Fairfield Porter

Oreton Clark House, Amherst College, 1970

1970

Alfred Henry Maurer has been called the First American Modern because of his role in bringing modern methods of working to the United States

Hermann Herzog depicts a stunning view of a figure preparing a fire in a grassy field with snow-capped mountains in the distance in his work entitled, “Hunter and Canoe.”

In this detailed and colorful rendering of a Vermont countryside entitled “Reminiscence of Vermont,” William Hart paints two figures walking along a stream

Edward Moran paints a scenic coastal scene of ships setting out into the Bay of New York at the beginning of day in his artwork entitled, “ Bay of New York at Sunrise”

Hudson River School artist Samuel Colman paints an idyllic landscape in the late afternoon glow in his artwork entitled, “Landscape.”

Alfred Gwynne Morang-Village Scene, Ellsworth, Maine

George Nemethy finds his inspiration in moments of quiet and solitude. Where he finds himself one with the sea and the sky and the tranquil world which he freely escapes to. Trained from an early age by his father Albert Nemethy, a world-renowned painter known best for his large scale steamer boats, George found...

Jim Beckner's (US based) "Sidewalks in Greys" is an oil painting that depicts a busy city sidewalk and street at night cast in the fluorescent light of the signs and cars and passers...

Jim Beckner's (US based) "Roadway" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a busy city street filled with the bright patterning of cars and passerby. About the Artist: ...

Beautiful study of a shore bird by a lake by Louise Miller Clark (American, 20th Century). Signed "Louise Miller Clark" with pallet and two brushes, lower right. Unframed. Image, 24...

A fine impressionist North Shore Cape Ann coastal oil painting by American artist Winfield Scott Clime (1881-1958). Clime was born in Philadelphia, studied at the Corcoran Art School...

Gorgeous late 19th century Tonalist landscape painting of foothills and oak trees in the style of Willard Leroy Metcalf circa 1900. Inscribed "M" in circle monogram lower left corner and on frame verso. Presented in original rustic giltwood frame. Image size: 6"H x 8"W. Framed size: 8.5"H x 10.5"W. Tonalist are usually intimate works, painted with a limited palette. Tonalist paintings are softly expressive, suggestive rather than detailed, often depicting the landscape at twilight or evening, when there is an absence of contrast. Tonalist paintings could also be figurative, but in them, the figure was usually out of doors or in an interior in a low-key setting with little detail. Tonalism had its origins in the works of the French Barbizon school and in the works of American painters who were influenced by them. California Tonalism was born when the emphasis in California landscape painting passed from the grand landscapes of works like those of Thomas Hill and William Keith's early career, to more intimate views of a domesticated landscape. At the same time, the parallel Pictorialist Photography...