PAIR of oil on canvas paintings, each 6 3/4" by 6 3/4" as framed, both signed "Verne", the subjects both still lifes of flowers in table top vessels. These are works by one GLADYS MARIE BAXTER DUCKWORTH (1904-1981). Often the works are erroneously misattributed by online sellers as being by a "Verne Lucinda McCann Gillespie", but Edan Hughes in his dictionary of artists in California has set the record straight...

Lucien Whiting Powell (American 1846-1930)

Bayou Oil-on-canvas, signed lower left

Provenance: Senator John B. Henderson (1826-1913)

Painting: 23” x 37”
Frame: 27” x 41”

Born 1846 in Upperville, Lucien Whiting Powell served with the Virginia cavalry during the Civil War...

Oil on Masonite painting of the famed church of Santa Prisca in Taxco, Mexico, signed lower right in blue by the well listed California artist FILASTRO MOTTOLA (1915-2008). The work measures 24" by 18" (31" by 24 1/2" framed). The church with its Churrigueresque decorations dating to the 17th century is famous and a frequent subject of artists. Mottola was born in northern New Jersey and moved to Southern California as a child in 1922. He studied in New York City with Harvey Dunn...

**One of two works by the artist in my shop**, this is an oil on board painting of what appear as houses, rendered in rich colors, and in a firmly modernist style. The painting measures 11 1/2" by 14 1/2" and 15" by 18 1/2" in early gold framing. The work is signed at lower left in the paint. On the reverse side is a fragment, in poor condition, of another painting the artist evidently executed...

A fine mixed media work (appears to be a textured gesso mixed with sand), that unusual medium overpainted with orange, white and sky blue in a vertical format, the work signed lower right in ink "B. Rahmi" and dated there 1962. Measurements are 11 3/8" by 7 3/4" **(29 cm. by 20 cm.)**, and (14 1/4" by 10 7/8" framed in a kind of shadowbox arrangement, behind glass and linen liner, in a gold leaf frame)...

Large 27" by 33 1/2" (33" by 39" framed), oil on canvas still life cornucopia painting of fruit and flowers including tulips and carnations, in a basket set on a vaguely defined table top against a dark background, apparently unsigned, circa mid 19th century but in the tradition of 17th century Dutch still life. This came recently from a fine area home, where it was proudly displayed in the living room. I do not see a signature...

An oil on canvas in a naive style of a line of deer walking along a gentle hill toward the top of a larger hill with the sunset and distant view of the other side of the valley. The painting was found in Shenandoah Valley though no record of, “A. Taylor” has been found. The tone of the painting is warm. While there are no give away clues as to the age between the late 19th or the early 20th century, it has a feel of being in the earlier part of that range rather than the later...

“Ombelliferes” oil on canvas 31" x 23" Andre Vignoles was born in the southwest part of France on August 5, 1920. He followed a course of classic studies but was attracted to drawing at an early age and gave much of his time to it. He began to paint with a student of Flandria, one of the first Fauves, who studied in the atelier of Gustave Moreau. As he continued his study of painting, Vignoles was attracted to the art of Cezanne, Van Gogh and the Primitives of the 15th century...

Beautiful oil on paper signed OKUZO, a Nigerian artist. The scene depicts a Prince arriving to Lagos met by his followers. Measures 8 x 12” and is framed and matted and a frame that measures 17 x 19” 778 and 779- $3500 for both.

Enrico Colombotto Rosso, Italian, 1925-2013. Untitled (Sleeping Figure) Oil on canvas,signed Colombotto Rosso (lower right); signed and inscribed (verso)Height 35.2 in.; Width 59.2 in. / Height 89.5 cm.; Width 150.5 cm. Misc Signed, Inscribed verso. His paintings sell at auction up to $9000.

Oil on board, likely Canadian painting of a curling scene on a large ice rink with a large number of spectators and players, painted very competently in a very charming folk-art style, signed at lower right "S. S. Heath" and dated there 1973. The work reminds a bit of the whimsical folky Canadian paintings of Allen Sapp or William Kurelek. Suprisingly, I see absolutely no information or auction record for any artist of this name. The work measures 16" by 20" and 20" by 24" as framed...

Oil on canvas scene of a central Parisian plaza by the Seine in the late 19th century, including an advertising kiosk, horse drawn wagons, and figures dressed in the manner of the times, the Seine and domed building in the background, 20" by 24" (28" by 32" framed), signed at lower right by the popular contemporary painter who signs as "G. SHERMAN"...

A modernistic oil thin canvas, laid on plywood, signed at lower left in Hebrew script. The subject is a still life including cup and saucer, what appears to be a pitcher, and other table top items arranged in an intentionally shallow space. The work measures 18 1/2" by 22" and is unframed. The wood panel has warped with time, causing the work to be concave. A restorer could likely remove from the wood and place it on another canvas but of course that would come at a cost. I have had Hebrew ...

An antique oil on canvas landscape of a distant snow capped mountain range framed by bright late autumn foliage, 15 1/2" by 30" (21 1/2" by 35" in likely the original frame), signed in red at lower right by artist ADELE BRACY and dated there what appears to be 1898 or 1896 (or, in that vicinity towards the earlier side). This is apparently a copy by a talented amateur of an image well-known in the mid 19th century. An original painting "Late Autumn in the White Mountains" by important American...

The Scottish Traveler

British School, Circa 1870

Charming Genre Scene showing a traveler beseiged by begging children. The Victorians loved this type of painting that "tells a story", Note how the little girl staring straight out pulls you into the picture

Ptg: 27" x 33"
Frame: 32.5" x 38.5"

Mario Russo Roman artist 1925-2000”Vado Forte E Testa Di Marmo, Oil 16x20” Mario Russo Italian | 1925 - 2000 Mario Russo was an Italian painter who was born in 1925. Mario Russo's work has been offered at auction multiple times, His was a close friend and taught art to Fellini This is a work done in his studio

LEVI WELLS PRENTICE 1851-1935; AMERICAN River Bend; Oil on Canvas Original Frame LWP is from the Adirondacks area in NY. He is known for his landscape and still like paintings of this area. He has a distinctive realistic style. His art is in many collections including the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. This painting was once owned and sold by VOSE Galleries in Boston. On the back, there is information, as well as the provenance on the Vose Gallery label. Dimensions; 8.5" x 11"; framed 16"...

A beautiful unsigned portrait of a young woman that is in the style of the 19th century.

Francoise Boucher Attr or School of : Cupids in Landscape: Pair 18th C French. This pair of oils on canvas is lovely in the quality of painting and the charming subject matter. Each panel is 28"w by 64"h. They had hinges on them as a standing screen but were later used as hanging panels. They are from a prominent french family who brought them to the USA.

Impressionist Italian Landscape by Thomaso Roberti,an Italian painter 24”x20 oil on canvas, in a period baroque frame 32”x28”

Oil on canvas still life painting, including a red teapot, plates, funnel, cup, and fruit, all on a striped table cloth with further drapery in the background, 20" by 24", unsigned on front and bearing the name "H. HOWARD" and date "OCT. 74" on the stretcher. There is an African-American artist by the name Humbert Howard but this work does not resemble the work I see out there on the net. The artist, whoever he or she was, obviously was trained and understood perspective, composition, color, a...

A beautiful pair of original 19th century antique oil paintings in the manner of George Henry Harlow renowned British portrait painter, 1787-1819]. Both Oil on canvas framed in later vintage gold frames. Both paintings have been professionally restored relined cleaned and re varnished. DIMENSIONS 8.5ʺW × 1.5ʺD × 10.5ʺH

Anne Lane studied art at George mason University in Virginia, completed her education at Saint Patrick’s college, Ireland, where she studied theology and philosophy. The tonal and contemplated intensity of her paintings reflect her 10 years spent working as an artist under the desert sun of New Mexico. Her vibrant style,resonant with color and baroque in detail,swoons its delight over her canvases. The subjects and themes of her art, reflect her fascination with people, particularly the phycho...

This is a LANDSCAPE PAINTING by the 20th Century ARTIST: TONI BORDIGNON. This OIL on CANVAS measures: 19" X 31" FRAMED; 11.5" X 24" SIGHT. Influenced by 18th & 19th Century Masters reads the biography on the back. Ca. 1950-1970 there are some light surface OIL cracks

Abstract Figures By American Master Artist Max Kessler 16x16”….this work represents the time the artist spent in drawing and painting from memory 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. Automatic drawing was pioneered by the Englis...

Painting by Anne Lane, portrait of a woman, 15x18" with frame. Anne Lane studied art at George mason University in Virginia, completed her education at Saint Patrick’s college, Ireland, where she studied theology and philosophy. The tonal and contemplated intensity of her paintings reflect her 10 years spent working as an artist under the desert sun of New Mexico. Her vibrant style,resonant with color and baroque in detail,swoons its delight over her canvases. The subjects and themes of her ...

"Window on to Florence", San Diego, Philippine. Oil on Canvas. 22 x 18". Frame Size 30 x 26".

Artist WILLIAM LESTER STEVENS 1888-1969, Maine Seascape 1920s Oil measuring 22 x 29,“ frame size 25 x 32.“……biography: William Lester Stevens was born in Rockport, Massachusetts in 1888. He first studied art under Parker Perkins and, by the age of eighteen, had his paintings accepted by the National Academy of Design and won a scholarship to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School, training under Edmund Tarbell. After studying in Europe he retuned home and helped establish the Rockport Art...

Landscape with the country home of Winston Churchill oil on canvas by his son Wm. Spencer Churchill,20x24”,Fs22x26” Sold

Oil on canvas painting of the streets in the oft-painted Montmartre section of Paris, 18" by 24" (25" by 31" framed), signed at lower right by the noted well listed French naive artist LOUIS PEYRAT (1905-1999). This is a classic scene that reminds of Maurice Utrillo, who, I read online, was a cousin of Peyrat (one painting in the auction record featured as its subject matter Utrillo's house). The muted color palette lends an austerity and understatement to this fine work. Peyrat was from the ...

“The Chinoiserie Garden” after François Boucher (French 1703-1770) measuring 48x60 inches in oil on canvas, framed in a gold leaf baroque frame. The work was originally in the Grand Lobby of The Pierre Hotel in New York City. The original work by Boucher was a large tapestry done in the 18th century. François Boucher (29 September 1703 – 30 May 1770) was a French painter, draughtsman and etcher, who worked in the Rococo style. Boucher is known for his idyllic and volupt...

A most interesting circa 1960's work featuring a group of older, mostly one story buildings in a town, those buildings apparently of stone, judging from the earthy colors. A dark blue sky elegantly sets off the earth tones, making for an interesting play of light and color. Brush strokes are vigorous and sure. The painting is oil on canvasboard, measuring 9" by 13" (12 3/4" by 16 1/2" framed), signed with initials that could be "CB" at lower right. On the reverse is written "Bloom" but this ...

This antique early 19th-century Spanish Colonial Mexican Retablo features Our Lady Refuge of Sinners (Nuestra Senora de Refugio de Los Pecadores). It is finely hand-painted in oil on a tin panel. The painting depicts the Virgin Mary holding the Baby Jesus wrapped in a cloth. The Baby Jesus holds his mother's hand and sleeve for support. They both wear elaborate golden crowns and are surrounded by a golden halo. The Virgin Mary's dark blue cape is initialed with her ciphers. The retablo is mounte...

Master Artist Anne Lane,Harlequin Couple,oil on canvas 30x36” Anne Lane studied art at George mason University in Virginia, completed her education at Saint Patrick’s college, Ireland, where she studied theology and philosophy. The tonal and contemplated intensity of her paintings reflect her 10 years spent working as an artist under the desert sun of New Mexico. Her vibrant style,resonant with color and baroque in detail,swoons its delight over her canvases. The subjects and themes of her ...

Oil on canvas laid on board, 21" by 34" (26" by 39" as framed), unsigned, circa 1880 I would guess, the painting consisting of a classic Hudson River view with steep hills bordering a river, a boat completing the scenery. There is a very nice luminosity to this particular example, a very nice handling of the light in the leaves of the trees. The painting has an approximately 5" long horizontal old cut in lower portion as shown, not unusual for a work of this age. There is also considerable un...

A beautiful and somber portrait of President Abraham Lincoln done around the time of his birth centennial in 1999 unsigned and measuring 20x16 in a beautiful gilded frame measuring 34x29”

A nicely worked oil on canvas, 21" by 29" plus almost 1" wide old frame, the subject an extensive continental European landscape with figures on shore and in a small boat, a dog, wading and resting cows, trees and classic buildings, signed at lower right by artist "O. Kirkman" and dated there 1858. The more one studies this the more detail one sees. This antique painting will need restoration and it is well worth the effort to bring it back to displayable condition. There is yellowed varnish,...

John Ulbricht, Cuba, Illinois, and presently living in Majorca, Spain, 1913-2007. He is known for Abstract Compositions as well as Figural Paintings and Drawings. This dynamic painting represents his Abstract pieces at their best. It is oil on masonite. He is listed in Who was Who in American Art. He has a extensive gallery and exhibition record and is in many museums including The National Portrait Gallery.

A complete Renaissance image/Painting of a handsome young man with a feather cap/hat happily holding a wine glass in his hand. Artist: Gebhard GAGG, (1839-1921). Carved and painted in polychrome colors on wood. Signed and dated 1892 by the artist. This fine piece of art is numbered on the back side (No. 331). Size: 14" x 10" (35cm x 25cm.) Good condition, gold framed.

Ecclesiastical eighteenth Century Mexican holy trinity oil on canvas 20 x 16“, frame size 27 x 22“

In 1861, the great American portrait painter George Peter Alexander Healy create a series of masterful oil copies of the latest Matthew Brady gallery photographs of the leaders of The union government and military. This may be one of them. So many of the subjects like Lincoln, renewed to the Washington seeing the same cannot be said for general in chief Winfield Scott age 75, who had been in uniform since 1812 George Peter Alexander Healy (July 15, 1813 – June 24, 1894) was an American portra...

Oil on canvas painting, unframed, 24" by 18", titled on stretcher in artist's hand "TAKING IN THE SIGHTS ON ROMANTIC CHURCH STREET, CHARLESTON", and signed at lower left by the late San Diego county artist and poet NATALIE REED. Reed was a familiar name in the arts community in the San Diego area, creating paintings and sculptures and even murals in large scale for public buildings, including a work for the Federal Building in downtown San Francisco. She was a traveler, painting along the way ...

A 30" by 40 1/2" work on canvas, featuring a large barn in a tawny presumably California landscape, an early car housed interestingly in the structure, signed at lower right by noted Utah-born, western American artist DONAL JOLLEY (1933-). Jolley was born in Zion National Park, Utah, and settled in Rim Forest, California, high in the San Bernardino Mountains, in 1970. He remains there, creating watercolors and the occasional oil or acrylic work. Jolley showed a very early affinity for drawing...

Oil on canvas portrait of a middle aged man seen in profile, not signed on the front, possibly signed on the reverse, 20" by 16", unframed. The man appears to be a clerk in his work clothes, circa 1910 to mid 1930 perhaps. On the reverse written faintly on the canvas is "WM. HODES FRANKLIN" or similar--. Below that is what appears to be "BRACKMAN". Robert Brackman (1898-1980) was a well-known artist in the northeastern United States at mid-century, painting figures, landscapes, portraits, a...

Abstract Figure by New York artist Max Kassler (1903-1993). Oil on Canvas Board, 15.5 x 9 3/4. Modernist. A very beautiful work from the 1950s signed Max Kassler oil on canvas Artist panel,signed on back. The work is reminiscent of Abstract Expressionist Artist….. 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 abstr...

Oil on canvas colorful and skillfully painted abstract landscape of the glorious Southwest, 27 1/2" by 36" as framed, signed at lower right "Helen Peeke", and bearing the title "Indian Country" and the original price "150.00" on the stretcher. I have not been able to locate information on the artist but obviously she was a skilled painter who was able to capture the feeling of the Southwest in abstracted form. Condition is excellent and this is wall-ready.

This oil on canvas painting of a waterfall in a forest, the light refracting the spray into a rainbow, was acquired by me more than 15 years ago here in Los Angeles. Measuring 14 1/2" by 11 3/4" (19" by 16" in circa 1930 frame), it retains some evidence of a signature, in red, at lower right, that signature ending in "s"; and on the stretcher confidently written in an old hand is "F. De Bergh Richards". (His name has been variously spelled as "De Berg", "DeBourg", etc.). I can say it is possi...

Flower Still Life by Kaminski. Oil on Canvas. 20 x 16". Frame Size 23 x 19".

A vintage still life oil painting of yellow and orange flowers in a brown jug on a table top, unframed, 30" by 36", signed at lower right by listed Southern California artist BERTHA TOWNSEND COLER (1865-1948). Coler was born in Ohio and studied with Robert Henri and William Merritt Chase in New York City. By 1928 she had moved to Santa Monica, California and for the next two decades was a prolific painter in watercolor and oil, concentrating on portraits and still life, with some landscapes in t...

A finely painted work on canvas, 16" by 20", unframed, signed at lower left and dated there "60" or "69" by the Scottish-born artist who worked much of his life in England, JOHN PETTIE (1839-1893). The scene is a lavishly appointed bedroom chamber fit for a castle or manor house, a lone female figure at right and her faithful black dog adding an element of interest and mystery. The subdued light in the chamber and another room to the rear is handled masterfully, as are details such as the bed ...

Artist William Seltzer Rice Oil Study for Illustration 30 x 24” ....... William Seltzer Rice (June 23, 1873 – August 27, 1963) was an American woodblock print artist, art educator and author, associated with the Arts and Crafts movement in Northern California. Born and raised in Manheim in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Rice grew up with his parents in his grandparent's home on Market Square that had been occupied by his family for four generations. His parents were John Rice and Sara Selt...

Martin Borgard, 1835-1935. This artist was born in Norway and then moved to the USA where he worked in California, Old Lyme and Provincetown. It is oil on canvas laid on a wood panel, signed lower right. It is in good condition. It is 7" by 9.25" and framed in an original impressionist frame with outer dimensions of 12" by 14.5". His paintings sell for up to $125,000 and his work is in museums.

An exquisite and well painted work signed Butterfield. Oil on canvas 25x22 inches Clown playing the cello Cortland Butterfield was one of the leading portrait artists of his time. The subjects of his naturalistic works in watercolors and oils ranged from people he met in his daily life to performing artists, including luminaries such as Pablo Casals and Margot Fonteyn. Always fascinated by faces, he used the sketches he had made as an art student in Greenwich Village as the basis for his ...

A beautiful framed Western Scene of American circa 1900-1920 oil on board framed

A Landscape in Autumn by Nam-Nong, Huh-Gun (1907-1987): Korea, Mounted with Fabric and inner frame, The artist’s pen name; Nam-Nong, Name; Huh-Gun Painted in ink and color with an Autumn scene on paper, Two Seales, Huh Ryun, Nam-Nong in red, on upper left with poem. It is in very good condition. It measures 25 1/4” x 16” ( 65cm x 40cm)

A PAIR of oil on canvasboard paintings, each 20" by 24", signed at lower right by the same artist, "McKee", the subjects a rural farm in autumn, the other an eerily empty Hopperesque old house. These were found in Southern California and the scenes may well be Californian. There are a number of artists by the name McKee so it is difficult to determine who may have created these. Both are in need of varnish, and the house painting has a small spot of missing paint in the sky at left, as well...

Oil on linen laid on board, 16 1/4" by 23 1/4", the simple modern frame about 1 1/4" wide, signed at lower right by listed California woman artist M.E. HODGDON, not dated but likely before 1920. The painting recently came out of Maine, where it had possibly resided for decades, perhaps brought east by an early day traveler wanting a souvenir. The artist, MARY E. HODGDON, is said by Hughes in his dictionary of California artists to have been a resident of Los Angeles between 1912 and 1922. Not...

Oil on canvas of what would appear to be a domestic family scene, measuring 28" by 31 1/2", unframed, signed at lower left in capital letters "GUYARD". There does not appear to be a listed artist who could be associated with this name, despite the fine skills demonstrated by the artist. I have researched the painting and have concluded that this might be very well be (or, probably is---though I can't be absolutely certain) a painting by the listed French artist PIERRE-EUGENE DUTEURTRE (1911-19...

Fernand Leger, French,1881-1955. This stunning example of Fernand Leger's imagery at his early cubust period in the 1920's is pencil on paper. It is 21.5cm w by 25cm h in a beautiful frame 45cm w by 47.5cm h. It is signed lower left F. L. 20. Fernand Léger was born in 1881, the same year both Picasso and Braque were born, in Normandy; his father was a substantial cattle grazer. Fernand was trained as an architectural draughtsman and later worked as a professional retoucher of photographs. He wa...

Oil on masonite painting of industrial dockside scene, 15" by 19" and 1 3/4" of liner and frame, signed at lower left and dated "58". The artist, MARIO LORIETO (1919-2003) was a significant figure in the Uruguayan art scene, having studied in the Taller Torres Garcia (Jose Torres Garcia, the major Uruguayan artist), and with Jose Gurvich, Julio Alpuy, and Augusto Torres. He traveled in Europe and has been exhibited in museums in Latin America, Spain, and Italy. Note the use of baby blue and ...