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"Lunch at the Stockton Inn"
By Daniel Garber
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower left. Pencil drawing.
Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
Daniel Garber (1880-1958)
...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
"The Naval Barracks"
By Alexander Farnham
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed and dated lower right.
Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
Illustrated in "Alexander Farnham: Brought to Lig...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Point Pleasant on the Delaware"
By Alexander Farnham
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right.
Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
Alexander Farnham (b.1926)
Alexander Farnham studied with Anne Steele Marsh, Van Deering Perrine, and at the Art Students League with George Bridgman...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Cloud Study"
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork:
Framed watercolor of Summer cloud study.
Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928)
Born in Utica, New York, Ar...
Category
20th Century Tonalist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Mountain Landscape"
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork:
Framed watercolor of a mountain landscape.
Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928)
Born in Utica, New...
Category
20th Century Tonalist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Summer Clouds"
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork:
Framed watercolor of mountain landscape with summer clouds.
Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928)
Born in...
Category
20th Century Tonalist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"High Water, New Hope"
By Anthony Michael Autorino
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower left.
Anthony Michael Autorino (1937 - 2015)
The son of Italian immigrants, Anthony Michael Autorino was born on September 29, 1937 in Montclair, New Jersey. As a teenager, Autorino enlisted in the United States Air Force where he served an eight-year tour. His expertise in the field of cryptography landed him in Paris in the mid-1950s as an Air Force sergeant working at the United States Embassy.
While in Paris, Anthony became quite involved in the art community which reinforced his desire to make painting his career focus. Upon returning to the United States in 1961, Autorino divided time painting between upstate New York and New England. By the mid-1960s, New York City had become the center of activity for the career of this highly regarded young artist.
By 1968, disillusioned by the hustle and bustle, Autorino made the decision to relocate. His passion for paintings nature and the outdoors led him to the Delaware Valley. Charmed by the welcoming art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"New House Near Hartsville"
By Joseph Barrett
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right.
Joseph Barrett (b. 1936)
Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in 1936 and studied at the...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Winter Near the Creek"
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower left.
Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
Walter Emerson Baum (1884 - 1956)
Born in Sellersville, Pe...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"An Old Clearing"
By John Francis Murphy
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed and dated lower left.
John Francis Murphy (1853 - 1921)
John Francis Murphy is increasingly recognized today as one o...
Category
1910s Tonalist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Autumn Reflections"
By Evelyn Faherty
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right.
Evelyn Faherty (1919-2015)
Evelyn Faherty was born in the early 20th century and made her home in Yardl...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Lower Manhattan"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed & dated 1940 lower left.
Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984)
He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City. Living in Chicago as a youth, he took classes at the S...
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"The Gathering"
By Joseph Barrett
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Oil on canvas
Joseph Barrett (b. 1936)
Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in 1936 and studied at the Massac...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Road to Pipersville"
By Joseph Barrett
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right
Joseph Barrett (b. 1936)
Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in 1936 and studied at the ...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Pine Grove Near Pipersville"
By Joseph Barrett
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower center.
Joseph Barrett (b. 1936)
Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in 1936 and studied at the...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Church Street"
By Joseph Barrett
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right.
Joseph Barrett (b. 1936)
Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in 1936 and studied at the ...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Buckingham Sunrise"
By Joseph Barrett
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right.
Joseph Barrett (b. 1936)
Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in 1936 and studied at the ...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"After Work"
By Vaclav Vytlacil
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right
Vaclav Vytlacil (1892-1984)
He was born to Czechoslovakian parents in 1892 in New York City. Living in C...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"The Shipyard Winter"
By Frederick R. Wagner
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower left
Illustrated "New Hope for American Art"
Fred Wagner (1861 - 1940)
One of the earliest of the Pennsylvania...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Beacon Head, Georgian Bay, Ontario"
By Peter Sculthorpe
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right.
Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
Peter Sculthorpe (b. 1948)
Peter Sculthorpe was born in...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"View from Dining Room Window"
By Alexander Farnham
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right.
Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
Illustrated in "Alexander Farnham: Brought to Light", 2007
...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Morning Light"
By Alexander Farnham
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right.
Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
Alexander Farnham (b.1926)
Alexander Farnham studied with Anne Steele Marsh, Van Deering Perrine, and at the Art Students League with George Bridgman...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Spring on the Delaware"
By Evelyn Faherty
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed Lower Right
Evelyn Faherty (1919-2015)
Evelyn Faherty was born in the early 20th century and made her home in Yardle...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Solebury Summer"
By Evelyn Faherty
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right
Evelyn Faherty (1919-2015)
Evelyn Faherty was born in the early 20th century and made her home in Yardle...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Along the Towpath"
By Evelyn Faherty
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right. Framed.
Evelyn Faherty (1919-2015)
Evelyn Faherty was born in the early 20th century and made her home...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Spring on Risdon Street, Mt. Holly, NJ"
By Hugh Campbell
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right.
Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
Hugh Campbell (1905-1997)
Born December 4, 1905 in Atch...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Floor We Live in"
By Hayley Lever
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed and dated lower right.
Hayley Lever (1876-1958)
Hayley Lever's exceptional career path took him from the shores of ...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
"St. Ives in the Evening"
By Hayley Lever
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed and dated lower right.
Hayley Lever (1876-1958)
Hayley Lever's exceptional career path took him from the shores of ...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Farm House with Barn"
By Hayley Lever
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower left.
Hayley Lever (1876-1958)
Hayley Lever's exceptional career path took him from the shores of his native ...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"The Gossips"
By Richard Wedderspoon
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Richard Wedderspoon (1889 - 1976).
Richard Wedderspoon was an important member of the New Hope Art Colony as both an Impressionist and Modernist painter. Wedderspoon was not only a respected painter, but also a teacher who spent summers at his Bucks County home and the school year at Syracuse University where he was Professor of painting. He was born in Red Bank, New Jersey and first studied art at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh. He continued his studies at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, and at age twenty four, he enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts studying with Henry McCarter and Daniel Garber. While there his roommates were Charles Garner and Lloyd Ney. Wedderspoon began friendships with fellow artists, Charles Hargens, Clarence Johnson and Stanley Reckless...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Creek Near Rushland"
By Arthur Meltzer
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork:
Signed lower right. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
*Original Meltzer frame
Arthur Meltzer (1893 - 1989)
Arthur Meltzer was born in Minneapolis, but spent most of his life in Bucks and Montgomery counties where he was widely acclaimed as a landscape painter. He first received art training at the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts under Robert...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Drawing for Sculpture 1"
By Charles Robert Searles
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right and dated '81.
Charles Searles (1937-2004)
He was born in Philadelphia, PA and received his fine art education at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (PAFA) from 1969-72. He also attended the University of Pennsylvania for liberal arts studies, where he worked in the labs beside the scientists and engineers creating technical illustrations for text books. His early paintings embraced the tumultuous 60's and also reflected his own family life and surroundings.
Before graduating the PAFA, Searles received the Cresson Memorial Traveling Scholarship, and the following year, the Ware Memorial Traveling Scholarship. He was the first student to use these funds to travel to Africa. His travels in Africa marked his life and work forever -- the life, the rhythms, the patterns, and the energy.
Searles returned to Philadelphia and began teaching at the Ile Ife Cultural Center. It was then that he began his "Dancer" Series. This series marked a change in his life, celebrating his new sense of renewal and the African experience. He was awarded his first mural commission at the William G. Green Federal Building. This work, entitled "Celebration" is still on view today. At that time, he was also hired as a drawing teacher at the (then) Philadelphia College of Art, where he remained a professor for over twenty years.
In 1978, Searles moved to New York City. He found a large, raw space -- an old sewing factory -- on Broadway and Bleeker where he would remain for the rest of his life. He continued to commute to Philadelphia teaching part time. He met Kathleen Spicer, an art student, in 1983. They married in 1985. Together, they shared a wonderful, open, artistic, social, and creative experience.
Searles gradually moved away from painting and into sculpture. His sculptures maintained the vibrant color and patterns from his paintings, but seemed to dance in three dimensions. These new works embodied a live sense of rhythm and energy -- trademarks that he maintained throughout his career, whether in wood, bronze, or aluminum.
In his lifetime, Charles Searles participated in over 60 group shows, and 25 solo exhibitions. He was represented by the Sande Webster Gallery in Philadelphia for over 20 years. His paintings and sculptures can be found in innumerable public and private collections. Public commissions include the Delaware River Port Authority, the NYC Mass Transit Authority, the First District Plaza in Philadelphia, and the Amtrak station in Newark, NJ. He was the recipient of many awards, including ones from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Adolph and Esther Gottleib Foundation, the Creative Arts Project Fellowship, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
His wife of 23 years, Kathleen Spicer adds: "Charles was his work, and his work was him. Inseparable. Our lives were all about art. We lived each day as if it was a gift. To me, he was enchanted. His vision was clear -- he could envision something and make it come to life as easy as breathing. Genius. Charles made the world a better place. Charles speaks loud and clear."
Bio courtesy of Kathleen Spicer (Searles)
Selected Periodical Citations:
Newhall, Edith, "Dual Celebration of Self-expression", Philadelphia Enquirer, May 2013
Fabbri, Anne, "A Farewell to Charles Searles", Art Matters, January 2005
Cornell University Review, August 2000
O'Neill, Denise I., "Black Experience Puts Soul Into the Heart of Christmas", Chicago Sun-Times, December 1996
Gleuck, Grace, Review, The New York Times, December 1996
McBride, Octavia, "An Artist Acclaimed", Philadelphia Tribune, April 1993
Fox, Catherine, "National Black Arts Festival Program Guide", The Atlanta Journal, July 1990
Wilson, William, "Black Artists in Tune with Ancestors", Los Angeles Times, January 1990
Jamusch, Ann, "Special Show-Legacy of Black Art", Dallas Times Herald, January 1990
Binkley, Barbara, "Colors, Bright and Bold", The Daily News, April 1986
Grafly, Dorothy, "Charles Searles at Neumans", ART in Focus, Summer 1978
Crittendon, Denise, "Back Home from Nigeria", The Michigan Chronicle, December 1977
Garrett, Bob, Art Section Review. Boston Sunday Herald, November 1975
Patry, Louise, "A Jubilee of Afro-American Art in Boston", New England Journal, December 1975
Wright, Charles, "Paint Art Racist", The Village Voice, April 1971
Nelson, Nells, "Black Artists Rise Above the Tempest", Philadelphia Daily News, April 1971
Canaday, John, "Black Artist on View in Two Exhibitions", The New York Times, February 1970
Collections:
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- The Woodmere Art Museum
- Smithsonian Institute of American Art
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- LaSalle University Art Museum
- Howard University Gallery of Art
- Dallas Museum of Art
- Delaware Valley Arts Alliance
- Montclair Museum of Art
- Afro-American Historical & Cultural Museum
- Museum of Afro-American History
- 35 + corporate collections
- National & international private collections
75+ Group Exhibitions, Including:
- Woodmere Art Museum
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Museum of American Art
- Boston Museum of Fine Arts
- Brooklyn Museum
- Art Alliance
- National Afro-American Museum
- Liberty Museum
- National Blacks Fine Arts Show
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Ackland Arts Museum
- Arnot Art Museum
30+ Solo Exhibitions, Including:
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
- The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
- LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA
- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
- Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
- Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY
- North Carolina State University
- Winston Salem State University, Winston Salem, NC
- G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, New York, NY
- Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
- Noel Gallery, Charlotte, NC
- Malcolm Brown...
Category
1980s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
"The Greeter"
By Xue Mo
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed and dated lower left.
Xue Mo (b. 1966)
"Whenever I return to my homeland, a small town in Inner Mongolia, my heart ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"The Sentinels"
By Evelyn Faherty
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Oil on board. Signed lower right. Framed.
Evelyn Faherty (1919-2015)
Evelyn Faherty was born in the early 20th century and ...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"The White Dress"
By Xue Mo
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed and dated middle left
Xue Mo (b. 1966)
"Whenever I return to my homeland, a small town in Inner Mongolia, my heart i...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil
"Geometric Design"
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower left.
Rolph Scarlett (1889 - 1984)
A major exponent of non-objective painting, Rolph Scarlett's career and art...
Category
20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Untitled Study"
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right.
Rolph Scarlett (1889 - 1984)
A major exponent of non-objective painting, Rolph Scarlett's career and art...
Category
20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Watching Time"
By Charles Robert Searles
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Charles Searles (1937-2004)
He was born in Philadelphia, PA and received his fine art education at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (PAFA) from 1969-72. He also attended the University of Pennsylvania for liberal arts studies, where he worked in the labs beside the scientists and engineers creating technical illustrations for text books. His early paintings embraced the tumultuous 60's and also reflected his own family life and surroundings.
Before graduating the PAFA, Searles received the Cresson Memorial Traveling Scholarship, and the following year, the Ware Memorial Traveling Scholarship. He was the first student to use these funds to travel to Africa. His travels in Africa marked his life and work forever -- the life, the rhythms, the patterns, and the energy.
Searles returned to Philadelphia and began teaching at the Ile Ife Cultural Center. It was then that he began his "Dancer" Series. This series marked a change in his life, celebrating his new sense of renewal and the African experience. He was awarded his first mural commission at the William G. Green Federal Building. This work, entitled "Celebration" is still on view today. At that time, he was also hired as a drawing teacher at the (then) Philadelphia College of Art, where he remained a professor for over twenty years.
In 1978, Searles moved to New York City. He found a large, raw space -- an old sewing factory -- on Broadway and Bleeker where he would remain for the rest of his life. He continued to commute to Philadelphia teaching part time. He met Kathleen Spicer, an art student, in 1983. They married in 1985. Together, they shared a wonderful, open, artistic, social, and creative experience.
Searles gradually moved away from painting and into sculpture. His sculptures maintained the vibrant color and patterns from his paintings, but seemed to dance in three dimensions. These new works embodied a live sense of rhythm and energy -- trademarks that he maintained throughout his career, whether in wood, bronze, or aluminum.
In his lifetime, Charles Searles participated in over 60 group shows, and 25 solo exhibitions. He was represented by the Sande Webster Gallery in Philadelphia for over 20 years. His paintings and sculptures can be found in innumerable public and private collections. Public commissions include the Delaware River Port Authority, the NYC Mass Transit Authority, the First District Plaza in Philadelphia, and the Amtrak station in Newark, NJ. He was the recipient of many awards, including ones from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Adolph and Esther Gottleib Foundation, the Creative Arts Project Fellowship, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
His wife of 23 years, Kathleen Spicer adds: "Charles was his work, and his work was him. Inseparable. Our lives were all about art. We lived each day as if it was a gift. To me, he was enchanted. His vision was clear -- he could envision something and make it come to life as easy as breathing. Genius. Charles made the world a better place. Charles speaks loud and clear."
Bio courtesy of Kathleen Spicer (Searles)
Selected Periodical Citations:
Newhall, Edith, "Dual Celebration of Self-expression", Philadelphia Enquirer, May 2013
Fabbri, Anne, "A Farewell to Charles Searles", Art Matters, January 2005
Cornell University Review, August 2000
O'Neill, Denise I., "Black Experience Puts Soul Into the Heart of Christmas", Chicago Sun-Times, December 1996
Gleuck, Grace, Review, The New York Times, December 1996
McBride, Octavia, "An Artist Acclaimed", Philadelphia Tribune, April 1993
Fox, Catherine, "National Black Arts Festival Program Guide", The Atlanta Journal, July 1990
Wilson, William, "Black Artists in Tune with Ancestors", Los Angeles Times, January 1990
Jamusch, Ann, "Special Show-Legacy of Black Art", Dallas Times Herald, January 1990
Binkley, Barbara, "Colors, Bright and Bold", The Daily News, April 1986
Grafly, Dorothy, "Charles Searles at Neumans", ART in Focus, Summer 1978
Crittendon, Denise, "Back Home from Nigeria", The Michigan Chronicle, December 1977
Garrett, Bob, Art Section Review. Boston Sunday Herald, November 1975
Patry, Louise, "A Jubilee of Afro-American Art in Boston", New England Journal, December 1975
Wright, Charles, "Paint Art Racist", The Village Voice, April 1971
Nelson, Nells, "Black Artists Rise Above the Tempest", Philadelphia Daily News, April 1971
Canaday, John, "Black Artist on View in Two Exhibitions", The New York Times, February 1970
Collections:
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- The Woodmere Art Museum
- Smithsonian Institute of American Art
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- LaSalle University Art Museum
- Howard University Gallery of Art
- Dallas Museum of Art
- Delaware Valley Arts Alliance
- Montclair Museum of Art
- Afro-American Historical & Cultural Museum
- Museum of Afro-American History
- 35 + corporate collections
- National & international private collections
75+ Group Exhibitions, Including:
- Woodmere Art Museum
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Museum of American Art
- Boston Museum of Fine Arts
- Brooklyn Museum
- Art Alliance
- National Afro-American Museum
- Liberty Museum
- National Blacks Fine Arts Show
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Ackland Arts Museum
- Arnot Art Museum
30+ Solo Exhibitions, Including:
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
- The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
- LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA
- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
- Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
- Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY
- North Carolina State University
- Winston Salem State University, Winston Salem, NC
- G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, New York, NY
- Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
- Noel Gallery, Charlotte, NC
- Malcolm Brown...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"America's Best"
By Charles Robert Searles
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Illustrated in "Charles Searles" 2013 exhibition catalog (La Salle University Art Museum/Tyler School of Art)
Charles Searles (1937-2004)
He was born in Philadelphia, PA and received his fine art education at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (PAFA) from 1969-72. He also attended the University of Pennsylvania for liberal arts studies, where he worked in the labs beside the scientists and engineers creating technical illustrations for text books. His early paintings embraced the tumultuous 60's and also reflected his own family life and surroundings.
Before graduating the PAFA, Searles received the Cresson Memorial Traveling Scholarship, and the following year, the Ware Memorial Traveling Scholarship. He was the first student to use these funds to travel to Africa. His travels in Africa marked his life and work forever -- the life, the rhythms, the patterns, and the energy.
Searles returned to Philadelphia and began teaching at the Ile Ife Cultural Center. It was then that he began his "Dancer" Series. This series marked a change in his life, celebrating his new sense of renewal and the African experience. He was awarded his first mural commission at the William G. Green Federal Building. This work, entitled "Celebration" is still on view today. At that time, he was also hired as a drawing teacher at the (then) Philadelphia College of Art, where he remained a professor for over twenty years.
In 1978, Searles moved to New York City. He found a large, raw space -- an old sewing factory -- on Broadway and Bleeker where he would remain for the rest of his life. He continued to commute to Philadelphia teaching part time. He met Kathleen Spicer, an art student, in 1983. They married in 1985. Together, they shared a wonderful, open, artistic, social, and creative experience.
Searles gradually moved away from painting and into sculpture. His sculptures maintained the vibrant color and patterns from his paintings, but seemed to dance in three dimensions. These new works embodied a live sense of rhythm and energy -- trademarks that he maintained throughout his career, whether in wood, bronze, or aluminum.
In his lifetime, Charles Searles participated in over 60 group shows, and 25 solo exhibitions. He was represented by the Sande Webster Gallery in Philadelphia for over 20 years. His paintings and sculptures can be found in innumerable public and private collections. Public commissions include the Delaware River Port Authority, the NYC Mass Transit Authority, the First District Plaza in Philadelphia, and the Amtrak station in Newark, NJ. He was the recipient of many awards, including ones from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Adolph and Esther Gottleib Foundation, the Creative Arts Project Fellowship, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
His wife of 23 years, Kathleen Spicer adds: "Charles was his work, and his work was him. Inseparable. Our lives were all about art. We lived each day as if it was a gift. To me, he was enchanted. His vision was clear -- he could envision something and make it come to life as easy as breathing. Genius. Charles made the world a better place. Charles speaks loud and clear."
Bio courtesy of Kathleen Spicer (Searles)
Selected Periodical Citations:
Newhall, Edith, "Dual Celebration of Self-expression", Philadelphia Enquirer, May 2013
Fabbri, Anne, "A Farewell to Charles Searles", Art Matters, January 2005
Cornell University Review, August 2000
O'Neill, Denise I., "Black Experience Puts Soul Into the Heart of Christmas", Chicago Sun-Times, December 1996
Gleuck, Grace, Review, The New York Times, December 1996
McBride, Octavia, "An Artist Acclaimed", Philadelphia Tribune, April 1993
Fox, Catherine, "National Black Arts Festival Program Guide", The Atlanta Journal, July 1990
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Jamusch, Ann, "Special Show-Legacy of Black Art", Dallas Times Herald, January 1990
Binkley, Barbara, "Colors, Bright and Bold", The Daily News, April 1986
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Collections:
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- The Woodmere Art Museum
- Smithsonian Institute of American Art
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- LaSalle University Art Museum
- Howard University Gallery of Art
- Dallas Museum of Art
- Delaware Valley Arts Alliance
- Montclair Museum of Art
- Afro-American Historical & Cultural Museum
- Museum of Afro-American History
- 35 + corporate collections
- National & international private collections
75+ Group Exhibitions, Including:
- Woodmere Art Museum
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Museum of American Art
- Boston Museum of Fine Arts
- Brooklyn Museum
- Art Alliance
- National Afro-American Museum
- Liberty Museum
- National Blacks Fine Arts Show
- Institute of Contemporary Art
- Ackland Arts Museum
- Arnot Art Museum
30+ Solo Exhibitions, Including:
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA
- The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
- LaSalle University, Philadelphia, PA
- Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
- Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
- Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
- Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY
- North Carolina State University
- Winston Salem State University, Winston Salem, NC
- G.R. N’Namdi Gallery, New York, NY
- Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
- Noel Gallery, Charlotte, NC
- Malcolm Brown...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
"Abstraction"
By Arthur Beecher Carles
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Arthur B. Carles (1882-1952)
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Arthur Carles was a painter whose work went through phases...
Category
1930s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Little House Lambertville, Public Sale"
By Joseph Barrett
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower middle. Artist designed frame.
Joseph Barrett (b. 1936)
Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in ...
Category
20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Nude Figure
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork:
Spelter bronze
Category
20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Pair of Figural Bronzes
By Pietro Chiapparelli
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork:
Bronze Sculptures of classical nudes
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Napoleon Bust
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork:
Bronze
Category
19th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"Under the Willow"
By Joseph Barrett
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right. Artist designed frame.
Joseph Barrett (b. 1936)
Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in 1...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Little House, Lambertville, NJ"
By Joseph Barrett
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right
Joseph Barrett (b. 1936)
Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in 1936 and studied at the M...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Buttonwood Inn"
By Joseph Barrett
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Joseph Barrett (b. 1936)
Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in 1936 and studied at the Massachusetts Colle...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"The Auction"
By Robert Spencer
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Robert Spencer (1879 - 1931)
One of the rarest and most important artists among the New Hope School, Robert Spencer was bor...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Pat's House"
By Robert Spencer
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Robert Spencer (1879 - 1931)
One of the rarest and most important artists among the New Hope School, Robert Spencer was bor...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Trees Along the River"
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by John Fulton Folinsbee (1892 - 1972).
One of the finest painters to embark upon the New Hope Art Colony, John...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Snow Covered Village"
By Walter Emerson Baum
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower left. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
Walter Emerson Baum (1884 - 1956)
Born in Sellersville, Pe...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Yard Work, Stockton, NJ"
By Alexander Farnham
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
Alexander Farnham (b.1926)
Alexander Farnham studied with Anne Steele Marsh, Van Deering Perrine, and at the Art Students League with George Bridgman...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Passing Storm, Long Beach Island, New Jersey"
By Anthony Michael Autorino
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower left. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
Anthony Michael Autorino (1937 - 2015)
The son of Italian immigrants, Anthony Michael Autorino was born on September 29, 1937 in Montclair, New Jersey. As a teenager, Autorino enlisted in the United States Air Force where he served an eight-year tour. His expertise in the field of cryptography landed him in Paris in the mid-1950s as an Air Force sergeant working at the United States Embassy.
While in Paris, Anthony became quite involved in the art community which reinforced his desire to make painting his career focus. Upon returning to the United States in 1961, Autorino divided time painting between upstate New York and New England. By the mid-1960s, New York City had become the center of activity for the career of this highly regarded young artist.
By 1968, disillusioned by the hustle and bustle, Autorino made the decision to relocate. His passion for paintings nature and the outdoors led him to the Delaware Valley. Charmed by the welcoming art...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Concrete Construction"
By Harry Leith-Ross
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower left.
Illustrated in "New Hope for American Art"
Harry Leith-Ross (1886 - 1973)
The son of an English father and a Dutch mother, Harry Leith-Ross was born in the British Colony of Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean a thousand miles off the southeast coast of Africa. His first formal art instruction began in England under Stanhope Forbes, followed by studies with Jean Paul Laurens at the Academie Julian in Paris. Leith-Ross came to the United States to enroll at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1910, and then to Woodstock, in 1913. It was in Woodstock at the Art Students League, under the tutelage of Birge Harrison and John F. Carlson, that Leith-Ross would receive the training that most influenced his career as an artist.
There he formed a lifelong friendship with fellow artist, John Folinsbee. The two artists shared a studio during this time and participated in several joint exhibitions exclusively featuring their work, including an exhibit at the Louis Katz...
Category
20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Family Reunion"
By Paulette Victorine J. Van Roekens
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Paulette Van Roekens (1896 - 1988)
Initially trained as a sculptor, Paulette Van Roekens decided to focus on painting after...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Saturday Shoppers, Provincetown"
By Nancy Maybin Ferguson
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed lower left. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
Nancy Maybin Ferguson (1872 - 1967)
A native Philadelphia, Nancy Ferguson wa...
Category
1910s Abstract Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Planning for Spring"
By Peter Sculthorpe
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Watercolor. Signed lower left. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
Peter Sculthorpe (b. 1948)
Peter Sculthorpe wa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Drawings and Wa...
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Old Schooner"
By Henry Bayley Snell
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
Illustrated in "New Hope for American Art" by James Alterman.
Henry Bayley Snell (1858 - 1943)
Henry Bayley Snell was born in Richmond, England, on September 29, 1858 and immigrated to the United States at the age of seventeen. He studied at the Art Students League in New York while working for an etching and engraving company where he began a lifelong friendship with fellow artists, William Langson Lathrop. While in New York Snell met another artist, named Florence Francis, also of English descent, whom he would eventually marry in 1888. It is believed that they first came to Bucks County in 1898 to visit the Lathrops at Phillips Mill.
Snell was a beloved teacher at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women from 1899 to 1943, and often took his art classes abroad during the summer. He would frequently visit his native England, spending time at the art colony of St. Ives on the coast of Cornwall. Snell would summer in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and Boothbay Harbor, Maine, where he also held painting classes. Almost all the women who exhibited with “The Philadelphia Ten” had studied with Snell either in Philadelphia or New England. Snell also taught on Saturdays at the Grand Central Galleries in New York City.
The Snells made many trips to New Hope before settling there permanently in 1925. They lived on the top floor of the Solebury National Bank Building where Henry also maintained a studio. This was located at the foot of the New Hope-Lambertville Bridge and many of Snell’s New Hope scenes were painted from this location. In 1943, Snell passed away in New Hope at the age of eighty-four.
Henry Snell earned an international reputation as an artist for his paintings of Cornwall...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Frances in Braids"
By Daniel Garber
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Pastel portrait of artist's granddaughter.
Complemented by original signed Harer frame.
Illustra...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Pastel
"57th Street Window"
By Mary Elizabeth Price
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower left. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
M. Elizabeth Price (1877 - 1965)
Mary Elizabeth Price was born in West Virginia and raised on a farm in Solebury, Pennsylvania, on the outskirts of New Hope. She studied at the Pennsylvania School of Industrial Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Hugh Breckenridge. Additionally, she studied in New Hope with William Lathrop. Following her art studies, Price went to New York. While there, she conducted the “Baby Art...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil