Thad Emory Leland

'In the Paddock', Impressionist Equestrian oil, Monterey, California artist

Circa 1955

Signed lower right, 'G. Bundgaard' for Gunnar Bundgaard (Danish, 1920-2005) and dated '57'. A light-filled, panoramic landscape showing Holstein cattle grazing in a grassy field beneath sun-lit clouds. This listed Danish painter first studied at Copenhagen's Gronvang School where he was particularly influenced by the romantic academic style of Niels Pederson...

Signed lower right, 'Charles Damrow' for Charles Damrow (American, 1916-1989) and painted circa 1940; additionally signed verso on stretcher, 'Chas. Damrow'. An idyllic, South-weste...

Signed lower left, 'Frank A. Brown' for Frank Arthur Brown (American, 1876-1962) and dated 1938. Titled, verso, on stretcher bar, 'Algerian Street', additionally signed, 'Frank A Bro...

Signed lower right, 'Dusso' for Leon D'Usseau, Jr. (American, 1918-1991) and painted circa 1965. A substantial, Modernist oil showing a mare and foal frolicking in a deep chestnut landscape interspersed with foliage and areas of bright color. Born in Los Angeles, Leon D'Usseau began training under the guidance of his father, who was among the earliest fine-art film directors to work in Hollywood. At the age of twelve, Leon was drawing seriously and, at fifteen, received a working scholarship at Chouinard School of Art where he studied under Merrill Gage and Alexander Archipenko. At this early age, he was also employed by Chouinard to teach a line-drawing class. Adopting the anglicized brush-name of Dusso, he exhibited widely and with success including at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1937-40), the California Palace Legion of Honor (1941), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1942), the Laguna Festival of Arts, Los Angeles Artists Association (1945), the California Watercolor Society (1946) and the Audubon Association (1945). Leon Dusso...

Signed lower right, 'Leslie H. Van Nimwegen' (Dutch-American, born 1951) and painted circa 1990. A large oil landscape showing a group of male big...

Chinese School, 20th century; After Ren Renfa (Qinglongzhen, 1255-1328). Signed center right in Chinese with artist chop mark for 'Yueshan Daoren' 月山道人, brush name for Ren Renfa. (Qinglongzhen [now Qingpu, Songjiang, Shanghai Municipality], b.1255; d. 1328). Chinese painter. Under the Yuan dynasty (1279–1368) he became an official, rising to the level of Vice-President of the River Conservation Bureau. He was famous for his paintings of horses, which were much admired by both his Mongol and Chinese patrons. In horse painting he followed in the tradition of the Song-period (960–1279) artist Li Gonglin, which was characterized by use of the ‘iron-wire’ line and a minimum of shading. Ultimately, however, Ren’s style can be traced to the Tang (ad 618–907) painters Yan Liben and Han Gan. Ren’s earliest surviving painting is dated 1280, indicating that he was a mature artist by his mid-twenties. Although he worked as an official under the alien Mongol emperors, he was capable of paintings that incorporated clear political messages. The most famous is Fat and Lean Horses (Beijing, Pal. Mus.), in which, according to his inscription, the fat horse...

Early morning by the River Wye, Gloucestershire, October is an original oil painting by Anna Pinkster. It was inspired by time spent sketching on a misty mor...

Gorgeous watercolor/gouache painting of a family of ducks swimming in a lake at dawn by Bill Reynolds (American, 1918-2008), 1970. The foreground is...

This bold and colorful equine impressionist painting, "Secretariat Tremendous Machine" by artist Lisa Palombo is a 24x18 acrylic painting on canvas. Depic...

This colorful equine impressionist painting, "Secretariat Hopeful Stakes" by artist Lisa Palombo is a 18x24 acrylic sketch on watercolor paper. Depicted i...

Laszlo Neogrady was born into an artistic family in Budapest in 1896. His father, Antal Neogrady, taught him all the basic rudiments of painting, he als...

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...