Tonalist Art

Evening on the Pier, a stunning landscape by Marguerite Louis Blasingame and Frank Blasingame (American, 1906-1947), circa 1940-45. Marguerite and Frank were two of five artists in H...

An exceptional tonalist landscape of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California by Scottish American artist William Keith (1838-1911). Keith was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and came to New York with his family and apprenticed to a wood engraver. In 1859, he moved to San Francisco where he worked for an engraver and later set up his own engraving business. Studying with Samuel Marsden Brookes in 1863, he was determined to become a painter. He married artist Elizabeth Emerson and did watercolor painting with her guidance. In 1868, he became a full-time painter, and that same year was commissioned to paint scenes along the Columbia River including Mount Hood. By August 1869 he had sold enough paintings to finance an extended journey to the East Coast and Europe including Dusseldorf, Germany throughout most of 1870, studying with Albert Flamm...

William Sartain (Philadelphia, 1843 - 1924, New York) Summer Mist, circa 1880 Oil on canvas 38 x 46 cm 55 x 63 cm with frame Signed lower right and titled on the reverse "Summer Mist...

Dennis Sheehan Tree Study, circa 2025 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 6 x 12 inches Dennis Sheehan was born in Boston in 1950. His work is based upon the Barbizon School with fait...

Signed lower right: G. Inness

This piece, "Glowing Hedgerow", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 18x24 oil painting on canvas featuring a marshy green landscape at dusk. This moody painting shows tree line at the hori...

Octopus Walk NSWE Serie of octopus walking...swimming. Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden frame 55x55cm ■■ 21,6x21,6 inch Sustainability: Wooden frame ...

Dennis Sheehan Autumn Sky, circa 2025 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 7 1/4 x 14 inches Dennis Sheehan was born in Boston in 1950. His work is based upon the Barbizon School with ...

⭐Still life painting - Banana Starwars⭐ ⭐Structural analysis: Drippings creates movement. ⭐Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on canvas 20 x 20cm (7,87x7,87 inch)⭐ ⏩》R E A D Y -...

An antique oil painting in its original ornate gold leaf frame. This tonalist painting depicts figures against a dramatic sunset. The work is signed illegibly lower left. It ap...

This piece, "Winter's Warmth", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 12x12 oil painting on canvas featuring a traditional snowy landscape just before dusk. Warm afternoon light surrounds fol...

Poppy Starwars Structural analysis: _ Feeling of the wind in the flowers_ Abstract drippings bring movement to the still life painting. There are 2 systems of contrasts. First one...

Dennis Sheehan A New Day, circa 2025 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 10 x 20 inches Dennis Sheehan was born in Boston in 1950. His work is based upon the Barbizon School with fait...

"Sunset" is a beautiful original acrylic painting on panel, depicting a sunset, deep into the horizon and over a hill, with the sky reflecting its oranges pinks and purples. This st...

William Keith Western Wilderness Interior Signed lower left Watercolor on paper laid on artist board 14 1/2 x 19 inches A native of Scotland, William Keith became in the late 19th ...

George Henry Smillie Farmland Meadows, 1865 Signed and dated lower left Oil on canvas 10 1/2 x 18 inches Provenance Private Collection, Langley, Washington The career of George Sm...

Signed lower left in arrowhead: R.A. Blakelock (NBI-1611-II)

This piece, “Golden Passage” is a 12x12 oil painting on canvas by artist Dennis Sheehan. Featured is an atmospheric landscape at twilight, where a molten band of golden light breaks ...

This piece, "Twilight Marsh", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 19x28 tonalist oil painting on canvas featuring a moody marshy green landscape just b...

Portrait PachaMama Glósóli X Emotional intensity, expressive portrait _ closeup of a woman. Structural analysis: Closeup portrait of a woman. The eyes are the focal point of the ar...

This piece, "Mid Fall", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 12x12 oil painting on canvas featuring a daytime landscape setting during autumn. Tree leaves are deep reds, purple, oranges an...

Ashley John is proud to offer this artwork by: John Fabian Carlson (1874/75 - 1945) John F. Carlson was one of the leading American landscape p...

A fine tonalist landscape with leaves beginning to change by a marsh by American contemporary artist Dennis Sheehan (b. 1950). Sheehan was born in Boston, Massachusetts and went on t...

A wonderful tonalist cityscape of New York City at night by American impressionist artist Frederick (Frank) Usher De Voll (1873-1941). De Voll was born i...

Robertson K. Mygatt (American, 1862-1919) Green Field and Barn Oil on panel, 6 1/8 x 9 7/8 inches Framed: 10 x 15 inches The landscape painter and etcher Robertson K. Mygatt was born in New York City and studied at the Art Students’ League with John Twachtman...

George Henry Smillie (1840 - 1921) Stone Wall, Autumn, 1879 Oil on canvas 9 1/2 x 15 inches Signed and dated lower right Provenance: Skinner, Boston, September 19, 2014, Lot 389 The career of George Smillie (1840-1921) followed the arc of nineteenth-century U.S. landscape painting. Trained in the Hudson River School tradition, Smillie successfully adapted to changing U.S. tastes and growing interest in European trends. In the late 1800s, he moved to tonalist paintings full of brushwork and influenced by French Barbizon painting. By the end of his career, he had lightened his palette to produce works similar to those of the U.S. impressionists. Yet in all styles, he was never less than competent, and his tonalist work is among the best produced in the United States. Like many nineteenth-century painters, George Smillie’s artistic training began with the study of printing. His father, James Smillie...

Johann Berthelsen and one of New York city’s best known artists along with Guy Wiggins, depicting the streets, parks and skyline of New York. This is a romantic and atmospheric work ...

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed and Dated Lower Left John Francis Murphy (1853 - 1921) John Francis Murphy is increasingly recognized today as one o...

Original oil painting on panel by Seth Winegar. Signed on lower right. Framed Size: 62.5 X 50.25

Original oil painting on panel by Seth Winegar. Signed on lower leftt.

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: John Francis Murphy (1853 - 1921) John Francis Murphy is increasingly recognized today as one of the leading American Tona...

Early 20th Century Tonalist Pastel Landscape Beautiful tonal landscape, c.1915, by pastel artist William Henry Chandler (American, 1854-1928). The viewer looks out over a serene riv...

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: John Francis Murphy (1853 - 1921) John Francis Murphy is increasingly recognized today as one of the leading American Tonal...

Robertson K. Mygatt (American, 1862-1919) Uplands Oil on panel, 5 1/4 x 6 5/8 inches FRAMED: 9 x 10 1/2 inches (approx.) Exhibition label on verso: "Salamagundi Club/Thumb-box Exhibi...

Bruce Crane (1857 - 1937) November Oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches Signed lower right Robert Bruce Crane was an American painter. He joined the Lyme Art Colony in the early 1900s. His ...

"Bodega Vista" is a stunning acrylic painting on panel, depicting the vast view of a lake and mountain range, the haze of the early morning giving a serene tone to the landscape. T...

The technique of American Tonalism is evident in this oil painting on canvas from the early 20th century/late 19th century. Hues of muted greys cre...

Brian Sindler was born in Chicago in 1957. He received a bachelor of arts from Columbia College in Columbia, Missouri. Working as a musician for years, he did not take up art until h...

Robertson K. Mygatt (American, 1862-1919) Trees by a Small Pond Oil on panel, 5 1/8 x 6 3/4 inches Framed: 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (approx.) Unsigned The landscape painter and etcher...

"Venetian Boats at Sotto Marino" is a painting by Edgar Alwin Payne. The painting is signed lower left, "Edgar Payne". The framed piece measures 31 1/2 x...

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed lower left. John Francis Murphy (1853 - 1921) John Francis Murphy is increasingly recognized today as one of the lead...

Signed "D Klein" in the lower right corner. A refined and poetic landscape centered on a solitary, weathered tree rising from a gently sloping field at the edge of a calm lake. The ...

PEDRO J. LEMOS (American, 1882-1954) FOOTBALL STATUE THROUGH THE TREES - UC BERKELEY 1921 - THE ORIGINAL YEARBOOK PASTEL Pastel drawing on colored paper 12 5/8 x 9 5/8 inches. Full signature in pastel, Pedro J Lemos. In good condition. A few bits of old tape at the corners, verso. THE 1921 UC BERKELEY YEARBOOK CONTAINED SEVERAL LEMOS PASTEL REPRODUCTIONS. Pedro de Lemos was an important proponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement. He produced some of the finest color woodcuts of the period as well as fine pastels, paintings and architecture. He was also an instructor and director of the Stanford University Art Department, From Wikipedia: Pedro Joseph de Lemos (25 May 1882 – 5 December 1954) was an American painter, printmaker, architect, illustrator, writer, lecturer, museum director and art educator in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to about 1930 he used the simpler name Pedro Lemos or Pedro J. Lemos; between 1931 and 1933 he changed the family name to de Lemos, believing that he was related to the Count de Lemos (1576–1622), patron of Miguel de Cervantes. Much of his work was influenced by traditional Japanese woodblock printing and the Arts and Crafts Movement. He became prominent in the field of art education, and he designed several unusual buildings in Palo Alto and Carmel-by-the-Sea, California..... In 1911 he began teaching decorative design at the San Francisco Institute of Art.[8] In late 1912 he was one of the founders the California Society of Etchers, and the following year he started offering the Institute's first classes in printmaking. Some of his students, such as William S. Rice and John W. Winkler (1894-1979), went on to achieve significant fame as printmakers. He helped organize the California print...

Signed lower right, 'Emerson' for William C. Emerson (American, 1865-1937) and dated 1910. Original card board, verso, was additionally signed 'W. C. Emerson' and titled, 'The Dance'...

➡️Still Life from J Robert⬅️ 🟢Jacques Robert (1921–1997) was a French writer, journalist, and screenwriter. Born on June 27, 1921, in Lyon, France, he began his career in journalis...

Robert Swain Gifford (1840–1905) The Edge of the Forest Oil on canvas, 15 x 23 1/4 inches (38.1 x 59.1 cm) Estate stamp lower right: RSwain Gifford Provenance The artist; By descent in the family to the artist's great-grandaughter, until 2023 Born on a small island near Martha's Vineyard, R. Swain Gifford and his family moved to the New Bedford, Massachusetts, area when he was two years old. The Dutch marine painter Albert Van Beest arrived in New Bedford in 1854, providing the teenage Gifford with the opportunity of study; he collaborated with Van Beest on a number of ship pictures...

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed and Dated Lower Left John Francis Murphy (1853 - 1921) John Francis Murphy is increasingly recognized today as one o...

This atmospheric landscape by George Flavell exemplifies the quiet lyricism and tonal restraint that define his best work. Painted in soft, muted hues, the composition depicts a stan...

Portrait of a Siberian kitten Technique: oil, acrylic, glue, ink on old book pages on wooden frame 40x40cm ■■ 15,7 x15,7inch ⭐Sustainability⭐: Wooden frame is made by the artist b...

Signed Lower Right Known for his Tonalist-style landscape paintings, John Francis Murphy was referred to as the "American Corot" because of his similarity to the painting style of Camille Corot (1796-1875), one of the original Barbizon...

This piece, "Winter Dusk", is a 16x20 winter landscape oil painting on canvas by artist Dennis Sheehan. Featured is view over a snow covered marshland during the evening hours. The w...

Continental Elvis Portrait of the King _ Elvis Presley. ⭐Structural analysis:⭐ Such as Impressionist painting, the subject is firstly a study of light on human body, creating high ...

"Pennsylvania Snow" is a beautiful acrylic painting on linen, depicting a dense eastern forest laden with fresh snow, as the early morning light casts in dimly from the horizon. Thi...

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork: Framed watercolor of Summer cloud study. Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928) Born in Utica, New York, Ar...

"Beach Bailey's Harbor" is a beautiful acrylic painting on panel, depicting a view into a lake harbor in early dusk. This stunning painting rests at 8 x 8 inches, and is framed at 1...

"New York Panorama" is a cityscape of New York City at night, capturing the cars traveling from one borough to the next. This stunning piece rests at 12 x 24 inches, and is framed at...

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed and dated lower left. John Francis Murphy (1853 - 1921) John Francis Murphy is increasingly recognized today as one o...

Wonderful mid-century modern tonal painting of Tiburon Wharf and Fisherman by Albert Anderson Clymer (American, b. 1942), 1970. Signed and dated "A. Clymer 1970" lower edge. Displaye...

PS 223 Tsunami Close up of woman with a Tsnuami of hair Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden frame 55x55cm ■■ 21,6x21,6 inch 》》R E A D Y -- T O -- H A N G《《...

ARTHUR WESLEY DOW (American 1857-1922) IPSWICH SHANTIES ca. 1892 ink wash on paper, 13 7/8 x 11 inches (sheet). Signed lower left “Arthur W Dow”. Ex. co...