this work.

The painting is 36" by 24", and the fine period frame is 43" by 31"...

Oil on canvas, this lush painting of poinsettias measures 30" x 24" (sight size), with a frame that is 3 1/2" wide. The artist is Marise London, a Florida artist from Sarasota who had an art gallery there from the late 1970's til it closed in 2006. According to the previous owner of this painting it was said to have been painted in the 80's, possibly early 90's. It is signed with the artist's first name in the lower right corner, and the full name on the stretcher...

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Wonderful old oil painting on board of two hunting dog puppies quizzically studying a frog. Signed "Ida Graham" in lower left corner, in frame it measures 12" x 14", sight size 9" x 11".

A 19th century American folk art painting. Oil on canvas. Table top still life of bountiful agricultural harvest and a pineapple likely from port trade (pineapples were popular import produce in 19th century port cities and much can be read of pineapples in American tradition and design - most notably relating to hospitality.) Relined - otherwise good, clean and bright condition. Stretcher dimensions 30 1/2 inches x 25 1/4 inches...

19th Century American, "Landscape with Waterfalls". This is a very fine Hudson River School landscape, oil on academy board, 9 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches, c. 1880s, unsigned, in an ornate period gilt frame. Although this painting is unsigned it is quite well painted, evidently by a very competent artist.

Harriette F A Sutcliffe (British, fl.1881 - 1922)

Beauty and the Beast

Oil on canvas, signed with monogram and titled on the reverse

Exhibited: The Royal Academy, 1899

Miss Suitcliff was a Hampstead painter of genre and portraits who exhibited at the royal academy from 1881-1899 and elsewhere.

Source:

Christopher Wood, The Dictionary of Victorian Painters

Painting Size: 16" x 20" Frame Size: 24" x 28"

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

Kitchen Sunlight

Oil on canvas, signed, inscribed on the reverse.

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

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Oversize original oil painting (oil and methacrylate on canvas) by Pat Adams (American, Vermont, born 1938). 70"by 84". Painted in 1980,and exhibited in the Pat Adams retrospective exhibition at the Berkshire Museum in 1988--still bears the exhibition label. Provenance: Hassam/Speicher Fund, Michener Collection, Kent School of Art Gallery. A major work from a major American artist.

Johannes Marinus Ten Kate (Dutch, 1859-1896)

Working the Field

Oil on canvas. signed lower right

Painting17" x 24 3/4"
Frame: 28" x 35 1/4"

Ten Kate was known for his landscapes, beach scenes and genre paintings. Born in Amsterdam, he was the son of Johannes Mari ten Kate, under whom he most likely studied. He lived and worked in the Hague and was a member of the Hague Artists’ Society and the Pulchri Studio (...

A pair of oil on card paintings, each signed lower left, by C. Ph. Weber. The first is of a church and churchyard behind a rock wall. The second depicts fishing along the Delaware river. Typical of the artist's work is the fine use of light and color, rendering an almost impressionistic feel.

Condition of the paintings is very good, with no damage or restoration. There are some scattered minor areas of surface dirt on the fishing scene, which could easily be cleaned without harming the painti...