Gillie Cawthorne

Pennsylvania

2008

Artist: Frank Dicey (English, c. 1838-1888) Title: "Promenade en Bateau en Soirée (Evening Boat Ride)" *Signed by Dicey lower left Circa: 1880 Medium: Original Oil Painting on Canvas Framing: Recently framed within a black and gold Baroque style moulding with linen liner from Holland and and a gold filet Framed size: 24.75" x 30.75" Canvas size: 18.25" x 24.25" Condition: Relined. Minor craquelure. In excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Boston, MA. Biography: Frank Dicey (English, c. 1838-1888) was a figure painter born in London. He exhibited between 1880 and 1888 at the Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours and Grosvenor Gallery in London, as well as at the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Royal Society of Artists in Birmingham, Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and Manchester City Art Gallery. Dicey also exhibited with the Royal Society of British Artists, a society which nominated James Whistler its President in 1886. He was elected a member of The Arts Club in 1866 and a member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 1883. In 1874/1876, Dicey's name was included by James Whistler in a list which may have been a guest list for the private view of Whistler's Pall Mall exhibition of 1874, or a subscription list for Whistler's Venice etchings...

Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Blue Ridge Blue Bird" Series: Eclecticism *Signed by Graves lower right. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso Year: 2024 ...

Beautiful watercolor painting of a wooden barn surrounded by trees with hues of vibrant greens, yellows and reds. A wagon is seen in the far off distance with grey clouds looming in ...

Wonderful western figurative landscape watercolor depicting highly detailed figures at working in front of a blacksmith shop, set in a small town landscape with beautiful dappled light in the foreground, by exemplary contemporary watercolor artist Patricia Hansen (American, 20th Century), c.2000. Signed lower right corner "P.P. Hansen". Presented in oak frame under glass with off-white mat. Image size: 23"H x 31"W. Formerly of the San Francisco Bay Area and Saratoga Springs, New York, watercolorist, Patricia Hansen currently lives and maintains her studio at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon in Sandy, Utah. She was born in Chicago, Illinois and received her bachelor degree in art from Brigham Young University. After graduation, Patricia continued to study both drawing and watercolor painting from noted artists Jade Fon...