Eva McMurrey

Fruit Basket Still Life

1954

Realistic still life painting of persimmons by Texas artist Drexel Caraway McNay (1910-1989). The work features a bowl overflowing with persimmons set against a dark background. Sign...

Classical still life painting of a metal water jug, a collection of various fruits, and an ornate tapestry beautifully executed in the Dutch school style. Signed by the artist in the lower left corner. Currently framed in a complimentary gold and black frame with a thin green matte. Dimensions Without Frame: H 19 in. x W 23 in. Artist Biography: Eduard Peter Moleveld was born in the Netherlands in 1946. He is primarily known for his realistic Dutch style still life...

Purple and white Hydrangeas still life by artist "Bernhard." This painting features purple and white hydrangeas in a brown vase on top of a table and against a brown gradient backgro...

Modern abstract expressionist painting by Houston, TX artist James Bettison. The work features a loose, central rendering of a blue and yellow vase or vessel set against a red toned ...

Contemporary abstract interior still life painting by local Houston artist Tommy Taylor. Currently featured in the show "Septet" at Reeves Art + Design in Houston, TX. Signed, titled...

Contemporary abstract interior still life painting by local Houston artist Tommy Taylor. Currently featured in the show "Septet" at Reeves Art + Design in Houston, TX. Signed, titled...

"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's Helen Clark Oldfield "Two Bottles," 1943. Signed “Helen Oldfield” lower right. Oil on canvas board, 18 x 14 inches. Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Helen Clark Oldfield was born in Santa Rosa. Her father, James E. Clark, invested in local hops farms. He was a director of the first Santa Rosa Bank. Oldfield lived at 547 Mendocino Avenue, in one of the finest custom-built homes in town. She was the oldest child of the family. They spent summers in their beach cabin at Jenner-by-the-Sea. She was a good student and graduated from DeWitt Montgomery High in Santa Rosa with college standard grades. Unfortunately, this idyllic situation tumbled down suddenly. due to a fraud scandal at the Bank, her father forfeited most of his assets in order to make good on his client's losses. At the time when her high school friends were going east to college, Oldfield followed her family to a new life of farming. She found this life frustrating as there was little time for her interests after conclusion of her daily duties. Here she developed her natural gift for sophisticated needle work. At the time she also took a correspondence course in industrial design and became an expert tailor. Her family was not happy with the farming arrangement. They decided to move to Oakland. In 1921 they purchased a home at 318...

William Mason Brown was born in Troy, New York, where he studied for several years with local artists, including the leading portraitist there, Abel Buel Moore. In 1850, he moved to ...

Signed (at lower right): John Ross Key 1882

Lilly Martin Spencer was a professional artist for over sixty years, painting portraits, still lifes, miniatures, and genre scenes. In the 1850s to mid-1860s her genre scenes depicti...

In his long and productive career, Clarence Holbrook Carter followed an independent course. He incorporated an unlikely mixture of stylistic influences, drawing from such disparate s...