Wilfred A. Readio was a noted painter, lithographer and educator who was active and lived in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Massachusetts. He received his education from Carnegie Institute of Technology, where he studied under Arthur Watson Sparks and A.V. Churchill. He eventually became a member of the faculty and was the founder of the "American Industrial Design Department" — which was renamed the "Department of Pictorial Design" in 1944 — where for a short time he was the acting head of the faculty. He taught drawing and lithography classes, and one of his famous pupils was Andy Warhol. Readio was known for his scenes of Pittsburgh and Colorado. In the 1930s through 1960s, he regularly spent summers in Colorado, where he owned a home. Much of his work during this time was dedicated to producing images of the local Colorado landscape and mining towns of the San Juan Mountains and vicinity. He died in 1961.
$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
Mid Century Colorado River Landscape
By Wilfred A. Readio
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century impressionist landscape of Colorado River and hills by Wilfred A. Readio (American, 1895-1961), c.1940. Unsigned; purchased as part of collection of artist's wo...
Masonite, Oil
1920's Still Life with Japanese Shisa
By Wilfred A. Readio
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful early 20th century still life of a Japanese Shisa (lion/dog), a floral design vase and a brass coffee pot by Wilfred A. Readio (American, 1895-1961), 1920. Signed "Wilfred ...
Board, Oil
$2,153
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 1.38 in
French School Road Line III New York City oil Post Impressionist th century AUC
Located in Zofingen, AG
Road Line III Landscape - Sky scrappers, office- NYC Building avenue Painting with mirror effect Technique: oil, acrylic, and ink on old book pages on wooden frame 40x40cm ■■ 15,7x...
Oil, Acrylic, Glue, Mixed Media, Stretcher Bars
$10,500Sale Price|25% Off
H 21.38 in W 25.38 in D 3 in
Henry Ward Ranger Connecticut Landscape Oil Painting 1858–1916 American Tonalist
By Henry Ward Ranger
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Henry Ward Ranger Connecticut Landscape oil/panel 12 x 16 image size 21 3/8 x 25 3/8 x 2 3/4 framed signed LL also a plaque attached A wonderful example of Rangers painting style of...
Oil
$1,400
H 6 in W 12 in
"Tree Study" Dennis Sheehan, Dark, Tonalist, New England Forest Landscape
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in New York, NY
Dennis Sheehan Tree Study, circa 2025 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 6 x 12 inches Dennis Sheehan was born in Boston in 1950. His work is based upon the Barbizon School with fait...
Canvas, Oil
$17,000
H 18 in W 23 in
"Late Afternoon, " J. Francis Murphy Tonalist Summer / Autumn Landscape
By John Francis Murphy
Located in New York, NY
John Francis Murphy (American, 1853 - 1921) Late Afternoon, 1895 Oil on canvas 14 x 19 inches Signed and dated lower right Housed in a reproduction fluted cove frame. Provenance: Kenneth Lux Gallery, Inc., New York BNY Mellon, New York Christie's New York, Living with Art, October 14, 2016, Lot 352 In his lifetime, John Francis Murphy (1853-1921) was known as “the American Corot.” He was renowned for his small, intimate views of nature, especially barren fields and farms, bare trees, and lonely marshland. More than a century later, the power of Murphy’s landscapes has not waned. One contemporary critic wrote, “It was Murphy’s unique accomplishment to achieve an absolute realism without a loss of that mystic, indefinable quality which transfigures realism.” John Francis Murphy was born at Oswego, NY in 1853 but his family moved to Chicago in 1868 where he worked painting theater sets. Murphy was basically a self-taught artist; his only formal training was a few weeks of instruction at the Chicago Academy of Design. In 1875, Murphy moved from Chicago to New York, eventually rooming with the painters Dennis Bunker...
Canvas, Oil
$8,000
H 15 in W 21 in
"Stone Wall, Autumn, " George Smillie, Tonalist Fall Landscape View
By George Henry Smillie
Located in New York, NY
George Henry Smillie (1840 - 1921) Stone Wall, Autumn, 1879 Oil on canvas 9 1/2 x 15 inches Signed and dated lower right Provenance: Skinner, Boston, September 19, 2014, Lot 389 The career of George Smillie (1840-1921) followed the arc of nineteenth-century U.S. landscape painting. Trained in the Hudson River School tradition, Smillie successfully adapted to changing U.S. tastes and growing interest in European trends. In the late 1800s, he moved to tonalist paintings full of brushwork and influenced by French Barbizon painting. By the end of his career, he had lightened his palette to produce works similar to those of the U.S. impressionists. Yet in all styles, he was never less than competent, and his tonalist work is among the best produced in the United States. Like many nineteenth-century painters, George Smillie’s artistic training began with the study of printing. His father, James Smillie...
Canvas, Oil
$3,900
H 35.5 in W 45.5 in D 1.13 in
Dennis Sheehan Tonalist Landscape Oil Painting, Golds of Dusk
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in Milford, NH
A colorful tonalist landscape and the end of the day by contemporary artist Dennis Sheehan (b. 1950). Sheehan was born in Boston, Massachusetts and went on to become well known as a ...
Canvas, Oil
$1,500
H 9 in W 14 in
"Summer by the Stream" Dennis Sheehan, Tonalist Forest, American Landscape
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in New York, NY
Dennis Sheehan Summer by the Stream, circa 2025 Signed lower left Oil on canvas 9 x 14 inches Dennis Sheehan was born in Boston in 1950. His work is based upon the Barbizon School ...
Canvas, Oil
$18,375Sale Price|25% Off
H 40.5 in W 48.5 in D 3 in
Chauncey Foster Ryder Landscape with Figures Oil Painting 1868-1949 Tonalist
By Chauncey Foster Ryder
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
CHAUNCEY FOSTER RYDER (American, 1868-1949), Pasture Lands oil/canvas signed LR 31.5 x 39.5 image, 40.5 x 48.5 framed A wonderfully subtle Tonalist painting by Ryder incorporating ...
Oil
$14,625Sale Price|25% Off
H 34.5 in W 30.5 in D 1.63 in
Emil Carlsen American Impressionist landscape oil Painting Salmagundi Club
By Soren Emil Carlsen
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
Yellow Landscape/Wood Interior/Birch Forest, Yellow Landscape oil /panel image 20 x 24 unframed, Framed 34 1/2 x 30 1/2 3 different titles on 3 labels verso Not signed and bears ...
Oil
$2,000
H 12 in W 16 in
"Breaking Dawn" Dennis Sheehan, Dramatic Sky, Tonalist New England Skyscape
By Dennis Sheehan
Located in New York, NY
Dennis Sheehan Breaking Dawn, circa 2025 Signed lower left Oil on canvas 12 x 16 inches Dennis Sheehan was born in Boston in 1950. His work is based upon the Barbizon School with f...
Canvas, Oil
$4,000
H 9.875 in W 7.875 in
"At Bloom" Susan Grisell, White Flowers, American Impressionist Floral Sketch
By Susan Grisell
Located in New York, NY
Susan Grisell At Bloom, circa 1990 Signed lower right Oil on board 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches Following the guidance of her long-time teacher and mentor, the respected New England impressionist painter, Bernard Lennon, Susan Grisell developed a style marked adherence to nature. Her paintings are recognizable for their effortless rendering, with line and color that express the impressions of what she observes, and dense brushwork that conveys her response following the sensitive observation of atmosphere. In May 2023, one of Susan's paintings "Blue Crock...
Oil, Board
$3,500
H 9.5 in W 11.5 in
Trees by a Pond: Tonalist Landscape Painting, Oil on Panel, 1900s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Robertson K. Mygatt (American, 1862-1919) Trees by a Small Pond Oil on panel, 5 1/8 x 6 3/4 inches Framed: 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (approx.) Unsigned The landscape painter and etcher...
Panel, Oil
Mid Century Colorado Hills Landscape
By Wilfred A. Readio
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid century impressionist landscape of Colorado Hills by Wilfred A. Readio (American, 1895-1961), c.1940. Signed lower right "Wm. Readio." Unframed. Image size: 19.75"H x 24"W. Wilfred Readio (born 1895) was a noted painter, lithographer and educator that was active and lived in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Massachusetts. He received his education from Carnegie Institute of Technology (later Carnegie Mellon CFA) where he studied under Arthur Watson Sparks and A. V. Churchill, one of his famous pupils was Andy Warhol. He eventually became a member of the faculty and was the founder of the American Industrial Design Department which was renamed the Department of Pictorial Design in 1944; where for a short time he was the acting head of the faculty. He taught drawing and lithography/printmaking classes, and one of his famous pupils was Andy Warhol. Readio was know for his scenes of Pittsburgh and Colorado. He regularly spent summers in Colorado in the 1930's through 1960's where he owned a home. Much of his work during this time was dedicated to producing images of the local Colorado landscape and mining towns of the San Juan Mountains...
Masonite, Oil
Catskill Mountains Landscape
By Wilfred A. Readio
Located in Soquel, CA
A vivid plein air landscape of Catskill Mountains by Wilfred A. Readio (American, 1895-1961), circa 1925. Wilfred A. Readio was known as a painter, ...
Masonite, Oil
The Valley Camp by Wilfred Readio
By Wilfred A. Readio
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful plein air painting of t by Wilfred A. Readio (American, 1895-1961). Circa 1925. Signed "Wilfred A. Readio" lower right. Displayed in a giltwood frame. Signed and titled on ...
Masonite, Oil