Kate Sammons

Memories

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement "Here I wish to evoke feelings of the night sky, in this quiet still life. A moment experienced fully, r...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery (2015); Private Collection, Woodland Hills, California; The Artist's Family, St. Petersburg, Russia Description Lilacs in Vase was created by the renowned Russian Soviet Realist, Boris Mikhailovich Lavrenko, one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad School of Painting. Lavrenko served as professor of the Repin Art Institute (Russian Academy of Arts), St. Petersburg, and in 1953 was made a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists. In 1976 he was awarded the title of "Meritorious Artist of the Russian Federation," and in 1994 he received the highest honor of "People's Artist of the Russian Federation" -- a recognition bestowed to artists who have made outstanding contributions to Russia's art and culture. In this humble vanitas the artist represents garden fresh flowers, a classic theme in Russian still life...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement "The warmth and glow of the flickering candle flames beckoned me to enter this intimate chapel dedicated to St. Peregrine (Pellegrino Latiosi, c. 1260-1345). Located inside Serra Church at Mission San Juan Capistrano...

Provenance Acquired by American Legacy Fine Arts directly from the Artist Artist Statement "In the cold of winter, warmth is accentuated. Cool Winter in Red and Gold celebrates a fe...

Provenance Acquired by American Legacy Fine Arts directly from the artist Artist Statement "The gladiolus were clipped from our garden, brought into the studio and set upon my table...

Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Artist Statement “ 'At Home in the Garden' is a visual daydream manifesting a peaceful retreat before the viewer. The viv...

Jules Gustave BESSON Paris, 1868 – Saigon, 1942 Oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm (53 x 44 cm with frame) Signed upper left “JBesson” An academic painter, Jules Besson studied with Cabanel a...

Still life painting by Marvin Smith of a country window sill looking out onto a horse stable. The painting has various tools like a shovel stilling on the sill with a jug and corn ha...

Still life oil painting with grapes, pears, and apples. Set within a gold frame and plated with artist's name. Canvas Dimensions without frame: 10 in H x 14 in L 1 in D. Artist Bio...

An oil painting of a large octopus on a natural-colored ground. Painted from direct observation, in the style of classical realism. Amy Florence is a London born artist working out ...

Early still-life painting with statues and a painting of a reclining nude. The work is signed and dated by Dr. Joesph Klien from Atlanta, Georga in 1944. The work is framed in a Newcomb Macklin frame...

Naturalistic wildlife painting of three white lotus waterlily flowers. Signed in the lower right corner and hung in a complimentary silver frame. Without Frame: H 30 in. x W 40 in. Artist Biography: William Robert Stevenson was born in 20 May 1925 in Eugene, Oregon. His family moved to Minneapolis, MN but he promptly returned to Oregon and Washington during the Great Depression to work in the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Hoping to study Art, his future was sidetracked when he was drafted into the United States Army at age 17 years old in early 1942. Being a strong swimmer, and having worked at stables as a child, he initially served in the last US Cavalry Corps, and also as a Swimming Instructor for the United States Army. Upon the abolition of the Cavalry Corps, he was trained as a Gunnar and Tank Commander for the M-4 Sherman Tank under General Patton...