Marcel Emile Cailliet emigrated from Dijon, France to New York in 1917, where he first studied at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts. Upon the invitation of his uncle, the artist Emile Cailliet, Marcel moved to Los Angeles in 1938 to study with Millard Sheets at Claremont College. He earned his BA and MFA degrees at the University of Southern California and subsequently continued his art studies at the Chouinard Art School. A member of the California Watercolor Society and Laguna Beach Art Association, Cailiet exhibited in the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition and the Oakland Art Gallery (1939). Beginning at the outbreak of war, he was commissioned as an ensign and sent to Camp Perry, Virginia, then Washington, D.C., then to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii where he served for seven years, ending at the Navy Pacific University as an instructor, and with the rank of lieutenant. Cailliet then moved to Oahu, Hawaii, where he continued to paint, teach and exhibit with success.
Landscape
By Marcel Emile Cailliet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Landscape, 1940, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches, signed, dated and titled verso: “Marcel Cailliet ’40 – S.C.” and “Marcel Cailliet Landscape”; likely exhibited at the annual juried st...
Canvas, Oil
$1,750
'Regionalist Landscape', California Watercolor Society, GGIE, Chouinard
By Marcel Emile Cailliet
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'M. Cailliet' and dated 1940; additionally inscribed verso, 'Marcel Emile Cailliet, Los Angeles'. A softly-painted, Regionalist landscape showing a woman standin...
Paper, Watercolor
Vintage French Watercolor - Red Vines
Located in Houston, TX
Eye catching watercolor of bright flowering vines covering a towering column along the serene Riviera, circa 1920. Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper displayed on a white mat ...
Paper, Watercolor
$12,000
H 32 in W 35.75 in
Docks & Boats by Cottages, New York City Art Dealer, Grace Borgenicht Gallery
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Grace Borgenicht Brandt (American, 1915-2001) Signed: G. Borgenicht " Docks & Boats by Cottages " circa 1950-1955 Oil on canvas 20" x 24" Housed in a Vintage 4" Ornamented Frame...
Canvas, Oil
$4,000
H 19.75 in W 23.625 in D 0.5 in
Signed Lowell Herrero Beach Scene Painting
Located in New York, NY
Lowell Herrero (American, 1921-2015) Untitled, c. Late 20th-Early 21st Century Oil on canvas 16 x 20 in. Framed: 19 3/4 x 23 5/8 in. Signed lower right:...
Canvas, Oil
$2,800
H 25 in W 31 in D 1.5 in
A Serene 1940s, Modern Western Landscape Painting with Horses by Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A serene, 1940s Modern Western landscape painting with horses by famed Chicago artist, Francis Chapin. Accompanied with a handsome walnut brown stained wooden frame. Canvas size: 22 x 28 inches. Framed size: 25 x 31 inches. Estate stamped on reverse. Provenance: Estate of the artist. Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington and Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...
Canvas, Oil
$2,600
H 24.5 in W 36.5 in D 1 in
A Large Compelling Mid-Century Modern Painting, Rome at Night, Ponte Sant’Angelo
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A large, compelling Mid-Century Modern painting of Rome by famed Chicago artist, Francis Chapin. Depicting a vibrant nocturne view of the historic Ponte Sant’Angelo, the painting da...
Oil, Canvas
$2,500
H 22 in W 24 in
A Rare 1930s Modern, American Scene, Midwestern Summer Country Landscape
Located in Chicago, IL
A rare and special 1936 Modern American Scene country landscape painting with figures by important Chicago artist (William) Davenport Griffen. Oil on canvas, signed and dated "Griffen ‘36", lower right. Image size: 18 x 20 inches. Framed size: 22 x 24 inches. (William) Davenport Griffen was born in 1894 in Millbrook, NY. He graduated from Iowa State College in Ames, IA in 1918 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering; however, Griffen’s true love was painting. In 1919, he enrolled in the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts and subsequently studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1923-1928. In 1926, he was awarded the American Travel Scholarship and began painting in Provincetown, MA. In 1928, he was awarded the John Quincy Adams Scholarship and spent six months painting in Paris, France. Griffen also painted in the U.S. Virgin Islands for 11 months between 1930-1931. Griffen had one-man exhibitions of his Virgin Islands paintings...
Oil, Canvas
$110,000
H 33 in W 46.5 in D 2 in
Summer Pastoral Contemporary Regionalism Rural Modern American Scene Art Realism
By Roger Medearis
Located in New York, NY
Summer Pastoral Contemporary Regionalism Rural Modern American Scene Art Realism Roger Medearis (1920 – 2001) Summer Pastoral (1984) Acrylic on canvas stretched over board 27 × 40 i...
Canvas, Oil
$1,800
H 25 in W 31.5 in D 1.38 in
Modern Red, Yellow, Green, & Blue Abstract Forest Landscape Watercolor Painting
By Michael Frary
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract watercolor landscape painting by Texas based artist Michael Frary. The work features an abstract view of a tree line at the edge of a river or lake that is dotted by ...
Paper, Watercolor
Sunburst over the Mesas
Located in San Francisco, CA
In late spring, the high desert floor is still covered with grass and flowering yuccas. Against this colorful backdrop, the artist has captured a burst of sunlight breaking through t...
Canvas, Oil
$78,000
H 51 in W 33 in D 2 in
Summer Resort in Michigan -Modernist Mid-Century Saugatuck Oil Painting
By William Schwartz
Located in Marco Island, FL
Summer Resort in Michigan is an exceptional work painted by the Chicago Modernist, William Schwartz. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago shortly ...
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
$135
H 9 in W 10 in D 0.13 in
A Compelling, 1950s Mid-Century Modern City Nocturne, Street Scene, France
By Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A Compelling, 1950s Mid-Century Modern City Nocturne by Andre Delfau (Fr./Am. 1914-2000). Depicting a colorful city street scene at night showing a building facade of bright green s...
Paper, Watercolor