Early 20th Century Paintings

Mare and Foal by Geoffrey Mortimer (1895 - 1986) Signed oil on board, framed Framed: 13 x 15 inches Board : 10 x 12 inches Provenance: private collection Condition: very good conditi...

Work on canvas Molded frame in wood and gilded plaster 96.5 x 79.5 x 4.5 cm

Frank Moss Bennett British, (1874-1952) In the Garden Oil on panel, signed & dated 1917 Image size: 11 inches x 13.5 inches Size including frame: 20 inches x 22.5 inches A charming genre scene of two gentlemen in 18th century costume in a garden by Frank Moss Bennett. The men drink wine and eat fruit at a linen covered table...

4070 French oil painting Lady in Waiting by Alfreda Klebe

A highly unusual and well executed study of a bas relief sculpture of the Madonna and Child. The artist has signed to the lower right corner and the painting is on canvas over stretc...

Signed impressionist oil on canvas landscape painting by French painter Maxime Maufra. The piece depicts people rowing boats through the flooded streets in Paris. Signature: Signed...

Artist/ School: F. E. Jamieson (British 1895-1950), signed Title: Scottish Highlands Loch Scene with warm sunset. Medium: signed oil painting on canvas, framed framed: 20 x 28.5 ...

Signed, titled and dated 1921 figures in interior oil on canvas by Modernist painter Marcel Francois Leprin. This wonderful piece depicts a ball at the Moulin Rouge, a cabaret in Par...

Work on canvas

A charming painting of a boy and girl walking down a country lane. Wonderful rendering of the trees and sky. The painting has two repairs (I have included a photo of the patches on t...

Le Pecheur by Elie Anatole Pavil (Ukraine 1873-1944) signed oil on canvas, unframed 24 x 29 private collection, France the painting is in overall good and sound condition, minor surf...

This colorful impressionist street scene possibly heading toward Pigeon Cove in Rockport was painted by well-known Dutch / American artist Anthony Thieme (188...

Artist/ School: Leon Hatot (French 1883-1953) Title: Impressionist oil painting Medium: signed initials oil painting on thick paper, stuck on board unframed. Size: painting: 13...

This delightful turn of the century (early 20th century) oil on canvas painting represents an Italian landscape with one of the most famous squares in the world: Piazza San Marco in ...

Bacchanal Cupids Playing French School, early 1900's oil painting on canvas, framed canvas: 22 x 39 inches framed: 27 x 44 inches Large scale French Rococo style oil painting on ca...

Portrait of a Woman in Thought French School, early 20th century indistinctly signed oil on board, glass covering framed (please note the frame is a modern example) framed: 13 x 9 in...

Oil paint on canvas, 1909/1912 by Hans Michaelson, Germany. Estate stamp verso. Framed. Dimensions: 16.65 x 21.77 in ( 42,3 x 55,3 cm ) Hans Michaelson born as the son of Jewish traders in Hettstedt in 1872. From 1898 to 1909 he studied at the Berlin Academy. From 1912 on he regularly participated in the "juried outdoor art exhibition" Berlin and also the exhibition of the Berlin Secession...

The French Market Simone Forge, 1930's French Impressionist oil on board unframed signed verso "Sim" board: 13 x 16 inches Provenance: private collection, Paris Condition: good and ...

Victor Gabriel Gilbert. French ( b.1847 - d.1933 ). L’ Eglise De La Sainte-Trinite, Place De La Trinite, Paris. Gouache & Watercolor On Paper. Signed Lower Right. Image size 15 inch...

Karl Larsson (1893-1967) non-objective abstraction Original watercolor, circa 1920s-1930s In excellent condition. Archivally Matted - not framed. Measures...

Oil on canvas by Charles PICART LE DOUX (1881-1959), France, 1924. The Italian girl. Very beautiful work where post-impressionism embellished with a few cubist touches form a harmoni...

Manuel Isidor Valle Micolau (1874-1959) - Spanish landscape - Oil on board Oil mesures 18x11 cm. Frame measures 28x22 cm. Photographer and artist from Lleida trained at the "Círculo...

This painting is a still-life composition featuring an arrangement of books and other objects on a table. The focal point is an open book, its pages splayed out as if it was recently...

Antique original nocturnal cityscape oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1920. Signed illegibly. Image size, 12L x 16H. Housed in a period frame.

Wonderful American impressionist landscape oil painting by John J. Inglis (1867 - 1946). Colorful and vibrant cherry blossom view. Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size, 24H...

Oil on panel by Alfred SAVIGNOL (1877-), Beginning of the 20th century, France. Port of Villefranche-sur-Mer (between Nice and Monaco). With frame: 68x 56 cm - 26.8x22 inches ; with...

Wayman Adams The Courtship, circa 1920 Signed upper right; titled on the reverse Oil on board 16 x 12 inches Adams was born on a farm in rural Indiana near Muncie. His father, a horse farmer and amateur artist, encouraged the younger Adams’ interest in art. At age twenty-one, Adams moved to Indianapolis to attend the John Herron Art Institute. There, he began to paint portraits. He took two trips to Europe, the first in 1910 when he traveled to Italy with William Merritt Chase. Two years later, he accompanied Robert Henri to Spain where he met fellow artist Margaret Boroughs, whom he married six years later. In 1914, Adams painted a series of portraits for the city hospital in Indianapolis. He was to paint children whose families had been in the United States for generations and also children of immigrants to represent the various nationalities of which the city was composed. It was considered to be one of the most ambitious public art projects in Indiana’s history. Originally, twenty-four portraits were to be done; while some are now missing, they were all initially installed in the pediatric ward of the hospital. After painting a portrait of author...

Oil on canvas by Laure Stella BRUNI, France, 1926. Landscape of Drome. with frame: 109x90x8 cm - 42.9x35.4x3.15 inches ; without frame: 92x73 cm - 36.2x28.75 inches. 30F format. Sign...

This superb marine oil painting is by noted Austrian artist Roland Strasser. Strasser was born in Vienna, studied art in Germany, spent time in Indonesia and finally settled in Amer...

Portrait of a Child European School, early 20th century oil on canvas, framed frame: 21 x 18 inches canvas: 15 x 12 inches provenance: private collection, England condition: extensiv...

Hovsep Pushman is celebrated for romantic and exotic subjects such as Nubian princesses, Kurdish tribesmen, itinerant gypsies, and in our example a noble Reader of the Koran. Many of...

French School, circa 1920's circle of Gustave Loiseau (French 1865-1935) oil on canvas laid on board, 13 x 9.5 inches Delightful quality early 20th century French Impressionist oil painting, depicting this summer garden, with stone house behind. An elegant garden chair stands to the foreground, waiting for someone...

French Countryside Landscape by Edmond Quinton (French 1892-1969) *see notes below signed lower front corner oil painting on board/ panel, unframed size...

"Naturaleza Muerta" is an oil on canvas work painted by Rufino Tamayo in 1935. The artwork size is 29 1/4 x 58 3/4 inches. The framed size is 40 1/4 x 69 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches. The work...

A fine impressionist landscape along the Seine River in France by American artist Chauncey Foster Ryder (1868-1949). Ryder grew up in New Haven, Connec...

Stunning plein air California landscape of Natividad (part of unincorporated Monterey Country) in late afternoon by James Everett Stuart (American, 1852-1941), 1917. Signed, dated an...

The Temptation is a modern artwork realized by Georges Valmier in the early 20th Century. Mixed colored tempera painting. Hand signed on the lower m...

Nassau Blair Browne, a celebrated Dublin artist and Royal Hibernian Academy member, brings to life a serene yet striking portrayal of two hunters in a vast open landscape. This evoca...

Signed figurative pastel on canvas circa 1910 by French genre painter Pierre Carrier-Belleuse. The work depicts three ballerinas wearing white tutus, warming up in a studio. Carrier-Belleuse was a contemporary of Edgar Degas and they exhibited simultaneously at the major Salons in Paris. This classic example evokes the Belle Epoque period in french history and is superbly executed. Signature: Signed lower right Dimensions: Framed: 29"x24" Unframed: 26"x21" Provenance: Private French collection Pierre Carrier-Belleuse studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Alexandre Cabanel and the interior decorative artist Pierre Victor Galland. He started out as an oil painter and produced genre compositions, such as his Final Rendezvous. From 1885, however, he opted to work exclusively in pastel, producing a large number of sketches and portraits but always remaining faithful to his earlier genre compositions. Examples include Pierrot, Harlequin, Woman with Cat. The periodical Figaro Illustré published a large number of his sketches of dancers, a recurrent theme throughout his work. From 1875, Pierre Carrier-Belleuse exhibited frequently at the Paris Salon, receiving an honourable mention in 1887 and being awarded a silver medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1889. Museum and Gallery Holdings: Dunkirk: Dancer Adjusting her Shoe (pastel) Gray: On the Dunes; In the Sun La Rochelle: Dancer Le Puy-en-Velay: Fantasy Mulhouse: Mule's Bonnet Paris (Municipal Collection): Tender Vow (pastel) Versailles...

John Rettig Marblehead Harbor, Grey Day, 1919 Signed and dated lower right Oil on academy board 15 x 18 inches Dubbed as the “Wizard of Scenic Creation”, John Rettig was best known...

Portrait Of A Bride, circa 1900 circle of George CLAUSEN (1852-1944) Circa 1900 Impressionist portrait of a young bride with a French landscape b...

A beaitiful early 20th century English oil on canvas laid on panel depicting a ranbow off the coast. Atmospheric and excellent quality marine painting which is presented in a fine g...

Portrait of Shaun, An Irish Setter, dated 1929 by FLORENCE JAY (1876-1935) 1929 Dog portrait of Shaun an Irish Setter, oil on canvas by Florence Jay. Excellent quality and conditio...

This witty early 20th-century oil painting by British artist Edgar Bundy ARA RI RBA (1862-1922) depicts a young country woman visiting the home of her wealthy relatives, to much dism...

Edmond Malassis was pupil of Gustave Moreau, and became a watercolourist. Malassis worked primarily in the first half of the 20th century. He has been Exhibited in many museums Here...

This evocative winter landscape by Oscar Lycke captures the quiet poetry of northern Sweden. A frost-laden weeping birch dominates the foreground, its delicate branches shimmering in...

Very interesting and finely painted 1928 American impressionist landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Signed "E.W. Jackson". Framed.

A wonderful depiction of a colorful landscape with puffed trees by the country side. For this beautiful depiction, we find distinct elements that are unique to the earlier works of O...

Doesn't this scene just make you want to be there, in this cottage in the country? I liked this painting enough that I actually put some money into it with a restorer to get it into ...

Original oil paint on heavy card stock of a european thatched cottage near a stream by the American impressionist artist, Bird Lefever. Signed lower right. Condition is very good; n...

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...

Painted circa 1920 by the noted British Impressionist portrait painter Walter Ernest Webster, this lovely oil painting depicts a beautiful young woman in an impressionist palette. Si...

Oil painting oil on canvas Oil on canvas, unframed 187x225.5 cm, with gilt and carved wooden frame, 210x250 cm. Signed and dated at bottom, right: Maurice Berthon 1910. Indeed, the d...

Boats in Harbor/ Villa in Landscape French School, indistinctly signed oil painting, framed double sided framed: 10.5 x 15 inches canvas: 9.5 x 14 inches provenance: private collecti...

1920s portrait in oil of a lady of quality by Paul Hercule Hogg. The painting is signed bottom right and is resigned and annotated to the back of the panel. The painting has been var...

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...

Work on cardboard Golden wooden frame 54 x 45 x 4.5 cm

"Houseboats in Moon Light", a rare early 20th century tonalist nocturnal harbor landscape scene at Greenbrae Boardwalk, San Rafael, California by Charles Rollo Peters (American, 1862-1928), 1912. Inscribed "Charles Rollo Peters Greenbrae, 1912" in the lower left corner. Presented in an antique giltwood frame. Image size: 19.5"H x 25.25"W Auction record high for this noted Nocturnal and Tonalist artist is $58,000. Rare works like this one range $30,000-$35,000. (Note: the photos showing the inscribed signature have been adjusted to show contrast and the artists inscribed signature in other photos enhanced by acrylic over inscription in the oil paint for visibility). Although not noted on verso, the title is taken from two others done the same year at Greenbrae Boardwalk near San Rafael, California. Charles Rollo Peters (American, 1862-1928), called "The Poet of Night", is best known for his Tonalist landscapes, especially nocturnes, with much of his subject matter being scenes around his home in Monterey, California. James McNeill Whistler, who promoted the Tonalist aesthetic in Europe, was a major influence on his painting, and "is reported to have said that Peters was the only artist other than himself who could paint nocturnes." (Gerdts) As Peters matured, his life became increasingly tumultuous, but the one stable part of his existence was his painting. He continued to pour his emotions into his work, creating lonely, mysterious nocturnes with a palette of deep blues and blacks. The scenes were invariably dotted with a speck of light emanating from the moon or a lighted window. His landscapes usually displayed a more prominent sky view and often included a winding path or road trailing off in the distance. Peters was born in San Francisco in 1862 to a wealthy family, and in San Francisco attended Bates Private School for Boys and the City College, where his talent for sketching and painting became obvious and was encouraged. After graduation from the College, he spent time as a commercial artist, but this pursuit did not hold his interest. In the mid 1880s, he began to study privately with Jules Tavernier and also attended classes with Virgil Williams and Christian Jorgensen at the California School of Design. During this period, he painted Bay-Area scenery. In 1886, he began a four-year period of study and travel in Europe, enrolling in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian. His teachers were Jean-Leon Gerome and Fernand Cormon. In San Francisco, where he returned in 1890, he met and married Kathleen Mary Murphy, and the couple immediately departed for an extended trip to England and France. Peters painted the countryside and produced numerous landscape paintings, especially moonlit views of Brittany and Paris---his first nocturnes, encouraged by the aesthetic of Whistler, whose influence was pervasive in England and France. Upon his return to California about 1895, Peters held a large show in San Francisco and was able to sell many of his works. Soon after, he and his family relocated to Monterey, California where Peters became interested in California adobe ruins and missions as subjects for his paintings. Night paintings with rich blues highlighted by moon light became his signature work. Like most Tonalists, he painted in his studio. It was written of him that Monterey residents often saw him "wandering about in the semi-darkness, taking down notes here and there, studying the different phases of light, and creating a vivid mental picture of the scene he wished to paint." (Lowrey 158) In 1899, he made a tour with his collection of paintings through Chicago, Maine, Long Island, and New York City where he held a solo exhibition at the Union Club and received very favorable publicity. One reviewer of the Union Club work wrote: "The artist has studied the atmospheric effect of the night to good purpose, and in the representation of the silvery gray of moonlight he has arrived at singular proficiency." Peters returned to Monterey in 1900, and purchased thirty acres of land where he built an estate. He exhibited in the annual exhibitions of the San Francisco Art Association and the Bohemian Club. Along with William Keith, Xavier...