Knute Heldner, born in Vederslov Smoland, Sweden, was a painter and woodcarver who spent the latter part of his professional career in New Orleans, Louisiana gaining national and international recognition for his Louisiana landscapes. His early formal training was at Karlskrona Technical School and the National Royal Academy of Stockholm. Heldner immigrated to the United States about 1902, arriving first in Boston and moving later to the Great Lakes region. He held a variety of jobs such as miner, cobbler and lumber camp cook in Minnesota and continued his art education at the Minneapolis School of Fine Art. His early artwork focused on the manual labor of mining and lumbering in paintings titled Veterans of the Mines and The Lumberjacks. His later work in Southern landscapes including The Cotton Pickers retained a subject interest in the physical aspects of work. He first exhibited his artwork around 1915, when he entered a painting in a Minnesota State Fair competition and won the Gold Medal. In the mid-twenties, Heldner began spending his winters in New Orleans where he painted Vieux Carre scenes and Louisiana landscapes. In the summers, he returned to Duluth, Minnesota. He was an active member of local art communities in both New Orleans and Duluth. In New Orleans, he joined the Southern States Art Union organized by Ellsworth Woodward and was a charter member of the New Orleans Art League. The Art Association of New Orleans hung Heldner's first one-man show at the Isaac Delgado Museum of Art in 1926. He also taught painting at the New Orleans Art School established by the Arts and Crafts Club of New Orleans. Heldner continued to study art through the twenties and thirties at the Chicago Art Institute, the Academy of Scandinavian Art in Paris, and under the direction of artists David Erickson, Dispieu and others. In 1926, he won the highest honors at the Swedish-American Art Exhibition in Chicago, and in 1932 he held one-man shows at the Salon d'Automne in Paris, a gallery in Stockholm, and the Arts and Crafts Club of New Orleans Gallery. In the thirties, Heldner participated in the Workers Progress Administration Federal Art Project in Louisiana continuing to paint landscapes as well as portraits. The New Orleans Assembly of Delphians purchased a Heldner painting Petit Vernon and donated it to the Isaac Delgado Museum in 1937. His paintings also hang in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institute, the White House, and the Luxembourg Museum in Paris. Heldner married Colette Pope and had two children, Paulette and Franz. He died in New Orleans in 1952.
Knute Heldner Louisiana Swamp Cabin with Goats, Original Oil Painting
By Knute Heldner
Located in New Orleans, LA
A fine Knute (Knut) Heldner oil painting of a shack in the Louisiana swamps with goats and a pirogue in the background. Signed lower right. As you likely know if you are reading this...
Oil
Knute Heldner, Louisiana Swamp Landscape, Original Oil Painting, New Orleans
By Knute Heldner
Located in New Orleans, LA
A classic Louisiana swamp scene by Knute (Knut) Heldner, executed in oil on canvas board. Signed lower left. The painting depicts the atmospheric swamplands of southern Louisiana, a ...
Oil
$1,500
H 9 in W 12 in D 1 in
Rolling Surf Pacific Coast Landscape Small Paintings 9" x 12" Framed Waves
By Steve Parker
Located in Houston, TX
Framed 15" x 18"( "Rolling Surf" by Steve Parker is 9" x 12" .Rolling Surf was painted along the Pacific Coast Coast in 2024. It is Oil on Canvas with a custom made frame. There ...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$2,750
H 30 in W 26 in D 1.5 in
'River Birch' by James Cobb, Framed 20" x 16" Oil on Canvas Painting, 2020
By Jim Cobb
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 19.875" x 16" oil painting on canvas by Oklahoma-based artist James Cobb depicts a strand of river birch trees in freshly fallen snow. at the he...
Canvas, Oil
Charles Allan Winter. Landscape
By Charles Allan Winter
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charles Allen Winter: 1869-1942. Very well listed American artist with Auction results over $114,000. He mostly painted in the Gloucester Massachusetts and St. Louis Missouri area. T...
Oil
$1,700
H 18 in W 22 in D 1.75 in
Autumn Glow, Beautiful 1920s Arts and Crafts Movement Landscape
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Josef Frank Froula (American, 1887-1939) Signed: Josef Froula, (lower, right) " Autumn Glow ", circa 1920 (on label attached to stretcher verso) Oil on canvas 12 1/8" x 15 1/8" ...
Canvas, Oil
$6,500
H 25 in W 31 in D 2 in
Horse at the Golden Hills, California , Impressionist California landscaper.
By Lynn Gertenbach
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Lynn Gertenbach's "Ride at Golden Hills" is a remarkable oil painting that captures a serene moment of a lady riding a horse under a tree, surrounded by lush grass and vibrant scener...
Oil
$6,000
H 14 in W 18 in
"Concarneau, Brittany, France" Hayley Lever, American Impressionism
By Hayley Lever
Located in New York, NY
Hayley Lever (1876 - 1958) Concarneau, Brittany, France, 1905 Oil on panel 6 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches Signed by the artist lower left Inscribed by another hand on the reverse Provenance: Clayton-Liberatore Galleries, Bridgehampton, New York Hayley Lever’s (1875-1958) versatility has worked against his posthumous reputation. He was never associated with a single artistic movement, instead producing impressionist, post-impressionist, and expressionist works. While best known as a painter of post-impressionist marine scenes, his subject matter included landscapes, urban scenes, and still lifes across his 60-year career. This lack of a singular style or subject has given him an amorphous place in U.S. art history despite his obvious accomplishments. [Richard] Hayley Lever was born in Bowden, South Australia in 1875. He excelled in painting classes at Prince Alfred College (1883-91) and Norwood Art School (1891-93) in Adelaide. In the 1890s, Lever moved to England, studying art in London and painting at St. Ives, a fishing port and popular artistic colony on the Cornish coast. In St. Ives, Lever shared a studio with Frederick Waugh, and studied painting with Albert Julius Olsson and Algernon Talmage. Lever was a plein air painter particularly interested in the effect of sunlight on the sea. He painted in a distinctive style, strongly influenced by the works of Vincent van Gogh, that might now be called post-impressionism. He used a limited palette to paint the St. Ives harbor, particularly at dusk or in the moonlight. His strong contrasting colors and thick use of paint created a crisp and physical surface that earned him acclaim in Europe. Lever’s many St. Ives seascapes are among his most popular works. In 2017, his painting entitled “The Old Lighthouse and Fleets of St. Ives” sold at auction for $162,500. In 1912, Lever moved to New York to test the art market in the United States. In Manhattan, Lever met prominent U.S. painters such as Ernest Lawson, Robert Henri, William Glackens, John Sloan, and George Bellows. Lever exhibited with this group regularly in New York City, painting parks, streets, bridges and the Manhattan waterfront. However, he soon discovered the scenic potential of Gloucester, Rockport, and Marblehead in the Cape Ann area of Massachusetts...
Oil, Panel
$2,500
H 10 in W 13 in
"Boat on Beach" Hayley Lever, Modernist, Quick Brushwork, Boat in Marina
By Hayley Lever
Located in New York, NY
Hayley Lever Boat on Beach, 1952 Oil on canvasboard 5 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches Provenance The artist Davis Galleries, New York (#DG 188) Private Collection, Ne...
Canvas, Oil
$2,750
H 19.75 in W 22.75 in D 1.75 in
Robert Wesley Amick Winter Colorado Landscape 1935 Oil Painting Snow Scene
By Robert Amick
Located in Denver, CO
A serene winter grove unfolds in this 1935 Colorado oil on board landscape by Robert Wesley Amick, capturing the quiet beauty and atmospheric stillness of the Rocky Mountain region. ...
Oil
"Morning in the High Desert" Oil Painting
By Natasha Isenhour
Located in Denver, CO
Natasha Isenhour's "Morning in the High Desert" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a sunrise that colors the clouds a lavender and yellow color as they swirl above th...
Oil
$3,000
H 16 in W 20 in
"Brighton Beach" Nathan Hoffman, New York, Sunny Day Landscape Impressionism
By Nathan Hoffman
Located in New York, NY
Nathan Hoffman Brighton Beach, July 31, 1946 Signed, dated, and estate stamped on the reverse Oil on artist's board 10 x 13 1/2 inches Provenance: Esta...
Oil, Board
$3,000
H 27.75 in W 33.75 in D 1.5 in
"Autumn Landscape" Colorful Pastoral Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
By Robert Waltsak
Located in New York, NY
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...
Canvas, Oil
$1,800
H 17.5 in W 21.5 in D 1.75 in
"Cherry Blossoms in Full Bloom" Impressionistic Landscape Oil Painting Framed
By Robert Waltsak
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful impressionist pastoral landscape with beautiful color tones throughout. Waltsak has portrayed this piece in a most intimate yet energetic way and has packed much feeling ...
Oil, Board
Northern Minnesota Twilight
By Knute Heldner
Located in Missouri, MO
Knute Heldner (1877-1952) "Northern Minnesota Twilight" c. 1930s Oil on Board Signed Site: 25 x 30 inches Framed: 29 x 34.5 inches Knute Heldner, born ...
Oil, Board
Moss Gatherer's Cabin
By Knute Heldner
Located in Missouri, MO
Knute Helner (Swedish/American 1877-1952) "Moss Gatherer's Cabin" 1938 Oil on Board Signed Titled and Dated Verso Artist's Monogram Verso Provenance: Artist to Private Collection and By Descent Site Size: 20 x 16 images Framed Size: 25.5 x 21.5 inches Knute Heldner...
Oil, Board