All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : British : Pre 1980 item #1421133 (stock #JB05590)
A large oil mixed with sand painting on canvas, signed on reverse by artist "Durrant", titled there "Rombosity" and dated there 1965. This is an unusually large work by the noted English modernist artist ROY TURNER DURRANT (1925-1998), works of whom sell with some regularity in the United Kingdom. Paint is very thickly applied and is wrinkled in some areas. The work measures an impressive 46" by 33 1/4"...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1980 item #1418053 (stock #JB01900)
Oil on masonite, 18" by 14" (22" by 18" in its wood frame), the subject the familiar streets of the French Quarter, this being a view of Pirate's Alley, from Jackson Square, facing Royal Street, signed at lower right "Weller". I take from the website of the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts: "Dell Weller studied four years at the Art Students League in New York. After two years of study in Mexico, he returned to New Orleans. He developed a widespread reputation for his wildlife etchings...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1980 item #1437467 (stock #561)
L'Enfant Gallery
$1,800.00
Important oil on canvas by the Italian painter Vittorio Tommasini.. Oil on canvas framed measuring 20 x 25“, frame size 25 x 30“ signed lower right
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1980 item #1441729 (stock #321)
L'Enfant Gallery
$6,000.00
Sunday in Nice by Glenn Pizer, Framed Oil on Canvas, 28 x 23". Frame Size 36" x 28”…… Glenn Pizer American Master Artist is known for his visit colors in masterful compositions, and has been painting for over 30 years. He is originally from the Washington DC area. His work is modern and cubist in respect to his use of jagged lines reminiscent of Clifford Still.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1980 item #1446153 (stock #2044)
L'Enfant Gallery
$5,000.00
Beautiful Landscape of the Italian countryside of Tuscany, oil on canvas measuring 36x53”
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1980 item #1421934 (stock #JB03188)
Naive, or slightly primitive, almost folk art painting of clapboard 19th century style buildings next to an inlet of the sea, signed at lower right by artist Martha Crosmer. I see a listing for an artist by that name, born 1909, deceased 1995, last known address in Monrovia in Southern California, with earlier roots to Montana, but this painting does not resemble the desert plein air works that artist apparently painted...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1980 item #1427779
A beautiful silvery-themed oil on Masonite painting of birch trees in a snowy winter landscape, by the noted California artist VERNON KERR (1938-1982). The work measures 20" by 16" (27 1/2" by 23 1/2" in silvery-goldish frame), is signed at lower left and signed again and titled "Winter Sleeping" on reverse, along with the artist's reference numbers and copyright statement. This is an excellent example of Kerr's work, likely dating to the 1960's or 1970's...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1980 item #1420558 (stock #JB04355)
A beautifully executed original watercolor painting of Sacre Coeur church and surrounding street in Montmartre district of Paris, titled at lower right "Paris Place St. Pierre" and signed at lower left by artist "G. Meraut". There does not seem to be information on this artist but the talent is obvious. Certainly he or she was familiar with Maurice Utrillo and his famous renderings of this special part of Paris...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1980 item #1440801 (stock #195)
L'Enfant Gallery
$4,800.00
Portrait of a Little Girl by Maybel K Hat (1941). Signed upper left corner. Framed Oil on Canvas, 42 x 35.5".
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1980 item #1419232 (stock #JB02123)
Oil on canvas painting, signed at lower left "Charles T. Harris", late 20th century, the subject a red rock dramatic cliff of the Southwest, framed artistically by a large overhanging branch arching in from the right side. The work is very clean and ready to hang. This came from a local estate. The artist is talented but from what I can tell not listed. Size is 20" by 30" plus 2 1/2" wide on a side wood frame.
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1980 item #1419503 (stock #JB02096)
(**One of two works by the artist in my shop**). Unlike most commonly seen works by this artist, which are actually serigraph prints, this is an original oil on canvas painting, measuring 34" by 18" (unframed). The scene, which could be described as a floral fantasy, incorporating at least two human heads floating within the composition, is rather typical of the work of the artist, HERMANN DIETRICH (1916-2003). Dietrich's online profile has only in recent years become more developed...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1980 item #1416335 (stock #JB01398)
Watercolor on paper landscape of lush green mountains of Kauai, a mother and her child, palm trees and an historical one story building, the Waoli Social Hall, originally built in 1841 during whaling days as a mission church, the painting measuring 18 1/2" by 25" inside the present mat (presently unframed), signed at lower right "D Williams". The work is not dated but I would guess it would have been created around the late 1960's or early 1970's...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Europe : Pre 1980 item #1419954 (stock #JB02861)
Oil on canvas landscape of a red-painted fishing shack or summer cottage on an idyllic lake, other cottages in the distance, 15" by 18 1/2" (20" by 22 1/2" as framed), signed at lower right "K. Andor". I thought this scene perhaps Swedish, but the name Andor is Hungarian...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1980 item #1416861 (stock #JB02809)
Watercolor on painting of Pirates Alley in the famous French Quarter of New Orleans, 14 1/4" by 5 1/4", 23" by 9 1/2" framed behind non-glare glass, signed at lower left by the well-known New Orleans artist ROBERT M. RUCKER (1932-2001). Rucker is recognized for his contributions to art of New Orleans, the lower Mississippi River valley, Louisiana, and the Old South...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1980 item #1488203
An excellent example of the watercolor work by the noted New Orleans artist NESTOR FRUGE (1916-2011), 14 1/2" by 10 3/4" (20 1/2" by 16 3/4" framed), featuring the famous and often-painted Brulatour Courtyard in New Orleans. Fruge painted mostly watercolors and was a familiar and beloved part of the Jackson Square tourist scene in New Orleans for decades. He painted mainly French Quarter scenes but also on occasion works such as bayou swamp landscape...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1980 item #1442046 (stock #430)
L'Enfant Gallery
$3,000.00
Outsider arts Philadelphia Artist Julian Crump, biblical quote Mixmedia 22 x 29“...........Typically, those labeled as outsider artists have little or no contact with the mainstream art world or art institutions. In many cases, their work is discovered only after their deaths. Often, outsider art illustrates extreme mental states, unconventional ideas, or elaborate fantasy worlds...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1980 item #1427466 (stock #JB02460)
Oil on canvas painting of a desert landscape, 18" by 24" (27" by 34" framed), signed at lower right by the listed California painter AILEEN POWERS STEPHENS (1889-1982)...
All Items : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : N. America : American : Pre 1980 item #1415803 (stock #JB01815)
Oil on fine weave canvas, 9" by 12" plus narrow wood frame, the subject various pitchers and other objects, painted in the typical style of the artist, and signed at lower right by French-American painter ANDRE GISSON (GITTELSON). The cool stillness of the scene takes from the still life works of the great modern master Giorgio Morandi. Gisson was a highly prolific but very talented artist in the impressionist tradition, and his paintings of street scenes, landscapes, people and still life app...