Featured Paintings

This is an original oil on panel by American artist Gustave Wiegand.  The title written on the back is: Spring New Hampshire.  The painting measures 12X16 inches.  Signed lower right corner.  in the 1890’s Wiegand became a pupil of William Merritt Chase in New York. At that time Wiegand shared a studio in Brooklyn with four other artists: William S. Barrett, Paul Dougherty, George McCord and Harry Roseland.  Wiegand worked in the style of the American impressionists.  This painting was created circa 1920-30.

This is a fine original oil on canvas painting by American artist Daniel Strain 1847-1925.  This fine portrait of a Young Boy is signed upper left, and dated 1896.  The painting measures 18X16 inches.  Strain is best known for his portraits and landscape paintings.  One tiny spot of touchup, very minor.  Nicely housed in a gilt frame.

This is an original oil on canvas painting by American artist Gifford Beal.  The image is titled on the back on the original  label from Kraushaar Galleries in New York.  Flowers in a Paper.  The painting is initialed lower right "G.B."  The canvas measures 10X12 inches, it came to us from the Beal family in the original hand carved Frame with the D.Matt label on the back.  The painting is quite bright with some texture in the flowers. The frame itself measures 20X17 1/2 inches.

This is a very fine Hudson River School landscape, oil on academy board, 9 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches, c. 1880s, unsigned, in an ornate period gilt frame. Although this painting is unsigned it is quite well painted, evidently by a very competent artist.

This is an original watercolor, gouache and pencil drawing on illustration board, of two Nude Sunbathers by New York artist Gladys Rockmore Davis.  This drawing is hand signed in pencil lower image.  It measures an image of 7 1/2X12 1/2 inches, custom framed with archival boards.  The frame measures 17 1/2X22 1/2 inches.  Davis  was an American artist who worked in both commercial and fine arts. She gave up a career in advertising art to work in creative painting. Her chief subjects are children, nudes, and still lifes. She also painted ballet dancers, vignettes of liberated Paris, and scenes of Spain.  This work is in fine condition.

This is a fine original ink and watercolor painting by American artist Louis Orr.  This view of a Paris Courtyard is signed and dated lower right, Louis Orr, Paris, 1919.  The work measures 19 1/2X12 1/2 inches.  Very nice condition, rich color.  This painting is framed.  Orr was one of the most famous American artists in France.  He worked as an illustrator for the French Army in World War I...His works are in the Louvre.

This is a fine watercolor painting by British artist Myles Birket Foster (1825-1899)  The title is Along the Cornish Coast, created circa 1890 this painting has the artist's monogram 'BF" lower left corner.  The painting measures 8 1/2X20 inches, with the original gold matting in a modern gold frame.  Myles Birket Foster RWS was a British illustrator, watercolourist and engraver in the Victorian period. His name is also to be found as Myles Birkett Foster.

This is an original signed watercolor painting by American artist Gifford Beal.  This composition of Blue Flowers measures 16X20 inches, signed lower left.  It came to us in what appears to be the original natural oak frame.  This painting was given to us directly from the family of the artist.

This is an original watercolor painting by New England artist Horace R Burdick.  This painting is titled on an old label on the back as A New Hampshire Lake Side, dated, 1929.  With the artists Malden Mass address.  This painting is clearly signed lower right and nicely framed with archival material.  The painting itself measures 5X6 3/4 inches.  The overall frame measures 12 1/2X14 inches. 

This is an early Sicilian Donkey Cart Fragment, circa 1800.  Unsigned as usual.  THere is some writing on the bottom edge but is mostly worn away.  The thick oak board was cracked in the center and was repaired many years ago.  Still the color is rich and the composition is mostly intact.  This sort of decoration was in use in Sicily for hundreds of years as a decoration to their Donkey carts.  We feel this is from the mid to early 19th century.  The board measures 15X20 inches.

This is an original watercolor and gouache painting, artist unknown, most likely American circa 1930.  The image of what appears to be a writer or Poet giving a talk in a park setting.  The image measures 8 1/4X5 1/4 inches.  Nicely framed with archival materials.  This work, done on a blue toned paper is in very nice condition, clean and bright.

This is the third watercolor and gouache painting that we recently acquired.  All park scenes, all painted on a blue toned paper, nicely framed with archival materials.  We are unsure who this artist was, most likely one of the mid 1930's American Illustrators.  The image measures 8 1/4X5 1/4 inches. Unexamined out of the frame.  Probably a view in Central Park N.Y.