Kazuo Matsubara – ‘Chapel Through the Trees’ A delightful landscape oil painting by Japanese-American artist Kazuo Matsubara titled ‘Chapel Through the Trees’. Matsubara was born in Hawaii in 1895. By 1912 he had moved to San Francisco, California. Matsubara studied at the California School of Fine Arts under John A. Stanton, Frank Van Sloun, and…
George Gardner Symons wintertime Impressionist landscape painting Impressionist winter or spring scene, titled ‘Late Afternoon’ by George Gardner Symons. George Gardner. Symons, (1861-1930), was born in Chicago, and began his training as an artist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Symons later traveled to St. Ives art colony, in Cornwall, England, where…
J. Lapeyre – WWI painted postcard – 1917 WWI painted postcard of Ham, Somme (Northern France), dated 1917.Watercolor on a paper postcard.Measures 3.5 x 5.5 x .1 inches overall. Good condition overall with some dark mat burn at the edges of the watercolor. Some light soiling.Signed, titled and dated by the artist.Purchased at a local…
Joseph Imhof – Mission at Rancho, NM Rare print by Joseph A. Imhof, with only two proofs of this print printed on gray paper. Joseph Imhof ‘s first exposure to art was at the age of six, when his godfather gave him a box of watercolors. When Imhof graduated from high school his father refused…
Neil Boyle – Portrait of a Native American Woman – Owns Different Horses A striking portrait of a native American woman, Owns Different Horses, by artist James Neil Boyle. Neil (James Neil) Boyle, grew up in Indian Country. His father was an honorary Chief of the Blood of Peigan tribes of Canada’s Blackfoot Confederacy, and…
Raymond Tom – Berkeley School portrait of a seated woman A colorful, stylized portrait of a seated woman by San Francisco Bay Area artist, Raymond Tom. Tom was born and raised in San Francisco, California. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley,…
Konrad Cramer – Farm Buildings A colorful depiction of a tropical scene with huts by Eliza BK Dooley, most likely created while the artist was in Puerto Rico. Dooley moved to Puerto Rico in 1904, and remained there until her passing in 1958. She was an American government official, artist, and writer who was appointed…
Clary Webb Peoples – Standing Figure Watercolor on paper. Signed by the artist. c1950. Great condition. Original frame shows wear, including scrapes and scuffs. A colorful and moody mountainscape scene with lingering clouds. The location is unknown. Possibly a scene from China, Hawaii, or the Monterey coast. Measures 12.75 x 26.75 inches sight size, and …
Ignacy Pinkas – Marketplace – Krakow, Poland Titled : Rynek (Krakow) – (Market, Krakow. Poland) Oil on artist’s board. Dated 1927. Signed upper left, and verso. Measures 8.25 x 10.25 inches sight size, and 13.5 x 15.5 x 1.5 inches overall including framing. Good condition. Some minor soiling, consistent with age. Price $2500 Click…
Lucien Labaudt – Untitled (Farm House) An early painting by San Francisco Area artist, Lucien Labaudt. Exhibited at Club Beaux Arts 1925-26. Provenance: Appears to have been in the collection of early San Francisco art patron, Francis Keeling. Dated 1924 Oil on stretched canvas. Signed upper right. Housed in a period custom frame. Measures 14.5…
David Rolt – Portrait of Baron Audley – 1940 Oil on canvas. Titled : ‘Baron Audley’ Good condition overall. Some mild crackalure due to heavy paint application in two places. (see images). Frame has wear. Measures 19.5 x 15.5 inches sight size, and 24 x 19.8 x 2.25 inches overall including framing. Price -…
Clary Webb Peoples – Standing Figure Watercolor on paper. Monogrammed lower center. c1930s. Great condition. Excerpt from a lebel verso: From a label verso:’Born in Nashville in 1878 people also live for many years in Springfield, Texas and in Asheville, North Carolina while she studied at the art Institute of Chicago, her life was not…
Hans Paap – ‘Montanha de Tijuca’ (mountains in Rio de Janeiro) Titled – ‘Montanha de Tijuca’ (mountains in Rio de Janeiro). Dated 1923. Oil on canvas. Great condition. Recently cleaned by a professional conservator. A large oil painting depicting the mountain outside Rio de Janeiro. Bears remnants of an old exhibition label from a show…
Colin Campbell Cooper – ‘Wash Day’ Titled ‘Wash Day’ A bucolic scene of of villagers on wash day, likely painted on Cooper’s trip to Europe in 1912. Signed by the artist, lower right, and estate stamped verso. Kerwin Galleries label verso. Oil on artist’s board. c1912. Excellent condition. Housed in a new frame. Measures 10.1…
Samuel Halpert – Self Portrait Self Portrait Oil on canvas laid down on board. c1920. Unsigned. Identified by an old gallery label and an estate label. Good condition overall. Some signs on inpainting and crackalure. Housed in a new frame. Provenance: From the estate of the artist; Downtown Galleries, New York, NY. Measures 17.5 x…
Grace Ruby Everett Goodyear – Monoprint Untitled – (Monterey Coast) c1930 Monoprint on paper. Signed in pencil, lower left. Good condition. Recently framed. Measures 8.5 x 8.5 inches sight size, and 14.75 x 14.75 x 1 inches overall including framing. Price $2500 Click on price to purchase or inquire.
Ferdinand Piney Earle – Palm Springs ‘Palm Springs’ Oil on canvas. 1926 Singed and dated. Excellent condition. Housed in a period frame. Measures 17.3 x 17.3 inches sight size, and 22.75 x 22.75 x 2 inches overall including frame. Price $2500
Konrad Cramer – Farm Buildings Konrad Cramer – Farm Buildings Oil on artist’s board. c1930. Unsigned. (Signed and described by the son of the artist, verso. Two previous gallery labels verso). Excellent condition. Housed in a new frame. Provenance: The estate of the artist. Franklin Riehlman Gallery, NY, Helicline Fine Arts, NY, Swann’s Auctions. Measures…
Erle Loran – Navajo Country A great modernist interpretation of a southwest scene created in the 1930s by Erle Loran. Erle Loran, (1905-1999), was an American painter and educator who painted for the entirety of his adult life. Loran studied in the US and abroad, at one point living in the former studio of Paul…
Janet Scudder – ‘Dominatrix’ – 1935 Large oil painting on canvas by Janet Scudder, titled ‘Dominatrix’ – 1935 Janet Scudder, 1869-1940, was an American sculptor and painter from Terre Haute, Indiana, who is best known for her award-winning sculptures, many of which are held in public and private collections around the world. Scudder received her…