Catalog: Fine Art: Paintings: Oil: N. America (76)

Original oil painting on illustration board by famed American illustrator, muralist, and painter Dean Cornwell (1892-1960). This painting measures roughly 10" by 11" (18" by 19" in its frame). It is signed "DC" lower right. It still bears verso the original gallery label from Galleries Maurice Sternberg in Chicago, as well as a brass plaque on the frame. Circa 1940. Possibly a study for a mural. It depicts the construction of a church in the Americas. In excellent condition.

Original oil painting on canvas by Alvin Conrad Sella (USA, NJ and AL, 1919-2013). Signed and dated LR. Also signed, dated, and titled "La Plaza -Bull Ring" verso. 30' by 36" plus frame. One of two paintings by this artist currently available.

Original oil painting on canvas by Alvin Conrad Sella (USA, NJ and AL, 1919-2013). Signed and dated 1959 LR. Also signed and dated verso. Excellent original condition. 24" by 30" plus frame.

Original mid-century oil painting on panel by Mervin Jules (USA, 1912-1994). Period frame. Please ask for additional photos and information.

Original oil painting on canvas by J. (Jesse Redwin) Bardin (USA, South Carolina, 1923-1997). Signed lower right. Also signed verso, and inscribed with the artist's address in Paris (60 Rue du Cherche-Midi). With a couple of gallery labels still attached. 10" by 14". unframed original condition.

Original pastel on paper by Vladimir Pavlosky (American, born in 1884 in Ukraine, died in 1944). This work is signed lower right. It is titled "Hillside" on a gallery label verso and dates circa 1925. Pavlosky was a Boston area artist who was inspired by Sargent and Homer. Provenance: Wharton Fine Art.

Original oil painting on canvas by Delos Palmer (USA, 1890-1960). This painting is signed lower right and appears to be dated 1946. Well framed and in excellent condition. Palmer studied with George Bellows at the Art Students League. He is known for his portraits and his illustration work (pulp fiction covers). He also worked on murals in Connecticut for the WPA Federal Arts Project. 25" by 21" in its frame.

Original mixed media (watercolor, gouache, ink) on paper by Judith Shahn (USA, born in Paris, worked in New York and Cape Cod, 1929-2009). Signed lower right. Frame is by Robert Kulicke. Judith Shahn was Ben Shahn's daughter. She studied with her father and Moses Soyer. Her work appeared in the New Yorker Magazine, Harpers, The Nation, etc.

Large original oil painting on canvas by Anna Katharine Skeele (California, born in Ohio, 1896-1963). Signed by the artist lower right. Label remnant from the Foundation of Western Art in Los Angeles verso. Original frame

Original oil painting of a Mexican couple by Joseph Margulies (USA, born in Austria, 1896-1984). Signed l.l. Original frame.

Original oil painting on canvas by Ilona Royce Smithkin (USA, born in Poland, 1920-2021). Signed LR "Ilona RS". Also signed verso "Ilona". Mid century. 23" by 27" in its frame

Large original oil painting on canvas by Ilona Royce Smithkin (USA, born in Poland, 1910-2021). Signed LR "Ilona R S". Marked ASL verso. Probably painted at the ASL where she studied in the forties with Robert Brackman. One of two works by this artist currently available. 32" by 44" in its original frame.

Original oil on panel by Earle A. Titus (USA, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, 1899-1962). Mid-century. In excellent condition. Signed lower left. 26 by 32 in its frame.

Original oil on canvas by Harry Shoulberg (USA, 1903-1995). Mid century. In excellent condition. Signed l.l. 24 by 36 painting alone. 30 by 42 in its period frame.

Original oil painting on Masonite panel of a circus by Inez McCombs (USA, born in Philadelphia, 1895-1975). Circa 1940s. Signed lower right. In good condition and with original frame. Inez McCombs is associated with New Hope, Bucks County, and eventually Lambertville.

Original oil painting on canvas by Helen Coolidge Adams(USA, Boston, 1917-1997). Circa 1950. Signed lower left. In excellent original condition and with original Norton Howe frame. Well listed, exhibited, and in the collections of a number of institutions.

Original watercolor by Elizabeth Nottingham (USA, North Carolina and Virginia, 1907-1956). Circa 1940. In excellent condition. In its original frame.

Original watercolor and oil painting on paper by Philip Moose (USA, North Carolina, 1921-2001). This work is titled "Along the Lake, Skowhegan, Maine" on a label verso. Also signed l.r. A landscape near the Skowhegan School of Painting and sculpture, where Moose had a residency in the late forties, early fifties. Philip Moose is an important North Carolina artist.