William H. Littlefield (American, 1902-1969)

Backyard, Falmouth (Massachusetts)

Mixed Media on grey paper (laid down), Signed lower left and dated: "1940" and signed, titled and dated on the reverse.

Painting: 17.75" x 24"
Frame: 22.25" x 28.5

Littlefield was born in Roxbury, MA and studied at Harvard. He studied with Canadian born impressionist Adeline Wolever...

I. or J. Hoffmann (German, 19th - 20th century)

Cart in a Courtyard

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right and dated β€œ1906”
Frame retains a label from the Exhibition: Munchener Jahres-Ausstellung 1910 im Kgl...

Echo Bridge, Boston

by Henry Turner Bailey (American, 1865–1931)

Oil on canvas, signed. and retaining a typewritten label on the reverse.

Painting: 19.5" x 30"
Frame: 23.5" x 34"

Henry Turner Bailey was an artist, printmaker, teacher and writer. Born in North Scitiuate, Massachusetts, Bailey attended the Massachusetts Normal Art School and studied in Boston and Europe before settling in Cleveland, Ohio...

Nathaniel Everett Green (English, 1823 - 1899)

Port St. Jean (St.-John Cap-Ferrat, France)

Watercolor on paper, signed lower right, titled lower left

Painting Size: 11” x 20.75” (Unframed)

Green was a primarily a watercolorist, specializing in landscapes, buildings and interiors. He studied at the Royal Academy alongside Leighton, Millais and Rossetti...

A rare set of twelve original watercolor paintings on pith (often mistakenly referred to as rice paper), Pith comes from the central column of a spongy cellular tissue in the stem of a small tree, Tetra Panax Papyifera, native to South-West China. It is cut by hand with a small, delicate knife into thin sheets of small size. The size is limited by the nature of the material and the process requires a highly skilled hand...

A rare set of twelve original watercolor paintings on pith (often mistakenly referred to as rice paper), Pith comes from the central column of a spongy cellular tissue in the stem of a small tree, Tetra Panax Papyifera, native to South-West China. It is cut by hand with a small, delicate knife into thin sheets of small size. The size is limited by the nature of the material and the process requires a highly skilled hand...

Luise von Begas-Parmentier (Austrian 1850-1920)

River Landscape in Spring

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right

Painting Size: 23.5”” x 18.25”
Frame Size: 29.75 ” x 24.25”

A painter of landscapes and architecture, Begas-Parmentier was the wife of artist d’Adalbert Begas. She studied with the landscape painter Emil Jakob Schindler and the etcher Wilhelm Unger. At the age of 22 she began to exhibit scenes of rural Austria at the KΓΌnstlerhaus ...

Venetian Canal

Y. Gianni (Italian 19th/20th Century)

Oil on canvas laid on panel signed and dated: β€œ1908”.

One of the Gianni family of painters who usually worked in watercolor and pastels and produced views of Italian coastal towns.

Painting size: 16” x 16”
Frame size: 20.25” x 20.25”

Ferdinand Leeke (German 1859-1923)

The Art Critics

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right, located β€œMeran” and dated β€œ1906"

Painting Size: 39.5” x 31.75”
Frame Size: 48.25 ” x 40”

A painter of historical, genre and allegorical scenes, Leeke studied at the Munich Academy under Johann Herterich and with the Hungarian genre and landscape painter Alexander von Wagner...

James Bucknell Russell (Scottish 1867-1956)

Bountiful Table

Oil on Canvas, signed lower left and dated "1902
With the address of β€œSH Hunter, Esq., 99 Belgravia Sq., London” on a tag tied to the basket.

Painting: 30" x 50"
Frame: 40" x 59.5"

James Bucknell Russell was the son of John Russell and his second wife Isabella Craigen and followed in his fathers footsteps as a carver and painter of fish and game...

Charles A. Watson (American, 1857-1923)

Crashing Surf

Oil on artist board, signed.

Painting size: 6” x 8”
Frame size: 9.5” x 11.5”

Watson was born in Baltimore, MD. He studied with A. Castaigne, E.S. Whiteman and D. Woodward. A founding member of the Baltimore Charcoal Club, he was also a member of the Baltimore Watercolor Club. Watson exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition in 1906...

Tabletop Still Life with Glass Vases

Henri Dominique Roszezewski (French, 19th/20th century)

Oil on panel, signed.

A painter of landscapes and still lifes, Roszezewski studied under Maillard...

John White (English, 1851-1933)

Woodland Fall Landscape

Oil on panel, signed in lower left corner, β€œJN White, R.I.”

Painting size: 6.75” x 10”
Frame size: 10.5” x 13.5”

Known for his rustic genre paintings and landscapes, White attended the Royal Scottish Academy. By 1877, he moved to Devon and exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, the Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street and the New Watercolor Society...

Lily Gabriella Spandorf (American, 1915-2000)

The Church of the Covenant

Watercolor on paper, signed.

Sight size: 23” x 17” Frame size: 30.25” x 24.25”

Before making her home and career in Washington, DC, Spandorf was educated at the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna, Austria. However, once she settled in Washington, she became an active participant in the art community...

Boy with Bubble

F.W...

Ray Austin Crooke (Australian, b. 1922)

Men Resting and Family on Beach, a pair of paintings

Oils on masonite, signed.

Painting size: 6” x 9”
Frame size: 9.5” x 12.5”

Crooke began painting at the age of 17 when his war service in the Australian Air Force took him to Borneo and the islands north of Australia. After the war, he remained in the area for a number of years before seeking additional artistic training at Swinburne Technical College under Roge...

Street Scene in Tunisia

Porter Woodruff (American, early/mid-20th century)

Gouache on paper, inscribed: β€œTo Ella, Porter Woodruff”.

Provenance: from the Estate of Ella Poe Burling, Washington, DC.

Woodruff, a painter and illustrator, exhibited at the Salons of America in 1934. He created a striking Art Deco cover for Vogue in 1928 and is listed in Who Was Who in American Art by Falk.

Sight size: 23.5” x 19”
Frame size: 31” x 25.5”

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Clark Marshall (American, 1862-1944)

Summer Landscape

Oil on canvas, signed lower right

Painting size: 14.5” x 22.5”
Frame size: 19” x 27”

A native of Talbot County on Maryland's Eastern Shore, Marshall became a highly regarded landscapist, painting mainly in the impressionist manner. Solo exhibitions of his work were held at the Peabody Institute and at The Baltimore Museum of Art. A student at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, he later ex...