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35" x 48" and 42.5" x 55" in the frame. Note this work has been overcleaned and requires restoration for its best advantage. Rarely does one encounter a bright Old Master landscape. This work is likely 18th c the stretcher is replaced and dates well into the 19th C.

Watercolor on paper, 14" x 18" unframed and in custom mat. An American who was best known in Germany where he spent most of his career, Frank Herrmann created work that embraced Beaux-Arts Academic Realism to Impressionism to the New Objectivity. He was a founding member of two important groups of the German avant-garde centered in Munich: the Munich Secessionist Group , SEMA, that included his friend, Paul Klee, and the New Secession of German Artists, led by Wassilj Kandinsky. Herrmann ...

Oil on canvas, signed verso, 30" x 36" canvas. 36" x 42" in the frame that could be re gilt. Excellent Allegorical work in pleasant pastel colors. Biography from Butler Institute of American Art From an unsigned biographical sketch of Charles Mills : Charles E. Mills was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., January 29, 1856 and died December 2, 1956 in Dedham, Mass. After one year in Allegheny College, he went to Europe in 1878. There he joined the Duveneck School and studied in Germany and I...

Oil on panel, laid down on panel, 8 7/8" x 13 3/4" signed lower right. In gilt frame approx 15" x 20" Bright impressionist sprint landscape about 1895-1905. bio from askart.com: Born Ft. Leavenworth, June 2, 1868; died Chicago, Aug. 3, 1941. Studied at Art Institute of Chicago; in New York under Inman, in Paris at the Academié Julian under William Bouguereau and Tony Robert Fleury from 1886-90, and in Rome in the British Academy under Senor José Gallegos. SOURCES: Susan Craig, "Biogra...

Watercolor on paper, signed upper right 22" x 17.5" framed and matted in gilded frame approximately 30" x 26" overall. Resembles a Tarbell and wonderfully painted. I assume sitter is in the Boston area. Jacob Wagner (1852 - 1898) Jacob Dutweiler Wagner was active/lived in Massachusetts / Germany. Jacob Wagner is known for landscape, portrait, genre and coastal scene painting.

24" x 36" oil on canvas signed lower left. Inscribed in artists's hand "Canada Geese" bio from askart: He is the grandson W. Harry Smith who was well known for his etchings of the Boston area including those purchased by Harvard University and M.I.T. and exhibited at The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. He is also the nephew of the late Hugh Knight Smith and the late Paul Devon Smith, brothers whose oils and watercolors were exhibited in the Cape Ann area for many years. Mr. James' studi...

12.5" x 15.5" oil on canvas board, signed lower left, in what appears to be the original carved and gilded arts and crafts frame 16" x 20" California landscape. Bio from ask art.com: A landscape and marine artist, George Symons was one of America's more noted plein-air painters who combined styles of impressionism and realism. His works are cited for their energy and simplicity, and he often did panoramic views. He was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1861, with the name of George Gardner S...

16" x 14" Oil on paper, and 26" x 23" in the frame and mat. Signed lower right and dated 1960. bio from askart: The following is from an interview with the artist conducted by Aline Brandauer, Santa Fe, August 4, 2008: Jason Berger is one of the last painter's painter. On a lovely afternoon this July, I had the chance to speak with this charming, intense eighty-three-year-old while he smoked an old and elegant Meerschaum pipe. ... Berger was born in Malden, Massachusetts in 1924. A...

22.5" x 29 3/4" watercolor on paper. Signed and dated 1990. 33" x 39.5" framed. Bio from askart.The following is from an interview with the artist conducted by Aline Brandauer, Santa Fe, August 4, 2008: Jason Berger is one of the last painter's painter. On a lovely afternoon this July, I had the chance to speak with this charming, intense eighty-three-year-old while he smoked an old and elegant Meerschaum pipe. ... Berger was born in Malden, Massachusetts in 1924. A clever student, ...

Oil on canvas laid down on masonite, signed. 12" x 18" image size and framed. Inscribed verso. Bio from ask art: From "New Hampshire Scenery" by Catherine Campbell 1985: Walker, Charles Alvah Born Loudon, NH 1848 Died Brookline, MA 1925 Walker was a versatile artist who used oils, etching, wood and steel engraving, and monotype as media for expression. He exhibited at the NAD from 1884 to 1892 as well as at the Boston Art Club and Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association...

24" x 30" canvas size, bright Impressionist Fall view by this Italian born artist who painted in New York state. This lovely work likely painted in the 1930's. Framed and depicts the Delaware River valley.

15" x 20" watercolor on paper laid down on Canvasboard. Dated 1942. Depicting Arizona desert. Offered in a mat and unframed. Bio from askart.com: A painter, teacher, etcher, illustrator, and author, he was a multi-talented man who won numerous prizes for watercolor and etching and also illustrated and wrote children's books including "Plants of Sun and Sand." From the mid-1930s, he directed the Gerry Peirce Watercolor School in Tucson, Arizona. He was born in Jamestown, New York, and...

53 1/4" x 37 5/8" Oil on canvas. Provenance: Christies, NY, 1999. An 18th C work. Price pending frame.

12.5" diameter and approx. 32 oz. Note light scratches on surface and with original engraving removed. Shell and scroll border and with three scrolled feet. hallmarks are easily visible. Maker's mark of Robert Abercromby, London, 1739

Oil on canvas, approx. 23" x 28.5" and in nice Italian frame. Depicting a curious view of Joseph being sold by his brothers and this work is part of a series done by the artist. This work was sold at Christie's NY, April 06/2006 for $9600. Dandini worked in Florence and Rome and is very well listed in all references.

Remigio Cantagallina, Italian 1582-1630 Drawing Net Size: 5 5/8" x 8". This drawing has is framed with a mat. Provenance: Janos Scholz, NYC, The Drawing Shop, NYC. 1961 #31 in the catalog. Back wash sepia on paper . Figures along a stream. Note Janos Scholz was a premier collector of Drawings of this type and Period. A large group of his drawings have been exhibited in many museums. Remigio Cantagallina (c. 1582–1656) was an Italian etcher active in the Baroque period. He was...

26 1/2" x 34 1/8" oil on canvas, Has later frame. Signed "Sta... Fortin.." cannot quite make this out still looking.

17th Century Old Master Dutch Portrait of a Gentleman. This Old Master painting is Oil on canvas and measures 30.5 inches tall by 25.5 inches wide. In the frame the painting measures 32 inches wide and 36 inches tall. Has a monogram related to the sitter in the lower right corner.