"The Hunt" oil on canvas 8 1/2" x 10 3/4" J.R. Herve was born in 1887 in Langres, a town in the eastern part of France. He began his art studies in an evening school of his hometown. He went to Paris where he first continued his studies at the School of Decorative Arts and then at the Fine Arts School. He exhibited his works for the first time at the Salon of French Artists in 1910. He was one of the most important members of this group. Obtaining his teaching diploma, he started teaching...
James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)
Excavation Site, 16th & I Streets
Oil on canvas, located, inscribed and dated: “1958” on the reverse.
Painting size: 24” x 18”
Frame size: 29” x 23”
** Please Note - This painting came directly from the Estate of Mr. O’Brien. For other examples, type “O’Brien” into the search box...
Franklin Watkins (1894-1972) American Artist. "MILL TOWN" Oil on Canvas. Signed Lower Right "FW". Dimensions; 36" x 28"; site 31" x 23".
Oil on Canvas, English School. "The Hull to London Post". After Charles Cooper Henderson (1803-1877). Dimensions; 24" x 16", 27.5" x 19.5" framed. Late 19th/early 20rg Century. Condition; crackling and professional restoration done. Reframed.
A fine 17th century Dutch landscape by Solomon Van Ruisdael oil on oak panel 19 x 25.5 inches signed lower right. The scene is from a area near old Haarlem where he often painted pictured is a ferryboat in the distance and an angler and woman by a cottage in the foreground. An exquisite old master painting. Biography, (1600/03-1670) Salomon van Ruysdael was called De Goyer until he and his brother Isaack changed their name to Ruysdael, after the castle near their father's birthplace, Blaricum...
James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)
Drugstore on 14th Street
Oil on canvas, signed, inscribed on the reverse.
Painting size: 16” x 20”
Frame size: 21” x 25”
** Please Note - This painting came directly from the Estate of Mr. O’Brien. For other examples, type “O’Brien” into the search box...
This is a 1972 acrylic on canvas painting done by Suzann Phelan Denny. It is painted on a very large canvas which measures 62 3/4" x 48". This is a copy of a famous painting by the German Artist Cranach.
This is a very unusual American portrait of a lady. The painting is oil on canvas mounted loosly on a cardboard with tacks. The painting is done in a many layered style which is similar to the style of Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847-1917). It is marked in pencil on the back Ms. Pitts. The painting is marked in the lower right corner with a large capital R. Many of Ryder paintings have been copied; however this would be a very unusual copy. It is a very American Portrait...
Large original oil painting on canvas by James Hennessey (American, 20th Century). This work measures 48" by 48" (slightly more in its original strip frame). It is signed "Hennessey" and dated (81) l.r. It is also signed "James Hennessey" and dated on the stretcher. A wonderful large Italian inspired work with a fresco-like facture by a painter who taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art for many years and traveled through Italy for as many years...
From our Fine Arts and Americana Collection, an early Tomasz Rut original oil on canvas masterpiece titled "Celesta," widely regarded as one of his top paintings of all time.
We were fortunate to meet Tomasz in the early 1990's when he was nary as famous as he is now, and were doubly fortunate to subsequently acquire two of his early original works, both of which are now considered to be two of the best he has ever created...
Maurice Braun (American, 1877-1941)
Old River Landings
Oil on canvas, signed lower right and titled on stretcher.
Painting Size: 20” x 22”
Frame Size: 26” x 28”
Maurice Braun is one of the most well-known artists of California Impressionism. His deeply rooted beliefs in the unity of man and nature combined with the beauty of America’s southwest landscape gave rise to paintings that made him one of the most lauded artists of his day...
Sunset on Pennsylvania Avenue
James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)
Oil on board laid to canvas, located and inscribed on the reverse.
Painting size: 18” x 16”
Frame size: 23” x 21”
** Please Note - This painting came directly from the Estate of Mr. O’Brien. For other examples, type “O’Brien” into the search box...
James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)
Washington Row Houses (Dupont Circle)
Oil on canvas, located on the reverse.
Painting size: 20” x 16”
Frame size: 25” x 31”
** Please Note - This painting came directly from the Estate of Mr. O’Brien. For other examples, type “O’Brien” into the search box.
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James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)
This Is It? (800 Block of 14th Street)
Oil on canvas, signed with initials, located and inscribed on the reverse.
Painting size: 20” x 16”
Frame size: 25” x 21”
** Please Note - This painting came directly from the Estate of Mr. O’Brien. For other examples, type “O’Brien” into the search box.
*** For other paintings by artists from Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC or North Carolina, click on the “Regional ...
"Vermont Summer" oil on artist board 20" x 24" Born in Malnate, Italy, in 1900, Luigi Lucioni became one of America's well-known landscape and still life painters. Lucioni immigrated to North Bergen, New Jersey with his family in 1911. In 1915 he won a competition which allowed him to attend Cooper Union, and he began studying there with William Starkweather.
In 1920, he studied with William Auerbach Levy at the National Academy of Design, and in 1922 was the recipient of a Tiffany Foundati...
This miniature of George Washington was found by an advanced collector in London. We have agreed to research this miniature for the owner. The very American style of painting on ivory miniature measures 42mm x 35mm, and is mounted in its original gold frame. To date, we have sent photos of this miniature to Mount Vernon and to another advance collector in the South. We will advise more as we receive more information on this rare item.
Robert Brackman (Born Odessa, Russia 1898; Died Roank, CT 1980). “Still Life on White”. Oil on Canvas. Signed Lower Right and on Rear (with title). Dimensions; site 19.5"wide x 15.5"high, with gilt frame 27"wide x 22"high. Brackman studied at the National Academy of Design and was a long time teacher at the Art Students League of NY and elsewhere. His paintings are in many Museum Collections.
This is a early 19th century portrait of a New York Lady wearing a fur. It appears she is wearing a fur wrap. The oil on canvas portrait measures 26" 21 1/2". The portrait was purchased from the family from Woodstock New York. The name of the lady in the portrait is Mrs. Duenner. We have all the provenance and will advise more later. At this time, I am attributing this portrait to have been done by Sheldon Peck. It is very rare to see fur in paintings. This portrait has three areas where it ...
