Joseph Francis Kernan

Sunday with Grandpa

Medium: Painting Signature: Signed Lower Right Contact for dimensions.

Medium: Painting Signature: Signed Lower Right Contact for dimensions.

Signed Lower Left by Artist “‘Georgy Porgy’ said he, ‘You can just bet your small life, I will — And there’s my hand on it, old chap’” Magazine cover: : “The Money Moon”, author: Je...

Country Gentleman, Magazine Cover, June 21, 1924 Joseph Francis Kernan was a sportsman all of his life and the majority of his subjects featured, as he described it, "the human side of outdoor sports, hunting, fishing and dogs." These were the ideal subjects for magazine covers and his work appeared on all of the major - and some minor- magazines, including The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's, Liberty, The Country Gentlemen, Capper's Farmer, The Elks, Outdoor Life, and The Associated Sunday Magazines. His work was also commissioned for calendars, and advertisers such as Fisk Tires, International...

Tomkins Harrison Matteson Playing with Grandfather, 1869 Signed and dated lower left Oil on canvas 29 5/16 x 24 3/16 inches Provenance: Sotheby's New York, May 24, 2001, Lot 150 Estate of a New Hampshire Collector Tompkins H. Matteson was one of the most noted painters in upstate New York during the 1850s and was well-known for genre and historical subjects. Born in Peterboro, New York, he studied and exhibited at the National Academy of Design - established himself as a portrait painter in Sherburne, New York before moving in 1841 to New York City. In 1850, he returned to Shelburne, where he spent the remainder of his life. A follower of William Sidney Mount...

A charming study of two children, sand bucket in hand, looking out to sea in their summer bonnets. Unsigned. Presented in a light wooden frame. On board.

This sweet painting by Bartolome Sastre depicts two young girls riding in a gondola boat, rowed by their grandfather. The water reflects the sky and the mountains in the distance beh...

This is a portrait of fatherhood. of the figures in step. The relationships described in the composition; the shadows following the figure mirroring the father followed by the son. :...