Cecil Crosley Bell

Snow and Gray Sky with Rusty

c. 1950

Village Under the Snow By. David Schulman (Dutch, 1881-1966) Signed Lower Right Unframed: 15.5" x 23.5" Framed: 23.5" x 31.5" David Schulman was a Dutch self-taught painter, draftsman and watercolorist. He was born in the city of Hilversum, in 1881. Schulman's father Lion was a painter himself and was known to be come an art dealer in subsequent years. Apart from this, he sold painting...

Joseph Orr (20th C.) "Winter's Afternoon" Acrylic on Canvas 24 x 30 inches 28 x 34 inches framed Joseph Orr, from Missouri, has been painting professionall...

This is by the stage designer, Walter Kubbernuus, for the opera Katyusha by Franco Alfano. After Tolstoi. See attached image of the writing of the verso. Monogrammed Lower Right. ...

Oscar E. Berninghaus (American, 1874-1952) "Winter Pasture" Oil on Canvas Unframed: 20 x 24 inches Framed: 25.5 x 29.5 inches Provo: Noonan-Kocian Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, Dec. 23, 1954 (Copy of Original Receipt Included) * Will be included in Kodner Gallery's upcoming Oscar E. Berninghaus Research Project on the artist A founder in 1898 of the Taos Society of Artists, Oscar Berninghaus excelled at drawing animals and figures in contemporary garb in Southwestern landscapes. Many of his early paintings were Impressionistic, "suffused with color and light". (Gerdts 254) He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and developed an interest in art through his family's lithography business. He attended night classes at the St. Louis School of Fine Art. In 1898, he was on an illustration assignment for "McClure's" magazine, which took him for the first of many times into New Mexico and Arizona. He had heard of the special beauty of Taos and there met Bert Geer Phillips, who was already a resident, and Phillips invited him to return. This visit began a tradition of spending the winter months in St. Louis and the summers in Taos. He remained active in both communities, and for many years designed the costumes and floats for the Veiled Prophet parade, a famous annual event in St. Louis. He also did a series of western scenes commissioned by the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association to promote a manly, ruggedness theme in their products and to enhance their image as good Americans, an image that was being attacked by suffragettes. In this capacity and without visiting the area, Berninghaus did a painting titled "Old Faithful, Yellowstone" in 1914, which was used as a calendar illustration in the series. Berninghaus was a sketch artist for the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad to depict landscape of Colorado...

Muted Color Palette that Suites Gold Colored Frame.Frame has a International Cracked Style. Back of Canvas has aged as Pictured. Dimensions. 34 W ; 1 D ; 28 H

Charles Harsanyi (American, 1905-1973) The Ferry No 2, 1946 Oil on board 40 x 52 in. Framed: 46 x 58 in. Signed and inscribed verso Exhibited: Grand Central Art Galleries, 1946 Charles E. Harsanyi was born in Tapolcza, Hungary in 1905. He studied at the Royal Academy in Budapest, Hungary with A. Bankhard from 1923 to 1928. Nineteen years later, in 1947, Harsanyi moved to the U. S., settling in Jackson Heights, New York. The painter and drawing specialist became a member of numerous prestigious art clubs including the Salmagundi Club, The Society of Independent Artists and the Allied Artists of America. Harsanyi served as an awards director and chairman of admissions for the Audubon Artists Association during the 1950s. Later in life after living in Stephentown, New York and Cape Coral...

Finely painted bright and brilliant cubist winter landscape. Framed nicely and signed lower right. Excellent mid century example.

A Small Charming oil on Panel of a British Winter Snowy Landscape by George William Bissill (1896-1973), mid-20th century. Signed, and Inscribed on labels on the reverse (auction lot...