(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...
Chestnut Hunter in a Stable
Oil on canvas, signed and dated: “1877”.
There is no known exhibition record of Harrowing’s work and little is known of his background other than that he is noted for his portraits of horses and dogs, particularly beagles, hunters, brood mares and coach horses. He is also known to have painted still lifes of game as well as various other farm animals...
View of a City through the Trees
Oil on canvas, signed.
Painting size: 26” x 35.5”
Frame size: 31” x 40”
Born in Alton, Illinois, Aulmann studied at the Cumming School of Art in Des Moines. Later, she moved to Los Angeles where she would remain until her death. She was a member of the California Art Club and Women Painters of the West. She exhibited at the Pasadena Art Institute in 1928 and 1930...
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...
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...
Schooner off the Atlantic Coast
Watercolor on paper, signed lower left and dated “1896”
Sight Size:13" x 26"
Frame Size: 23.25" x 36"
Lewis was born and died and Philadelphia where he studied with Paul Weber from about 1850-55. According to Peter Falk ("Who Was Who in American Art"), “he was one of the most popular landscape painters of Philadelphia during the late 19th century...
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"Lorelei" a Bronzed Spelter Sculpture
Signed and Dated in the Cast: "1852"
Height: 20"
Wilhelm Englehard trained as a sculptor first in Paris and then in London, In 1839 he became a pupil of Thorwaldsen in Copenhagen and in 1841 a pupil of Schwanthaler in Munich.
Englehard is known for his sculptures of mythological groups, single figures and genre pieces, most often in limestone...
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Young Busker With His Monkey
Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right
Painting Size: 24.5” x 20”
Frame Size: 35 ” x 30.25”
Thomsen was an artist adept at painting many different subjects: landscapes, portraits, genre scenes, mythological subjects and religious scenes. He was a student at l’Académie des Beaux-Arts in Copenhagen...
byLeonardo Nierman (Mexican, b. 1932)
Oil on masonite, signed lower left and titled on reverse.
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While Nierman showed a great interest in art from a young age, his university degree was in Physics and Mathematics...
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...
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...
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...
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Squally Day off the Coast with Lighthouse and Unloading the Fishing Boats
Oils-on-canvas, one signed lower left
Painting Size: 10" x 14"
Frame Size: 16.5" x 20.5"
Born in Cork, Calvert first exhibited at the Dublin Society of Artists and the Hibernian Society in 1815. Upon moving to London in the 1820's, Calvert was became known as a painter of shipping and coastal scenes as well as a topographical watercolorist and en...
"The Old Ship Victory off Southampton Water"
Signed lower left and titled on an old label on the reverse.
Painting: 26" x 17.25"
Frame size: 32" x 23"
Colls was a painter of shipping and coastal scenes who lived in Camden Town, London and exhibited at the British Institution from 1852-4. The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich has a pair of his paintings. Denys Brook-Hart (see below) comments "Ebenezer Colls' pictures ar...
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...
James John Hill (British, 1811-1882)
Oil on canvas, signed and dated: “(18__)” and retainging its original gilt wood and gesso frame.
Painting size: 12” x 10”
Frame size: 32” x 42”
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Young Boy With Doll and Clay Pipe
Oil on board, signed lower left and dated "1872"
Painting Size: 10.5” x 8.25”
Frame Size: 15.5 ” x 13.25”
Mrs. Cloud was a painter of domestic genre scenes and is recorded as having exhibited at the Royal Academy, Suffolk Street and other galleries in England. A title of one of her paintings was “The Connemara Postman”. Little seems to be known of her painting ...