Le Trianon

With a later round decorated top over three carved figures each with a symbol on each side, ending with paw feet on a later triangular plinth, decoration refraiched, The six symbols...

Jean Salabet French, B. 1900 Moulin Rouge Jean Salabet was a School of Paris painter know for his colorful Parisian cityscapes. His work is comparable to those of Jules Herve, Antoi...

Itzhak Ofer (Polish, 1910-1988), sculpture, mahogany, “embracing couple”, signed on base, "OFER", 25" h. x 12 1/2" w. x 9 1/2" d. including base. Itzhak Ofer was a Sculptor. b. 1910, Poland. Immigrated 1935. Studies: 1941-45 American University, Cairo, plastic arts and drama. Prize: 1968 Public Council of Culture and Art for Best Play. 1981 Initiated and directed a competition of Environmental Sculpture, Ramat Gan...

Jean Salabet French, 20th Century Montmartre Jean Salabet was a School of Paris painter know for his colorful Parisian cityscapes. His work is comparable to those of Jules Herve, An...

18 ft. 8 in. by 16 ft. 8 in.

A Fine Pair of French Bronze Classical Figures Now Mounted as Lamps By Louis Valentin Elias Roberts French 1821-1874 Signed. L.V.E. Robert, each a ...

Renato Guttuso Italian 1911-1987 Father & Child Oil on canvas 30 ½ by 19 in. W/frame 31 ½ in. by 20 in. Signed verso "Guttuso" Signed lower center "Guttuso" Dated 1966 Titled vers...

The rectangular top over a frieze, all resting on a joint stretcher base

Jean Salabet French, 20th Century La Madeleine, Paris Oil on canvas 10 ¾ by 13 ¾ in. W/frame 16 ½ by 19 ½ in. Signed lower right Jean Salabet was a School of Paris painter know ...

The shaped marble top above a bombe case with ormolu mounts, highly decorated throughout with marquetry with three drawers, on short cabriole legs. Provenance: Private collection...

Gaston Sebire French, 1920-2002 At The Seaside Oil on canvas 25 by 31 in. W/frame 33 ½ by 39 ½ in. Signed lower right Gaston Sebire (1920 – 2002) Gaston Sebire, was one of Europe’s leading landscapists, was born in the village of Saint-Samson in Normandy in 1920. A self taught artist, he began to paint seriously at the age of eighteen. For eight years he worked as a postal clerk in the Rouen, sorting letters at night in order to support his career as a painter. In 1952 Gaston Sebire had his first exhibition at the Galerie Gosselin in Paris. The following years he enjoyed the double triumph of winning both the coveted Prix de la Critique and the Prix Casa Velasquez. The Latter award made it possible for him to spend a year and a half in Spain. Of this formative period he said, “They were my first, wonderful years without worry. For fifteen years I had never known what the next day would bring.” The year 1957 marked another important stage in his career. His painting “La Dinde” won the Greenshields Prize in a field of 136 competitors, making it possible for him to paint for another two years without the worry of finances. Winning the awards naturally drew public attention to the artist from Normandy, and his works were presented in highly successful one-man shows in Paris. Sebire was a Norman, a man strongly attached to the soil, and after his exhibitions in Paris, he returned to Rouen to his large house overlooking the town and once again plunged into painting the countryside. Gaston Sebire was a strongly built man with square hands and a rather heavy walk. He had immense vitality, and used that to his advantage.  As he said of himself, “When the snow falls, I can’t stay indoors. I set out with my paint box. I paint outdoors from nine in the morning until five at night. If it were only a question of money, one could just as well paint in one’s own room.” But Sebire went into the countryside, or into the village, and sets up his easel. When there is a café into which people are going; there is a fence, a telegraph pole, a few buildings in the background. The scene takes on life, vivid life, with a sense of some event about to take place in the scene. Like many artists, and like a typical Norman, Sebire was silent and solitary by nature, with a personality as strong and frank as his paintings. A painting, he says, “must have an element of mystery, show an effort to look beyond the aura surface of things.” Sebire’s early paintings were somber with much use of black and white tones. In 1970 he turned to colour. The subtle light of the Normandy skies; the shifting light and color along the seacoast; the magnificent blues of the Rouen pottery...

The oblong hinged top with outset rounded corners opening to a baize lined playing surface inset with counter wells, above a conforming frieze fitted with a small drawer, raised on s...

George Frost America, 1843–1907 View of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Nizhny Novgorod Oil on Canvas 20 by 30 in. W/frame 28 by 38 in. Signed lower l...

A Pair White Lacquered & Brass Accents Cabinets by John Stuart Circa 1970’s Height 27 ½ in. Width 24 ½ in. Depth 17 in. Conceived by the renown furniture designer John...

Max Schnitzler American, 1903-1999 “Abstract Expressionist Painting” Impasto on board Signed lower left 20 by 24 in. W/frame 26 by 30 in. Excerpt...

Leon Herbo Belgian, 1850-1907 Vase de Fleurs Oil on canvas 22 ½ by 18 in. W/frame 34 ½ by 30 in. Signed and dated 1906 Leon exhibited in Brussels, Munich, Gand, Cologne and Paris....

RICHARD HENNESSY AMERICAN, b. 1941 ?Abstract, Untitled? Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1976 on verso 32 1/2 by 30 in. Provenance: From the estate of Christopher Scott, acquired from the artist. Note: Christopher Scott was a painter who was best known as curator/gadfly Henry, Geldzahler's partner. This relationship was immortalized in one of David Hockney's best portraits of 1969. EDUCATION: EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, 1954-59 COLUMBIA COLLEGE, B.A., 1963 INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, 1963-66 PUBLIC COLLECTIONS ALBRIGHT KNOX ART GALLERY, BUFFALO, NEW YORK AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH BROOKLYN MUSEUM, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CARNEGIE MUSEUM, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA CENTRO CULTURAL, MUSEO CONTEMPORANEO, MEXICO CITY COPLAND HOUSE, CORTLANDT MANOR, NEW YORK DAYTON ART INSTITUTE, DAYTON, OHIO DOW JONES HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, SAN ANTONIO HECKSHER MUSEUM OF ART, HUNTINGTON, NEW YORK I. T. & T. ITALIAN RELIEF FUND J.P.MORGAN CHASE JACK S. BLANTON MUSEUM,UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK MOMA/P.S.1, STAIRWELL MURAL NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, PENNSYLVANIA PHOENIX ART MUSEUM, PHOENIX, ARIZONA READER'S DIGEST SAMUEL P. HARN MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AT GAINESVILLE SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART SHEPHERD SCHOOL OF MUSIC, RICE UNIVERSITY, HOUSTON SHIMIZU CONSTRUCTION, TOKYO SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, NEW YORK THE COMMODITIES CORPORATION, TRINITY UNIVERSITY, SAN ANTONIO, TX THE LANNAN FOUNDATION, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA THE WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT WESTINGHOUSE CORPORATION WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, NEW YORK AWARDS 2008 THE POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION 1988 THE POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION 1987 THE ANN AND ERLO VAN WAVEREN FOUNDATION 1983 INGRAM MERRILL FOUNDATION SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2008 CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY HUDSON, NY 1991 MARGULIES/TAPLIN GALLERY BAY HARBOR ISLANDS, FL 1989 BALL STATE UNIVERSITY MUNCIE, IN 1986 NINA FREUDENHEIM GALLERY BUFFALO 1986 JOHN GOOD GALLERY NEW YORK 1985 GETLER/PALL/SAPER GALLERY NEW YORK 1983 HAMILTON GALLERY NEW YORK 1982 HAMILTON GALLERY NEW YORK 1981 IVORY KIMPTON GALLERY SAN FRANCISCO 1980 HAMILTON GALLERY NEW YORK 1978 ROBERT MILLER GALLERY NEW YORK 1976 OLIVER BERNIER, INC. NEW YORK 1976 GREY ART GALLERY, NYU NEW YORK RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION 1976 OLIVIER BERNIER, INC. NEW YORK 1970 TIBOR DE NAGY GALLERY NEW YORK 1969 OLIVIER BERNIER, INC. NEW YORK GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2007 VILLE DE REIMS GLOBAL BOOKS: LES LIVRES D'ARTISTE DE GERVAIS JASSAUD 2006 WEBER FINE ART GREENWICH, CT MY FRIENDS-THEIR VISION 2006 SNUG HARBOR CULTURAL CENTER STATEN ISLAND, NY ABSTRACT LANDSCAPES 2000 THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM OF ART HUNTINGTON, NY AARON COPLAND?S AMERICA 1997 ESPACE CULTUREL DE TINQUEUX FRANCE LA TENTATION DU LIVRE 1992 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NEW YORK THE ARTIST, THE WRITER AND THE BOOK DESIGN (ARTISTS'S BOOKS FROM COLLECTIF GÉNÉRATION) 1992 MARGULIES/TAPLIN GALLERY MIAMI GROUP SHOW 1991 NINA FREUDENHEIM GALLERY BUFFALO RICHARD HENNESSY AND JEFFREY WASSERMAN 1991 ANDRE EMMERICH GALLERY NEW YORK ABSTRACT PAINTING: THE 90'S 1991 FRENCH CULTURAL SERVICES NEW YORK LIVRES D'ARTISTES OF COLLECTIF GÉNÉRATION 1991 SAMUEL P. HARN MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AT GAINESVILLE GAINESVILLE, FL CONTEMPORARY ART 1990 MARTA CERVERA GALLERY NEW YORK THE PAINTER AND HIS OCCASION, CURATED BY ALAN JONES...

RICHARD HENNESSY AMERICAN, b. 1941 "THE SUMMER OF OUR CONTENT" "Large" Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1980 on verso 60 by 72 ½ in. Provenance: From the estate of Christopher Scott, acquired from the artist. Note: Christopher Scott was a painter who was best known as curator/gadfly Henry, Geldzahler's partner. This relationship was immortalized in one of David Hockney's best portraits of 1969. EDUCATION: EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, 1954-59 COLUMBIA COLLEGE, B.A., 1963 INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, 1963-66 PUBLIC COLLECTIONS ALBRIGHT KNOX ART GALLERY, BUFFALO, NEW YORK AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH BROOKLYN MUSEUM, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CARNEGIE MUSEUM, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA CENTRO CULTURAL, MUSEO CONTEMPORANEO, MEXICO CITY COPLAND HOUSE, CORTLANDT MANOR, NEW YORK DAYTON ART INSTITUTE, DAYTON, OHIO DOW JONES HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, SAN ANTONIO HECKSHER MUSEUM OF ART, HUNTINGTON, NEW YORK I. T. & T. ITALIAN RELIEF FUND J.P.MORGAN CHASE JACK S. BLANTON MUSEUM,UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK MOMA/P.S.1, STAIRWELL MURAL NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, PENNSYLVANIA PHOENIX ART MUSEUM, PHOENIX, ARIZONA READER'S DIGEST SAMUEL P. HARN MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AT GAINESVILLE SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART SHEPHERD SCHOOL OF MUSIC, RICE UNIVERSITY, HOUSTON SHIMIZU CONSTRUCTION, TOKYO SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, NEW YORK THE COMMODITIES CORPORATION, TRINITY UNIVERSITY, SAN ANTONIO, TX THE LANNAN FOUNDATION, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA THE WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT WESTINGHOUSE CORPORATION WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, NEW YORK AWARDS 2008 THE POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION 1988 THE POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION 1987 THE ANN AND ERLO VAN WAVEREN FOUNDATION 1983 INGRAM MERRILL FOUNDATION SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2008 CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY HUDSON, NY 1991 MARGULIES/TAPLIN GALLERY BAY HARBOR ISLANDS, FL 1989 BALL STATE UNIVERSITY MUNCIE, IN 1986 NINA FREUDENHEIM GALLERY BUFFALO 1986 JOHN GOOD GALLERY NEW YORK 1985 GETLER/PALL/SAPER GALLERY NEW YORK 1983 HAMILTON GALLERY NEW YORK 1982 HAMILTON GALLERY NEW YORK 1981 IVORY KIMPTON GALLERY SAN FRANCISCO 1980 HAMILTON GALLERY NEW YORK 1978 ROBERT MILLER GALLERY NEW YORK 1976 OLIVER BERNIER, INC. NEW YORK 1976 GREY ART GALLERY, NYU NEW YORK RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION 1976 OLIVIER BERNIER, INC. NEW YORK 1970 TIBOR DE NAGY GALLERY NEW YORK 1969 OLIVIER BERNIER, INC. NEW YORK GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2007 VILLE DE REIMS GLOBAL BOOKS: LES LIVRES D'ARTISTE DE GERVAIS JASSAUD 2006 WEBER FINE ART GREENWICH, CT MY FRIENDS-THEIR VISION 2006 SNUG HARBOR CULTURAL CENTER STATEN ISLAND, NY ABSTRACT LANDSCAPES 2000 THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM OF ART HUNTINGTON, NY AARON COPLAND’S AMERICA 1997 ESPACE CULTUREL DE TINQUEUX FRANCE LA TENTATION DU LIVRE 1992 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NEW YORK THE ARTIST, THE WRITER AND THE BOOK DESIGN (ARTISTS'S BOOKS FROM COLLECTIF GÉNÉRATION) 1992 MARGULIES/TAPLIN GALLERY MIAMI GROUP SHOW 1991 NINA FREUDENHEIM GALLERY BUFFALO RICHARD HENNESSY AND JEFFREY WASSERMAN 1991 ANDRE EMMERICH GALLERY NEW YORK ABSTRACT PAINTING: THE 90'S 1991 FRENCH CULTURAL SERVICES NEW YORK LIVRES D'ARTISTES OF COLLECTIF GÉNÉRATION 1991 SAMUEL P. HARN MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AT GAINESVILLE GAINESVILLE, FL CONTEMPORARY ART 1990 MARTA CERVERA GALLERY NEW YORK THE PAINTER AND HIS OCCASION, CURATED BY ALAN JONES...

Alexandre Marie Guillemin French, 1817-1880 Scene de Chasse Oil on Panel 9 by 12in. w/frame 17 ½ by 20 ½in. Signed lower right He studied with Baron Gros. He exhibited at the Salo...

RICHARD HENNESSY AMERICAN, b. 1941 "Abstract, Untitled" Oil on canvas Signed and dated 1975 on verso 48 by 36 in. Provenance: From the estate of Christopher Scott, acquired from the artist. Note: Christopher Scott was a painter who was best known as curator/gadfly Henry, Geldzahler's partner. This relationship was immortalized in one of David Hockney's best portraits of 1969. EDUCATION: EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, 1954-59 COLUMBIA COLLEGE, B.A., 1963 INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, 1963-66 PUBLIC COLLECTIONS: ALBRIGHT KNOX ART GALLERY, BUFFALO, NEW YORK AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH BROOKLYN MUSEUM, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK CARNEGIE MUSEUM, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA CENTRO CULTURAL, MUSEO CONTEMPORANEO, MEXICO CITY COPLAND HOUSE, CORTLANDT MANOR, NEW YORK DAYTON ART INSTITUTE, DAYTON, OHIO DOW JONES HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, SAN ANTONIO HECKSHER MUSEUM OF ART, HUNTINGTON, NEW YORK I. T. & T. ITALIAN RELIEF FUND J.P.MORGAN CHASE JACK S. BLANTON MUSEUM,UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK MOMA/P.S.1, STAIRWELL MURAL NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, PENNSYLVANIA PHOENIX ART MUSEUM, PHOENIX, ARIZONA READER'S DIGEST SAMUEL P. HARN MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AT GAINESVILLE SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART SHEPHERD SCHOOL OF MUSIC, RICE UNIVERSITY, HOUSTON SHIMIZU CONSTRUCTION, TOKYO SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM, NEW YORK THE COMMODITIES CORPORATION, TRINITY UNIVERSITY, SAN ANTONIO, TX THE LANNAN FOUNDATION, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA THE WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT WESTINGHOUSE CORPORATION WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, NEW YORK AWARDS: 2008 THE POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION 1988 THE POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION 1987 THE ANN AND ERLO VAN WAVEREN FOUNDATION 1983 INGRAM MERRILL FOUNDATION SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2008 CARRIE HADDAD GALLERY HUDSON, NY 1991 MARGULIES/TAPLIN GALLERY BAY HARBOR ISLANDS, FL 1989 BALL STATE UNIVERSITY MUNCIE, IN 1986 NINA FREUDENHEIM GALLERY BUFFALO 1986 JOHN GOOD GALLERY NEW YORK 1985 GETLER/PALL/SAPER GALLERY NEW YORK 1983 HAMILTON GALLERY NEW YORK 1982 HAMILTON GALLERY NEW YORK 1981 IVORY KIMPTON GALLERY SAN FRANCISCO 1980 HAMILTON GALLERY NEW YORK 1978 ROBERT MILLER GALLERY NEW YORK 1976 OLIVER BERNIER, INC. NEW YORK 1976 GREY ART GALLERY, NYU NEW YORK RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION 1976 OLIVIER BERNIER, INC. NEW YORK 1970 TIBOR DE NAGY GALLERY NEW YORK 1969 OLIVIER BERNIER, INC. NEW YORK GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2007 VILLE DE REIMS GLOBAL BOOKS: LES LIVRES D'ARTISTE DE GERVAIS JASSAUD 2006 WEBER FINE ART GREENWICH, CT MY FRIENDS-THEIR VISION 2006 SNUG HARBOR CULTURAL CENTER STATEN ISLAND, NY ABSTRACT LANDSCAPES 2000 THE HECKSCHER MUSEUM OF ART HUNTINGTON, NY AARON COPLAND�S AMERICA 1997 ESPACE CULTUREL DE TINQUEUX FRANCE LA TENTATION DU LIVRE 1992 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NEW YORK THE ARTIST, THE WRITER AND THE BOOK DESIGN (ARTISTS'S BOOKS FROM COLLECTIF G��N��RATION) 1992 MARGULIES/TAPLIN GALLERY MIAMI GROUP SHOW 1991 NINA FREUDENHEIM GALLERY BUFFALO RICHARD HENNESSY AND JEFFREY WASSERMAN 1991 ANDRE EMMERICH GALLERY NEW YORK ABSTRACT PAINTING: THE 90'S 1991 FRENCH CULTURAL SERVICES NEW YORK LIVRES D'ARTISTES OF COLLECTIF G��N��RATION 1991 SAMUEL P. HARN MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA AT GAINESVILLE GAINESVILLE, FL CONTEMPORARY ART 1990 MARTA CERVERA GALLERY NEW YORK THE PAINTER AND HIS OCCASION, CURATED BY ALAN JONES...

Frank Vincent Dumond American, 1865-1931 Sunny Hedge Oil on canvas Signed "F.V. DuMond," lower right 24.5 in. by 29 in. W/frame 32.5 by 37 in. Born in Rochester, New York in 1865, Frank DuMond left his work as an illustrator at age 23 to study in the rigorous classical atelier tradition of the Academie Julian Paris in 1888.  Upon his return to New York in 1892, DuMond embarked on a painting and teaching term at the Art Students League spanning nearly six decades until his death. A painter of diverse talents, he was an accomplished landscape, portrait and still life painter, muralist, and leader of the Tonalist then Impressionist art colonies of Lyme, Connecticut.  In particular, DuMond was noted for his use of landscape green.  American Impressionist expert William H. Gerdts wrote of DuMond, "As one might speak of Velazquez's blacks, one must speak of DuMond's greens."  Scholars have described him as a deft painter of the American Impressionist landscape and the figure, but he will perhaps be remembered as among the most outstanding educators in American art history.  Though an accomplished painter, he is said to have considered himself more of an educator than an artist. By all accounts, DuMond is described by his students as a man whose art and teaching methods were based on deeply held religious and philosophical beliefs.  One student recalls, "There were occasions when DuMond revealed a clear intent to educate us on a deeper level than might casually be associated with painting."  His students remember him fondly as "a genial, generous, and perceptive instructor…whose warmth and kindness pervaded everything he did."  Under his tutelage, many prominent American artists were brought to recognition, including Georgia O'Keeffe, Norman Rockwell, and John Marin.  Still other protégés of DuMond renown became influential teachers, such as Baroque-style painter Frank Mason, whose influence emerged in New York at the Art Students League; and Arthur Maynard...

Provenance: Provenance: Private Collection Paris

Marie Antoinette Boullard-Deve French, 1890-1970 Segovie Oil on canvas 29 by 21 ½ in. W/frame 39 by 31 ½ in. Signed lower left and titled and dated 1951 on the back Marie was born...

Walter Greaves English, 1846-1930 “Portrait of James Abbott McNeill Whistler in front of the Thames” Oil on canvas Signed & dated 1874 36 by 28 in. W/f...

Edward Francis Rook American, 1870-1960 Brittany Oil on Canvas 30 by 30 in. W/frame 38 by 38 in. Signed lower left Circa, 1898-1900 Rook, born in New York City on September 21, 1870, became one of the most original impressionists at Old Lyme. First he was a student of Benjamin Constant and Jean-Paul Laurens at the Académie Julian.  Life started out to be rather promising for Rook, around the turn of the century.  He exhibited at the Cincinnati Art Museum and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, both in 1898, when his harbor scene, entitled Pearl Clouds — Moonlight was reproduced in International Studio, in April.  In addition, the PAFA presented him with the Temple Gold Medal for Deserted Street, Moonlight, which the Academy purchased.  Three years later, Rook was awarded a bronze medal at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, where he exhibited three landscapes.  Caffin (1902, p. xxxvi) praised the artist's "translucent quality of color," which suggests a study of color theory.  Also in 1901, Rook married Edith Sone.  For most of 1902, the Rooks were in Mexico. Rook came to Old Lyme in October of 1903.  The date is significant because Childe Hassam was also there that month.  Hassam would more or less re-orient the artists' colony from Tonalism to impressionism.  Rook would move there permanently two years later.  He took two medals at the St. Louis Universal Exposition (1904) where his landscapes from the Mexican trip were displayed.  More awards followed: a silver medal at the International Fine Arts Exposition in Buenos Aires, 1910, a gold medal at San Francisco's Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915,  a Corcoran Bronze Medal, and a William A. Clark Award in 1919 for Peonies.   By 1924, the artist was made a National Academician.  Despite all these awards and recognition, Rook did little in the way of selling his art and reportedly, his prices were too high.  His paintings were handled by Macbeth and Grand Central Art Galleries. Rook was active in Old Lyme's art community.  As stated above, he would have met Hassam that October in 1903 but Willard Metcalf had departed at the end of the summer.  As several writers have explained (Connecticut and American Impressionism, 1980, p. 123), Hassam "was the catalyst around whom [impressionism] coalesced."   Rook's niece, Virginia Rook Garver, who happened to be the grand-niece of Hassam, confirmed that Rook and Hassam knew each other in Europe — before they went to Old Lyme (Fischer, 1987, p. 19).  Rook was one of the relatively young painters to come to Old Lyme, along with Gifford Beal, William Chadwick, and Robert Nisbet, on the wave of impressionism, initiated there by Hassam and Metcalf.  Old Lyme became a center of American impressionism, and as Donelson F. Hoopes remarked, "under Hassam, the shoreline of Connecticut became a kind of Giverny of America."  Among Ranger's group, palettes started to become lighter, except those of the most determined tonalists.  Ranger himself, perhaps admitting defeat, moved to Noank in 1904.  Rook is best known for his views of Bradbury's Mill, which was soon called Rook's Mill, owing to the painter's many versions of the scene.  One, called Swirling Waters, dated ca. 1917, is in the Lyme Historical Society.  Even more famous is Rook's Laurel, dated between 1905 and 1910 (Florence Griswold Museum), in which a profuse laurel bush (the state flower), is set off by a spectacular Constable-like background.  But Swirling Waters could never be confused with Constable, with its violent brushwork, impasto-layered water, and bright, almost chalky, plein-air palette.  Gerdts (1984, p. 226) compares the paintings of Walter...

Nobumitsu Fukui Japanese/American, 1942- Abstract, Untitled Acrylic on canvas 60 ¼ by 48 in. W/frame 61 by 48 ¾ in. Signed & dated 1964 Provenance: ...

A Fine & Rare Pair of Louis XVI Painted & Giltwood Stools Stamped Lelarge 18th Century Jean Baptiste Lelarge III Maitre 1775 Height of back 24 in. Height of seat ...

Marcel Dyf French, 1899-1985 Djeuner Champtre Oil on canvas 23 ½ by 28 ¾ in. W/frame 31 ½ by 36 ¾ in. Signed lower left Marcel Dyf (Marcel Dreyfus) was born in Paris on October 7,...

Bronze Height 7 1/4" in. Width 11 in. Depth 3in. Circa 1905 Signed with monogram and numbered on the left side Bonnard was born in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Hauts-de-Sei...

Morston Constatine Ream American 1840-1898 Still Life with Peaches Oil on canvas Signed Lower Middle 16 by 20 in.  w/frame 22 ½ by 26 ½ in. Morston Constatine Ream was a specialist in fruits and dessert still lifes...

Provenance: Private Collection Paris

“I Will”, Marie-Joseph-Leon-Clavel French, 1850-1923 Septembre, La Meuse a Dordrecht Oil on canvas, Signed 13 ¼ by 19 ½ in. W/frame 23 ¼ by 29 ½ in. Marie-Joseph-Leon-Clavel took ...

Harry (Arijac) Jacques Haitian, 1937- “Haitian Scene in Railyard” Oil on canvas 24 by 34 in. Arijac was born in Gonaïves, Haiti on August ...

Everett Lloyd Bryant American, 1864-1945 Woman in Kimono Oil on canvas Signed lower right 30 by 25 in. W/frame 35 by 30 in. Everett studied wit...

The figure is highly detailed on a pedestal with carved details throughout including three figural carvings on the tripod form base.

Andrew Thomas Schwartz American, 1867-1942 Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia Oil on canvas 24 by 30 in. W/frame 28 ½ by 34 ½ in. Signed lower right...

Suzanne Eisendieck French, 1908-1998 Ballet D'enfants Oil on canvas 36 by 29 ½ in. W/frame 44 by 37 ½ in. Signed lower right She was born in Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland) in 1908 ...

A Fine Pair of Neoclassical Bronze Dore Candelabra With the Mythological Figures of Flora & Zephyr Now mounted as Bouillotte Lamps Early 19th Century Attributed to Thomire...

Andre Raffin French, 1927-2005 Les Fruits Oil on Canvas 18 in. by 22 in. W/frame 25 ½ in. by 29 ½ in. Signed & dated 61 lower left André Raffin was bor...

The seat rail with C-scrolls and a scallop shell on cabriole legs headed by a foliate clasp and terminating in raised foliate scroll feet Height 15 in. Width 18 in. Depth 18 i...

Remo Michael Farruggio American, 1905-1981 Studio Oil on canvas 24 by 35 in. W/frame 28 by 39 in. Signed lower right & titled on stretcher “Studio” Circa 1959 Remo Michael Farrugg...

Oil on canvas Dated 1965 24 by 20 in. W/frame 31 ½ by 27 ½ in. Johannes Schiefer, painter of landscapes and portraits and former curator of ...

Remo Michael Farruggio American, 1905-1981 Signals Oil on canvas 24 by 35 in. W/frame 28 by 39 in. Signed lower right & titled on stretcher “Signals” Circa 1959 Remo Michael Farru...

Oil on canvas Dated 1964 18 ½ by 24 ½ in. W/frame 23 by 29 in. Michael lived in NYC, he also had a home and studio in West Cornwall, CT. He painted under Otto Dix and was ...

Remo Michael Farruggio American,1905-1981 Covered Bridge Oil on canvas. 22 in. by 30 in. W/frame 26 in. by 34 in. Signed lower right & titled on verso...

James Everett Stuart American, 1852 – 1941 “The Storm Castle Rock” Oil on canvas 24 by 42 in. W/frame 37 by 55 in. Inscribed and signed on reverse: “The Storm C...

Cesar Villacres   Ecuador, 1880–1941 Flower Seller, Paris Cesar Villacres was an Ecuadorean artsit that worked in South America & Paris. He exhibited i...

Jules Herve French, 1887-1881 Vue du Paris Oil on canvas 18 by 21 ½ in. Wframe 28 by 31 in. Signed lower left An impressionist French artist whose subjects ranged from rural genr...

George Loring Brown American, 1814-1889 “Pastoral Landscape with Locomotive and Picnic Goers” Circa 1850 Oil on canvas 30 by 48 in. W/frame 34 by 52 in. The Hudson...

Oil on canvas 13 by 16 in. W/frame 20 by 23 ½ in. Provenance: Mme Emile Dupuis collection, Fontainebleau

Jean Salabet French, 20th Century Les Bouquinistes, Paris Oil on canvas 18 by 22 in. W/frame 24 by 28 in. Signed lower left Jean Salabet was a School of Paris painter know for his...

Each console with a later insert mottled grey marble above a shaped and carved skirt with parcel gilt leaf scrolls

Merio Ameglio Italian, 1897-1970 Notre Dame, Autonne Oil on Canvas 18 by 21 ½ in. W/frame 26 by 29 ½ in. Signed lower left & titled on reverse Merio noted impressionist painter p...

Merio Ameglio Italian, 1897-1970 Parisian Street Scene Oil on Canvas 18 by 21 ½ in. W/frame 26 by 29 ½ in. Signed lower left Merio noted impr...

Gérard Joseph Adrian van Luppen Belgian, 1834-1891 “La Foret de Modave” Oil on canvas signed and dated 'Joseph Van Luppen 1887' 82 x 60 in. W/frame 94 in. by 72 in. ...

Jean Salabet French, 20th Century Montmatre, Paris Oil on canvas 15 by 18 in. W/frame 22 ½ by 25 ½ in. Signed & dated 53 lower right Jean Salabet was a School of Paris painter kn...

Antonio DeVity Italian, 1901-1993 L'Opera, Paris Oil on canvas 16 by 20 in. W/frame 20 by 24 in. Signed lower right Antonio De Vity was born in Reggio-Calbria in southern Italy. ...

The rectangular top above two carved frieze drawers, resting on carved legs joined by a scalloped stretcher.

Georges Georoy Belgium, 1906–1983 Still Life aux Legumes et Poisson Oil on canvas 23 ¾ in. by 28 ¾ in. W/frame 31 ¾ in. by 36 ¾ in. Signed lower right In a period Heydenryk frame ...

The square box with slant top fitted with pin cushion surrounded in parquetry of stained walnut, on toupie feet