Catalog: Fine Art: Paintings: Oil: N. America (111)

"Old Kington Covered Bridge over the Juniata River, Bedford, Pennsylvania"

Oil on board, signed lower right and titled on the reverse

Painting: 8" x 9.6"
Frame: 14.5" x 16"

Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector

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Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was bo...

Bayou Oil-on-canvas, signed lower left

Provenance: Senator John B. Henderson (1826-1913)

Painting: 23” x 37”
Frame: 27” x 41”

Born 1846 in Upperville, Lucien Whiting Powell served with the Virginia cavalry during the Civil War...

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.

"Early Autumn Near Bedford PA."

Oil-on Board, signed, and titled on the reverse

Exhibited: The Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstowm MD: A Seasonal View - The Landscapes of Benson Bond Moore, September 1 - October 27, 1996

Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector

Painting: 14" x 18"
Frame: 18.25" x 22.5"

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Crashing Surf

Oil on artist board, signed.

Painting size: 6” x 8”
Frame size: 9.5” x 11.5”

Watson was born in Baltimore, MD. He studied with A. Castaigne, E.S. Whiteman and D. Woodward. A founding member of the Baltimore Charcoal Club, he was also a member of the Baltimore Watercolor Club. Watson exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition in 1906...

"Willows on the Potomac"

Casine on Board, signed l.r. a and titled on the reverse.

Painting: 8" x 10"
Frame:13.5" x 15.5"

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Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector

Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washington, DC...

"November Afternoon, Soldiers Home, D.C."

Oil on board, signed lower right and titled and dated "1957"on the reverse

Painting: 18" x 14"
Frame: 25.5" x 21.5"

Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector

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Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washing...

Oil-on-canvas, unsigned

Mid 19th Century

Painting: 20 ¼” x 16 ½”
Frame: 24 ¼” x 201/4”

"Autumn on the Potomac near Mt. Vernon"

Oil on board, signed and dated "1955" and titled on the reverse

Painting: 19.25" x 24"
Frame: 24" x 28.5"

Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector

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Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washington, DC...

"October on Surgarloaf Mountain, MD"

Oil on board, signed and dated l.l...

James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)

Oil on canvas, signed, located, inscribed and dated: “1965” on the reverse.

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Painting size: 20” x 16”
Frame size: 25” x 21”

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Couple in a Cottonfield

Oil- on panel, unsigned

Painting: 7 ¾” x 6 ½”

Frame: 10 ¼” x 9”

William Aiken Walker was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1839 to an Irish Protestant father and a mother of South Carolina background. Walker would grow up southerner through and through. He completed his first painting at age twelve and continued painting until his death in 1921 at age eighty-three...

Purple Canyon

Oil on canvas, signed lower right and retaining a fine carved gilt wood frame.

Painting:25" x 30",
Frame 33.5" x 39"

Bickerstaff, a landscape painter born in Arkansas, was primarily self-taught except for a brief period at the Art Institute of Chicago. His early years were spent in southern California before moving to Ukiah in the northern part of the state where he remained for the rest of his life...

Bethesda

Oil on canvas, signed lower left and titled on the reverse.

Painting size: 20” x 24” Frame size: 25.5” x 29”

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"Near Waynesville, N. Car."

Oil on board, signed lower left and titled and dated "1954" on the reverse

Painting: 5" x 12"
Frame: 12.5" x 19.75

" Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector

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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...

Coastal Landscape

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right and dated 1873; in original frame

Painting: 14” x 24”
Frame: 23 ½” x 33 ½”

Born in Philadelphia in 1827, Trotter worked for a machinist company and a dry goods company in Philadelphia and served in the Germantown Home Guards during the Civil War. It was not until he was 40 that Trotter turned to painting as a full time occupation...

"Cloud Shadows, Bluemont, VA"

Oil on board, signed lower right and titled on the reverse

Painting: 10.25" x 16"
Frame: 14.5" x 20"

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 Corcoran ...