Absolutely charming late 19th century Scottish genre needlepoint depiction of young girl dressed in her finery, mounted on her pony and led by her groom. This piece is a wonderful example of skilled hand needlework difficult to find today. 15″ x 15″ in original figured maple frame circa 1880, $295.
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Have it both ways… for the naturalist AND the sporting crowd. Oil on artist-board painted by the early plein air Eastern Shore female artist Teresa A. Mattingly… not the first but still a bit unusual for 1924. Signed and dated lower left in original 20″ x 13″ painted wooden frame, $375.
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Totally out of character, but oh so charming! Found in London, but painted in Sweden by the Swedish naturalist Bruno Liljefors (1860-1939), this work is Sweden’s answer to the New World’s John J. Audubon (1785-1851). Painted with the exactness of the hunter and the lover of nature, both artists captured their ssubjets in their every day life without ever being […]
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Oil on Linen signed lower right “H. Wighil.” What a treat to present this large serene impressionist depiction of four mallards landing in a feeding field somewhere in coastal Virginia. Painted by the naturalist William Wighil in the manner of Bruce Crane (1857-1937), this painting was found in a grand Virginia home, along with its companion “Call of the Wild.” […]
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Watercolor Heliogravure sheep impressionist piece done in 1904. Pencil-signed by the artist lower right. Frederick Kappstein (1869-1933) was an animal and still life painter/graphic artist from Berlin who studied at the Academy of Arts in Berlin with Paul Frederick Myerheim. He was additionally influenced by his friend Karl Hagemeister. He taught lithography at the Royal Technical School in Charlottenberg and […]
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Have fallen in love with these two donkeys. New diptych from our Surrealist Juan Carlos Cazares whom we met last year in San Miguel de Allende last year. Looking forward to our summer visit again… Always exciting to see his new work. The way he captures the large vista plus the close-up of the wildflowers is extraordinary! Each painting is […]
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Two hunters position themselves in an ancient tree bathed in early morning’s golden glow. In the distance, a lone sailboat peacefully drifts on a tranquil lake, likely within New Jersey’s Hopatcong-Netcong region. Stunning achievement for the New Jersey plein air artist Charles Budd (1856-1926), this large sporting painting captures completely the style of the Hudson River Valley artists two decades […]
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The Canadian naturalist William Baker captures this Bull Moose early summer “just lookin’ for a home.” Housed in a period tiered-wood frame 21x 25 circa 1960. $650.
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“ Seven and Eight”. The turn of the century naturalist with a delightful name Pliny McConnell obviously was inclined to a natural order of things. Hence, this 1912 “portrait” of seven French sheep in their fold with a balancing of French hens makes you feel… Comfortable. But can you imagine keeping this number of subjects still in one sitting? (Incidentally, […]
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“Sentinel of the Sea”. Oil on artist board, listed Philadelphia/New Jersey Polish-American illustrator, Walter Cichocki (1930-2017) trained at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts and the Fleisher Art Memorial. As a member of the Wildlife Foundation, his passion for wildlife and marine paintings was thought inspired by his love of the Jersey shore. Complemented by original carved wood frame 14 […]
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