Catalog: Fine Art: Paintings: Oil: Europe: Dutch (3)

Beautiful, signed (lower left corner), "Shepherd's Pause" pastoral landscape oil painting of a shepherd and his cattle by leading 19th Century Dutch artist, Albert Jurardus van Prooijen (1834-1898). This piece came from the Fry Estate of Pasadena, California. Works by Albert Jurardus Van Prooijen are on display in the world famous Groninger Museum in the Nertherlands...

"Windmolens in Zaandam" oil on board, signed by Jan Hillebrand Wijsmuller (1855 - 1925) bas gauche. Dimensions: 20" X 15" (not including frame). This piece brings out the Master Dutch Impressionist's unique style, feel, color and ability. Condition - craquelure commensurate with age. Similar works have sold for over $28,000.

"Bloemen Plukken" (Picking Flowers) Oil on canvas, signed by Robert Archibald Antonius Jean Graafland (1875 - 1940), lower left. Circa 1905. Dimensions: unframed 44" X 30". This strikingly lovely large piece is an outstanding example of his award winning style featuring his iconic women in the garden. From Maastricht, Netherlands, Graafland became a leading "en plein air" impressionist painter founding the "Zondagschool voor Decoratieve Kunsten" ("Sunday Art School")...