Pennsylvania - Paintings

One of the finest midcentury architectural renderings we have ever seen, this large and vivid painting executed in gouache and oil o...

Exuberant and vividly painted, this painting depicts the circus big top on the edge of a small town, with a wagon to one side, a pair of elephants waiting for their moment, and two c...

Highly significant, both artistically and historically, this gouache painting depicts costumes proposed for "Jungle Nights," a production envisioned by Katherine Dunham for her Balle...

"Talking In Village", -Depicting a scene of man and woman working in village. - Oil on Canvas , signed lower left - Framed dimensions: 31.5 in x 27 in.

Very nice original vintage painting of Albert Einstein in pink with light green background - does not appear to be signed anywhere.

An untitled oil painting depicting a rural road surrounded by trees. - Oil on canvas, signed lower right and dated 1940. - Unframed.

Vividly painted in a palette of white, brilliant blue and ruddy skin tones, this portrait of a bearded Greek youth with ruddy complexion and green eyes was...

Offered here for your consideration is an antique watercolor painting on laid paper. It depicts a cowherd with a cow and sheep at a water trough by ancient architectural ruins. Th...

JEAN BAIN French, 1883-1963 Evening Landscape Oil on panel signed J. Bain lower right housed in a lovely early custom frame 12 3/8" H x 18" W x 1" D [frame] 9 7/8" H x 14 15/16"...

The large Chinese watercolor on European paper depicts a starboard view of a two-master sailing ship with one man sailing the vessel while two passengers can clearly be seen inside t...

GEORGE DREW American, 1875-1968
 Evening Landscape Oil on panel
 signed lower left 10” H x 14” W x 7/8” D [frame]
 7” H x 11” W [panel]

 Essay A very finely painted and brillia...

This early and ambitious watercolor painting by John B. Lear shows the growing scale and detail of his best work, here incorporating three nude and semi-nude male figures in a surrea...

Painted in brilliant shades of fuscia, persimmon, olive green and aquamarine, this original gouache painting was painted to advertise the Ladies Home Journal in a Horn and Hardart...

A pair of European School oil on canvas paintings. The antique portraits depict a distinguished gentleman and lady and are housed in oval gilt frames.

Half portrait of distinguished lady with upswept hair wearing a black dress with white lace collar and gold and pearl earrings and brooch. Signed and dated "Paris... '84". Unframed. ...

AUGUST SCHAEFFER VON WIENWALD Austria, 1833-1916 Walking in the Forest at Evening (1874) Oil on artist card signed lower left "Aug. Schaeffer 1874." reverse with label for "Maler...

CULLEN YATES American, 1866-1945 "Midsummer" Oil on canvas Signed lower right "Cullen Yates" exhibition label retained noting its title and "no. 6702 Item # 406KKL02P A bold an...

Impressionist large Provincetown Massachusetts - A sunny and prideful morning walk in Provincetown. Birds soaring over the hill, with sail boats drifting in the wind below. Centering...

Lawrence Chvotzkin (American, 20th Century) Original Painting on Canvas

Louis Guarnaccia (b. 1958), “Easy Street Boat Basin,” Nantucket. A fine realist work in oil on linen. Charming red boat scene on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts. Signed on lo...

In an era when Reginald Marsh, Paul Cadmus and many other painters loved to capture the joy and energy of crowded beach scenes in America, John Winters created this lovely genre scene of a male bather in his one-piece swim suit reposing on the sand (probably the Lincoln Park beach in Chicago...

This very large and energetic sketch, depicting several nude figures stepping forward through a circular opening, was painted by Raoul Pene du Bois, probably as a preparatory piece f...

Masterfully painted in tones of green and coral, this scene of an exotic knight fighting a fearsome dragon is full of energy. The dragon's snout and cresting suggests the influence ...

FRANÇOIS LOUIS FRITZ DE NIEDERHÄUSERN Switzerland, 1828-1888 A Rustic Chalet in the Swiss Mountains Oil on canvas Signed lower right "F de Niederhausern" 18 1/4" H x 23 1/2" W [fr...

A wonderful Barbizon influenced landscape painting by Johan Nicolaus Lokhorst, who generally went by Jan van Lokhorst and signed much of his work as s...

Green burst on grey background - Oil on canvas, signed lower right and dated '63 - Also known as NH Tony Stubbing - Unframed.  

Jean Chaleye (French, b. 1878 - d. 1960) "Framed flowers" - Oil on board, signed lower right. Featuring a bouquet of red and pink flowers inside a painted...

A very interesting and unusual Lancaster Bridge Original Oil Painting by artist J. Earle Pfoutz. The painting is produced on artist board and comes complete with what appears to be an original artist decorated/painted frame. The painting is signed on the front by the artist. Overall frame Size approximately 42″ wide x 2″ deep x 30″ high J. Earle Pfoutz had a long and distinguished career as a self trained artist. More can be learned about him from reading this article produced by Gary Hawbaker at askART Earle Pfoutz Born: 1891 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania Died: 1957 Known for: Landscape, figure, still life painting An image of J Earle Pfoutz Biography from the Archives of askART J. Earle Pfoutz (John Earle Pfoutz) – (Oct 23, 1891-Nov 9, 1957) “A seventh generation descendant of a Swiss family which arrived in America early in the 17th Century, J. Earle Pfoutz was born in Lancaster, PA, son of John Bachman and Susan Allison Pfoutz. He painted houses for a living and pictures for a life. A self-taught artist, described as a primitive, he was distinctive for his vivid imagination and bold color application. He painted hundreds of Lancaster County scenes. Pfoutz traveled through the hills near his home and along the Susquehanna River in search of scenes. He began painting with a brush when he was fourteen, but added a palette knife after suffering an eye injury. He completed eighth grade in the Lancaster Public Schools and there his formal education ended. However, the Department of Public Instruction of the State of Pennsylvania thought so highly of his work as an artist that officials certified him as an art instructor and he taught for a year in the York (PA) public schools. He also was an art instructor under the program for disabled veterans, sponsored by the Veterans Administration, when he gave private instruction to veterans in their homes. In 1947, J. Earle Pfoutz finally earned national recognition as an artist. His painting, Opalescent October, was chosen by the Museum of Art of Dayton Ohio, to travel all over the country for a year with its Group Exhibition. Described as a “very colorful, calm scene, iridescent in color, sweeping in design,” the painting started on its journey around the country early in 1948. In an interview with the Sunday News (Lancaster, PA – Nov 2, 1947), Pfoutz stated that he didn’t know whether he was a “primitive” or an “impressionist.” No master taught him, no school channeled his style. “Sometimes I didn’t eat, but I always managed to paint,” he recalled. Many of his hundreds of canvases -most of them not sold, but given away to friends – found their way to other parts of the country. “I never remember the day when I did not love color,” Pfoutz said. “I was about 12 years old when I saw my first palette – a string of different colored paint paddles that graced the stores of that day. As a boy I had two great desires. One was to be able to eat all the strawberry jam I could, and the other to possess a string of those beautiful paint paddles. Well, I’ve got my fill of jelly, but I’ve never yet got my fill of beautiful colors.” In 1950, Pfoutz’s one man show of paintings made front page headlines in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal: “Most of the twenty oil paintings on exhibition are landscapes, although there are several interesting figure studies. Colors again, as in all Pfoutziana are rich and full-bodied, but for the most part not as startlingly as in some of the earlier work. Most of the paintings were done during the past year, and also reveal the painter’s characteristic heavy impasto technique, in which the rich swirls of paint carry their own message. Among the figures, The Banjo Picker, and The Magician, are the most provocative. Both are character studies; the first being of a tramp musician whose drab clothing is set-off by a luminous aqua blue background. Modern in feeling and treatment is The Magician, a clown-faced wizard whose spinning ball in the air suggests the fourth dimension – space. The use of the primary colors in this picture serves to emphasize the theme effectively. A large colorful landscape, Opalescent October, depicting rolling hills against a late afternoon sky is new to Lancastrians, as it has just returned from Dayton, Ohio, where it hung in the Dayton Art Institute. Another landscape with soft dreamy colors is Fantasie D’Autumne, and one of the loveliest pictures in the show. Pennsylvania Dutch Country is another with eye appeal, and was one of the works which was hung in the Old Customs House in Philadelphia during Pennsylvania Week, and before that in a collection of Pfoutz work in the same place. In deep contrast to the sunny skies and brilliant foliage of many of the pictures, is the somewhat morbid Worry, in which the center of interest is a tremendous rat. This, the painter explains, was symbolic of 1948 in China, which was ‘The Year of The Rat’ in the Chinese calendar. Background material for the picture was furnished to Pfoutz by author Pearl Buck. Other pictures include Autumn Prelude, Miners Village, painted at Cornwall, PA; Humid Day, Saint Peters Kierch, at Middletown, PA; Lady Pfoutz, inspired by the painter’s wife; Sun Flowers, Sentimental Journey, Gyne, Luzon Woman, Old Bridge, The Cow Path. Lemures, based on Roman mythology, and Ethiopian, painted from an ebony wood carving...

Ink and Acrylic painting By Virginia Dutton, Titled Torso, Signed & Dated Dutton, 2015. Large Ink and acrylic painting on canvas and signed 'Dutton' and dated on the right side...

An early and important painting by renowned Grand Rapids artist Armand Merizon, this work depicts a ghostly figure -- reputedly the son of a dear family friend -- in the midst of the...

This vivid and large portrait of a young, sunburned Greek man, painted in a palette of deep blue, red and ruddy skin tones, was painted by Julius Bloch in 1961. The artist spent hi...

This lovely, high style Art Deco painting depicts a pale female figure in blond ringlets, an elaborate mid-19th century dress and a straw hat dangling from her arm, holding a lovely bouquet with lilies of the valley and roses. Approaching her from the left is an exotic turbaned figure holding a tray laden with more flowers. The entire scene is painted in pale violet and yellow...

One of a series of Art Deco paintings made by Eugene Savage in the 1930s to visualize and dramatize great works of Classical music, this painting celebrates "Afternoon of a Faun" by Claude Debussy, which later inspired the great ballet by Serge Diaghilev for the Ballet Russes. Savage, who became celebrated for his ambitious allegorical murals across America, packs the panting with a vividly-hued landscape populated by a series of mythological figures, including a drunken faun...

Unsigned Original oil on canvas painting after Norman Mills Price. Canvas is a bit loose. Frame appears to be original. Canvas and Frame show age. See image of illustration of the same image signed in corner by Norman Mills Price "Norman Mills Price never fully received the popular recognition that his work deserved. Because he was so intently interested in historical subjects, he restricted his work to these almost exclusively. The dedication and artistry he brought to his work, however, was especially appreciated and respected by a select group – his fellow-illustrators. His painstaking research into every detail made each picture an authentic documentary, but the detail was never allowed to detract from the dramatic concept of the illustration itself. Although Price made effective use of tone and color, his pen-and-ink drawings were especially effective, exhibiting a full range of values and textural effects." "Price was born in Canada, studied art there and in London and Paris. By 1912, he had established himself in New York and had begun to work for American publications. Some of his most successful illustrations were done for a long series of historical novels by Robert W. Chambers for Liberty magazine. He was a charter member of the Society of Illustrators at the time of his death." "Illustrator, Norman Mills Price was born in Brampton, Ontario (1877) and began his studies at the Ontario School of Art. Around 1901 he spent time in London, studying at the Goldsmith's Institute; Westminster School of Art; and with Cruikshank. While in London, he was the founder of Carlton Studios. He later went on to Paris, studying at the Academie Julian, with J.P. Laurens and R.E. Miller. He did freelance work in Paris until an assignment in Belgium for Century brought him to the attention of other American publishers. In 1911, he had a studio in New York City, and worked for such publication as Harper's, Cosmopolitan, and Liberty. He illustrated the novels: "The Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare (1905), The Rogue's Moon (1929), Leif Erikson...

Beautifully painted in tones of burnt sienna, cream and watery blue, this rare and early view of the Golden Gate Exposition was painted in 1937, just as Treasure Island was being cre...

Gorgeous in conception and execution, this vivid and beautiful watercolor rendering, original to the 1930s, depicts an airy and open living space in 1930s modern style. The dramatic black stone...

Vintage Thick Paint on Cavas Painting "Cabin in the Woods" w/ Nice Vintage Original Frame signed LA deQuintal, 1961 "ready to hang" "expressive and mysterious..........." Overall...

Fresh as a crisp fall day, this painting of a woman taking down laundry at the base of a hill dominated by her home above is a reassuring depiction of wholesome rural life in 1941, p...

Painted by Leslie Snow Feron, an important New Hampshire artist along with her husband, Louis Feron, this large and remarkable painting depicts a nude Jaco...

This very rare and important study for "The Spirit of Oshkosh," a major mural in Wisconsin, was painted by Eugene Savage in 1937. Savage is best know...

Proof that Scandinavia equalled France in its embrace of Modernism and what we now call Art Deco, this important mural study was made by Jais Nielsen in 1923 for Tivoli Gardens in Co...

Senen Ubina "Composition 10 - 1969" Circa 1969

Bold and intense, this portrait -- or perhaps self-portrait -- of a young man with pale skin, dark, flowing hair and a direct stare was painted by T. Cohen in the first decades of th...

Treated almost like a diptych, with two sheets of paper joined together to form one panoramic scene, this watercolor masterpiece -- probably by Frank Guy Applegate -- depicts a serie...

Painted in a brilliant palette of orange, deep red, sky blue and forest green, this scene of a half nude female figure lounging on a black settee probably dates to the 1930s when Sal...

Executed in gorgeous shades of deep pink, dove gray and olive, this scene of two nude women perched on folding chairs was painted by Dorothy Van Loan,...

LÉON JOUBERT French, active 1877-1900 Landscape View of Provence, France Oil on canvas signed lower left "L. Joubert", verso stamped on stretcher bars "505" Item # 109EFW24A -1 ...

One of the finest examples of illustration art and Art Deco painting we have ever offered, this elegant and sophisticated view of New Yorkers skating arm in arm on a frozen pond or l...

This is a mid-century vintage acrylic on board country landscape. This painting is presented in a wide rustic pine frame with a decorative gold border on the inside edge. This painti...

A German School oil painting on canvas depicting a lush green countryside landscape with several women strawberry picking, and seven children playing and eating from a basket of ber...

Reminiscent of the work of Gerald Murphy in its use of strong colors and flat, highly-stylized forms, this depiction of a lifeguard in profile, a female ...

One of the most beautiful and tender depictions of maternal love from the Art Deco period that we have ever seen, this richly-toned oil painting by Gino ...

This detailed and highly-finished study by John Ramsey Conner for an allegorical painting depicts a relaxed grouping of nude figures executed in pale tones of ivory, mossy green and ...

"Fruhling am Teich" (translation Spring at the Pond) depicting red trees overhanging a blue pond with several buildings in the background. - Oil on canvas, signed lower right and in...

Charming and beautifully painted, this painted backdrop for theatre, perhaps for a residential space or a small professional theatre, depicts several ...

A striking example of graphic design in the 1940s, which was moving from elegant Art Deco stylization to a looser, collage-like assemblage of overlapping images, this original painti...

"River Nymphs" Two nudes lounging by pond - Oil on board , signed lower left and dated 1910 - Framed dimensions: 20 in x 17 in.

J.G. Clonney signed oil on board royal dog spaniel painting. Item feature oil on panel, gold finish, wood frame, signed on lower corner, brass-mounted...

Highly stylized and rich with geometric forms -- including concentric circles, stacks of triangles and a lightning bolt motif -- this original painting was clearly made for an Art De...

A oil on board painting of Bedouin men on beach in sunset, signed indistinctly lower left. Frame Size: 12:" H x 14.5" W