VICTOR JOSEPH GATTO: AMERICAN (1893-1965) WORKING THE FARM;
Oil on Canvasboard
Signed lower right:
VJG, with no artistic background or training, started painting at age 45-48. In 1943, he had his first exhibit in NYC and gained instant recognition in the NY art scene as a folk art, naive/primitive painter, His works were exhibited in many major museums, (MOMA,WHITNEY ETC,) and he is listed in numerous art reference books. He painted with vibrant colors, and complex details...
JOHN JOSEPH ENNEKING- AMERICAN;1841-1916
NOVEMBER TWILIGHT
Oil on Canvas
Signed lower right
Dimensions; 10.25" x 14.25"; framed; 16" x 20".
JJE was one of the most distinguished and successful painters of the late 19th C. He lived most his life in New England, and according to Wikipedia, his "favorite subject is the November Twilight of New England and the half lights of early spring, and late autumn and winter dawn and evening." He always said that his greatest teacher was nature...
Oscar Florianes Bluemner (1867-1938), . The painting is 7 x 10 inches. The medium is watercolor and pencil. Provenance: The Estate of Oscar Bluemner's widow, sold to Virginia collector and then to a collector in New Jersey. Art & Antique Gallery, Inc., Worcester, MA. It may have been a preliminary painting for a larger painting
titled: "Play of Barns-Red" exhibited at the Owen Gallery in 2001. (size 28 x 30 inches). I spoke with Mr. Owen about this painting to get details...
Large original mixed media and collage on canvas by George Joseph Habergritz (American, 1909-1998), circa 1950-1960. This impressive work is signed l.l. It measures 28" by 38" (work alone). Provenance: direct gift of the artist to a New York friend. George Joseph Habergritz was active in New York City. He studied in Paris before WWII (Academie de la Grande Chaumiere) and in New York (NAD and Cooper Union). He was later an art instructor at the ASL, and also lectured on ethnographic art...
Charles A. Watson (American, 1857-1923)
Moonlight on the Chesapeake
Oil on canvas, signed lower right
Painting size: 12” x 10”
Frame size: 15.5” x 13.5”
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Watson was born in Baltimore, MD. He studied with A. Castaigne, E.S. Whiteman and D. Woodward...
CLEMENT METIVIER ( 1910-1996; A CANADIAN-AMERICAN Artist. "AUTUMN IN THE HILLS", Oil on Masonite. Signed lower right. Metvier was born in Canada, worked in the New England area, and in 1946, moved to California where he remained until his death. He was known as a California painter. “He was a highly skilled plein air painter, his works are rare” (Edna Hughes: Artists in California.) Dimension; 16" x 19"; framed; 20.5" x 24.5". Excellent condition.
HENRY ORNE RYDER American Artist (1860-1943). Autumn Landscape Oil on Canvas; Signed: Lower Left "H. O. Ryder"
Ryder (occasionally spelled Rider) was born in Salem MA. He studied at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian in Paris. He is listed in several publications including WWW in American Art, Davenport's Art Reference and The Artist's Bluebook
Frederic Mortimer Lamb,(1861-1936), American Artist. "WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH STREAM", Oil on Board. Signed Lower Right "F.M. Lamb". Dimensions; 13" x 9.5"; framed, 18" x 14". Excellent condition.
ANDREW JOHN HENRY WAY 1826-1888; AMERICAN
STILL LIFE OF GRAPES AND WINE; OIL ON CANVAS
Signed :lower right; AJHW
AJHW was born and died in the Washington DC area. He was primarily a still life painter although he did paint many portraits. He is especially known for his representation of GRAPES, especially of those grown in the US. He won many awards including the award for "Excellence in Still Life" at the Philadelphia Centennial. Dimensions; 13.25" x 8.75"; framed; 11.5" x 16".
EDMUND GREACEN-AMERICAN; 1876-1949
WINTER LANDSCAPE
Oil on Canvas
Signed and Dated: Lower Right Edmund Greacen 1939; Signed and Dated on Back
EG was born in NY, traveled, studied and lived in Europe, and eventually settled in NY and Old Lyme Ct. He studied with Wm Merritt Chase, Robert Henri among others. Greacen is one of the founders of the Grand Central Art Studio in NY...
William Barnett [1918 - 1992 Phila,Pa]
Modernist oil on canvas depicting farm workers in field
1940's
20" x 34"
Very good condition
Unframed
William Barnett -
Schools
* Philadelphia Museum School, Teacher
* Pratt Institute of Art, Student
Some Exhibitions
* Brooklyn Museum
* Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC
* Guggenheim Museum
* Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
* Philadelphia Sketch Club
"Last of Winter" landscape painting by Harold Kloongian, 1980, oil on canvas board, 16 inches x 20 inches. Signed lower right, and titled, dated and signed on verso. Excellent condition. In this painting, Kloongian captures a rural Vermont farm house and barn in a golden light at the end of a sunny day in late winter. Harold Kloongian is a Massachusetts painter...
ANDRE GISSON: 1921-2003; AMERICAN
A STROLL BY THE RIVER;
Oil on Canvas; Signed: lower right A Gisson
Gisson was born in America but sought to create an identity of being a cosmopolitan French Post Impressionist artist. He travelled extensively in Europe and the Far East, and had many one man shows in the US, Paris and Tokyo...
ANTHONY THEIME-1888-1954; DUTCH/AMERICAN
SCENE IN HOLLAND; Oil on Canvas; Signed lr A Theime
Thieme was born in Rotterdam, Holland in 1888;and trained at the Royal Academy in Holland and in Italy and Germany. He was a painter, a teacher and an ardent traveler. In 1917, he came to America and settled in Rockport, MA where he established and taught at the Thieme School of Art. One sees the influence of his travels in the various subject matters and scenes he paints. He exhibited widely incl...
ALBERT WEBSTER DAVIES 1889-1967
AMERICAN
FARM WITH COWS GRAZING IN A PASTURE
Oil on Canvas;
Signed lower left: Davies
AWD lived most of his life in New Hampshire.
He is known for his genre scenes which he paints in a naive style.
He is listed in many art reference books including The Artists Bluebook and Davenport's Art Reference.
Dimensions; 20" wide x 24" high, framed; 25" x 28.5"
DAVID BURLIUK-1882-1967; RUSSIAN AMERICAN
ON THE FARM Oil on Board; Signed: lr: Burliuk
Burliuk was born in Russia, traveled and studied in Western Europe and eventually moved to America where he died. He was a poet, art critic, organizer of exhibitions and was a leader in the Russian advant-garde movement.
His style, which is varied, includes symbolism, neo primitivism and expressionism. He paints scenes of peasant life with bright colors and heavy application of paint which creates ima...
ROBERT BRACKMAN-1898-1980; AMERICAN
STILL LIFE; Oil on Canvas
Signed lower right: Brackman
Robert Brackman was born in Russia in 1898 and came to America with family in 1908. He died in Noank, CT in 1980. Brackman was a painter and an educator. He studied at the National Academy of Art in NY under George Bellows and Robert Henri. He taught at several schools, including the Art Student’s League and The Brooklyn Museum School. His paintings have been and are in many museums including t...
Benson Bond Moore (American,1882-1974)
Autumn in the Blue Ridge Mountains (near Emmittsburg, PA[sic]) 1955
Oil on board, signed lower left and dated “1955”.
Titled on the reverse
Painting Size: 15.5” x 19.5”
Frame Size: 23.5” x 27.5”
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Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washington, DC. He studied...