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...
Charles Lanman (American, 1819-1895)
Oil on paper laid-down, signed.
Lanman is listed in The Artists of Washington, DC 1796-1996 by McMahan.
Painting size: 11” x 15”
Frame size: 16” x 20”
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...
Extensive Woodland Landscape with Stream
Oil on canvas, signed.
Painting size: 20.25” x 26”
Frame size: 31.25” x 47.25”
Decker received his art training from R. Swain Gifford. His first important recognition occurred when he was thirty-six when the the National Academy of Design exhibited one of his paintings. That same year, the Brooklyn Art Association also exhibited one of his works...
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...
Edgar Hewitt Nye (American, 1879-1943)
Oil on artist board, signed lower left and located on paper label on reverse: “Brookland, D.C. (off Bunker Hill Road). Vicinity now a well built up residential section.”
Nye lived, worked and taught in Washington, DC for 58 years...