Cottage Art

I certainly do not start these paintings as abstractions. Rather I am determined to record the anatomy of the place the best I possibly can (which, on an average, can take up to 1-2 ...

Harry Humphrey Moore led a cosmopolitan lifestyle, dividing his time between Europe, New York City, and California. This globe-trotting painter was also active in Morocco, and most importantly, he was among the first generation of American artists to live and work in Japan, where he depicted temples, tombs, gardens, merchants, children, and Geisha girls. Praised by fellow painters such as Thomas Eakins, John Singer Sargent, and Jean-Léon Gérôme, Moore’s fame was attributed to his exotic subject matter, as well as to the “brilliant coloring, delicate brush work [sic] and the always present depth of feeling” that characterized his work (Eugene A. Hajdel, Harry H. Moore, American 19th Century: Collection of Information on Harry Humphrey Moore, 19th Century Artist, Based on His Scrap Book and Other Data [Jersey City, New Jersey: privately published, 1950], p. 8). Born in New York City, Moore was the son of Captain George Humphrey, an affluent shipbuilder, and a descendant of the English painter, Ozias Humphrey (1742–1810). He became deaf at age three, and later went to special schools where he learned lip-reading and sign language. After developing an interest in art as a young boy, Moore studied painting with the portraitist Samuel Waugh in Philadelphia, where he met and became friendly with Eakins. He also received instruction from the painter Louis Bail in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1864, Moore attended classes at the Mark Hopkins Institute in San Francisco, and until 1907, he would visit the “City by the Bay” regularly. In 1865, Moore went to Europe, spending time in Munich before traveling to Paris, where, in October 1866, he resumed his formal training in Gérôme’s atelier, drawing inspiration from his teacher’s emphasis on authentic detail and his taste for picturesque genre subjects. There, Moore worked alongside Eakins, who had mastered sign language in order to communicate with his friend. In March 1867, Moore enrolled at the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts, honing his drawing skills under the tutelage of Adolphe Yvon, among other leading French painters. In December 1869, Moore traveled around Spain with Eakins and the Philadelphia engraver, William Sartain. In 1870, he went to Madrid, where he met the Spanish painters Mariano Fortuny and Martin Rico y Ortega. When Eakins and Sartain returned to Paris, Moore remained in Spain, painting depictions of Moorish life in cities such as Segovia and Granada and fraternizing with upper-crust society. In 1872, he married Isabella de Cistue, the well-connected daughter of Colonel Cistue of Saragossa, who was related to the Queen of Spain. For the next two-and-a-half years, the couple lived in Morocco, where Moore painted portraits, interiors, and streetscapes, often accompanied by an armed guard (courtesy of the Grand Sharif) when painting outdoors. (For this aspect of Moore’s oeuvre, see Gerald M. Ackerman, American Orientalists [Courbevoie, France: ACR Édition, 1994], pp. 135–39.) In 1873, he went to Rome, spending two years studying with Fortuny, whose lively technique, bright palette, and penchant for small-format genre scenes made a lasting impression on him. By this point in his career, Moore had emerged as a “rapid workman” who could “finish a picture of given size and containing a given subject quicker than most painters whose style is more simple and less exacting” (New York Times, as quoted in Hajdel, p. 23). In 1874, Moore settled in New York City, maintaining a studio on East 14th Street, where he would remain until 1880. During these years, he participated intermittently in the annuals of the National Academy of Design in New York and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, exhibiting Moorish subjects and views of Spain. A well-known figure in Bay Area art circles, Moore had a one-man show at the Snow & May Gallery in San Francisco in 1877, and a solo exhibition at the Bohemian Club, also in San Francisco, in 1880. Indeed, Moore fraternized with many members of the city’s cultural elite, including Katherine Birdsall Johnson (1834–1893), a philanthropist and art collector who owned The Captive (current location unknown), one of his Orientalist subjects. (Johnson’s ownership of The Captive was reported in L. K., “A Popular Paris Artist,” New York Times, July 23, 1893.) According to one contemporary account, Johnson invited Moore and his wife to accompany her on a trip to Japan in 1880 and they readily accepted. (For Johnson’s connection to Moore’s visit to Japan, see Emma Willard and Her Pupils; or, Fifty Years of Troy Female Seminary [New York: Mrs. Russell Sage, 1898]. Johnson’s bond with the Moores was obviously strong, evidenced by the fact that she left them $25,000.00 in her will, which was published in the San Francisco Call on December 10, 1893.) That Moore would be receptive to making the arduous voyage across the Pacific is understandable in view of his penchant for foreign motifs. Having opened its doors to trade with the West in 1854, and in the wake of Japan’s presence at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876, American artists were becoming increasingly fascinated by what one commentator referred to as that “ideal dreamland of the poet” (L. K., “A Popular Paris Artist”). Moore, who was in Japan during 1880–81, became one of the first American artists to travel to the “land of the rising sun,” preceded only by the illustrator, William Heime, who went there in 1851 in conjunction with the Japanese expedition of Commodore Matthew C. Perry; Edward Kern, a topographical artist and explorer who mapped the Japanese coast in 1855; and the Boston landscapist, Winckleworth Allan Gay, a resident of Japan from 1877 to 1880. More specifically, as William H. Gerdts has pointed out, Moore was the “first American painter to seriously address the appearance and mores of the Japanese people” (William H. Gerdts, American Artists in Japan, 1859–1925, exhib. cat. [New York: Hollis Taggart Galleries, 1996], p. 5). During his sojourn in Japan, Moore spent time in Tokyo, Yokohama, Kyoto, Nikko, and Osaka, carefully observing the local citizenry, their manners and mode of dress, and the country’s distinctive architecture. Working on easily portable wood panels, he created about sixty scenes of daily life, among them this picturesque vignette of a Japanese tea garden...

Contemporary Impressionism This charming plein-air watercolour was painted on a blustery September afternoon and features Hardingham village sign and bus shelter...

It's winter in Alberta And the gentle breezes blow. Seventy miles an hour, At thirty-five below. Oh, how I love Alberta, When the snow's up to your butt, You take a breath of w...

Signed and dated lower left: A.P. Martino / 1929

original en plein air oil on panel paint in Taos NM :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Han...

Plein Air painting of a boat house on a lake. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Sig...

Oil on canvas plain air painting of an old castle at the sea. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Re...

A Plein Air oil painting of the Presby Memorial Iris Gardens, an internationally renowned garden that began with flower donations from the Presby family, John Wister, American Iris Society, Kellogg Gardens, Joseph Van Vleck, and international admirers. It is the largest public iris garden in the United States and is listed on both the State and National Registers of Historic Sites. With more than 10,000 irises of around 1,500 varieties, more than 100,000 blooms can be seen throughout the month of May...

Studio landscape painting done after the plain air on the location. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist...

Two Pink Houses paint in plein air oil on panel , contemporary impressionism style :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signe...

Oil on canvas

Old abandoned country home with several broken windows and other missing pieces. All paintings are completed on 140 to 300lb acid free watercolour paper and using the best artist q...

This is a typical stone barn in rural Limousin France. This scene and architecture exists throughout the region, but this one in particular captivated me on a sunny, and unseasonable...

Oil painting made outdoors directly in front of the castle. Oil castle Haroué with the river Madon. Painting of an autumn landscape. Painting of a French castle...

Deluxe hand embellished enhanced canvas. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. Edition of 325. Stretched. ...

Summer view of a winding path from a valley near Cahors in SW France. :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: ...

This is the hilltop village of Les Roques near Cahors in SW France, where every few years the linden trees are "pollarded". I love the stillness of the afternoon, the long shadows, ...

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Plein air painting from Black Forest, Germany; An old castle near Stuttgart. Painted on oil primed linen. The painting ships unframed on loose canvas to offer you the best shipping...

Plein air painting from Black Forest, Germany; An old castle near Stuttgart. Painted on oil primed linen. The painting ships unframed on loose canvas to offer you the best shipping...

Farm Land In Autumn Light offers a scene located in rural California enlightened with the warmth of afternoon's late sun. :: Painting :: Impressionist :: Thi...

village architecture oil on panel painting :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: ...

houses in Indonesia original oil on panel :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: ...

Indonesia architecture and forest original oil on panel :: Painting :: Impressionist :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready t...

The Japanese garden 2 (2014) The second of two pastels on the Japanese Garden at estate 'Clingendael' at The Hague, Netherlands. This one is as impressionistic as the first and I'...

This is a view of Sheep Meadow in Central Park New York. It is a sunny Summer day highlighting a brick structure with a stately steeple. :: Painting :: Contemporary :: This piece co...

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This listing is for an unframed print. Framing options are available. Peter Essick is inspired by the work of Walker Evans, Ray Metzker, Ansel Adams and David Hockney. Peter Essick is a photographer, author and drone pilot who specializes in nature and environmental themes. His latest series, "Memorial Drive," documents the thoroughfare that stretches between the Georgia State Capitol and the Confederate monument at Stone Mountain. Originally known as East Fair Street, Memorial Drive was one of the first roads in Atlanta, and connected the downtown commercial districts to the residential neighborhoods of East Lake and Kirkwood. In 1930, it was expanded all the way to Memorial Hall in Stone Mountain Park with the use of convict labor. The now 15-mile-long thoroughfare took on a new symbolic meaning to physically connect the State Capitol with the Confederate monument at Stone Mountain. According to an article in The Atlanta Constitution on February 2, 1930, Memorial Drive was “another step in the effort of Atlanta and Georgia to honor the memory of the heroes of the confederacy.” In the years since, Memorial Drive has acquired even more history. The street passes through communities of a wide diversity of people. These neighborhoods have seen cycles of development, economic decline, redevelopment and in some recent cases complete gentrification. People from all over the world as well as those from just across town have come to live and work on or near Memorial Drive. The street’s story is complex and of interest not only to developers and realtors, but also urban planners, sociologists, community activists, business owners, residents and even artists. Peter used a drone to take many of the photographs in the series, using a survey approach, he hopes to peak a viewers’ interest with the wide array of subjects. Named one of the forty most influential nature photographers in the world by Outdoor Photography...

Signed lower left Landscape and figure painter William Partridge Burpee was born in Rockland, Maine on April 13, 1846. As a young man, he was educated in Rockland schools and in the Kents Hill Academy in Readfield, Maine. He exhibited a great deal of interest as a youth in painting and drawing, In the late 1870s, he studied with marine painter, William Bradford (1823-1894). Burpee's early work of the 1880s reflects Bradford's influence as well as other painters such as Martin Johnson Heade, Fitz Hugh Lane, Frederic Edwin Church, A. T. Bricher and F. A. Silva. After briefly advertising himself as an artist in the Rockland City Directory in 1882, Burpee appeared that year in Boston. By September 1, 1885, he was painting figures on Lynn Beach...

Oil painting landscape of a house and shed near a hillside.

Oil on Canvas

b. 1960 Elizabeth Higgins describes herself as an abstract figurative and landscape painter. Everything around her serves as a potential subject, an inspiration to begin a painting. Fidelity to the landscape, the figure, or the still life is relative, as she isn’t interested in literal depictions; instead, it’s the abstract relationships of these shapes and colors, the abstract pictorial design. Her work is rooted in the tradition stemming from Courbet, Derain, Bonnard, Matisse, Morandi, German Expressionism, the Canadian Group of Seven, to her artist-teachers Paul Resika, Robert de Niro Sr., and finally, the contemporary artist, Peter Doig. Her artistic evolution stretches across this continuum. It is the “in-between”, the hovering between representation and abstraction, that interests her, not the labeling effect of details; instead, she aims directly at the spirit of the painting – of making something come to life. John Goodrich wrote in her catalog essay, “Elizabeth Higgins’ direct brushwork and simplified forms suggest an energy, but crucially, reveal a painter who knows the power of color…” Elizabeth Higgins was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1960. As a Helena Rubenstein Award recipient, Higgins earned her MFA from Parsons School of Design, where she studied with Leland Bell, Paul Resika, Albert Kresch and Robert deNiro...

American, b. 1948 My paintings are intuitive responses to the myriad forces that shape my life—emotions that translate into color, visual memories of forms and color relationships f...

Marcel Gatteaux was born in London in 1962. He started drawing and painting at an early age. Following studies at Camberwell Art School, and whilst still continuing to paint, he un...

In highly developed nations today there is a widespread alienation and loneliness that engenders fear and distrust, a restrictive self-righteousness of thought, and a dread of what-c...

Signed and dated (at lower right): Randall Exon 2016

ABRAM ADOLPHE MILICH 1884-1964 Tyszowce, Poland 1884-1964 Paris (Polish) Title: Chateauneuf, 1957 Technique: Original Signed Oil Painting on canvas size: 65.5 x 81 cm / 25.8 x 31...

"Petit Mur En Brique Rouge" is an original antique impressionistic landscape painting by Albert Bertalan. This painting has a beautiful Paris rural neighborhood with red brick surrounded in lush green landscape and flowers. It is framed in an ornate gold frame. From the late 19th century until World War Two, Paris was the center of the art world. Artists and intellectuals from around the globe descended on Paris, drawn by the atmosphere of creative freedom established by the French Impressionists. Because of the Impressionists’ innovations the direction of art had changed forever, the times were ripe for another Renaissance. The School of Paris, as this broad based group of artists are referred to embodied the spirit of modernism. Albert Bertalan was born on September 21, 1899 in Jaszbereny, Hungary. He is known for painting compositions of figures in unique environments, including women by the sea, among other similar subject matters. He studied at the Nagybanyai Art School under some of the most important Hungarian artists, including Ivànyi Grünwald...

Paul Brown first began to paint in oils as a teenager and won several prizes for painting was still at school. His art teacher at the time felt that Brown was the most naturally gift...

American Decorum Le grand rêve de l'Americana, cette culture américaine peuplée de symboles, de fétiches, de clichés auxquels la majorité d'entre nous a été exposé. Un imaginaire fer...

My work is all about sunlight, the play of light on objects, the varying degrees of contrast between light and shadow, and deep, saturated color. Long shadows cast by buildings, win...

Les Nénuphars à Sorel by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972) Watercolour and crayon on paper 32.5 x 50.3 cm (12 ³/₄ x 19 ³/₄ inches) Signed and dated lower right, Sorel le 8 juillet 1931 ...

Contemporary figurative painting

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the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate

the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate

A painting by Gregory Sumida. “Plastic Feeder, Lockford, CA” is a landscape painting, watercolor on paper in an earth-tone palette by American artist Gregory Sumida. The artwork is s...

AMY BENNETT Claims, 2018 Oil on panel 8 x 10 inches 20.3 x 25.4 cm Signed and dated: "Amy Bennett 2018" (verso) -- Amy Bennett’s paintings offer a wind...

From private collection, NY. Part of JC Gallery's current show, 'Through the Harrowed Land: Alfred Maurer and Modernism', running until 30th May. For more information, please inquire.

Claude Monet 1840-1926 French Vue du village de Giverny Signed and dated “Claude Monet 86” (lower left) Oil on canvas Claude Monet, one of the most revered artists in history, wa...

Wolf Kahn's Long Barn, 2002, is a pastel on paper artwork measuring 7 x 10 inches, signed by the artist on the lower right. Kahn, renowned for his vibrant landscapes, captures the es...

'Paysage Provencal' by Gabriel Deschamps captures the idyllic beauty of the French countryside, highlighting a charming Château or country house set amidst a lush landscape. The scen...

'Morning Activities' by Gabriel Deschamps captures the french serene countryside beautifully. Characterised by soft brushstrokes and a vibrant colour palette, this incredible work ev...

Edition of 10 Please inquire for additional sizes Born in San Francisco in 1966, Mark Stephen Kornbluth was raised in Montreal, then Cleveland. Since graduating high school, Mark ha...

Edition of 10 Please inquire for additional sizes Born in San Francisco in 1966, Mark Stephen Kornbluth was raised in Montreal, then Cleveland. Since graduating high school, Mark ha...

Spring Constantin Kluge (Russian, Latvian, 1912-2003) Signed Lower Right 29.5 x 36.5 inches 36.5 x 44 inches framed He was born in Riga, Latvia, on January 29, 1912 to Russian paren...

The artist is dealing with the fullness of life, while the ground becomes shakier. There is nostalgia for a lush world that never actually existed. Her lighthearted series of drawing...