Greta Allen Art

Colorful landscape of Moss Landing marshland (just north of Carmel, California by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Signed lower left c...

This original California coastal watercolor by American Impressionist Charles Partridge Adams captures the atmospheric beauty and shifting light of the Pacific shoreline with remarka...

“Venice, 1889” by Louis Ritter (American, 1854-1892). A fantastic example of Ritter’s renowned European watercolors. This beautifully poised composition captures the sun-washed faça...

Edward Dufner (1872 - 1957) Monhegan Island, Maine Watercolor on paper Sight 16 x 20 inches Signed lower right With a long-time career as an art teacher and painter of both 'light' and 'dark', Edward Dufner was one of the first students of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy to earn an Albright Scholarship to study painting in New York. In Buffalo, he had exchanged odd job work for drawing lessons from architect Charles Sumner. He also earned money as an illustrator of a German-language newspaper, and in 1890 took lessons from George Bridgman at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. In 1893, using his scholarship, Dufner moved to Manhattan and enrolled at the Art Students League where he studied with Henry Siddons Mowbray, figure painter and muralist. He also did illustration work for Life, Harper's and Scribner's magazines. Five years later, in 1898, Dufner went to Paris where he studied at the Academy Julian with Jean-Paul Laurens and privately with James McNeill Whistler. Verification of this relationship, which has been debated by art scholars, comes from researcher Nancy Turk who located at the Smithsonian Institution two 1927 interviews given by Dufner. Turk wrote that Dufner "talks in detail about Whistler, about how he prepared his canvasas and about numerous pieces he painted. . . A great read, the interview puts to bed" the ongoing confusion about whether or not he studied with Whistler. During his time in France, Dufner summered in the south at Le Pouleu with artists Richard Emil Miller...

A luminous watercolor landscape by Alfred Wands, this work captures the sweeping majesty of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Southern Color...

“Rowing on the Charles River, Harvard University” by Aiden Lassell Ripley (American, 1896-1969) A fantastic, rare view of Harvard University and the Charles River by renowned Americ...

Colorful study of grape leaves in autumn with abstracted elements and a pink/magenta background by California artist Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the est...

Signed lower right: Henry B. Snell Provenance Private collection Born in Richmond, England, on September 29, 1858, Henry Bayley Snell was the son of Edward and Elizabeth Snell. At ...

Painting measures 28" x 22" and framed 32" x 25 ½" x 2" Hand-signed "J.E. Costigan N.A." lower left. About this artist: John Costigan was a self-taught painter distinguished by hi...

Watercolor on paper, signed in the lower right. Listed measurements are for the full frame size 18.5" x 21.75". (1859–1937) Percival Leonard Rosseau was born in Louisiana. He led a peripatetic life as cattle driver, cowboy, and commodities broker before going abroad...

A very attractive American Impressionist watercolor & gouache painting, "The Spanish Peaks" Colorado mountain landscape scene, by Charles Partridge Adams (1858-1942), circa 1900. Thi...

A refined and highly collectible early 20th-century watercolor by Charles Partridge Adams, this winter landscape exemplifies the artist’s mastery of the Rocky Mountain subject and hi...