Known as a writer as well as artist and teacher, Ralph Holmes distinguished himself as a mural painter in Pittsburgh and New York before moving to California, where he had a long teaching and painting career. His landscapes of Yosemite and Bryce Canyon as well as the desert and rolling hills of southern California have brought him national fame. Holmes was born in La Grange, Illinois, and while growing up in Illinois, he attended the Northwestern University for three years, and the Art Institute of Chicago for four years. He studied in Paris, and from 1903–12, was on the faculty of the Art Institute of Chicago. Holmes then spent five years as the Chair of the Department of Painting and Decorating at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh. In 1916, he went West, spending the summer on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona, and from that time, he continued to paint in the Southwest. In 1918, he moved to Atascadero in Southern California and became a teacher at the Otis Art Institute from 1923 to 1948, and for 25 years was also an art instructor at the Marlborough School for girls. Holmes served as art editor and writer for E.G. Lewis's Illustrated Review, was a four-term President of the California Art Club, President of "Art in National Defense", and a member of the Academy of Western Artists. He died in San Luis Obispo.
$3,080Sale Price|30% Off
Mid Century Monument Valley Desert Landscape -- Navajo Hogan and Rug Loom
By Ralph Holmes
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial and period mid-century landscape of Monument Valley, Arizona of Navajo Hogan and rug weaving loom by Ralph Holmes (American, 1876-1963). c.194...
Canvas, Oil
$1,650
San Gabriel Mountain Landscape in Black and White - Graphite Pencil on Paper
By Ralph Holmes
Located in Soquel, CA
San Gabriel Mountain Landscape in Black and White - Graphite Pencil on Paper Detailed mountain landscape by Ralph Holmes (American, 1876-1963). Signed lower right corner "Ralph Hol...
Paper, Pencil
"Square Tower Ruins" Hovenweep National Monument, Utah
By Ralph Holmes
Located in San Antonio, TX
Ralph Holmes "Square Tower Ruins" Hovenweep National Monument, Utah Have included a photograph of how the subject looks today. (1876 - 1963) California, Illinois Artist Image Siz...
Oil
$15,000
H 15 in W 25 in
Sunset on the Hudson River by Hermann Simon (American, 1846-1895)
Located in New York, NY
Painted by Hudson River School artist Hermann Simon (1846-1895) , "Sunset on the Hudson River" is oil on canvas, measures 15 x 25 inches, and is signed and dated 1875 at the lower ri...
Canvas, Oil
$210,000
H 15 in W 18.5 in D 1 in
Sur le Bosphone, On the Bosphorus, Orientalist Beautiful Girl in Boat
By Frederick Arthur Bridgman
Located in Miami, FL
The key to this painting's charm is that the subject is a beautiful young woman who is showing her face. She lounges comfortably in a carpeted boat with a lute by her side, running...
Oil
$4,950
H 20 in W 30 in
FREDERICK SMITH Wild Flowers Verbena High Desert Palm Springs Snowy Mountains
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
A very lovey Impressionist painting depicting spring wildflowers in the desert near Palm Springs, California. In a classic, carved, gold leaf frame. Frame dimensions are 30 x 40 inch...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$15,000
H 19.5 in W 24.5 in
"Pastoral Landscape, " William Hart, Hudson River School, Cloudy View with Cows
By William Hart
Located in New York, NY
William Hart (1823 - 1894) Pastoral Landscape, 1877 Oil on canvas 9 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches Signed and dated lower left Born in Paisley, Scotland, William Ha...
Canvas, Oil
$2,530
H 15.5 in W 27.5 in D 2 in
"Landscape with Sheep" by Daniel Folger Bigelow (1823-1910), Oil on Canvas
By Daniel Folger Bigelow
Located in Portland, OR
"Landscape with Sheep" by Daniel Folger Bigelow (July 22, 1823 - July 14, 1910), Oil on Canvas, signed D. F. Bigelow lower right corner. An American painter active in New England an...
Canvas, Oil
$2,800
H 9.06 in W 11.03 in
An Old Military Road, The Road over Dovrefjell, Norway
By Carl Oscar Borg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Carl Oscar Borg (1879–1947) An Old Military Road, The Road over Dovrefjell, Norway gouache on paper, ca. 1900 signed sheet 12.5 cm x 17.5 (4.9 x 6.9 in) framed 23 × 28 cm (9 × 11...
Paper, Gouache
$1,000
H 8.5 in W 11 in
Impressionist Wooded Landscape in Winter, 1970's, signed
By Joseph O'Sickey
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Wooded Landscape in Winter Graphite, colored pencils, mid 1970's Signed lwoer right (see photo) On a sheet of three ring binder heavy paper Condition: Excellent Image size: 8 5/8 x 1...
Color Pencil
$5,500
H 18 in W 21.5 in D 1.5 in
“Venice, 1889” San Pietro di Castello Canals American Impressionist Watercolor
Located in Yardley, PA
“Venice, 1889” by Louis Ritter (American, 1854-1892). A fantastic example of Ritter’s renowned European watercolors. This beautifully poised composition captures the sun-washed faça...
Paper, Watercolor
$15,000
H 12 in W 18 in
Hudson River Landscape by American Artist Johann Hermann Carmiencke (1810-1867)
By Johann Hermann Carmiencke
Located in New York, NY
Painted by Hudson River School artist Johann Hermann Carmiencke, "Hudson River Landscape" is oil on canvas and measures 12 x 18 inches. The painting is signed and dated 1865 at the l...
Canvas, Oil
$8,751
H 28.35 in W 32.68 in
"Sailboats, Brittany" , France Oil cm. 65 x 54 1930
By Henry Maurice CAHOURS
Located in Torino, IT
Sailboats, Ocean, France , grey, blue, azure,landscape France Henry Maurice CAHOURS (Paris, 1889 – Vence, 1974) He was born in Paris but spent his childhood and adolescence in Amie...
Canvas, Oil
$6,000
H 23 in W 28 in
"Monhegan Island, Maine, " Edward Dufner, American Impressionism Landscape View
By Edward Dufner
Located in New York, NY
Edward Dufner (1872 - 1957) Monhegan Island, Maine Watercolor on paper Sight 16 x 20 inches Signed lower right With a long-time career as an art teacher and painter of both 'light' and 'dark', Edward Dufner was one of the first students of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy to earn an Albright Scholarship to study painting in New York. In Buffalo, he had exchanged odd job work for drawing lessons from architect Charles Sumner. He also earned money as an illustrator of a German-language newspaper, and in 1890 took lessons from George Bridgman at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. In 1893, using his scholarship, Dufner moved to Manhattan and enrolled at the Art Students League where he studied with Henry Siddons Mowbray, figure painter and muralist. He also did illustration work for Life, Harper's and Scribner's magazines. Five years later, in 1898, Dufner went to Paris where he studied at the Academy Julian with Jean-Paul Laurens and privately with James McNeill Whistler. Verification of this relationship, which has been debated by art scholars, comes from researcher Nancy Turk who located at the Smithsonian Institution two 1927 interviews given by Dufner. Turk wrote that Dufner "talks in detail about Whistler, about how he prepared his canvasas and about numerous pieces he painted. . . A great read, the interview puts to bed" the ongoing confusion about whether or not he studied with Whistler. During his time in France, Dufner summered in the south at Le Pouleu with artists Richard Emil Miller...
Paper, Watercolor
Gathered by the Easter Fire, Dalsland
By Carl Oscar Borg
Located in Stockholm, SE
A rare and atmospheric work from Carl Oscar Borg’s early years in Sweden, this evocative gouache captures the tradition of Easter fires (påskeldar) in the rural region of Dalsland. A...
Paper, Gouache