Continental portrait miniature of a lady in Saucy hat and 18th century attire, mounted in velvet lined frame, from 19th century period. Size; dimensions of portrait itself are 2 1/4 x 2 inches housed in 5 x 4 1/2 inches frame. Condition Report; Both portrait and frames are in very good condition.

John Syer, (British, 1815-1885)

Two Views of the West of England

A pair of oils on canvas, retaining Frost and Reed Gallery labels.

Sight Size: 10.25" x 13"
Canvas Size: 12" x 14 1/2"
Frame Size: 17.5" x 20"

Born at Atherstone, Warwickshire, England on May 17th, 1815, Syer studied with J. Fisher, a miniaturist, and settled in Bristol. Syer was one of the prime favorites of the Victorian era...

A beautifully painted pair of framed watercolour photo renderings c1880-1900. They consist of a young man and woman in mid-Victorian dress; each image is done on Victorian photographic print paper and they measure 6-3/4" x 4-3/4"...

"Moulin Seine-et-Marne" oil on canvas 16 x 27 3/4in. Frame: 23 1/4 x 35 1/4in. A student of his father, Paul Lecomte, Sr.,(1842-1920), the young man developed his ability in concert with a large extended family of noted artists. He studied at the Beaux-Arts in Paris with Cormon. Paul Emile Lecomte excelled in portraying the natural settings of France’s bio-diversity...

Original oil painting on panel by Max Band (Lithuanian-American, 1900-1974), signed l.l. and dating from the forties or the fifties. In excellent condition and still in its original frame. 23" by 19" in its frame, 14" by 10" painting alone. Max Band is a well-known School of Paris artist. He studied in Berlin in the early twenties before moving to Paris. His first solo exhibition was in his homeland at the National Theatre in Kaunas in 1925. It would be followed by a second in 1932...

An oil on canvas in a naive style of a line of deer walking along a gentle hill toward the top of a larger hill with the sunset and distant view of the other side of the valley. The painting was found in Shenandoah Valley though no record of, “A. Taylor” has been found. The tone of the painting is warm. While there are no give away clues as to the age between the late 19th or the early 20th century, it has a feel of being in the earlier part of that range rather than the later...

John Henry Smith (British, fl.1852-1893)

An Artist at Work

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower left and dated “1863”

Painting Size: 22.25” x 18”
Frame Size: 31.25 ” x 27.25”

This charming portrait of a young woman artist at work is a wonderful depiction of the painter and her tools. Her subject of a vase of flowers with fruit sits on a table to her right. The sturdy adjustable easel has a shelf where she has laid out her tubes of pigments...

From our European Collection, a very fine oil on canvas by British painter William Robert Symonds, signed and dated 1875. Symonds, who lived from 1851-1934, was a genre painter known for touching scenes of people and animals, and most often of small children in random snapshots of everyday life, where he captured well their innocence and curious musings...

From our European Collection, a large and very finely painted 19th century oil on canvas, English School, depicting Mary Queen of Scots bidding farewell to her followers on her way to the gallows in 1587.

Courtesy of Wikipedia: Mary, Queen of Scots (7 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567 and Queen consort of France from 10 July 1559 to 5 December 1560.

Mary, the only surviving ...

From our European Collection, a fine and quite large oil on canvas of a seated gentleman, by Ignaz Marcel Gaugengigl 1855-1932. The painting here signed but undated, but most likely 3rd quarter 19th century, and likely no later than 1920. The following information courtesy of Wikipedia:

Gaugengigl was a German-American painter and engraver who worked primarily in the United States. He specialized in portraits and historical paintings...

"Sail Boat and Windmill" Oil on canvas 20' x 26 5/8" w/o frame. Jacob started painting at age 12 and eventually enrolled in the Hague Academy of Art. An art dealer recognized his talent and saw to it that Jacob was able to work in the studio of Hubertus van Hove. There he painted interiors as well as figurative and genre works. Van Hove moved to Antwerp and the nineteen-year-old Maris went with him...

A finely painted miniature portrait, watercolor on natural wafer, of an attractive young woman. She is wearing a black dress, a white and pink fichu with a brooch, and a lace collar.Original case with a glazed aperture on the reverse...

Gold framed original pastel painting of King RAMA V,Thailand, signed and dated by artist Yuth Suripong bottom left, Buddhist Year 2543. Excellent condition. Size: 52 cm. x 45 cm. framed

"Desert Smoke Trees" oil on canvas 28" x 36" unframed. Paul A. Grimm was born of German parents in King Williams Town, South Africa on January 11, 1891. When brought to the United States at age seven, he already showed promise as an artist. At 18 he won a scholarship in Rochester, New York for art study at the Düsseldorf Royal Academy. After many years at that prestigious school, he moved to Hollywood in 1919 and began his art career painting backdrops for the movie studios. Leaving the mov...

"San Carlos Borromeo" Oil on Canvas without frame 16" x 8", with frame 24" x 16" Eugene Schmidt was born in Gladbeck, Westphalia, Germany in 1919. He began his professional artistic training in 1934. He received personal instruction from Artists who has studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Schmidt also studied art history, stylistic arts, and perspective drawing during his formative years. Schmidt is well known for his almost realistic depictions of California buildings and famous la...

A signed American original oil landscape painting depicting a south western scene with a dark road in the mid left foreground that vanishes into the yellow bright background just short of two cliff like reddish rocky prominences that almost form two goal posts. The colorful palette juxtaposes lights and darks in fore and mid ground. Titled: Exit West and painted by a self taught American painter, who exited West to live in New England many, many years ago... Was it the right choice?...

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A very nicely done naive watercolor of a gentleman, housed in its original embossed brass frame. The painting has had no restoration and has no tears or losses. sight size is 2 1/4" by 1 3/4", and the framed size is 3 3/4" by 3 1/8".

Original oil painting on Masonite by John McCray (California, Berkeley School, 1912-1993), dated 1950. In its original frame and still bearing an exhibition label from the James McCray Exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Art giving the title of the piece (Post Hydrogen Bomb 11), the date (1950), etc. This painting is signed l.r. In very good condition. 16" by 22" painting alone, 24" by 30" in its original frame. James McCray is a major California artist and teacher (Sam Francis and Jo...