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Period: 19th Century
Ancient View of the Port of Ensenada Mexico - Original Vintage Photo - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient View of the Port of Ensenada is a silver salt photograph realized by unknown photographer of the end of 19th Century.
Very good condition, applied on a single cardboard.
Ca...
Category
19th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Photographic Paper
Night Dream : the Swanns - Original Lithograph, 1898
Located in Paris, IDF
Francis JOURDAIN
Night Dream : the Swanns, 1898
Original lithograph (Champenois workshop)
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum, 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12 in)
INFORMATION: Lithogra...
Category
Symbolist 19th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
1930's French Impressionist Harbor Scene with Boats and Billowing Sails
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Harbor Scene
Simone Forge 1930's French Impressionist
oil on board unframed
board: 13 x 16 inches
Provenance: private collection
Condition: great condition
For more any more info...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Huge European Antique Oil Painting Merchants & Ships in Ancient Trading Port
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tall ships in a rocky bay, with figures in Eastern costume in boats and on the shoreline
19th Century School
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 39.5 x 3...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Girl in Straw Hat - Scottish Edwardian Glasgow Girl artist portrait oil painting
By Stansmore Richmond Leslie Deans
Located in London, GB
A superb exhibited portrait oil painting by Glasgow Girl listed artist Stansmore Richmond Leslie Deans which was painted circa 1905. Very evocative of the Glasgow style and period it depicts a “Girl in a Straw Hat”. A really lovely painting and an excellent example of her work with good provenance.
Provenance. Glasgow Art Gallery and Museums Exhibition 1990
Glasgow Girls – Jude Burkhauser. Further details verso.
Condition. Oil on canvas, 28 inches by 22 inches unframed.
Housed in a gallery frame 39 by 34 inches framed and in good condition.
Stansmore Richmond Leslie Deans (1866-1944) was a Glasgow born painter of portraits and figure studies. Daughter of Alexander Davidson Deans, an Aberdeen based etcher and engraver. In 1883 she attended Glasgow School of Art where fellow pupils included Margaret Rowat, Charles Rennie Macintosh, Bessie Mac Nicol and David Gauld...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Art
Materials
Oil
La Barricade - Lithograph by Edouard Manet - 1871
Located in Roma, IT
Rare and beautiful lithograph by Edouard Manet .
"La Barricade " illustrates a group of soldiers executing a band of rebels on a street corner. This artwork deals with a subject in...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Sanjûroku Kase... - Woodcut by Mizuno Toshikata - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Nishiki-e (woodcut print), in vertical oban format (31x20.5) realized by Mizuno Toshikata in 1893 (Meiji 26).
Belongs to the Series "Sanjûroku Kasen" (Thirty-Six Beauties in Compari...
Category
Modern 19th Century Art
Materials
Woodcut
$268 Sale Price
25% Off
"Indonesian Mask, " Wood with Gold Leaf of Smiling Man
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This mask was made by an unknown Indonesian sculpture. It is carved out of wood and covered in gold leaf. It features an abstracted face and is 7" tall by 5 1/2" wide.
Category
Folk Art 19th Century Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Painting Alexander the Great conquers Jerusalem 19th century
Located in Milan, IT
Mixed media (pencil, pen, brown ink and white chalk) on paper. Italian school of beginning '800.
The scene depicts a meeting between a high priest and a leader: if the latter is fol...
Category
Other Art Style 19th Century Art
Materials
Mixed Media
$5,214 Sale Price
20% Off
The Wrath of Elihu: 'I Am Young, And Ye Are Very Old, Wherefore I Was Afraid.'
Located in Storrs, CT
The Wrath of Elihu. 'I Am Young, And Ye Are Very Old, Wherefore I Was Afraid'. 1823-25. Engraving. .Binyon catalog 117 state ii, Bindman catalog 632. Image 7 7/8 x 5 15/16; plate 8 ...
Category
Romantic 19th Century Art
Materials
Engraving
Portrait of a Gentleman, American Folk Art Portrait, Sideburns
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
American School, 19th Century
Portrait of a Gentleman, c. 1850s-1860s
Oil on Canvas
14" x 12"
Housed in a 2" Frame
Overall Size: 17 1/2" x 15 1/2"
Category
Folk Art 19th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$736 Sale Price
20% Off
Rare Patinated Bronze Sculpture of Benjamin Franklin, by A. Carrier-Belleuse
Located in Queens, NY
Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (France, 1824-1887)
A rare seated bronze statue of Benjamin Franklin holding his walking stick and hat, with a book in his ri...
Category
Academic 19th Century Art
Materials
Bronze
"The Three Cows" original etching
By Joseph Foxcroft Cole
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. Executed in 1883; this is a rich, dark impression on heavy cream wove paper, from the "Original Etchings by American Artists" portfolio, published in 1883 b...
Category
19th Century Art
Materials
Etching
Spring - Original Etching by Telemaco Signorini - 1873
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape and figures. Signed on plate.
Image Dimensions : 15x21 cm.
Publisher : Editore Lovera
Excellent conditions
This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, ...
Category
Realist 19th Century Art
Materials
Etching
$1,074 Sale Price
25% Off
Performance by members of the Deutsches Theater zu Berlin / - Ornamental Flow -
By Emil Orlik
Located in Berlin, DE
Emil Orlik (1870 Prague - 1932 Berlin), Ensemble guest performance by members of the Deutsches Theater zu Berlin, 1899. Color lithograph on wove paper, 20 cm x 13.3 cm (image), 29.5 ...
Category
Jugendstil 19th Century Art
Materials
Paper
"Geneva Countryside" by J-P George - Oil on cardboard 16x31 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Oil on cardboard sold with frame
Total size with frame 24x39 cm
Jean-Philippe GEORGE-JULLIARD is an artist born in Switzerland in 1818 and died in 1888. His works have been sold at ...
Category
Realist 19th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Moonlit Seascape, 19th Century by HENRY MOORE (1831-1895)
By Henry Moore
Located in Blackwater, GB
Moonlit Seascape, 19th Century
by HENRY MOORE (1831-1895) to $45,000
19th Century nocturne of a coastal seascape, oil on canvas by Henry Moore. Excellent quality and condition ext...
Category
19th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$3,875 Sale Price
20% Off
(Untitled) A Woman of Consequence
Located in San Francisco, CA
The realist portrait is of a no-nonsense woman. A mystery woman, one accustomed to being respected. By her subdued costume, not selected to flatter her, as well as by her analytical ...
Category
Realist 19th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th century French or Flemish Still life of fruit, original frame
Located in Woodbury, CT
Very High quality French or Flemish still life of fruit.
Framed in its original 19th-century hand-made counted corner frame the painting is a wond...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century Highland landscape oil painting of cattle by a loch near Killin
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Henry Deacon Hillier
British, (1858-1930)
Near Killin, Perthshire
Oil on canvas, signed, inscribed verso
Image size: 27.25 inches x 21.25 inches
Size including frame: 35 inches x 29...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
La Fernaison - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Stanislas Lepine
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in landscape oil on canvas circa 1880 by French impressionist painter Stanislas Victor Edouard Lepine. The piece depicts two workers haymaking on a summer's day. A mother nestled in the hedges cradles her baby beside a path and there is a river to the left of the painting.
Signature:
Signed lower right
Dimensions:
Framed: 22"x23"
Unframed: 13"x16"
Provenance:
Private French collection
This work is included in the Catalogue Raisonee of Stanislas Lepine by Manuel Schmit - Supplement 1 / Ref L.1119
Stanislas Victor Édouard Lépine was the pupil of Corot in Paris between 1860 and 1875. His first paintings hardly attracted attention. He would perhaps have remained unknown for a long time if Count Armand Doria, struck by the feeling visible in his landscapes, had not taken him under his protection with Adolphe Félix Cals...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Brittany : Women in the Harbour - Original Lithograph, 1898
Located in Paris, IDF
Louis BORGEX
Brittany : Women in the Harbour , 1898
Original lithograph (Champenois workshop)
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum, 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12 in)
INFORMATION: Lith...
Category
Art Nouveau 19th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
Romantic Italian painter - 19th century figure painting - Historical scene
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (dated 1853) - Historical interior scene.
29.5 x 43 cm without frame, 50 x 65 cm with frame.
Antique oil painting on panel, in a contemporary carved wooden frame, l...
Category
Romantic 19th Century Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
$2,148 Sale Price
28% Off
Academic drawing: L'Écorché by Houdon. Italian school. 19th century. 59x44cm
Located in Firenze, IT
Academic drawing: L'Écorché by Houdon. Italian school. 19th century. 59x44cm
This represents the statue of the écorché by the French sculptor Houdon.
Sculpture - Anatomical model o...
Category
Academic 19th Century Art
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Fine Antique French Impressionist Painting View Of A Park with Stone Urn
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The artist:
Henri Aime Duhem (1860-1941) French *see notes below, signed
Title: The Parkland
Medium:
signed gouache on paper, loosely laid over card, ...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Art
Materials
Gouache
Here We Are Again by Thomas Nast 1878 Harpers Weekly centerfold
By Thomas Nast
Located in Paonia, CO
Here we go again is an original hand colored wood engraving from a January 1878 Harpers Weekly. Here we see Thomas Nast's ever enduring interpretation of Santa Clause modeled from Clement Moore's Visit from Saint Nicholas. Drawing inspiration from his native German Saint Nicholas, Nast helped the American people believe in a Santa Clause who kindness and generosity brought with it elves, reindeer pulling sleds, Santas workshop, using chimneys...
Category
19th Century Art
Materials
Woodcut
Narrow Street in Rouen (Petite Rue Nationale, a Rouen)
Located in New York, NY
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Narrow Street in Rouen (Petite Rue Nationale, a Rouen), etching, drypoint, maniere grise, aquatint, 1896, signed in pencil lower right, numbered (No 6) ...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Art
Materials
Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint
"Lait Pur Sterilise de la Vingeanne" Antique Poster by Steinlen
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Steinlen, Theophile
"Lait Pur Sterilise de la Vingeanne"
Original lithograph, c. 1894
Rennert 12
Printed by Charles Verneau, Paris
Bright Fresh Colors, RARE...
Category
Art Nouveau 19th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
Les lavandières au milieu des vaches
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions : Excellent overall Condition no retouching under UV light. Minor scratch lower center. Frame is original XIXth - medal plate Daubigny. Oil on wood panel.
In 1848, Charles-François received a second class medal for one of his paintings exhibited at the Salon. The first class medals go to Corot and Delacroix.
Then he received his first order from the State: an etching. A few years later, in 1852, when he was increasingly noticed at the Salon, the State bought two paintings from him. One of them, “La Moisson”, is now at the Musée d’Orsay.
Charles-François Daubigny then fortuitously met Corot, whom he only knew through his work, and the understanding was immediate although the latter was almost twenty years his senior.
In 1853 Charles-François and Marie-Sophie had their third child, Bernard.
Rewarded by numerous prizes and medals, Charles-François sees...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Asagiri - Woodcut by Utagawa Hiroshige - 1832
Located in Roma, IT
Asagiri is a woodcut print realized by Utagawa Hiroshige in 1832.
It is part of the suite "The Fifty-three Stations of Tokaido".
Very good condition.
Category
Modern 19th Century Art
Materials
Woodcut
“Bucolic Landscape”
By Joseph Thors
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a very well executed and highly detailed oil on mahogany wooden panel painting by one the the leading Victorian artists of the day, Joseph Thors. Sign...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$1,760 Sale Price
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Louis Pasteur, Vanity Fair scientist caricature chromolithograph print, 1887
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Hydrophobia'
Vanity Fair medical portrait of Louis Pasteur.
Louis Pasteur (1822 - 1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist born in Dole. He is remembered for his remarkable b...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph
Large Late 19th Century Needlepoint - The Return of the Chevaliers
Located in Corsham, GB
A large needlepoint scene in wool with gold silk thread depicting two chevaliers returning from battle, likely after an original tapestry or painting, dating to the late-19th or earl...
Category
19th Century Art
Materials
Tapestry
$517 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Victorian English Oil - Fine Posed Lady Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: English School, late 19th/ early 20th century.
The painting came from a large collection of works by one artist. A very few of them are signed what looks to be 'F. Wa...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Art
Materials
Oil
$387 Sale Price
30% Off
Jean Coulon - Aegina and Zeus Bronze Statue
Located in New York, NY
Aegina was one of the daughters of the river god Asopus and his wife, the river nymph Metope. The couple had many daughters, and most of them became the object of desire of either Ze...
Category
Academic 19th Century Art
Materials
Bronze
Antique Victorian English Signed Oil Tranquil River Landscape Quiet Pastures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tranquil Landscape
by Rex Vicat Cole (British 1870-1940) * see notes below
signed & dated 1899
oil on canvas, framed
framed: 16 x 20 inches
canvas: 10 x 14 inches
provenance: private collection, UK
condition: very good and sound condition; please note the frame is antique and as such has minor losses to the plaster and gilt, we include it free of charge but cannot warranty its condition.
Reginald (Rex) Vicat Cole was the son of the artist George Vicat Cole. He began to exhibit in London in the 1890s and was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1900. He taught at King’s College London with Byam Shaw and together they opened their own establishment, the Byam Shaw and Vicat Cole School of Art in Camden Street, Kensington in 1910. At the outbreak of the First World War Vicat Cole and Byam Shaw enlisted in the Artists Rifles...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Italian 19th-20th Century Life-Size Marble Sculpture Titled "Searching for Love"
Located in LA, CA
A very fine museum quality Italian 19th-20th century life-size marble sculpture titled "Searching for Love" by Vito Pardo (Italian, born in Venice in 1872) Depicting a semi-nude life...
Category
Romantic 19th Century Art
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Beautiful 19th Century French Oil Painting on Panel Portrait Lady in Red
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady in a Red Dress
French artist, late 19th century
oil on wooden panel, framed in an ornate antique gilt frame.
framed: 16.5 x 13 inches
board: 13 x 9.5 inches
prove...
Category
French School 19th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Elegant Portrait of Lady in Rococo Attire Fine 19th Century French Oil
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady
by Victor Charles GUÉRIN (1815-1881)
signed oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 25.5 x 21.5 inches
Provenance: private collection, France
Condition: very good condition
Description: This enchanting 19th century painting by the elegance of a lady dressed in lavish Rococo-style attire. Set against the backdrop of grand European architecture, the woman is depicted in a voluminous blue and gold gown...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
19th century English River Scene on the Medway
Located in Woodbury, CT
This painting, titled On the Medway, is by George Stanfield Walters (1838–1924), a renowned British maritime artist celebrated for his atmospheric depictions of coastal and river sce...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Art
Materials
Board, Oil
Antique English Elegant Moonlit Young Woman Portrait Framed 19th C Rare Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique English portrait painting. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Framed. Measuring 17 by 23 inches overall and 10 by 15 painting alone.
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
1896 Oil - Hanging Fruit
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed with the initials 'A. M. G.' Presented in a gilt frame with acanthus details and a panel slip. On canvas laid to board.
Category
19th Century Art
Materials
Oil
$346 Sale Price
20% Off
Horse Breeder & Horses In A Landscape 19th Century WILHELM RICHTER (1824-1892)
Located in Blackwater, GB
Horse Breeder & Horses In A Landscape, 19th Century
by WILHELM RICHTER (1824-1892) sales to $35,000
Large 19th Century Austrian portrait of an Austrian horse breeder with his horse...
Category
19th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,207 Sale Price
20% Off
Cavalry review of the 2nd Lancers regiment
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Georges HYON
(Paris 1840 – Saint Germain en Laye 1913)
Cavalry review of the 2nd Lancers regiment
Oil on canvas
H. 115 cm; W. 146.5 cm
Signed lower left
A student of Portalis, Georg...
Category
French School 19th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
19th Century French Impressionist Oil Lady Sewing in Sunlit Garden Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Lady Sewing
French Impressionist, late 19th century
indistinctly signed lower front corner
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas : 29 x 36 inches
Provenance: private collection, Northern F...
Category
Impressionist 19th Century Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,831 Sale Price
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Sunny Day in the Park
Located in Buffalo, NY
19th century Impressionist oil painting of two women in a park. Oil on canvas, circa 1900. Signed illegibly lower left. Displayed in giltwood...
Category
American Impressionist 19th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Hudson River School Landscape Cows Oil Painting Gilt Frame 19th
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Quintessential American Hudson River School landscape by an unknown Hudson River School artist.
This painting features its original period gold frame, and a charming scene o...
Category
Hudson River School 19th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,872 Sale Price
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A mother and pups
Located in Stoke, Hampshire
John Murray Thompson R.S.A (1885-1974)
A mother and pups
signed 'J Murray Thompson -' (lower left)
Oil on canvas
Painting Size - 18 x 24 in
Framed Size - 22 1...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Art
Materials
Oil
19th Century Country Children Playing by a Stream Victorian English Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Children at the Stream
By T. Stevens, British 19th century
Signed, oil painting on canvas, framed
Framed: 12.75 x 19 inches
canvas: 10 x 16 inches
Condition: The painting is in very ...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Art
Materials
Oil
The Bath of Venus - Original lithograph and watercolor
By Joseph Felon
Located in Paris, IDF
Joseph FELON (1818 - 1897)
The Bath of Venus
Original stone lithograph, enhanced with watercolor
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum 28 x 44 cm (c. 11 x 18 inch)
Excellent con...
Category
Art Nouveau 19th Century Art
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
$477 Sale Price
20% Off
Vibrant Mid-Century Church Ceremony Scene with Procession
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Church Ceremony Scene
Henri Therme
signed oil on board, unframed
board: 13 x 9.5 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: very good and sound condition
Description: This viv...
Category
French School 19th Century Art
Materials
Oil
The Birth of Venus - Original lithograph and watercolor
By Joseph Felon
Located in Paris, IDF
Joseph FELON (1818 - 1897)
The Birth of Venus
Original stone lithograph, enhanced with watercolor
Printed signature in the plate
On paper 33 x 50 cm (c. 12.9 x 19.6 inch)
Very good...
Category
Art Nouveau 19th Century Art
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor
Victorian vintage fine art painting by Clare Vincent - fruits and grapes
Located in PARIS, FR
Conditions ; Excellent condition, original canvas frame, no prior retouching or restauration, and no future restauration necessary. Original Victorian gilet frame in perfect conditio...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Beauties of Claude Lorrain mezzotint - Plate 17
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: etching, engraving and mezzotint (after Claude Lorrain). This lovely impression on wove paper was engraved by G.H. Every for the "Beauties of Claude Lorraine" portfolio. The ...
Category
19th Century Art
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint, Etching
L'Effet de la Jalousie, Heliogravure by Albrecht Dürer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Albrecht Durer, After by Amand Durand, German (1471 - 1528) - L'Effet de la Jalousie, Year: 1873, Medium: Heliogravure, Image Size: 12.5 x 8.5 inches, Size: 13.5 x 9 in. (34.29 x...
Category
Old Masters 19th Century Art
Materials
Etching
Manner of Samuel Scott (1702-1772) - 19th Century Oil, Old Westminster Palace
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming 19th century oil in the manner of Samuel Scott (1702-1772), depicting a view of the old Westminster Palace from across the Thames. Scott ...
Category
19th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Large German Orientalist Oil Painting of Horse Riders by Schreyer
Located in London, GB
Large German Orientalist oil painting of horse riders by Schreyer
German, Late 19th Century
Canvas: Height 59cm, width 96cm
Frame: Height 85cm, width 122cm, depth 8cm
This outstandi...
Category
19th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Shelter Island, Long Island" Julian Onderdonk New York Coastal Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Julian Onderdonk
Shelter Island, Long Island, New York, circa 1905
Signed "Chas Turner" lower right
Oil on canvas
14 x 19 1/2 inches
Julian Onderdonk was...
Category
American Impressionist 19th Century Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique c.1800's Scottish Oil Highland Landscape Anglers Fishing Autumnal River
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Fishing the Highlands
attributed to Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759–1817)
inscribed verso
oil on wood panel, framed
Framed: 11 x 15 inches
panel: 8.5 x 13 inches
Provenance: private c...
Category
Victorian 19th Century Art
Materials
Oil
Late 19th Century Tonalist Landscape -- Afternoon by the Pond
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous tonalist oil painting woman walking in field by pond with home in background by Willis Seaver Adams (American, 1844-1921), circa 1880. Trees and an amazing sky in the background add depth and interest to this beautiful piece. Signed "W. S. Adams" lower right corner. Condition: Previous restoration includes relining of canvas. Frame is vintage gilt molded and wood frame and shows previous repair of molding losses. Image size: 20"H x 24"W.
Auctions records for the artist exceed $6,000.
Willis Seaver Adams was known for his landscapes of the Connecticut River Valley. A relative recluse for much of his artistic life, his loneliness can be seen in much of his works. Oil miniatures were the focus for almost all of his later works. He is credited with over 425 oils, watercolors, and drawings.
Willis Seaver was born in 1844 on a farm in Suffield, near the Connecticut River. He intermittently attended the Suffield Academy, and always wanted to be a painter. A wealthy doctor became his patron, and financed his studies in 1868 at the Royal Academy in Antwerp. When the doctor passed away, Adams returned home and struggled to make a living painting. After working for a photographer for three years, he opened his own studio.
Adams helped organize Cleveland's first watercolor exhibit in 1876. Soon thereafter, he completed a portrait of Rutherford B. Hayes, then governor of Ohio, prior to his becoming President of the United States. This portrait enhanced Adams notoriety.
In 1878, Adams traveled to Italy where he opened a studio in Venice, and became friendly with neighbor James Whistler. Prior to returning to Springfield, Adams lived in Florence, Italy for three years. He returned to became an instructor for the Springfield Art Association, and began to exhibit his works at the galleries of James D. Gill. His first one-man exhibit was held there in 1894. Other successful exhibitions took place in Chicago, New York, and Boston. Although his works garnered respectable prices and reflected his success, Adams felt he was due more recognition.
In 1906, he moved to Greenfield, Massachusetts and converted a barn into a studio. There, he fell into relative obscurity, accompanied mainly by his dog, Collie. In 1921, Adams passed away.
Examples of Willis Adams works can be seen at the Kent Memorial Library, the Wadsworth Atheneum, and the Suffield Academy. Several Suffield residents are thought to own Adams paintings.
Category
Hudson River School 19th Century Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
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