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A Fine Watercolor and Pencil "Mexican Shark Fisherman" within a Pine Frame
By Francis De Erdely 2
Located in LA, CA
– and in doing so, strongly influenced a new generation of Southern California artists. De Erdely's
Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Glass, Wood, Pencil, Paper

On the Ganges
By Maurice Sterne
Located in Sheffield, MA
– what happened. Sterne was the first American artist to have a one man show at the Museum of Modern Art
Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Howard Willard "The Accordionist" Original Lithograph c.1931
Located in San Francisco, CA
, IL on Sept. 8, 1894. Willard moved to California as a child. His contact there with Mexican and
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Very Fine and Large Orientalist Oil on Canvas Titled "Ashura Rituals, Tangier"
By Gordon B. Coutts 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Fisher Art Museum, University of Southern California. Gordon Coutts led a peripatetic career, born in
Category

Early 20th Century Moroccan Other Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Landscape
By Richard DeTreville
Located in San Francisco, CA
rare. The most prolific of early California painters, his small landscapes are invariably of the San
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Spring 69
By Nancy Genn
Located in San Francisco, CA
artist living and working in Berkeley, California known for works in a variety of media, including
Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Dreaming Girl
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
human tenderness. Framed in black and signed by the artist, the piece reflects Jankay’s lifelong
Category

Early 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Venetian Boats at Sotto Marino
By Edgar Payne
Located in Palm Desert, CA
-taught artist. He did enroll for a short period at the Art Institute of Chicago to study portrait
Category

Early 20th Century Tonalist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Ferdinand Kaufmann Mountain Landscape Oil Painting - American Impressionist Art
Located in Denver, CO
This striking oil on canvas by renowned German-American artist Ferdinand Kaufmann (1864–1942
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

American Impressionist Watercolours, Possibly Views Of The Santa Fe Railroad
Located in Cotignac, FR
A pair of early 20th century crayon and watercolour on paper views attributed to American artist
Category

Early 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Watercolor

ArtNouveau Antique ArtistSigned Peacocks Set HandWroughtMetals Earrings Brooch
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Chicago, IL
Otto Bade; Mexico-based William Spratling; and the California-based Renior workshop. Decades earlier
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Brooches

Materials

Sterling Silver, Copper

"Winter Scene, " George Gardner Symons, Snowy Hill Landscape, Pennsylvania
By George Gardner Symons
Located in New York, NY
George Gardner Symons (1863 - 1930) Winter Scene Oil on canvas 20 x 25 inches Signed lower right
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pont Neuf, Paris
By Jules Pages
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Pages, Jules (American 1867 - 1946) “Pont Neuf, Paris” Oil on artist board, Pencil sketches and
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Fred Lundy CA Great Depression Cartoon Illustration, circa 1938
Located in San Francisco, CA
(1902-1989) studied art at the University of Oregon before moving to California in 1924. Following
Category

Early 20th Century American Drawings

Materials

Paper

Convict Lake, High Sierra
By Earl Graham Douglas
Located in San Francisco, CA
California artist Earl Graham Douglas, 1879-1954. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

New England Sunrise, 1910 by Lockwood DeForest (American, 1850-1932)
Located in New York, NY
fashionable in late nineteenth century America. From 1879-1883, de Forest founded Associated Artists along
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Early 20th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

untitled (Peonies)
By Frederick Carl Gottwald
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Peonies) Oil on artist's board, c. 1910-1920's Signed by the artist in ink lower center
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

John Henry Hill (1839-1922) Original Coastal Landscape W/ Figures C.1900
By John Henry Hill
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pre-Raphaelite tradition. From a family of artists, he followed his father, John William Hill in his
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Laguna Hills
By William Wendt
Located in Palm Desert, CA
as the “dean of Southern California artists,” he became known for his ability to scout locations for
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Set of 13 Harrison Fisher First Edition Prints
By Harrison Fisher Company
Located in Dallas, TX
began to draw at an early age. Both his father and his grandfather were artists. Fisher spent much of
Category

Early 20th Century American Art Nouveau Prints

Materials

Paper

Oil on Canvas Depicting William Shakespeare s Characters "Othello Desdemona"
By Hamilton Hamilton
Located in LA, CA
portrait artist in Buffalo, New York. He created 47 landscape paintings during an 1873 expedition to
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Oil

The White Peacock
By Jessie Arms Botke
Located in Palm Desert, CA
female artist who hold a high place in the California School of Impressionism. She was born in Chicago in
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Trompe L’Oeil with a Two Partridges, Louis Clesse, Brussels 1889 – 1961, Belgian
By Louis Clesse
Located in Knokke, BE
and artists Alfred Bastien (1873 – 1955) and Emile Clause (1849 – 1924). Clesse opted to evoke
Category

Early 20th Century Impressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Verdes, Loir et Cher, France
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Verdes, Loire et Cher, France" is an original lithograph by American artist
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Hand-Painted Porcelain Dish - From the Collection of Ann Gordon Getty
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
California, then graduated from UC Berkeley with dual degrees in biology and anthropology. She worked on and
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Dinner Plates

Materials

Porcelain

Vintage Floral Painting with Female Nude Art Posing Oil on Canvas
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
woman posing. We believe this canvas to be from a California artist.
Category

Early 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Beech, Paint

Couple Under Loggia
By Dean Cornwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
at the city's Art Institute. In 1915, a student of Harvey Dunn, he in turn taught artists and
Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sumptuous Large Original William Foster Still Life Painting of a Banquet Table
By William Frederick Foster
Located in Tustin, CA
. This painting is a virtuoso display of how artist William Frederick Foster (1883-1953) captures texture
Category

Early 20th Century American American Classical Decorative Art

Materials

Masonite

Art Deco Fortune Magazine Cover, February 1938
Located in Dallas, TX
December 14, 1990. Member: Bohemian Club. Exhibit Source: Edan Hughes, “Artists in California
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Posters

Materials

Paper

Statue of an Ascetic (The Hermit) - Figurative Landscape
By Theodore Ernest Langguth
Located in Soquel, CA
Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940")
Category

Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Waterc...

Materials

Watercolor, Laid Paper

Peter A. Kotka, Stiil Life with Bottle of 1997 Chateau Belgrave Haut Medoc
Located in Downingtown, PA
exhibition in California, where he was the bestselling artist in the show. Early 2005 he toured California
Category

Late 20th Century English Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Reading a Letter by the Dinner Table - Figurative in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Edo Pratini (20th Century) is a California artist born to Italian parents who emigrated in the early
Category

1970s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Francis De Erdely Watercolor and Pencil "Mexican Shark Fisherman"
By Francis De Erdely 2
Located in Los Angeles, CA
– and in doing so, strongly influenced a new generation of Southern California artists. De Erdely's
Category

Early 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Glass, Pine, Paper

Abstract
Located in Sheffield, MA
Gallery, New York, 56,58, & 60 Alonzo Gallery, 69-72 Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786
Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Midcentury Pacific Trail Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
woods by California artist Florence Belle Boosey (American, 1906-1999), c.1960. Painted with dynamic and
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Central Park (people sitting with pigeons)
By John Albok
Located in Denton, TX
Titled, dated and artist stamp on verso. Vintage gelatin silver print Born in Munkacs, Hungary
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Glen Lukens Signed Midcentury Blue with Gold Crackle Glazed Ceramic Pottery Bowl
By Glen Lukens
Located in Studio City, CA
one of the first artists to raise the stature of Mid-Century Modern Studio Pottery within the art
Category

Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Landscape with a Bridge of Saint Nicolas in Chiny, Louis Clesse, 1889 - 1961
Located in Knokke, BE
encouragement from master teachers and artists Alfred Bastien (1873 – 1955) and Emile Clause (1849 – 1924
Category

Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Harlem (Girl with Dog in Baby Carriage) by John Albok, 1934
By John Albok
Located in Denton, TX
print. This photograph is dated and titled in pencil on mat recto, as well as titled, dated and artist
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

1920 s Hand-Crafted Danish Art Nouveau Pekingese Dog Ash Tray / Bowl
By P. Ipsens Enke
Located in Knebel, DK
nuveau ash tray / bowl feature a well made lively pekingese dog and was designed by an artist called West
Category

Early 20th Century Danish Art Nouveau Decorative Bowls

Materials

Ceramic

French Modernist Cubist Painting Summer Street in Shade
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
painting by the 20th century French Impressionist artist, Maurice Mazeilie. The painting has excellent
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

French Modernist Cubist Painting Figures at a Coastal Inlet
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
: 14.5 inches x 10.5 inches A delightful original painting by the 20th century French Impressionist
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

French Modernist Cubist Painting Sacre Coeur in Paris
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
inches x 12.5 inches A delightful original painting by the 20th century French Impressionist artist
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Angry Earth" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 42 x 36" inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
framed: 44 x 39 inch ABOUT THE ARTIST: Born in Israel. Graduated from the Bazelel Art Academy in
Category

20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pencil

"Parts of a Kimono" Multi-Layer Collagraph in Ink on Paper
By Patricia A. Pearce
Located in Soquel, CA
x 26"W Patricia Pearce (American, b. 1948) is a California artist who attended San Francisco State
Category

1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Lithograph

"Evolution 1" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 34 x 45" inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
framed: 37 x 48 inch ABOUT THE ARTIST: Born in Israel. Graduated from the Bazelel Art Academy in
Category

20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pencil

"Earth Aroma" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 48 x 36" inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
framed: 50 x 38 inch ABOUT THE ARTIST: Born in Israel. Graduated from the Bazelel Art Academy in
Category

20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pencil

1920 s Indian Gujarati Rabari Kutch Silk Embroidered Ethnic Textile with Mirror
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
59.5 inches. Provenance: Beverly Hills California, Private Collection of Indian Folk Textiles. Museum
Category

Early 20th Century Indian Sultanabad Textiles

Materials

Cotton, Linen, Silk

"Mr. Happenings" Abstract Painting 48 x 48" inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Mr. Happenings" Abstract Painting 48 x 48" inch by Yoram Katz ABOUT THE ARTIST: Born in Israel
Category

20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Echo" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 28 x 36" inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
: 31 x 39 inch ABOUT THE ARTIST: Born in Israel. Graduated from the Bazelel Art Academy in Jerusalem
Category

20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pencil

"Bending Woodman Toy" Ink on Paper, Drawing by Jerry O Day
Located in Pasadena, CA
figure, makes it a poetic addition to any collection of mid-century Californian modern art. About the
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Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Untitled, #94 from the Dysmorphologies Series Abstract Large Color Photograph
By Ken Gonzales-Day
Located in Surfside, FL
digitally altering an archive of 19th and 20th century postcards that depict Mexican and Mexican-American
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20th Century Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Metal

"Sitting Alone" Figurative Oil Painting 60 x 48 inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Sitting Alone" Figurative Oil Painting 60 x 48 inch by Yoram Katz ABOUT THE ARTIST: Born in
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Cool" Figurative Oil Painting 48 x 48 inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Cool" Figurative Oil Painting 48 x 48 inch by Yoram Katz ABOUT THE ARTIST: Born in Israel
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Industrial Dragon" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 31 x 37" inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
Size framed: 34 x 40 inch ABOUT THE ARTIST: Born in Israel. Graduated from the Bazelel Art Academy in
Category

20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pencil

"Abstraction of Georges Rouault @ Henry Matisse" Painting 60x72 in by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstraction of Georges Rouault @ Henry Matisse" Painting 60x72 in by Yoram Katz ABOUT THE ARTIST
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20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"The Team" Abstract Painting 60 x 72 inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
"The Team" Abstract Painting 60 x 72 inch by Yoram Katz ABOUT THE ARTIST: Born in Israel
Category

20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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