Wesley Webber

“Misty Morning”

Circa 1890

Beautiful oil on canvas painting by the American Impressionist artist Louis H. Richardson. Signed lower right and dated 1917. Overall framed measurements in original Newcomb Macklin frame 27.5 by 31.25 inches. Louis H Richardson [1853-1923] American Impressionist : Louis H. Richardson was born in New Bedford, MA, where he lived and worked until his death in 1923. Richardson was a self-taught Impressionist artist, most known for his sensitive paintings of the landscape surrounding New Bedford and the Dartmouth area. From his shanty shack studio at Salters Point in South Dartmouth, he would paint the wetlands and feature water, trees, the sky and land. In 1917, Richardson was part of a two-man show in New York City with artist Clifford W. Ashley at the Arlington Art Galleries on Madison Avenue. Of his show, The New Bedford Sunday Standard wrote: “His style is so absolutely his own that the simple mention of his name recalls to mind vividly the salt marshes, the soft browns of silent reaches near the sea, wind-blown inlets, flying clouds. … Some of it reaches a height of charm and truth that it would be impossible to surpass.” Richardson believed in the art community and founded the New Bedford Arts Club and its successor the New Bedford Fine Arts Society. When not painting, Richardson worked at the New Bedford Water Company and later as a plumbing inspector for the city’s Board of Health. He was an avid baseball player and would be known as “the Babe Ruth of New Bedford.” On his death, the local newspaper declared him “one of the best-known artists in New Bedford” and “one of the art pioneers in building up a more widespread appreciation of art in the community.” His work is in the permanent collection of the New Bedford Whaling Museum...

Very well executed tonalist work of a sunset over Amsterdam Harbor in Holland by the well known American artist, George McCord. Signed lower right with A.N.A following the signature which stands for Associate of the National Academy. Circa 1890. Condition is good. The painting is oil on canvas (relined) and is housed in an semi-antique style gold ornate frame. Frame is in very good condition. Overall framed measurements are 30 by 35 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida estate. GEORGE HERBERT McCORD (1848-1909) Born on August 1, 1848 in Manhattan, New York, George Herbert McCord was considered a central figure of the second generation Hudson River painters. While McCord described himself as mostly self-taught, he attended the Hudson River Institute and the Claverack Academy in New York. He also spent time studying in the studios of Samuel Morse...

Oil on board painting by Aloysius O’Kelly of Concarneau, Brittany. Signed bottom right and titled verso. Condition: Good. Provenance: Sarasota estate. Overall sized framed in o...

Oil on artist board Circa 1930 -1935 Signed verso and dedicated to JF (possibly John Folinsbee, fellow artist and neighbor). Overall size encased in custom 22K gold leaf frame wit...

Charles Caryl Coleman (Buffalo 1840 – Capri 1928), Peasant woman at work in the fields of Capri (1901) Oil painting on canvas 35 x 49 cm, signed, located and dated Capri 1901 lower ...

Measurements Painting 30.25 x 25.25 inches Framed 34 5/8 x 29 3/4 inches Joe Duncan Gleason (1881 - 1959) was a California Impressionist painter...

Measures Painting 20 x 16 inches Framed 27 x 23 inches This lovely early 20th century William Wendt (1865 - 1946) painting c. 1909 features a Pasadena California landscape domina...

Measures Painting 20 x 25 inches Framed 24 x 39 inches (approximately) This luminist and atmospheric evening seascape by Granville Redmond (1871 - 1935) was painted on Catalina Island off the California coast c.1920. Redmond was a very prominent California Impressionist known for his serene tranquil and mood-filled California coastal paintings bathed in moonlight with waves gently rolling onto the shore. As a deaf mute, he explained that without speech and hearing, his abilities to see things in a detailed and poetic way were much more honed and enhanced. He was renowned for his Impressionist landscapes, particularly those featuring California wildflowers, coastal scenes, and tonal moonlit settings. Despite his deafness from a young age, Redmond achieved significant acclaim for his art and even acted in silent films, becoming friends with Charlie Chaplin, who built an art studio for him on his large movie lot. Redmond lost his hearing due to scarlet fever as a child and later attended the California School for the Deaf in Berkeley, where his artistic talents were nurtured. He studied at the California School of Design in San Francisco before continuing his studies in Paris at the Académie Julian. He became a highly respected landscape painter, shifting between vibrant Impressionist poppy...