Bisno

Mid Century Rustic Farmhouse Landscape

1948

Serene depiction of two sailboats by an unknown artist (20th Century). Two boats are anchored in greenish water. The blue sky has some puffy clouds, and takes up roughly two thirds o...

Detailed watercolor by German artist Julius Theophil Wentscher (The Elder) (Germany, 1842-1910). Baltic Sea coast near Warnicken, Konigsberg, East Prussia, ...

Idyllic farmhouse landscape by California artist Edwin Haas (American, 1927-2010). A barn with a boarded window is the primary focus of this piece. It is seated in a lush landscape, full of grass, with a small stream running through the center. To the right of the barn is a bare oak tree, and steps can be seen leading to another building. A Sacramento artist...

Detailed and serene watercolor of a small town at the edge of a body of water by an unknown artist. A large churchtower rises above the buildings, with mountains in the background. A...

Schooners on the Coast with Rocks Tide Pools and bird by Howard Garfield Gray Schooners in the mist by artist and illustrator Howard Garfield Gray (American, 19th-20th C). Watercolor...

Serene landscape by J. B. Schock. Several trees line the banks of a river, bursting with fall colors. Across the river on the far bank, the roof and chimneys of a house can be seen beyond the trees. California painter...

A substantial, mid-century Impressionist-style watercolor on Arches paper showing a misty view of turquoise waves rolling into a secluded rocky cove in Big Sur, California Signed lower right 'Nat Levy' (American, 1896-1984), titled 'Little River' and painted circa 1955. A notable California watercolorist...

Signed lower left, 'Andy le Poidevin' (British, d. 2019) and dated 2001. A gentle English watercolor showing a view of a woodland scene in the English Cotswolds with distant morning...

Signed lower right, 'Carl Niederer' (American, 1927-2019) and dated 1965; additionally titled, 'Yerba Buena from Telegraph Hill' verso. Carl Niederer f...

Signed lower right, second panel, 'Isabelle Schrock' for Isabelle Schrock Barnett (American, 1903-1995) and painted circa 1975. Additionally signed, verso, on each panel and titled, 'Hillside City' on artist card. Left panel dimensions: 22 x 30 inches. Right panel dimensions: 30 x 22 inches. Total dimensions: 30 x 52 inches. Exhibited: Lodi 16th Annual Art Exhibition (1975) from partial label, verso, on right panel. An unusual, asymmetric diptych landscape showing a view of a Northern California coastal city, probably Berkeley, set in gently rolling hills and painted circa 1975. Born in Augusta, Kansas, Isabelle Schrock Barnett moved to California with her family at the age of five and graduated from the the California College of Arts and Crafts in 1923. She subsequently studied with Frederick Taubes and Yasuo Kuniyoshi. Over the course of a long and successful career as an artist, Isabelle Schrock Barnett exhibited widely and with success including at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC, the Oakland Art Association, the San Francisco League of Women Artists and the Central California Art...

Signed lower right, 'Elizabeth Gowdy Baker' (American, 1860-1927) and painted circa 1910. Exhibited: New York Watercolor Club, Circa 1900 After graduating from Monmouth College, Elizabeth Gowdy Baker furthered her studies at New York's Cooper Union...

Signed lower right, 'Burnham SWA' for Jane Burnham Crawford (American 1926-2016) and painted circa 1985. A substantial and loosely painted view of five d...