$2,850.00
Oil on canvas, 19th century Signed indistinctly lower right "Wm Mc *****" and dated
Painting: 21" x 28.5"
Frame: 27" x 34.25"
Ship portraits, such as this, were commissioned by the new owner often time itinerant artists who traveled around different boat builders looking for work...
$4,500.00
The London to Bath Coach Pulling up to the Spaniards Tavern, Bath, England in 1884
Oil on Canvas, signed, and dated l.r.
Painting: 14: x 26"
Frame: 20.5" x 32.5" (outer frame later)
A newly discovered gem from one of England's best coaching painters.
John Charles Maggs (1819–1896) was a painter best known for his coaching scenes. He was born in Bath, England in 1819, his father being a furniture japanner there...
$1,450.00
Old Master Style Still Life
Oil on Panel, signed
Provanance: Noortman Master Paintings, Maastrick
Painting: 9.75" x 7.25"
Frame: 16" x 13.75"
$4,500.00
Military Encampment
Oil-on-canvas.
Painting size: 23” x 32”
Frame size: 31” x 40”
Born in Antwerp, van Bloemen was the brother of Jan-Frans and Norbert van Bloemen. His master was the battle painter, Simon van Douw. In 1673 van Bloemen was a master in Antwerp, but he did not stay there long. He is believed to have spent 20 years in Rome and it is known that he was working there in 1688...
$2,850.00
Springtime in Rock Creek NE
Oil-on-canvas, signedand dated 1902 lower right and titled and signed on the reverse
Ptg.: 18.5" x 24"
Frame: 24" x 30"
Max Weyl was born Dec. 1, 1837, in Germany and immigrated with his family to Williamsport, PA in 1853. At this time and after his arrival in Washington, DC in 1861, Weyl earned his living as an itinerant watch repairman...
“On the qui vive” (The Smuggler)
Oil on canvas , titled, signed and dated on the reverse
"QUI VIVE" (A French phrase meaning long live who? (a sentry’s challenge), used to mean a state of alertness or watchfulness.)
Painting: 30" x 25"
Frame: 36.5" x 31.5"
One of the best-known painters working in north-east England during the early nineteenth century Henry Perlee Parker specialized in pictures of marine subjects and smu...
$4,650.00
A Tri-aspect of a Topsail Trading Schooner off South Foreland (Cliffs of Dover)
Oil-on-canvas; verso label: Wm. Blair, Ltd, Bethesda, Maryland
Painting: 24” x 36”
Frame: 29 ¼” x 40 ¼”
Murday was an accomplished painter of ship portraits and shipping scenes whose works were often signed and dated in the second half of the 19th century...
$3,500.00
Clearing Fog
Signed and dated: 1915
Ptg: 20"x 28"
New Frame: 28"x 34"
Born in Natick, Massachusetts, Charles Francis Browne was primarily active in Illinois as a landscape painter and teacher, and was one of the original members of the Eagle's Nest Art Colony in Oregon, Illinois...
$2,650.00
British School, Circa 1870
Charming Genre Scene showing a traveler beseiged by begging children. The Victorians loved this type of painting that "tells a story", Note how the little girl staring straight out pulls you into the picture
Ptg: 27" x 33"
Frame: 32.5" x 38.5"
$1,650.00
Italian School, Circa 1870.
Before photography, ship captains, owners or pasangers would commission local artists to paint their ship in foriegn ports, Here we see a ship in the Bay of Naples with Mount Vesuvius in the background
Ptg. : 10.5" x 16"
Frame: 13" x 18"
$1,150.00
English School, 1834
Oil laid down to panel
"The Cardinal" was an Irish horse (owned by a Mr. Miles) who won The Chester Cup in 1834
Painting: 10" x 14.25"
Frame:16" x 20"
$2,350.00
White Cat in the Tall Grass
Oil on canvas, signed lower right
Painting Size: 16” x 20” Frame Size: 22.5 “ x 26.5” 11117 Heyer was born in Haarhausen, Germany and studied at the College of Applied Arts in Berlin. In 1896 he moved to the village of Rakospalota near Budapest where he lived until his death...
$2,150.00
Red-haired Girl in Profile
Oil on canvas, unsigned
Painting Size: 16” x 14”
Frame Size: 22 ” x 20”
This charming portrait displays the influence of the “Gibson Girl” fashion sense with her softly piled hair and high collared blouse, made popular by the artist Charles Dana Gibson in the 1890’s.
A Study for a Ceiling Fresco
Italian School, Oil-on-Canvas
Ptg.: 18" x 22"
Frame: 26.5" x30.75"
Provenance: Estate of Ramon Osuna,WashingtonD.C.
Now on View in Our Gallery
"Stream in Autumn, near Bethesda MD."
Oil on board, signed lower left and titled on the reverse
Painting: 12" x 16"
Frame: 17" x 20.75"
SAFA/10945 Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector
Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washington, DC. He studied at the Corcoran School of Art with Messer and Brooke , and also with Weyl ...
$2,650.00
Stream in Winter
Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right (minor losses to frame)
Ptg.: 25" x 30"
Frame: 32.5" x 38.5"
SAFA/11229
August Herman Olson Rolle, painter, printmaker and graphic artist, dabbled in many activities before turning his focus to art. Born in Sibley County, MN, in 1875, his first path toward adulthood led him to Red Wing Seminary...