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...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1950 item #1424464 (stock #40H19-3009)
"Northern Vermont" - by Gianni Cilfone (Italian/American, 1908-1992), oil on canvas. Circa 1944. Canvas size: 22 in. x 25 in. Offered in the original frame, with paper exhibition label affixed to stretcher - 'Bethel Inn Exhibition 1944.' Titled: Northern Vermont. Original condition with some craquelure. Gianni Cilfone was brought to the U.S.A. by his parents when he was only five. He later attended the Art Institute of Chicago and also studied under noted painters Hugh Breckenridge and John F...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1960 item #1158690 (stock #30C80 99)
Bernard Corey (American, 1914-2000) landscape painting of hills in late autumn. Oil on masonite. Size: 8.75 inches x 12 inches. Excellent condition and offered in a contemporary gilt wood frame. Signed. Bernard Corey was born in South Grafton, Massachusetts and is recognized as one of New England's premier landscape painters. He was a member of the Rockport Art Association, the Salmagundi Club, the Gild of Boston Artists and the North Shore Art Association.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1950 item #1161979 (stock #40G15-173)
Arthur B. Wilder (American, 1857-1949) still life painting of Fruit and Berries in a Basket. Dated 1941. Oil on artist board. Painting size: 20 inches x 24 inches. This primitive still life portrait of fruit and berries displayed on a table, with a china cupboard partially visible in the background, was probably executed in the artist's home, Wayside, in the hills outside Woodstock, Vermont...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1960 item #1377720 (stock #39B78-12203)
Alice Haigh Dixon (American, 1876-1956) - View looking toward Big Sur, California. Oil on canvas. Size: 18 inches x 22 inches. Signed in lower right. An attractive scene of flowers along the California coastline by this San Francisco and Healdsburg painter. Offered in a gilded modern plein air frame. Minor paint loss to a small area just left of the signature.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Drawings : Pre 1900 item #1272512 (stock #666)
A beautiful masterfully drawn Standing Female Nude French c.1800. Drawing on blue gray hand made paper some age discoloration. Image 20"L x 12.5"W matted and framed in a quality gold frame overall 28" L x 21" W.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1462957 (stock #40E32-130)
China Trade School painting of Fishermen on a River. Oil on canvas. Late 19th century. Size: 13 inches x 16 inches. Unsigned. In this painting, fisherman are casting their nets in a river along the banks of their village, while family members watch from the shore. Offered in an antique carved, gilt-wood frame. Original condition with some craquelure to the painted surface.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1940 item #1053180 (stock #388)
EMILE BAES "SUR LA PLAGE" oil on board, signed lower right in excellent condition. BELGUIM, C.1935 21.25 X 29 INCHES

Biography

Émile Baes was born in Brussels in either 1879 or 1889. He studied with J. Stallaert at l’Académie des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles. He completed his education with Bonnet and Cabanel in Paris. Baes worked as a painter, illustrator, and writer. He was known for his diverse subject matter including historical paintings, portraits, nudes and landscapes...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1900 item #870149 (stock #40E17 09-0)
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) - Yvette Guilbert. This colored lithograph is an original page from the weekly satirical newspaper "Le Rire", published in 1894. Toulouse-Lautrec produced 10 colored drawings for this humorous periodical over a period of three years, from 1894-1897. This illustration is of Yvette Guilbert, a music hall performer, who thrilled Parisian audiences with her audacious songs, curious smile and gestures with her long black gloves...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1940 item #1265982 (stock #645)
Pastel titled Old Shipwreck, signed lower left Frederick Wagner (1864-1940). Wagner was an American Impressionist who studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1879 to 1884. He exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy the Carnegie and the Corcoran as well as the National Academy of Design. Image, 9.5"L x 11"W. Framed 15.5" L x 18" W Complete written provenance accompanies this piece. Please View Our other inventory
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...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Drawings : Pen : Pre 1950 item #1285753 (stock #685)
Serge Ivanhoff Ink and watercolor figural studies signed and and noted Paris. image 8"x10.5" framed 17" x 19". Serge Petrovitch Ivanoff was born in Moscow in 1893 and showed artistic ability from a young age. On the family’s move to St. Petersburg, he took the opportunity to further his artistic studies by enrolling at the Imperial Academy of Arts in 1917, at the height of the Russian Revolution...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1940 item #885441 (stock #2241)

Man at the Piano oil on canvas painting

c.1930s

Excellent condition

Framed - 21 1/2" x 12 1/4"

Unsigned

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Contemporary item #1358834 (stock #40I38-109)
Dennis Sheehan (American, 1950 - ) - Twilight. Oil on canvas...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1950 item #580281 (stock #245)
Vivyan Seward view of Half Dome from Yosemite valley oil on canvas signed lower right measuring approx. 18x14 inches framed in a quality gallery frame 20x24 inches overall size. A beautiful impressionist painting with figures in the foreground and a hint of valley fog. In excellent condition ready to hang.

Biography

Born in Northwood, England on June 18, 1902. "Vic" Seward came to the U.S. as a child. He studied at the AIC before moving to Los Angeles in the 1920s. He worked there as...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1900 item #1189421 (stock #584)
A charming oil on copper panel of young street boys playing dice with a dog and another eating scraps. Measuring 8x10 inches framed in a quality antique frame 13 x 14 overall size. A charming painting would enhance any collection.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1422964 (stock #40E32-108)
19th century landscape painting of horses pulling a cart of logs across a ford in a river, with a dog and cows looking on. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Circa 1870s. Size: 22 in. x 34 in. Offered in the original gold leaf wood frame with Boston, MA framer's label. Some old repairs and restoration.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1960 item #1271064 (stock #660)
Watercolor painting of stone statues at Easter Island by Robert W. Daley member American Water Color Society. Daley became director of the Civic light Opera Company. He also enjoyed painting set designs and went on to create important murals throughout the western states. In 1952 at thirty years of age Robert headed for N Y C and built an art career as a watercolorist and mural painter. He was active and successful in winning top awards for his art including American Watercolor Society, American...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 2000 item #1302218 (stock #714)
Vintage abstract painting of boats in a harbor by award winning artist Audrey Salkind. Salkind graduated from the Moore College of Art and Design in Philladelphia and continued her studies in Maryland as well. She has exhibited extensively throughout the Mid Atlantic and NY.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1950 item #1285735 (stock #682)
Original pen and Ink drawing "Girl on the Beach" by Frank Van Sloun signed lower right. Renowned painter, muralist, etcher and educator. Van Sloun studied in New York City under Robert Henri and members of the Ashcan School. Memberships included the San Francisco Art Association, the Carmel Art Association, Bohemian Club, Society of Mural Painters and California Society of Etchers. Image 8"L x 11"W.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1970 item #1244195 (stock #22B3 468)
Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977) original watercolor landscape painting of a Farm in Winter. Circa 1960s. Size: 14 inches x 20 inches. Thomas Curtin Estate stamped signature in lower right. A classic Vermont scene with farmhouse, barns and sheds situated on a winding country road during the depth of winter. Excellent condition with fresh, bright colors. No foxing. Offered in a contemporary gilt wood frame with linen matting. Thomas Curtin was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He s...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1970 item #1221989 (stock #22B3 451)
Country Road in Winter - Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977). Oil painting on artist board. Circa 1960's. Size: 8 inches x 10 inches. Signed in the lower left. Condition: Very good but would brighten with a professional cleaning. Offered in what is probably the original frame. In this attractive small-sized painting, Thomas Curtin directs the viewer's eye down a winding country lane in winter to a farm with barns and farmhouse, set against a background of rolling hills where the snow i...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1480066
Large oil on stretched canvas by the American artist Wesley Webber (1839-1914), identified often as a White Mountain Artist for his images of northern New England, depicting a bucolic farm scene, with lovely river and meadows, people and farm animals with houses in the background. Measures 16" x 30" x 3/4". Though always considered a realism artist, he was exposed to impressionism and some works exhibit this looser style. This painting exhibits a bit of the impressionist element, and the whole...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1970 item #1186786 (stock #22B3 426)
Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977) winter landscape of a Vermont farm. Oil on canvas board. Circa 1960s. Size: 10 inches x 14 inches. Estate stamped in lower left and on the reverse, together with the estate inventory #281. Excellent condition and recently cleaned. Offered in a vintage gilt, plein air frame. In this small gem, Thomas Curtin has rendered a farm in winter, illuminated by the golden light of a late afternoon sun, set against an imposing backdrop of the snow-covered Green Mou...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1970 item #1228646 (stock #26C10 100)
Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977) - Foggy Morning, Vinalhaven, Maine. Watercolor painting, early 1960's, 15 inches x 22 inches (sight). Signed in lower left. In this atmospheric painting, Thomas Curtin has captured the rocky coastline on Vinalhaven Island, Maine, as a sea fret rolls in on the land. Thomas Curtin was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He studied at the prestigious National Academy of Design and Art Students' League, both in New York City. Curtin found a mentor and friend ...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1960 item #1153818 (stock #40E12 145)
Paul Klee, after (German, born in Switzerland, 1879-1940), silkscreen print, Musique Diurne (Day Music). Edition: 153/300. Circa 1953. Sheet size: 19 inches x 25 inches. Image size: 13.75 inches x 20.5 inches. Klee painted the original of Musique Diurne (Day Music) in 1940, shortly before his death. This silkscreen was printed in 1953, in a limited edition of 300 prints, in Paris, by Wilfredo Arcay and was issued in the folio Edition Art D'Aujourd'hui: Maitres de L'Art Abstrait (Art of Toda...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1940 item #1084274 (stock #22B3 352)
Marion Huse (American, 1896-1967) painting of a Tugboat in a Harbor, oil on masonite, 9 inches x 10 inches. Circa 1920s-30s. Marion Huse was a Massachusetts and Vermont painter and printmaker who worked in a variety of styles, from realism to abstraction. Her subjects included portraits, landscapes and floral still life. Born in Lynn, Mass., she studied in Boston at the New School of Design and then in Pittsburgh at the Carnegie Institute. In the 1920s, she studied at the Cape Cod School of...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1920 item #1363591
Hand painted German porcelain plaque, early 20th century, after Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, depicting 'The Little Fruit-Seller' originally painted in 1675, the young girl and harvester with a bountiful harvest at their feet, in a naturalistic setting, and framed in a gilt molding, verso titled in German, and retains Heinrich blue mark, plaque 10"h x 7.5"w
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1960 item #1356877 (stock #38B20-386)
Jacob I. Greenleaf (American, 1887-1968) - 'Vermont Hills With Mt. Mansfield in Distance' Oil on linen. Size: 16 inches X 20 inches. Circa 1950s. Signed in lower left and retaining on the reverse the original artist's label with title. Offered in the original stained wood frame. In this painting, Jacob Greenleaf has depicted a farm situated along a country road at the peak of fall foliage season, with the profile of Mount Mansfield visible in the distance. Greenland was a native of Estoni...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1900 item #1340082 (stock #772)
Original Watercolor Cattle in a Landscape by David Cox the younger signed lower right. David Cox the Younger (1809-1885) David Cox, the Younger was active/lived in United Kingdom. David Cox the Younger is known for landscape and seascape paintings. Image size 9"L x 14"W. Framed and Matted 16 x 20 overall.
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 : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 2000 item #1349036 (stock #SR4622)
Smart and tailored gutta percha necklace or collar, tie it on and walk away. Gutta percha is a black or brown hard rubber like material made from the sap of a Malayan tree. In the late Victorian period it was molded in various forms to make jewelry. This necklace measures 13" long by 1 1/4" at its widest
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 1980 item #757103 (stock #40E77 100)
"Women at Market" by Haitian artist Alberoi Bazile. Oil on masonite in hand carved Haitian frame. Circa 1974. Painting size: 24.25" x 28". Excellent original condition. Alberoi Bazile was born in Jacmel, Haiti in 1920 and was brother to the more famous painter, Castera Bazile. Alberoi was a member of the Centre D'Art and became a full time artist in 1963. Colorful depictions of women at the market, carrying baskets of vegetables and fruit on their heads, was a popular subject of his.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1970 item #1169017 (stock #31B4 A72)
'Men in Bowler Hats' by Lester Johnson (American, 1919-2010). Original silkscreen print, being an artist proof. Circa 1960s. Sheet size: 20 inches x 30 inches. Signed. Lester Johnson was an important painter and printmaker. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and then moved to New York in the late 1940s, where he became a leading advocate for figurative expressionism. Men wearing bowler hats in a congested environment was a popular and recurring theme for Johnson. He was a teacher ...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Sculpture : Wood : Pre 1950 item #1360979 (stock #640fs)
Beautifully sculpted from one piece of wood, this horse and rider sail effortlessly over a fence. The sculpture measures 16" high, approximately 19" from end of board to tip of horses nose, and the wood base is 13 1/4" x 4 1/4". The two back legs are one piece, just to support the body of the horse and rider. Every bit of the surface is slightly textured, like the hammer marks on silver, and gives the piece a lovely sheen and patina. The wood is dark and heavy, likely high quality mahogany, ...