Grocery Still Life
Oil on canvas, signed, titled and inscribed on the reverse.
Painting size: 16” x 20”
Frame size: 21” x 25”
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Samuel was the son of Thomas Taylor and started his apprenticeship with John Newton in 1737. His first marks was entered in 1744. Like his master, whose business he probably succeeded to, since Newton was finally in Maiden Lane, Taylor was a specialist in tea-caddies and sug...
An Artist at Work
Oil-on-canvas, signed lower left and dated “1863”
Painting Size: 22.25” x 18”
Frame Size: 31.25 ” x 27.25”
This charming portrait of a young woman artist at work is a wonderful depiction of the painter and her tools. Her subject of a vase of flowers with fruit sits on a table to her right. The sturdy adjustable easel has a shelf where she has laid out her tubes of pigments. She is using a...
"Wood Interior, Near Manassas, VA"
Oil-on-canvas, signed lower left; titled and dated “Oct.1953” on reverse
Painting Size: 12” x 9”
Frame Size: 17.5 ” x 14.5”
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Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washington, DC. He studied at the Corcoran School of Art with Messer and ...
"October Landscape near Brookland, D.C."
Casine on board, signed lower left and titled on the reverse
Painting: 8" x 10"
Frame: 14.5" x 16.5"
Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector
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Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washington, DC. He studied at the C...
Height: 16"
Diameter: 11"
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. A foundin...
Fischerboote an der Küste
Watercolor on paper, signed twice l.r. and with another sketch on the rerverse
18" x 26.75"
Unframed
Oskar Gawell was born in Hawlodno, Poland in 1888 and studied at the academies in Breslau and Weimar and with Lovis Corinth. He worked in Finland, Holland, Belgium, Italy, North Africa, Spain and Romania. He won the Dürer prize, in 1926 and taught in Berlin until...
The cargo of Chinese porcelain was originally potted in Jingdezhen, Ji...
Ford's Theatre, Washington D.C.
Watercolor on paper, signed lower right
Sight size: 17.25" x 23.25"
Frame size: 25.25" x 31.25"
Before making her home and career in Washington, DC, Spandorf was educated at the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna, Austria. However, once she settled in Washington, she became an active participant in the art community. She held memberships in the Washington Press Club and Artist’s Equit...
Circa1850, probably French.
7.5" x 4.25" x 4.5" tall
"October Morning, Foxall, D.C."
Oil on board, signed l.l. , and titled on the reverse
Provenance: The Collection of Richard Brodnax Maclin
The Estate of a Toms River Collector
Exhibited: The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown MD: A Seasonal View - The Landscapes of Benson Bond Moore, September 1 - October 27, 1996
Painting: 14" x 18"
Frame: 18.75" x 22.5"
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Height: 36”
Width: 17”
Depth: 14.5”
Height: 2.35”
Diameter: 4.5”
Setter with Woodcock
Watercolor on Paper, signed
Sight size:17.75" x 12.75
Unframed, Mat size: 23" x 18"
Biography:
Boris Raib (Born November 1, 1898 Boris Riabouchinsky, in Moscow, Russia. Riab died in 1975 in Saint Vincent du LorouÃr.)
Due to his families finances, Riab studied at many different art schools in Moscow.
In 1917, Riab's family fled Russia after the Bolshevik Party gained power. Pursuing hu...
WATERFRONT
Oil on masonite, signed and titled on the reverse
Frame: 23" x 33"
Lewis was a prominent member of the "The Washington Color School" (early 60's), so named after the New York School, in turn derived from L'Ecole de Paris. The Washington School dealt with the importance and the identifiable nature of color with such artists as Kenneth Noland and Mark Rothko leading the way. Lewis' qualifications and accomplis...
Height: 5”