PORTRAITS

World Traveler! Painted in Budapest, found in Paris, framed in Chinatown – New York City, and finally purchased in a small rural estate sale in Virginia. Fascinating trip for this powerful portrait of an unknown Hungarian sitter… Oil on canvas circa 1930 signed L/L “M.(Mihaly) Saboem” and enhanced by Chinese descriptions/label on verso. 41 x 33 in original carved and […]

How much fun is this? About as Art Deco as the Walter P Chrysler building, and much more attainable! Somewhere between illustrator and cartoonist, this unidentified artist captured a glimpse of America between the wars… Simple, civil, nostalgic, and… Wonderful! Benny Goodman, Fred Astaire, Hoagy Carmichael and the Ink Spots. Judy Garland .The Big Packard, King Kong and Coney Island […]

“Ring in the New!” Oil on canvas, “Tabula Rasa.” Charming unsigned 19th century Italian philosophical representation of the first stage of man’s four stages of life…”The Blank Slate.” In the beginning, all men have a choice to decide what will be written in the book of his works. This Latin phrase often translated as “blank slate “ from the Roman […]

A new approach to decorating that children’s room or for a showstopper in that new Sea- side villa: Hay’s “ Young Boy in Blue and White Bather”. Victoria in all her innocence! Other bathers in distance include child’s mother under her red parasol. O/C signed and dated L/R “W.(William) Hardie Hay(1859-1934), 1906,” this canvas takes its place among Hay’s best […]

Color, and the combinations thereof. For such things designers travel the globe. Here are two paintings covering pretty much the entire color spectrum by the Philadelphia Fauvist Anthony Ferrara(1930-2012). Oil on artist board, painted 1951–52 in his inimitable style. Young man Both $550 19 x 15 in original natural wood frame, and the young woman in 22 x 18 gold […]

Drama and strength… of such things is Social Realism molded! Painted by Harry E. Buckley (1930-2010) in mixed media/gouache on cardboard, this tribute to the working class, especially toilers of the field, is simple but powerful. After graduating from the University of Arkansas and then receiving a doctoral in art history( The university of Iowa) , Buckley taught art as […]

Echoes of Mass, in Latin of course, still ring in my ears when I observe a painting like this. Although not Catholic, I attended parochial school early on and developed an appreciation and love for the Madonna. This large (37 x29) Oil on wooden panel dating approximately 1900, more than likely is a museum apprentice piece from Italy. Housed in […]

Oil on board “Nolan R Benner, Jr” by Nolan R Benner, Jr. Signed and dated L/R “Nolan R Benner, Jr, 1960” (1922-1998) Benner studied under Walter Emerson Baum and became one of his most successful students in the Bucks County Pennsylvania school. 23-1/2″ x 30″ in original Artists frame. delivered $750

Celebration! Fiesta! Oil on artistboard “Frutos si la Cosecha “. 1930’s depiction of Castillian harvest festival. You can feel the excitement in the air! Signed illegibly lower right and housed A happy place! in original bronzed frame 20 x 28, $650.