Lake Scene in Western Maryland

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right and dated “1861”

Painting Size: 8 ½”” x 16”
Frame Size: 12.5” x 20”

Thompson was a landscape, historical and portrait painter, born in Baltimore where he studied law with his father. In 1859 Thompson decided to become and artist and opened a studio in Baltimore...

Lady in Renaissance Dress

Oil on Panel, retaining exhibition label on reverse

Painting Size: 12.5" x 9.5"
Frame Size: 18.5" x 15.5"

This portrait is very much in the Pre-Raphaelite manner and shows the influence of such artists as Burne-Jones and Rossetti; the young woman having a somewhat mournful visage, strong chin and Roman nose, her red hair drawn back in a chignon and garlanded with pearls while she is garbed in a Renaissan...

Ravello (Italy)

Watercolor on paper, signed, located and dated "1901"

Sight size: 21" x 14"
Frame Size: 28" x 21"

Louis Warren Pulsifer was born in Newtonville, MA, Dec 2, 1869, the son of Royal MacIntosh and Clara Stacy (Keys) Pulsifer. He graduated from Harvard in 1890 and he went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and took the course in architecture...

Tenting the Seedlings

Watercolor on Paper, signed lower right

Sight Size: 9.5" x 13.5"
Frame Size: 13.25" x 17.25"

The son of a drawing master, Brown studied at the Royal Scottish Academy Schools before moving to London in 1890. He was a landscape and domestic genre scene painter...

Macbeth

Oil on artist board

Provenance: Sycamore Farm, Portsmouth, VA (Estate of Robert Vick and Charles Sibley)

Note: Listed in "The National Academy of Design Exhibition Record 1861-1900" page 249, number 482.

Painting Size: 6 ½” x 6 ½”
Frame Size: 10” x 10”

Born in Ireland, Duggan was brought to the United States as a young child, probably around 1810...

Chickens and Rooster

Oil-on-Panel, signed lower right

Painting: 12.5" x 9.25"
Frame: 18.5" x 15.25"

Federico Jiménez Fernandez was born in Madrid in 1841 and trained at the School of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving of San Fernando where he studied with José Gonzalez Bande. He traveled to Paris to continue his studies, as did so many other artists of the time...

The Canyon

Watercolor on paper, signed lower left

Sheet Size 15.5" x 22"
Mat size: 19.5 x 26.5" (unframed)

Dodge MacKnight began his career as a painter of theatre scenery. From 1883-1891 he traveled to Europe to study at Fernan & Cormon in Paris and exhibited at the Paris Salon (1885-87) and at John S. Sargent’s Studio, London (1890). He became a friend of Van Gogh’s in Arles...

The Flower Seller

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower left

Painting: 27.75" x 21"
Frame: 36.75" x 32.25"

The flower seller was a popular scene in mid 19th century art. Souillard has captured a charming moment with a gentlewoman about to buy a bouquet from the young florist, surrounded by a captivating display of flowers including geraniums, hollyhocks, lilacs and roses.

Barbizon Landscape with Pond

Oil on artist board, signed lower left

Painting: 15" x 22"
Frame: 26" x 33"

Little biographical information has been published on Picault. Judging by available images of his work, he was heavily influenced by the Barbizon artists such as Jacque, Diaz and Dupré who were painting in the Forest of Fontainbleau...

Morning Light

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower left

Painting Size: 19.75” x 25.5”
Frame Size: 24 ” x 30”

Brasseur was a painter and designer who specialized in religious art as well as genre scenes, portraits and nudes.He was a student at the Saint-Luc School in Schaerbeek where he spent his last year as a scene painter. He adopted a Neo-Gothic style, typical of that school...

Wonderfully Naive Painting of a Lighthouse and Crashing Surf, circa 1880.

Painting: 16" x 28"
Frame: 19' x 31"

"Solitude"

Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. and signed and titled on the reverse.

Paintiing: 30" x 36"
Frame: 38" x 44"

EUGENE DUNLAP was a resident of Pasadena, CA., and is best known for landscapes & coastal scenes of Southern California. He was born in Los Angeles, California on October 22, 1916. Dunlap grew up in Los Angeles and began painting at age eight...

Impressionist Landscape with Stream

Oil on Canvas laid down, Signed and Retaining an Exhibition Pamphlet from a 1920 exhibit.

Painting: 21" x 26.5"
Frame: 26.5" x 22.5"

Louyot was born in La Lobe in the Lorraine region of northern France. He was the second son of a prominent family in the town of Arry where his father was the mayor...

After the Shower

Oil on Canvas, laid down on board, signed l.r. and dated "(18)93" titled on a paper label on the frame

Painting: 22" x 29"
Frame: 35" x 42"

John Noble Barlow was a prominent English artist at the turn of the twentieth century, well known for his large landscapes, seascapes, sunsets, moonrises and autumnal scenes. He was born in Manchester, England in 1861...

The Old Stone Wall

Oil on canvas, signed and dated: "1889"

Painting: 14" x 20"
Frame: 22.5” x 27.5”

Franklin DeHaven was born in Blufton, Indiana. According to a local newspaper of the day, “DeHaven related that when about 13 years of age he had an intense desire to paint landscapes...

An Artist at Work

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower left and dated “1863”

Painting Size: 22.25” x 18”
Frame Size: 31.25 ” x 27.25”

This charming portrait of a young woman artist at work is a wonderful depiction of the painter and her tools. Her subject of a vase of flowers with fruit sits on a table to her right. The sturdy adjustable easel has a shelf where she has laid out her tubes of pigments...

Contemplation

Oil-on-canvas, signed upper right

Painting Size: 14.25” x 19”
Frame Size: 21.25” x 26.25”

Originally from Chicago, MacEwen rose to fame as a talented expatriate artist of the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries. Cosmopolitan and versatile, he produced works in varying genres and styles, but was best known for his charming depictions of rural Dutch life...