Baltimore - Landscape Paintings

This is a very stylized Southwest landscape that appears to document a small church that existed at one time, perhaps in the Palm Springs or Santa Fe area. It is very reminiscent of...

This is a colorful mountainous view in what is likely Northern Italy. Angiola Meucci captured a dramatic sunrise or sunset to play off the verdant green mountain side in the foreground. The fencing and the pathway lead one through this breathtaking landscape that undoubtedly offers stunning views...

This modernist leaning painting depicts Grape Bay in Bermuda. It’s a sunny and pleasant day, which could be most of the year in this island paradise. The artist is Englishman Royce...

This bright summer beach painting holds a surprise if you look closely. What seems like a young couple just spending a day at the shore together, actually tells a story. The young wo...

This modernist painting is a fascinating rendition of Manhattan, New York. It highlights the complexity of the urban built environment when it is fully developed. Interesting shapes,...

Born in Connecticut near the end of the Civil War, Josephine Granger Cochrane went abroad and studied in Paris at The Academie Julian. She toured Europe, painting mainly in France an...

Born in New York City in 1906, Bertram George was the son of beloved Lyme, Connecticut artist George Bruestle. The younger Bruestle’s earliest works w...

This is a very rare and unusual panoramic painting of developing San Diego as it appeared around the 1890’s to ca 1900. It’s unusual measurements at 10” x 31” make it similar to the ...

A late 19th century American School two-sided landscape painting by an unknown artist, this oil on board has two decidedly different scenes that are each lovely to view. The most unu...

In 1985, Henrietta Hooker painted this interesting portrait of Fanny Fox’s cottage in Hamilton, Bermuda. Her use of pastel colors and simple abstracted shapes put a different take on...

This may be the only existing period work of art done by a noted Chicago area artist that depicts the ongoing construction of Marina City in downtown Chicago. The watercolor is in sh...

This colorful late spring scene is most likely around Erie, Pennsylvania. Artist and teacher Joseph M. Plavcan generally painted around the area in which he lived for over 50 years. Joseph Michael Plavcan was born near Pittsburg, in Braddock. He attended the Pennsylvania Academy in 1926, studying with renowned New Hope artist Daniel Garber. Through a scholarship, he went to Europe to study. He returned to Erie in 1932 and became an art instructor, teaching for the next 38 years. Plavcan went far beyond teaching trade school requirements and instilled a true sense of sophisticated artistry in his students. During his artistic career, he exhibited often in Philadelphia, Washington, New York and Chicago. This painting, oil on canvas, demonstrates Plavcan’s style, utilizing figurative abstraction with a modernist color palette. The paint is not over applied and areas are treated with smooth broad brush strokes. The hint of late blooming leaves are dashes of paint applied in a fast yet confident manner. Plavcan’s sense of light, demonstrated in the distant church tower is spot on. While not signed, there are two official estate stamps on the reverse that attest to the authenticity of Plavcan’s work. The piece measures 16” x 20” and appears to be canvas applied to a back board. This was likely done by the former retailer, Hudson House Galleries in Hagerstown, Maryland. That shop was a fine regional art gallery and antiques shop for decades until its closure about five years ago. The painting is nicely framed in a modernist gold wood frame with a subtle pink liner. The overall framed dimensions are about 20” x 24”. The painting is in very good condition, bright and crisp. There is a very minor vertical crease above the peak of the house that is truly barely noticeable from any distance. Other than that, all is fine with the work and its frame. This strong, colorful work by Joseph Plavcan...