Herbert Lewis

'After the Storm', Carmel, California, Paris, Academie Julian, New York, AIC

1928

Signed 'Todros Geller' (Russian-American, 1889-1949) and dated 1937 An elegant and painterly, southwestern landscape painted when the artist was 48 years old. Born in Vinnytsia, now in the Ukraine, Todros Geller first studied in Odessa before moving to Canada. He continued his studies in Montreal (1906) and, subsequently, at the Art Institute of Chicago with George Bellows and John Norton. Geller exhibited widely and with success including, from 1925, at the Chicago Art Institute as well as at the Riverside Museum (New York, 1939), the New York World's Fair (1939) and at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1941) in addition to other national institutions. Geller was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards and his work may be found in private and public collections including the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. He was a member of professional associations including the Artist's Union, the Artist's Congress and the Chicago Society of Artists, which he also served as president. During the the 1930's, Geller was an active participant in the Federal Art Project (WPA) in Illinois and his large-scale murals and stained glass windows may be found in Chicago and Detroit as well as Tel-Aviv. We are pleased to offer this elegant, South-Western landscape painted when the artist was 45. Reference: Todros Geller Archives, Spertus Museum of Judaica, Chicago; Sparks, Esther. "A Biographical Dictionary of Painters and Sculptors in Illinois 1808-1945." Diss., Northwestern University, 1971, p. 390; Yochim, Louise Dunn. Role and Impact: The Chicago Society of Artists. Chicago: 1979, pp. 28, 44, 238; Mavigliano, George J. and Richard A. Lawson. The Federal Art Project in Illinois 1935-1943. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1990, p. 120; Dijkstra, Bram. American Expressionism: Art and Social Change 1920-1950. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2003, p. 155. Chicago Modern...

Signed lower right, 'M. Cailliet' and dated 1940; additionally inscribed verso, 'Marcel Emile Cailliet, Los Angeles'. A softly-painted, Regionalist landscape showing a woman standing in the shade of a tree beside a path leading to a rural, clap-board house. This listed member of the California Watercolor Society, emigrated from Dijon, France to New York...

Signed lower right 'Henry Ottmann' (French, 1877-1927) and dated 1922. A softly painted view of a small village in Provence with rain clouds hanging above the hills and terracotta r...

Signed lower right "Margaret Bode" and painted circa 1975. A mid-century watercolor showing a lyrical coastal landscape with a boat and lobster posts and a forested headland across a peaceful bay. Margaret Griebenow Bode (American, 1909-2007) graduated from UCLA in 1932 with a degree in art and subsequently studied sculpture at Peninsula College. She was a member of the Sequim Art Association and the California Watercolor...

Dazzling watercolor landscape painting of a small town lining the sparkling mediterranean coast by artist Stephane Magnard, circa 1950. Original ...

A serene and delicate study of an Italian village bathed in afternoon sunlight. Several figures walk down a cobbled path that is partially shaded by two old trees. Signed to the righ...

French Impressionist watercolour on paper view of a French street scene by Henri Clamen. The painting is unsigned but was acquired from the artists atelier with other signed works. ...

Signed. Inscribed to stretchers verso. On canvas.