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Charles Baxter
(English 1809-1879)(p)
The Letter(p)
Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right(p)
Painting: 24” x 20”(p)
Frame: 36” x 32”(p)
Baxter was born in London the son of a bookclasp maker and started his career apprenticed to a bookbinder. He soon gave that up in favor of life as a professional portrait and miniature artist. In 1834 he began studying with portrait artist George Clint and later that year exhibited at the Royal Academy for the first time...
Arthur Heyer (German/Hungarian, 1872-1931)
White Cat in the Tall Grass Oil on canvas, signed lower right Painting Size: 16” x 20” Frame Size: 22.5 “ x 26.5” 11117 Heyer was born in Haarhausen, Germany and studied at the College of Applied Arts in Berlin. In 1896 he moved to the village of Rakospalota near Budapest where he lived until his death... Charming Portrait of a Horse, his Trainer and Jockey
English School, 1834 Oil laid down to panel "The Cardinal" was an Irish horse (owned by a Mr. Miles) who won The Chester Cup in 1834
Painting: 10" x 14.25"
British Three Masted Ship in the Bay of Naples
Italian School, Circa 1870. Before photography, ship captains, owners or pasangers would commission local artists to paint their ship in foriegn ports, Here we see a ship in the Bay of Naples with Mount Vesuvius in the background
Ptg. : 10.5" x 16" The Scottish Traveler
British School, Circa 1870 Charming Genre Scene showing a traveler beseiged by begging children. The Victorians loved this type of painting that "tells a story", Note how the little girl staring straight out pulls you into the picture
Ptg: 27" x 33"
Frants Henningsen
(Danish, 1850-1908)(p)
The Captain’s Tales(p)
Oil-on-canvas, signed on the
stretcher and dated 1889(p)
Painting: 24 ¾” x 33 ¾”(p)
Frame: 32 ¾” x 42”(p)
SAFA/10858
Henningsen was born in Copenhagen and studied art at the Danish Academy. In 1877, he traveled to Paris and studied with Léon Bonnat...
J. Murday (British fl 1837-1911)
A Tri-aspect of a Topsail Trading Schooner off South Foreland (Cliffs of Dover) Oil-on-canvas; verso label: Wm. Blair, Ltd, Bethesda, Maryland
Painting: 24” x 36” Murday was an accomplished painter of ship portraits and shipping scenes whose works were often signed and dated in the second half of the 19th century... Henry Perlee Parker (1795-1873)
“On the qui vive” (The Smuggler) Oil on canvas , titled, signed and dated on the reverse "QUI VIVE" (A French phrase meaning long live who? (a sentry’s challenge), used to mean a state of alertness or watchfulness.)
Painting: 30" x 25" One of the best-known painters working in north-east England during the early nineteenth century Henry Perlee Parker specialized in pictures of marine subjects and smu... Lina Krause (German,1857-19)
Old Master Style Still Life Oil on Panel, signed Provanance: Noortman Master Paintings, Maastrick
Painting: 9.75" x 7.25" John Charles Maggs.(British,1819 - 1896 )
The London to Bath Coach Pulling up to the Spaniards Tavern, Bath, England in 1884 Oil on Canvas, signed, and dated l.r.
Painting: 14: x 26" A newly discovered gem from one of England's best coaching painters. John Charles Maggs (1819–1896) was a painter best known for his coaching scenes. He was born in Bath, England in 1819, his father being a furniture japanner there...
Portrait of the British Schooner "ESTHER"
Oil on canvas, 19th century Signed indistinctly lower right "Wm Mc *****" and dated
Painting: 21" x 28.5" Ship portraits, such as this, were commissioned by the new owner often time itinerant artists who traveled around different boat builders looking for work... The Pensive Shepherdess
(British School, 19th Century) Oil on canvas, Unsigned
Painting size: 30” x 20” This sweet genre painting of a shepherdess with her flock reflects the theme of the child-of-nature, a sensibility embraced by Victorians during the 19th century. The figure’s youth and comely face convey innocence, while her steadfast pose next to the goldenrod suggests that she is at ease in her environment.
French School,
Late 19th/early 20th Century
Young Girl with Paper Dolls Oil-on-canvas, Unsigned
Oval: 19” x 14 ¼” This charming study of a young girl intent on cutting out paper dolls is reminiscent of works by Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt and Pierre-Auguste Renoir (his earlier works). She is beautifully captured with her rosebud lips, her hair tied up in a bow, a lacy pinafore over her navy dress and stockinged legs ...
Jaume Muxart I Domènech
(Spanish, 1922-2019)
Bullfight Acrylic on panel, signed Painting: 13 ¾” x 19 ½” Muxart was a Catalan painter, part of the Grup Taüll of avant-garde artists. His work shows a strong expressionist character with structured figurative motifs. Muxart was of a generation of artists that developed during the years of the Franco regime...
Dirk Ocker
(Dutch, 1882-1958)
Blossoms and Bugs Oil-on-canvas, signed on reverse
Painting: 20 ¼” x 17 ¾”
Henry Maidment signing as R. Fenson
(British, fl. 1889-1914)
Stepping Stones Oil on canvas, signed
Painting size: 9” x 12” Maidment was a painter in oil of rural scenes and landscapes. He is variously catalogued as Robin or Robert Fenson but usually just signed “R. Fenson” in red, often with a date. This was a pseudonym for Henry Maidment who also was known to have signed “A. Wynn”... Henry Maidment (British, fl. 1889-1914)
Farm by a Pond Oil on canvas, signed lower right
Painting: 24" x 30" Maidment was a painter in oil of rural scenes and landscapes. He also used the pseudonyms of "R. Fenson" and “A. Wynn”. Dated examples of his work have been seen spanning from 1898 until 1914... Adrian Wiszniewski (Scottish b. 1958)
Byron and Annabella Oil on canvas, titled on front and signed on reverse
Painting: 10" x 12" Adrian Wiszniewski was born in Glasgow in 1958. He was educated at the Mackintosh School of Architecture and then the Glasgow School of Art from 1979 to 1983. He was influenced by New Image painting in the early 1980s, combining figurative art with social commentary...
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