Fern Smith

Seascapes (2-sided)

circa 2000

Wonderful 1945 scenic watercolor of Italian Alps with Dolomites covered in snow in background. This is double sided with landscape on verso. Signed ...

Beautiful mid century watercolor of stores in Aptos, California by listed artist Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). Three stores sit side-by-side: a liquor store, a general store, and a pharmacy on the Old Aptos Village Boardwalk". They are brightly colored - green, yellow, and blue. In the background, there is a blue sky, green trees, and representations of the Aptos hills. Circa 1960 Signed "Jon Blanchette" lower right. Information about location and previous owner is on verso. Acquired with a collection of the artist's work. Art size: 9"H x 12"W Jon Blanchette was born in Somerset, England on March 29, 1908. He immigrated to Battle Creek, Michigan in 1918. Artistically inclined at age six, he later studied at the Pittsburgh Art...

Beautiful mid century watercolor of a design proposal for the village Fair Antiques "Apple Barn" in Aptos, California by listed artist Jon Blanchette (American, 1908-1987). Circa 1960 Signed "Jon Blanchette" lower right. Information about location and previous owner is on verso. Acquired with a collection of the artist's work. Art size: 9"H x 12"W Jon Blanchette was born in Somerset, England on March 29, 1908. He immigrated to Battle Creek, Michigan in 1918. Artistically inclined at age six, he later studied at the Pittsburgh Art...

Delicate watercolor of a carriage in front of two buildings by an unknown artist (20th Century). A carriage sits in front of two buildings, with bare trees framing the scene. This pi...

Tree-Filled Valley and Mountains in West Brighton Staten Island Watercolor 1905 Detailed watercolor by W. Lund (19th Century). This piece depicts a valley with lush trees an greener...

Golden Hills - California Landscape in Watercolor on Paper Lively watercolor by notable California artist Robert Gantt Steele (American, b. 1946). A simple wood fence runs along a golden hill, drawing the viewer's eye to the mid ground. There, a line of trees casts shadows on the hillside. A rich blue sky completes the scene. Signed "R Steele" in the lower right corner Presented "floating" in a simple wood frame Frame size: 16"H x 20"W Paper size: 11.75"H x 15.5"W Robert G. Steele (American, b. 1946) was originally trained as an architect and studied art in Austria as a Fulbright scholar. He has painted for Broadway productions, Smithsonian Magazine, the National Park Service...

This gouache depicts the road leading to the artist's family home in the countryside. It depicts the road through several seasons and times of day. It represents a symbol of nature, ...

Gouache on paper Paper size: 14.25 x 8.75 inches Framed size: 20 x 14.25 inches Signed lower left

New Zealand artist, Phong Trinh's newest work "An Autumn With You" juxtaposes the artist's influence and study of Impressionsism, Fauvism, and Pointillism with a thoroughly modern ro...

Railway bridge. 1968. Paper, watercolor, 23.5x35 cm Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013) Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In 1947, she began her stu...

A pair of French Impressionist landscape views by Georges Planes. (Dimensions given are for each painting.) The first painting: is an early 20th Century drawing and watercolour view...

An English watercolour on paper coastal scene signed with initials 'RS' bottom right. Presented in its original gilt wood frame under glass with trade label to the backboard from Deighton’s Strand Gallery. This gallery was well-known during the 1930s as fine art dealers and frame makers – it was located off Trafalgar square. Though he often signed with his full name Ruskin Spear's work on paper 'Hammersmith Grove' is signed in the same initials as our work and hence the attribution. This work is also stylistically similar to his other drawings of seascapes and coastal landscapes. This is a charming and fresh view of a coastal landscape probably the Jurassic coast of Dorset or his beloved Cornwall. The vertiginous composition gives it an angular almost abstract form highlighted by the contrast between the colour of the rockface, the vegetation and the blue sea. The work is in nice condition and wonderful to have the original framing. Initially influenced by Walter Sickert, the Camden Town Group...