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Click here to subscribeARTIST: - (Europe, 19 century) NAME: The CarrotsYEAR: 1867MEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Missing a few flakes of paint. Some craquelure. Some scattered inpaintings on the background and along edges. SIGHT SIZE: 14 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches / 38 x 33 cmFRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)SIGNATURE: on the stretcher illegibleCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120904US Shipping $49 + insurance.
ARTIST: Jean Pierre Clement (France, born 1943)NAME: UntitledYEAR: 1961MEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 21 x 18 inches / 53 x 45 cmFRAME SIZE: 27 x 24 inches / 68 x 60 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 118046US Shipping $75 + insurance.
ARTIST: L Battoni (Italian, 19 century)NAME: Young ArtistMEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. Some damages to frame.SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 8 1/2 inches / 25 x 22 cmFRAME SIZE: 19 x 18 inches / 48 x 45 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120913US Shipping $49 + insurance.
ARTIST: M Cullen (European, 19 century)NAME: Fisherman and His DaughterYEAR: 1885MEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Minor craquelure. Few very small scattered inpaintings (biggest 1" x 1/2"). Minor damages to frame.SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 18 inches / 60 x 45 cmFRAME SIZE: 29 x 23 inches / 73 x 58 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 119363US Shipping $75 + insurance.
ARTIST: Albert Ludovici Jr (Italian, 1852 - 1932)NAME: Stagecoach Street SceneMEDIUM: watercolor on paperCONDITION: Some age toning. Framed under glass.SIGHT SIZE: 12 x 18 inches / 30 x 45 cmFRAME SIZE: 19 x 25 inches / 48 x 63 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightPROVENANCE: W Russell Button Gallery, Chicago IL (has gallery label on verso)CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 119975US Shipping $75 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Following the profession of his father, Albert Sr., Albert Ludovici Jr. spent his life between the cities of Paris and London, painting scenes of society at leisure. His genre paintings were found to be most popular, but he also painted a succession of landscapes and interior scenes, in both watercolor and gouache as well as the more prominent oil.Ludovici primarily exhibited his paintings in London. He participated in exhibitions from 1884 until 1923, and he joined the Society of British Artists in 1881, an organization of which his father had served as treasurer. He featured his works in the Society's Winter Shows of 1886-87 and 1889-89, and joined their executive committee during this reign as well.His adoption of focusing his subjects primarily on the interaction of couples, whether in public places or from the private moments within their homes and lives, give his paintings universal appeal. His works are reflective of James MacNeil Whistler, a fellow Society member whom Ludovici counted as a close friend and corresponded with about art and life.
ARTIST: - (American, 20/21 century)NAME: Little Girl KnittingMEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 36 x 24 inches / 91 x 60 cmFRAME SIZE: 48 x 36 inches / 121 x 91 cmSIGNATURE: lower right illegibleCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120936US Shipping $319 + insurance.
ARTIST: M Brennan (Netherlands, 19 century)NAME: Country Landscape with WindmillMEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Relined. Missing few flakes of paint. Some craquelure. Few very small scattered inpaintings. Wear to frame. SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 35 x 48 cmFRAME SIZE: 20 x 24 inches / 0 x 0 cmSIGNATURE: lower leftCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120459US Shipping $49 + insurance.
ARTIST: Donald Roy Purdy (Connecticut, 1924 - 2016)NAME: Woman Starring at LandscapeMEDIUM: oil on boardCONDITION: Missing a few flakes of paint. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 36 inches / 60 x 91 cmFRAME SIZE: 36 x 48 inches / 91 x 121 cmSIGNATURE: lower leftCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 121179US Shipping $249 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Self-taught, Purdy was influenced by many artists, including the Barbizon School, French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, and American 19th Century Painters. No particular artistic influence was evident during his childhood. After high school, he enlisted in the army air force and entered Germany as a foot soldier with the 9th army. After the war, Purdy pursued a degree in Psychology, graduating in 1949 from the University of Connecticut and from Boston University with his Master's in Psychology in 1950. While in Boston, Purdy worked in an art gallery, performing tasks such as framing pictures. It was here that he first became art-conscious and was surprised to learn that individuals actually chose art as a profession.Purdy lived and painted most of his life in New England. He exhibited extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe, including: The Britain Museum, Connecticut; The Butler Institute, Columbus, Ohio; Colby College, Maine; The University of Kansas; The Chrysler Collection; and Bernheim-Jeune Galleries, Paris. In addition, he has been honored with numerous awards including a Gold Medal from the Allied Artists. He was a teacher of painting at the Silvermine Academy of Art in Connecticut and is listed in Who's Who in American Art.
ARTIST: Laurie Harden (New Jersey, 20/21st century)NAME: Feminist Fairy TalesMEDIUM: oil on boardCONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 32 x 24 inches / 81 x 60 cmFRAME SIZE: 34 x 26 inches / 86 x 66 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120037US Shipping $90 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Laurie Harden is an illustrator and painter, and has been, it seems, all her life. It is her first love and abiding passion. She works in Oils, Gouche, Pastels, Charcoal & Pencil.Laurie studied at Kansas City Art Institute and Rhode Island School of Design where she graduated with a BFA in Illustration. Laurie has worked as a free-lance illustrator for over 30 years (see client list below).Laurie now spends most of her time teaching art classes to adults, teens and children at several art associations. She specializes in Oil Painting Classes, Drawing Fundamentals, Figure Drawing & Portraits, and Pastel Classes. She also gives private lessons.Harden's work is widely exhibited, awarded, commissioned and collected. An artist with a international clientele, she has received many portrait commissions, including former NJ governor, Brendan Bryne, and former Prime Minister of Japan, Keizo Obuchi.Laurie has exhibited her fine art at the Salmagundi Art Club, The National Arts Club, the Pen & Brush Club in NYC, as well as many venues in NJ. She is a member of the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, the Allied Artists, the American Artists Professional League, the Pastel Society of America, the Pastel Society of NJ, and the Art Centre of NJ to mention a few.Ms. Harden resides in Northern New Jersey.
ARTIST: R Mora (Spanish, 1909 - ???)NAME: Woman at WindowMEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame.SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 20 inches / 60 x 50 cmFRAME SIZE: 34 x 30 inches / 86 x 76 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120937US Shipping $90 + insurance.
ARTIST: B Zubriczky (Hungarian, 1852 - ?)NAME: Harvest SceneMEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: One patch repair with corresponding inpainting. Minor craquelure.SIGHT SIZE: 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches / 22 x 33 cmFRAME SIZE: 14 x 18 inches / 35 x 45 cmSIGNATURE: lower leftCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120963US Shipping $49 + insurance.
ARTIST: B Zubriczky (Hungarian, 1852 - ?)NAME: Harvest SceneMEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Some craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches / 22 x 33 cmFRAME SIZE: 14 x 18 inches / 35 x 45 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120964US Shipping $49 + insurance.
ARTIST: Claudio Secchi (Italian, 1920 - ?)NAME: Woman with ParasolMEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Unstretched (In-House stretching available). No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 31 x 23 inches / 78 x 58 cmFRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)SIGNATURE: in the middle and on versoPROVENANCE: Arnot Gallery NY (has gallery stamp on verso)CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120642US Shipping $90 + insurance.
ARTIST: George Finch Mason (British, 1850 - 1915)NAME: UntitledMEDIUM: gouache, watercolor and pencil on boardCONDITION: One 1/2" long tear to left edge. Some crease lines in lower left corner. Minor damages to corners. Minor age toning.SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 10 inches / 35 x 25 cmFRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)SIGNATURE: lower leftCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 121017US Shipping $42 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:George Finch Mason was a sporting artist, author and illustrator, specialising in humorous studies and caricatures. His father was a schoolmaster at Eton and he was educated there in 1860-64. He contributed to several books including Humours of the Hunting Field (1886), Flowers of the Hunt (1889), The White Hart and other Stories (1891), The Run of the Season (1902), and Heroes and Heroines of the Grand National (1907 and 1911). He was a frequent contributor to many publications including The Sporting Times and Punch.
ARTIST: - (American, early 20 century)NAME: Child with Bunnies and EggsMEDIUM: watercolor on paperCONDITION: Minor age toning. Framed under glass.SIGHT SIZE: 7 x 10 inches / 17 x 25 cmFRAME SIZE: 17 x 21 inches / 43 x 53 cmSIGNATURE: unsignedCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 117258US Shipping $60 + insurance.
ARTIST: Marlene Loznicka (Maine, 20 century)NAME: Tribute To AquariusMEDIUM: watercolor on paperCONDITION: Faint foxing. Minor damages to edges.SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 30 inches / 55 x 76 cmFRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)SIGNATURE: middle rightCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 121025US Shipping $90 + insurance.
ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,Born 1961)NAME: 1920s - ProhibitionYEAR: 1998MEDIUM: mixed media on boardCONDITION: Excellent.SIGHT SIZE: 17 x 14 inches / 43 x 35 cmBOARD SIZE: 23 x 16 inches / 58 x 40 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNOTE: This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. Celebrate the Century Series 32c Prohibition Enforced stamp issued May 28, 1998. On October 28, 1919, the Volstead Act was passed, providing enforcement of the recently ratified 18th Amendment, prohibiting the manufacture, sale or transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States. President Herbert Hoover declared Prohibition to be "a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose." Most Americans, however, tended to disagree, especially those living in cities where illegal saloons or speakeasies flourished. Along with speakeasies came the men who supplied the illicit spirits, gangsters such as Frank Costello and Al Capone. Before long, the explosive growth of bootlegging and organized crime led to the broad corruption of public officials. Fewer than 1,600 liquor enforcement agents patrolled a nation inhabited by more than 105 million people, which possessed two lengthy borders and more than 18,000 miles of coastline. And since agents were paid miserable wages, few were dedicated to their work. Two notable exceptions were agents Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith -- famous for donning elaborate disguises to catch offenders. Calls for repeal of Prohibition began as early as 1923. It wasn't until February 20, 1933, however, that Congress passed the 21st Amendment, repealing the 18th Amendment and making liquor legal again. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 118692US Shipping $60 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."
ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,Born 1961)NAME: Japanese Aggression ArousesYEAR: 1998MEDIUM: mixed media on boardCONDITION: Excellent.SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 13 inches / 25 x 33 cmBOARD SIZE: 13 x 20 inches / 33 x 50 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNOTE: This painting originally appeared on the Republic of the Marshall Islands The 20th Century series 60? Japanese Aggression Arouses World Opinion stamp issued July 15, 1998. In 1931 the world watched with great concern as Japan, eager to expand its empire, invaded and conquered Manchuria -- China's main industrial center. Despite international criticism and sanctions, Japan continued its ruthless quest for new territories throughout the decade. On July 7, 1937, Japanese forces attacked Chinese units near Beijing eventually capturing the cities of Nanjing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Guangzhou. Nanjing fell on December 13, 1937. Over the next six weeks, soldiers of Japan's Imperial Army committed the infamous "Rape of Nanjing," one of history's worst atrocities, during which an estimated 300,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed -- and some 20,000 women raped. The once beautiful city of Nanjing was also burned and pillaged. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120041US Shipping $60 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."
ARTIST: Paul Calle (Connecticut, New York, 1928 - 2010) & Chris Calle (US,Born 1961)NAME: 1900s - ImmigrationYEAR: 1997MEDIUM: mixed media on boardCONDITION: Excellent.SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 14 inches / 40 x 35 cmBOARD SIZE: 22 x 16 inches / 55 x 40 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNOTE: This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. Celebrate the Century Series 32c Immigrants Arrive stamp issued February 3, 1998. "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free." The poignant words of American poet Emma Lazarus' sublime poem, The New Colossus, inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, reflect America's attitude toward the millions of immigrants that landed on Ellis Island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. As the nation's largest port of entry, the island received nearly three-fourths of all immigrants during its 40 years of full operation. Ellis Island received as many as 5,000 people a day, with the peak year for immigration occurring in 1907 when 1.3 million immigrants arrived. Most of America's immigrants between 1905 and 1907 were Russian Jews, Italians and people from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Ellis Island's facilities included dormitories to accommodate 1,500 people, kitchens, a laundry, recreation rooms and a special ferry service to the mainland. Most immigrants remained at Ellis Island for a short time, while waiting for their papers to be approved and until their families' arrival on later ships. Some were detained in quarantine for health checks. The massive immigration during the early 20th century helped to establish America as a melting pot of many cultures, providing people from all over the world with a new beginning. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 118705US Shipping $60 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Paul Calle, Postage Stamp Designer, Is Dead at 82 By MARGALIT FOX The cause was melanoma, said his son Chris, who is also a stamp designer. A longtime Stamford resident, Mr. Calle (pronounced KAL-ee) designed more than 40 United States stamps, licked by generations of postwar Americans. He was best known for the 10-cent stamp, commissioned by NASA and issued in 1969, commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing that year. His other stamps include ones honoring Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1971), Robert Frost (1974), the International Year of the Child (1979), Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan (1980), Frederic Remington (1981), Pearl S. Buck (1983), the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1984) and folk-art carousel horses (1988 and again, with new artwork, in 1995). Mr. Calle's work has been exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City and elsewhere. With Chris, he designed two 1994 stamps a 29-cent first-class stamp and a $9.95 express-mail stamp commemorating the moon landing's 25th anniversary. Father and son also collaborated on stamps for Sweden, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and the United Nations. Paul Calle was born on the Lower East Side of Manhattan on March 3, 1928. He earned a bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and during the Korean War was an illustrator for the Army. Early in his career, Mr. Calle did cover artwork for science-fiction pulp magazines like Galaxy, Fantasy Fiction and Super Science Stories, as well as for general-interest publications like The Saturday Evening Post. In 1962, he was among the inaugural group of artists chosen for the NASA Art Program, a documentary record of the space program that has produced thousands of works to date. Mr. Calle's early art for the program includes a pair of 5-cent stamps, issued in 1967, depicting the Gemini casule and the astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk in 1965. On July 16, 1969, the day Apollo 11 was launched, Mr. Calle was the only artist allowed to observe the astronauts, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin, as they readied themselves for the mission eating breakfast, donning their spacesuits and the like. He captured their preparations in a series of intimate pen-and-ink sketches later exhibited at the National Air and Space Museum. That morning, when the astronauts lifted off, one of the things they carried was the engraved printing plate of Mr. Calle's commemorative stamp. As the moon lacked a post office, a proof made from the plate was hand-canceled by the men aboard the spacecraft. Mr. Calle's wife, the former Olga Wyhowanec, whom he married in 1951, died in 2003. Besides his son Chris, he is survived by another son, Paul P., a veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo; a daughter, Claudia Calle Beal; and six grandchildren. Interviewed after the moon landing, Mr. Calle divulged the secret of his rigorous craft: "When you do a stamp," he said, "think big, but draw small."
ARTIST: Chris Calle (American, born 1961)NAME: Jefferson DavisYEAR: 1995MEDIUM: mixed media on boardCONDITION: Excellent.SIGHT SIZE: 15 x 13 inches / 38 x 33 cmBOARD SIZE: 23 x 19 inches / 58 x 48 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNOTE: This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover of the U.S. 32c Jefferson Davis stamp issued June 29, 1995. Graduate of West Point, hero of the Mexican War, U.S. senator and U.S. secretary of war, Jefferson Davis believed fervently that the federal government should respect the right of property in slaves. Any interference, he felt, was unconstitutional and a threat to state sovereignty. On January 5, 1861, declaring that the Union was composed of independent states, voluntarily confederated and free to resume their sovereignty, he joined fellow senators in urging Southern states to secede and organize a Confederacy. Secession was not revolution to Davis, but a legal remedy. After his home state of Mississippi seceded, he resigned from the Senate and returned home to accept the rank of major general and command of the state's military forces. When the Provisional Congress selected him as president of the Confederacy, however, he reluctantly took office on February 18, 1861. Confident that law and right were on his side, President Davis was equally convinced that might was on the side of the North. The lightly-industrialized South had about nine million people, compared to the heavily-industrialized North's 22 million. After the war, accused of treason and of taking part in Lincoln's assassination, Davis was imprisoned. Held in leg chains and treated harshly, he was twice indicted, but never brought to trial. He was released on May 13, 1867, to become a symbol of the Confederacy second only to Robert E. Lee. Never requesting or receiving a pardon, he died on December 6, 1889. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120437US Shipping $60 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:The son of artist Paul Calle, Chris Calle studied painting and illustration at the University of Michigan School of Art and has become known both for his paintings and postage stamp designs.
ARTIST: Chris Calle (American, born 1961)NAME: ChancellorsvilleYEAR: 1995MEDIUM: mixed media on boardCONDITION: Excellent.SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 13 inches / 35 x 33 cmBOARD SIZE: 23 x 18 inches / 58 x 45 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNOTE: This painting is the original which appeared on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the 32c Battle of Chancellorsville Classic Collection Series stamp issued June 29, 1995. After the Battle of Fredericksburg, when General Ambrose E. Burnside attacked Robert E. Lee on Virginia's Rappahannock River, Burnside was relieved of command at his own request. Replacing him as commander of the Army of the Potomac was General Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker. On April 27, 1863, Hooker sent his force of 120,000 men against Lee's army of only 60,000 men, still holding the Rappahannock line. Hooker's plan was to engage Lee's attention at Fredericksburg, then send another force around the town to attack the Confederate flank. The two pincers would try to isolate and crush the Army of Northern Virginia. But Hooker's right wing force had to march through a thickly wooded area making it vulnerable to surprise attack. Alert to Hooker's strategy, Lee left a screening force to protect his right flank at Fredericksburg and attacked Hooker straight on, at the same time sending General Stonewall Jackson to strike at the Union right. Jackson's savage attack from the pine thickets on May 2, at the crossroads junction known as Chancellorsville, caught the Northern army by surprise. After battling for three days across a 10-mile area, Hooker retreated. Union casualties were over 17,000, while the Confederate cost was 12,800. For Lee, his greatest victory was sadly Pyrrhic, since Jackson was mortally wounded by his own men. Nevertheless, Lee decided to launch a second invasion of the North, hoping to capture an important city like Harrisburg or Baltimore and possibly effect a triumphant peace.PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120047US Shipping $60 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:The son of artist Paul Calle, Chris Calle studied painting and illustration at the University of Michigan School of Art and has become known both for his paintings and postage stamp designs.
ARTIST: Dean Ellis (New York, 1920 - 2009)NAME: British Captain John MarshallYEAR: 1995MEDIUM: gouache on boardCONDITION: Excellent.SIGHT SIZE: 9 x 15 inches / 22 x 38 cmBOARD SIZE: 11 x 17 inches / 28 x 43 cmSIGNATURE: unsigned but has publishing house labels on versoNOTE: This painting is the original painting which was published on the Republic of the Marshall Islands 55c British Captain John Marshall Charts Islands, 1788 stamp issued May 2, 1996. By the late 18th century, the Pacific region had witnessed the rise and fall of the Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch. Then Great Britain began to take its place in the Sun both commercially and politically. In the 1780s, numerous British naval vessels and merchantmen of the British East India Company were stopping over in the Central Pacific islands on their way to China. The British First Fleet arrived in Australia in 1788 carrying a cargo of 700 convicts destined for the penal colony to be established there. Having discharged the prisoners, the First Fleet dispersed, with most ships striking north toward China. However, Captain John Marshall, commanding the Scarborough, sailed east on a course that would take him through the archipelago that he charted, and which now bears his name -- the Marshall Islands. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120049US Shipping $49 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Dean Ellis was born in Detroit, Michigan and studied at the Cleveland School of Art from 1939 to 1942 and with Karl Zerbe at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts from 1946 to1947. His work is owned by the Cleveland Museum of Art and in many private collections. He served as an infantryman in the Pacific during World War II; after the war he worked as an illustrator in Cleveland, Ohio, while developing a reputation as a painter. In 1950, Life magazine included him among nineteen of the most promising American painters. Settling in New York in 1956, he was awarded a fellowship for work at the McDowell Colony, and his work is represented in many public collections. Ellis has designed stamps for the U.S. Postal Service and several foreign governments. Portraits painted by Ellis hang in the Metropolitan Club, the Union League, Columbia University in New York City, and the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida. Exhibitions of his work have been held in New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Cleveland.
ARTIST: Dennis Lyall (Texas, Connecticut, born 1946)NAME: 50th Anniversary of Savings Bond - FlagYEAR: 1991MEDIUM: oil on canvas boardCONDITION: Excellent. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 13 inches / 40 x 33 cmBOARD SIZE: 21 x 17 inches / 53 x 43 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNOTE: has artist's business card attachedPROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120439US Shipping $60 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Dennis Lyall is an artist and illustrator with more than 40 years of experience in working with many of the biggest advertisers and publishers in the U.S. A native of Iowa, Dennis doesn't remember a day during his childhood when he didn't have a pencil in his hand. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1968, and while he was still a student (a junior), he was awarded a Gold Medal for his artwork by the Society of Illustrators in New York. After graduating from college, Dennis began his professional career as a commercial illustrator in Houston, Texas, working for a commercial art studio then opening his own studio and working as a freelance illustrator. In the late 1970s, after finding an agent in New York City -- the "mecca" for commercial illustrators at the time -- Dennis moved his family (wife and daughter) to Norwalk, Connecticut, which is about 50 miles outside of "the City." Dennis is familiar with all forms of artistic expression, but most of his finished work is oil on canvas. And he has worked in all genres, including commercial illustration, portraiture, marine- and Western-style painting. His assignments over the years have included portraits of the 39 signers of the U.S. Constitution and more than 40 postage stamps for the U.S. Postal Service. He also has work in many private collections across the country, plus with the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Texas Historical Commission and Northeastern Utilities.
ARTIST: Edward T Vebell (Illinois, 1921-2018)NAME: Fort SumterYEAR: 1980MEDIUM: gouache on boardCONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 21 inches / 50 x 53 cmBOARD SIZE: 26 x 27 inches / 66 x 68 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNOTE: This painting is the original which was published on the Fleetwood Commemorative Cover for Epic Events in American History series issued in 1985. Determined to defend slavery and states' rights as fundamental to its way of life against the threat of hostile legislation from a victorious Republican party, South Carolina seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860. Ten other southern states followed. Meeting in Montgomery, Alabama, in March of 1861, the newly seceded states declared their independence and drew up a Constitution. "Physically speaking," said President Lincoln in his Inaugural Address, "we cannot separate." South Carolina rejected this argument and, determined to repossess her own "territory," demanded the evacuation of federal forces on Sumter Island in Charleston Harbor. When Lincoln responded by sending an expedition to reinforce the Fort, General Beauregard, in command at Charleston, decided to rally southern support by precipitating war. At 4:30 on the morning of April 12, 1861, Confederate batteries fired the first guns of what was to be a four-year war. The Union commander, Major Anderson, responded as best he could, but in vain: the next morning the Fort was afire and Anderson lowered the flag. The next day the garrison marched out with colors flying and drums beating. Four years later to the day, General Anderson presided over the raising of Old Glory. "I thank God," he said, "that I have lived to see this day." And as he began to hoist the ragged and shell-torn flag, the wind caught it and shook its folds out above the Fort, and every soldier instinctively saluted.PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120441US Shipping $75 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Ed Vebell (1921-2018) is an American illustrator, veteran, and Olympic athlete who attended the Chicago Institute of Art before enlisting. While serving in the Army, he was a contributing artist for Stars & Stripes magazine, working side by side with Bill Mauldin. His second major appointment was as courtroom artist for the Nuremburg Trials; his haunting portrait of Hermann Gering can be viewed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. Over the decades following the war, Vebell designed 16 circulated postage stamps for the US Postal Service, and enjoyed frequent commissions from Reader's Digest, Sports Illustrated, and Time.
ARTIST: Edward T Vebell (Illinois, 1921-2018)NAME: Fulton's Clermont SteamboatYEAR: 1980MEDIUM: acrylic on boardCONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 21 inches / 50 x 53 cmBOARD SIZE: 26 x 27 inches / 66 x 68 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNOTE: This painting is the original which was published on the Fleetwood Commemorative Cover for Epic Events in American History series issued in 1985. It was the English who invented the first steam engine and the first steam railroad but it was an American, Robert Fulton, who, in 1807, formally launched the steamboat era. Fulton was not the inventor, however, of the steamboat: that distinction belongs to poor John Fitch, a Connecticut Yankee and a veteran of the Continental Army who, as early as 1787, built and launched a forty-five-foot steamboat. But, alas, nothing came of that brave experiment. Fitch could get no financing for his invention and in the end gave up in despair and fled to the wilds of Kentucky where he died. Ten years later, the New York lawyer and diplomat, Robert Livingston, anticipating the role that steamboats might play in a vast nation whose only effective transportation was by water, persuaded his young friend Robert Fulton, with whose artistic and inventive talents he was familiar, to try his hand at building a steamboat. Fulton boasted a natural talent for engineering. He eagerly embraced Livingston's proposal and by 1807 was ready to launch The Clermont, named after Livingston's hometown. On its maiden trip, the boat steamed up the Hudson to Albany and returned five days later, having averaged a speed of five miles an hour. Successful as it was, it brought no great wealth to either Livingston or Fulton, for in 1824, John Marshall's Court pronounced their monopoly unconstitutional as an infringement on congressional power to regulate "commerce concerning the several states."PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120443US Shipping $75 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Ed Vebell (1921-2018) is an American illustrator, veteran, and Olympic athlete who attended the Chicago Institute of Art before enlisting. While serving in the Army, he was a contributing artist for Stars & Stripes magazine, working side by side with Bill Mauldin. His second major appointment was as courtroom artist for the Nuremburg Trials; his haunting portrait of Hermann Gering can be viewed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. Over the decades following the war, Vebell designed 16 circulated postage stamps for the US Postal Service, and enjoyed frequent commissions from Reader's Digest, Sports Illustrated, and Time.
ARTIST: Edward T Vebell (Illinois, 1921 - 2018)NAME: Edison Invents LightYEAR: 1979MEDIUM: gouache on boardCONDITION: Excellent.SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 21 inches / 50 x 53 cmBOARD SIZE: 26 x 27 inches / 66 x 68 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 118691US Shipping $75 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Ed Vebell is an American illustrator, veteran, and Olympic athlete who attended the Chicago Institute of Art before enlisting. While serving in the Army, he was a contributing artist for Stars & Stripes magazine, working side by side with Bill Mauldin. His second major appointment was as courtroom artist for the Nuremburg Trials; his haunting portrait of Hermann Gering can be viewed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. Over the decades following the war, Vebell designed 16 circulated postage stamps for the US Postal Service, and enjoyed frequent commissions from Reader's Digest, Sports Illustrated, and Time.
ARTIST: J Craig Thorpe (Washington, born 1948)NAME: Train - Washington LocomotiveYEAR: 1994MEDIUM: oil on heavy paperCONDITION: Very good. Damage to lower edge of paper (painting by intself is not damaged). No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 12 inches / 35 x 30 cmPAPER SIZE: 18 x 15 inches / 45 x 38 cmSIGNATURE: lower leftNOTE: This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood Legendary Locomotives of the 50 States Washington Commemorative Cover postmarked December 20, 1994. When confronted with a mountain range, the visionaries who built America's railroads had three choices: go around it, over it or through it. Those were the options available to John F. Stevens, engineer for the Great Northern Railway, when he found the Cascade Range between him and his proposed route to Puget Sound. Stevens had already brought the Great Northern through the Rocky Mountains. That experience helped him recognize the virtues of the pass that would eventually bear his name. Stevens Pass was ideal in that it allowed for several different routes. In fact, over the years, the Great Northern has had three routes at the Pass, one over it and two through it. The first ran across the summit on a series of eight arduous and time-consuming switchbacks. Not long after the switchback line was completed, work began on the original Cascade Tunnel. Nine years later, on December 20, 1900, the tunnel was opened and the switchbacks were closed. Although the new route was a vast improvement, it was still beset with severe curves, miles of snow sheds and four-percent grades. So in 1925, the Great Northern began construction on another tunnel at a more favorable site. Opened on January 29, 1929, the second Cascade Tunnel runs 7.8 miles, making it the longest railroad tunnel in the United States. Great Northern's 2-8-0 freight engine No. 1106, featured on this artwork, was built in 1901 by the Rogers Locomotive Works. PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120064US Shipping $49 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:J. Craig Thorpe is a nationally recognized artist specializing in conceptual renderings and landscape paintings. Says Robert Eaton, Mayor of Leavenworth, WA, “Craig understands the history, needs, and mission of our community. Our investment in his talents has more than paid for itself. Craig's interest in art dates from his formative years in Pittsburgh, PA. The landscapes of the area, with its undulating topography, rivers, industrial plants and railroads captured his imagination. The imagery of those experiences shaped the foundation of a career.Thorpe studied at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University with a BFA in Industrial Design. Following a short stint in the US Army Transportation Corps, he worked for architects in Virginia. After graduate school in New England, where he earned a Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Thorpe moved to Seattle, WA and served as a Presbyterian pastor.In 1985 he chose to leave parish work to begin free-lance architectural and transportation illustration. When Amtrak featured his painting of the new Olympia, WA station on its 1993 corporate calendar, Thorpe's rail art began to be recognized nationally. He continues to produce commissioned works for Amtrak including the commemorative centennial paintings of Washington D.C. Union Station (2008) and Glacier National Park (2010). His most recent work is a collection of vignettes celebrating Amtrak's 40th anniversary in 2011.Craig is widely known for these and commissions by other rail clients such as the White Pass & Yukon Route in Alaska. Says Michael Brandt, the railway's Vice President, Craig has embraced the WP&YR brand and created iconic legacy artworks for us. They reflect his relationship with the company, its people, history and future. Other noted Alaskan clients include Holland America Line and Alaska Marine Lines. The grandeur and scale of Alaska and indeed all the west itself have expanded his literal and figurative horizons. A new series of smaller Northwest landscapes is growing in popularity.Thorpe is foremost a landscape painter and even his industrial commissions set the subjects in their unique settings. Says the artist, "The haste, cynicism and expediency of our age has blurred an ability to see beauty. These paintings help people refocus." He combines a technical accuracy with a painterly style evoking an emotional response from the viewer: "That painting makes me want to be right there!" He partners with clients to create art which honors tradition, celebrates the present and creates a legacy. While working in a variety of media, most of Thorpe's published works are oil-on-canvas.His paintings have appeared on calendars, posters, cards, menus, timetables and a host of other items.J. Craig Thorpe's work has been published in various papers and journals such as the Arizona Republic, Denver Post, and USA Today, National Parks Magazine, Audubon and books such as Alfred Runte's Allies of the Earth: Railroads and the Soul of Preservation and Trains of Discovery: Railroads and the Legacy of Our National Parks. Thorpe and his wife Cathy, a counselor in private practice, live in Bellevue, Washington and have three grown children, each an artist in his own way.
ARTIST: J Craig Thorpe (Washington, born 1948)NAME: Train - Kansas LocomotiveYEAR: 1995MEDIUM: gouache on heavy paperCONDITION: Excellent.SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 12 inches / 35 x 30 cmPAPER SIZE: 18 x 15 inches / 45 x 38 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNOTE: This painting is the original which appeared on the Fleetwood Legendary Locomotives of the 50 States Kansas Commemorative Cover postmarked April 1, 1995. Shortly after the turn of the century, railroad promoter Arthur Stilwell began building the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroad (KCM&O). Claiming that he had "designed a railroad 1,600 miles long which will bring the Pacific Ocean 400 miles nearer to Kansas City than any other present route," Stilwell set out to construct a rail system that would link the Midwest to the port city of Topolobampo, Mexico, which was intended as an entrepot for shipping American goods to the Orient. The line was built in five disconnected sections throughout the United States and Mexico. On April 1, 1903, 74 miles of track -- linking Milton, Kansas, to Carmen, Oklahoma -- became the first completed American segment of the line. Although construction of the KCM&O was fairly rapid at first, in 1910 the Mexican Revolution halted operations on the southern leg of the route. In fact, Francisco "Pancho" Villa -- one of the principal leaders of the revolution -- was one of Stilwell's contractors. By spring of 1912, the troubled KCM&O entered receivership and Stilwell's dream went unfulfilled. In 1928, the Santa Fe Railway acquired the American portion of the KCM&O, and the Mexican segment eventually came under government control. The line wasn't finally completed until 1961. Pictured here is the No. 208 -- one of 15 engines built by the Pittsburgh Locomotive works for the KCM&O between 1909 and 1911. This 2-8-0 engine became Santa Fe's No. 2542, and today is on display in Arkansas City, Kansas.PROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120444US Shipping $49 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:J. Craig Thorpe is a nationally recognized artist specializing in conceptual renderings and landscape paintings. Says Robert Eaton, Mayor of Leavenworth, WA, “Craig understands the history, needs, and mission of our community. Our investment in his talents has more than paid for itself. Craig's interest in art dates from his formative years in Pittsburgh, PA. The landscapes of the area, with its undulating topography, rivers, industrial plants and railroads captured his imagination. The imagery of those experiences shaped the foundation of a career.Thorpe studied at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, and graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University with a BFA in Industrial Design. Following a short stint in the US Army Transportation Corps, he worked for architects in Virginia. After graduate school in New England, where he earned a Master of Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Thorpe moved to Seattle, WA and served as a Presbyterian pastor.In 1985 he chose to leave parish work to begin free-lance architectural and transportation illustration. When Amtrak featured his painting of the new Olympia, WA station on its 1993 corporate calendar, Thorpe's rail art began to be recognized nationally. He continues to produce commissioned works for Amtrak including the commemorative centennial paintings of Washington D.C. Union Station (2008) and Glacier National Park (2010). His most recent work is a collection of vignettes celebrating Amtrak's 40th anniversary in 2011.Craig is widely known for these and commissions by other rail clients such as the White Pass & Yukon Route in Alaska. Says Michael Brandt, the railway's Vice President, Craig has embraced the WP&YR brand and created iconic legacy artworks for us. They reflect his relationship with the company, its people, history and future. Other noted Alaskan clients include Holland America Line and Alaska Marine Lines. The grandeur and scale of Alaska and indeed all the west itself have expanded his literal and figurative horizons. A new series of smaller Northwest landscapes is growing in popularity.Thorpe is foremost a landscape painter and even his industrial commissions set the subjects in their unique settings. Says the artist, "The haste, cynicism and expediency of our age has blurred an ability to see beauty. These paintings help people refocus." He combines a technical accuracy with a painterly style evoking an emotional response from the viewer: "That painting makes me want to be right there!" He partners with clients to create art which honors tradition, celebrates the present and creates a legacy. While working in a variety of media, most of Thorpe's published works are oil-on-canvas.His paintings have appeared on calendars, posters, cards, menus, timetables and a host of other items.J. Craig Thorpe's work has been published in various papers and journals such as the Arizona Republic, Denver Post, and USA Today, National Parks Magazine, Audubon and books such as Alfred Runte's Allies of the Earth: Railroads and the Soul of Preservation and Trains of Discovery: Railroads and the Legacy of Our National Parks. Thorpe and his wife Cathy, a counselor in private practice, live in Bellevue, Washington and have three grown children, each an artist in his own way.
ARTIST: Dean Ellis (New York, 1920 - 2009)NAME: US Submarines - USS CheyenneYEAR: 2000MEDIUM: acrylic on boardCONDITION: Excellent. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 13 x 17 inches / 33 x 43 cmBOARD SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 40 x 50 cmSIGNATURE: lower leftPROVENANCE: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.CATEGORY: antique vintage paintingSKU#: 116931US Shipping $60 + insurance.AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USBIOGRAPHY:Dean Ellis was born in Detroit, Michigan and studied at the Cleveland School of Art from 1939 to 1942 and with Karl Zerbe at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts from 1946 to1947. His work is owned by the Cleveland Museum of Art and in many private collections. He served as an infantryman in the Pacific during World War II; after the war he worked as an illustrator in Cleveland, Ohio, while developing a reputation as a painter. In 1950, Life magazine included him among nineteen of the most promising American painters. Settling in New York in 1956, he was awarded a fellowship for work at the McDowell Colony, and his work is represented in many public collections. Ellis has designed stamps for the U.S. Postal Service and several foreign governments. Portraits painted by Ellis hang in the Metropolitan Club, the Union League, Columbia University in New York City, and the Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida. Exhibitions of his work have been held in New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Cleveland.
ARTIST: Norman Carton (Pennsylvania, New York, France, 1908 - 1980)NAME: Abstract CompositionMEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 9 x 9 inches / 22 x 22 cmFRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)SIGNATURE: lower left and on versoCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120394US Shipping $29 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Norman Carton was a painter's painter who devoted life to education and lecturing in the Arts as well as a large exhibition history. He was in more than 70 group exhibitions and had more than 20 one-man exhibitions.He was awarded numerous awards, prizes and fellowships. In the 1930s he was part of the WPA creating murals, in the 1940s, he founded a fabric design firm and Production Co. which was featured in Interiors magazine, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Women's Wear Daily. These were hand-printed fabrics and his clients were Nina Ricci, Hattie Carnegie, Lord & Taylor, and others. In 1962 Norman Carton opened his own Gallery, the Dewey Gallery, NY City.Carton's work is represented in over 200 private collections throughout the world and some of the following museums: The Whitney Museum of American Art, Albright-Knox Gallery, Norfolk Museum of Art, Chrysler Art Museum, Jewish Museum, Paris, Museum of Modern Art, Paris, Museum of Art, St. Denis, France.
ARTIST: H P Schaaf (American, early 20 century)NAME: Fishing or SchoolMEDIUM: gouache on boardCONDITION: Some age toning. Faint water damage along lower edge.SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 9 inches / 25 x 22 cmFRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)SIGNATURE: lower leftCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 118936US Shipping $42 + insurance.
ARTIST: Miguel Pou (Puerto Rico, 1880 - 1968)NAME: Landscape with Blooming TreeYEAR: 1929MEDIUM: oil on canvas boardCONDITION: Few faint scratches. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 12 x 15 inches / 30 x 38 cmFRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)SIGNATURE: lower leftCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 121016US Shipping $49 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Painter, draftsman, and teacher. In Ponce, Pou studied drawing under Pedro Clausells and painting under Spaniard Santiago Meana. After graduation from the Instituto Provincial de Puerto Rico he became a teacher. In 1910, he established an art school in Ponce, which he directed for forty years. In 1919 he studied at the Art Students League in New York and in 1935 at the Fine Arts Academy in Philadelphia. Along with Ramon Frade and Juan Rosado, he was one of Puerto Rico's most important realist painters of the first half of the twentieth century. His work has been recognized in Puerto Rico, the United States, and Paris, and his students include Horacio Castaing, Rafael Rios Rey, and Luis Quero Chiesa. In 2006, the Ponce Art Museum organized an exhibition that traveled to the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts; the exhibition included Pou's work as well as works by Francisco Oller and Jose Campeche. The influence of Impressionism may be seen in the importance Pou gave light and color in his paintings. He called himself a patriotic artist and he insisted that his work reflects the soul of Puerto Rico - the country people, the "salt of the earth" and the true features of its landscape.
ARTIST: Norman Carton (Pennsylvania, New York, France, 1908 - 1980)NAME: Abstract CompositionMEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Restretched. Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 8 x 8 inches / 20 x 20 cmFRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)SIGNATURE: lower right and on versoNAME VARIANTS: NOCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120477US Shipping $29 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Norman Carton was a painter's painter who devoted life to education and lecturing in the Arts as well as a large exhibition history. He was in more than 70 group exhibitions and had more than 20 one-man exhibitions.He was awarded numerous awards, prizes and fellowships. In the 1930s he was part of the WPA creating murals, in the 1940s, he founded a fabric design firm and Production Co. which was featured in Interiors magazine, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Women's Wear Daily. These were hand-printed fabrics and his clients were Nina Ricci, Hattie Carnegie, Lord & Taylor, and others. In 1962 Norman Carton opened his own Gallery, the Dewey Gallery, NY City.Carton's work is represented in over 200 private collections throughout the world and some of the following museums: The Whitney Museum of American Art, Albright-Knox Gallery, Norfolk Museum of Art, Chrysler Art Museum, Jewish Museum, Paris, Museum of Modern Art, Paris, Museum of Art, St. Denis, France.
ARTIST: Louis Hovey Sharp (California, New Mexico, Illinois, 1874 - 1946)NAME: Mountain Landscape - Lauterbrunnen Berner OberlandYEAR: 1938MEDIUM: oil on boardCONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 30 x 24 inches / 76 x 60 cmFRAME SIZE: 36 x 30 inches / 91 x 76 cmSIGNATURE: Lower leftCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingSKU#: 116509US Shipping $120 + insurance.AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USLouis Hovey Sharp (California, New Mexico, Illinois, 1874 - 1946)Born in Glencoe, IL on July 27, 1874, Louis Hovey Sharp studied with William Merritt Chase, Frank Duveneck, Charles Boutwood, and at the Art Institute of Chicago. He sketched for a brief time on the Hopi reservation in Arizona before moving to Pasadena, CA in 1914.For the next 15 years he kept studios both in Pasadena and Taos, NM. I n 1917 he spent many months painting in the Grand Canyon; in 1925 he was on the Monterey peninsula, and after 1929 lived for a time in the Austrian Tyrol.Sharp died in Pasadena on June 13, 1946.Member of California Art Club, Painters & Sculptors of LA.
ARTIST: Petrus Paulus Schiedges I (Netherlands, 1813 - 1876)NAME: Coastal Scene with Fishing BoatsYEAR: 1853MEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Relined. Restretched. Some stable craquelure. Some scattered inpaintings mostly in the sky. Wear to frame.SIGHT SIZE: 22 x 33 inches / 55 x 83 cmFRAME SIZE: 28 x 39 inches / 71 x 99 cmSIGNATURE: lower leftCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 121252US Shipping $120 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:The Hague painter Petrus Paulus Schiedges developed after his studies at the Hague Academy of Arts as a painter of the seaand river views with ships. Especially in his turbulent, romantic seas influence of the celebrated marine painter Louis Meijer, from whom he received advise in the 1940s, can be seen.Petrus Paulus Schiedges made an accurate study of the different types of ships that in his time sailed the Dutch waters, so that he was able to show them in the smallest details.
ARTIST: Cesar De Cock (Belgian, Flemish, 1823 - 1904)NAME: Landscape with CowsMEDIUM: oil on boardCONDITION: Normal wear along edges. No visible inpaint under UV light. Minor damages to frame.SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 16 inches / 25 x 40 cmFRAME SIZE: 13 x 18 inches / 33 x 45 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightNAME VARIANTS: Cesar De CochCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120709US Shipping $49 + insurance.
ARTIST: Felix Saturnin Brissot de Warville (France, 1818 - 1892)NAME: Landscape with Sheep HeardMEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Very good. Normal wear/paint losses along edges. Minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 25 1/2 x 36 inches / 66 x 91 cmFRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)SIGNATURE: lower leftCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 119399US Shipping $120 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Brissot de Warville is known for his paintings and drawings of rustic scenes with sheep and cattle. He was the Director of the Musee du Chateau de Compiegne and a prolific artist. His paintings are found in many museum collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and museums in Chartres, Amiens, Mulhouse, Reims, Rouen, Saint-Etienne, Sens, Strasbourg and Troyes. The most extensive collection of his work is in the museum in Compiegne.
ARTIST: Samuel Lancaster Gerry (Massachusetts, 1813 - 1891)NAME: Landscape with CowsMEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Missing one flake of paint by the lower edge. Minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. Minor damages to frame.SIGHT SIZE: 12 x 20 inches / 30 x 50 cmFRAME SIZE: 20 x 28 inches / 50 x 71 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 121035US Shipping $75 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Samuel Lancaster Gerry was an artist in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. He painted portraits and also landscapes of the White Mountains and other locales in New England. He was affiliated with the New England Art Union, and the Boston Artists' Association. In 1857 he co-founded the Boston Art Club.Born in Boston, Gerry was self-taught as an artist. He showed works in many public settings, such as the 1841 exhibit of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association; and an 1879 exhibit of contemporary art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He attended the 1860 convention of the National Art Association in Washington, DC. Students of Gerry included H. Frances Osborne, Samuel Green Wheeler Benjamin, Fannie Elliot Gifford, Charles Wesley Sanderson, and J. Frank Currier. With the exception of three years abroad, his professional life was passed chiefly in Boston.Like many 19th century artists, Samuel Lancaster Gerry began his career as a sign and decorative painter before looking abroad for inspiration. He traveled to England, France, Switzerland and Italy during the mid-1830s, befriending fellow artist George Loring Brown, and falling under the influence of Barbizon painter Constant Troyon. While remaining largely self-taught, Gerry eventually established himself as a successful genre and landscape artist in his hometown of Boston. There, he taught classes at the Tremont Street Studio Building, became a leading promoter of the arts, and exhibited in nearly every Boston Art Club exhibition from its inception until the year he died. He also exhibited at the National Academy, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Boston Athenaeum, and made frequent trips throughout New England and the Lake George region of New York procuring material for his poetic landscapes.
ARTIST: Norman Carton (Pennsylvania, New York, France, 1908 - 1980)NAME: Abstract CompositionMEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Restretched. Paint loss along left edge. Minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 5 x 11 inches / 12 x 27 cmFRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)SIGNATURE: lower right and on versoNAME VARIANTS: NOCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120481US Shipping $42 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Norman Carton was a painter's painter who devoted life to education and lecturing in the Arts as well as a large exhibition history. He was in more than 70 group exhibitions and had more than 20 one-man exhibitions.He was awarded numerous awards, prizes and fellowships. In the 1930s he was part of the WPA creating murals, in the 1940s, he founded a fabric design firm and Production Co. which was featured in Interiors magazine, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Women's Wear Daily. These were hand-printed fabrics and his clients were Nina Ricci, Hattie Carnegie, Lord & Taylor, and others. In 1962 Norman Carton opened his own Gallery, the Dewey Gallery, NY City.Carton's work is represented in over 200 private collections throughout the world and some of the following museums: The Whitney Museum of American Art, Albright-Knox Gallery, Norfolk Museum of Art, Chrysler Art Museum, Jewish Museum, Paris, Museum of Modern Art, Paris, Museum of Art, St. Denis, France.
ARTIST: Clarkson Dye (California, 1869 - 1955)NAME: LandscapeYEAR: 1926MEDIUM: oil on boardCONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame.SIGHT SIZE: 18 x 24 inches / 45 x 60 cmFRAME SIZE: 23 x 29 inches / 58 x 73 cmSIGNATURE: lower leftCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 119285US Shipping $75 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Born in San Francisco, CA on June 30, 1869, Clarkson Dye, as a teenager studied at the local School of Design under Virgil Williams, with further study under Burridge and Michelson in the East.Most of his life was spent as a resident of his native city at 2595 Union Street. He assisted Frank Van Sloun in 1936 in painting large murals in the rotunda of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts. At one time he lived in Phoenix, AZ and Mill Valley, CA with summers in Santa Barbara and Bon Air, CA.By 1941 he was a resident of Los Gatos, CA where he remained until his death on May 10, 1955. Some of his subject matter was derived from his travels in the Orient, South Seas, Europe, and the Southwest.His work includes landscapes and depictions of the San Francisco Bay area including many nocturnal street scenes with interiors of buildings discernible through the windows or half-open doors.Dye was a member of the Bohemian Club where many of his works are held.
ARTIST: George Vicat Cole (British, 1833 - 1893)NAME: Landscape with Horse Drawn CarriageMEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Relined. Minor paint losses mostly along edges. Some stable craquelure. Few very small scattered inpaintings/touch ups.SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 30 inches / 50 x 76 cmFRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)SIGNATURE: lower rightCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120026US Shipping $90 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:George Vicat Cole RA was an English painter.Cole was born at Portsmouth, the son of the landscape painter, George Cole (1810-1883), and in his practice followed his father's lead with marked success. He exhibited at the British Institution at the age of nineteen, and was first represented at the Royal Academy in 1853.His election as an associate of this institution took place in 1870, and he became an Academician ten years later.He died in London on 6 April 1893.The wide popularity of his work was due partly to the simple directness of his technical method, and partly to his habitual choice of attractive material.Most of his subjects were found in the counties of Surrey and Sussex, and along the banks of the Thames. One of his largest pictures, The Pool of London, was bought by the Chantrey Fund Trustees in 1888, and is now in the Tate Gallery.He was the father of the painter Rex Vicat Cole. He may have been related to the society portraitist Philip Tennyson Cole.His daughter Mary Blanche Cole (1858-1945), also an artist, married the artist Louis Paul (Alexander Louis Paul 1855-1927).
ARTIST: Laszlo Neogradi (Hungarian, 1896 - 1962)NAME: Country LandscapeMEDIUM: oil on boardCONDITION: Minor paint losses along edges. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 14 inches / 25 x 35 cmFRAME SIZE: 14 x 18 inches / 35 x 45 cmSIGNATURE: lower leftCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120915US Shipping $49 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Laszlo Neogrady was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1896. He was the son of the artist Anatal Neogrady, and he studied painting at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts under the artist Ede Ballo. Returning to Budapest, he became an art teacher, specializing in watercolor techniquesFrom 1922 Laszlo Neogrady exhibited his work at the Hungarian Art Gallery. He specialized in painting naturalistic landscapes many of which depicted forest scenes in the snow. The artists extensive use of impasto creates an almost three dimensional effect in these works. His use of light is usually dramatic and his landscapes are very atmospheric.The artist died on 27th August, 1962.
ARTIST: Norman Carton (Pennsylvania, New York, France, 1908 - 1980)NAME: Abstract CompositionMEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Restretched. Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches / 25 x 17 cmFRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)SIGNATURE: lower right and on versoNAME VARIANTS: NOCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120485US Shipping $42 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Norman Carton was a painter's painter who devoted life to education and lecturing in the Arts as well as a large exhibition history. He was in more than 70 group exhibitions and had more than 20 one-man exhibitions.He was awarded numerous awards, prizes and fellowships. In the 1930s he was part of the WPA creating murals, in the 1940s, he founded a fabric design firm and Production Co. which was featured in Interiors magazine, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Women's Wear Daily. These were hand-printed fabrics and his clients were Nina Ricci, Hattie Carnegie, Lord & Taylor, and others. In 1962 Norman Carton opened his own Gallery, the Dewey Gallery, NY City.Carton's work is represented in over 200 private collections throughout the world and some of the following museums: The Whitney Museum of American Art, Albright-Knox Gallery, Norfolk Museum of Art, Chrysler Art Museum, Jewish Museum, Paris, Museum of Modern Art, Paris, Museum of Art, St. Denis, France.
ARTIST: John Cairney (Scottish, British,19 Century)NAME: Landscape - Geilston Estate, Glasgow YEAR: 1878MEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Very minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 20 inches / 60 x 50 cmFRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)SIGNATURE: lower left and on versoCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120733US Shipping $60 + insurance.
ARTIST: Dorothy Fulton (New Jersey, Kansas, 1896 - 1970)NAME: Autumn Landscape (titled on stretcher)MEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. Minor damages to frame.SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 24 inches / 50 x 60 cmFRAME SIZE: 26 x 29 inches / 66 x 73 cmSIGNATURE: lower right and on stretcherCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120891US Shipping $75 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Born Uniontown, PA, Oct. 23, 1893; died Miami, FL, Jan. 1970. Painter, spec. landscape, still life, and portraits. Sculptor. Teacher. Studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Columbia University in New York, Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, University of Southern California, University of Kansas, Lawrence, and University of Pennsylvania. Pupil of Albert Laessle, Henry McCarter, Beckenridge, Daniel Garber, Hale, and George Bridgeman. Lived at 1620 College Avenue, Topeka in 1933. Served as head of the Art Dept. at Linden Hall in Lititz, PA from 1936-52 and as an instructor in the New Jersey Public schools from 1953.
ARTIST: Willi Geiger (Germany, 1878 - 1971)NAME: Landscape - SchwalmMEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: One small hole. Minor flaking. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 24 inches / 50 x 60 cmFRAME SIZE: 24 x 28 inches / 60 x 70 cmSIGNATURE: Lower rightCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingSKU#: 115094US Shipping $75 + insurance.AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USWilli Geiger (Germany, 1878 - 1971)The son of a teacher, Willi Geiger was born 1878 in Landshut. From 1898-99 he attended the Munich Arts and Crafts School, and later the Technical University, where he passed the state examination to teach drawing. Willi Geiger studied from 1903 with Franz von Stuck at the Munich Academy, including together with Hans Purrmann. He was awarded the National prize and the Schack scholarship for some of his early work and he traveled to Spain, Italy, and North Africa.[1] Willi Geiger was awarded the 1910 Villa Romana prize for his success as a graphic designer. He worked with Richard Dehmel, Frank Wedekind, and others.Geiger lived until 1914 in Berlin and presented in the gallery. Then he went back to Munich and became a professor at the School of Decorative Arts. He copied paintings by the great Spanish painters Goya, Velasquez, and El Greco and turned to portrait painting. Geiger's study of El Greco's work is reflected in his portrait of the composer Hans Pfitzner.After the seizure of power by the Nazis he was dismissed as a lecturer at the Leipzig Academy. He was politically opposed to the Nazi party, and his artworks were deemed "degenerate" by the authorities.[1] On retirement he continued to paint, and after the war, in 1946 taught again at the College of Fine Arts in Munich. In 1951 Willi Geiger received the Culture Prize of the City of Munich where he lived until his death in 1971.Willi Geiger's son, Rupprecht Geiger, also became a well-known artist and professor.
ARTIST: - (Europe, 19 century) NAME: Mountain Lake LandscapeMEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: One T-shaped tear 3" total lenght. Three punctures. One patch. Few minor paint losses. Normal wear along edges. Some craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. Some damages to frame.SIGHT SIZE: 21 x 30 inches / 53 x 76 cmFRAME SIZE: 27 x 36 inches / 68 x 91 cmSIGNATURE: unsignedCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 121176US Shipping $120 + insurance.
ARTIST: Harald Kurt Knut Ekwall (Sweden, Germany, 1873 - ?)NAME: Pastoral LandscapeMEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Two small tears (1 1/2" longest). Some craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. Minor damages to frame.SIGHT SIZE: 28 x 46 inches / 71 x 116 cmFRAME SIZE: 35 x 53 inches / 88 x 134 cmSIGNATURE: lower leftCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120869US Shipping $319 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Harald Knut-Ekwall was born on December 14, 1873 in Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany. He is the son of successful Swedish artist Knut Ekwall (1843-1912) and nephew of artist Emma Ekwall (1838-1930). Harald's birth came during a brief period of time when his father was studying art in Leipzig. He has several siblings who were also artists, many of whom have artwork in the marketplace that often is confused with Harald's and/or his father's. Harald Ekwall's father had studied at the Academy of Arts in Stockholm, and ultimately gained much acclaim and recognition for his skill as a xylographer (woodcut designer) and draftsman. Many of his father's works were reproduced as engravings, and some of his paintings are today considered national treasures of Sweden.Harald seems to have followed in his father's footsteps, painting in oils throughout his lifetime. In 1900 the 27 year old artist departed the European continent on a ship named Hermonthis, destined for Valparaiso, a cultural city center along the coast of Chile. According to public records, it appears that the artist remained in Chile for over a decade, eventually gaining Chilean citizenship. In 1912, he returned to Sweden, where he represented Chile in the 1912 Olympic Games held in Stockholm. He competed in Men's Shooting events including Free Pistol, Dueling Pistol, and Military Rifle. Harald Knut-Ekwall is recognized primarily as a maritime painter, although he is known to have branched out into other genres as well, including landscape and horses and riders in Western Style. It appears that many of his artworks were produced during his years in Chile, though no information has been gathered as to any specific artistic studies he may have undertaken during this time period.His works are usually signed "Harald Knut-Ekwall", while his father's works are typically signed "Knut Ekwall". Harald had at least four siblings, most of which were practicing artists. They often sign their paintings with their first initial followed by "Knut-Ekwall", possibly as a method to attract buyers who have knowledge of their famous father. One of the siblings signed their work "KE", with a backwards K and an E sharing a central vertical spine.There research into this artist is ongoing, and new facts and examples of his work are emerging over time. His legacy, though primarily that of a maritime painter, extends to an increasing number of other types of scenes as well.Unfortunately, little is known about the artist's fate after 1912. The date and location of his death remain unknown.
ARTIST: John R Alston (California, mid 20 Century)NAME: Mountain LandscapeMEDIUM: oil on canvas boardCONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 30 inches / 60 x 76 cmFRAME SIZE: 31 x 37 inches / 78 x 93 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 118834US Shipping $120 + insurance.
ARTIST: Jan M Beek (Netherlands, 19/20 century)NAME: LandscapeYEAR: early 20 centuryMEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Some craquelure. Minor paint losses along edges. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 17 x 32 inches / 43 x 81 cmFRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)SIGNATURE: lower rightCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 117649US Shipping $90 + insurance.
ARTIST: Clara Wagner Folingsby (New York,German, Australian, c.1839 - c.1873)NAME: Country LandscapeMEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. Some damages to frame.SIGHT SIZE: 9 1/2 x 19 inches / 25 x 48 cmFRAME SIZE: 18 x 27 inches / 45 x 68 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 118845US Shipping $75 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:German-born Australian painter.In 1859, she and her husband George Frederick Folingsby exhibited at the National Academy, giving their address as Appleton's 346 Broadway, NYC. At that time, however, they were more likely living in Munich (Germany). During the early 1850s couple lived in NYC.
ARTIST: Richard Hackett (California, Nevada, 1917 - 1989)NAME: Three NudesYEAR: 1974MEDIUM: oil on boardCONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 17 inches / 35 x 43 cmFRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)SIGNATURE: lower left and on versoCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 119997US Shipping $49 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Born in Brooklyn, NY on Jan. 7, 1917. Hackett came to the San Francisco Bay area as an infant. He was raised in Berkeley, Antioch, and Palo Alto and attended the public schools there. Having opted for an art career, he studied at the CSFA in 1936-39. He then spent a few years painting in the Mother Lode country and working for the U.S. Forest Service in the state of Washington. From 1944-46 he ran the art gallery at the SFMA. Following his marriage to artist Beverly Leslie, he settled in Nevada City, CA. He was active there as an artist until his demise on Feb. 4, 1989. His work includes scenes of the Mother Lode country, Mendocino coast, and the San Francisco Bay area. Exh: Univ. of Hawaii, 1939 (solo); Art Center School (Oakland), 1939; Calif. State Fair, 1957; Crocker Art Gallery, 1967 (solo).
ARTIST: Grant Wright Christian (Indiana, 1911 - 1989)NAME: Autumn LandscapeYEAR: 1989MEDIUM: oil on canvasCONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame.SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 40 x 50 cmFRAME SIZE: 21 x 25 inches / 53 x 63 cmSIGNATURE: lower rightCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120773US Shipping $75 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Grant Christian was born in Edinburg, Indiana on July 17, 1911 and eventually became a husband to Clara M. Schneider Christian and a father to Susan Ann Christian and Anthony B. Christian. He was not only a well-known artist, but also a prominent Indianapolis advertising executive. He studied at the John Herron Art Institute for six years, graduating in 1933. He also attended the Pennsylvania Academy for Fine Arts for one year. His most prominent teachers throughout his career included: William Forsythe, Clifton Wheeler, Frank Schoonover, and more.During the Great Depression, he entered many artistic competitions offered by the Works Progress Administration such as the Louisville Marine Hospital Mural Competition and the Lafayette Post Office Competition. Like William Kaeser, he participated in painting commissioned post office murals as a part of the New Deal. His mural Waiting for the Mail can be seen at the Nappanee post office.Prior to his time as a World War II veteran, Christian taught oil painting, watercolor, and composition at Indiana University from 1936-1937. In 1937, he joined the Art Department at Keeling & Company Advertising Agency where he went on to work for 37 years. During that time, he notably designed an eight year billboard series for Meridian Mutual Insurance. Later in 1951, he was elected vice president of the firm and a member of the board of directors. After the firm's merger in 1959, he began to serve also as the art director.After the office closed, he opened a free-lance studio called the Christian Studio. In 1972, he joined the Mathewson Group ad agency, where he later became vice president and art director also. As winner of many competitions and monetary awards for his paintings, Christian exhibited at annual Hoosier Salon shows, the Indiana Arts Club, the Indiana State Fair, Indiana Heritage Arts, the Swope Gallery of Terre Haute, the Grand Central Gallery in New York, and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C.
ARTIST: William Albert Hamilton Jr (California, Indiana, 1901 - 1984)NAME: Noya Landing (titled on verso) YEAR: 1974MEDIUM: oil on boardCONDITION: Very good. Minor paint losses along edges. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 18 x 24 inches / 45 x 60 cmFRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)SIGNATURE: lower leftNOTE: has artist's business card attached to versoCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 118736US Shipping $60 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:William Albert Hamilton Jr. was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on February 11, 1901. Hamilton moved to Los Angeles in 1915. He studied there at the Clay School of Art, Throop Institute, and privately with Edgar Payne. By 1930 he was selling his works through the Ainslie Gallery, most of which were large Post-Impressionist landscapes. He was often a painting partner of Gray Bartlett. He was a resident of Mission Viejo, CA at the time of his demise on December 29, 1984. Member: California Art Club; Painters & Sculptors of Los Angeles; San Fernando Artists Guild. Exhibited: Burbank Women's Club, 1950.
ARTIST: Elizabeth Galbraith McIntyre Jewell (Washington, Massachusetts, 1874 - 1956)NAME: Rocky SeascapeMEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board.CONDITION: Few minor paint losses/scratches. Some foxing. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 11 x 14 inches / 27 x 35 cmFRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available)SIGNATURE: lower right and on versoNOTE: has artist's estate stamp on versoNAME VARIANTS: Elizabeth Galbraith MacIntyreCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 120132US Shipping $42 + insurance.BIOGRAPHY:Elizabeth Galbraith Jewell was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1874. After graduating from Boston University in 1898, she became a teacher of Classics at Lawrence High School, where she met and married her husband Ernest C. Jewell. She began the serious pursuit of art after her children matured, and studied with some of the best-known painters of her time, including: Louis Morton, Charles Woodbury, Philip Leslie Hale, Henry W. Rice, Susan Ricker Knox, and George Loftus Noyes. She was very fond of color and developed her mature style under the direction of George Noyes, the noted Boston impressionist, who gave her lessons during the summers in Gloucester. She painted in Gloucester and Ogunquit, was a member of the Merrimack Valley Artist’s Association, and exhibited at Addison Galleries in Andover, Mass.
ARTIST: - (Texas, mid 20 century)NAME: Bluebonnets LandscapeMEDIUM: oil on canvas boardCONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light.SIGHT SIZE: 12 x 16 inches / 30 x 40 cmFRAME SIZE: 13 x 17 inches / 33 x 43 cmSIGNATURE: unsignedCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 121161US Shipping $49 + insurance.
ARTIST: - (Texas, mid 20 century)NAME: Bluebonnets LandscapeMEDIUM: oil on boardCONDITION: Good. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame.SIGHT SIZE: 9 x 12 inches / 22 x 30 cmFRAME SIZE: 11 x 14 inches / 27 x 35 cmSIGNATURE: unsignedCATEGORY: antique vintage paintingAD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT USSKU#: 119411US Shipping $42 + insurance.
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