George Sanders Bickerstaff

'Southern California Desert Landscape', Art Institute of Chicago, Who Was Who

A serene marine painting from the artist’s late period showing both his unerring compositional sense and his mastery of light and perspective. Inscribed lower right, "Carl Sorensen" for Carl Frederick Sorensen (Danish, 1818-1879) and dated 1863. In 1848, Sorensen was commissioned by the Danish Government as the official naval artist to accompany the Royal Danish Navy on an official tour of the Mediterranean and to make a series of studies of the trip. The inspiration that Sorensen derived from this expedition led him to return to Capri every summer for the remainder of his life and also inaugurated his career as Denmark’s preeminent marine painter. Sorensen received many honors and awards during his lifetime and his work may be found in the permanent collections of museums worldwide, including a substantial collection at the Royal Naval...

Signed lower right, 'Carol Lucas' (American, 20th century), dated 1987 and titled, verso on stretcher bar, 'Mt. Tam' with dedication and artist signature. A view of the snow covere...

Signed lower right, 'G. Hedlund' for Grace LePage Hedlund (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1995. An atmospheric, Impressionist oil showing a view of a traditional wooden farmhouse...

Signed lower right, 'Е. Баранов, Л. Величко' for Evgeny and Lydia Barnov (Russian-American, 20th century) and dated 2006. Titled, verso, on label, 'Traveling through Time'. Born in...

Signed lower right, 'George L. Beidler' (American, 1917-1981) and dated 1956. Additionally signed, verso, on stretcher bar and titled on artist label, 'Old Minisink Mill, Marshall's Creek, Pennsylvania' with artist address. Known also as Zimmerman's Mill and Kerr's Mill, this historic mill is located in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Built in 1849 by Peter Zimmerman...

Signed lower left, 'Soekardji' for Raden Soekardji (Indonesian, 1880-1950), painted circa 1950 and bearing shipping label from RMS. Otranto. An elegant and lyrical oil by this noted...

Artist: Bernhard Buter (1883-1959) German Title: Rhinish Landscape Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: Framed 19” x 21” , Unframed 11 x 13” Bernhard Buter paints agrarian landscapes i...

A monumental Italian landscape oil painting. "Apuan Mountains" of Italy (The Italian Alps) Shepherds in the mountains with the village of Seravezza below. Painted by Andreas Marko...

Signed and titled on reverse

Andreas Schelfhout (1787 The Hague - 1870 The Hague]0 Summer Landscape in the Meuse Valley Oil on panel. 69 x 92.5 cm. Signed lower right: A. Schelfhout f. Provenance Gemäldegalerie...

An able sailor guides a fine sloop through the choppy waters of a busy American port in this work by Dutch-American artist Maurtiz DeHaas. Given the sailor's hat, what appears to be ...

A classic scene of a large mid-Nineteenth Century schooner at rest in the Mediterranean port painted by the Italian countryman Tomaso De Simone. The complete narrative scene around the schooner's broadside is complemented with a British merchant steam/sail ship, local boats and the colorful sky and headland architecture of the ancient city. The vast serenity and unspoiled life of cruising the Mediterranean Ocean...