John E. Berninger Art

A fine landscape of a golf course, probably The Country Club, Brookline, MA by American artist Arthur Clifton Goodwin (1864-1929). Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Goodwin lived an...

A fine impressionist painting on the shore of Cape Cod with cottages, boats, and figures by American artist Alexis Jean Fournier (1865-1948). Fournier was born on the fourth of July ...

A fine impressionist woodland scene with a brook and birches by American artist Paul Bernard King (1867-1947). King was born in Buffalo, New York, and after becoming an established printer, went on to study at the NY Art Students League with Henry S. Mowbray. While a student, he became an illustrator for Life and Harper’s magazines, and went on to become well known for his portraits, landscapes, rural scenes, and illustrations. Oil on canvas, signed lower right, inscribed title on verso stretcher “Paul King, Stony Brook...

A fine impressionist landscape of a winter stream by American artist Jonas Lie (1880-1940). Lie was born in Moss, Norway to an accomplished Norwegian engineer and an American mother. Named after his uncle, a novelist and close friend of Henrik Ibsen, Jonas went to Paris to live with his uncle in 1892, after his father's death. Surely it was here, the twelve year-old boy was influenced by the creative spirit found in his uncle's home. In 1893, Jonas moved to New York City, where he took evening classes at Cooper Union, the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League while working designing fabric patterns for a textile company to raise money to support his education. After the completion of his education, Lie spent most of his summers along the New England coast and Canada. Here he would paint bright, impressionistic harbor scenes and rocky, coastal views, which he would exhibit regularly. The landscapes and coastal paintings Lie created in New England can be characterized by a facile, broad handling of pigment and an impressionistic sense of light and air. was a prolific painter, known for his coastal views of New England and New York scenes. He became the president of the National Academy of Design from 1935 to 1939, a year before his death. Lie was also known for a series of paintings of the last days of construction of the Panama Canal in 1913. These paintings were given to the United States Military Academy...

A truly masterful depiction of waves crashing by the rocks at Loblolly Cover in Rockport Massachusetts. The scene of Seagulls flying through the water as the waves crash create a stu...

A wonderful impressionist pastoral landscape in the Autumn season with beautiful color tones throughout. Waltsak has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and h...

Charlotte Buell Coman A View from Highland Inn, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, 1911 Signed lower left Oil on canvas 25 x 27 inches Provenance The artist (with) Macbeth Gallery, New York...

A fine impressionist marine painting of a harbor on Cape Ann, Massachusetts by American artist Harry Aiken Vincent (1867-1933). Vincent was Born in...

Provenance Acquired by American Legacy Fine Arts directly from the artist Signed "R Humphrey" on lower left Artist Statement "A red bougainvillea marks a small memorial near the top of the trail. A warm spring breeze moves through the newly flowered grass." — Richard Humphrey...

A fine colorful New England winter landscape with trees and a snow covered stone wall by American artist William Lester Stevens (1888-1969).Born in Rockport, Massachusetts, Stevens f...

A fine impressionist coastal painting of the New Jersey coast by Australian / American artist Heyley Lever (1876-1958). Lever was born in Adelaide, Australia, and studied at Adelaide's Prince Alfred College and attended James Ashton’s Academy of Art. He traveled and studied in England, eventually exhibiting at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.Lever moved to New York around 1910, painting scenes of the city. He summered in Gloucester, MA, where he painted and taught sketching and painting classes at his summer studio. He became well known for his post-impressionist marine and landscape paintings. Lever’s works hang in several museums/institutions, including: The White House, Yale University Art Gallery, Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Detroit Institute of Art, Colby College, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Oil on canvas, signed lower left, artist placard, title and date inscribed on verso “Coast of New Jersey below Asbury Park...

A fine New York winter cityscape by American artist Arthur Clifton Goodwin (1864-1929). Born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Goodwin lived and worked most of his life in Massachusetts ...