Oil on canvas, 25.5" x 35.5" view on the Copper river, near Cordova, Alaska--fully signed and dated 1914 lower left. Sewell painted Alaska views and this is an exemplary example of his tour to Alaska. Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store:
Painter, muralist. Born in NYC in 1860. Sewell studied in Paris with Lefebvre and Boulanger. His known works include landscapes and coastals of California. He maintained a studio home in Oyster Bay, NY and died while vacationing in Florence, Italy on Nov.... Click for details
Oil on canvas, signed lower right. View of Mount Chocoura from the lake, 15" x 22"--bio from askart.com: Hendricks A. Hallet was primarily a marine and historical painter, and was most noted for his watercolors.
He studied briefly in both Antwerp and Paris, and then returned to Boston to further pursue his education and career as a marine painter.
His oils and watercolors were exhibited throughout New England, with numerous submissions to the Poland Spring Art Exhibitions over a twenty-y... Click for details
Pair of paintings, one a Florida view, Higgins traveled to Florida like Shapleigh to paint scenes. I want to sell the pair together so don't ask me to sell just the Florida view. In what appear to the original frames, circa 1880. 15" x 10.5" approx frame size. He is known to have painted in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, as did many New England artists of his day.
George F. Higgins painted in both oils and watercolors throughout New England, New York's Adirondack Mountains, and Flori... Click for details
Watercolor on paper, signed. 14" x 8.5" image size. Bio from ask art.com: he following is by Dr. Theodore W. Eversole:
Abraham Walkowitz (1878-1965 ) is perhaps best known for his watercolor studies of Isadora Duncan and the dance. However, Walkowitz laid claim to being the first to exhibit truly Modernist paintings in the United States. After 1909, he became an intimate of Alfred Stieglitz' 291 Gallery, and whilst there became a participant in the debate over Modern Art in America. Walk... Click for details
Oil on canvas in what appears to be the original frame, the sitter is identified as Phillip M, Lydig (1799-1870) and Waldo is the likely artist--as explained in the bio, Wm. Jewett (1792-1874) also painted in concert with Waldo--bio from askart.com: An early and very successful American portrait painter, he was born in Windham, Connecticut into an established Yankee family who recognized and encouraged their son's obvious talent.
He was sent at the age of sixteen to study art in Hartford wi... Click for details
