Son of an English father and a Dutch mother, Harry Leith-Ross was born in the British Colony of Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean thousand miles off the southeast coast of Africa. His first formal art instruction began in England under Stanhope Forbes, followed by studies with Jean-Paul Laurens at the Académie Julian in Paris. Leith-Ross came to the United States to enroll at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1910, and then to Woodstock, in 1913. It was in Woodstock at the Art Students League, under the tutelage of L. Birge Harrison and John F. Carlson, that Leith-Ross would receive the training that most influenced his career as an artist. There, he formed a lifelong friendship with fellow artist, John Folinsbee. The two artists shared a studio during this time and participated in several joint exhibitions exclusively featuring their work, including an exhibit at the Louis Katz Art Gallery in New York City in 1915. During the First World War, Leith-Ross served in the U.S. infantry, and upon his release, spent a summer painting in England. While there, he participated in a solo exhibition at The Little Gallery in Worthing in 1919. It was said of Leith-Ross by an art critic in a local English newspaper: “An exquisite sense of color, perfect draftsmanship, a thorough grasp of composition and a deep insight into nature, make Harry Leith-Ross not only a brilliant painter but a poet”. Upon returning to the United States, Leith-Ross resided once again in Woodstock where he taught painting. Leith-Ross would often visit his close friend, John Folinsbee, who moved to New Hope in 1916 following his marriage to Ruth Baldwin Folinsbee. Leith-Ross was the best man at his wedding. Some years later, Leith-Ross met Emily, and the couple married in 1925. They remained in Woodstock until purchasing a home in the Jericho Valley on the outskirts of New Hope in 1936, where Leith-Ross remained until the end of his life. He painted a wide array of subjects. His earlier works (1912–30) are very finely painted impressionist landscapes consisting of small, tight brush strokes and a colorful refreshing palette. The early paintings usually depict Woodstock, New Hope and Gloucester. His later works often include figures and his application of paint is lighter. His skillful handling of shadows and light give the later works (1935–60) a striking resemblance to those of Edward Hopper. Many of these paintings depict the landscape surrounding his home in Jericho Valley and the views of New England. Leith-Ross was also a gifted watercolorist. He made occasional trips to Europe and often summered in Rockport and Gloucester, where he held painting classes as well. He exhibited widely and won more than 40 awards. He participated in exhibitions at the National Academy of Design, the Salmagundi Club, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Society of Independent Artists, the Corcoran Gallery Biennials, the Carnegie Institute, the Art Institute of Chicago, the American Watercolor Society and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Boat Yard (PA Impressionist landscape)
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Harry Leith-Ross (1886-1973). Boat Yards, ca.1960's. Watercolor on paper measures 9 x 17 inches; 18 x 26 inches in original matting. Signed lower left. Ori...
Watercolor
Sunlight on Snow, American Impressionist Oil Painting, 1927, Framed
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Sunlight on Snow, 1927 Oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches (61 x 76.2 cm) Framed dimensions: 31 1/4 x 37 1/4 inches Signed lower left: Leith-Ross Provenance The CIGNA Museum and Art Collection, until 2004; Sotheby's, New York, December 15, 2004, lot 14; Thomas Colville Fine Art until the present Harry Leith...
Canvas, Oil
"Misty January"
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Harry Leith-Ross (1886 - 1973). The son of an English father and a Dutch mother, Harry Leith-Ross was born in the British Colony of Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean a thousand miles off the southeast coast of Africa. His first formal art instruction began in England under Stanhope Forbes, followed by studies with Jean Paul Laurens at the Academie Julian in Paris. Leith-Ross came to the United States to enroll at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1910, and then to Woodstock, in 1913. It was in Woodstock at the Art Students League, under the tutelage of Birge Harrison and John F. Carlson, that Leith-Ross would receive the training that most influenced his career as an artist. There he formed a lifelong friendship with fellow artist, John Folinsbee. The two artists shared a studio during this time and participated in several joint exhibitions exclusively featuring their work, including an exhibit at the Louis...
Canvas, Oil
Rainy Day in New York
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Sheffield, MA
Harry Leith-Ross American, 1886-1973 Rainy Day in New York Oil on board 8 by 10 ¼ in, w/ frame 12 by 14 ½ in Signed lower left Landscape painter Harry Leith-Ross was born in Mauriti...
Oil
"The Log Team"
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Harry Leith-Ross (1886 - 1973). The son of an English father and a Dutch mother, Harry Leith-Ross was born in the British Colony of Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean a thousand miles off the southeast coast of Africa. His first formal art instruction began in England under Stanhope Forbes, followed by studies with Jean Paul Laurens at the Academie Julian in Paris. Leith-Ross came to the United States to enroll at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1910, and then to Woodstock, in 1913. It was in Woodstock at the Art Students League, under the tutelage of Birge Harrison and John F. Carlson, that Leith-Ross would receive the training that most influenced his career as an artist. There he formed a lifelong friendship with fellow artist, John Folinsbee. The two artists shared a studio during this time and participated in several joint exhibitions exclusively featuring their work, including an exhibit at the Louis...
Oil, Board
"Early Evening Stroll"
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Harry Leith-Ross (1886 - 1973). The son of an English father and a Dutch mother, Harry Leith-Ross was born in the British Colony of Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean a thousand miles off the southeast coast of Africa. His first formal art instruction began in England under Stanhope Forbes, followed by studies with Jean Paul Laurens at the Academie Julian in Paris. Leith-Ross came to the United States to enroll at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1910, and then to Woodstock, in 1913. It was in Woodstock at the Art Students League, under the tutelage of Birge Harrison and John F. Carlson, that Leith-Ross would receive the training that most influenced his career as an artist. There he formed a lifelong friendship with fellow artist, John Folinsbee. The two artists shared a studio during this time and participated in several joint exhibitions exclusively featuring their work, including an exhibit at the Louis...
Canvas, Oil
Red House (The Hoffman House)
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Harry Leith-Ross (American, 1886 - 1973) Red House (Hoffman House) Oil on canvas, weathered wood 20th century frame 35” x 30” Signed lower right, ‘Leith-Ross’ Exhibition sticker v...
Canvas, Oil
"Fisherman of Yankee Cove, " Harry Leith-Ross, Boat Landscape
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in New York, NY
Harry Leith-Ross (1886 - 1973) Fisherman of Yankee Cove Oil on canvasboard 8 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches Signed lower left; also with artist, title, and number '39' on label verso Provenance: Private Collection, Pennsylvania Landscape painter Harry Leith-Ross was born in Mauritius in 1886, a British possession in the Indian Ocean. He came to America as a seventeen year old. Before beginning, some ten years later in 1914, his studies at the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock, New York at the relatively late age of twenty-eight, Leith-Ross had worked as a commercial artist. He studied with John F. Carlson and Birge Harrison at the League Summer School, and later with C. Y. Turner at the National Academy of Design in New York City. He then went to Paris, studying with Jean Paul Laurens at the Academie Julien and in England with Stanhope Forbes. Long associated with the Bucks County artists' colony in New Hope, Pennsylvania, Leith-Ross may have first gone there in 1912. It is definitely known that he visited the area in 1916 at the invitation of a student he had met when both attended the Art Students League Summer School in Woodstock, John Fulton Folinsbee. Birge Harrison, his former instructor at the League, whom he met again, was also there in New Hope during the winters from 1914 to 1916. The third and last generation of the New Hope colony would be comprised of artists like Leith-Ross, Folinsbee and Kenneth R. Nunamaker. It is somewhat ironic that Leith-Ross, so long affiliated with the New Hope School of American Impressionism...
Oil, Board
"The Horse Show"
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Harry Leith-Ross (1886 - 1973). The son of an English father and a Dutch mother, Harry Leith-Ross was born in the British Colony of Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean a thousand miles off the southeast coast of Africa. His first formal art instruction began in England under Stanhope Forbes, followed by studies with Jean Paul Laurens at the Academie Julian in Paris. Leith-Ross came to the United States to enroll at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1910, and then to Woodstock, in 1913. It was in Woodstock at the Art Students League, under the tutelage of Birge Harrison and John F. Carlson, that Leith-Ross would receive the training that most influenced his career as an artist. There he formed a lifelong friendship with fellow artist, John Folinsbee. The two artists shared a studio during this time and participated in several joint exhibitions exclusively featuring their work, including an exhibit at the Louis...
Oil, Board
"Path of the East Wind"
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Harry Leith-Ross (1886 - 1973) The son of an English father and a Dutch mother, Harry Leith-Ross was born in the British Colony of Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean a thousand miles off the southeast coast of Africa. His first formal art instruction began in England under Stanhope Forbes, followed by studies with Jean Paul Laurens at the Academie Julian in Paris. Leith-Ross came to the United States to enroll at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1910, and then to Woodstock, in 1913. It was in Woodstock at the Art Students League, under the tutelage of Birge Harrison and John F. Carlson, that Leith-Ross would receive the training that most influenced his career as an artist. There he formed a lifelong friendship with fellow artist, John Folinsbee. The two artists shared a studio during this time and participated in several joint exhibitions exclusively featuring their work, including an exhibit at the Louis Katz...
Oil, Board
"Concrete Construction"
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed lower left. Illustrated in "New Hope for American Art" Harry Leith-Ross (1886 - 1973) The son of an English father and a Dutch mother, Harry Leith-Ross was born in the British Colony of Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean a thousand miles off the southeast coast of Africa. His first formal art instruction began in England under Stanhope Forbes, followed by studies with Jean Paul Laurens at the Academie Julian in Paris. Leith-Ross came to the United States to enroll at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1910, and then to Woodstock, in 1913. It was in Woodstock at the Art Students League, under the tutelage of Birge Harrison and John F. Carlson, that Leith-Ross would receive the training that most influenced his career as an artist. There he formed a lifelong friendship with fellow artist, John Folinsbee. The two artists shared a studio during this time and participated in several joint exhibitions exclusively featuring their work, including an exhibit at the Louis Katz...
Oil, Board
$2,350
H 20.625 in W 25.625 in D 1 in
Mid-20th Century Oil on Board Abstract Impressionist Maritime Scene, René Genis
By René Genis
Located in Berlin, MD
Step into the bustling energy of a portside moment with René Genis’ “Les Grues” (The Cranes)”, a captivating oil-on-mat-board painting that transforms the in...
Oil, Illustration Board
$1,495
H 12.25 in W 15.25 in D 2.5 in
Charles Partridge Adams California Coastal Watercolor American Impressionist
By Charles Partridge Adams
Located in Denver, CO
This original California coastal watercolor by American Impressionist Charles Partridge Adams captures the atmospheric beauty and shifting light of the Pacific shoreline with remarka...
Watercolor
$17,500
H 38.25 in W 44.25 in D 2 in
"The Hill Pasture" 1901 by Ida Josephine Burgess, Michigan Hills Impressionist
Located in Yardley, PA
A large, sweeping Michigan summer vista by the accomplished American painter, Ida Josephine Burgess (1855-1934). Burgess gives us a high vantage point over a lush hill pasture descen...
Canvas, Oil
$4,500
H 20.5 in W 29.25 in D 1.5 in
Figures, Boats, and House - Cape May Point, NJ, Impressionist Beach Scene, 1940s
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Figures, Boats, and House - Cape May Point, NJ" is a Pennsylvania Beach Scene by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene. The ...
Oil, Canvas
$850
H 16.75 in W 13.88 in D 1 in
Taxco, Mexico - 1930's Figurative Village Landscape
By Theodore Ernest Langguth
Located in Soquel, CA
A vintage watercolor capturing a daily scene in the Spanish colonial town of Taxco, Mexico by Theodore Ernest Langguth (German-American, 1861-1952). Titled, dated and signed lower ma...
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Esopus River, Phoencia New York
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Mihal (Mychajlo) Moroz (1904–1992) Esopus River, Phoenicia, NY, 1968 Oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches (30 x 36 inches framed) Signed lower right In Esopus River, Phoenicia, NY (1968)...
Canvas, Oil
Santa Cruz Wharf by Beth T. Wilkins
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful watercolor painting depicting a side view of the Santa Cruz Wharf by Beth Teall Wilkins (American, 1906-1992). Alice Elizabeth Teall (Beth T. Wilkins) was born in Moline, I...
Watercolor, Masonite
$45,000
H 40 in W 46 in
"Other Side of Town (Leading to Pigeon Cove)" Anthony Thieme, Rockport Cape Ann
By Anthony Thieme
Located in New York, NY
Anthony Thieme (1888 - 1954) Other Side of Town (Leading to Pigeon Cove) Oil on canvas 30 x 36 inches Signed lower left Provenance: David H. Hall Fine Art, Dover, Massachusetts Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts Private Collection, New Jersey Anthony Thieme was born in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam in 1888. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam, at the Royal Academy at the Hague, as an apprentice to George Hoecker, a well known stage designer in Düsseldorf, Germany, and to Antonio Mancini, an Italian Impressionist. After completing his studies, Thieme journeyed throughout Europe and South America, working in stage design to support his travels. Thieme first came to the United States in 1917 and initially worked as a set designer and book illustrator first in New York and later in Boston. By the late 1920s, Thieme had married and moved from Boston to Cape Ann in Rockport, Massachusetts, an emerging art colony. Like the other Rockport artists...
Canvas, Oil
$9,500
H 9.5 in W 7 in
Dusk Forest Scene, Catskills by Lockwood DeForest (American, 1850-1932)
By Lockwood DeForest
Located in New York, NY
"Dusk Forest Scene, Catskills," 1875 by Hudson River School painter Lockwood DeForest (American, 1850-1932) is oil on artists card-stock and measures 9.5 x 7 inches. The work is signed by DeForest, and dated May 13, 1875 at lower right. The work is framed in an elegant, period appropriate frame, and ready to hang. Lockwood DeForest was born in New York in 1850 to a prominent family. He grew up in Greenwich Village and on Long Island at the family summer estate in Cold Spring Harbor. As was customary for a cultivated family in the Gilded Age, the DeForests made frequent trips abroad. Excursions to the great museums, which were prominent on the DeForests agenda, deepened the young Lockwood's familiarity with European painting and sculpture. Though he had begun drawing and painting somewhat earlier, it was during a visit to Rome in 1868 that nineteen-year-old DeForest first began to study art seriously, taking painting lessons from the Italian landscapist Hermann David Salomon Corrodi (1844–1905). More importantly, on the same trip, Lockwood met one of America’s most celebrated painters, (and his maternal great- uncle by marriage) Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900), who quickly became his mentor. DeForest accompanied Church on sketching trips around Italy and continued this practice when they both returned to America in 1869. Early on in his career, de Forest made a habit of recording the date and often the place of his oil sketches, as to create a visual diary of his travels. Lockwood’s profession as a landscape painter can be primarily attributed to Frederic E. Church and his belief in the young artist’s talent. DeForest often visited Church in the Hudson River community of Catskill where, in addition to sketching trips and afternoons of painting, he assisted with the architectural drawings and planning of Olana. In 1872, DeForest took a studio at the Tenth Street Studio Building in New York. During these formative years DeForest counted among his friend’s artists such as Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823–80), George Henry Yewell (1830–1923), John Frederick Kensett (1816–72), Jervis McEntee (1828–91), and Walter Launt Palmer (1854–1932). Over the next decade DeForest experienced success as a painter. He exhibited for the first time at the National Academy of Design in 1872, and made two more painting trips abroad, in 1875–76 and 1877–78, traveling to the major continental capitals but also the Middle East and North Africa. His trip to the Middle East and the library at Church’s home, Olana, established his interest in design during his mid-twenties. From about 1878 to 1902, landscape painting was overshadowed by his activities and preoccupation with East Indian architecture and décor, a style that became quite fashionable in late nineteenth century America. From 1879-1883, de Forest founded Associated Artists along with Louis Comfort Tiffany, Candace Wheeler...
Oil, Board
La Madeleine
By Michel Pabois
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
The painting is done by French painter Michel PABOIS (b. 1939). Signed lower right . It has a beautiful gold frame made in Italy.
Oil
$2,800
H 17.5 in W 23.5 in
METCALF American Impressionist Landscape Watercolor
By Willard LeRoy Metcalf
Located in New York, NY
Willard Metcalf (1858-1925) was an important American Impressionist, member of the American Watercolor Society, and teaching at Cooper Union and the Art Student's League. This comp...
Watercolor
$37,500
H 31.75 in W 31.75 in D 2 in
“Palm Trees Along Florida Coast, c. 1940” Jane Peterson Impressionist Palm Beach
By Jane Peterson
Located in Yardley, PA
A wonderful example of Peterson’s views of the Florida Coast during her winter trips down south. Painted during Peterson’s mature period, this lively work underscores the energy of ...
Canvas, Oil
“Three Boats”
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil paint on board painting of three boats in a harbor by the well known American artist, Harry Leith-Ross. Signed lower right “Leith-Ross”. Condition is excellent. Circa...
Oil, Board
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H 13.25 in W 15.5 in D 1.75 in
“Harvesting” by Harry Leith Ross, New Hope Impressionist Bucks County PA Farm
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Yardley, PA
A glowing Bucks County harvest scene by Pennsylvania Impressionist Harry Leith-Ross. Here, Leith-Ross turns his eye to the golden rhythms of life on a beautiful farm. A procession of...
Oil, Board
Harry Leith-Ross "Morning In Early Spring"
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in San Francisco, CA
Harry Leith-Ross:1886-1973. Well listed American artist with auction highs over $198,000. One of the important members of New Hope Pennsylvania school...
Oil
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H 9 in W 13 in
Boat Worker (New England landscape, New Hope Impressionist)
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful New England landscape painting by American artist, Harry Leith-Ross (1886-1973). Watercolor on paper, sheet measures 9 x 13 inches...
Paper, Watercolor
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H 23 in W 19 in D 1.5 in
A Place in the Sun, American Impressionist, Urban Scene, 1970, Signed and Framed
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Doylestown, PA
"A Place in the Sun" is a late career urban street scene by Pennsylvania Impressionist and New Hope School painter Harry Leith-Ross. The painting is...
Oil, Board
Fresh Coat, Nova Scotia
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Harry Leith-Ross (1886-1973). Fresh Coat, Nova Scotia c.1950’s. Watercolor on paper measures 9.75 x 13.5 inches; 15.75 x 19.5 inches framed. Signed lower ...
Watercolor
Lobster Trappers, Nova Scotia
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Harry Leith-Ross (1886-1973). Lobster Trappers, Nova Scotia c.1950’s. Watercolor on paper measures 8 x 11.75 inches; 14 x 17.75 inches framed. Signed lower right. Excellent condition...
Paper, Watercolor
The Cyclist
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful and dramatic c.1940 drawing by American artist, Harry Leith-Ross (1886-1973). Pencil on paper measures 3 3/8 x4 3/4 inches; 11 x 13.5 inches framed. Signed with artist mon...
Paper, Pencil
"Gray Day, New England"
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed lower right. Complemented by original Leith-Ross frame. Illustrated in Ft. Lauderdale's "American Impressionism: The Ne...
Oil, Canvas
"Sunny Day, Gloucester"
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed lower right. With mirror. Harry Leith-Ross (1886 - 1973) The son of an English father and a Dutch mother, Harry Leith-Ross was born in the British Colony of Mauritius, an ...
Oil, Board
Pasture in Early Spring
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Farm landscape, cows, signed lower right
Oil, Canvas