Oil on canvas painting of a small house in the trees, 22" by 26" (28" by 32" framed), signed at lower right "Stahl" and dated there "42", titled on reverse "In Laurel Canyon" and signed and dated again there. This is an early work by the important, well-listed American illustrator artist and art educator BENJAMIN A. STAHL (1910-1987). Stahl was Chicago-born, and traveled to Mexico and apparently California as well, before settling into Weston, Connecticut and eventually, Sarasota, Florida...
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Original antique painting of a native American Indian woman braiding her daughters hair. Gouache on paper signed lower right L. C. Perry. Presented in the original antique frame.
Born in Boston, Lilla Cabot Perry was a key person, along with Mary Cassatt, in bringing French Impressionism* to the United States from France...
GREEK ICON, christ the Savior, oil on panel 13”x9.5” 1700
Dynamic and complex, this is a colorful oil on canvas abstract, 40" by 18" (vertical format), 45" by 23" in the wood frame, titled on the stretcher "Figure in Movement" and signed nearby on the reverse canvas (a little hard to see in the photos). but, it has a significant, jagged unrepaired rip in it. I imagine the painting dates from the late 40's or the 1950's...
Mid Century Oil on canvas Attb Bernard Buffet style Notre Dame . Painted probably 1950s or so unsigned unrestored or cleaned . Purchased in Beverly Hills in the 1990s. Sight 36" by 23.5" frame 41.5" by 29.5"
Benson Bond Moore
(American 1882-1974)
"Cloud Shadows, Bluemont, VA"
Oil on board, signed lower right and titled on the reverse
Painting: 10.25" x 16"
Frame: 14.5" x 20"
Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector
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Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washington, DC...
Benson Bond Moore
(American 1882-1974)
"Autumn on the Patuxent"
Oil on Board, signed lr, and titled and located "at Seven Gabels Near Cedar Point, MD...
Early landscape painting of a likely imaginary, idealized, pyramidal mountain peak of California, (doesn't really resemble Mt. Shasta, but I suppose it could be), 20" by 16" on the stretchers, painted on canvas, 25 3/4" by 21 3/4" in a fine old gold 19th century frame, signed at lower right by artist "C. A. Simpson" and dated there 1886. The painting is firmly in the luminous tradition of some of the eastern Hudson River artists, with a pinkish glow suffusing the sky...
August Rolle
(American 1875-1941)
Moonrise on the Bay
Oil-on-canvas laid to aluminum panel, signed lower right
Painting: 13 ¾” x 16 ½”
Frame: 18 ½” x 21 ¼”
August Herman Olson Rolle, painter, printmaker and graphic artist, dabbled in many activities before turning his focus to art. Born in Sibley County, MN, in 1875, his first path toward adulthood led him to Red Wing Seminary...
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"...
British Three Masted Ship in the Bay of Naples
Italian School, Circa 1870.
Before photography, ship captains, owners or pasangers would commission local artists to paint their ship in foriegn ports, Here we see a ship in the Bay of Naples with Mount Vesuvius in the background
Ptg. : 10.5" x 16"
Frame: 13" x 18"
Robert Bruce Wallis (English, 1794-1878)
Signed: R. B. Wallis (Lower, Right)
" In West Cornwall ", c. 1870s
Oil on Canvas
12 1/4" x 18 1/4"
Housed in a 2 3/4" Ornamented Frame
Overall Size: 17 1/8" x 23 1/8"
Some losses to frame. In otherwise very good condition.
“Nudes On Balcony , By American Artist Oil 36x24” ….more information coming
A very attractive 18x24” Oil on panel framed painting done circa 1900
By the recently deceased celebrated modern English artist ALFRED DANIELS (1924-2015) this is a 25" by 30" oil on canvas, unframed, titled on an original label of the artist "Going to Church/Hvar--Yugoslavia", signed at lower right and dated 1961. The scene is a church situated on a small rise by the sea, its blindingly white tower and red tile roof contrasting with a violet sky, and the dark green trees of the Adriatic coast...
Unframed oil, on canvas painting, unsigned, circa 1920's or 1930's, measuring 25" by 32", the subject a rousing toast among a group of men in traditional eastern European or Russian clothing, a lone woman watching warily in the background. The painting is very dirty and as-found with craquelure. Trying to establish authorship, I contacted several prominent auction houses...
Original floral still life on canvas by Blasco Mentor (Spain, France, 1919-2003), dating probably from the sixties. Signed "Mentor" l.r. In excellent original condition and with original gallery frame. 16" by 13" canvas alone, 23" by 20" in its frame.
Blasco Mentor was a well-known member of the "Ecole de Paris". His works are in the collection of the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
Beautiful Italian work by VIANI signed Villa d’Este Italy o/c 16x20”