Known as one of the early American Impressionists, artist Reynolds Beal was born in 1867 and studied at Cornell from 1885–89 with a focus on naval architecture. His formal art training would come later as he studied under William Merritt Chase at Chase's school in Shinnecock, Long Island, in 1896.
Beal's love of yachting resulted in paintings of maritime scenes from Rockport to the Hudson, as well as the Caribbean, from his own sailing boat that doubled as his studio. His first solo exhibition took place at the Clauson Gallery in New York City in 1905. In 1917 he was a founding member of the Society of Independent Artists. Beal was one of the few Americans chosen to have their work exhibited at the Luxembourg Museum in Paris in 1919.
Beal was a member of the Salmagundi Club, the American Watercolor Society, the Society of American Engravers, the National Arts Club and was elected an associate member of the National Academy of Design. He also founded the New Society of Artists, which consisted of 50 of the most influential painters of that time, among them, Childe Hassam, Maurice Prendergast, George Bellows and William Glackens.
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"Moonlight Harbor" Reynolds Beal, Early 20th Century, Impressionist Nocturne
By Reynolds Beal
Located in New York, NY
Reynolds Beal Moonlight Harbor, 1906 Estate stamp on the reverse Oil on artist board 6 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches Provenance The artist Estate of the artist Royal Galleries, New Jersey, 196...
Oil, Board
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Caribbean Island [untitled].
By Reynolds Beal
Located in New York, NY
The location of this early oil pastel drawing was identified by other pieces from the same drawing book. The oil pastel was a new invention - just on the market in 1921 and it appea...
Oil Pastel
$5,500
"Old Mystic, Connecticut" Reynolds Beal, Atmospheric Sunset, Impressionist Scene
By Reynolds Beal
Located in New York, NY
Reynolds Beal Old Mystic, Connecticut, 1900 Estate stamp on the reverse Oil on artist board 6 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches Provenance The artist Estate of the artist Royal Galleries, New Jers...
Oil, Board
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Antique American Impressionist Signed Cafe Street Scene Framed Oil Painting
By Reynolds Beal
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing and rare early American impressionist street scene oil painting by Reynolds Beal (1866/67 - 1951). Framed in a period giltwood Whistler impressionist frame. Oil on canvas....
Canvas, Oil
Mango Trees, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
By Reynolds Beal
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower left and dated 1921. This radiant landscape bursts with Beal’s signature vibrancy and plein air spontaneity. In the foreground left, a flourishing mango tree fans its l...
Canvas, Oil
$26,000
Low Tide
By Reynolds Beal
Located in Milford, NH
This splendid coastal marine landscape painting was done by American artist Reynolds Beal (1866-1951). Beal was born in New York City, studied painting at Merritt Chase’s Shinnecock Summer School, and went on to become a prominent East Coast marine and landscape painter, eventually settling in Rockport, MA. Oil on canvas, signed lower left, titled “Low Tide” on front plaque, as well as on verso Clark Point Gallery, Southwest Harbor...
Canvas, Oil
Colon, Panama Watercolor Painting, American Impressionist, 1923
By Reynolds Beal
Located in New York, NY
Reynolds Beal painted this watercolor entitled “Colon” [Panama] in the spring of 1923. The paper size of this painting is 7 x 10" (17.7 x 25.3 cm). It is signed, titled, and dated ...
Watercolor, Pencil
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Cross Roads, Kingston [Jamacia].
By Reynolds Beal
Located in New York, NY
Reynolds Beal painted this watercolor entitled “CROSS ROADS, KINGSTON.” in the spring of 1922. The paper size is 4 7/8 x 7 1/8" (12.4 x 18 cm). It is signed in pencil lower right a...
Watercolor, Pencil
$8,050
H 44 in W 56.5 in D 1 in
Coastal, Seascape, Impressionism Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Vahe Yeremyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2022, Style: Impressionism, Subject: Coastal, Size: 44" x 56.5" x 1...
Canvas, Oil
$4,500
H 20.5 in W 29.25 in D 1.5 in
Figures, Boats, and House - Cape May Point, NJ, Impressionist Beach Scene, 1940s
By Albert Van Nesse Greene
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Figures, Boats, and House - Cape May Point, NJ" is a Pennsylvania Beach Scene by American Impressionist painter Albert Van Nesse Greene. The ...
Oil, Canvas
$800
H 14 in W 30 in D 0.8 in
Canyon Rock, Landscape, Original oil Painting, Ready to Hang
By Vahe Yeremyan
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Vahe Yeremyan Work: Original Oil Painting, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Oil on Canvas Year: 2022 Style: Impressionism, Subject: Canyon Rock, Size: 14" x 30" x ...
Canvas, Oil
$16,900
H 4 in W 6 in
Machias Seal Island Light Pastel Drawing, 19th Century American Art
By Wolf Kahn
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Wolf Kahn was commissioned by the Smithsonian to design a postcard for them. He made four designs and they selected a singular one. This drawing here is one of the few rejected designs. This piece was given to the founder, David Barnett, of the David Barnett Gallery...
Paper, Pastel
$550
H 9 in W 12 in D 1.5 in
"Idaho Road" - Original Oil Landscape Painting on Paper and Cradled Board
By Samantha Buller
Located in Denver, CO
About the Artist: Samantha Buller currently lives in Sonoma County after painting and teaching in Kansas for the past two years. She received her BFA in Painting from the Academy of ...
Oil, Paper, Board
$1,800
H 7.5 in W 9 in D 0.75 in
"Spring Ferry Rd Point Pleasant " Impressionist Pastoral Scene Oil Painting
By Christopher Willett 1
Located in New York, NY
A charming Impressionist pastoral scene depicting Spring in Point Pleasant, Pennsylvania. This piece is executed in an intimate yet energetic manner. Christopher is known for capturi...
Oil, Board
Macy's In Winter
By Johann Berthelsen, 1883-1972
Located in Greenville, DE
23 1/4" x 27 1/2" in frame. Signed lower right.
Canvas, Oil
$2,500
H 16.5 in W 18.5 in D 1.5 in
"Ferry Road" Point Pleasant Pike Bucks County Pennsylvania Nocturne Oil Painting
By Christopher Willett 1
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful impressionist winter pastoral scene of quaint homes covered in snow and star light.. Willet has portrayed this piece in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and has packed...
Oil, Board
$3,200
H 18 in W 22.25 in D 1.75 in
"Autumn Sunset" Impressionist Colorful Pastoral Oil Painting Landscape Framed
By Wayne Morrell 1
Located in New York, NY
A charming Impressionist scene of a serene rural marshland at sunset during Autumn. The composition consists of a reflective body of water in the foreground leading us toward farmhou...
Oil, Board
$12,000
H 31.5 in W 36.5 in
"Winter Landscape with Stream" Carl Rudolph Krafft, Early 20th Century Landscape
By Carl Rudolph Krafft
Located in New York, NY
Carl Rudolph Krafft Winter Landscape with Stream Signed lower right and with thumbprint Oil on canvas 25 x 30 inches Carl Rudolph Krafft was born in 1884 in Reading, Ohio, and his ...
Canvas, Oil
$2,500
H 10.5 in W 12.5 in D 1 in
"Morning Chat" Impressionist Pastoral Landscape Oil Painting in Pennsylvania
By Christopher Willett 1
Located in New York, NY
A charming Impressionist summer pastoral scene depicting homes in in Bucks County, Pennsylvania,. This piece is executed in an intimate yet energetic manner. Christopher is known for...
Oil, Board
$30,000
H 28 in W 24 in
"Untitled (Harbor Scene at Night)" Jane Peterson, Impressionist, Nocturne
By Jane Peterson
Located in New York, NY
Jane Peterson Untitled (Harbor Scene at Night), circa 1915 Signed lower left Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches Provenance Dr. Milton L. Berg, Tulsa, OK Thence by descent Born Jennie Ch...
Canvas, Oil
$1,800
H 7.25 in W 9.25 in D 1 in
"Almost Home" Solebury Bucks County PA Twilight Snow Scene Oil Painting Framed
By Christopher Willett 1
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist winter pastoral scene of a quaint snow covered home by Solebury, Bucks County PA. Willett has portrayed this charming scene in a most intimate, yet energetic way, and h...
Oil, Board
$1,800
H 7 in W 9 in D 0.5 in
"At The Roxy N.Y.C." Impressionist Street Scene in New York City Oil Painting
By Christopher Willett 1
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist New York City winter city-scene depicting lights on the Street in New York City at the Roxy. Pedestrians in a most intimate, yet energetic way. Christopher is known for...
Oil, Board
$1,500
H 7.25 in W 9.25 in D 1 in
"Lobster Pots" Gloucester Massachusetts Seashore Scene Oil Painting with Figure
By Christopher Willett 1
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist seashore landscape with figure of fisherman, lobster pots, and crashing waves in Gloucester Massachusetts. Willet has portrayed this piece in a most dramatic and energetic way and has packed much feeling into this miniature work. It is almost as if we are there in the waves in the early morning, with the man and his lobster pots. Christopher is known for capturing the beauty and simplicity of an earlier time of the 20th Century; old New York, families working together, villages and farms and friends taking walks together. Many are depicted in recognizable historical settings and this piece is an excellent example of this. Christopher engages his audience with the quick use of brushwork and great attention to picking up the energy passionately of his subjects. The piece comes housed in a decorated dark tone wood frame and it is ready to be displayed with hanging wire on verso. Art measures 5 x 7 inches Frame measures 7.25 x 9.25 inches Christopher Willett...
Oil, Board
Oyster Bay Sloops.
By Reynolds Beal
Located in New York, NY
This watercolor entitled “Oyster Bay Sloops“ is by Reynolds Beal (1867-1951). The watercolor paper size is 5 x 7 11/16" and the card size is 7 11/16 x 9 3/...
Watercolor
Old Tarrytown
By Reynolds Beal
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Old Tarrytown Watercolor on paper, 1927 Signed, titled and dated lower right Provenance: Arvest Galleries Inc., 77 Newbury St., Boston (label and invoice, see photo of invoice) Charles G. Thalhimer, Richmond, VA (cited on invoice as purchaser from Arvest Galleries) Image: 15 1/4 x 22 1/4" Frame: 24 x 31 1/4" Exhibited: Roanoke Museum of Art, exhibition entitled "In Painted Light..." TL91.63 Note: Arvest Gallery published catalogs of American Art between 1973 and 1988 Reynolds Beal (1866-1951) Early life and career The elder brother of painter Gifford Beal, Reynolds was born in New York City. He and his brother Gifford spent their summers at Wilellyn in Newburgh, New York, on the Hudson River, and together they would later design the gardens at Wilellyn. His father was William Reynolds Beal, whose brother Thaddeus owned Echo Lawn, not far away. Beal was a man of independent means, and was thus able to devote his life to his art without having always to appeal to the tastes of his patrons or to contemporary trends. Beal showed artistic ability from an early age, but temporarily postponed his creative interests to enroll at university. He first studied at Cornell University (naval architecture), where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and the Irving Literary Society. Beal painted and sketched in and around Cayuga Lake. His home haunts of the East River were the first subjects of his work; in Sibley Hall’s drafting bays he learned further technique as a budding naval architect. Although the “Sibley time” constitutes his first artistic experience, it was not until the years following graduation that Beal became serious about a painting career. Painting Beal spent 1901 at sea, and worked up his sketchbook entitled Cruising Aboard U.S.S. School Ship St. Mary's (1901), He kept scrapbook pages of marine etchings...
Watercolor
Sheffield Island Light off Norwalk, Conn.
By Reynolds Beal
Located in New York, NY
“Sheffield Island Light off Norwalk, Conn.“ This pencil drawing is on a 5.50 x 9 inch sheet of laid paper. It is initialed and dated (June 30, 1887) in ...
Graphite
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Tuck's Island off Madison Conn. [Tuxis Island].
By Reynolds Beal
Located in New York, NY
“Tuck’s Island. Off Madison Conn.“ The island is known as Tuxis Island. "The name Tuxis comes from the Native words Tuxisshoag and Tuckshishog." - Wikipedia. This pencil drawing ...
Graphite
Fayerweather Island Light, Black Rock Harbor, Conn.
By Reynolds Beal
Located in New York, NY
“FAYERWEATHER ISLAND LIGHT, BLACK ROCK HARBOR, CONN. “ This drawing is on an 8 x 10 inch sheet of paper. It is initialed and dated (July 17, 1887) in pe...
Graphite
Jacmel, Haiti, Mar. 13, 1923.
By Reynolds Beal
Located in New York, NY
“JACMEL, HAITI, Mar. 13, 1923” is a watercolor and pencil drawing on paper from circa 1923. The paper size 8 3/4 x 11 1/16" (22.5 x 26.1 cm). This piece is signed and titled along t...
Watercolor, Pencil
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Robertha, Nassau, N. P. [New Providence].
By Reynolds Beal
Located in New York, NY
“Robertha, Nassau, N. P. [New Providence]” is an oil and pencil drawing on paper from circa 1928. The paper size is 7 1/4 x 11 1/8" (18.5 x 28.4 cm). This piece is signed and title...
Oil, Watercolor, Pencil
Watch Hill Light. Sept. 19, 1940.
By Reynolds Beal
Located in New York, NY
Reynolds Beal created the 1940 drawing entitled “WATCH HILL LIGHT” on a sheet of heathered blue-gray paper. The paper size is 7 1/4 x 11 inches (18.5 x 28 ...
Pencil
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H 9.5 in W 13.25 in
"Rockport, October, " Antique Modernist Massachusetts Seascape Sailboat
By Reynolds Beal
Located in New York, NY
Reynolds Beal (1866 - 1951) Rockport, October, 1923 Watercolor and ink on mat 9 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches Signed and dated lower right Provenance: Quester Gallery, Stonington, Connecticut...
Ink, Watercolor, Board
Circus
By Reynolds Beal
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed & Dated Lower Right
Paper, Color Pencil
Christy Brothers Circus
By Reynolds Beal
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in New York City in 1866, prominent painter and etcher Reynolds Beal studied Naval Architecture at Cornell University and painting with William Merritt Chase at Chase’s Shinneco...
Crayon
San Juan.
By Reynolds Beal
Located in New York, NY
This pencil and oil pastel drawing was made in 1921. On the verso is written "used for long w.c. 1921. San Juan 1921." This piece is signed in pencil at th...
Oil Pastel
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H 17 in W 21 in D 2 in
Light House of Port Morris, 1888. North Brother Island.
By Reynolds Beal
Located in New York, NY
This unsigned drawing by Reynolds Beal was made in 1888. He noted details of the place, "There was a fine pear tree just to the left of the lighthouse...
Graphite
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Two Men Punting. [untitled].
By Reynolds Beal
Located in New York, NY
This pencil drawing by Reynolds Beal is undated. We believe it to be from circa 1890. It is signed in the lower left. The paper size is 4 7/8 x 7 1/4" (12.4 x 18.4 cm). REYNOLDS ...
Graphite
Old Hut Near Ship Yard. Madison, Conn.
By Reynolds Beal
Located in New York, NY
This pencil drawing by Reynolds Beal is initialed (R : B : ) and dated July 14, 1887. The paper size is 7 1/8 x 8 7/8." REYNOLDS BEAL (1866-1951). Known as one of the early Ameri...
Graphite