Herbert Barnett

Still Life with Daffodils and Poppies

1937-1938

Jason Berger (American, 1924-2010), Floral Arrangement, or Spring Flowers. Signed in pencil lower right: "jason berger". From the estate of the arti...

Signed lower left. Marguerite Stuber Pearson was born in Philadelphia, PA. After overcoming childhood polio, that confined her to a wheel chair, she went on to have a distinguished...

Ernest Fiene, American (1894-1965), Thistles with Greek Relief, 1948 Signed lower right: "E. Fiene". Titled and signed on stretcher: "Thistles with Gree...

Signed lower right: “Herbert Barnett”. Published: Art Digest, November, 1939. Exhibited: Marie Harriman Gallery, New York, 1939. The Institute of Contemporary Art, “Art of New England”, 1939. Contemporary Arts, Inc., New York, November, 1939. Herbert Barnett was an American artist whose life and work was closely tied to New England, and yet, his distinctive style of painting draws upon both the American tradition of representation and the artistic innovations of the Cubists. He is known as a painter of extraordinary ability and a virtuoso draftsman. Born in Cranston, Rhode Island, Barnett grew up in Providence. While still in high school, he began to study painting at the Rhode Island School of Design. From 1927-31, he studied at the Boston Museum School and soon acquired a reputation for technical proficiency. At seventeen, he had his first one-man show at the Grace Horne Gallery in Boston and was already teaching private classes. After art school, where he won the Paige Travelling Fellowship, Barnett spent three years traveling and studying in Europe. In the late 1930s, Barnett's bold and expressive figure paintings and Cape Ann landscapes...

This appealing original oil on canvas painting is by British artist Paul Earee. Painted in a Post Cubist manner circa 1930, this floral still life depicts a vase of flowers on a table in bold blocks of colour. A really vibrant painting in superb tones. Signed lower right. Provenance. Estate of the artist. Condition. Oil on canvas. Image size 24 inches by 20 inches and in excellent condition. Housed in a gallery frame with complementary tones, 31 inches by 27 inches approx framed. As Frederick Percy Eary, he was born at Sudbury, Suffolk on 16 July 1888, son of Albert Henry Eary (1862-1941), mat weaver, and his wife Hannah (1860-1939). Known as Paul Earee, he was an artist who was professionally trained as an ecclesiastical architect, art teacher and illustrator, using his spare time in painting, etchings and drawing with strong regional content. As an architect he designed many buildings and interiors in Sudbury including the pulpit of St Gregory...

Beautiful still life of a vase of bearded irises, begonias, and daffodils by Helen Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). Signed "Gleiforst" lower right. Unframed. Image size: 14"H x 10"W. Helen Gleiforst was born in Crete, Nebraska and soon moved to Oregon where she studied at the University of Oregon. Gleiforst then settled in Beverly Hills where she began to paint. Her teachers included Nicolai Fechin, George Melcher, and John Hubbard Rich...

Provenance Mr. and Mrs. Miles Valentine; Estate of above; Sale, Christie’s, New York, New York, June 13, 2001, lot 206, from above; John Davis collection, Falls Church, Virginia; Sal...

Painted circa 1965 by Virginia Sevier Rogers (American, 1916-2015), a listed artist. Stamped verso with certification of authenticity. A vibrant oil still-life of daffodils and an ...