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Acrylic on Canvas Painting Titled "Monterey, California, 1850's" by Elias Telles
By Elias Telles
Located in New York, NY
Elias Telles (b. 1950, American) Monterey, California, 2019 Acrylic on Canvas, Found Wood, Metal
Category

2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Baseball in the 1850s, Original Painting by Lynn Curlee
By Lynn Curlee
Located in New York, NY
Baseball In The 1850s. Original painting by Lynn Curlee Acrylic on stretched canvas. Gallery
Category

Early 2000s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

19th Century Antique Landscape Oil Painting On Canvas with Antique Frame 1850s
By Jean-Léon Gérôme
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Provenance: Property from an American Private Collection John Beard Jackson, Pittsburgh (1845-1908
Category

19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait of a Girl, American Portraiture, Blue Eyes, White Dress, Excellent
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Presented is a wonderful example of mid-19th-century American Portraiture. Portrait of a Girl, c
Category

Mid-19th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Beauty, 12, bright multicolored surreal landscape painting, mountains
By Lily Prince
Located in New York, NY
paintings I am making in an 1850s barn in upstate NY for my American Beauty series. In these times of
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

American Beauty, 14, bright multicolored surreal landscape painting, mountains
By Lily Prince
Located in New York, NY
paintings I am making in an 1850s barn in upstate NY for my American Beauty series. In these times of
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

19th Century American Antebellum Portrait of a Lady, Original Giltwood Frame
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
-inches high x 30-inches wide Apparently Unsigned USA, Circa 1850s This 19th-century American
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

19th Century American Portrait of a Handsome NY Bachelor, Norman Pearl
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine 19th century American portrait of a NY Handsome Bachelor, Norman pearl, circa 1855 The
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Wood

American Beauty, 16
By Lily Prince
Located in New York, NY
paintings I am making in an 1850s barn in upstate NY for my American Beauty series. In these times of
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Folk Art Portrait Miniature by Patrick Wybrant American Circa 1854
By Patrick Wybrant
Located in Hudson, NY
identified him as having been a Native American. A typical Wybrant painting is a portrait, a profile view
Category

Antique 1850s American Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paint

Coast Guard Cutter with Cannons Spanish-American War Maritime Original Oil
Located in Soquel, CA
Turn of 20th Century Spanish-American War Coast Guard Cutter with Cannons Original Oil Painting A
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Stretcher Bars, Linen

American Portrait Miniature of a Woman in a White Gown, Thomas Story Officer
Located in Downingtown, PA
American portrait miniature by Thomas Story Officer, Woman in a White Gown, Signed "T.S. Officer
Category

Antique 1830s American American Empire Paintings

Materials

Ivory

Monserrate and Guadalupe (Oil Landscape of Green Mountains in South America)
By Bill Sullivan
Located in Hudson, NY
landscape painting of Guadalupe Hill, a 3,317-metre (10,883 ft) high hill located in the Eastern Hills
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Twilight in the Hills" Luminous Autumnal Painting by William Louis Sonntag
By William Louis Sonntag Sr. 1
Located in Wiscasset, ME
American wilderness and visionary paintings of imagined European ruins were commercially successful. He
Category

Antique 19th Century American American Classical Paintings

Materials

Paint

Study For Cole Porter Paintings (Oil Painting of City Skyline w/ Sailboat)
By Bill Sullivan
Located in Hudson, NY
, New York, NY 1995 Five Aspects of American Landscape Painting, Creiger Dane Gallery, Boston, MA New
Category

1980s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Monserrate (Contemporary Landscape Painting of a Mountain in Columbia)
By Bill Sullivan
Located in Hudson, NY
Contemporary landscape painting of Monserrate in South America, neutral palette with light white
Category

1970s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Winter Sunlight - Realist Landscape Oil Painting by Ivan Fedorovich Choultse
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
"x35" Unframed: 21"x26" Provenance: Burlington Paintings - London (original labels verso) He was born
Category

1920s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Panel, Oil

Historical military oil painting of a prisoner being brought before officers
By John Seymour Lucas
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
worn by British soldiers during the American War of Independence (1775-1783). The painting could well
Category

19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pablo's View (Medellin): 1970's Colombian Landscape Painting on Canvas
By Bill Sullivan
Located in Hudson, NY
1970's landscape painting on canvas of a view in Medellin, Colombia Calming atmospheric yellow
Category

1970s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

19th Century seascape oil painting of fishing boats off the Dutch coast
By Abraham Hulk the Elder
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, Gloucestershire
size: 11.75 inches x 17.75 inches Size including frame: 21.25 inches x 27.25 inches Provenance: M S
Category

19th Century Victorian Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

His Only Pet
Located in New York, NY
because of its rarity as for any other reason” (19th Century American Painting from the Collection of
Category

Late 19th Century American Realist Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

His Only Pet
His Only Pet
H 5.7 in W 7.9 in D 1.5 in
Oil Landscape of Cows by Stream
By Joseph Antonio Hekking
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
, Hartford, CT, Detroit, MI, and Washington, D.C. He also exhibited paintings of the Adirondacks at the
Category

Early 19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

French Barbizon Pastoral Landscape Painting of Horses by Jules Dupré
By Jules Dupré
Located in Shippensburg, PA
paintings, including for example Paysage [Aubrun, 1974, fig. 128, circa 1835-40], Coucher de Soleil [Aubrun
Category

Antique 19th Century French Barbizon School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

3 William Richards Oil on Board Seascape Paintings Capri Naples Hartland Point
By William Trost Richards
Located in Dayton, OH
Italy and Switzerland and much painting along English coasts. By the 1850s, he had decided that
Category

Antique Mid-19th Century Paintings

Materials

Hardwood, Paint

German 1884 Landscape Painting of “Dutch Homestead” by Joseph Jansen
Located in Shippensburg, PA
. He began travelling extensively throughout Germany, painting the mountains and valleys of his
Category

Antique 19th Century German Romantic Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

James McDougal Hart "Cattle at Water's Edge" Original Painting, circa 1890
By James McDougal Hart
Located in San Francisco, CA
place. Of his cow paintings, G.W. Sheldon wrote in American Painters: "For cows and oxen, he has the
Category

Antique Late 19th Century American Paintings

Materials

Other

'Coastal Breakers', Mid-century California, American Watercolor Society, CWS
By Arthur Irwin Riley
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
California's Northern Pacific coast. Signed lower right "Art Riley" for Arthur Irwin Riley (American, 1911
Category

1960s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Original James M. Hart
Located in Larchmont, NY
his painting of farm animals, saying he knew little about them first hand. In the 1840s and 1850s, he
Category

19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

First Light on the Harbor, Vintage Watercolor
By Ritchie Allen Benson
Located in Soquel, CA
1970's watercolor of boats anchored in a harbor by Ritchie Allen Benson (American, 1941-1996). This
Category

1970s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Strawberries Strewn on a Forest Floor
By William Mason Brown
Located in New York, NY
American artists during the late 1850s and 1860s. The Ruskinian, or Pre-Raphaelite, influence is reflected
Category

19th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Marina Grande, Capri
By Charles Temple Dix
Located in New York, NY
studies in New York City in the late 1850s. Dix quickly immersed himself in the New York art world. He
Category

19th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Saint-Malo, Brittany
By William Stanley Haseltine
Located in New York, NY
. During these years he witnessed the growth and decline of American landscape painting, the new concept of
Category

19th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fishing Camp on the Labrador Coast
By William Bradford
Located in New York, NY
. With a wife and child at home, Bradford, by his own admission, “spent too much time in painting to
Category

19th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Oil

Mount Konocti, Clear Lake - Mid Century California Landscape
By Margaret E. Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
particularly strong in California landscape paintings from the 1850s to the 1880s; Gold Rush–era artwork and
Category

1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard, Canvas

Early 20th Century Sierra Mountain's Mt. Raymond, California Landscape
By Margaret E. Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
particularly strong in California landscape paintings from the 1850s to the 1880s; Gold Rush–era artwork and
Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas, Cardboard

Still Life with Peaches
By Lilly Martin Spencer
Located in New York, NY
Lilly Martin Spencer was a professional artist for over sixty years, painting portraits, still
Category

19th Century American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th Century Portrait of an Elderly Lady in the Style of Jacob Eichholtz
By EICHHOLTZ
Located in Dallas, TX
American painter, known primarily for his portraits in the Romantic Victorian tradition. Born in Lancaster
Category

Antique Early 19th Century American American Empire Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Early 19th Century Portrait of a Gentleman in the Style of Jacob Eichholtz
By EICHHOLTZ
Located in Dallas, TX
American painter, known primarily for his portraits in the Romantic Victorian tradition. Born in Lancaster
Category

Antique Early 19th Century American American Empire Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Harbour of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, " Julius Montalant, Maritime Port Trade
Located in New York, NY
Union and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Included were paintings of North America, Greece
Category

1850s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Twilight in the Hills
By William Louis Sonntag Sr. 1
Located in Wiscasett, ME
American wilderness and visionary paintings of imagined European ruins were commercially successful. He
Category

19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Autumn Landscape
By William Louis Sonntag Sr. 1
Located in Milford, NH
Art and his idealized paintings of American wilderness and visionary paintings of imagined European
Category

19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Playing with Grandfather" Tomkins Harrison Matteson, Family Genre Scene
Located in New York, NY
from American history and rural life, and he is famous chiefly for his painting of The Spirit of '76
Category

1860s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Rare Portrait Of Mrs. Sanford Robinson Gifford (Mary Cecelia Gifford), 1878
By Sanford Robinson Gifford
Located in New York, NY
their romantic and detailed portrayals of the American landscape. Gifford's paintings often depicted
Category

19th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape of Summer At Lake George, NY
By John Henry Hill
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
John Henry Hill was a distinguished landscape painter and engraver of the American Pre-Raphaelite
Category

Mid-19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

View of Mt. Etna From the Ruins of the Theatre at Taormina, 19th Century Italian
By Alessandro La Volpe
Located in Beachwood, OH
exhibiting in Naples in 1848. In 1850 he was sent to Sicily and Egypt on an official mission with the Prince
Category

1880s Italian School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Portrait of an Italian Fencer, " John Frederick Kensett, Hudson River School
By John Frederick Kensett
Located in New York, NY
Venice, places he visited with his artist friends. He fulfilled commissions for paintings from Americans
Category

1840s Hudson River School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

New York Landscape
Located in Milford, NH
exhibiting in the 1850-1860’s). Beaulieu was known as a designer, wood engraver, and landscape artist, and
Category

1850s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

New York Landscape
New York Landscape
H 20.13 in W 26.13 in D 2.5 in
Pleasant Day
By Joseph Antonio Hekking
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
York and Connecticut and was active from the early 1850's to the later 1870's. Hekking was a frequent
Category

Late 19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"White House and Trees, " John Frederick Kensett, Hudson River School, New Jersey
By John Frederick Kensett
Located in New York, NY
beaches of the American Northeast. Kensett's stylistic approach of the 1850's had its basis in the
Category

1850s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

High Bridge and Croton Waterworks (Harlem River)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Meeker. In the early 1850's, he traveled to France, Holland, Italy, and Germany to study. While
Category

19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Indian Head, Ausable Head, Adirondacks
By George Clough
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
year. He married and briefly shared a studio in Auburn with Joseph Meeker. In the early 1850's, he
Category

Late 19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Catskill Sawmill
By John William Hill
Located in Missouri, MO
romanticized works of mid-19th century American painting. In 1829, at the age of 17, Hill began exhibiting
Category

1860s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

California Mill
By Hermann Ottomar Herzog
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
lifelong sense of nature that was to show in all his work. During the late 1850's and early 1860's
Category

1860s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Byram Lake, New York" David Johnson, Hudson River School Landscape, Westchester
By David Johnson
Located in New York, NY
briefly with Cropsey, but said that his best teacher was nature, which he utilized in his paintings from
Category

Late 19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

“Portrait of Jacob Dolson Cox”
Located in Southampton, NY
times during the 1840s and early 1850s, it was not until 1856 that the entire family settled in America
Category

1880s Academic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Harness Racer at Belmont Park 1884, Philadelphia
Located in Wiscasett, ME
published in the "View of American Cities" by Goupil, Vibert & Co. In the 1850s Kollner again established
Category

1880s Folk Art Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil

Landscape
By Alexander Nepote
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Alexander Nepote – American (1913-1986) Title: Untitled Year: circa 1940 Medium: Watercolor
Category

1940s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Landscape
Landscape
H 14.5 in W 22 in D 0.1 in
Whiteface Mt, Lake Placid NY
By William Bradford
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
disapproved of his desire for a painting career. He became a clerk in his father's dry goods shop in New
Category

Late 19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Building the Allegheny Railroad, Pennsylvania" Alfred Wall, Scalp Level School
Located in New York, NY
Alfred S. Wall (American, 1825-1896) Untitled (Building the Railroad), 1859 Oil on canvas 14 1/2 x
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1850s Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Model undressing
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
- 1944), acquired from the artist around 1900, then by descent Our painting was produced as part of the
Category

1840s French School Nude Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Model undressing
Model undressing
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