Catalog (179)

Georgina Martha De L’Aubiniere
(Canadian, 1848-1930)

Landscape with Spires in the Distance

Oil on canvas, signed and dated: “1886”.

Painting size: 16” x 10”
Frame size: 20.5” x 14.5”

Although L’Aubiniere was the daugther of English watercolorist John Steeple, and the wife of French artist Constant de L'Aubiniére, she was an accomplished artist in her own right. She studied under Corot and Gérôme in France, and traveled extensively with he...

View of the Capitol at Washington in 1892

Studio Antiques has found the original engraved copper printing plate of the “Capitol at Washington” done by Max Franke in 1892. We are offering a limited edition re-strike engraving of this print, handpulled from the original plate by master printmaker Roger Bailey. It will be limited to a numbered edition of only 350 and will not be republished. Each print comes with a “Certificate of Authenticity”

Lost for over a century, the...

Donald Roy Purdy (American, b. 1924)

Breton Woman in a Garden

Oil on masonite, signed.

Painting size: 24” x 30”
Frame size: 31” x 37”(minor losses to frame)

**For other mid-20th Century artwork in our inventory, type “modern” into the search box.

Purdy received his education from The University of Connecticut and Boston University. He has held memberships in the American Federation of Artists, Allied Artists of America and Silvermine Guild Arti...

Henry Arthur Elkins (American, 1847-1884)

Artists Falls Near North Conway, New Hampshire

Oil on canvas, signed lower right and located on the reverse.

Provenance: from the Collection of a direct descendant (for other paintings from this collection , type "Elkins" into the search box)

Painting size: 16” x 10”
Frame size: 21.25” x 15.25”

Born in Vershire, VT, Elkins moved to Chicago in 1856 and it was in the midwest that he gained his reputation as a ...

Plaster Bust of a Bearded Man, Terra Cotta finish, 19th/20th Century.

Height: 6”

Labeled American carved wood frame with campo and gilt decoration. Label reads in part “John E. Walker...473 Sixth Avenue.” Walker was at this address from 1873-1886. (Minor losses.)

Outer: 25” x 32”
Inner: 17” x 24”
Rabbit: 18” x 25”

Albert Pike Lucas (American 1862-1945)

Nocturne on the Loire

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right

Provenance: The Cosmos Club, Washington D.C.

Painting: 24” x 20”
Frame: 28 ¾” x 24 ¾”

Albert Pike Lucas was a painter of landscapes, nude figure studies, and portraits as well as a sculptor. He was known for his atmospheric expressions of light and color in his nocturne and twilight paintings.

Lucas was born in Jersey City, and in 1884, h...

American School, early 20th Century

Impressionist Fall River Landscape

Oil-on-canvas, signed indistinctly lower right

Painting: 30" x 34"
Frame: 34" x 37"

Ram and Ewe

American School, mid 19th Century.

Oil on canvas, signed indistinctly on the reverse.

Painting Size: 12” x 18”
Frame Size: 17.5” x 23.5”

Emma Lampert Cooper (American, 1860-1920)

Capri

Watercolor on paper, signed and located lower left.

In original gold leaf frame within a “shadowbox”.

Sight Size: 13” x 9.5”
Frame Size: 23.5” x 20”

Cooper (née Lampert) exhibited under her maiden name until 1897 when she married fellow artist Colin Campbell Cooper. Known primarily as a watercolorist, her subjects included still lifes and scenes from her world travels which were extensive ...

American School, circa 1900

Naval Engagement

Oil-on Canvas

Painting: 28.5" x 36"
Frame: 32.5" x 40.5"

American School, early 20th century

Hills & Valley

Watercolor on paper (laid down), signed: “H.C.K.” and dated: “1918”.

Painting size: 21.5” x 30”
Unframed

Wonderful faux grained and stencilled American “fancy chair” with stencils of an eagle and basket of fruit, faux grained seat and yellow highlights. Circa 1840.

Height: 33”
Width: 17.5”
Depth: 15.75”

For more about this movement, see "American Fancy, Exuberance in the Arts 1790-1840" by Sumpter Priddy

The Waterfall

American School, mid 19th Century.

Oil on artist board.

Painting Size: 11.5” x 8.5”
Frame Size: 16.75” x 13.75”

Louisa Merrit Wagner (American, 19th century)

Horseshoe Falls by Moonlight

Oil on canvas, having artist name on reverse and address: “G’Town, Washington, D.C.”. Circa 1885.

(NB: The observation tower depicted was washed away in a flood.) . Painting size: 25” x 30”
Frame size: 33” x 38”

Josef Albers (German/American, 1888-1976)

A Pre-publication print from the portfolio “Formulation:Articulation.” Co-published by Harry N. Abrams, New York, and Ives-Sillman Inc., New Haven, 1972.

Silkscreen in colors mounted on board. Unsigned.(slight creasing to paper)

Sheet Size: 15” x 20”
Image Size: 12.5” x 13.5”

The following is from biographybase.com:

Josef Albers (1888 - 1976), was a German artist and educator whose work, both in Europe a...

Ethel M. Stilson (American)

Hayfield in Summer

Oil on canvas, signed and dated: ‘1905’.

Stilson was an Ohio artist and member of the National Association of Women Artists and the Cleveland Woman’s Art Club. She is listed in Falk, Who Was Who in American Art.

Painting size: 15”x19”
Frame: 23.5”x27.5”

Pair of painted plaster maquettes of a Pilgrim and Native American, probably designs for the ends of a pediment and possibly for a building in the Federal Triangle, Washington D.C. One inscribed "Constitution Ave." the other inscribed "Pennysalvania Ave." on the bases. 20th Century.

17" x 7" x 11.5" tall