All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1950 item #996246 (stock #38B12 13582)
Bernard Corey (American, 1903-2000) landscape painting of a harbor at low tide. Oil on board, 9 inches x 14 inches. Signed lower right. Excellent condition; offered in a modern frame. Bernard Corey was born in Grafton, MA and became a teacher of art and a plein air landscape painter in oils and watercolor, who is best known for his many renderings of the New England countryside...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1960 item #996242 (stock #40F47 254)
Cesare A. Ricciardi (Italian/American, 1892-1973) oil on canvasboard marinescape of a Misty Morning in a New England harbor. Dated 1954. Size: 20 inches x 24 inches. Cesare Ricciardi emigrated from Italy to the United States as a young boy. His art studies began at the Philadelphia Sketch Club, but he eventually enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied with Thomas Anschutz, Cecilia Beaux, Hugh Breckenridge, Robert Henri and Leopold Seiffert...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #995249 (stock #31B4)
"The Greeting" by Helen Hyde (American, 1868-1919), color woodcut print on paper. Published 1910. Image size: 6 1/2 inches x 6 5/8 inches. Signed in pencil in lower right margin, 'No.3 Helen Hyde.' Helen Hyde was a pioneer of color woodblock printmaking in America. In 1899, she traveled to Japan where she remained for 15 years. There she studied with the master printmaker Kano Tomonobu. Her prints frequently portray women and children performing their activities of daily life...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 2000 item #994968 (stock #40F47 255)
Frederick Kubitz, A.W.S. (American, 20/21 century) watercolor painting titled 'T' Wharf Boston Harbor, North Basin with Trawler 'Ripple,' 1911. Circa 1990s. Size: 22 inches x 30 inches. Frederick Kubitz is a Massachusetts artist who paints in both watercolor and oil. Scenes of Boston are a favorite subject, but his oeuvre includes a wide range of places, including Maine harbors, Vermont countryside, Cape Cod coasts, and New Hampshire mountains...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1940 item #994100 (stock #317)
A beautiful original oil painting by renowned California impressionist Angel Espoy oil on canvas signed lower right.In very good condition. An investment quality art work. Biography Known for paintings that evidence his great love of the sea, Angel Espoy did work that includes seascapes and maritime subjects; however, he was also an accomplished painter of California's rolling hills of poppies and lupines. He was born in Villa Nueva, Spain on October 2, 1879...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1940 item #989005 (stock #312)
A beautiful oil on board by Harold Christopher Davies of a a California impressionist landscape from his early days before he became a abstract modernist. Provenance the estate of the artist and Hoover Gallery of San Francisco. Measuring approx. 10 x 7 inches framed in a quality gallery frame overall size 9.5 x 12.5 inches. A fine example of this artists work. Harold Christopher Davies was a painter with whom art came first and commercialism last...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1940 item #988962 (stock #311)
A beautiful oil on board by Harold Christopher Davies of a nude in a landscape with two dogs. Provenance the estate of the artist and Hoover Gallery of San Francisco. Measuring approx. 10 x 14 inches framed in a quality gallery frame overall size 13 x 17 inches. A fine example of this artists work. Harold Christopher Davies was a painter with whom art came first and commercialism last...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1940 item #988839 (stock #308)
A fine California impressionist seascape by Paul Doughtery in oil on board signed lower right in excellent condition measuring 12 x 16 inches. Biography; Born in Brooklyn, New York, Paul Dougherty became a widely-known painter of dramatic marine scenes and desert landscapes although his family hoped he would become a lawyer. Following his father who was an attorney, he graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute in 1896 and New York Law School in 1898...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #988836 (stock #307)
A fine original oil painting of a race horse named Bagotstown by famed english sporting art painter George Paice 1854-1925...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1930 item #987247 (stock #304)
A beautiful original watercolor painting of a New York landscape by Harry Roseland signed lower right in excellent condition in quality frame site approx. 10x 14 inches. An investment quality work. Harry Roseland 1868-1950 Genre painting enjoyed tremendous popularity in nineteenth-century America. It was a style that allowed a painter to tell a story, evoke an emotion, tell a joke, or educate. Largely superseded in the twentieth century by changes in popular taste and improvements in photo...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1930 item #986904 (stock #300)
WILLIAM MALHERBE 1884 - 1951 A beautiful impressionist oil painting of a nude woman holding a sphere one can easily see the influence of Renoir in this example of this fine French-American artist. Oil on canvas monogramed lower right measuring Approx. 26 x 30 inches. Born in France, William Malherbe was influenced by the great Post Impressionist painters of his time, particularly Renoir and Bonnard. He is known for his still lifes, landscapes and figural paintings. In 1939, Malherbe arrive...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1950 item #986898 (stock #298)
Claude Buck self portrait of the artist c.1940 oil on board 16 x 20 inches. Provenance: the wife of the artist Leslie Buck. Biography. A leading member of the avant-garde Symbolism* artists movement in Chicago, Claude Buck moved there from his birth place of New York City in 1919. He was known for his "fantastic, sometimes disturbing images with allegorical and literary themes" (Kennedy 97) drawn from writings of Edgar Allen Poe, operas by Richard Wagner, classical mythology and "New Testame...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1900 item #986816 (stock #296)
George Bacon Wood fishing dory on the beach oil on board signed lower left. This painting was exhibited at the Salmagundi Club in New York in 1897. In excellent condition measuring Approx. 7 x 9 with liner 8 x 10 inches. overall size 12 x 14. Biography, George B. Wood, Jr. was born into a Quaker family in Philadelphia on January 6, 1832. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Christian Schussele and probably saw the Exhibition of English Art there in February 1858....
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1950 item #986672 (stock #3963)
A framed oil painting on cardboard, showing the portrait of a young Javanese woman painted by the French artist Henri Dumien (born 1906). After frequently exhibiting at the "Salon des Beaux-Arts" and the "Salon des Independents" in Paris during the late 1920s and early 1930s, he moved in 1939 to French Polynesia. Signed and dated: H. Dumien, 46, on the reverse labelled: "Etude de Javanaise, Oceanie" and with exposition stamp: "Exposition Henri Dumien 1954, Galerie Max Rohr, Berne". Condition: fi...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1837 VR item #975765 (stock #26C10E 3071)
Portrait of British officer Benjamin Everard. Oil on canvas. Circa 1813. Size: 22.5" x 16.5" Offered in an antique lemon yellow gilt frame, which is stamped "G.A. Plowman, Builder." This full length unsigned portrait of a British officer in uniform, with dress sword and cap, is identified by an early label, affixed to the stretcher, as "Benjamin Everard, Ensign 21st Foot, 25 Feb. 1813, served in the Marahtta War." British Army records show that Benjamin Everard served in the 1st (Royal) Re...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1930 item #968603 (stock #301)
A beautiful portrait of a beautiful young lady in an interior. Oil on Canvas signed lower right in excellent condition measuring 31 x 39 inches overall framed size 38 x 46 inches. Van Belle is a highly regarded Belgian - French painter this painting is illustrated in the book Figurative Paintings Paris and the Modernist Spirt by. Martin Wolpert pubilshed by Schiffer.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1900 item #967359 (stock #22B3 481)
Edwin Burrage Child (American, 1868-1937) landscape painting of haystacks and chickens. Oil on canvas. Dated 1893. Size: 18" x 28". Excellent condition: fresh colors, four tiny, invisible old repairs to canvas. Offered in an antique gilt wood frame with leaf adorned corners. Signed and dated lower left. Though Edwin Child is best known as a portraitist, he also painted landscapes in and around his home in Dorset, VT. Edwin studied at the Art Students League in NY and became John LaFarge's a...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1950 item #966783 (stock #40E29 7)
Aldro Thompson Hibbard (American, 1886-1972) winter landscape painting titled "Up The Valley"; oil on artist board; 18" x 24"; signed lower right, titled on the reverse. Circa 1940. A classic winter scene by Hibbard, one of New England's best artists of the 20th century and an undisputed master of "plein aire" Vermont winter landscapes. This scene has been identified as the old Arthur E. Gleason farm on Rte. 30 in East Jamaica, VT (Hibbard's studio was located in Jamaica, VT). Only two of the...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1950 item #963020 (stock #40F47 202)
Captain Arthur Andrew Small (American, 1885-1958) portrait painting of the clipper ship Stag Hound in Singapore. Oil on canvas, dated 1940, signed lower right, original frame, titled on reverse of frame. Size: 21" x 27". Condition: all original; requires a professional cleaning of the yellowed varnish. The Stag Hound was built in Boston, Mass. in 1850 by Donald McKay, and at 215' in length was the largest and fastest ship of her kind, providing competition with the shipbuilding trade in New Y...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1900 item #963008 (stock #39B14 8230)
Norbert Goeneutte (French, 1854-1894) genre painting of a Parisian bookseller. Oil on wood panel. Dated 1881. Size: 12 1/8" x 16 1/8". Signed lower right. Condition: excellent. Goeneutte was a painter of genre scenes, portraits and urban landscapes. He is best known for his depictions of everyday life in Paris, with particular attention to the women of the city.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1930 item #957879 (stock #22B3 314)
Luigi Lucioni (Italian/American, 1900-1988), Vermont Summer landscape painting, oil on artist board, 20"x24", signed lower right and dated 1927. A very early landscape painting by Luigi Lucioni of a Vermont country road in summer, possibly painted in the vicinity of Barre, VT. The paintings of his early career reflect the influence of Impressionism, following in the footsteps of artists like Cezanne and Childe Hassam. Such an influence is evident in this painting, with its loose, broad brush s...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1950 item #954250 (stock #40F44 101)
"Vermont Village in Winter" by Arthur B. Wilder (American, 1857-1949), oil on artist board, signed & dated lower left 1947, titled on reverse. Size: 20" x 24". Excellent condition with a fresh bright palette. An eye-catching impressionist winter landscape by Arthur Wilder, painted late in his life, probably of the hills surrounding Woodstock, Vermont. Wilder is best known for his winter views. During Calvin Coolidge's presidency, a winter scene by Wilder hung in the White House.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1930 item #954249 (stock #40F46 108)
Frank W. Benson (American, 1862-1951), photo-offset lithograph on paper of Three Canada Geese in flight, initialed in the plate FWB & dated 1921, pencil signed by the artist in lower left margin. Offered framed. Condition: laid down on mat board, some soiling to the sheet outside the image area; some light creases in lower margins (visible in photos). Image size: 11 3/8" x 16".
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1970 item #951367 (stock #31B4 G21)
"Dove" an original painting by Ben Shahn (American, 1898-1969), watercolor and ink. Circa. 1960. Signed in ink. Sheet size: 9.75 inches x 12.75 inches. Excellent condition. Offered in a modern frame.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1960 item #951293 (stock #31B4 A32)
Lewis Jean Liberte (American, 1896-1965), tempera on artist board painting titled "Night on the Docks". Size: 14" x 21" (sight). Jean Liberte, a New York City artist, is known for his atmospheric night scenes in moonlight. He studied at The Cooper Union, the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design. Condition: excellent. Offered in a modern gilded frame.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #943134 (stock #39C80 115)
Draum (Dream) by Ida Teichmann (German, b. 1875 - ), original lithograph on rice paper, circa 1910, artist signed in lower right margin. Condition: two very minor spots of foxing (not affecting the figures) and some mat burn outside of the image area. Newly matted and framed. Ida Teichmann was a female German artist known for her drawings and lithograph portrayals of adolescent girls and young children. Teichmann was born in Frankfurt am Main and was largely self-taught as an artist. She s...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1900 item #942918 (stock #22B3 304)
West Rutland Valley, Vermont by James Hope (American, 1818-1892). Oil on canvas, 30” x 40”, signed and dated 1860 lower left. James Hope was a noted portrait, landscape and historical genre painter who was active in Rutland County, Vermont and later in Watkins Glen, New York. His work shows the strong influences of his friend and fellow painter, Frederick Church. This painting most probably depicts a valley in West Rutland or possibly Killington area. James Hope was born in Scotland ...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1950 item #942892 (stock #22B3 312)
Luigi Lucioni (Italian/American, 1900-1988) - September Ascension, an early landscape painting of a panoramic view of the Green Mountains in the environs of Manchester, VT, with scattered rain showers mixing with patches of sunshine in the distance. Oil on artist board, 5" x 8", signed and dated 1944 in lower right. Excellent condition, recently cleaned & with minor touch up; offered in a period carved wood frame, with the artist's original paper label affixed to the reverse, providing the tit...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1950 item #942891 (stock #22B1 313)
Luigi Lucioni (Italian/American, 1900-1988) landscape painting of a barn with attached red silo beneath the dramatic silhouette of Mount Equinox, near Manchester, Vermont. Oil on artist board, 6" x 9". Signed and dated 1943 in lower right. This small work exhibits the detail typical of Lucioni's oeuvre. Excellent condition, with a recent professional cleaning & minor touch up; offered in a period weathered wood frame. Lucioni was a noted painter and engraver. Born in northern Italy, he immig...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1960 item #942788 (stock #8610)
Theodora Aulmann (American, 1882-1960)

View of a City through the Trees

Oil on canvas, signed.

Painting size: 26” x 35.5”
Frame size: 31” x 40”

Born in Alton, Illinois, Aulmann studied at the Cumming School of Art in Des Moines. Later, she moved to Los Angeles where she would remain until her death. She was a member of the California Art Club and Women Painters of the West. She exhibited at the Pasadena Art Institute in 1928 and 1930.

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All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1930 item #938792 (stock #26C10E 306)
Middle Eastern painting of a mosque with arabs filling water jars from a well, by Gustav Adolph Hensel (German/American, 1874-1953), oil on canvas, circa 1920s, 12" x 14". Gustav Adolph "Dolph" Hensel was born in Germany and came to the U.S. in 1906. He was a Lutheran minister who settled in Wisconsin and later moved to San Francisco, where he was pastor of St. John's Reform Church until 1922. Hensel was also an artist who mainly painted portraits and religious genre. He spent three years a...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1930 item #895292 (stock #40F17 103)
"Lady", portrait of a collie by artist Arthur B. Wilder (American, 1857-1949), oil on canvas, signed and dated 1925 in lower right. Size: 24" x 20". Lady was the Wilder family's dog and a favorite subject for Arthur's depictions of home life. He loved dogs and often painted them. An inscription on the reverse reads, "To Junior from Dad 1937." The canvas also retains early labels from when it was loaned to the Woodstock Inn for exhibition. His grandson, Lyle Pearsons, wrote about Arthur, "Th...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1950 item #894800 (stock #26C10E 3010)
Arthur B. Wilder (American, 1857-1949), still life painting of wildflowers in a blue jug. Oil on artist board. Signed and dated 1942 in lower left. Size: 16" x 12". Excellent condition. Arthur Wilder was a native of Vermont, and he developed an interest in drawing at an early age. He enrolled at the prestigious Art Students League in New York City and studied with such noted American painters as Thomas Dewing, Charles Yardley Turner and William Sartain. He also studied portraiture and figure pai...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1930 item #894796 (stock #40F17 100)
"Vermont Maples" by Arthur B. Wilder (American, 1857-1949), oil on canvas, 24" x 29.25", signed and dated 1920 lower left and offered in its original Arts & Crafts gilt wood frame. This large autumnal landscape portrays the brilliance of Vermont's fall colors on a pastured hillside, typical of those in the environs of Woodstock. On the reverse are two early exhibition labels that provide the title. The earliest dates from Arthur Wilder's lifetime, when the painting was loaned to the Woodstock...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Paintings : Pastel : Pre 1950 item #894792 (stock #26C10-3013)
Arthur B. Wilder (American, 1857-1949), original pastel on paper of a Vermont farm with pond. Signed lower right with date of 1941. Size: 11" x 14". Excellent condition. Arthur Wilder was a native of Vermont, and he developed an interest in drawing at an early age. He enrolled at the prestigious Art Students League in New York City and studied with such noted American painters as Thomas Dewing, Charles Yardley Turner and William Sartain. He also studied portraiture and figure painting with Th...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1940 item #894308 (stock #26C10E 3014)
Arthur B. Wilder (American, 1857-1949), oil painting on artist board, circa 1930, 27" x 24", signed lower right. Excellent condition. We believe that the subject of this colorful painting is the porch of Arthur Wilder's Mountain Ave. home in Woodstock, Vermont, with his collie dog, Lady. His grandson, Lyle Pearsons, records Arthur's later years as follows: "During the 1930s he continued painting regularly until his wife died in 1938. After that he painted mostly around his house or went on sk...