1924 watercolor painting of Red Mountain, California, by listed artist Arthur J. Hammond (signed and titled lower left). This is a beautiful work employing soft desert colors in shades of blues, greens, and purples.
The frame is not comtemporary to the piece.
Hammond was born in Vernon, Connecticut in 1875 but lived mostly in Rockport, Massachusetts.
Listed in
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MEDIA: Chinese brush painting
TITLE: Portrait of Guan Yin
SIZE: 13 ¾ inches x 16 ½ inches
ARTIST: Jin Tian was born in Beijing in 1954. She began her studies of Chinese painting at an early age. She first studied under Mr. Liu Ling Chang, a well known artist and teacher. Then she began working in the Palace Museum, Beijing, where she conducted an extensive study of the museum¡¯s collection. In 1992, she started her studies at the Central Art Academy School...
MEDIA: Chinese brush painting
TITLE: Portrait of Buddha
SIZE: 13 inches x 16 inches
ARTIST: Jin Tian was born in Beijing in 1954. She began her studies of Chinese painting at an early age. She first studied under Mr. Liu Ling Chang, a well known artist and teacher. Then she began working in the Palace Museum, Beijing, where she conducted an extensive study of the museum¡¯s collection. In 1992, she started her studies at the Central Art Academy School...
A very well rendered watercolor painting on paper, of a Union officer. There is a large amount of background detailing, showing camp tents by a river, with the American flag flying. Superb condition. 8 1/4" by 6 1/4"
John Daniel Hagenhofer, b. Boston, 1913. Studied - AIC, Chicago Acad. FA., WPA artist.
Ink and watercolor illustration with descriptive note from the artist. In very good condition with the original frame. Image measures app. 6"x7".
Watercolor on paper board by Lloyd Ray Ney. Ney - 1893 - 1964, b. Pa., lived in New Hope, Pa. 1925 - 1964. Studied - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, winner of the Cresson Prize, WPA commissions, his non-objective paintings were included in 15 years of exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum [ 1947 - 1955]. This work is in very good original condition, frame is original, and measures app. 19" X 25", signed Ney,'61.
Original Watercolor Painting by Salomon Corrodi (1810-1892), spectacular Bay of Amalfi seen from the West showing it's sandy coast with boats as well as houses and the steep cliffs of the terrain. In the background cliffs and the road by the sea lead to the bay of Minori. In the hazy background one can also distinguish the elevation of the Golf of Salerno...
Lloyd Ray Ney. Ney, - 1893 - 1964, b. Pa.
Lived in New Hope, Pa. Studied - Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, winner of the Cresson Prize, WPA commissions, his non-objective paintings were included in 15 years of exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum [ 1947 - 1955].
This watercolor on paper board is in very good original condition, unframed, and measures app. 18" X 24", signed Ney,'62.
"Sun Set"
Watercolor on paper, 18.5" x 12.5"
This master artist was born in Belgium and lived in The Hague. He was the
student of the famous romantic painter Anreas Schelfhout and is best known for his landscapes. His watercolors are rare and valuable. This piece is not only an exquisit example of Destree's talents as a watercolorist, it is an unusually large watercolor for Destree, adding to its value. The piece is approximately 150 years old and in excellent condition...
“Il Golfo Di Napoli”
Gouache on board, 10.5" x 7" framed, circa 1860
Mr. Guisti was a very popular and prolific street artist of the 19th century. He worked and lived mostly in Naples, Italy however his art can be found in galleries all over the world. This gem was discovered while searching for antiques in New York City.
Rare original watercolor and ink painting on elephant paper by Wendell H. Black (American, 1919-1972) in excellent original unframed condition. This work measures 20" by 26 1/2". Signed by the artist (lower center) and dated (57). Provenance upon request. One of a number of works by this artist currently offered. Please inquire.
"Rain & Masts Sailboats"
Watercolor on paper, 9" x 12" unframed, 16" x 19" framed
Ms. Nedwill was born in New York City and studied at the Arts Student League, studying with some of the great artists of the time including Bridgman, H. Dunn, G.P. Ennis, D. Beard, R. Reid and C.G.Chapman. She belonged to numerous organizations including North Shore Artist's Association, The Studio Guild of New York, The Bronx Artist's Guild, Gotham Painters and the Glaucester Society of Artists...
Leaf from sketchbook depicting a thatched hut with tree on verso, dated 1940
Dated Jan. 7, 1940 (Showa 15) on lower right, good condition, slight browning on edges
Overall size: 8 ¾ x 11 ¾ in.
A study of fruits and vegetables, dated 1944
A leaf from a sketchbook dated Showa 15 (1944), unsigned, minor wear, toning on back
Overall size: 11 ½ x 16 ¼ in.
Abstract watercolor, by Joseph Meierhans, Bucks County, Pa. modernist, circa 1940's. In very good original condition this work measures appx. 10 1/2" x 14". Estate stamped on verso. 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.
"Harbor Scene"
watercolor on paper 36 1/2" x 30 1/2" framed \ 20" x 16" view size
Painter. Born in Matthews, IN on Nov. 9, 1902. At age five Faivre moved with his family to Portland, OR where as a teenager he studied at the Portland Art Gallery and privately with Howard Ellis. He moved to Los Angeles in 1923 and worked as a freelance commercial artist and in the late 1920s went north to San Francisco...
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.
“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...
“Cardinal and Company”
Watercolor on paper view size 19 ½” x 13 1/2”
Daini was born in as well as died in Rome...
A 19thC framed watercolour picture of a child 1860-80. This late Victorian period unsigned framed water color on paper is a piece of early memorial folk art and it was possibly made by a family member as a reminder of a deceased child, with typical muted colours and austere pose. This Victorian picture is a lovingly made piece, most likely a memorial painting, with a hand-cut deep red velvet mat, a gilt paper mount from a photo-album page and a black and gilt frame with applied brass Coptic cro...
Victor David Hecht, b. Paris, lived in NYC, 1873 - 1931.
Studied - Académie Julian-Student,
Art Students League of New York.
Exhibited - Pa. Academy, Art Institute of Chicago, Society of Independent Artists, National Academy of Design, Corcoran Gallery etc.
This early modernist watercolor is pencil signed and dated 1926.
Image measures - 10 1/2" x 15".
Condition - very good
Ramsay Richard Reinagle,1775-1862, British, Returning Home, a shepherd ad his flock, watercolor on paper, signed and dated 1807, L.L. image size 20X27 inches, period gilt frame
“California Sea Shacks”
Watercolor 22” x 29 ½” unframed
Laycox attended The University of California and California State University in San Francisco. He held a teaching degree from the latter. His early training and career were in engineering. However, before his death in 1985, he had devoted thirty five years of his time and energies entirely to the development of a natural artistic talent and a professional career in art. The result of that devotion can be seen readily in his sup...
A nicely painted and tranquil signed watercolour of a sailboat on a lake with islands and distant mountains c1920s. This 7-1/8" x 4-1/2" sight size picture is in what appears to be the original gilt and painted wood embossed 10-1/4" x 7-1/2" frame with a gold mat. It is signed L. Livingston (unidentified), and it is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, fading, tears, staining, foxing, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condi...
A nicely painted and peaceful 1920s-30s watercolour of a winter scene with a deer. This 5-1/2" x 3-5/8" sight size picture is in the original gilt embossed wood 11 x 9" frame with a gold mat. It is unsigned but looks like our other painting by L. Livingston (our stock number 5727), and it is in excellent original condition with no chips, cracks, fading, tears, staining, foxing, losses, damage or repairs. All items are thoroughly and conservatively graded and all condition issues are noted; a...
George C. Bell, American, active 1875-1889, Watercolor on paper, "Castle Path", image size: 14 1/4 x 10 11/16 inches, dated 1885 and signed in lr Geo. C. Bell
This is a small Balinese watercolour painting by local painter, signed Widana, from Kelating, size 13 inches by 8.5 inches, scenery of lady farmers in the padi field working together. Condition not perfect as there are grease, tear at corner and stains. Thank you for looking
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Matted, framed with glass. Not examined out of frame. Please disregard glare. Frame measures 22" x 14". Possibly the work of Anna T. Swinburne.
Original painting (gouache on paper) by Adolf Dehn (American, 1895-1968), in excellent original condition. This painting is signed l.r. It also bears a handwritten label with the signature of the artist and the title of the painting (Haiti #7). 7" by 10" painting alone, 12" by 15" in its original frame. Dehn is a major American painter and lithographer. He spent some time in Haiti in 1948 and 1949, and produced a number of works (paintings and lithographs) with Haitian subjects. We also cu...
Louis Wolchonok - (1898 - 1973)
Studied -
Academie Julian,
Brooklyn Museum Art School,
Cooper Union Art School,
National Academy of Design
Exhibited -
Art Institute of Chicago,
National Academy of Design,
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Whitney Museum of American Art
Watercolor gouache
Image - 17" x 23"
Very good condition
In original frame
Frame has some damage
Original gouache by Louis Wolchonok (American, New York, 1898-1973). This painting measures 15" by 5" (22" by 12" in its original frame). It is signed l.l. "Louis Wolchonok". Wolchonok is known as a painter, etcher, and author. He studied at the Academie Julian, at the NAD, the Cooper Union, and the Brooklyn Academy of Fine Art. Well listed, exhibited, and collected.
English School (ca. 1850-1870)
Two Antique English miniature watercolors with printed borders.
Frame size: 7.5" x 8.5"
Justin Faivre (American)
Decline of the Windjammers
Watercolor on paper, signed and dated: “1934” and titled in pencil on the reverse.
Sheet size: 12.5” x 18.5”
Mat size: 19.5” x 25.5”
Unframed
Justin Faivre was born in Matthews, Indiana. At the age of 5, however, he moved to Portland, Oregon . As a teenager he studied at the Portland Art Gallery and took private art lessons with Howard Ellis.
In 1923 Faivre left Portland for Los Angel...
Julia Sorrell mixed media painting.
British - 20th century.
Work dated 1996.
Image - 21 1/2" x 29".
Frame - 3" wide.
Excellent original condition.
Elected to the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour (RI)
Elected to the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA)
Sampling of exhbitions -
Norfolk & Norwich Festival Open Studios 1995 - 05.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Philip Rieff Collection...
A George Culley Canada watercolour painting of a house on lake. This unframed 15-1/4" x 11-1/4" watercolour on paper is by George S. Culley (Canadian, 1905 - 1988) depicting a house with boat ramp on a lake. This picture is signed and dated 1976. It is not titled, but is most likely an Ontario Canada setting. It is in excellent condition with no foxing, staining, bends, tears, losses, damage or repairs. It is signed G.S. Culley '76 on the lower right. Please note that there are some blank spot...
Original gouache by Joseph Amarotico (American, 1931-1985). This painting is signed and dated "64" l.r. It is also titled "Castle #1" on the backing paper. 18" by 13" painting alone, 26" by 21" in its original frame. From a collection of works originally purchased at the Socrates Perakis Gallery in Philadelphia in 1964--other works in this collection include paintings and drawings by Elizabeth Osborne, Johnny Aiello, and Socrates Perakis himself. Joseph Amarotico studied with Raphael Soyer a...
A Stylized Bird Painitng by Priest Joong-Kwang (1935-2002):
Korea, this painting mounted with brodcaded cloth and wood framed.back.
This bird (Penquin?) painted in ink on paper and dated 1970s,
signed Joong-Kwang and a red sealed with Joong-Kwang in Korean.
It’s in very good condition, and measures 68cm x 44cm (26 3/4” x 17 1/4”) painting only..
Eleanor Reed, b. 1913
Watercolor
6 1/2" x 8 1/2"
Associations - American Artists Professional League
Exhibitions ---
American Artists Professional League,
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
Washington (DC) Watercolor Club
Virginia City Nevada Cave In
by Robert Lee Eskridge.
A Fine Watercolor by the Well Regarded California, Hawaii (& WPA) Artist, Robert Lee Eskridge (1891-1975). Measures 22 1/2" by 15". Painted on thick Arches paper. This watercolor is signed and titled on front as shown and on the back is written 'Cave-in near Virginia City'.
Howard Weston Arnold (American, b. 1904)
Flowers in a Vase
Watercolor and gouache on paper, signed.
Painting Size: 12” x 10”
Frame Size: 21.25” x 18.5”
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Illustrator, designer, painter and educator, Arnold was born in Chicago, IL in 1904. He studied at Cooper Union Art School, Grand Central School, National Academy of Design, and New York Industrial Scho...
Banka Maruyama (Japanese, 1867-1942)
A Bamboo Grove
Watercolor on paper, signed.
Sheet Size: 20.5” x 13.5”
Sight Size: 19” x 13”
Frame Size: 25.75” x 19.5”
Banka Maruyama was a Japanese watercolor artist whose work spanned the Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa periods. Today, his work can be found in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
Wine Bottle and Onions, water color on paper 13 1/2" x 10 1/2" Emil Carlsen was especially noted for his still lives of humble everyday objects in the tradition of 17th-century Dutch painters. He perceived art as pure aesthetics with its only language being color, masses, and rhythms of line. Carlsen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 19, 1848, and not as widely assumed in 1853. He studied architecture at the Danish Royal Academy before immigrating to Chicago at age 19. He worked as a...
A George S. Culley watercolour painting of the Credit River, Ontario, Canada. This unframed 15-3/4" x 11-1/4" watercolour on paper is by George S. Culley (Canadian, 1905-1988) depicting a sluice gate on the Credit River in Melville, Ontario, Canada. This painting is in excellent original condition with no foxing, staining, bends, tears, losses, damage or repairs. It is signed G.S. Culley '64 on the lower right, and it is inscribed in ink in the artist's hand on the back "Sluice Gate Credit Rive...
A Fine Watercolor by the Listed Artist, Ignatz Sahula-Dycke (1900-82). Measures about 17 1/2" by 14 1/2" matte opening, overall about 25" by 22". Signed lower right. Sahula-Dycke has written something above his signature that I can not read, below his signature is lightly written "Phoenix 1940 Arizona".
From our Southeast Asia Collection, a fine original Burmese watercolor of a solitary young monk at prayer. From memory we think the scene depicts one of the many alcoves at the massive Ananda Temple complex in Pagan, though in all candor we cannot be entirely certain. In any event, it is a stirring and highly evocative portrayal which in its simplicity, captures a deep and genuine sense of reverence and serenity. Much of this comes from something as subtle yet masterful as the artist's depictio...
Paul B. Pascal (French, 1832-1903) gouache on paper landscape of Arabs in the Sahara Desert with pyramids and ruined temple. Dated 1902. Size: 9.5 inches x 17 inches (sight). Condition: some light scratches in sky and a one and a half inch tear at the right margin (see photo detail.) Paul Pascal was an artist who specialized in Orientalist paintings. He worked almost exclusively in gouache and watercolor, and his favorite subjects were the nomadic Arabs of north Africa. In this painting, h...
Jack Coggins - 1911 - 2006
Artist, Illustrator
Born -London England
Worked New York/PA
Studied - ASL
Grand Central School of Art
Associations -
American Society of Marine Artists
Pastel Society of America
Entitled "Ingots"
Watercolor/Gouache
Image - 19" x 26"
With original frame - 31" x 36"
Excellent original condition
Svetozar "Toza" Radakovich best known for modernist jewelry and sculpture in collaboration with his wife Ruth in California
Both artisans were classically trained in drawing and painting
This work dates from a short period in the early 1950's when Toza was living in France
Image measures - 9" x 12"
With frame - 19 1/2" x 22 1/2"
In very good vintage condition
Original frame
A Fine Painting by the Mid Century Texas Architect and Artist, M. Arthur Kotch (1926-1997). Well known as an architect in Houston, Kotch exhibited his art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, The Witte in San Antonio and the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. This watercolor measures about 14 1/2" by 19 1/2" frame opening, overall frame about 18 1/2" by 23 1/2". Label on back for Wellhausen's Pictures and Frames 1112 Capital Ave. Houston Texas Phone Fairfax 4493. Great Mid Century Modern Look, signed...
Framed watercolor painting by Latin American artist of a village scene, signed “M. Figueras” (?).
CONDITION: The photo was taken with the glass, so there is some reflection in the photo.
MEASUREMENTS: Size: 14 ¾ x 18 ½ inches frame included.
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Framed Watercolor Painting by Latin American artist of a village scene, signed “M. Figueras” (?).
ITEM NUMBER: The photo was taken with the glass, so there is some reflection in the photo.
MEASUREMENTS: Size: 14 ¾ x 18 ½ inches in frame.
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JAMES GRIFFITHS (American b. 1947) A PAINTING, "Tall Ship at Sea," signed L/R. 6 1/4" x 10 3/4". Framed.
Korean Landscape Painting by Lee Yeol Mo (1933- ):
“Autumn Landscape of Palace Kyungbok”
Pen name; Chang Woon, Artist name; Lee Yeol Mo(1933-
Signed Chang Woon, red sealed Lee Yeol Mo
It is a watercolor, painted on paper, very good condition,
glazed wood framed with a plexi glass.
Measurements; 60 ½” x 42” (154cm x 106.5cm) painting only, or
68 ½” x 49 ½” (174cm x 126cm)
*** The artist’s painting collected by Hoam Art Museun, Youngin, Korea
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Diego Rivera, Mexican, 1886-1957, Title Flower market, Medium Lithograph, Year of Work 1930-1930, Size Height 10.8 in.; Width 16.1 in. / Height 27.4 cm.; Width 40.9 cm. Edition 45/100, Found./Pub. Weyhe Gallery, pub. Diego Rivera was born on December 13, 1886 in the mountain town of Guanajuato in Mexico. His mother was an ardent Catholic and his father was a rich and aristocratic revolutionary fighter and an atheist. Little Diego decided in favor of atheism. He swore his family had to leave Guan...
This painting is signed but cannot be deciphered. The painting portrays the beautiful scenery of the Old Town in Warsaw (Stare Miasto)
CONDITION: In good condition, no restorations.
MEASUEMENTS: 19 1/2 inches tall and 18 1/4 inches wide with the frame.
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Frederick Smallfield, (English, 1825-1915)
Genoese Flower Girl
Watercolor on paper, signed and titled on the reverse.
Painting size: 16” x 10”
Frame size: 26.75” x 20.5”
Smallfield was a painter of genre scenes in oil and watercolour. He was a student at the Royal Academy Schools in the late 1840s with the members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, but he was probably not close to them then, for he is not mentioned in their diaries. However by the late 1...
Edgar Nye (American, 1879-1943)
Hillside Landscape
Watercolor on paper, signed lower right
Painting size: 11.5” x 17” Unframed
Nye lived, worked and taught in Washington, DC for 58 years. While he may have been born in Richmond, VA, his love for the city earned him the distinction of a "native" son.
Nye was educated in public schools before entering the Corcoran School of Art at age 13. He studied there for eight years before setting off on the requisite Euro...
Traditional chinese painting by Artist Li Chung Te of Korean descend.
Watercolor signed in the lower right corner H.L.B. and pencilled in on the back Harriet L. Barnecott. Nicely framed and matted under glass. The frame measures 11-1/5" x 16"
Signed ELLIS in block letters in the lower right corner. A small brown spot is in the upper right corner. Professionally framed and matted under glass. Frame measures 11" x 21"