Philip Castle Landscape Paintings

Signed "Martha Cahoon" lower right. Provenance: private collection, Palm Beach Florida About this artist: Born of Swedish immigrant parents in 1905, in Rosindale, Massachusetts, Martha Farham Cahoon had a highly successful business partnership with her husband Ralph Cahoon...

This mid 19th Century, 25" x 30", oil on canvas, Folk Art hunting scene was painted in 1852, and signed and dated by an illegible artist. It is framed in a reproduction wood frame.

This retablo was purchased by the gallery in Mexico City. I knew the family that sold this retablo to me. The writing says" Puebla 1940,. It is a prayer to St. George thanking him that his dog saved him from being attached from a snake. He is is thankful that his dog was not bitten by the snake. Bernardino Pantoja This ex-voto is in excellent condition. It is framed behind conservatorship glass. The framed size is 14" x 15". The class should only be cleaned with ammonia free cleaner. An ex-voto is a votive offering to a saint or to a divinity; the term is usually restricted to Christian examples. It is given in fulfillment of a vow (hence the Latin term, short for ex voto suscepto, "from the vow made") or in gratitude or devotion. Ex-votos are placed in a church or chapel where the worshiper seeks grace or wishes to give thanks. The destinations of pilgrimages often include shrines decorated with ex-votos. Ex-votos can take a wide variety of forms. They are not only intended for the helping figure, but also as a testimony to later visitors of the received help. As such they may include texts explaining a miracle attributed to the helper, or symbols such as a painted or modeled reproduction of a miraculously healed body part, or a directly related item such as a crutch given by a person formerly lame. There are places where a very old tradition of depositing ex-votos existed, such as Abydos in ancient Egypt. Especially in the Latin world, there is a tradition of votive paintings, typically depicting a dangerous incident which the offeror survived. The votive paintings of Mexico...

An antique American folk art painting in its original period frame. Featuring a man walking his dogs in the woods with a stunning s...

Mississippi River. Saul Haymond, Sr. (1947- ) of Pickens, Mississippi is a self-taught painter who has been documenting life in the African American...

Well painted and interesting composition. Classic mid 19th century English Folk art Cottage Landscape. The piece is framed in its original frame and is a very nice piece of Engli...

Fred E. Robertson (1878 - 1953) Swapping Horses, 1947 Signed and dated lower right Oil on masonite 12 5/8 x 24 inches Fred Robertson, like his more famous older sister, Anna Mary Ro...

Colorful Faux Naive Style Cityscape Painting, Portrait of the Artist 'Self Portrait' painted by Darshan Russell in 1997 Oil on canvas, 21.5 x 24 inches framed with thin wood strippin...

A very well painted classic English Folk art painting of figured playing by the pond with ducks and a rural cottage. This style of painting would Im sure have been painted by a cou...

Contemporary Atmospheric Black & White Monochrome Landscape Wilderness Painting by 20th Century Artist. Mark Thompson is a seasoned professional pa...

Charming mid-century naive painting of small figures and chickens in a rural landscape by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Signed with the monogram "I. M. H." on lower lef...

Black Swan by Daisy Clarke Original and hand signed by the artist Oil on Board Image size: H:60cm x W:60cm Complete size of unframed work: H:60cm x W:60cm x D:2.5 Sold unframed Ple...