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...

Cascading Stream

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right

Painting Size: 30” x 40”
Frame Size: 38 ” x 48”

Max Weyl was born Dec. 1, 1837, in Germany and immigrated with his family to Williamsport, PA in 1853. At this time and after his arrival in Washington, DC in 1861, Weyl earned his living as an itinerant watch repairman...

Young Woman in Blue

Oil-on-panel, monogrammed lower right and inscribed on the reverse “Sarah P.B. Dodson, Paris 1884”

Painting Size: 8.75” x 6.25”
Frame Size: 12.75 ” x 10.5”

Sarah Paxton Ball Dodson was born in Philadelphia and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts under Christian Schussele. In 1873 she moved to Paris where she studied with Luminals, Lefebvre and Boutet de Monvel...

Daisies and Roses in a Chinese Jar

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower left and dated “June 1903”

Painting Size: 30” x 22.75”
Frame Size: 36 ” x 28.75”

Wilson was born in Glasgow and studied at the Glasgow School of Art as well as in London and Antwerp. He traveled widely, working in America, India, Persia, Russia and Europe...

Two Views of the West of England

A pair of oils on canvas, retaining Frost and Reed Gallery labels.

Sight Size: 10.25" x 13"
Canvas Size: 12" x 14 1/2"
Frame Size: 17.5" x 20"

Born at Atherstone, Warwickshire, England on May 17th, 1815, Syer studied with J. Fisher, a miniaturist, and settled in Bristol. Syer was one of the prime favorites of the Victorian era...

"The Old Ship Victory off Southampton Water"

Signed lower left and titled on an old label on the reverse.

Painting: 26" x 17.25"
Frame size: 32" x 23"

Colls was a painter of shipping and coastal scenes who lived in Camden Town, London and exhibited at the British Institution from 1852-4. The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich has a pair of his paintings. Denys Brook-Hart (see below) comments "Ebenezer Colls' pictures ar...

A Venice Backwater

Oil on canvas, signed lower left.

Provenance: J.B. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia

Painting size: 16.5” x 29.25”
Frame size: 28" x 40.5"

One of the last of the long line of View Painters of Venice, Antonio Maria de Reyna Manescau was born in 1859 in Malaga and was a student at L’École des Beaux-Arts of Malaga and a pupil of Joaquin Martinez de la Vega. He first painted mostly genre...