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The Night Before Christmas

Twas The Night Before Christmas
By Jessie Willcox Smith
Located in Fort Washington, PA
The Night Before Christmas" by Clement C. Moore 1912 Exhibitions: Christie's New York, Illustrating
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1910s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Watercolor, Board

Christmas night with Donkeys, a Robin and Lambs in a stable by a crib
By Diana Matthes
Located in Woodbury, CT
A wonderful English watercolor painting depicting A Donkey, Lambs and a Robin in a stable the night
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1990s Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Christmas night with Donkeys, a Robin and Lambs in a stable by a crib
By Diana Matthes
Located in Woodbury, CT
A wonderful English watercolor painting depicting A Donkey, Lambs and a Robin in a stable the night
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1990s Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors

An English scene of a Donkey and Rabbits in a field, with wild flowers
By Diana Matthes
Located in Woodbury, CT
A wonderful English watercolor painting depicting A Donkey, Lambs and a Robin in a stable the night
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1990s Romantic Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Merry Christmas
By Jessie Willcox Smith
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Crest Chocolates. Edward Nudelman, Jessie Willcox Smith expert and biographer describes Merry Christmas
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20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media, Paper, Board

French by Design by Betty Lou Phillips Hardcover Book Signed
Located in North Hollywood, CA
-author of The Night Before Christmas in Paris. Later this year Gibbs Smith Publisher will release her
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20th Century French French Provincial Bookends

Materials

Paper

Vintage Plate Christmas Carols on Porcelain "Silent night, holy night" Rosenthal
By Rosenthal, Bjorn Wiinblad
Located in Bastogne, BE
Vintage wall plate Christmas Carols on Porcelain: "Silent night, holy night" by ROSENTHAL Germany
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Vintage 1980s German Porcelain

Materials

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"Christmas Star" contemporary oil on copper painting, tuscan landscape at night
By Melissa Franklin Sanchez
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Christmas Star" is a luminous oil on copper painting of a vast horizon after sunset. A deep blue
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Copper

Wrapped Christmas Goat
By Yrjö Edelmann
Located in Malmo, SE
between fantasy and fact, between night and day, between torment and transports of delight? Yrjö
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Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Giclée

Wrapped Christmas Goat
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Wrapped Christmas Goat
By Yrjö Edelmann
Located in Malmo, SE
between fantasy and fact, between night and day, between torment and transports of delight? Yrjö
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Early 2000s Photorealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Giclée

Wrapped Christmas Goat
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French Influences Hardcover Book By Betty Lou Phillips Signed First Edition
By Betty Phillips
Located in North Hollywood, CA
illustrated children's book, and co-author of The Night Before Christmas in Paris. Later this year Gibbs Smith
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Early 2000s French French Provincial Books

Materials

Paper

Snowflake In The Sky, 8"x8", Blue, White, Winter, Snow, Star, Christmas Painting
By Andrea Stajan-Ferkul
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
paint, emphasis is on detail, pattern and composition creating a captivating winter night scape
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Turkey Trot, " Will Moses, Rural Folk Art, Autumn Landscape with Pumpkins, Fall
Located in New York, NY
Winkle, Johnny Appleseed, Mother Goose, Hansel and Gretel, The Night Before Christmas, Will Moses Raining
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2010s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Snowflakes - lll (4"x4", Blue, White, Winter, Snow, Christmas, Small Painting)
By Andrea Stajan-Ferkul
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
. Intricate snowflakes glisten softly against a serene winter night sky. It's beauty lies in the highly
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Snowflakes - lll (4"x4", Blue, White, Winter, Snow, Christmas, Small Painting)
By Andrea Stajan-Ferkul
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
. Intricate snowflakes glisten softly against a serene winter night sky. It's beauty lies in the highly
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Snowflakes - 1 (4"x4", Blue And White, Winter, Snow, Christmas Small Painting)
By Andrea Stajan-Ferkul
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
. Intricate snowflakes glisten softly against a serene winter night sky. It's beauty lies in the highly
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Snowflakes ll - (4"x4", Blue And White, Winter, Snow, Christmas, Small Painting
By Andrea Stajan-Ferkul
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
. Intricate snowflakes glisten softly against a serene winter night sky. It's beauty lies in the highly
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

'The Bather' — 1930s American Modernism
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
was a teacher. Kent began taking night classes at the art school in addition to his architecture
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1930s American Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Snowy Shadows Wisconsin, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By Daniel Clarke
Located in Yardley, PA
The dreamed Christmas, flakes shaken out of silences so far and starry we can't sleep for
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

"Figure Study" Rockwell Kent, American Modernism, Work on Paper
By Rockwell Kent
Located in New York, NY
was a teacher. Kent began taking night classes at the art school in addition to his architecture
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Procession Four girls with flowers - English Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
began her career designing for the burgeoning holiday card market, producing Christmas and Valentine's
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1890s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Art Nouveau Southern French Fayance art pottery FLOOR VASE rare colours&pattern
Located in Kumhausen, DE
hearth it hung. Perhaps the night, My foolish tremors, or the gleaming light, Lent power to that Portrait
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Vintage 1910s French Art Nouveau Vases

Materials

Pottery

'Mountain Climber' — 1930s American Modernism
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
full scholarship to the New York School of Art, where he was a teacher. Kent began taking night classes
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1930s American Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Dream Blocks
By Jessie Willcox Smith
Located in Fort Washington, PA
, the wider night is neatly contained. We know where our allegiance lies in this story, and we are
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Early 1900s Other Art Style Paintings

Materials

Board, Mixed Media

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Located in York County, PA
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Dr. Seuss, Horton 60th Anniversary Edition
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By Frank Russell Green
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