Alice Duke

Grey Barn and Brown House - Rural California Landscape in Watercolor on Paper

Mid-20th Century

San Jose Hills Watercolor on paper An Americana view of the Hills around San Jose by Robert Sugita (American, b- 1938). A Cupertino artist, Robert went ...

Soft watercolor and Cyanotype of oak trees at Rancho San Carlos by Cheryl Trotter (American, 20th century). Signed lower right "Cheryl Trotter." Displayed i...

Boldly colored watercolor landscape by Emil Armin (American/Rumanian, 1882-1972). A house with a bright red roof is nestled between some trees at the bottom of a hillside. The trees are depicted as large, voluminous shapes, giving them a solid presence in the composition. Signed "E. Armin '11" in the lower left corner. Presented in a wood frame with a mat. Frame size: 29"H x 33"W Image size: 18.75"H x 22.5"W Born in Rumania on April 1, 1883, Emil Armin studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's evening classes under Dudley Crafts Watson, Randall Davey and George Bellows, then he graduated in 1920. Between 1922 and 1949 he exhibited his works at the Art Institute annuals and was involved in the No-Jury Society, organized in 1922. At that time he was immersed in Chicago's bohemian 57th Street Art Colony and he experimented with sculpture and decorative arts as a member of the Chicago Society of Artists. He taught at Chicago's Hull House (1925-26) and did cartoons full of angular forms and a particular method of shading and "zigzag outlining" taken from German Expressionist masters, for the Chicago Literary Times, a journal created by Maxwell Bodenheim and Ben Hecht. Samuel Putnam, a critic for the Chicago Evening Post (21 September 1926) regarded Armin as "perhaps the most finely sensitized artist in Chicago . . . with the soul of a peasant and the mind of a philosopher." In 1928 Armin traveled to New Mexico where he executed a naïve, child-like woodcut, Mountain Farm, Santa Fe (Art Institute). Chicago critic Bulliet's characterization of Armin as a "primitive" in impulses, "though sophisticated and intelligent" applies here: "His work resembles somewhat the peasant art...

Gloucester Harbor Docking the Boat 1900 Gloucester Harbor circa 1900 by C. Bailey Cora was a San Francisco artist in the 19th century. (American), 19th-20th C). Image, 9.75"H x 14.5"...

Serene watercolor by California artist Edna Lewis (nee Sutherland) (1905-1975). The viewer looks our over an inlet to a lake or bay, with mountain ranges in the distance. Two trees with bright yellow leaves sit at the shore of the water. The sky is rendered with a flowing wet-on-wet style, creating flowing, puffy clouds. Signed and dated "Edna Lewis 61" in the lower left corner. Presented in a wood frame with a blue mat. Frame size: 29"H x 23"W Paper size: 21.75"H x 15"W Edna Evelyn Sutherland Lewis (American, 1905-1975) was born in Porterville, CA on April 17, 1905. She studied art at the University of California before going on to study with Kenneth Washburn and Dr. Raymond Brose (San Jose State). Lewis was a long-time resident of Redwood City...

Detailed watercolor of Monument Valley by Albert DeRome (American, 1885-1959). The viewer is looking out over the valley from a high vantage point, with towering mesas in the distance. In the foreground, there are some shrubs and a small tree to the right side of the composition. DeRome has created a sense of vast distance by rendering the far background with a hazy quality while keeping the foreground in clear focus. Signed "Albert DeRome" in the lower right corner. Inscription on verso as a gift to the artist's mother. Purchased from the estate of the artist Patterson's Antiques, Los Gatos. Presented in a wood frame with a new white mat. Image size: 5.75"H x 8"W Frame size: 11"H x 14"W Born in Cayucos, California, Albert De Rome (American, 1885-1959) became a California landscape painter, especially of natural landscapes formations, seascapes and marine scenes near Carmel and Monterey. Usually his palette was bright in both oil and watercolor, but he did the occasional nocturne. Scholars have compared his painting style and subjects to those of Thomas Hill and Albert Bierstadt. However, Albert De Rome never affiliated with any formal group of painters, although he had many close friends including Percy Gray, Gunnar Widforss and Will Sparks. As a young man, Thomas De Rome worked at the Congress Spring Hotel in Saratoga, and in San Francisco at the Globe Foundry, owned by an uncle. He studied art under Arthur Mathews, John Stanton and Lorenzo Latimer...

Serene river scene watercolor from important Bay Area figurative contemporary artists Mary Robertson, who is associated with the Bay Area Figurative School, founded by Elmer Bischoff...

Louis Ritman (1889-1963) "Rolling Country" c. 1945 Original Watercolor on Paper Signed Lower Left Provenance: Milch Galleries, NY (original label verso) ...

John Whorf, born in 1903, was a talented, opinionated artist who achieved great success at a young age. Encouraged by his artistic father, Whorf studied briefly during his early te...

Signed lower left, 'J. W. Nicoll' for John W. Nicoll (American, 1865-1943), titled lower left, 'Santa Barbara' and painted circa 1925. Sheet dimensions: 9 x 12.75 inches. A luminous, early twentieth-century landscape showing a picturesque view of a Spanish style cottage set in a lush garden with a view beyond towards the Santa Ynez Mountains rising towards clouded, blue skies. An unusual and elegant view of old-time Santa Barbara that retains much of its crispness and freshness of color. Born in New York, John Nicoll first studied with his uncle, the landscape painter, James Nicoll. He subsequently moved to Paris where he furthered his education for three years under Bouguereau and Ferrier at the Académie Julian. He then continued on to Seville where he studied for three years at the Academia Real, spending his winters traveling and painting in North Africa. By 1899, Nicoll had settled in Pasadena where he painted, exhibited and taught drawing at the College of Fine Arts from 1906-1935. Upon his retirement, he moved to San Diego where he continued to paint and exhibit until his death in 1943. Over the course of a long career, James Nicoll exhibited widely and with success including at the Stickley Building, Pasadena, 1899; Blanchard Hall, Los Angeles, 1899; the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St Louis, 1904; the Ruskin Art Club, Los Angeles, 1904; Lewis & Clark Expo Portland, 1905 (Bronze Medal); the Painters Club, Los Angeles, 1906-09; the Nicholson Gallery...

Signed lower right, 'James Vance, AWS', (American, 1919-2007), titled 'Taos' and painted circa 1950. James Vance grew up in Los Angeles and first applied ...

A view of the famous San Diego state park beach, shown at sunset with figures walking on the shore. Signed lower right, 'Edwin Adamson', titled verso, 'Torrey Pines Beach' and painted circa 1965. An alumnus of Hamlin University and the University of Minnesota, Adamson maintained his interest as an amateur watercolorist while pursuing a military career. Retiring with honors in 1978, he expanded his interest in painting and was elected a member of the Carmel Art...