Bertha Elizabeth Stringer Lee

Early 20th Century Monterey Coast Landscape with Cypress Tree & Wildflowers

1915-20

Beautiful early 20th century Bay Area landscape attributed to California artist Florence Bugbee Banham (American, 1856-1934). This small scale horizontal landscape depicts a peaceful...

Bright forest landscape by Veva Sisemore (American, 1919-1991). Tags from the artist with information about the piece are attached to back of frame. Presented in a gold painted wood frame with a linen liner. Art size: 14"H x 10"W Veva Sisemore was born in White Horse, Oklahoma, and moved to Salinas, California in 1966. Sisemore attended Hartnell College and then studied creative painting at Gavilan College. Santa Cruz Art League member and exhibitor. Selected Exhibitions and Awards: 1968 - “Special Showing”, Cutshall’s Interiors, Salinas, CA 1970 - Joined Santa Cruz Art League 1970 - 1st Place for “Bold Autumn”, Santa Cruz Art League 1980 - Off Main...

Bold and vibrant depiction of a suburban street by an unknown artist ("Ryan"). Saturated fall foliage dominates the foreground of this piece, framing the houses in the midground. The...

Charming mid century folk art painting of an autumn valley by Farris (American, 20th Century)Signed "Farris" lower left. Tag on verso from Ohio frame shop ...

Estate signed verso. Painted between the years 1916 and 1926. This painting is identified in the Francis Draper Jr. archives as #0-99........... PROVENANCE: The Francis Draper Jr. Estate........ PLEASE INQUIRE ABOUT THE ENTIRE COLLECTION OF THESE WONDERFUL CALIFORNIA PLEIN AIR IMPRESSIONIST...

A lovely Plein Air impressionist oil painting of an adobe house in Santa Barbara California with the Santa Ynez Mountains in the distance. Estate signed verso. Painted between the ...

Estate signed verso. Painted between the years 1916 and 1926. In a genuine gold leaf, had carved frame. This painting is identified in the Francis Draper Jr. archives as #0-90........

Guy C. Wiggins (1883 - 1962) Locomotive Train in Snowstorm, 1957 Oil on paperboard 8 x 10 inches Signed lower left; signed and dated on the reverse Guy Carleton Wiggins is best known for his impressionistic snow scenes of New York in 1920's. Wiggins lived in Old Lyme and Essex where he operated an art school. The Connecticut country-side was conducive to his impressionist technique of plein-air painting and broken brushwork.  Ironically, although his work includes many fine Connecticut landscapes, he is best remembered for some snow scenes of New York City. Like many other American Impressionists, Wiggins had one foot in the city and the other in the country (Vermont Hillside, South Londonderry).  Wiggins was born in Brooklyn, New York, went to England with his family as a boy, received an English grammar school education, and traveled widely abroad. He was the son of a prominent artist, Carleton Wiggins, a painter in the Barbizon style who studied with George Inness and admired Anton Mauve and Dwight Tryon...