Simon Greco

The First American Law School

1948

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Unsigned Franklin's Return to Philadelphia in 1785.

The First Bank in Philadelphia. Signed lower right.

In this richly detailed oil painting from 1905, American artist Winfield Lukens captures a bustling maritime streetscape outside a mid-19th-century merchant storefront. This work exe...

Medium: Sepia Gouache on Board Dimensions: 25.50" x 16.50" Signature: Signed Lower Right Story Illustration, Two Victorian women, man reading lett...

People celebrating the 4th of July with red, white, and blue balloons.

C. 20th Century " Imperfect Witness " by Hoffman ( Oil on Canvas )

Although suggesting a yacht or boating club due to its prime waterfront location, this panoramic view by Philadelphia artist Xanthus Smith, most likely shows a US Lifesaving Service facility in one of the mid-Atlantic states. Originating in the mid-1800’s, the U.S. Lifesaving Service’s earliest buildings were strictly utilitarian, but as the Service grew, so did the size of the stations. By the 1880s, they were becoming more fashionable and usually were made up of two or three structures as shown here. The main building contained the offices and berthing area for the crew and usually featured a lookout tower on the roof. Smaller buildings housed classrooms and medical facilities. Some were built to resemble a Swiss chalet and one was even designed with a clock tower. Noted architect A. B. Bibb designed stations like this one that looked much like beach resort homes with lookout towers. The stations were usually located near the approaches to major ports and were maintained by the United States Revenue Marine (later renamed the United States Revenue Cutter...

Figurative Painting. American Flag with symbolism of disparate views of the states. About the Artist. Mothes is an artist living and working in East Hampton.  His work has be...