Herndon Davis was an American artist, journalist, illustrator and painter who wasn’t recognized in his lifetime and not until recently. He was born in Wynnewood, Oklahoma of rancher parents. At fourteen, Davis moved himself to Kansas City, Missouri to take art lessons. He supported himself with unskilled labor jobs. From there, he went to Chicago and apprenticed as an engraver and commercial artist. In 1920, he joined the army and was stationed in Denver. Davis’ love for Colorado and Denver must have begun at that time. But first, he lived and worked in Washington, D.C., where he worked at the National War Collaege creating maps of China and Japan, and New York City, where he attended the National Academy of Design and Art Students League of New York while working at the New York Herald Tribune, Washington Times-Herald and Washington Daily News. In 1936, he moved to Denver, where he began to capture in paint and pencil notable people and landmarks of Denver and the west. Included in his subject matter were the notorious and the famous whether people or places. Davis is best known for his painting of the face of his wife on the barroom floor in Central City, Colorado. It was inspired by the poem The Face on the Barroom Floor and so it is titled. It wasn’t until after his death that friends were allowed to tell his beloved wife, Nita, was his model.
Herndon Davis Red Rocks Colorado Oil Painting, American Modern Landscape
By Herndon Davis
Located in Denver, CO
A striking original oil on board painting by celebrated Colorado artist Herndon Davis (1901–1962), this richly textured landscape captures the dramatic beauty of Red Rocks Park near ...
Oil
$24,500
H 15 in W 20.5 in
Theresa Bernstein, American Modernist, "Coney Island", Foster Bros period frame
By Theresa Bernstein
Located in Rockport, MA
Painting size without frame: 15"x20 1/2" Painting size with frame: 21"x26 1/2" Period Foster Brothers Frame Painting is signed lower right. A lively boardwalk scene by Theresa Ber...
Oil, Board
$1,156
H 18.12 in W 14.97 in D 0.79 in
Venice Oil Painting on Canvas, American Modern, Framed, 1920s
By Josselin Bodley
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas Molded frame in wood and gilded plaster 68 x 59 x 7 cm
Oil
$3,000
H 8.5 in W 10.5 in
"Woodstock Landscape" Albert Heckman, Modernist, Bright Landscape
By Albert Heckman
Located in New York, NY
Albert Heckman Woodstock Landscape Oil on board 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches Albert Heckman was born in Meadville, Western Pennsylvania, 1893. He went to New York City to try his hand at ...
Oil, Board
$4,000
H 12 in W 16 in
"Woodstock Landscape" Albert Heckman, American Modernist Bright Landscape
By Albert Heckman
Located in New York, NY
Albert Heckman Woodstock Landscape Oil on board 12 x 16 inches Albert Heckman was born in Meadville, Western Pennsylvania, 1893. He went to New York City to try his hand at the art...
Oil, Board
$13,500
H 40.5 in W 50.5 in D 3 in
“Washington Square Park, 1938” NYC Social Realism Female American Artist Oil
By Dorothy Eisner
Located in Yardley, PA
An exceptional, large, early work by American artist Dorothy Eisner (1906-1984). This painting was recently exhibited at Gracie Mansion in 2019 as part of “She Persists” - a show de...
Canvas, Oil
$2,900
H 15 in W 19 in
Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modernism
By Henry Ernst Schnakenberg
Located in New York, NY
Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modernism Henry Schnakenberg (1982 - 1970) Boys Swimming Industrial Landscape 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 sight Oil on Canvas Signed lower left 14 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches, Framed Bio In many cases, American artists visited the Armory Show in New York in 1913, and returned to their studios to react to or against what they saw. However, for Henry Ernest Schnakenberg it was much more life altering. Prior to visiting this important exhibition of American and European modernist art...
Canvas, Oil
$4,500
H 20 in W 23 in D 1.75 in
"Canals in Annecy, France" by Emma Fordyce MacRae (1887-1974) American Framed
By Emma Fordyce MacRae
Located in Yardley, PA
A lovely scene of the canals in Annecy, France by renowned American artist Emma Fordyce MacRae (1887-1974). This work highlights the geometric nature of the historic architecture al...
Gesso, Oil, Board
$1,850
H 21 in W 25 in
Plein Air American Oil Painting Rainstorm Signed Original Modern Impressionist
Located in Buffalo, NY
nknown Artist (Signed “Kaufman”) Untitled (Pastoral Horizon), mid-20th century Oil on board Framed dimensions: 25 in. H × 21 in. W Original cream-toned carved wood frame This expres...
Masonite, Oil
$9,000
H 30.5 in W 35.5 in
"High Noon" James Goodwin McManus, Skyscape, Connecticut Landscape, Modernist
Located in New York, NY
James Goodwin McManus High Noon, circa 1935 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches Provenance Private Collection Ric Serrenho, North Granby, Connecticut (acquired from the above in 2004) James McManus...
Canvas, Oil
$4,000
H 12 in W 16 in
"Woodstock Landscape" Albert Heckman, WPA, American Modernist, New York
By Albert Heckman
Located in New York, NY
Albert Heckman Woodstock Landscape Oil on board 12 x 16 inches Albert Heckman was born in Meadville, Western Pennsylvania, 1893. He went to New York City to try his hand at the art...
Oil, Board
$7,500
H 16 in W 19 in
"Greylock from Hairpin Turn" Lucy Doane, Atmospheric, Fluid Blue Mountains
By Lucy Doane
Located in New York, NY
Lucy Doane Greylock from Hairpin Turn Signed and Inscribed titled verso Oil on board 16 x 20 inches Lucy Doane was an established artist, illustrator and teacher whose regionalist ...
Oil, Board
$2,500
H 22 in W 28 in D 1.5 in
A Colorful, Dynamic 1960s Mid-Century Modern Florida Abstraction
By Charles Turzak
Located in Chicago, IL
A Colorful, Dynamic 1960s Mid-Century Modern Abstracted Florida Landscape Painting by Famed Chicago Artist and Printmaker, Charles Turzak (A...
Canvas, Oil, Board