by David Wretling (Swedish, 1901-1986)
A bronze sculpture of a woman with a water pot and standing on a rocky outcropping. Bronze with golden patina. Signed, Circa 1963
There is a full scale statue of this figure in the Grand Square in the city of Hjo, Sweden
Height: 12”
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Reuben LeGrande Johnston (American, 1850-1918)
Oil on Cradeled Panel, signed.
(repaired cracks to panel)
Painting:16" x 20"
Frame: 23" x 27"
Painter and teacher born in Alexandria, VA in 1850. He studied briefly with Dr. A.J. Volck in Baltimore, but was primarily self-taught in art, developing his skills while traveling and working in England, France, Spain, Tangiers and Morocco...
Chateau d’Ohlain (Pas de Calais)
Watercolor on paper, signed and titled (from a portfolio of the artists drawings and watercolors).
Painting size: 12.25” x 15.25”
Unframed
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Hills and Coming Rain
Oil on board, signed and dated "1964" lower left and signed, titled and located on the reverse "Greenleaves Petworth, Sussex".
Painting: 14” x 30”
Frame: 17 ¼” x 33 ¼’
John Hitchens was born in 1940 in Hove, Sussex. He studied at Bedales School, Petersfield and Bath Academy of Art,Corsham...
Magpie on a Branch
Oil on Porcelain, signed lower right
Frame: 13 ½” x 11 ½”
Floyd, a notable porcelain artist in Alexandria, learned to paint on porcelain in the early 1970’s and taught her craft in workshops for the Fairfax County Adult Education program.
She was a Pennsylvania native who attended a business college before moving to Washington in 1941 to work as a secretary in the Pentagon...
(British School, 19th Century)
Oil on canvas, Unsigned
Painting size: 30” x 20”
Frame size: 36.25” x 26.5”
This sweet genre painting of a shepherdess with her flock reflects the theme of the child-of-nature, a sensibility embraced by Victorians during the 19th century. The figure’s youth and comely face convey innocence, while her steadfast pose next to the goldenrod suggests that she is at ease in her environment.
A Bamboo Grove
Watercolor on paper, signed.
Sheet Size: 20.5” x 13.5”
Sight Size: 19” x 13”
Frame Size: 25.75” x 19.5”
Banka Maruyama was a Japanese watercolor artist whose work spanned the Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa periods. Today, his work can be found in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.
James Francis O’Brien (American, 1917-1996)
Oil on canvas, inscribed on the reverse
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Painting size: 18” x 24”
Frame size: 23” x 29”
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4" x 3"
IMPRESSIVE STILL LIFE OF ROSES
Oil On Canvas, signed lower right signed and dated: 1895
With an exceptional Period Gold Leaf Frame
Frame:29 X 36 1/2
Frame: 38.5" x 46"
In the Orchard
Pastel on paper, signed lower left and titled on the reverse
Sight Size: 21.75” x 16”
Frame Size: 29 ” x 23.75”
Grone was a painter and watercolorist who specialized in landscapes, river scenes and figures. According to Graves he exhibited 13 works between 1888 and 1893 at the Royal Society of British Artists, the Royal Academy and the Royal Institute...
Breton Woman in a Garden
Oil on masonite, signed.
Painting size: 24” x 30”
Frame size: 31” x 37”(minor losses to frame)
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Purdy received his education from The University of Connecticut and Boston University...
Charles F. Quest (America, 1904-1993)
Color woodcut on paper, #11/25, signed and dated: “1952”.
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Born in Troy, New York, Charles Quest was an active artist and educator in St. Louis, Missouri...
Doug Trump (American, b. 1950)
Oil and pencil on canvas, signed and dated (l.r.) and on the reverse with title.
Provenance: Berry-Hill Galleries, NY.
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Although Trump, has established himself as a visual artist, it was not the first path of creative expression he chose. After receiving a B.A...
"Autumn, Pimmit Run, VA"
Oil on masonite, signed lower right and titled on the reverse
Painting: 10.5" x 12"
Frame: 16" x 17.5"
Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector
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Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washington, DC...
Watercolor on paper, unsigned
Late 19th/early 20th Century
Sight Size: 7.25” x 6.5”
Frame Size: 11.75” x 11”
Henry Hobart Nichols, Jr. (American, 1869-1962)
Watercolor on paper, signed and dated: “1897”.
Exhibited at the Third Annual Washington Water Color Club, 1898.
Illustrated in McMahan, The Artists of Washington, DC: 1796-1996, p. 158.
Provenance: from the Estate of Virgil McMahan.
A painter and illustrator, Nichols was a member of quite an artistic family...
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...