J.A. Dockeray

"Dawn in the Foothills", Mid Century California Landscape with Birch Trees

c.1950

1940's Carmel Landscape, Sycamore Grove by Nell Walker Warner Beautiful, substantial and period painting of Sycamore Grove, Carmel Valley by Nell Walker Warner (American, 1891-1970...

Beautiful mid century plein air figural landscape of Laguna Niguel, California by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). The morning sun gli...

A beautiful 1930's landscape titled "Trail into California Mountains" by Oklahoman artist Sidney Lorenzo Brock (American, 1869-1943). Presented in ...

Charming rural landscape with a two lane country road, mountains in the background, and two trees in the foreground by Fred O. Bohne (American 19th-20th C...

W.E. Beatty Untitled (Autumn Landscape), c. 20th century Oil on canvas 16 x 20 in. Framed: 22 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. Signed lower right: W E BEATTY

In artist's hand painted frame. signed and dated. Genre: Modern Subject: Landscape Medium: Oil Surface: Canvas Country: United States Dimensions w/Frame: 23" x 30.25" The imagery of Maurice Kish (1895-1987), whether factories or carousels, reliably subverts expectations. His vision hovers just around the unraveling edge of things, where what is solid and clear becomes ambiguous. He is fascinated, often delighted, by the falling apart. This unexpected, fresh perspective results in oddly affecting pictures of a now long-gone New York. Born Moishe in a town called Dvinsk, Russia (what is now Daugavpils, Latvia), Kish came with his family to New York when he was in his teens. The family settled in Brownsville, and for the rest of Kish’s life Brooklyn remained his home, though he moved from one neighborhood to another. He was close to his parents, who recognized his talent and supported his desire to become an artist. Kish attended the National Academy of Design as well as Cooper Union. His fellow students included many other immigrants and children of immigrants who were particularly receptive to the Modernism coming from Europe. As his career progressed, Kish himself applied different strains of Modernism to different purposes. For him, the story was held above all else. For years, Kish used the skills he acquired in art school to earn his living at a Manhattan glass...

Landscape painting, oil on artist board in giltwood frame. Titled oak gulch and dated 1950.

Charming 1940s modernist mountain landscape painting featuring a white farmhouse, outbuildings, and trees set in a verdant meadow near Gunnison, on the western slope of Colorado. Maj...