Emile Gerard (France, b. 1932) painted this
Modernist oil on canvas depiction of a surreal fantasy carnival landscape. It is signed and dated 1965 lower left. Dimensions are 18 x 22 inches, sight size, and 22 x 25-1/2 inches framed.
Helen LaFrance is a self-taught black artist who was born in 1919 in Western Kentucky. This very charming oil on canvas depiction of children sleeping, more than one in a bed as was the norm, measures 20 x 30 inches, sight size, and 21 x 31 inches framed. LaFrance's specialty is memory paintings of the disappearing lifestyle of the rural South, although she has painted religious themes and floral studies, usually in oil on canvas. She has painted since she was a small child, always following ...click for details
Helen LaFrance is a self-taught black artist who was born in 1919 in Western Kentucky. This charming oil on canvas depiction of a Bible study measures 18 x 24 inches, sight size, and 19-1/4 x 25-1/4 inches framed. LaFrance's specialty is memory paintings of the disappearing lifestyle of the rural South, although she has painted religious themes and floral studies, usually in oil on canvas. She has painted since she was a small child, always following her mother's wisdom to "paint wh ...click for details
Helen LaFrance painted this evocative oil on canvas depiction of a church with people at the adjacent cemetary. Dimensions are 22 x 38 inches, sight size, and 23 x 29 inches framed. Helen LaFrance is a self-taught black artist who was born in 1919 in Western Kentucky. Her specialty is memory paintings of the disappearing lifestyle of the rural South, although she has painted religious themes and floral studies, usually in oil on canvas. She has painted since she was a small child, always followi ...click for details
Helen LaFrance painted this oil on canvas depiction of a family quilting together at the dining room table. Dimensions are 18 x 24 inches, sight size, and 19-1/4 x 25-1/4 inches framed. Helen LaFrance is a self-taught black artist who was born in 1919 in Western Kentucky. Her specialty is memory paintings of the disappearing lifestyle of the rural South, although she has painted religious themes and floral studies, usually in oil on canvas. She has painted since she was a small child, always fol ...click for details
This extremely well done oil on canvas folk art memory painting by Helen LaFrance (born 1919 in Kentucky) depicts a church choir. LaFrance is self-taught and has been painting all her life. Her works are represented in many important folk art collections and museums around the country. She is featured in a chapter in Kathy Moses' reference book "Outsider Art of the South", published by Schiffer. This one measures 18 x 36 inches, sight size, and 21.5 x 39 inches framed.
Murray Belkin (American, mid-to-late 20th century) painted "The Lady In Green", this Modernist surreal and dreamlike oil on canvas circa 1950. Dimensions are 39 x 17 inches, sight size and 40.5 x 18.5 inches framed.
Theo (Theodore ) Shoudy (American, b. 1881 Brooklyn, NY), the Hudson River Valley Impressionist, painted and signed this great oil on board fall scene circa 1946. A painter and teacher, Shoudy studied at Adelphia College, the prestigious Arts Student League, and with William Merritt Chase and Jane Peterson. He has exhibited widely and has won awards in the New York area in the 1930s-1950s. He is listed in "Who Was Who in American Art". Dimensions: 12 x 16 inches, sight size, and 18-3/ ...click for details
Henry Stull (American, 1851-1913) painted this oil on canvas portrait of the Thoroughbred Cammie F. with black jockey up.
The painting is signed & dated 1879
Cammie F. (Ch. Mare, Imp. Glenelg-Cordelia,
By Lexington) was a good runner and a paragon of early Thoroughbred breeding. Foaled in 1875, she was owned by G.W. Bowen & Co., of Paris, KY. She won the 1877 Blue Glass Stakes, the 1878 Elkhorn Stakes (beating Himyar, who went on to place second in the Kentucky Derby), the 1879 Gree ...click for details
This exceptional circa 1920s English fox hunting scene watercolor entitled "Full Cry" is signed lower left by the artist H. Murray and has been archivally framed in a black glass mat. H. Murray is a pseudonym for the Birmingham, England illustrator Horace Hammond, who flourished in England around 1920. Hammond also worked under the pseudonyms of J. Barclay and A.D. Bell. Hammond worked in the style of Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899). Foster's landscapes and watercolors were typical ...click for details
