Sidney L. Brock was born in 1869 to a family of comfortable means in Missouri. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University and began a career in general merchandising with a partner. He bought his partner out and later sold a successful business to begin raising cattle. He was a success at that, too. In 1905, he moved to Oklahoma City and opened Sidney L. Brock Dry Goods Store on Main Street and became a civic leader. In 1909, he was elected President of the Chamber of Commerce and recognized that Oklahoma City’s manpower, resources and location would be an ideal place for a packing plant. Within months, the Chamber, with Brock as a driving force, had convinced Morris & Co., one of the major meatpackers in the country, to build a plant in Oklahoma City. In October 1910, the plant opened with Brock pressing a button in New York City that started the power to the plant in Oklahoma City. The packing plants — another was built soon after — were major Oklahoma City employers for several decades, and housing additions were built on the southside of Oklahoma City, and the streetcar line was extended to transport workers and their families. It could be said that without the vision of the Chamber of Commerce and the leadership of Brock, the Oklahoma National Stockyards might never have existed, and certainly not on the scale it has achieved. Brock only stayed in Oklahoma City until 1915. When he retired, he sold his store to the predecessor of John A. Brown and moved to Colorado and then to California. He visited often, though, because his daughter and son-in-law and two grandsons lived in Nichols Hills, and the newspaper society writers kept tabs on their activities. He became an artist, and was a charter member of the Oklahoma Art League. When Brock died in 1943 in California, his obituary published in The Oklahoman, March 20, 1943, summed up his life with this statement: “He retired in 1915, and has since lived in Denver, Florida and California, but has always considered Oklahoma City his home.”
$1,580Sale Price|20% Off
1930's California Mountain Trail Landscape
By Sidney L. Brock
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful 1930's landscape titled "Trail into California Mountains" by Oklahoman artist Sidney Lorenzo Brock (American, 1869-1943). Presented in ...
Linen, Oil
$5,500
H 15 in W 22 in D 1 in
"The Wild Rose Hip Bush 06.23.2020" contemporary oil painting - impressionism
By Nelson White
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil Painting of a rose bush, on a bright sunny day. Crisp blues make up the sky above, the horizon meets distant land across a body of water. bright greens and yellows make up a verd...
Linen, Oil
$1,750
H 8 in W 10 in
"Winter Morning" Original Rural Western Winter Landscape, Oil Painting
By Dan Young
Located in Denver, CO
"Winter Morning" by Dan Young is an original oil painting depicting a rural snow scene. This painting is framed at 14.62 inches by 16.62 inches. Dan Young was born in Denver and gr...
Linen, Oil
"Evening View to the South West" , Oil Painting
By David Grossmann
Located in Denver, CO
David Grossman's (US based) "Evening View to the South West" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a wide open plain of the West with fields of...
Linen, Oil, Panel
$770Sale Price|44% Off
H 9.5 in W 11.5 in D 1.5 in
Homestead , Texas Landscape, 9.5x 11.5 Oil, Free Shipping, Hill Country
Located in Houston, TX
LOOK FOR FREE SHIPPING AT CHECKOUT. IF NOT AVAILABLE GALLERY OFFERS FREE SHIPPING. The Homestead, Barns and Reflections paintings were painted in 2022 . They were painted in Texas and have custom made frames. All painted plein air in oil. All are Texas scenes, "Texas Hill Country" All are custom framed ready to hang. Joan Breckwoldt...
Oil, Linen
$3,350
H 12 in W 16 in
"Perched" oil painting of California coastline, large rock on beach, figures
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of figures interacting with a large rock formation on a beach in California. A lone figure has climbed atop to sit perched up on the rock, and through the alcove, we see...
Linen, Oil
$3,350
H 12 in W 16 in
"Dying to Stay in Maui" oil painting, Hawaiian landscape, sunshine on graveyard
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of a Maui Landscape. Painted en plein air at a graveyard, Bretzke titles this work humorously, "Dying to Stay in Maui". Two figures stand in a graveyard, on a Hawaiian ...
Linen, Oil
$4,000
H 14 in W 18 in
"Looking For Shade" oil painting of beach-goers huddling behind lifeguard stand
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Oil painting of beachgoers literally looking for shade from the sun on a beach in Laguna, California. Painted by award-winning plein air painter Carl Bretzke. Framed in a tradition...
Linen, Oil
$44,500
H 43.31 in W 70.9 in
"Secret Beach Panorama in Early Autumn" - oil painting, Hamptons Seascape clouds
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"Secret Beach Panorama in Early Autumn" is an oil painting by American Impressionist Ben Fenske. A large scale composition of a Sag Harbor beach vista. The foreground shows green gra...
Linen, Oil
Autumn Old Cars
By Carl Bretzke
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Carl Bretzke is a representational painter who specializes in urban scenes and plein-aire landscapes. Carl's work has been exhibited extensively in Minnesota and California, includin...
Linen, Oil
$8,600
H 24 in W 36 in
"Cows and Calves Near Antelope Creek" (2024) By Linda Lillegraven, Oil Painting
By Linda Lillegraven
Located in Denver, CO
Linda Lillegraven's beautiful original oil landscape "Cows and Calves Near Antelope Creek" (2024) depicts a serene moment of a western plain in the afternoon, with a few cows crazing...
Linen, Oil
"Willow Patterns" Original Oil Painting, Landscape, Snow scene
By Dan Young
Located in Denver, CO
"Willow Patterns" by Dan Young is an original oil painting depicting a rural snow scene. Dan Young was born in Denver and grew up in western Colorado. “Camping and fishing throughou...
Linen, Oil
$14,000
H 27.5 in W 35.25 in
"Boat Yard, Lifting Fog" oil painting, American realist, Ben Fenske, framed
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Painted en plein-air at a marina on Long Island. An old time fishing boat is the central subject, viewed from the bow. A small rowboat rests in the foreground. A couple of fishing sh...
Linen, Oil