Greta Allen

untitled (Maine Landscape near Mt. Desert Island)

1945-1955

Standing Lincoln: The Man, Lincoln Park, Illinois Watercolor and graphite on paper , c. 1895 Signed in script lower right (see photo) The scene depicts the Augustus Saint-Gaudens bro...

Spring Landscape with house and figure A preliminary watercolor for a color aquatint, illustrated on line, title unknown Signed lower left in block letters (see photo) Watercolor and...

Untitled Watercolor on paper, c,. 1890 Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the artist Image/Sheet size: 3 1/4 x 4 1/8 inches From Wikipedia "Francis Augustus Lathrop (June 22, 1849 – Oct...

Temple of Isis Philae (verso) Dpouoble sided watercolor, 1902 Signed on front lower left: "Henry Bacon" and dated 1902 Note: The Temple of Isis is located on the Island of Philae at ...

West Gouldsboro (Looking Across Mt. Desert Narrows) Watercolor on paper, c. 1945-1955 Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the Artist Condition: Excellent Image/Sheet size: 9 7/8 x 12 1/2 inches Regarding the Maine subject matter of her watercolors, we know that Allen taught art in West Gouldsboro, ME, located near Arcadia National Forest. This watercolor was most probably done in that vicinity. A local Maine newsletter mentions “the artist Greta Allen’s house” as artist residing in West Gouldsboro, Maine in a house formerly owned by James Hill. West Gouldsboro is located just east of the Mt. Desert Narrows, across Frenchman Bay from Mt. Desert Island and Arcadia National Park. Please see attached images for detailed information about the artist's life and time in Maine. Greta Allen, who is sometimes listed under her married name Dietz, was born in Boston in 1881. At the Massachusetts Normal Art School she took elementary lessons from Joseph R. DeCamp, then Frank Benson was her teacher at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Although her work seems to be only in private collections today, Allen exhibited at the Boston Art Club, at the Copley Society...

untitled (Maine Autumn Landscape across the narrows from Mt. Desert) Watercolor, 1945-1955 Signed by the artist lower left in pencil (see photo) Provenance: Estate of the artist Cond...

Serene watercolor of a forest stream by Helen R. Barham. A stream cascades down a rocky section of the stream, leading to a glassy pool below. The pool is surrounded by grass, moss, ...

Idyllic scene of a church in the countryside by an unknown artist (20th Century). A modest church is surrounded by trees, casting delicate shadows on the building. Some of the trees ...

Watercolor of a village by Artemis Wilhelm (American, 20th Century). Bold pastel outlines create solid shapes, filled with watercolor to create tone an...

Serene depiction of a cabin in a marsh by Floyd Town (American, 20th c.). Washes of color create an abstracted background for the scene, punctuated with bar...

Colorful two-sided watercolor; a still-life of brightly colored flowers with a bowl of fruit, and a coastal seascape on verso, by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009)....

Beautiful late 19th-century watercolor landscape in the style of Elmer Wachtel (American, 1864-1929), by an unknown 19th-century artist. This small watercolor...