All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1930 item #831768 (stock #22B3 301)
"My Window", original signed etching on paper by Luigi Lucioni (Italian-American, 1900-1988). 1928. Image size: 4.25" x 5.25". A very early detailed engraving by Luigi Lucioni that combines a still life with the view from his studio/apartment overlooking the arch at Washington Square in New York City. This is a scarce image, and this example is in very good condition, with only some slight toning in the upper margin corners...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1930 item #1282296 (stock #675)
Fred Wagner Pastel of a bay landscape with sail boats in the distance. Archival framed.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1930 item #1024515 (stock #358)
Beautiful Egyptian street scene an Original oil painting on board signed lower right measuring approx. 20 x 24 in excellent condition...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #1203561 (stock #602)
A beautiful original Nels Hagerup oil painting of a sail boat off the coast of San Francisco ocean beach. In excellent all original condition canvas size measuring 18x24 inches in the original antique frame. A fine example of this noted artists work.

biography

Nels Hagerup (1864-1922) was born in Christiania, Norway in 1864 into a family that included the composer Edward Hagerup Grieg...

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. oil on canvas signed lower right and titled Bagotstown 1911. Measuring 14 x 18 in fine condition relined and cleaned. A fine example of equestrian art. Artist Biography: George Paice - Exhibited 1881 - 1897 Sporting, horse and dog painter who lived at 83 Warwick Street Pimlico in 1881 and 47 Croydon Grove, West Croydon, Surrey in 1885...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #1182890 (stock #40G78 101)
Richard Hayley Lever (Australian/American, 1876-1958) small oil on canvas board titled, River Lea, England. Size: 10 inches x 8 inches. Dated on verso 1912. Signed in the lower left and titled on the reverse. Condition: nice original condition, with some overall craquelure to the painted surface. Offered in a carved and gilded wood frame. A native of Australia, Hayley Lever traveled to England in 1889, where he studied art in London and joined an artist's colony in St. Ives, Cornwall...
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 1920 item #1104550 (stock #470)
A fine antique oil on canvase by Mauritz Frederik Hendrik De Haas picturing a sailing ship in the moonlight signed lower left in excellent condition measuring approx. 24 x 36 inches framed in a period frame. One of the most famous 19th-century marine and landscape painters, especially of Long Island, Mauritz De Haas was born in Rotterdam, Holland where he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #711468 (stock #11AC42 107)
Charles Paul Gruppe (American, 1860-1940) autumnal Dutch landscape with windmill. Watercolor on paper. Circa 1920. Signed lower right. Offered in an antique giltwood frame. Size: 11" x 17" (sight). Provenance: Stanton's Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #1008294 (stock #326)
A fine California Impressionist painting of a view of Mt. Tam with lupine and poppies in the fore ground a small cabin to the left. Oil on canvas signed lower right measuring Approx. 15 x 20 inches in excellent condition but for some age cracking. Biography : Manuel Valencia was born in Marin County, California on October 30, 1856 on the family hacienda called Rancho San Jose, which is now Hamilton Field. A member of one of California's earliest families, Manuel was named after his grandfat...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #1188277 (stock #10310)
Ruth Killick Morley  (American, b.1888)

Standing Nude

A Bronze Figure, signed

Height: 16.5”

Born in England in 1888, Morley settled in New York and was a sculptor, craftsperson and teacher. She was a member of the Allied Artists of America and exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She is listed in Falk, Who Was Who in American Art.

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #1091463 (stock #430)
A fine original oil by Christian Jorgensen a view of Yosemite Valley with Half Dome in the distance. Oil on Canvas signed lower right in excellent original condition framed in a period art nouveau frame. Measuring 20 x 24 canvas size. Biography. Born in Oslo, Norway on Oct. 7, 1860 Christian Jorgensen moved to San Francisco with his mother in 1870. He showed artistic promise at an early age, and when the School of Design opened in 1874, he was among the first to enroll. At 14 he was grea...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #490723 (stock #137)
Charles Dorman Robinson impressionist seascape A beautiful atmospheric seascape painting of a sunset with ships off the coast of San Francisco. Oil painting on artist board framed in the original arts and crafts era frame signed lower right. In excellent condition some very minor touch ups in the sky area professionally cleaned and re-varnished. A fine example of this highly acclaimed artists work.

Biography

Charles Robinson was born in East Monmouth, Maine, and his father, David R...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #1103218 (stock #465)
A fine Original early California watercolor painting by Susan S. Loosely or Sroufe her maiden name. Picturing a redwood forest with afternoon light framed in original arts and crafts period frame. In excellent condition measuring approx. 12 x 18 a fine and rare painting. Biography

The Sroufe family came to California in a prairie schooner in 1850 with the Gold Rush. On October 2, 1853 Susan was born in Petaluma. In 1870 the family settled in San Francisco where Susan showed a marked tale...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #536097 (stock #190)
A beautiful quality original watercolor marine painting of ships off the coast and braking waves by george howell gay signed lower right. Painted on a heavy watercolor paper laid on matte board measuring approx. 14 x24 inches framed in a quality gold leafed frame. In very good condition no tears or creases some areas of age discoloration and fading typical with watercolors of this age please view pictures.

biography

george h. Gay was well known for his watercolor landscapes, seascapes and ...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #519262 (stock #180)
James Everett Stuart sunset glow Mt. Hood Oregon from near Portland. Oil on canvas signed lower left and dated Jan 11, 1917 signed and titled priced and dated on reverse. A fine example of this highly regarded American artists work measuring 12x18 inches in good all original condition some minor age cracking framed in a contemporary gallery frame measuring overall 20x26. A fine example of this great American artists work.

A painting Sunset Glow Mt. Hood sold for $12,000 at Santa Fe Art auctio...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #1174456 (stock #570)
A fine early California landscape oil painting of Mt Tamalpais north of San Francisco the classic landmark of Marin county. Oil on canvas signed lower right measuring 12 x 18 inches in original art nouveau frame. Biography

Richard DeTreville was born in Beaufort, South Carolina on November 17, 1864 into a prominent, old family of French ancestry. His grandfather fought with George Washington in the Revolutionary War and at the time of his birth during the Civil War, his father was Lt Govern...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #1254545 (stock #364fs)
Measuring 8" x 6.75", the seated lion is cast upon an oval stepped plinth, and signed Barye. The surface is a deep brown patina, with slight wear in raised areas where it has been handled. The entire surface of the lion is well cast and detailed, with the musculature and fur clearly depicted. Antoine Louis Barye (French 1795-1875) is one of the renowned animalier sculptors of the nineteenth century, and his works are classical icons of this genre. The Lion Assis, or seated lion, was create...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #1265979 (stock #644)
Indian Mogul painting on silk. Titled Shaw Jehan returns in Triumph. Image, 10"L x 7.5"W. Label from Indian gallery on verso. Matted Unframed. Please Take the Time to View the rest of our inventory.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #694042 (stock #8803)
Helen Wells Seymour
(American, 19th/20th century)

Japanese Landscape with Figures

Oil on canvas board, signed.

Painting size: 12” x 14”
Frame size: 17” x 19”

"Helen Wells Seymour (1878-1937) was educated in the Friends School in Washington, D. C. and she took special courses for two years in Columbia University and in the Doshisha Women's College, Kyoto, Japan. She spent several years of her life in Japan and China, was a collector of textiles and J...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Sculpture : Ivory : Pre 1920 item #59864
This is a Beautifully Carved IVORY FIGURINE. Depicted are 2 CRANES Standing near a LOTUS Plant. The Detail shows the CRANES, one with the Fish and the other nearby, and the LOTUS FLOWERS and LEAVES. Size is 8 1/2" Tall X 4" in width; 9" tall with the Wood Stand. Condition is EXCELLENT. This CHINESE IVORY Carving dates circa second 1/4 of the 20th Century. Great PIERCED CARVING and Detail giving the 3 Dimensional Look. Add to the Collection.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #709234 (stock #40E17 OP 005)
An impressionistic landscape painting of a river in winter by Aaron Harry Gorson (American, 1872-1933), oil on canvas. Circa 1920. Signed lower right: A.H. Gorson. Canvas size: 14 inches x 17 inches. This painting has been professionally restored and relined and is offered in a modern gilt wood frame. Aaron Harry Gorson was of Lithuanian descent and immigrated to Philadelphia in 1888. In 1894 he enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, studying under Anshutz. In 1900, he attended ...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #1130478 (stock #39B14)
Maurice Utrillo (French, 1883-1955) signed street view of Rue Saint-Vincent, Montmartre, Paris. Circa 1918. Oil on artist board. Size: 21 3/8 inches x 28 3/4 inches. Signed lower right, "Maurice. Utrillo". Maurice Utrillo was one of the great French masters of modern art of the 20th century. Maurice was born in the Montmartre district of Paris. His mother, Suzanne Valedon, modeled for artists, including Renoir, Puvis de Chavannes, Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, and others, and herself became an ...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1920 item #412178 (stock #8607)
"The Grand Canal, Venice

by Ernest David Roth (Am. 1879-1964)

Drypoint on Paper, signed in pencil and in the plate and dated: "1913"
Retains the original gallery label from Frederick Keppel & Co., New York, with title, artist and an inscription reading: "Proof Printed by the Artist. 70 Proofs Only"

A painter and etcher, Roth was educated at the National Academy of Design. He was a member of numerous art societies including: Washington Watercolor Club, Allied Artists o...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Mixed Media : Relief : Pre 1920 item #135445 (stock #467)
An Elaborate Oriental Diorama of a Village Scene in mixed media. With Shells, Sweet grass, Silks, Velvet, Watercolors, and other media. Dimensions 35" wide x 25" high. Period frame.
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 : Pre 1920 item #1157762 (stock #546)
A fine original oil painting a Portrait of the thoroughbred Race horse Portlaw by Guy Crosley c. 1930 measuring 18 x 24 in excellent condition. Exhibited at the Historical Korner & Wood galleries of Cleveland. A fine decorative painting would enhance any decor.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1920 item #1058296
Description: Nicely painted portrait of a young clergyman in blue suit, signed lower right "Ritchie", presented in a rose gilt brass pendant frame. Size : 3 1/2" x 2 1/2", in very good condition.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1920 item #1180456 (stock #02231)
A Wallace Nutting An Elaborate Dinner signed photo. This unframed hand coloured and signed photograph print is by Wallace Nutting who was famous for his tinted photos, and those in our listings are all sought after interior scenes. This 9-3/8" X 7-3/8" photo is mounted on a signed 9-1/2" X 8-1/4" mat and it is titled "An Elaborate Dinner", and it is copyrighted 1909. The signature and title is in pencil rather than in pen, which is more common on early Nuttings, and far rarer than the pen signa...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Sculpture : Bronze : Pre 1920 item #1377346 (stock #684af)
Measuring 7 1/2" from beak to tail and 5 1/4" high to top of crest, this bronze is in excellent condition, with all the origonal paint. The detail in both the casting and paint is very fine, and the figure is life size and life like. It is signed on the belly and tail with Bergmann's "B" in an urn, with the Austria stamp, and KF in a diamond lozenge. In addition, on the tail, the mark of Carl Kauba is also stamped, which is unusual, and may have been done for marketing purposes. The Bergmann...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1920 item #355180 (stock #8550)
The Young Hunter

Ernest Bosch (German, 1834-1917)

Oil on canvas, signed lower left (behind frame).

Bosch was a pupil at the Academy of Dusseldorf under the instruction of K. Solm, T. Hildebrandt and Schadow. He was best known for his portrait and genre paintings. His genre paintings frequently included animals. Later in his career, he turned his focus more toward portraits of women. In addition to painting, Bosch was a skilled illustrator, etcher and lithographer. His works are...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #1132093 (stock #500)
James E. Stuart Yosemite Valley indian camp with El Capitan and Bridal veil falls A fine original oil painting on canvas 20 x 24 inches painted 1914 by in excellent all original condition in a quality gallery frame. James Everett Stuart 1852 - 1941 Eight year old James Everett Stuart arrived in California with his parents in 1860. He attended school in San Francisco and studied art with Thomas Hill and William Keith. His early work reflected the mood and mystery of the French Barbizon school...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #1189391 (stock #8470)
William F. Walter (American, 1904-1977)

Bridge in Washington

Oil on canvas, signed.

Painting size: 20” x 24” Frame size: 27.75” x 31.5”

A Washington, DC native, Walter was a respected designer, cartoonist, teacher and painter during his lifetime. After completing his studies at the Corcoran School of Art, he continued his training under the instruction of Charles Hawthorne, W. Lester Stevens, Richard Meryman and B. Baker.

Walter was member of the ...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1920 item #374802 (stock #8556)
Brookland, Washington, D.C.

Edgar Hewitt Nye (American, 1879-1943)

Oil on artist board, signed lower left and located on paper label on reverse: “Brookland, D.C. (off Bunker Hill Road). Vicinity now a well built up residential section.”

Nye lived, worked and taught in Washington, DC for 58 years. While he may have been born in Richmond, VA, his love for the city earned him the distinction of a "native" son.

Nye was educated in public schools before entering the Corc...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #446482 (stock #8932)
Richard Norris Brooke (American, 1847-1920)

March at Sunset or The Old Story

Oil on canvas, signed and retaining two labels on the reverse with titles.

Painting size: 12.25” x 21.25”
Frame size: 18.75” x 27.5”

Born in Warrington, Virginia in 1847, Richard Norris Brooke made significant contributions to the development and posterity of the art community in Washington, DC. From his days as an instructor at the Virginia Military Institute to his tenure a...

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 1920 item #1174463 (stock #572)
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A beautiful original oil painting of a young girl reading oil on board signed upper right and dated 1918. Exquisite detail and light a masterpiece by this famed artist. A fine addition to any collection. Biography

A native of St. Paul, Minnesota, Van Soelen trained in art at the St. Paul Institute from 1908 to 1911, and then attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, 1911-1915. The Pennsylvania Academy awarded Van Soelen a Cresson Traveling Scholarship which enabled him to tour and study ...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1920 item #519356 (stock #183)
A beautiful impressionist painting of a winter view of German Town Pennsylvania circa 1920 oil on board signed lower left. This painting just recently discovered is directly from a Great Grandfather who was a friend of the Wagner and an artist himself who shared a studio with Wagner. Measuring 8x10 inches framed in a contemporary gallery frame. A great example of this artists work a fine addition to any collection.

Biography

Fredrick Wagner was born in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania in 1864....

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1910 item #444667 (stock #014)
William Keith California Landscap at evening sunset through California Oaks with cows at a distant watering hole. A dramatic moody classic Keith painting oil on canvas signed lower right William Keith and lower left SF for San Francisco. Measuring 18x14 inches framed in a modern gold leaf gallery frame 26x32 inches overall. A fine example of this important early California and American painter such an influential artist and teacher he is sometimes referred to the Dean of California Artists. Wor...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1910 item #1146876 (stock #519)
Original Russian impressionist painting by Emil Hirschfeld signed lower left oil on canvas measuring 11 x 18 inches in good condition some age craquelure a beautiful atmospheric seascape. Emil Benediktoff Hirschfeld 1867-1922 Born in Odessa in 1867, the Russian painter lived thirty years in Concarneau France. In with the broad sweep of foreign artists in the late nineteenth he came out to meet the French realist painting, deeply influenced by Courbet, he spent time in Munich and Paris He a...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1910 item #513286 (stock #177)
“The Love Letter” by A.V. Hugenett 1902 oil on canvas of a beautiful young woman holding a love letter and a bouquet of flowers. Signed and dated top right in excellent condition measuring an impressive 30x40 inches framed in a toned gold frame some minor restoration overall size approx. 40 x 50 inches. A stunning decorative painting would make a fine addition to any collection.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1910 item #377645 (stock #8548)
Fishing Boats Along a Canal

Rene Clarot (Belgian, 1882-1972)

Oil on canvas, signed: “Clarot R” and dated: “1907”.

A post-impressionist painter of marines and landscapes, Clarot worked in oils, watercolors and pastels. He was a student at the Academy of Brussels from 1896-1905. Upon completion of his studies, he traveled frequently to France and Germany. He eventually became well known for his numerous paintings of the ports of Brittany.

He exhibited extensively an...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1910 item #579184 (stock #233)
Julian Walbridge Rix early California landscape oil on wood panel scene of Marin county landscape looking toward Mt. Tamalpias and San Francisco bay. Measuring approx. 10.5 in. by 13 in. framed in a ornate gilt frame 18 in. by 20 in. overall. A fine example of this renowned artists work.

biography

Known for poetic landscapes, often sunset, illuminated by atmospheric light, Julian Walbridge Rix was early in his career an active painter in California and then on the East Coast. He was born i...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Paintings : Pre 1910 item #1053125
Description: Original oil painting of Queen of Wurtemberg, housed in a fine gilt wood frame in which itself is mounted on another dark wood frame. Superbly done with close attention to every detail. Late 19th to early 20th century, 8.5" x 5.5" (sight) and black frame is 14.5" x 11.5". Good condition and shipping is FREE within the U.S.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1910 item #485821 (stock #112)
A beautiful oil painting on board signed lower left of a Dramatic landscape. Titled on the reverse Twilight glow and with the University of Nebraska Museum label with inventory number 1029 Attributing this painting to Blakelock and a partial museum exhibition label. Measuring 6 x 8 inches framed in a quality presentation frame 13 x 15 inches overall. This is an absolutely stunningly powerful image by this renowned artist.

Biography

Born in New York City, Ralph Blakelock earned a r...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1910 item #756305 (stock #9705)
Chiesa Santa Maria Della Salute

Oil on canvas, signed lower left and entitled on reverse.
Painting size: 24” x 18”
Frame size: 31” x 25”

American painter C. Myron Clark specialized in marine subjects and, like so many other artists, was drawn to Venice with its ongoing atmospheric shifts in the sky and sea. This work shows the church of Santa Maria della Salute, one of the city’s landmarks, at the end of the day. Clark captures the effects of the mellowing light whic...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1910 item #1193216 (stock #39B14 12030)
Maximilien Luce (French, 1858-1941) post-Impressionist landscape painting of a French village with haystacks. Oil on artist board. Signed in the lower right and dated 1903. Size: 13 inches x 18 inches. Condition: as-found, and would benefit from a professional cleaning; some minor paint loss along lower margin. Luce was born in Paris and trained in his early years as an engraver. Later, he entered the studio of Carolus-Duran, where he met and befriended important Impressionist painters such...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1910 item #1025751 (stock #366)
A fine original antique photograph of the Oxford tennis team photo by J Soame stamped lower right framed and archival matted image approx. 11 x 14 inches.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1910 item #1104093 (stock #468)
An original Portrait of a Cavalier or noble man oil on canvas signed lower right and dated 1911. Measuring 10 x 12 inches in a fine antique frame overall 16 x 18. in excellent condition a fine example of this important American artists portrait work.

Biography

Born in Ogdenburg, Germany, Henry Raschen became one of America's leading painters of Indian portraits and figures in the 19th and early 20th centuries and was the first California artist to be committed to Indian themes. He also pa...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Paintings : Watercolor : Pre 1910 item #1460367 (stock #40D23-1353)
Harvard Yard, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts painting by Harold Broadfield Warren (American, 1859-1934). Dated 1902. Watercolor on paper. Size: 9 3/4 inches x 6 5/8 inches (sight). Signed and dated in lower left. A peaceful rendering of one of the College's halls of residence within 'Harvard Yard,' Harvard College, painted in 1902. Harold Broadfield Warren was a landscape painter, illustrator and craftsman. Born in Manchester, England, on Oct. 16, 1859, he emigrated to the United St...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1910 item #1168343 (stock #563)
His paintings can be found in: The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The Louvre, Paris Constant Troyon began his career as a porcelain painter. By the late 1830s he turned his attention to landscape painting, and his first Salon entries were views of Saint Cloud and Sevres, near the state porcelain works. These early paintings were characterized by bright colors based on his experience working with porcelain glazes ...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1900 item #1095460 (stock #39B14 9586)
Claude Francois Auguste de Mesgrigny (French, 1836-1884) landscape painting of man fishing in a pond. Oil on canvas. Painting size: 14 inches x 22.25 inches. Circa: early 1880s. Very good condition, having been professionally cleaned, and offered in the original carved, giltwood frame. Bearing the original gallery label of Noyes & Blakeslee Art Galleries, 127 Tremont St., Boston, MA. This painting has descended through a Woodstock, Vermont family, where is has remained since its original p...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1900 item #1022547 (stock #341)
A beautiful antique Italian original painting gouache on paper in an exquisite French matte and frame. Measuring Approx. 6x8 overall framed size 11x13 inches. In excellent condition one of a pair see #342 sold together or separate.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1900 item #777969 (stock #38B12 1353)
Walter Lofthouse Dean (American, 1854-1912), oil on canvas, circa 1880s, 18" x 24". This painting depicts a busy harbor, possibly Gloucester or even Boston, with numerous sailing vessels and a steam powered tugboat. Walter L Dean was a Massachusetts marine painter and an experienced sailor. He studied art in Boston and then in Paris at the Academie Julian with Lefebvre and Boulanger, in 1883. He maintained an art studio in E. Gloucester, Mass. for some 30 years and loved sailing and painting...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Sculpture : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1454689
Beautifully sculpted and cast bronze of Bacchus, the God of wine (Le Vin) dancing and reaching down toward a child or baby faun, by noted French artist Louis Holweck (1861-1935). The sculpture measures 21 1/2" high, 6 1/2' wide, and 6" deep. The bronze is signed on the base in front "Le Vin", on one side with the artists's signature, and on another side with the foundry mark of J F'Deur, the French foundry. The brass plaque on the marble plinth is impressed: Le Vin, Acquis par la Ville de Par...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Sculpture : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #448186 (stock #8891 )
Lambert Alexandre Léonard (French, 1831-1877)

Partridge with Worm

Height: 10.5”
Width: 6.5”

A lifelong Parisian, Léonard studied under Jacquot, Rouillard and Barye specializing in Animalier sculpture. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1851-1873. In addition to working in bronze, Leonard created works in plaster, wax and wax with a silver finish.

Leonard is listed in Dictionary of Western Sculptors in Bronze by Mackay and Dictionnaire des Peintres, Scul...

All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Sculpture : Bronze : Pre 1900 item #1414201
The quality of this bronze neoclassical figure is exceptional, with fine detail, deep rich patina, and fire gilding accents. It measures 12 1/2" high, on a base measuring 6 3/4" x 3 3/8". The base is open on the bottom and shows screws that hold the sculpture in place. Probably had a marble base at some time. Signed on the corner, "Moreau", one of the famed French bronze sculptors of the 19th century. No first initial is inscribed, so it could be Auguste, Mathurin, Hippotle-Francois or Loui...
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Pre 1900 item #1284578 (stock #677)
Fine Antique miniature Bronze Portrait bust of a young man. Finely detailed bronze casting. Measuring 7.5" x 4 x 3.5 Inches. In excellent antique condition.
All Items : Archives : Fine Art : Paintings : Oil : Pre 1900 item #1409669
Early portrait of a gentleman in dark coat with white shirt and ascot, mid to early 19th century. With frame it measures 15" x 12", and the stretcher measures 13 3/8" x 10 3/8". Stretcher appears old, but may not be original. Frame is not period, but has good age, gold leaf over wood. The canvas is stable and shows craquelure over the entire surface, visible in close up photos. Unsigned, which is usually the case, and there is no information as to the identity of the sitter. Frame has ...
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...