The White Horse - Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977), oil on canvas, 24 inches x 30 inches. Circa 1960's. Unsigned, but bearing the stamp of the Thomas R. Curtin Estate on the reverse, together with the estate's inventory number 167. In this appealing painting, Thomas Curtin has portrayed a farmer buck sawing a felled tree, whilst the viewer's attention is drawn to his white draft horse, which serves as the focal point of this work...
Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977) - Snowed In. Oil on artist board. Circa 1950's - early 1960's. Painting size: 15 1/2 inches X 19 3/4 inches. Signed by artist in lower right. In this painting, Thomas Curtin has depicted a small farm house buried in deep snow during the height of a New England winter...
Churchill Ettinger (American, 1903-1984) original watercolor painting titled "Powder at Diavolezza". Circa 1965. Size: 14 inches x 19.5 inches (sight). Churchill Ettinger is recognized for his many illustrations, etchings and paintings of sporting subjects. He studied at the National Academy of Design and at the Art Students League in New York City, and also taught at the New York School of Industrial Art...
Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977) landscape painting of a Red House in autumn. Oil on canvas board. Circa 1960. Size: 16 inches x 20 inches. Signed by the artist in the lower left and marked on the reverse with the Estate stamp of Thomas R. Curtin, together with the estate inventory #149. Excellent condition and recently cleaned. Offered in an antique 19th century gilded frame. Curtin was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts...
Alice Haigh Dixon (American, 1876-1956) - View looking toward Big Sur, California. Oil on canvas. Size: 18 inches x 22 inches. Signed in lower right.
An attractive scene of flowers along the California coastline by this San Francisco and Healdsburg painter. Offered in a gilded modern plein air frame. Minor paint loss to a small area just left of the signature.
Frank A. Stockwell (American, 1890-1970) Vermont landscape painting with covered bridge. Oil on canvas. Size: 36 inches x 48 inches. Circa 1950s. Excellent condition and offered in a giltwood frame. Frank Stockwell was a Buffalo, NY painter and illustrator. He was also an active member of the Scottish Rite Freemasons in that city. His painting "Degree Night in the Robing Room," captures a backstage scene in a Scottish Rite degree ceremony and is owned by the Buffalo Masonic Consistory...
Churchill Ettinger (American, 1903-1984) Vermont winter landscape with a skier, titled Blue Ribbon. Oil on artist board. Size: 9 inches x 12 inches. Circa 1950s. Signed by the artist on the reverse and titled, together with the artist's Weston, VT address. We believe that 'Blue Ribbon' refers to a ski trail by that name on Bromley Mountain...
Frederick J. Wilder (American, 1893-1977) - Autumn, Woodstock, Vermont. Oil on linen. Size: 16 inches X 20 inches. Frederick Wilder was born in Woodstock, Vermont, the son of the innkeeper and artist, Arthur B. Wilder, who was the long-time manager of the old Woodstock Inn. Frederick graduated from Harvard College and its graduate architectural school. He is known for his watercolor and oil landscapes, both around the Woodstock area and along the coast of Maine. He was a member of the Welle...
Jacob I. Greenleaf (American, 1887-1968) - 'Autumn Glory, Mount Monadnock, NH,' oil on linen landscape painting, circa 1950s, signed in lower right. Size: 25 inches x 30 inches. Excellent condition and offered in the original carved gold leaf frame, including artist's label which gives the title, Autumn Glory. There is also an exhibition label from the Boston Society of Independent Artists 16th Annual Exhibition, that shows the title as Autumn Gold with an original price tag of $275. Jacob G...
Paul Klee, after (German, born in Switzerland, 1879-1940), silkscreen print, Musique Diurne (Day Music). Edition: 153/300. Circa 1953. Sheet size: 19 inches x 25 inches. Image size: 13.75 inches x 20.5 inches. Klee painted the original of Musique Diurne (Day Music) in 1940, shortly before his death. This silkscreen was printed in 1953, in a limited edition of 300 prints, in Paris, by Wilfredo Arcay and was issued in the folio Edition Art D'Aujourd'hui: Maitres de L'Art Abstrait (Art of Toda...
Bernard Corey (American, 1914-2000) landscape painting of hills in late autumn. Oil on masonite. Size: 8.75 inches x 12 inches. Excellent condition and offered in a contemporary gilt wood frame. Signed. Bernard Corey was born in South Grafton, Massachusetts and is recognized as one of New England's premier landscape painters. He was a member of the Rockport Art Association, the Salmagundi Club, the Gild of Boston Artists and the North Shore Art Association.
Wassily Kandinsky, after (Russian, 1866-1944) screen print Gris, edition 153/300, circa 1953. Sheet size: 25 inches x 19 inches. Image size: 16 inches x 13.75 inches. Gris was originally produced by Kandinsky in 1931, from the Collection of the artist's widow, Nina Kandinsky. This silkscreen was printed in 1953, in a limited edition of 300 prints, in Paris, at the studio of Wilfredo Arcay, and was issued the same year in the folio, Edition Art D'Aujourd'hui: Maitres de L'Art Abstrait (Art of ...
Autumnal landscape painting of hillside farm by Bernard Corey (American, 1914-2000). Signed lower right and also in pencil on the verso. Oil on canvas laid on wood panel offered in a carved giltwood frame by Paul Carter Goodnow. Canvas size: 10" x 13.75". Excellent condition.
Well known for his finely rendered New England landscapes and shore scenes, Corey was a member of the American Watercolor Society (AWS), the Rockport Art Association, and the Salmagundi Club, among others. Since his dea...
Cesare A. Ricciardi (Italian/American, 1892-1973) oil on canvasboard marinescape of a Misty Morning in a New England harbor. Dated 1954. Size: 20 inches x 24 inches. Cesare Ricciardi emigrated from Italy to the United States as a young boy. His art studies began at the Philadelphia Sketch Club, but he eventually enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied with Thomas Anschutz, Cecilia Beaux, Hugh Breckenridge, Robert Henri and Leopold Seiffert. He is mainly known as ...
Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977) painting of a Mountain Road - Autumn. Oil on canvas. Circa 1950s. Size: 18 inches x 20 inches. Artist signature in lower right. In this work, Thomas Curtin directs our gaze away from the traces of early morning snow on a winding mountain road and out across to the sunny autumnal river valley and to the purple hills beyond. Excellent condition and recently placed upon a new stretcher. Offered in a period carved, gilt wood frame. Thomas Curtin was bor...
Burgoyne A. Diller (1906-1965), untitled abstract and geometric mixed media drawing. Graphite and crayon on tissue paper. Initialed 'd' and dated '52' (1952.) This drawing bears exhibition labels from the Walker Art Center of Minneapolis, MN, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, as well as from Noah Goldowsky, Inc. Fine Arts, of New York. Condition is very good. Size: 15.25 inches x 8 inches (sight). Burgoyne Diller is considered to have been the pioneer of 'minimalism' in America.
Thomas R. Curtin (American, 1899-1977) - Rushing Stream. Oil on masonite. Mid 20th century. Size: 18 inches x 24 inches. Estate stamp signature in lower right and marked on reverse with estate stamp and estate inventory #315. Excellent condition and recently professionally cleaned. Offered in an antique 19th century gilt frame. In this painting, Thomas Curtin shows a stream rushing through a pastoral landscape in summer, with green pastures and farms scattered amongst the hills. Curtin was bo...
Marion Huse (American, 1896-1967) oil on canvas - Haying in Vermont. Size: 22 inches x 30 inches. Circa 1950s. Incised signature in lower left corner. Sympathetically framed in an antique, flat profile 4 inches wide dark oak frame. Excellent condition. In this bold landscape Huse's technique makes use of a palette knife to accentuate the clouds and outlines of the mountains, while adding strong colors of orange and yellow for the active work in the hayfield in order to form a contrast with t...