Thomas Sidney Moran

(American, early 20th century)

Crashing Surf

Oil on panel, signed lower right: “T.S. Moran”.

Painting size: 9” x 13”
Frame size: 15” x 19”

Though sometimes confused with the famous landscape painter Thomas Moran, further research by Edan Hughes ("Artists in California 1786-1940") shows that this artist with a middle name of Sidney, is not the same.

Portrait of a Red Haired Gentleman

American School, early 19th Century

Oil on canvas with a pencil inscription lower left: “Jacob Lam...t, born: April 4th, 1798”.

Painting size: 18.25” x 13.75”
Frame size: 22.25” x 17.75”

Judging by the gentleman’s frock coat, collar and hair style, this was probably painted circa 1820.

Bernardo Hay (British/Italian 1864-1931)

Venice: Sunlight and Shadow

Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right and dated “1899”

Painting Size: 37.75” x 23.5”
Frame Size: 47.5 ” x 33”

Although usually listed as a British artist, Hay was born in Florence and spent most of his life in Italy, primarily in Venice, Capri, Naples and briefly in Bruges...

Gordon Hope Grant (American,1875-1962)

Inlet with Beached Boats

Watercolor on Paper, signed lower right: "Gordon Grant A.W.S" and dated: "1951" (laid down on acid free foam core)

22.25" x 30.25", unframed

Born in San Francisco, Gordon Grant is known for his etchings and paintings of marine subjects. Grant sailed around Cape Horn to England at the age of twelve, where, at his father's wish, he attended the Fife Academy in Scotland...

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 “1906”
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 Künstlerhaus ...

Venetian Canal

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

Oil on canvas laid on panel signed and dated: “1908”.

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 “Meran” and dated “1906"

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 “SH 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, “JN 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. She held memberships in the Washington Press Club and Artist’s Equity Association, as well as t...