19th Century Chinese school

'Peacock Among Magnolia', Chinese Painting in Period Gilt Frame

19th Century

Framed dimensions: 11 H x 12.5 W x 1.25 D inches An elegant, 19th-century Chinese School, gouache scroll painting fragment showing a pair of a richly-pl...

Framed dimensions: 6 H x 10.5 W x 1 D inches An elegant, 19th-century Chinese School gouache scroll painting fragment showing a richly-plumed Bird of P...

Signed lower left, 'George H Harrington' (American, 1833-1911) and painted circa 1900. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, George Harrington is recognized for his turn-of-the-century works reflecting American life before the industrial age, particularly for equestrian scenes that include polo matches, carriage rides, and horses in pastoral landscapes. After a successful career in business, Harrington studied art and became a successful landscape painter. He exhibited widely including at the National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Boston Athenaeum and at the Boston Art Club, of which he was a member. Reference: Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, page 1465; A Biographical Index of American Artists, Ralph Clifton Smith...

Signed lower right, 'George H Harrington' (American, 1833-1911) and painted circa 1900. A substantial and animated coaching scene enlivened by the artist's acute and humorous observation of character and fine equestrian painting. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, George Harrington is known for his, often humorous, anecdotes of American life in the pre-industrial age. His subjects included polo matches, carriage rides and coaching scenes, and pastoral landscapes. After a professional career in business, Harrington studied art and subsequently became a successful landscape and equestrian painter. He exhibited widely and with success including at the National Academy of Design (1888), the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Boston Athenaeum and at the Boston Art Club of which he was a member. Reference: Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, page 1465; A Biographical Index of American Artists, Ralph Clifton Smith...

Signed lower right, in graphite, 'Frances Pratt' (American, 1913-2003) and dated 1947. Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, Frances Pratt moved to New York City where she studied at the New York School of Applied Design for Woman (1930-33), and, subsequently, at the Arts Students League (1933-35). She then met her first husband, Christopher Ritter, with whom she opened Laurel Gallery in Greenwich Village and printed the Laurel Folios. Frances Pratt taught drawing and painting at the Ballard School from 1942 into the early 1950's. She also taught mixed media and watercolor techniques at the Parsons...

Signed lower right, 'Jack B. Bevier' for Jack Bernard Bevier (American, 1923-1996) and painted circa 1985. Born in Michigan, Bevier was primarily a watercolor painter who specialized in rural country landscapes, seascapes of the Monterey Peninsula, boat and harbor scenes. Jack Bevier was educated in Ann Arbor, Michigan before serving 3 years in the Army Air Corp during World War II. After the war he attended the Art Institute of Chicago where he graduated with honors. After six years of painting and working in the commercial art business in Chicago, Bevier moved to California. He settled in the Salinas area on the Monterey Peninsula in 1956 and operated a gallery in Carmel, California for many years. His works have been exhibited widely and with success including at the National Watercolor Society...

John Ruthven is recognized as the “20th-century Audubon. In this very detailed and meticulously rendered work the artist depicts a Koala in an iconic and proud pose and a Photoreali...

John Ruthven is recognized as the “20th-century Audubon. In this very detailed and meticulously rendered work the artist depicts a Koala in an iconic and proud pose and a Photoreali...

John Sargeant (British, 1937 – 2010) Studies of a tabby cat Mixed media Signed and dated ‘John Sargeant 1974 (lower right) 8.7/8 x 12in. (22.6 x 30.5 cm.)

Sir Peter Markham Scott CH CBE DSC FRS FZS Hart Laubs Duck Watercolour on paper 4.3/8 x 6.1/2 in. (11.2 x 16.5 cm.) Provenance: Painted by Scott as a visual record for a bird spotte...

Dame Elisabeth Jean Frink CH DBE RA (British, 1930 – 1993) Osprey Watercolour and pencil on paper Signed and dated ‘Frink 69’ (lower right) 29 x 39.1/2 in. (73.7 x 100.3 cm.) View wo...

Walter Bothams (British, 1850 – 1914) Dartmoor ponies Watercolour on paper Signed and dated ‘ W Bothams 84’ (lower right) 10.1/4 x 8in. (26 x 20.3 cm.)