Louis Carl Hvasta

Pelicans

1959

George W. Drew (1875-1968) "Springtime at the Farm" Oil on Canvas 24 x 36 inches (site) 31.5 x 43.25 (framed) George W. Drew was born 21 December 1875 in Massachusetts. He was a member of the Independent Artists Association. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design and they have him recorded as living at 745 Columbus Ave., N.Y. in the year 1898. He also exhibited at the Allied Artists of America, which was established in 1914, Salons of America, N.Y. State Fair, Newark State Fair, Newark Museum and New York Museum of Science & Industry. Although there is little known about the personal life of George W. Drew, his paintings appear on the art market quite often. It is obvious that his work has always been well received because of the numerous exhibitions he has participated in. He is known for his rustic luminous depictions of the Nineteenth Century American Landscape. Like many of the Hudson River Painters...

William Henry Howe (1846-1929) "Made in the Shade" 1887 Oil on Canvas Signed and Dated Site Size: approx. 14.5 x 21.5 inches Frames Size: approx. 17.5 x 24.5 inches Provenance: Private Collection, St. Louis, Missouri thence by descent William Henry Howe was born in Ravenna, Ohio in 1846. Of him it was written: "In the late nineteenth century no American artist was more thoroughly identified with the painting of cows than William Henry Howe." (Richter 128). In a style that combined Tonalism and Realism, he was a painter of light-filled pastoral landscapes that sometimes had sheep as well as cattle tended by their shepherds and herders. He began a career as a businessman in St. Louis, and in his mid-thirties, changed course and went to Dusseldorf Germany to study art at the Royal Academy. In 1881, he went to Paris and studied with animal painters Felix Vuillefroy and Otto de Thoren. He also exhibited his work at the Paris Salons and the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889. Travels in Holland in the 1880s with other artists inspired his interest in pastoral subjects, and during that time he began his cattle paintings...

Searching for Clams with the Horse Cart By. Gerhard Munthe (German, 1875-1927) Signed Lower Left Unframed: 11" x 14" Framed: 19" x 23" Born in Dusseldo...

Jean Dufy (1888-1964) "Les Cavaliers Dans La Parc" c. 1929/30 Oil on Canvas Signed Lower Left Provenance: Arthur Lenars & Co., Paris *This work has been authenticated by Jacques Ba...

Paul E. Harney, Jr. "Feeding Time" 1909 Oil on Wood Panel Signed and Dated Panel Size: approx 8 x 12 inches Framed Size: approx. 16 x 19 inches Paul Harney (1850-1915) Born in New ...

Duck Family By. David Adolph Constant Artz (Dutch, 1837-1890) Signed Lower Left Unframed: 9" x 12" Framed: 17" x 18.5" David Adolf Constant Artz was a 19th-century Dutch painter an...

Cows and Interior

David Shingler's (NC based) "Grazing Grizzly" is an oil painting that depicts a Grizzly bear grazing on a sloping mountainside with pine trees in the bac...

Lone figure with hummingbird

Feliz is an 8 x 8" painting by Cuban-American artist Reynier Llanes who lives in Miami. it is framed and with the frame it is 8 x 8 x 2.25. It is oil painted on a wood panel . Fel...

"Pony and Groom" is an unframed, oil on wood panel, contemporary impressionist painting. Painted during the 2014 Wellington Winter Equestrian Festival. Center stage, stands a fit, br...

Painted en plein air, a group of chickens poke around a grassy yard. Frame options available. Marc Dalessio was born in 1972 in Los Angeles, California. Even in his earliest year...