Catalog: Fine Art (189)

Gian Simonetti (Italian, 19th Century)

Fishermen in the Venetian Lagoon at Daybreak

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower left

Painting: 16” x 20”
Frame: 22” x 26”

There is little biographical information on Simonetti, and it has been suggested that it is a pseudonym for Gian Gianni who was one of the last of the view painters of Italy. Gianni worked mostly in watercolor and produced views of Naples and Venice for people who were making the Grand Tour...

English School (ca. 1850-1870)

Two Antique English miniature watercolors with printed borders.

Frame size: 7.5" x 8.5"

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

Night Lights at 18th and H Streets

Oil on canvas, signed, located and inscribed on the reverse.

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

** Please Note - This painting came directly from the Estate of Mr. O’Brien...

Benson Bond Moore (American 1882-1974)

"October on Surgarloaf Mountain, MD"

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

Waldo Peirce (American, 1884-1970)

The Papal Blessing, Venice

Oil on Canvas, signed with initials and dated: "(19)56" and with a lengthy inscription on the reverse.

Painting: 24" x 20"
Frame: 29" x 25"

Waldo Peirce (1884-1970) was born in Bangor, Maine, and educated at Phillips Academy in Andover and Harvard University...

George Elmer Browne
(American, 1871-1946)

Brittany Village at Night

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right

Painting: 22” x 26”
Frame: 25.75” x 29.75

” Browne was born in Gloucester, MA, May 6, 1871. He studied at the School of Drawing and Painting, the Museum of Fine Arts, and Cowles Art School all in Boston, as well as at the Academie Julien in Paris, under Lefebvre and Robert-Fleury...

Jean-Baptiste Germain (French 1841-1910)

Primavera

Bronze, signed.

Height: 33”

Known as a sculptor of classical and allegorical figures, Germain was a student of Dumont and Gumery. He worked with his brother Gustave in producing classical and historical statues and groups. Germain exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1866 to 1879 and later at the Salon des Artistes Français where he became an Associate in 1889...

Ray Austin Crooke (Australian, b. 1922)

Men Resting and Family on Beach, a pair of paintings

Oils on masonite, signed.

Painting size: 6” x 9”
Frame size: 9.5” x 12.5”

Crooke began painting at the age of 17 when his war service in the Australian Air Force took him to Borneo and the islands north of Australia...

Auguste Marie Barreau (French, d.1922)

Young Woman in Grecian Dress

A gilt and patinated bronze statue, signed on the base and inscribed “Médaille d’Or à l’Exposition des Beaux Arts 1865” and “Acheté par l’État”.

Height: 24.5”

Born in France, Auguste Marie Barreau, was a sculptor active during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries...

Herbert Johnson Harvey (British, 1884-1928)

Confidences

Oil on panel, signed upper right and titled on frame. Provenance: Cotman Gallery, Birmingham.

Painting Size: 10.5” x 8.5”
Frame Size: 17.5” x 15.5”

Born the son of artist John Rabone Harvey, Herbert Johnson Harvey was a London based painter and etcher known for his portraits. He exhibited at the Royal Academy and the provinces.

Source:
Waters...

Charles Baxter (English 1809-1879)(p) The Letter(p) Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right(p) Painting: 24” x 20”(p) Frame: 36” x 32”(p) Baxter was born in London the son of a bookclasp maker and started his career apprenticed to a bookbinder. He soon gave that up in favor of life as a professional portrait and miniature artist. In 1834 he began studying with portrait artist George Clint and later that year exhibited at the Royal Academy for the first time...

Lucien Whiting Powell (American 1846-1930)

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...

French School, Late 19th/early 20th Century

Young Girl with Paper Dolls

Oil-on-canvas, Unsigned

Oval: 19” x 14 ¼”
Frame: 25 ½” x 20 ¾”

This charming study of a young girl intent on cutting out paper dolls is reminiscent of works by Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt and Pierre-Auguste Renoir (his earlier works). She is beautifully captured with her rosebud lips, her hair tied up in a bow, a lacy pinafore over her navy dress and stockinged legs ...

Autumn in the White Mountains

American, late 19th century

Oil on canvas

Ptg: 12” x 24 ½”
Frame: 17 ¼” x 30”

Benson Bond Moore (American 1882-1974)

"On the Potomac from Haines Point, Washington, D.C."

Oil on board, signed l.r. , and titled on the reverse.

Provenance: The Collection of Richard Brodnax Maclin
The Estate of a Toms River Collector

Painting: 14" x 18"
Frame: 23.5" x 27.5"

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

Caroline van Hook Bean (American, 1879-1980)

View of the US Capitol

Oil on canvas board, signed lower left

Provenance: From the Estate of James Zwolenik, Washington, D.C.

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Painting Size: 12” x 16”
Frame Size: 15.5 ” x 19.5”

Caroline van Hook Bean was born into a well-to-do family in Washington, DC...

Benson Bond Moore (American 1882-1974)

Hilltop

Oil on board, signed ll

Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector

Painting: 10" x 14"
Frame: 17" x 20.75"

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

Oval portrait miniature of a young woman; watercolor, signed indistinctly. She is wearing a lace and floral trimmed bonnet, braids coiled over her ears, pearls and a ruched off the shoulder rose dress, all typical of the 1840’s.

Frame: 5.5” x 4.75”