1930s Art

Whitehall Building, July 1939 - Harbor Seascape with Tugboat in Watercolor Detailed harbor landscape by Ernest Clegg (British, 1976-1954). The Whitehall Building towers over the sce...

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: John Berninger (1897 - 1981) A Pennsylvania landscape painter living in Allentown, John Berninger is described by art writer, Geoff Gehman, as being in the "outer ring of the New Hope School." His career was devoted to depicting his region in realist-impressionist style, especially snowscenes and landmarks such as Meyers Bridge in Allentown. Berninger studied with Orlando Gray Wales, Arlington Lindenmuth and Walter Emerson Baum, and then was an art instructor at the Kline-Baum School in Allentown. In 1934, he was selected as one of four students of Baum into the Circulating Picture Club of the Philadelphia Art Alliance, and two years later, he became Curator at the Allentown Art Museum, which had just been founded by Baum. Berninger's wife, Mabel, assisted him and served as museum curator and secretary of the Circulating Picture Club. In 1939, he joined the jewelry store, Wuchter and Berninger, as a partner, and advertised his paintings by placing them in the store's window. A local publisher and art enthusiast, Robert Rodale, saw his work there and years later, in 2004, held the first major exhibition of Berninger's artwork. The next year, Berninger's work was represented in the Allentown Museum exhibit, "Allentown Impressions: Views of City Parks". A frequent painting companion was Karl Buesgen...

Noon Time Lull (Charleston, South Carolina) Etching, c. 1930 Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (see photo) Note: An image done in South Carolina. An impression of this image...

Countryside Barn at Dusk - Oil Pastel On Paper Oil pastel drawing depicting a small wooden barn atop a country hillside by Oakland, California artist Grace Anna Pfister (American, 1...

Oil on canvas sold with frame Total size with frame 58x67 cm Signed N. Busnelli, artist unknown from the gallery Dated 1935

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork: Signed lower right. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame. *Original Meltzer frame Arthur Meltzer (1893 - 1989) Arthur Meltzer was born in Minneapolis, but spent most of his life in Bucks and Montgomery counties where he was widely acclaimed as a landscape painter. He first received art training at the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts under Robert...

Signed lower right: Hayley Lever

"Sur la rivière (Marne)" - On the River Marne - Hand Colored Lithograph Serene depiction of a house along the Marne River by unknown artist "Charlot." This piece was commissioned and printed by Camilla Lucas Publishing in New York. A two-story house with a red roof sits on the bank of the river. Lush trees line the banks, some of which are depicted with orange-brown leaves, indicating that autumn has arrived. The color in this piece was added by hand. Titled "Sur la riviere (Marne)" in the lower left corner. Signed "Charlot" in the lower right corner. Presented in a wood frame with a double mat. Frame size: 20"W x 16"W Image size: 11.5"H x 9"W In 1928, Hungarian-born Sidney Zoltan Lucas founded "Camilla Lucas Publishing" which encompassed a wholesale art publishing house and a retail art gallery. This business was both wholesale and retail and dealt in reproductions of antique, modern, and contemporary prints. It also sold original art including etchings, lithographs, and paintings. Starting in the 1930's and continuing into the 1950's, Sydney Lucas traveled to Europe periodically and contracted with French and Flemish artists to publish their work under the banner of the "Paris Etching Society." During his career, Sydney published many thousands of images. He brought art into the homes of people at all levels of income through his etchings, serigraphs, woodblock prints, restrikes and reproductions. The various subjects included Redouté and Prevost Flowers, Barraband and Gould Birds, Piranesi, French Landscapes, Urban Scenes, Women, Children, Animals, Hunting and much more. Later on in the 1950s, Sydney and his wife Phyllis Lucas became the first North American publishers of original signed, limited edition lithographs by the famous surrealist artist Salvador Dali. They worked directly with Mr. Dali over several years and the three created such fine images that in 1985 the Lucas’ Collection of limited edition lithographs from Salvador Dali’s paintings were displayed alongside his original paintings at the Salvador Dali Museum...

Beautiful 1930's California seascape of the rocky Monterey coast, with numerous smooth stones on the water's edge depicted in great detail, by San Jose,...

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: John R. Grabach (1886 - 1981) John Grabach was a highly regarded New Jersey artist, teacher, and author of the classic text...

"Lock Ness" Lake Watercolor Landscape on Paper Expansive landscape of Loch Ness by R.C. Lees (Scottish). The viewer looks out over Lock Ness, from a high vantage point. There is a l...

Raoul Dufy, French (1877 - 1953) - Eloge de Raoul Dufy, Year: circa 1930, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 28/31, Image Size: 10 x 8.75 inches, Size: 12.75 ...

Frederick Lester Sexton White Horse Signed lower right Oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches Provenance Part of a Collection received from the Lyme Art Association. Frederick Lester Sexton received a lot of reviews and exhibitions in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, when he was at the height of his career. Because it captured the personal view of many people's wish to ignore national issues and simply live their lives in their homes, his work was favorably welcomed. The rise of modernist styles like Abstract Expressionism, which started to take over the American art scene in the 1950s, also contributed to Sexton's fall in popularity. As collectors and regular spectators discover once more that realism is a valid component of American art because it speaks directly and clearly to the beauty they perceive in their surroundings, many artists, like Sexton, are experiencing a renaissance. Cheshire, Connecticut, was the birthplace of Frederick Sexton in 1889. His father, J. Frederick Sexton, was the Rector of St. Peter's Church in Cheshire and a well-known Episcopal clergyman. The mother, Mary Louise Lester, was an amateur painter and came from a pretty well-known Hartford family. Frederick was killed in an open-hearth fire when he was eighteen months old. His right hand was badly burned and was never to be opened again. The father kept the family together after his mother passed away when he was nineteen. Sexton's mother taught him art, and he went to public schools in New Haven. He received the prestigious Winchester Prize for a year of study in Spain while attending the Yale School of Fine Art, where he studied under Augustus Tack...

Artist: Manuel Robbe (French, 1872-1936) Title: Les Sardinieres Year: 1933 Medium: Etching with aquatint Paper: B.F.K Rives Image size: 11 x 15 inches Signature: Signed in pencil b...

Vibrant mid century landscape of Mount Whitney by John Alfred Coultrup (American, 1888-1982), Signed/inscribed in the paint "Coultrup" lower left. Presen...

Charming vintage Aquatint/etching titled "In the Forest" from the Paris Etching Society by French artist Pierre Maulin (France, late 19th-early 20th Cent...

Firmado por el autor en la parte trasera y fechado del año 1938 El estado de la obra es aceptable Se presenta sin enmarcar la pintura Medidas obra: 50 cm de altura x 61 cm. altura...

Pietro Sansalvadore was active during the early to middle of the 20th century. He painted in an Impressionist manner and on a small scale. Acquiring a late 19th-century Impressionist painting of Hammersmith Bridge by the Italian painter Pietro Sansalvadore is an opportunity to own a captivating piece of art that transcends both time and cultural boundaries. Sansalvadore's unique perspective, influenced by the Impressionist movement, infuses this painting with a luminous quality that captures the atmospheric essence of Hammersmith Bridge in a way that only a skilled artist with an international perspective could achieve. This masterpiece not only showcases the artist's mastery in capturing light and movement but also represents a harmonious fusion of Italian artistic sensibilities with the iconic English landmark. The play of colors and the subtle brushstrokes transport the viewer to the late 19th century, offering a glimpse into the allure and dynamism of that period. Owning this painting is not just acquiring a visual delight; it's investing in a historical and cultural artifact...

Bold woodblock serigraph by Ruth Chaney (American, 1908-1973). Numbered (#17), titled, signed, and dated along the bottom edge. The Smithsonian American Art Museum has an edition of...

Charles Walter Simpson. English ( b.1885 - d.1971 ). Dartmoor Ponies, Devon. Oil On Board. Signed Lower Right. Image size 20.7 inches x 28.2 inches ( 52.5cm x 71.5cm ). Frame size 29.5 inches x 37 inches (75cm x 94cm ). Available for sale; this original oil painting is by Charles Simpson and dates from the 1930s. The painting is presented and supplied in a contemporary and sympathetic wood frame (which is shown in these photographs) mounted using conservation materials and behind non-reflective Artglass AR 70™ glass. The previous ply backboard has been retained and is secured onto the new replacement backboard for posterity. This vintage painting is in very good condition, commensurate with its age. It wants for nothing and is supplied ready to hang and display. The painting is signed lower right. Previously with Harris & Sons, 70 George Street, Plymouth, Devon in July 1936. Charles Walter Simpson, known as Walter, was a leading figure in the Newlyn and St Ives art colonies in the early part of the twentieth century. He is perhaps best known in America for his horse paintings but is also widely acclaimed for his mastery of birds. It has been said that as a painter of wildfowl Simpson can have few rivals. He worked in oils, watercolors and tempera. Walter was born at Camberley on 8th May 1855. His mother was Leonora (nee Devas) and his father was Major-General Charles Rudyard Simpson of the Lincolnshire Regiment. Initially Walter was educated by a private tutor, and he later attended the Herkomer School at Bushey. As a youngster Walter was destined for a military career. However, this was prevented by a riding accident which affected both his hearing and sight. He had a considerable talent for drawing and determined to become an artist instead. Walter was initially largely self-taught, but then received guidance from family friends such as G.F. Watts and H.W.B. Davis, RA. He later studied for a short time under the renowned animal artist Lucy Kemp-Welch at Bishley, then with Sir Alfred Munnings, with whom he developed a life-long friendship, at Swainsthorpe. Munnings encouraged him to visit Cornwall, where he studied under Stanhope Forbes RA in Newlyn. Simpson’s first home in West Cornwall was Penzer House in Newlyn, where he was living in 1908. Finally, Simpson completed his studies at the Academie Julien in Paris in 1910. On his return from Paris, Simpson moved to Cornwall again and became engaged to fellow artist Ruth Alison just a couple of days after first meeting her. They were married in 1913, living first in Newlyn and then in Lamorna at “Brodriggy”. They had a daughter, Leonora, born in 1914. In 1916 Simpson and his family moved to St. Ives to set up their own School of Painting, which they ran from numbers 1 and 2 Piazza Studios. During this period Simpson dominated the St. Ives art scene. The family moved back to London in 1924 but returned to Cornwall in 1931. Altogether, they moved between West Cornwall and London eleven times. From his studio in Cornwall Simpson painted in earnest, often on a grand scale, producing wonderful large decorative canvases, specialising in wild ducks, gulls and other sea birds. He had a reputation as an outstanding animal and bird painter. Paget described Charles Simpson in 1945 as “undoubtedly the best bird painter living. He alone, of all artists past and present, can make his birds appear out of their backgrounds as one approaches them, or the light is increased as in nature…”. Simpson relished painting en plein air and Laura Knight commented, "He was so prodigal with paint, he could be traced by the color left on the bushes!". Simpson first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1906, initially painting mainly non-sporting subjects. From then on, he was a regular contributor to the Royal Academy exhibitions. It was not until 1924, when a rodeo was held at Wembley during which he worked in the ring and produced a book call El Rodeo...

A wonderful original figure painting for a 1930's illustration by Charles Kinghan (American, 1895-1984). A woman in a plaid green skirt and mustard yel...

Pauline Lennards Palmer American, 1867-1938 The Picture Book Oil on Canvasboard 32 ¼ by 36 ¼, w/ frame 37 by 41 ¼ in Signed lower right Born in McHenry, Illinois, Pauline Palmer became a painter in realist/impressionist style of a wide variety of subjects including landscapes, street and beach scenes, genre, and portraits. She trained at the Art Institute of Chicago, and studied with William Merritt Chase, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Charles Hawthorne. She also studied in Paris. She married Dr. Albert...

Original American work incentive poster: ‘HE IS RISEN”. Artist: Willared Frederick Elmes. This isn't actually a war/propaganda poster per se, but it was produced by Mather & Co. Elmes was an artist similar to Mather in that they were both prolific with their morale + work incentive posters in the 1930s. Elmes also created other pieces done for the early railway posters. The poster with the stained-glass panel in the back and the ray of light shining in is the last Mather & Company poster printed (1930). All others were printed in 1929 and earlier. The very last in the Work Incentive Mather’s posters...

Paul Schumann 1876-1946 Galveston Artist Image Size: 9 x 12 Frame Size: 12.5 x 15.5 Medium: Oil on Board Circa 1930s "Navy or Coast Guard Boat At Sea" Paul Schumann 1876-1946 Galveston Artist Image Size: 8 x 12.75 Frame Size: 13 x 17.5 Medium: Oil New Mexico Biography Paul Schumann 1876-1946 Paul R. Schumann Paul Richard Schumann (December 13, 1876 – April 29, 1946) was a Texas impressionist seascape painter who has been called the Gulf Coast counterpart of Winslow Homer. Education and personal life Paul R. Schumann was born in Reichersdorf in the German state of Saxony in 1876, one of four children of Albert F. Schumann and Mina Clara Zincke. Only he and his brother Albert Otto survived infancy. The family emigrated to the United States in 1879 and settled in Galveston, Texas, where he lived until his death. Schumann evinced an early interest in art and received encouragement from the superintendent of the Galveston Public Schools. He studied painting with local painter Julius Stockfleth...

Wonderfully vibrant floral still life of petunias in bowl with brass candle stick by Jennie Thatcher Crawford (American, 1890 - 1958), circa 1930. Signed lower left corner. Condition: good; missing paint professionally repaired and inpainted. Unframed. Image size: 24.25"H x 30"W. Born in St Louis, MO on Jan. 25, 1890. Crawford studied at the St Louis School of Fine Arts from 1907-20. Moved to Los Angeles, California 1921. She was active as a lecturer and demonstrator until 1958. Her specialty was floral still lifes. Jennie Crawford, a painter of floral still lifes, was born in St. Louis, Missouri and studied at the ST. Louis School of Fine Arts from 1907 to 1920. She moved to Los Angeles, California in 1921, becoming a Resident of El Monte in 1931. She was a member of Women Painters of the West and exhibited at Palos Verdes Art...

Marc Chagall, Russian (1887 - 1985) - Self Portrait, Medium: Etching on Papier A La Main, Image Size: 9.5 x 7.25 inches, Size: 19.25 x 13 in. (48.9 x 33.02 cm), Description: From t...

Alice B. Doughten (1880-1969). Still Life with Roses, ca. 1930. Oil on masonite panel, 12 x 16 inches. Measures 18 x 22 inches framed. Signed lower right. Original label affixed on verso with Moorestown NJ identified as artist's address. Born in Camden, New Jersey, Alice Doughten became noted for her still life and landscape paintings with figures, usually watercolors and sometimes abstract in style. She studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Henry McCarter, Earl Horter, Ralph Pearson...

This lovely Impressionist landscape oil painting is by prolific exhibitor and British artist Oliver Hall. Painted circa 1930 the composition is a path curving through some trees with...

A beautiful large 1930's Modern British oil on canvas depicting thistle in a glass vase by Helen Stuart Weir RBA ROI. Excellent quality early work by this important female artist, w...

Signed lower left, "E Hansen" for Ejnar Hansen (American, 1884-1965) and dated 1936. Ejnar Hansen studied at Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Art before moving to the United States in 1914 and settling in Pasadena in 1924. An ardent proponent of modernist color theory, Hansen became an influential teacher at the Chouinard School, the Otis Art Institute, the John Muir College, and the Pasadena School of Fine Arts. He exhibited widely and with success, including in Denmark and at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the 1939 World's Fair and at the Cincinnati Museum. Ejnar was a member of the Academy of Western Painters, the Los Angeles Art Association, the California Art Club, the California Watercolor Society, Pasadena Society of Artists and the Foundation for Western Art. Ejnar Hansen's works may be found in numerous public and private collections including LACMA, the Pasadena Art Institute and the San Diego Fine Art Society. Reference: Artists in California 1786-1940, Third Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker Art Museum, Sheridan Books 2002, Vol. 1, p. 484; Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, p. 1449; Weilbach, Dansk Kunstnerleksikon, the Castle and Cultural Agency, Copenhagen; Vollmer Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler des 20. Jarhhunderts, Hans Vollmer, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 2, p. 371; Revyen, Chicago 23.12.1916; 17.2.1917; 8.12.1917; 2.2.1918; 16.3.1918; Vore Herrer, okt. 1918; Internat. Studio, juli 1920; Ekstrabl. 14.2.1921 (G. Nygaard); Tidens Kvinder, maj 1934; Fr. Graae: Fra Sydhavsøerne, 1934, 133-45; Art Digest, aug. 1937, dec. 1944, maj 1945; Da. Tid., Chicago 3.9.1937; Arts and Arch., apr. 1938; P. Uttenreitter: Olaf Rude...

Original poster, lithograph, linen-backed, Nathan Hale poster reading," I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Step into history with this 1939 Kelly Read & Co. Rochester (NY) poster, a testament to the principles our patriots died for. This very rare original poster is the only documented copy remaining. Archival linen-backed and ready to frame. The poster features a stylized image of Nathan Hale, an American Revolutionary War soldier...

La obra no va firmada Se presenta sin enmarcar El estado de la obra es aceptable, lo único a comentar es que tiene craquelaciones (ver fotografías adjuntas) Medidas obra: 75 cm al...

Albert Rafols Cullerés (1892-1986) - Landscape of Mollet - Oil on cardboard Oil measures 25x32 cm. Frameless. Catalan painter formed the Llotja...

Signed lower center, in pencil, 'Luigi Kasimir' (Austro-Hungarian, 1881-1962), and with title and date, 'Palo Alto, 1931'. at lower right, Paper dimensions: 12.25 x 16 inches. N.B. This is an original etching by Luigi Kasimir and is hand-signed by the artist. The notable etcher and painter, Luigi Kasimir, attended the Vienna Academy of Art where he studied under William Unger, who introduced him to colored etching. Kasimir was influenced by Anders Zorn and Karl von Kalckreuth and he furthered his studies with Sigmund L'Allemand. A pioneer in the technique of hand-colored etching, Kasimir began exhibiting in 1905 and received immediate critical recognition. Starting with a sketch, usually in pastel, Kasimir would transfer the design, by hand, onto as many as six plates, applying the color by hand to each plate. Luigi Kasimir's work is held in private and public collections throughout the world including in the permanent collections of New York's Metropolitan Museum and Smithsonian Museum, among others. Reference: E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse...

“Pinetrees, Seashore” by Ansel Adams, published by Little, Brown and Co. in 1990, is a captivating reproduction that encapsulates the serene beauty and stark majesty of coastal lands...

An incredible photo-realist drypoint etching of a Native American man by Gilbert Adam Shoenbrod (American, 1903-1996), 1937. Titled "The Hunter", this hyper detailed portrait depicts...

1930's Figurative landscape oil painting of a woman walking down a path through a country farm by S.E George (American, 20th Century). Possibly a Wichita, Kansas artist...

Artist: Manuel Robbe (French, 1872-1936) Title: Le Retour Des Pecheurs Year: 1933 Medium: Etching with aquatint Paper: B.F.K Rives Image (plate mark) size: 1...

Stately portrait of George Arliss by Ivan Opffer (Danish, 1897-1980). Mr. Arliss is depicted wearing his signature monocle, looking directly at the viewer. Although this piece appears to be done rapidly, there is a clear confidence in Opffer's work - he was an accomplished portrait artist - and the resemblance to the subject is unmistakable. George Arliss (born Augustus George Andrews; 10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright, and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he won for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929) – as well as the earliest-born actor to win the honour. He specialized in successful biopics, such as Disraeli, Voltaire (1933), and Cardinal Richelieu (1935), as well as light comedies, which included The Millionaire (1931) and A Successful Calamity (1932). Signed and dated "Ivan Opffer 1934" in the lower right. Titled "Mr. Arliss" in the lower left. Presented in a new off-white mat with foamcore backing. Mat size: 22"H x 16"W Art size: 17.5"H x 12"W Ivan Opffer (Danish, 1897-1980) was born in Nyborg, Denmark, on June 4, 1897, to a family of Danish scholars and journalists. His brother was Emil Opffer, a Danish merchant seaman and journalist who was known for his relationship with American writer Hart Crane. Ivan was raised in Mexico City and New York, where his anarchist father was the editor of a radical Danish-language newspaper. His involvement in painting and drawing began at an early age. At a summer workshop, he met and studied drawing with Winslow Homer, then went on to study at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League of New York. When the US entered World War I, Opffer was one of the members of the American Army Camouflage Corps, headed by Homer Saint-Gaudens (whose mother was a relative of Winslow Homer), the son of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. As a camoufleur, Opffer served with other artists and architects, some of whom became well-known, including Barry Faulkner, Sherry Edmundson Fry, Kimon Nicolaides, Robert Lawson, Abraham Rattner, Kerr Eby, and others. It was this same unit, while still in training in at Camp American University in Washington DC, that launched a camp newspaper called The Camoufleur. Only three issues were published before the unit’s deployment to France in late 1917. In the October 31 issue, a satirical portrait by Opffer of Homer Saint-Gaudens (titled “Our Boss”) was published on page 5. After the war, Opffer returned to New York, where he became known for his caricatures of leading Modern writers, among them James Joyce, Edgar Lee Masters, Siegfried Sassoon, George Bernard Shaw, Carl Sandburg, G.K. Chesterton, and Thomas Mann. In the years between the wars, Opffer married Betty à Beckett Chomley, and settled in Paris, where he was a student at the Academie Julliard. He also lived in London and Copenhagen, where his drawings were frequently published in newspapers and magazines. With the outbreak of World War II, he and his family returned to New York and lived in Greenwich Village. Among his friends in that era were William Butler Yeats, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald...

Quiet Stream, Small-Scale Mid Century California Landscape, 1937 Plein air painting of a California landscape, quiet stream and hills, 1937. Attributed to California artist, art co...

An original oil on canvas painting by American female artist Mildred Green depicting fellow artist and friend Virginia Cuthbert. This beautiful pain...

Some of his prints were published by the WPA. it is a wood engraving signed in pencil. From a small edition. Albert Abramovitz (1879-1963), born in Riga, Latvia, on January 24, 187...

LEVON WEST (1900 – 1968) A CLEAN SHOT 1930 Etching and drypoint. Signed and numbered 26 in pencil.Signed and dated in the plate 1930. Image 10 5/8 x 13 ½ inches, sheet 12 x 18 inc...

Wonderfully painted early 20th century English still life of flowers. The artist has painted these flowers in an Impressionist manner but with the traditional use of layers and lay...

Snowy Peaks (Mont Blanc) Watercolor on paper, c. 1930 Signed "R. Hallowell" lower right (see photo) The image depicts is of Mont Blanc in France. Mont Blanc is the highest mountain i...

Charming genre painting titled, "Roy Zoelin the Sculpture" by Frances Liberman (American, 1911-2002). Signed "Frances Liberman" and dated "Spring 35" lower right. Titled "Roy Zoelin the Sculpture" on verso. Biography of Roy Zoelin and Frances Liberman on verso. Unframed. Image size, 14.25"H x 11"W. A lifelong resident of San Francisco, California, Frances Lieberman was a painter, sculptor and etcher whose subjects included many scenes of San Francisco, child firgures, and seascapes--all in a style that combined realism, impressionism, and abstraction. She was active with her career into the mid 1980s. Lieberman studied at the California School of Fine Art with Nelson Poole and Ralph Stackpole...

LEVON WEST (1900 – 1968) CHANGING FLIES c. 1930 Etching and drypoint, signed in pencil and no. 28. Image, 13 1/8 x 8 3/8 inches, sheet 17 1/4 x 11 5/8 full margins with deckle edge...

Antique Italian modernist seascape painting. Watercolor on paper. Signed. Framed. Measuring 12 by 22 inches overall and 10 by 20 painting alone.

Country Cottage at Sunrise Cottage in the morning on a winding path by an unknown American artist. Circa 1930-40. Image 18"H x 15"W Frame, 21"H x 17...

Beautiful California landscape painting of a path to the beach by listed Berkeley, California artist Rowena R. Smith (American, 1881-195...

A stunning depiction a still life from the mid century with thick use of paint and vibrant coloration. There is a statue of an elephant along with tangerines and tea set, a wonderful...

Mid 20th Century study of a park and garden on paper by the Dutch artist Wim Oepts. A similar sketch to TK 048 in the Monografie en Oeuvrecatalogus. Carrying...

High Desert Scene at sunrise circa 1930s by Herbert A. Schmidt (American, 1885 - 1930) Schmidt was a well known architect and designer of many San Francisco buildings and was a pupil at the Mark Hopkins Art Institute (SF) in 1899-1901. Graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in Architecture. President of the San Francisco Bohemian Club...

A beautiful portrait of a woman named Wilda Leiner, a pianist (1908-1994) by longtime Santa Cruz, CA resident Cor de Gavere. Signed "Cor de Gavere" lower right. Provenance listed on ...

Classic Interior design and Family Dinner by Architectural Digest illustrator David Mode Payne (American, 1907-1985). The scene depicted is an interio...

House in the Forest, Mid-Century German Landscape with Trees, 1937 Verdant mid-century landscape of a small mountain house nestled in thickly wood...

Stunning autumnal landscape titled "Fall at Barrington, Illinois", a suburb of Chicago, by Kathleen Buehr Granger (American, 1902-1999), 1938. Signed lower left "K. Buehr Granger" an...

Delicate and detailed etching by Orpha Klinker (American, 1891-1964). At the edge of an old Adobe building, a staircase leads to the second floor. The stucco on the walls of the building is cracked, revealing the stonework below. Next to the building is a garden with Corkscrew Willow trees. One of her first projects with which Orpha impressed the public was a notable series of her large color portraits of California pioneers in the L.A.TIMES under the heading of "Speaking Of Pioneers." This led to another series on landmarks and famous tales of early California including oil paintings of historic adobes, buildings, and trees of California. Signed in plate, lower left. Paper size: 8.5"H x 10.5"W Mat size: 10"H x 12"W Orpha Klinker (American, 1891-1964) graduated from Polytechnic High School, L.A. and later studied at U.C.L.A. Art School and at the Cannon Art School. Artists Paul Lauritz and Anna A. Hills of Laguna Beach were her first art teachers. She continued her study of art at the Julian and Colarossi Academies in Europe. Some of her earliest work was in designing. Many pages of her fine pen work drawings appeared in Los Angeles newspapers, illustrating the fashions of the day, not only in clothes but in furniture and other things. Then for a time she did her work in New York City and later with the Ladies Home Journal in Philadelphia. One of her first projects with which Orpha impressed the public was a notable series of her large color portraits of California pioneers in the L.A.TIMES under the heading of "Speaking Of Pioneers." This led to another series on landmarks and famous tales of early California including oil paintings of historic adobes, buildings, and trees of California. From the Mexican border to Death Valley she roamed, meeting and painting portraits of such characters as Death Valley Scotty, Shoshone Johnny, the ancient Indian who supposedly saw the first white man come to Death Valley, Emanuel A. Speegle, "The Last of the 49'ers" (over 90 years of age) and others. Orpha was active in keeping alive the memory of one historical event in particular, the signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga ending the Mexican War...