Herbert Lewis

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

1928

An exceptionally fine study of this landmark Tudor manor house in the English county of Cheshire. Signed lower right, 'E. Salomons', dated 1900 and titled, 'Moreton Hall'. Close a...

Signed lower left, 'A.F. Gorguet' for Auguste François Gorguet (French, 1862-1927), titled 'Menton' and dated with roman numerals 'XI' for 1911; bearing old 'P. Navez' exhibition lab...

Signed lower right, 'Frank M. Hamilton' for Frank Moss Hamilton (American, 1930-1999) and painted circa 1965. Titled, verso, 'The Smugglers, Hong Kong' on artist card and inscribed, ...

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 left, 'Frank M. Hamilton' for Frank Moss Hamilton (American, 1930-1999) and dated '1955'. Titled, verso, 'Old Houses, Kingston, Jamaica'. Sheet dimensions: 18.5 x 28.25 inches. Board dimensions: 20 x 30 inches. A substantial, mid-century view of the modern harbor of Hong Kong with skyscrapers in the distance, including the Hong Kong Bank, and three large, wooden junks moored to a wharf in the foreground with numerous figures working and walking. Born in Missouri, Frank Moss Hamilton first studied at the University of Kansas and, subsequently, at Stanford University where he earned a degree in architecture. He later studied watercolor painting with the American Impressionist landscape painter, Eliot O'Hara. In addition to his career as an architect and fine artist, Hamilton was also a respected teacher, including at the San Francisco Art Institute. Between the 1940s and 1970s, Hamilton held one-man exhibitions in Laguna Beach at the Festival of the Arts, winning first place awards in 1963, 1964 and 1965. He also exhibited in New York City, at Humboldt State College, at the Richmond Art Center and at the Franklin Mint Yearly Western Show where he was awarded first prize in 1972. Frank Moss Hamilton was a member of the California Watercolor...

Signed lower left, 'Hans Blum' (German, 1858-1942) and painted circa 1911. Provenance: Exhibited, 'Jubiläums- Ausstellung der Münchener Künstler-Genossenschaft', München 1911 ('Anniversary Exhibition of the Munich Artists' Cooperative'). Label verso. Hans Blum studied at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts with Ludwig von Löfftz and Ludwig Lindenschmit the Younger. He first worked as a portraitist in Nuremberg but later turned to genre painting, which he often carried out in the style of plein-air painting. Blum exhibited his Italian alpine...

Original, unique French goauche of a street scene by noted French Art Deco illustrator Raymond de Lavererie. Signed bottom right, presented under glass in wood and gilt frame. A cha...

Beautiful mid century landscape of a historic California mission, highlighting its iconic architectural details such as a columned arches, white was...

Artist Charles Perry Weimer employs thin black horizontal lines that intersect with thin black vertical lines. The result is a triumph of design where the highly stylized pulsating i...

Frank Henry Mason 1875 – 1965 Steamship in Asia Gouache on paper Image size: 8 x 15 inches Acid free mount and hand made gilt frame Original artwork for a carriage print for steam...

Gwynn British 20th Century Rambles around the Cambrian Coast Gouache, signed lower right Image size: 12 x 15 ¼ inches Gilt frame Commissioned by GWR in 1938. An original artwork...

English School 20th Century Lakes Gouache, initialled lower left Image size: 20 x 14 inches Framed