The Lucien Crump Art Gallery and Education Center closed its doors for the final time Friday after 40 years of serving Philadelphia as the first to feature works by African-American artists. The gallery’s namesake, who had a long career as an artist and educator, passed away at age 71 in 2006. In the last days of the gallery’s opening, an announcement of the change caused neighbors and art lovers alike to pause and share their memories...

Ephrem Kouakou is one of the world’s foremost African painters. He currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland, and Ivory Coast, West Africa. His powerful, vivid paintings are in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum, New York, the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington DC. and Fondo Del Sol Museum, Washington DC. He is noted for his bold blending of indigenous African visual sensibilities and folk motifs with Western creative techniques...

73”x54” Rare Tapestry More information Coming

William Baptiste Baird was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1847, but as an adult, he moved to Paris to perfect his painting technique. In Paris, Baird studied under Adolphe Yvan, and exhibited extensively at the Paris Salon from 1872 until 1899. Baird was a painter of farm animals, rural subjects, and small animals. In 1872, he exhibited in a formal gallery in Paris, and was represented there through 1899, during which time the gallery became the Salon des Artistes Français in 1881...

A small, unframed oil on canvas landscape in a painterly hand, 8" by 10", signed at lower left with what appears as "Round" or similar. Found in Los Angeles, probably by a local talented impressionist painter. This being a standard size, you should be able to easily locate a flattering frame of your choice.

A nicely done late 18th century miniature of a woman wearing a blue dress and white fichu, her powdered hair with an interwoven white ribbon. Presented in a gilt bracelet clasp mount. Excellent condition with an overall size of 1 3/8" by 1 1/8".

The Size of Painting :22" W x 15" H
The Title: Boy and No.17.
Artist: Edward Kawanabe
Medium: Pastel on Paper, unframed.
Signed by artist : E Kawanabe. on lower left.
The year of Work: 1978.
The condition of Painting: Excellent.
This is very interesting pastel drawing done On black drawing paper.
Artist used black background space
very wisely to express space.
The subject of pastel painting subject
is also interesting...

The Size of Painting :22" W x 15" H
The Title: Still Life.
Artist: Edward Kawanabe
Medium: Pastel on Heavy Paper. Unframed.
Signed by artist : E. Kawanabe. on lower right
The year of Work: 1978.
The condition of Painting: Excellent...

The Size of Painting :24" W x 18 7/8" H
The Title: Maple Tree.
Artist: Edward Kawanabe
Medium: Tempera on Paper.
Signed by artist : Eiichi K. .on lower right
The year of Work: September 1978.
The condition of Painting: Excellent...

A French oil on canvas painting of a flirting couple, the male dressed as a pierrot clown, she in an elegant ornate dress, the work signed at lower left with what appears as "Jos. Bellet". The work could possibly be by JEAN PIERRE JOSEPH ALFRED BELLET DU POISAT (1823-1883), but further research may be required to confirm the artist. Measurements are 13" by 9 3/4" (20 1/2" by 16 3/4" in old gold frame)...

Alexandra Kay American Master Artist “Spanish Maiden Oil 46”x30” Kay was a student at the Corcoran School Of Art in the 1930s and exhibited there under Cikovsky

A original vintage oil painting of a Beautiful Girl with Flowers oil on canvas panel by Adrian Lamb. Signed lower left and presented in a contemporary gallery frame. The artist panel measures 8 x 10" overall framed size 15 x 18". Adrian Lamb (1901-1988) was born in New York City, where in the mid-1920s he studied at the Art Students League under Frank Vincent DuMond and George Bridgman...

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...

Nothing less than superb would describe the quality of this c1835 American portrait miniature. The artist, as yet to be identified, even went so far as to show the shadow cast on the cheeks of the sitter by the lower rims of the glasses. The sight size is 2 7/8" by 2", with the size of the modern black painted wood frame being 5 1/2" by 5".

A well painted c1800 - 1812 miniature of a British officer. The sitter is wearing the uniform of a major general, with a red tunic, blue lapels and collar, and gold epaulettes and buttons. The miniature is signed lower left, with a somewhat indecipherable calligraphic monogram of "RM"?. Presented in a gilt metal frame with a bevelled blue glass back. Excellent condition, with an overall size of 2 1/2" by 2"

A view from a balcony in Berlin of rooftops dated 1959 Signed lower left Artist information coming soon

Watercolor on paper painting 19" by 24" (27" by 34" frame in which found is available at no extra cost), the subject northeastern-style clapboard homes in late autumn season, signed at lower right by artist BEN ROSEN. The painting projects a certain naive charm as a bird's eye view has the viewer contemplating the scene from a unique perspective. There are small edge tears at extreme top that would be entirely hidden by new mat/framing. The watercolor has been photographed without the frame as ...

A watercolor painting titled on reverse "Bow Lake Alberta", 1978, 7 1/2" by 10" (13 1/2" by 15 3/4" framed), signed at lower right "Neilson". Excellent condition,

Rare and Sublime Painted Porcelain Vase by Korean Buddhist Monk Su An Sunim (born 1940) depicting children. It has a warm, creamy slip-painted surface. This is the only ceramic art by Su An Sunim we have ever seen offered for sale. The recent exhibition of Su An Sunim's paintings at the Zen Buddhist Temple in New York City was the most highly-attended exhibition ever presented by the Korean Art Society. At that exhibition, Su An Sunim's more common works sold for higher prices than we are asking...

The Unframed Size: 24"L x 15 1/2" H
The title: "Going Home"
Artist: Edward Kawanabe
Medium: Oil Painting on Canvas
Signed by artist: Lower right, E. Kawanabe
The year Painted: 1982
The condition of Painting: Excellent.

This is very attractive oil painting with seawater waving and splashing.
There are group of mountains painted with fine color coordination.
including building group on left side.
The canvas size and streching are done by Artist fo...

Diana Leaving the Bath (Diane Sortant du Bain), after Francois Boucher (French, 1703-1770). Oil on canvas. 2nd half 19th century. Offered in an antique tin over wood frame. This is an unsigned 19th century copy of the Francois Boucher original that was acquired by The Louvre, in Paris, in 1852. This copy was probably created within twenty-five years after Boucher painted his original.

A large Hudson River school Luminist landscape painting in a very ornate carved gilt wood frame. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 2nd half 19th century. Canvas size: 30 inches x 42 inches. A dramatic canvas in the Luminist style, with a dark, rocky pond in the foreground and a distant mountainous skyline glowing in shades of pink and yellow from the light of a setting sun. The frame bears a Philadelphia framer's label on the reverse. Condition: an old patch to a small puncture, visible from the reve...

Original vintage modernist abstract painting of books by Barry Nemett oil on canvas signed lower right and dated 1971. Presented in a natural oak wood frame. Measures 19ʺW × 1.5ʺD × 49ʺH in good condition minor touch ups. Biography: Barry Nemett, Chair of the Painting Department at Maryland Institute College of Art, studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, received his BFA at Pratt Institute and his MFA at Yale University. His awards include The Hugh Fraser Foundation,...

The Framed Size: 27 1/8"L x 18 3/16" H x 3/4" Thick
The Image size: 15 1/2" L x 11 5/8" H
The title: "Sunny Day Farm House"
Artist: Edward Kawanabe
Medium: Oil Painting on Canvas
Signed by artist: Lower right, E. Kawanabe
The year Painted: 1982
The condition of Frame and Painting: Excellent.

This is beautifully painted Farm House in impressionist style
painting with large tree in front of House, tire swing, Bench,
Mail box, with many chicke...

Acrylic on canvas 15" by 19" (21 1/2" by 24 1/2" framed) painting of northeastern-style clapboard homes in late autumn season, a tiny figure and dog adding a charming touch, signed at lower right by artist BEN ROSEN. A worn label affixed to the reverse of the canvas gives the title "The Suburb", 1984 date, and a 718 area code phone number (greater New York City area). The painting projects a certain naive charm as a bird's eye view has the viewer contemplating the scene from a unique perspecti...

Prominently displayed on the wall of the Sejong Room of Korea's Presidential Residence (The Blue House) is a painting by Lim Ok Sang (born 1950). The painting here from 2019 is large at 50 x 49 inches (127 x 124.5 cm), and the beautiful frame chosen by the artist is 56.5 x 55.5 inches (143.5 x 141 cm). Two similar examples of paintings in ink and soil can be seen in the catalogue of Lim Ok Sang's retrospective exhibition currently at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul...

Abstract Male Figure Oil and Pastel Signed “Luke ‘62” Measuring 28”x23” the work depicts possibly a magician standing

Unframed oil on canvas, 54" by 35", unsigned, the work an antique (likely 18th century, possibly earlier?) copy of the great TITIAN (TIZIANO VECELLI, c.1488-1576) altarpiece "Assassination of Saint Peter Martyr", 1528-1529, of the church of SS Giovanni e Paolo, Venice, destroyed in the 19th Century. A 1691 copy by Johann Carl Loth now hangs in its place. This truly antique survivor shows its advanced age. Most notably, there is a half moon shaped large tear at center right, slack canvas, cent...

Chinese painting on silk modern copy of an old painting which is certainly famous and in a museum. They are probably dreaming philosophers and their young servants. Late 20th century. Very well painted finely.Beautifull decoration. Good condition. Mounted on a roll of paper. About 65 x 180 cm.

Oil on canvas, 22" by 18 1/2", unframed, the subject a vase of colorful flowers painted in a highly impressionistic manner. The painting is signed at lower right center with the notoriously difficult to decipher signature of the artist HENRI d'ANTY (1910-1998). The age would appear to be circa late 1950's or early 1960's. D'Anty was born in France and painted scenes in Brittany, northern France, and along the banks of the Marne River. He is known for his vigorous paintings rich with color, brus...

Original Acrylic Painting "CONVERGING ELEMENTS" by SWISS ARTIST Michael Maync, on stretched canvas. No reference. This painting depicts the very colourful, many varied elements of the Universe. Size: 100 cm x 70 cm.

Born in Germany in 1857 in the town of Harthau, he moved to America and painted in New England and traveled to paint in Europe where this scene was done in Katwijk, which also happens to be the town where he died in 1929. The work depicts the sailing ships of the 19th century in pastel on sanded paper measuring 17x26 inches in a whine period frame

Important Nineteenth Century Prussian Battle Painting In Oil measuring 28x44 inches….more information coming soon…..

Frederick Coffay Yohn (February 8, 1875 – June 6, 1933), often recognized only by his initials, F. C. Yohn, was an artist and magazine illustrator. Yohn's work appeared in publications including Scribner's Magazine, Harper's Magazine, and Collier's Weekly. Books he illustrated included Jack London's A Daughter of the Snows, Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Dawn of a To-morrow and Henry Cabot Lodge's Story of the American Revolution. He studied at the Indianapolis Art School during his first stude...

A beautiful framed original watercolor by an Egyptian artist depicting two camels in the desert measuring 4x7.5” on Arches paper

Expressionist Nude Study/Portrait of a Woman by Alexandra Kay, student of Cikovsky, Corcoran Gallery of Art. Probably one of the artist finest and largest works done… From the Cochran school of art where it was exhibited in the 1930s this oil which is unsigned shows the first black model of the school. Done in oil , more information coming soon…..

Lester Stevens was a landscape painter and teacher from the Boston school of painting. He was born in Rockport, MA in 1888 and he died in Greenfield, MA in 1969. He studied with Parker S. Perkins in Rockport; Tarbell and Benson at Boston's Museum School; and in Europe after World War I. This work was done on one of the many sojourn to North Carolina and the American south. …… William Lester Stevens was born in Rockport, Massachusetts in 1888. He first studied art under Parker Perkins and...

Arnold Marc Gorter 1866-1933 Dutch, Amsterdam This is an original oil on canvas by Dutch artist Arnold Marc Gorter (1866-1933) This landscape view with a Man in a row boat is signed lower left. The painting itself measures 15X20 inches. Very nice condition, recently cleaned and varnished. Very minor craquelure in the paint, unobtrusive. Everything is quite stable and very presentable. This painting came to us in a hand carved Gold Frame. Gorter is best known for landscapes and won a gold...

American School (Circa 1895)

Red-haired Girl in Profile

Oil on canvas, unsigned

Painting Size: 16” x 14”
Frame Size: 22 ” x 20”

This charming portrait displays the influence of the “Gibson Girl” fashion sense with her softly piled hair and high collared blouse, made popular by the artist Charles Dana Gibson in the 1890’s.

Armenian watercolor painting of the famous, sacred snow-covered mountain, Ararat, signed in Armenian at lower right. The work measures 11 1/4" by 16" (14" by 18 3/4" in gold frame). The work likely dates from about 1970 through 1980 or so. It is framed behind non-glare glass, which tends to blur detail. Condition is excellent. Armenian-speakers, please contact me if you are able to make out the name.

Japanese Buddha Imperial Court Of Kyoto circa Eleventh to Fourteenth Century height:30 inches inch comes from one of the earliest collections of Japanese artifacts in America more information coming….

A very interesting mixed media work, on a heavy, soft paper, with I believe pastel, perhaps oil pastel, and maybe even some oil, apparently sadly UNSIGNED, measuring 28 1/2" by 18". The number "5" appears at lower corners. On the backing is written "John Atkins was the first guy I (talked?) to" and "JAY Torrance/Garage (??) Period (??). I do not know what to make of that, if anything, but the names John Atkins and Jay Torrance do not connect with any recognized artist. So, this work, which I...

A 24" by 36" oil on Masonite painting (30" by 41 1/2" as framed), titled on reverse "The Essence of Autumn", July 2002, signed there and again at lower right by listed California contemporary artist ROBERT ALLISON RICHERT (born 1947). The artist in the early 1970's received his Bachelor's Degree in Art at California State University, Long Beach. He describes being attuned to the outdoors while still a child, exploring the natural world. California impressionist landscape paintings by his hand...

A colorful and decorative Haitian painting, the subject two women in white clothing at a market, with their baskets and fruits and lengths of cut sugar cane. The work is oil on thin unstretched canvas, in a simple black frame with black mat, and no glass. The piece measures 17 1/4" BY 21 1/4" as framed. The artist signed at lower right "Lauren C.".

Saint Catherine Of Alexandria Eighteenth Century Oil 22x18 inch. This work is Italian from an old Washington family purchased over 70 years ago. The work depicts the Saint with her attributes of a palm and her wedding ring

Circa 1885, original oil painting on a board panel of a stag in snow scene by artist A. Huff. Painting is in excellent antique condition with the colors still being vibrant.

Measures:
Framed 12.75" x 19.25
Sight Size 5.75" x 12.25"

Rare Asian Watercolor Landscape On Mulberry Paper Over Silk 29x15”Depicting a Royal procession

Chinese Nineteenth Century Watercolor Portrait On Mulberry Paper measuring 63x29 Inches in a museum mounted frame

A magnificent work that is watercolor and tempera payed on silk measuring 69x30 inches encased in a custom mounted lucite case

A beautiful Asian Watercolor and Tempera painting on mulberry paper layer over silk and mounted in a custom lucite frame please see number 2488 for a matching work both measuring 69x30”

An original oil on canvas painting, circa 1970's, signed lower left by the noted American artist CHARLES BRAGG (1931-2017). The work measures 16" by 20" and is housed in a nice quality frame, measuring 23" by 27". Painting and frame are both in excellent condition. Bragg of course was a well-known, prolific artist best known via his hilarious prints. He was a commentator on the human condition, human frailties, and 20th century life. An interesting obituary by friend Morris Shapiro says that ...

A beautiful Korean watercolor on paper layered on silk, depicting a pair of birds in flight measuring 47x27” circa 1980 by Master Artist JAE KO Born in 1961, Korean artist Jae Ko attended the Tokyo art school and received a BA from the Wako University in Japan and a MFA from the Maryland Institute of Art in Baltimore, USA. She currently lives and works in Maryland, USA. Jae Ko creates a new visual language with elegant spirals and ribbon installations that can take on monumental proporti...

From her series, at the seashore, comes this new to the gallery inventory piece. ….. 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 subje...

American Master Joseph DAWLEY 1936-2008 “Woman In Black” , 30” x 24” Biography: Joseph William Dawley (1936-2008) was born in Nashville, Arkansas and raised in Dallas, Texas. He received his B.A. from SMU where some of his art hangs today. He married and moved to NJ working for the Newark Evening News retouching photos and sidelining as a political cartoonist. He spent time studying at the Art Students League in NYC and in 1968 he decided to devote all his time to painting. Realism was h...

Watercolor And Ink Painting “Year Of The Rooster”20x16” A beautiful and very colorful work A beautiful Korean watercolor on paper layered on silk, depicting a pair of birds in flight measuring 47x27” circa 1980 by Master Artist JAE KO Born in 1961, Korean artist Jae Ko attended the Tokyo art school and received a BA from the Wako University in Japan and a MFA from the Maryland Institute of Art in Baltimore, USA. She currently lives and works in Maryland, USA. Jae Ko creates a new visua...

Nineteenth Century Portrait Prince Of Denmark, Oil on Canvas , more info coming soon…..

AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST JOSEPH DAWLEY 1936-2008, LAKE CHARLES LA , 24” x 24”. ……The following biography, submitted March 2005, is from the daughter of the artist. Although raised and educated in Texas, Joe Dawley moved to New Jersey in the early 1960's where he remained. He painted in the traditional Old Masters style until 1982, when the symptoms of Parkinson's - diagnosed in 1975 - necessitated brain surgery. One of his accolades during that period was being commissioned to paint the ...

Comic scenes of Wartime camp life were part of every major Civil War artist portfolio. Measuring 30 x 25“ circa 1864 For a time, Price studied portrait painting with William Reading, an artist in Louisville, Kentucky, and later with Oliver Frazer in Lexington, Kentucky. In 1849, Price left Kentucky for New York City where he enrolled in the School of Design and studied for five months. The following year, Price had reopened his studio in Lexington, but he was persuaded to move to Louisvill...

Arthur Heyer (German/Hungarian, 1872-1931)

White Cat in the Tall Grass

Oil on canvas, signed lower right

Painting Size: 16” x 20” Frame Size: 22.5 “ x 26.5” 11117 Heyer was born in Haarhausen, Germany and studied at the College of Applied Arts in Berlin. In 1896 he moved to the village of Rakospalota near Budapest where he lived until his death. He began his career painting landscapes but soon began depicting animals and had a particular fondness for cats ...

(Consignment) The Artists’s Secret Garden oil on canvas 48x72” more information coming soon…… …The following biography, submitted March 2005, is from the daughter of the artist. Although raised and educated in Texas, Joe Dawley moved to New Jersey in the early 1960's where he remained. He painted in the traditional Old Masters style until 1982, when the symptoms of Parkinson's - diagnosed in 1975 - necessitated brain surgery. One of his accolades during that period was being commissio...