Noted marine painter and etcher James Craig Nicoll was born in New York City in 1846. He studied art under Mauritz F.H. de Haas, a well-known marine painter who worked for the Royal Dutch Court and as the official U. S. government artist of Admiral Farragut’s flagship during the Civil War. Nicoll was a prolific artist who worked in the luminist style during the 1860s and 1870s, and most often painted seascapes of the New England and Long Island coasts. From the 1880s on, he utilized a more muted, earthy palette. Nicoll exhibited New England seascapes as early as 1868 and regularly showed works that bear titles such as Rhode Island Coast, Near Point Judith, and Thatcher’s Island, Massachusetts. Nicoll also painted in Shrub Oak, Westchester County, New York, where he owned a weekend and summer home. In 1879, Nicoll taught etching to his good friend Kruseman Van Elten, also a noted marine painter.
In 1880, Nicoll was elected an associate of the National Academy, and he became a full Academician in 1885. From 1867 to 1900, Nicoll exhibited annually at the National Academy of Design. He also exhibited at the American Watercolor Society, American Fund Society, New York Etching Club, Artists’ Aid Society, New York Municipal Art Society, and the Century Association. His honors included medals from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (1888), New Orleans Exposition (1885), American Art Association (1888), Atlanta Exposition (1895), and the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo (1901). Nicoll’s paintings are housed in important public collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Newark Museum, New Jersey; Mattatuck Museum, Woodbury, Connecticut; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
(Biography provided by Godel & Co. Fine Art)
Duck Hunting Scene
By James Craig Nicoll
Located in New York, NY
James Craig Nicoll paints figures obscured by tall grass on a small island off a coast lined with bare trees observing a flock of waterfowl in his oil painting, “Duck Hunting Scene.”
Canvas, Oil
$1,050
H 24 in W 24 in D 1.5 in
"New World City" Abstract Geometric Landscape in Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"New World City" Abstract Geometric Landscape in Oil on Canvas Bold abstract composition by Veronica "Roni" Bloch (American, 1925-1998). Strong shapes of dark red, blue, grey-blue, ...
Canvas, Oil
Aurora over a Northern Lake, 1916
Located in Stockholm, Stockholm
Aurora over a Northern Lake, signed and dated “G Claeson 1916”, oil on canvas. This evocative landscape, executed in an expressionist manner, and on the same time almost modern, cap...
Canvas, Oil
$1,170Sale Price|64% Off
H 25.01 in W 31.11 in
Northern Italian painter - 18th century pastoral landscape with shepherds
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian painter (18th century) - Rural landscape with shepherds and flock. 56 x 70 cm (without frame) - 63.5 x 79 cm (with frame). Oil on canvas, in carved wood frame (not signe...
Canvas, Oil
“Shipping in Southampton Water”
By Ebenezer Colls
Located in Southampton, NY
Original oil on canvas painting of a large sailing vessel traveling through Southampton waters in England in a dramatic sunset. The artist is the well known British marine artist Ebe...
Canvas, Oil
$1,250
H 17.5 in W 20 in D 2.5 in
Brian Blood 'Monterey Bay' Plein Air California Impressionist Seascape Painting
By Brian Blood
Located in San Rafael, CA
Brian Blood (American, b. 1962) Monterey Bay, 2000 Oil on canvas board Signed lower right: BB signed, dated, and titled verso: Brian Blood, 2000 Monterey Bay 9in H x 12in L In a silvered gilt frame with linen mat and moulding: 17 1/4in H x 20in L Brian Blood is a resident of Pebble Beach, California. He began his professional life as a graphic artist and art director in Boston, Massachusetts. He then came to California to attend the Academy of Art College in San Francisco for both undergraduate and graduate studies. In 2003, Blood and his artist wife, Laurie Kersey...
Oil, Canvas
$2,294
H 15.36 in W 16.54 in D 1.97 in
Undercurrent, Landscape Artwork, Original Oil Painting, Abstract Art
By Miles Cole
Located in Deddington, GB
An abstract composition exploring the sensation of being in the sea on the Cornish coast, capturing the dynamic energy and ferociousness of the crashing waves and strong pull of the ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,404Sale Price|52% Off
H 17.72 in W 21.26 in
Circle of Hendrik Frans van Lint - 18th century Apollo and Daphne painting
Located in Varmo, IT
Circle of Hendrik Frans van Lint (Antwerp 1684 - Rome 1763) - Apollo and Daphne. 40 x 49.5 cm (without frame) - 45 x 54 cm (with frame). Oil on canvas, unframed. The painting depi...
Canvas, Oil
$702
H 31.5 in W 31.5 in D 1.19 in
Our love is not a spark that fades K.Husslein abstract figurative painting
By Katharina Husslein
Located in DE
This is a beautiful oil painting of an array of flowers in a vase in front of dark background. Reminding us of old master paintings, this is a brand new painting full elegance and ti...
Canvas, Oil
$1,500
H 19 in W 23 in
Shuting Yang Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Water Flowing By"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Water Flowing By Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 19 x 23 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This pa...
Canvas, Oil
$14,048
H 23.63 in W 35.44 in D 0.79 in
April. Plyos Landscape Painting, Oil on Canvas, 60x90 cm, New
By Simon Kozhin
Located in Zofingen, AG
This charming work of art depicts a serene rural scene of the town of Plyos in the Ivanovo region, meticulously capturing the tranquil essence of rural life. The paintings compositio...
Canvas, Oil
$1,300
H 22.5 in W 18.5 in
Wengui Huang Landscape Original Oil On Canvas "Untitled"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Untitled Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 22.5 x 18.5 inches Frame: Framing options available! Year: 2000 Circa Artist: Wengui Huang Provenance: Direct from the artist.
Canvas, Oil
$1,800
H 22 in W 17 in
"Calm at Dusk" Dennis Sheehan, Dark Forest, Tonalist New England Landscape
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in New York, NY
Dennis Sheehan Calm at Dusk, circa 2025 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 12 x 16 inches Dennis Sheehan was born in Boston in 1950. His work is based upon the Barbizon School with f...
Canvas, Oil