Arthur Hacker – Red Headed Girl in a Dress A delightful late 19th century painting of a young woman in a flowing dress, walking on a path, by Arthur Hacker. Signed lower right. Oil on wood panel. Good condition. Measures 22.75 x 11 inches sight size, and 25 x 13.35 x 1.25 inches overall including…
Eliza BK Dooley (EBK Dooley) – Scene from Puerto Rico A bright, colorful and lively watercolor painting of a scene in Puerto Rico, circa 1940, By Eliza BK Dooley. Dooley was an American government official, artist, and writer who was appointed US District Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization Service in San Juan, Puerto Rico in…
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…
Jules Herve – Street Scene French street scene by Jule Herve. Oil on stretched canvas. Signed by the artist lower left, and signed verso. Measures 8 x 10 inches sight size, and 19.75 x 21.75 x 3.75 inches overall including framing. Good condition. Original frame has some paint loss and wear. Price – $2500 Click…
Lester David Boronda – Park Scene Market in the park painitng attributed to Lester Boronda. This work was purchased with other Lester Boronda works of similar style and content. Oil on artist’s board. Unsigned. Painting was recently cleaned. Frame has one chip in upper right. Measures 10.25 x 12.75 inches sight size, and 16.5 x…
Hans Paap – Rio de Janeiro Titled ‘Montanha de Tijuca’ (mountains in Rio de Janeiro). Dated 1923 Signed by the artist. Remnants of exhibition label from Brazil. Excellent condition. Framed in a period frame from Brazil. Measures 34.5 x 42.25 inches sight size, and 43 x 51 x 3.25 inches overall including the frame. Price…
John Burnside Tufts – Village Scene A rare work of art by early California modernist, John Tufts. John Tufts was an older artist when modernism became an option as an artist, as he was born i 1869. But Tufts embraced modernism and created works depicting social scenes and landscape similar to other early California modernist…
Jessie Arms Botke – Early Farm Scene An early watercolor painting of a farm house by Botke. Possibly created before the artist moved to California. Housed in a quality contemporary frame. Measures 4.5 x 6.5 inches sight size, and 12.5 x 14 x 1.35 inches overall including the framing. Price $500 Click on price…
Milford Zornes – Los Angeles Boat Builders A great painting of wooden boat builders working in the Los Angeles area in the late 1940s/early 1950s. The painting retains a label from The Thunderbird Foundation for the Arts in Carmel, CA stating the work was purchased directly from the artist in the late 1990s. Gouache on…
Frank van Sloun – The Picnic A bright, cheerful painting depicting a group of people, likely a family, enjoying the warm California sun, by Frank van Sloun. 1920s. Great condition. Frame shows some wear. Measures 17.5 x 23.5 inches sight size, and 25.5 x 31.5 x 4 inches overall including framing. Price $9500 Click…
Thomas McGlynn – The Blue Rock California landscape painting with a figure. Titled ‘The Blue Rock’. Signed and titled verso. Mixed pigments on artist’s board. Excellent condition. Housed in a new frame. Measures 18.6 x 21 x 1.25 inches overall including frame. Price $3500 Click on price to purchase or inquire.
Hugh Littlejohn – Still Life – 1932 Exhibited still life painting by Hugh Warwick Littlejohn. The work was exhibited in 1933 at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. (Exhibition label verso). Housed in a period frame. (Most likely the original frame). Excellent condition. Measures 20.25 x 17.75 x 1.5 inches overall including frame.…
William Meyerowitz – Wharf Scene with Figures A wharf scene painting with figures by William Meyerowitz. Watercolor on paper. Good condition overall. Some minor toning to paper and a few small spots. Measures 14.25 inches x 21.5 inches sight size, and 22.75 inches x 29.5 inches x 1.35 inches overall including framing. Housed in a…
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…
Hayley Lever – Marblehead, Mass 1913 Hayley Lever, (Richard Hayley Lever, 1876-1958). Sailing race, Marblehead, Mass, 1913. (most likely the famous Wilson Cup race in the Sonderklasse between Germany and the United States. 1913 would be the last race of this kind before the beginning of WWI). Works by Hayley Lever can be found in…
William Samuel Schwartz – Watercolor William Samuel Schwartz, (1896-1977(, was a Russian born American painter and printmaker. Schwartz studied at the Vilna Art School in Russia from 1908 to 1912. At the age or sixteen he immigrated to America where he enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago. To support himself, Schwartz worked waiting on…
Kazuo Matsubara – ‘Chapel Through the Trees’ 1927 Kazuo Matsubara, (1895-?), was a Japanese-American artist who lived and worked in California, Hawaii, and Japan. Matsubara exhibited wildly in California during his lifetime and his works are held in many public and private collections, including the Smithsonian. This rich, colorful oil painting is titled ‘Chapel Through…
John O’Shea – California landscape painting John O’Shea – California landscape painting. John O’Shea, 1876-1956), was an Irish born painter whose bold, vibrant works were regarded as modern among his contemporaries. At age 16 O’Shea immigrated to New York City where he began his art studies at the Adelphi Academy, and then at the Art…
Walter Ufer – Portrait Painting Portrait of Mrs. Harriet Sullivan Wardrop. Walter Ufer, (1876-1936), was a highly regarded American Southwest painter lauded for his depictions of the bucolic lifestyles of the native peoples of the Taos region of New Mexico and the portraits he painted of his many affluent clients. Ufer grew up in Louisville,…
Frede Vidar – Pont Neuf – 1932 Oil painting of the Pont Neuf bridge circa 1932 by Frede Vidar. Frede Vidar, 1911-1967, was a Danish-born American painter whose works are held by many private and public collections, including the MoMA, SFMoMA, and the National Gallery of Denmark. Vidar worked in San Francisco for the WPA…
Selden Gile – ‘Napa Slough’ Selden Gile – ‘Napa Slough’ – Oil painting Selden Connor Gile, (1877-1947), was the driving force behind a radical group of artists active in northern California in the early 20th century, The Society of Six. The Six, which consisted of Gile, Maurice Logan, William Henry Clapp, Bernard von Eichman, Louis…
William Henry Clapp – ‘A Fernwood Road’ William Henry Clapp, (1879-1954), was an influential California artist and a member of the Society of Six along with Selden Gile, Maurice Logan, August Gay, Louis Siegriest, and Berhard von Eichman. Clapp was well known for his impressionist, fauvist, and pointillist paintings that were highly influenced by Claude…
Erle Loran – Building, Trees and Bridge Abstract study of building, trees, water and a bridge 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 Cezanne,…
William Zorach – Watercolor – 1926 Watercolor on paper by American modernist artist William Zorach. William Zorach, (1887-1966), was a leading modernist artist in America at the beginning of the modern art movement in the US. William and his wife Marguerite were highly influential artists, both are credited with being major contributors in sharing European…
Ida Maynard Curtis Oil painting of a Marin sidewater with Mt. Tamalpais in the background by Ida Maynard Curtis. Ida Maynard Curtis, (1860-1959), was a female American artist in the early 20th century, known for her sun filled depiction of the California landscape in and around her home in Carmel, CA. Curtis studied art in…
Stanton MacDonald-Wright – 1911 Early modernist figure study by Stanton MacDonald-Wright. Stanton MacDonald-Wright, 1890-1973, was an American modernist and co-founder of synchronism. MacDonald-Wright was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. His first name, Stanton, was chosen to honor the women’s rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. As a young man, Staton enjoyed a fairly privileged life and studied…
Rinaldo Cuneo – 1930s Oil painting on canvas by American artist Rinaldo Cuneo. Rinaldo Cuneo, (1877-1939), was an American painter of Italian-American descent who spent the majority of his life in San Francisco, CA, living in the predominantly Italian-American neighborhood of North Beach. Cuneo was known as The Painter of San Francisco. He studied in…
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…