Introduction: Wai Ming's original oil paintings and fine art reproductions, mainly of oriental subjects, are admired and collected by people throughout the world, including the famous and foreign dignitaries. Seldom has the impact of an artist been so immediate as that of Wai Ming on his arrival in San Francisco from Hong Kong in 1974. His artistic sensitivity is combined with a startling realism that has caught the attention of the public...

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...

A lovely pair of oil on panel paintings c1900 by Charles MacDonald Manly (Canadian, 1855-1924) ARCA, OSA. Born in England, he came to Canada at an early age. He returned to Europe to study at the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin (1881-84). On his return to Canada, he became a founding member of the Toronto Arts Students League. He was an active member of the ARCA (Royal Canadian Academy of Art) and the OSA (Ontario Society of Artists, president in 1903)...

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...

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...

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...

From our Fine Arts and Americana Collection, a lovely hand-embellished serigraph by Janet Treby. Hand-embellished serigraphs are different from standard serigraphs in that hand-embellished serigraphs have actually been over-painted by the artist, and so they have the texture of an original...

“FLOWERS & APPLES” oil on canvas 21.75” x 25.75” Henri Manguin is considered one of the founding father of Fauvism. He was born in Paris on March 23, 1874. Fatherless at the age of six years he was reared with his sister by his mother. At age 15 he decided to stop his education and devote himself to painting. Four years later, he left home and moved to Montmartre. Late in 1894 he entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts to study under Gustave Moreau...

“Still Life with Fruit and Bowl” oil on canvas 13.5” x 16.75” Georges d’Espagnat was painter, illustrator and stage designer. He left for Paris at the age of 18 to attend the School of Fine Arts. His first exhibition was at the Salon des Refuses and he exhibited regularly at the Salon des Independents, the Salon d’Automne, the Galerie Durand-Ruel in Paris and New York, where d’Espagnat gave a one-man show. While at the academy, d’Espagnat rejected the formalities of the academy a...

"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...

This exceptional oval 60" x 32" French Painting is Signed Gustave Bouvard?? The painting was purchased from an antique dealer in Baton Rouge, La and he said the painting came from Napolean Bonaparte's Brothers Estate. It is signed in the lower left corner and is in Excellent Condition. Has original frame and stretcher. We are researching this painting and if you have any information please advise.

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...