Catalog: Fine Art: Paintings (71)

"My Village Gallery" Oil Painting on canvas, signed by Alfred Dupont (1904 - 1982). An evocative piece of Dupont's imagined Continental village gallery. Born in New Jersey, Dupont moved to California and studied at University of California; the California School of Arts & Crafts; the Mark Hopkins Institute in San Francisco, and in Bremen, Germany. Alfred Dupont won numerous awards from the Art Association of Laguna Beach and was powerful force in West Coast Art evolution...

"Mauna Loa" watercolor on paper, signed by David Howard Hitchcock lower left. Dimensions: 21" X 16.5" without frame. Less iconic Hitchcock pieces have sold for over $80,000.

Rare last work, unusually large (over 40 inches X 30 inches), “Wranglers” Oil on canvas, signed lower right, Lloyd Harting. Recognized as Harting’s last work (some consider this work partially unfinished). Condition: Excellent. Lloyd Harting was born in Little Falls, Minnesota. He attended the College of Engineering at the University of Minnesota, and then studied at the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts...

Larger oil on canvas, "Jockey on Mount" In the manner of Henry Stull (1851 - 1913). Dimensions: 21" X 36".

Two striking Master period paintings. First, “Morgen Fuchsjagd” (“Morning Fox Hunt”), Beautiful turn of the Century oil painting on board, signed lower left Fritz Van der Venne – Munchen, the famous outdoor painter from Munich Germany. Seal inverso of the Adrian Brugger Munchen gallery numbered 840. Condition: Paint craquelure prevalent, color maintained...

"Poseidon Reborn" large oil on board, signed by Alexander Canedo 1902 - 1978, lower right. Dimensions: 24" X 29". Traveling from his native Mexico, Canedo studied at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts in Paris and later in Rome. His works have been exhibited in prestigious galleries in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and the Petit Musee, in Paris in 1948...

“Sunset on Vance Jackson Road” Oil on board, landscape of the countryside around San Antonio, Texas. Signed Alice Chilton lower right corner. The inscription: “Sunset on Vance Jackson Road near Drake’s place” is written verso (see photo) – (referring to the road in San Antonio and the estate of James Frederick Drake (1863-1933), patron of the arts and prominent New York attorney who’s paper’s are kept at the Ransom Research Center in Austin, Texas)...

"High Sierra Pass", oil on canvas, signed by Jack Wilkinson Smith (1873 - 1949) lower right. Dimensions: 21" x 29.5". J W Smith is renowned for his colorful High Sierra mountain views, missions, and marine paintings, and is considered one of California's most important painters. Born in New Jersey, Smith, who studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, was a sketch artist for The Cincinnati Enquirer when he sketched his world famous front line scenes from the Spanish-American War...

Large (32” X 24”) dramatic 19th Century French Impressionist landscape“Meules de foin de Bourges à l'automne” (Haystacks of Bourges in Autumn) Oil on canvass signed, bas droite, L. Jean-Pierre. Leover Jean-Pierre, known for his own style of impressionist painting, the French painter has created an evocative rural vision here. Circa 1870s. Dimensions: 24” X 32” without frame, 41” X 32.5” with frame. Includes period label verso from the Salon Berruyer (see photo).

"L'Enlèvement Esprit" (Spirit Abduction) paper and pastel, signed by Edourd Chimot (1890 - 1930) framed. Chimot studied at t the École des Arts décoratifs in Nice and at the Beaux-Arts, Lille. These strong pieces are striking examples of his famous haunting and compelling drawings of “jeunes et jolies femmes". Dimensions: 8.5" X 6.5"

Two drawings - "Fermer Embrasser" (Close Embrace) and "Les Coulisses" (Backstage) paper and pastel, signed by Edouard Chimot (1890 - 1930) at bottom - without frames. Dimensions: 7.55" X 5" each. Chimot studied at t the École des Arts décoratifs in Nice and at the Beaux-Arts, Lille. These strong pieces are striking examples of his famous haunting and compelling drawings of “jeunes et jolies femmes"...

"Irrepressible" black and white wood cut print by Richard Bosman (1944 - Present). 31" X 42". Bosman, Australian, grew up in India, traveled and studied in London, New York is a leading force in Neo-Expressionism. His work is included in the Australian National Gallery, Canberra; Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris; National Museum of American Art, Washington, D. C.; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Museum of Modern Art. Similar wood cut works of Bosman have fetched over $5,000...

“Stream Near Falcarragh, Co. Donegal” Watercolor by Frank Egginton (1908 – 1990) Irish Landscape Painter. Strong market demand has been demonstrated for this talented listed artist in recent years. Comparable Egginton sales: $10,537 9/5/05 Lot 50 Whyte’s Auctioneers Dublin; $9,550 5/10/07 Lot 231 Christie’s London 5/10/07; $ 7,650 Lot 10 5/10/07 Lot 231 Christie’s London 5/10/07; $7,450 Lot 116 Sotheby’s Olympia London 11/23/06...

Beautiful, signed (lower left corner), "Shepherd's Pause" pastoral landscape oil painting of a shepherd and his cattle by leading 19th Century Dutch artist, Albert Jurardus van Prooijen (1834-1898). This piece came from the Fry Estate of Pasadena, California...

Outstandingly executed Master Barbizon painting "Bringing Home the Flock" oil on canvas, signed J. B. Mund lower left. Dimensions: 15" X 19".

“Coastal Bloom” Oil on canvas, signed by James Arthur Merriam (1880 – 1951). Born in Canada, famous listed artist James Merriam began his art career in Detroit, Michigan in 1897. He became a leading plein air painter in the California School with subjects including deserts, missions, Yosemite, Monterey, the High Sierra Mountains and Arizona deserts. Merriam settled in Los Angeles in 1920 where he continued his prolific career and remained until his death in 1951. Strong demand for Merr...

"Bouquet of Violet Flowers" oil on canvas board, signed lower right by Sarah Bender de Wolfe (1852 - 1935) . Dimensions: 11' X 6". One of the first leading prominent female artists in California, de Wolfe's works are highly valued for their Master quality and because much of her work was distroyed in the 1906 Earthquake in San Francisco. While her still life works have sold for as much as $4,600, an extremely similar piece in size, color, medium, topic and quality "Still life, violets arrange...

"Los Ninos" giclee canvas board, signed lower right by Ettore De Grazia  (1909 - 1982). Dimensions: 27" X 27". This unusually large example captures of his unique style of color and feeling. Of Italian heritage, De Grazia was born and lived in Arizona which inspired much of his work. A renaissance maverick from humble beginnings De Grazia wrote books and designed his own gallery, brought appreciation and pride to the world he loved.