1910s Figurative Paintings

Antique illustration of a golfer getting out of a sand trap by well listed illustrator Leslie Saalburg whose work appeared in Vanity Fair and Esquire.

Portrait of a Lady French artist, signed and dated 1915 oil on panel board: 13.75 x 10.5 inches provenance: private collection, France condition: scuffing to the edges from a previou...

Date: 1918 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 31.00" x 24.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left From the Collection of James "Rip" Collins, former member of the Gashouse Gang.

Medium: Unknown Signature: Unsigned Sight Size 30.00" x 25.00", Framed 39.00" x 34.00" Saturday Evening Post Cover, July 12, 1919

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 24.75" x 18.63", Framed 34.00" x 18.50" Saturday Evening Post Cover, March 23, 1918 Exhib...

Alfred Banner was an English landscape and figure painter. He often worked in a late Victorian style, with his compositions being young children enjoyi...

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Framed 37.00" x 29.00" Saturday Evening Post Cover, August 21, 1915

Date: 1919 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 26.00" x 40.00" Signature: Signed and Dated illustrated: JVJ Publishing, Jim Vadeboncoeur; The Vadeboncoeur Collection of Images...

Medium: Oil on Canvas (on Board) Signature: Signed Lower Left Literature: Reese, Lowell Otus, The Little Injun, Collier's Weekly, November 4, 1916, p. 13, illustrated. Schoonover,...

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Vogue magazine cover 3/15/13

An fine period watercolor, dated 1910, an illustration by Charles Edmund Brock (English, 1870-1938). This, from a semi-autobiographical novel written by William Makepeace Thackeray, "Pendennis", in full "The History of Pendennis: His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy." The novel was published in monthly installments from 1848 to 1850 and published in book form in two volumes in 1849–50. Below this image is a quote from "Pendennis," Chapter VI, "Captain Costigan leaves Pendennis & Miss Fotheringay at the great window looking out into the Deans Garden". Signed lower left. Displayed in a rustic giltwood frame. Image, 8.5"H x 6.25"W. Charles Edmund Brock was a widely published English painter, line artist and book illustrator, who signed most of his work C. E. Brock. He received his first book commission at the age of 20. He became very successful, and illustrated books for authors such as Jonathan Swift, William Thackeray, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, and George Eliot. Brock also contributed pieces to several magazines such as The Quiver, The Strand, and Pearsons...

Medium: Hand Painted Fine Print Signature: Signed Lower Left

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Left Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, June 8, 1912

Robert Spencer paints a sun-drenched scene of figures moving about outside red clay buildings in his work entitled, “Courtyard at Noon.”

Here for your consideration is a comical take on the position of maitre d’. Unsigned. Framed in a new African mahogany frame. Overall measurements are 25.5 by 17.5 inches. Oil pain...

Ferdinand Burgdorff (American, 1881-1975) Pantheum Moonlight, 1916 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 16 x 24 inches 21.5 x 29.5 inches, framed Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Ferd...

Date: 1913 Medium: Gouache on Paper Dimensions: 19.75" x 14.50" Signature: Signed Lower Right Original 1913 Motor Age Magazine Cover Art Illustrati...

Approximate Date: 1915 Medium: Pen and Ink on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Dimensions: 22.00" x 20.00" Story Illustration- Life Magazine ca. ...

Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Each Upper Panel, Signed 'Maxfield Parrish/Windsor./Vermont.' (On the Reverse); Each Lower Panel, Signed 'Maxfield Parrish' (Lower Right) Each 1 of a...

This captivating painting by Charles Cardale Luck, titled Winter Twilight, showcases the artist's remarkable ability to capture the ethereal beauty of a Nordic winter. The scene depi...

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Harper's Monthly, 1917.

Stunning figurative landscape of the Mission San Juan Capistrano by Warren Eliphalet Rollins (American, 1861-1962). Presented in a giltwood frame. "Capistrano" lower right, unsigned. This is a study for a larger painting of the same scene. Image size, 14.5"H x 21"W. For many years Warren Eliphalet Rollins was known as the "Dean of the Santa Fe art colony." He was the first artist to have a formal exhibition there; it was held in 1906 in the old Palace of the Governors. He was a close friend of Carlos Vierra, Gerald Cassidy, Kenneth Chapman, Sheldon Parsons and most of the other famous artists who assembled in the New Mexican capital during the first half of this century. Born in Carson City, Nevada, Rollins was raised in California and attended the San Francisco School of Design where he studied under Virgil Williams. At the completion of his studies, he was awarded the Avery Gold Medal and made Assistant Director of the school. Following his marriage in 1887, he and his wife settled in San Diego, and it was during this period that Rollins became interested in the Indian as subject matter. In search of material, Rollins, his wife, and their two daughters, Ramona and Ruth, traveled through every Western state from the Mexican to the Canadian borders. While in Montana, Rollins painted a portrait of Calamity Jane...

Firmado y fechado en la parte inferior Se presenta enmarcada la pintura Buen estado de conservación Medidas obra: 76 x 51 cm. Medidas marco: 91 x 65 cm.

Distinguished Gentleman Portrait Signed by D - Lubin (French, early 20th century) Dated 1915 oil on panel, unframed panel: 13.75 x 10.5 inches Provenance: Private collection, Paris ...

Inlet and windmill, a watercolor painting by William Walker Alexander (Canadian, 1870-1948). Presented a giltwood frame. Signed "W.W Alexander" lower right. Inner mat has minor wear ...

Figurative landscape of Wood Fairies kissing in a forest by Carl F. Ruhnau (German, c.1876-1940). Signed “C. Ruhnau” in the bottom right corner. Signed and ...

Attached is “Anita” (1916), by William Cahill (1878-1924), oil on artist board, 14 x 14 inches, signed & dated l/r. Exhibited at the Salmagundi Club, 1...

Clara Deike (American, 1881-1964) Hillside and Stream, 1916 Gouache on paper Signed and dated lower right 22 x 18 inches 25.5 x 21.5 inches, framed A graduate of the Cleveland Schoo...

Raoul DUFY The Dance, c .1910 Original woodcut Signed with stamp of the artist's studio Numbered on /220 Titled in the board 50.5 x 65.4 cm (c. 19.6 x 25.5 inch) Excellent condition

This lovely British Post Impressionist oil painting is by noted artist Gerald Spencer Pryse. Painted circa 1910 the painting depicts Queen Mary greeting a large group of school child...

This painting is characterized by a cool, turquoise sky that contrasts against snow-covered hills and trees. The artist Harald Gallén has painted the snow in flowing, almost sculptur...

Original Oil on Canvas by Giovanni Giani, realized by the artist in 1911. Signed and date lower left "G. Giani 1911". Very good conditions.

Carl Johansson (1863-1944), also known as "Ultramarin Johansson," was a highly skilled Swedish landscape painter who is known for his ability to capture...

Como pueden apreciar, la obra va firmada en la parte inferior y fechada del año 1917 Se presenta enmarcada la obra (el marco presenta alguna leve falta) El estado de la obra es act...

Frederick Dickinson Williams Fishing in Autumn, 1914 Signed and dated lower left Oil on board 9 1/4 x 6 7/8 inches Frederick Dickinson W...

Very finely painted in muted pastel colors is an original oil on canvas board painting by the American artist, Norwood Hodge MacGilvery. Signed lower right. Titled verso along with ...

Signed lower right, 'Henry Ottmann' (French, 1877-1927) and created circa 1915. An elegant pencil and ink-wash drawing showing two women conversing, one seated side-saddle on horse ...

"Houseboats in Moon Light", a rare early 20th century tonalist nocturnal harbor landscape scene at Greenbrae Boardwalk, San Rafael, California by Charles Rollo Peters (American, 1862-1928), 1912. Inscribed "Charles Rollo Peters Greenbrae, 1912" in the lower left corner. Presented in an antique giltwood frame. Image size: 19.5"H x 25.25"W Auction record high for this noted Nocturnal and Tonalist artist is $58,000. Rare works like this one range $30,000-$35,000. (Note: the photos showing the inscribed signature have been adjusted to show contrast and the artists inscribed signature in other photos enhanced by acrylic over inscription in the oil paint for visibility). Although not noted on verso, the title is taken from two others done the same year at Greenbrae Boardwalk near San Rafael, California. Charles Rollo Peters (American, 1862-1928), called "The Poet of Night", is best known for his Tonalist landscapes, especially nocturnes, with much of his subject matter being scenes around his home in Monterey, California. James McNeill Whistler, who promoted the Tonalist aesthetic in Europe, was a major influence on his painting, and "is reported to have said that Peters was the only artist other than himself who could paint nocturnes." (Gerdts) As Peters matured, his life became increasingly tumultuous, but the one stable part of his existence was his painting. He continued to pour his emotions into his work, creating lonely, mysterious nocturnes with a palette of deep blues and blacks. The scenes were invariably dotted with a speck of light emanating from the moon or a lighted window. His landscapes usually displayed a more prominent sky view and often included a winding path or road trailing off in the distance. Peters was born in San Francisco in 1862 to a wealthy family, and in San Francisco attended Bates Private School for Boys and the City College, where his talent for sketching and painting became obvious and was encouraged. After graduation from the College, he spent time as a commercial artist, but this pursuit did not hold his interest. In the mid 1880s, he began to study privately with Jules Tavernier and also attended classes with Virgil Williams and Christian Jorgensen at the California School of Design. During this period, he painted Bay-Area scenery. In 1886, he began a four-year period of study and travel in Europe, enrolling in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian. His teachers were Jean-Leon Gerome and Fernand Cormon. In San Francisco, where he returned in 1890, he met and married Kathleen Mary Murphy, and the couple immediately departed for an extended trip to England and France. Peters painted the countryside and produced numerous landscape paintings, especially moonlit views of Brittany and Paris---his first nocturnes, encouraged by the aesthetic of Whistler, whose influence was pervasive in England and France. Upon his return to California about 1895, Peters held a large show in San Francisco and was able to sell many of his works. Soon after, he and his family relocated to Monterey, California where Peters became interested in California adobe ruins and missions as subjects for his paintings. Night paintings with rich blues highlighted by moon light became his signature work. Like most Tonalists, he painted in his studio. It was written of him that Monterey residents often saw him "wandering about in the semi-darkness, taking down notes here and there, studying the different phases of light, and creating a vivid mental picture of the scene he wished to paint." (Lowrey 158) In 1899, he made a tour with his collection of paintings through Chicago, Maine, Long Island, and New York City where he held a solo exhibition at the Union Club and received very favorable publicity. One reviewer of the Union Club work wrote: "The artist has studied the atmospheric effect of the night to good purpose, and in the representation of the silvery gray of moonlight he has arrived at singular proficiency." Peters returned to Monterey in 1900, and purchased thirty acres of land where he built an estate. He exhibited in the annual exhibitions of the San Francisco Art Association and the Bohemian Club. Along with William Keith, Xavier...

Hand signed and dated lower right "Arturo Noci 1912". In excellent conditions. Includes wooden frame: 63x78 cm.

Working Horses is an original oil painting on canvas realized by Alessandro Lupo in 1913. Hand signed and dated lower right. Good conditions, slightly stretched canvas, slight mark...

William Baxter Closson Trail of the Snowshoes, circa 1910 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 30 x 40 inches Provenance The Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme, Connecticut Born October 13, 184...

Henry Ottmann (1877-1927) A Still life, signed lower right Oil on canvas 41 x 51 cm Framed : 53.5 x 63.5 cm Another fine example of Henry Ottmann's original art, this still life ...

Roger de la Fresnaye (French, 1885-1925) Dessin pour un Costume (Bal Poiret à St. Cloud), circa 1913 pencil and watercolor on paper laid down to card inscribed with title on card (ve...

Jacques Fernand GONIN A very good and typical example of his work. The canvas is in very good condition with no patches or reline. It is signed clearly in the top left hand corner. Outside Frame Size: 17.25" x 13.75 (44 x 33cm) Painting Size: 13 x 9.5" (33 x 24cm) Gonin was a painter of genre scenes and portraits. He was born in Milan, Italy on the 14th December 1883 before moving to France...

Signed lower right, 'Ludvig Jacobsen' (Danish, 1890-1957) and dated 1926. An exceptional early twentieth-century figural work by this notable Danish modernist and follower of Wattea...

Signed lower left, 'L. Simon' for Lucien Simon (French, 1861-1945) and painted circa 1919. Partially titled, verso, on old label. Provenance: Austin Hills estate, San Francisco. Pre...

Initialed lower left, 'J.P' for Julius Paulsen (Danish, 1860-1940) and painted circa 1910. A dramatic, early twentieth-century work by this notable Post-Impressionist painter and th...

Signed lower right 'Jais' for Jais Nielsen (Danish, 1885-1961), dated 1911 and titled 'Bretagne' (Brittany). Additionally titled on partial exhibition label verso, 'Piga fra Bretagne...

Eugene Higgins In Foreign Parts, circa 1913 Signed lower right Watercolor on paper Sight 17 x 13 inches Born William Victor Higgins in 1884 to a Shelbyville, Indiana farm family where the only art Victor was aware of as a child was his father's love of flowers. "He loved their forms and their colors, and he tended his garden as a painter might work a canvas." At the age of nine, Victor met a young artist who traveled the Indiana countryside painting advertisements on the sides of barns. He purchased paints and brushes so the young Higgins could practice his own artwork on the inside of his father's barn. He also taught Victor about art museums and especially about the new Chicago Art Institute. This information never left the young artist, and he saved his allowance until his father allowed him at the age of fifteen to attend Chicago Art Institute. He worked a variety of jobs to finance his studies both there and at the Academy of Fine Arts. Victor Higgins traveled to New York in 1908, where he met Robert Henri, who became a significant influence by depicting every-day scenes and stressing the importance of the spirit and sense of place as important factors in painting. Higgins was also greatly affected by the New York Armory Modernism Show of Marsden Hartley in 1913. While Victor Higgins was in Chicago he met former mayor and avid collector Carter H. Harrison who was to prove instrumental in the growth of Higgins career for several years. Harrison agreed to support Higgins for four years to go to Paris and Munich and paint and study in the great museums in Europe. While at the Academie de la Grande Chaumier in Paris (1910-1914) he met Walter Ufer, who was another Chicago artist being sponsored by Carter Harrison. This meeting was not only a life-long friendship, but the beginning of a great change in the way Higgins looked at "American" art. He decided that America needed it's own authentic style rather than the 19th Century classic style he was taught in Europe. Very soon after returning to Chicago in 1914, Harrison sent him and Walter Ufer on a painting trip to Taos, New Mexico for a year in exchange for paintings. Higgins made other similar agreements and was able to support himself with his painting. This trip was a life-changing experience and introduced Higgins to the authentic America he had been looking for. In 1914 Taos was an isolated village about twelve hours from Santa Fe on an impossible dirt road. But the colorful life of the pueblo people and the natural beauty drew a collection of artists who became the Taos art colony, from which the Taos Society of Artists was founded in 1915. Victor Higgins became a permanent resident within a year of his arrival and a member of the society in 1917, exhibiting with Jane Peterson in 1925 and with Wayman Adams and Janet Scudder in 1927. The members would travel around the country introducing the Southwest scenes with great success. He remained a member until the Society's dissolution in 1927. Higgins was the youngest member of the group of seven. Other members were Joseph Henry Sharp, Bert Phillips...

Mother's portrait. 1917, oil on canvas, 60x50 cm With certificate of authenticity Romans Suta Born on April 28, 1896 in the vicinity of Cesis (Latvia), died on July 14, 1944 in T...

Initialed lower right 'A.H.'; signed verso, "Alfred Helberger", inscribed "Gertrúd" and dated 1914. Bearing the original 1962 exhibition label from the Senator fur Folksbildung, Ber...

Initialed lower left, 'H.S.' for Henrik Schouboe (Danish, 1876-1949) and painted circa 1915. Henrik Schouboe first studied at the Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Fine Arts from 1894-1...

Signed lower right, 'Emerson' for William C. Emerson (American, 1865-1937) and dated 1910. Original card board, verso, was additionally signed 'W. C. Emerson' and titled, 'The Dance'...

Artist: Ben Benn, Russian/American (1884 - 1983) Title: People in the Woods Year: 1917 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.r. Size: 31 x 22 in. (78.74 x 55.88 cm) Frame Size: 39 x 30 i...

Signed figures in landscape pastel on canvas circa 1910 by French Barbizon painter Leon Augustin Lhermitte. The piece depicts a rural landscape with two women in traditional Breton c...

Little boy eating bowl of Kelloggs

Medium: Oil on Canvas Laid on Board Signature: Unsigned The Saturday Evening Post, November 16, 1912 cover Study (Thanksgiving Edition)

"The poor little bridesmaid ... in her pink cotton gown ... though doubtless, there never was such a pretty girl." A kitchen scene is depicted with a young bridesmaid admiring her f...

Work on cardboard Beige wooden frame 48 x 40.5 x 3.8 cm

Signed and dated '1910' lower right