Samuel Griggs Paintings

Sweeping Big Sur landscape of rolling hills in beautiful pastel colors illuminated with sunlight, by California artist Kathleen Murray (American, 1958). Oil on artists canvas board (...

Serene early 20th Century palm springs desert landscape with mountains in the background by Beatrice Gildersleeve (American, 1892 - 1933). Signed "GILDERSLEEVE" in the lower right co...

Gorgeous, accomplished western canyon landscape with distinct foreground and background coloration by Cyrus Bates Currier (American, 1868-1946). Signe...

A substantial mid-century Baltic figurative courtyard genre painting by an unknown Eastern European artist (latvia or Lithuania possible) (20t...

A truly masterful depiction of several colorful sail boats in Gloucester Harbor, scene on the reflective water with a glowing sun shimmering through the puffed clouds. An oil on boar...

Sunset on the river by French artist, Leon Richet. Oil on wood panel. Circa 1885. Signed lower left. Framed size 13.5 by 16.5 inches. Born in Solesme, France in 1847, Léon Richet was of the generation of painters raised during the height of the Barbizon school. He was a student of Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Pena...

Gorgeous late 19th century Tonalist landscape painting of foothills and oak trees in the style of Willard Leroy Metcalf circa 1900. Inscribed "M" in circle monogram lower left corner and on frame verso. Presented in original rustic giltwood frame. Image size: 6"H x 8"W. Framed size: 8.5"H x 10.5"W. Tonalist are usually intimate works, painted with a limited palette. Tonalist paintings are softly expressive, suggestive rather than detailed, often depicting the landscape at twilight or evening, when there is an absence of contrast. Tonalist paintings could also be figurative, but in them, the figure was usually out of doors or in an interior in a low-key setting with little detail. Tonalism had its origins in the works of the French Barbizon school and in the works of American painters who were influenced by them. California Tonalism was born when the emphasis in California landscape painting passed from the grand landscapes of works like those of Thomas Hill and William Keith's early career, to more intimate views of a domesticated landscape. At the same time, the parallel Pictorialist Photography...

Vintage 1920's California landscape of a path through tall evergreen trees with the grand Sierra mountains in the background by listed female artist Willamean Soderberg Tufts (Americ...

Small, serene winter landscape by L. Treurniet (French, 20th Century). The viewer is positioned in the middle of the road, looking past an old gate into the ...

Serene landscape of the Putah Creek Bridge (now submerged, also known as Monticello Bridge) by Frank Willson Judd (American, 1864-1940). The Putah Creeks flows beneath an old Closed-spandrel red stone arch bridge 1896-1957 submerged intact beneath Lake Berryessa in 1957. When built this bridge was reputed to be the longest stone arch bridge in California and quite possibly the largest West of the Rockies. Signed and dated "Frank Willson Judd 1937" in the lower left corner. Presented in an antique, distressed frame...

Here for your consideration is a very well executed luminous oil on artist board painting by the American artist, Franklin Dullin Briscoe. Signed and dated by the artist lower righ...

Oil measures 38x46 cm. Frameless. Signed down on the left.