Dean Cornwell was an American illustrator and muralist born on March 5, 1892, in Louisville. Dean Cornwell was Normam Rockwell's favorite Illustrator. At the peak of his popularity he was nicknamed the ‘Dean of Illustrators’. He was a student of Harvey Dunn and he in turn taught artists and developed talents for a generation. Cornwell's paintings were in Cosmopolitan, Redbook, True, The American Weekly, Life and Good Housekeeping. He has done book arts for The Man of Galilee and others. Cornwell has also taken up advertisement contracts for GM, Eastern, Pennsylvania Railroad, Paul Jones Whiskey, Aunt Jemima, Seagram's Gin, Woodbury Soap, Palmolive, Coke, Goodyear, New York Life and Squibb. Cornwell was an icon of the ‘Golden Age of Illustration’. Cornwell died on December 4, 1960, in New York.
$210,000
The Den of Iniquity, The Valley of the Giants, Red Book Magazine Illustration
By Dean Cornwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for "The Valley of the Giants," by Peter B. Kyne, published in The Red Book Magazine, June 1918, vol. 31, issue 2, pages 30-39 Kyne's tale was first serialized in...
Oil, Canvas
A Patient Model
By Guilio Rosati
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 16 x 13 inches Framed size: 18.5 x 22 inches Signed lower right
Canvas, Oil
$18,500
H 20 in W 18 in
"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker
By Otis Oldfield
Located in New York, NY
"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker. Signed “Otis Oldfield” lower left. 14 x 12 inches. Exhibited: Galerie des Beaux Arts, San Francisco, CA, 1925 Provenance: Estate of the Artist Born in Sacramento, CA on July 3, 1890, Otis Oldfield left high school at age 16 to work in a local print shop. In 1909 he arrived in San Francisco and enrolled at the Best Art School. After working for two years as a bellhop at the Argonaut Hotel and as a hat check boy at the Cliff House, he had saved enough money for further studies in Paris. In 1911 he sailed for France and enrolled at Académie Julian. Caught up in the activities of wartime Paris, he was an apprentice for a book...
Canvas, Oil
$11,792
H 24.02 in W 14.77 in
Giulio Carpioni (Venetian master) - 17th century Baroque Madonna and Saints
By Giulio Carpioni
Located in Varmo, IT
Giulio Carpioni (Venice 1613 - Vicenza 1678) - Madonna and Child with Saints Joseph, Francis, Dominic and Anthony of Padua. 61 x 37.5 cm. Oil on canvas, unframed (not signed). Bib...
Canvas, Oil
$8,500
H 22.75 in W 20 in
"Interior of Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris" James Roy Hopkins, Church Interior
Located in New York, NY
James Roy Hopkins Interior of Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris, 1908 Signed and dated lower left and inscribed "Paris" Oil on canvas 17 3/4 x 14 3/4 inche...
Canvas, Oil
$13,692
H 26 in W 23 in
A Breton Interior - Impressionist Interior Oil Painting by Edouard Cortes
By Édouard Leon Cortès
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed figures in interior oil on canvas circa 1910 by sought after French impressionist painter Edouard Leon Cortes. This charming and nostalgic work depicts a family enjoying dinne...
Canvas, Oil
The Letter
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Oil on canvas Canvas size: 8.75 x 6.5 inches Framed size: 13.5 x 11.5 inches Signed and dated '1869' lower right
Canvas, Oil
1994 Seaside Interior by Harriet Martin
Located in New York, NY
Harriet Martin (American, 1949-2018) Untitled, 1994 Oil on canvas 22 x 21 3/4 in. Framed: 22 1/2 x 22 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. Signed and dated lower right Harriet was an artist in her spare...
Canvas, Oil
$8,100
H 66 in W 94 in D 4 in
Roberto Bompiani "The Confirmation" Museum Quality Large Scale Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Roberto Bompiani (Italy, 1821-1908) "The Confirmation" Museum Quality Oil Painting circa 1871 Extraordinary oil painting by listed Italian artist. T...
Canvas, Oil
$17,500
H 22.75 in W 45.75 in D 2 in
(Untitled) A Scandalous Tea with a Stranger in Leiderstein
Located in San Francisco, CA
In the depths of the Great Depression, American women sought escape from their worries. For 25¢,“Hearst’s International Cosmopolitan” magazine delivered. The magazine published ficti...
Canvas, Oil
$31,839
H 66.93 in W 47.25 in D 2.76 in
The Ring of Polycrates, Samos Tyrant, Circle Antonio Molinari, Unsigned, 17th C
Located in brussel, BE
This ambitious composition illustrates the ancient episode of The Ring of Polycrates, drawn from Herodotus. In the story, the king of Samos, blessed with continuous success, is advis...
Canvas, Oil
$24,500
H 54 in W 44 in D 2 in
"Audience" Mid 20th Century American Figurative Theatre Performance Contemporary
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
"Audience" Mid 20th Century American Figurative Theatre Performance Contemporary Leon Bibel (1912 - 1995) "The Audience," 52 ½ x 41 ¼ inches. Oil on canvas, c. 1963. Signed lower right. Framed. BIO Painter, printmaker and sculptor, Leon Bibel was born in San Francisco in 1913. He trained at the California School of Fine Arts and received a scholarship to study under the German Impressionist Maria Riedelstein. He worked in collaboration with Bernard Zackheim, a student of Diego Rivera, to create frescoes for the San Francisco Jewish Community Center and the University of California Medical School. In 1936 Bibel moved from California to join the Federal Art Project at Harlem Art...
Canvas, Oil
$3,300
H 8.25 in W 20 in
'The Doctor's Office', WPA, San Francisco, Chouinard, SFMA, Oakland Museum, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Justin Murray' (American, 1912-1987), titled, verso, 'The Doctor's Office' and painted circa 1945. Framed dimensions: 9¼ x 1½ x 21 inches. Born in Minneapolis, ...
Canvas, Oil