WOLFS Paintings

Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) Winter Rooftops, 1945 Oil on board Signed and dated lower right 9.5 x 13 inches 17 x 20.5 inches, framed Carl Gaertner was one of the g...

Eleanor Arnold Clark (American, 1911-1982) The Meeting Oil on canvas Signed lower right 25 x 29 inches 36 x 40 inches, framed Eleanor Arnold Clark was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylva...

Edwin Mieczkowski (American, 1929-2017) Broken Ice, 1976 Gouache and pencil on paper Signed, dated (Feb. 2, 1976) and titled lower right 27.5 x 37.75 inches 35 x 45 inches, framed Edwin Mieczkowski, born in Pittsburgh, was a leader of geometric and perceptual abstraction during the latter part of the 20th century. Mieczkowski's work first came to prominence in "The Responsive Eye" exhibition, the nation's first major exhibition of perceptual art, held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1965. Mieczkowski was also featured in the 1964 article in Timemagazine that first used the term "Op Art" to describe paintings that manipulated visual cues in order to reorder and excite viewers' perceptual responses. With a complex aesthetic that over time has transcended mere tricks of optical art, Mieczkowski has spent nearly four decades producing geometrically paintings, drawings and sculptures, a genre of modern art that is known broadly as perceptual abstraction. His output of static and dynamic forms create a body of work, still largely intact, that uses visually disorienting, meticulously arranged lines, dazzling kaleidoscopic colors, and alluring juxtapositions of hue and tone, to playfully and seductively present new challenges for the viewer's eyes. The desired result is an optical effect of perpetual motion, harmonics and rhythm. . . . Along with Frank Hewitt and Ernst Benkert, Mieczkowski was a co-founder in 1959 of the Anonima* group that worked together in Cleveland and New York and declared itself free from the pressures of the art market and the pursuit of personal fame. Members of Anonima often left their works unsigned and vowed to shun the usual art market venues such as commercial galleries, biennials and competitions. Instead, they engaged in a rigorous, self-imposed program of painting exercises to explore the effects of geometry and color on visual perception. Although Mieczkowski's work hung side-by-side in the MOMA "Responsive Eye" exhibition with such colleagues as Josef Albers, Victor Vasarely, Richard Anuszkiewicz, Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Carlos Cruz-Diaz, Ad Reinhardt and Bridget Riley, all of whom went on to considerable fame and fortune, Mieczkowski chose to eschew commercial exhibition and career promotion. Instead, he spent 39 years teaching at the Cleveland Institute of Art and quietly executing a number of public art commissions while independently pursuing his own intuitive explorations in geometric abstraction. Mieczkowski pursued virtually no commercial sales of his work. Consequently, the body of work he left behind consists of hundreds of paintings, drawings and sculptures only recently viewed...

Charles Mayes Wigg (British, 1889-1969) Sailing the Norfolk Broads Oil on canvas Signed lower left, signed and inscribed verso 12 x 16 inches 16 x 20.5 inches, framed Charles Mayes ...

Andreas Roth (American, 1871-1949) Grand Canyon, 1943 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 24 x 34 inches 29.5 x 39 inches, framed Andreas Roth was a German painter. Son of th...

Addison Thomas Millar (American, 1860-1913) Barn scene, 1892 Oil on board Signed and dated lower left 10.25 x 13.5 inches 15 x 18.5 inches, framed Addison Thomas Millar was an American painter and artist; best known for his genre scenes and Orientalist paintings. He was born to William H. Millar and Permelia Kennedy Millar. His father had emigrated to the United States from Scotland in 1845. He grew up in Warren, Ohio. During his primary education, he took some painting lessons from John Bell, a local landscape painter. In his late teens, he won three consecutive awards from The Youth's Companion, in their annual art contests. This prompted his parents to allow him to go to Cincinnati to take formal lessons from the genre painter, De Scott Evans...

Cynthia Bissell (American, 1924-2000) Changing Bear Maiden, 1962 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 20 x 50 inches 26 x 56 inches, framed Cynthia Bissell was an American art...

Max Herve (French, 1926-2018) La Clarinette et La Baignoire oil on canvas signed lower right 21.5 in. h x 25.75 in. w., canvas 28 in. h. x 31.25 in. w., as framed Max Hervé was an a...

Guillermo Meza (Mexican, 1917-1997) Sentada Desnuda, 1941 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 23.5 in. h. x 19.5 in. w. 31 in. h. x 27 in. w., as framed He was born in México...

Luigi Morgari (Italian, 1857–1935) The Nun Oil on canvas mounted on board Signed lower right 14 x 12 inches 21.5 x 19.5 inches, framed Luigi Morgari was an Italian painter, primaril...

Paul Riba (American, 1912-1977) Rhino Oil on paper Signed lower right 22.5 x 29 inches 27.5 x 34.25 inches, framed Paul Riba was a painter of Magic Realism. He explored the unreal ...

Paul Riba (American, 1912-1977) Bighorn Sheep Oil on paper Signed lower right 25 x 30.5 inches 30.5 x 36 inches, framed Paul Riba was a painter of Magic Realism. He explored the un...

Dale Slavin (American, 1946-2024) Around the Kitchen Table, 1987 Oil on canvas Signed lower right 43 x 42 inches Dale had an accomplished art career serving as a sculptor, painter ...

Louis Bosa (American, 1905-1981) Skinny Dippers Oil on board Signed lower right 15.5 x 20 inches 21.25 x 25.5 inches, framed Born in Codroipo, a small village only a few miles from ...

John Teyral (American, 1912-1999) Aegean Temple, 1966 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower left 25 x 34 inches John Teyral was one of Cleveland's most acclaimed artists. He exhibite...

Marie Martelli-Chautard (French, 1884-1982) Afternoon in the Park Oil on panel Signed lower right 47 x 31 inches 52 x 36.5 inches, framed

Louis Bosa (American, 1905-1981) The Beach, c. 1960 Oil on board Signed lower left 11.75 x 19.5 inches 20 x 28 inches, framed Born in Codroipo, a small village only a few miles fro...

Lucile E Lundquist Blanch (American, 1895 - 1981) Abstract Oil on panel Signed lower right 10 x 8 inches 17 x 15 inches framed Painter and lithographer Lucille Linquist Blanch, born in Hawley, Minnesota in 1895, was, by her mid-thirties, already represented by a number of paintings in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. She would receive a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1933. She studied at the Minneapolis Art Institute during World War I, 1914 to 1918, with fellow students Harry Gottlieb...

Mary Spain (American, 1934–1983) Man with Bird Oil on canvas Signed middle right 13.5 x 11.75 inches 17 x 15 inches, framed Set in a realm of fantasy, Mary Spain’s work exhibits odd...

Abel Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962) Still Life Oil on canvas Signed upper right 32 x 25.5 inches Provenance: From the Alexander Warshawsky Estate Impressionist painter A.G. Wars...

Thelma Frazier Winter (American, 1905-1977) On the Balcony Pastel on paper Signed lower right 20 x 16 inches Thelma Frazier Winter was an American enamelist, ceramic sculptor, and p...

Rolf Stoll (American, 1892-1978) Kae Dorn Cass, 1940 Oil on canvas Signed upper right 32 x 25 inches 38 x 31 inches, framed Exhibited: The 27th Annual May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1940 This work won first prize for oil painting- Portrait category Provenance: Collection of Kae Dorn Cass's niece Kae Dorn Cass Rolf Stoll Rolf Stoll, a painter of figure subjects, landscapes and floral still lifes, was an important member of the Cleveland art scene during the second quarter of the century. He was also an influential teacher, as well as one of Ohio’s foremost portrait painters. Rolf Stoll was born in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1892. As a boy, he attended a military academy, during which time he developed an interest in art. He received his early formal training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. He emigrated to the United States in 1912, settling in New York City. A decade later, after studying at the school of the National Academy of Design and supporting himself by working as a commercial artist, Stoll decided to leave New York. Upon the recommendation of Warren Pryor, one of his teachers, he decided to move to Cleveland, Ohio. After arriving in Cleveland, Rolf Stoll continued to work as a commercial artist. However, in 1926, he joined the faculty of the Cleveland School of Art, where he taught drawing. Two years later Stoll was appointed head of the school’s portrait painting department. A talented portraitist, Stoll’s sitters included industrialists, community leaders and many prominent members of Cleveland and Ohio society, as well as over twenty faculty members from Case Western Reserve University. Stoll also gave portrait classes at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute from 1926 to 1953. In his male portraits especially, he was admired for his ability to convey the dignity of his sitter’s professional position without sacrificing individuality. As noted by one contemporary reviewer, Stoll was a “master of rich color, a searching student of human types, a forceful portrayer of all that the face reveals of the mind and the soul.” In addition to his activity as a portraitist, Rolf Stoll painted figure subjects and floral still lifes. He was also known for his views of the Ohio countryside...

Louis Bosa (American, 1905-1981) Costa Brava, Spain Oil on board Signed lower right 14 x 24 inches 23 x 33 inches, framed Born in Codroipo, a small village only a few miles from Ven...

Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) Rocky Cove, 1947 Oil on canvas Signed lower left 24 x 30 inches 31 x 37 inches, framed Carl Gaer...

Hugh M. Poe (American, 1902-1973) Night Riders, 1962 Oil on artist's board Signed lower right 20 x 25 inches 26.75 x 31.75 inches, framed Hugh M. Poe was an American portrait painte...

Paul Riba (American, 1912-1977) Wart Hog Oil on paper Signed lower right 18 x 15 inches 24.25 x 21 inches, framed Paul Riba was a painter of Magic Realism. He explored the unreal j...

Paul Riba (American, 1912-1977) Walrus Oil on paper Signed lower right 29.25 x 24.5 inches 34.75 x 30 inches, framed Paul Riba was a painter of Magic Realism. He explored the unrea...

Paul Riba (American, 1912-1977) Kingfisher Oil on board Signed lower right 20.75 x 35 inches 28.5 x 43.5 inches, framed Paul Riba was a painter of Magic Realism. He explored the un...

Cathy Diamond (American, 20th Century) Rain Garden II, 2023 Pigment dispersion and acrylic on paper Signed lower left, signed and dated verso 11 x 14 inches Cathy Diamond currently ...

Sally Lachina (American, 20th Century) White Stone, 1994 Acrylic on canvas Signed and dated lower right, signed, dated and titled verso 42 x 42 inches Sally Lachina is an American a...

Louis Bosa (American, 1905-1981) Flood in Venice, c. 1970 Oil on canvas Signed Bosa lower left and verso 34 x 50.5 inches 40.5 x 56.5 inches, framed Exhibited: 148th Annual Exhibiti...

Abel Warshawsky (American, 1883-1962) Mural Study Oil on board Signed and inscribed verso 9.5 x 18 inches 15.75 x 24.25 inches, framed Impressionist painter A.G. Warshawsky was acti...

James Massena March (American, 1953-2021) Untitled Oil on canvas 30 x 48 inches "My paintings are about space, form and energy. I generally start painting without preconceived notio...

James Massena March (American, 1953-2021) Untitled Oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches "My paintings are about space, form and energy. I generally start painting without preconceived notio...

James Massena March (American, 1953-2021) Untitled Oil on canvas 30 x 30 inches 31 x 31 inches, framed "My paintings are about space, form and energy. I generally start painting wit...

Harvey Gregory Prusheck (Slovenian/American, 1887-1940) Cacti, 1928 Oil on masonite Signed and dated lower right 18 x 20 inches 23.25 x 25.25 inches, framed heck Slovenian-American,...

James Massena March (American, 1953-2021) Cosmic Woman Acrylic on canvas Signed center right, signed and titled verso 30 x 40 inches "My paintings are about space, form and energy. ...

Johann Till II (Austrian, 1827-1894) Plethora, c. 1860 Oil on canvas Signed lower right 47.5 x 35.5 inches 54.5 x 43 inches, framed Johann Till the Younger trained in Vienna under h...

Mary Spain (American, 1934–1983) Janet and Bill, 1970s Oil on canvas Signed middle right, titled verso 26 x 30 inches 32.5 x 36.5 inches, framed Set in a realm of fantasy, Mary Spai...

19th Century British School Ship at Sea Oil on canvas laid on panel 11 x 14.5 inches 14.5 x 18 inches, framed

Ora Coltman (American, 1858-1940) House in Hudson, OH Oil on canvas Signed lower left 22 x 26 inches 27.5 x 31.5 inches, framed 21 Aurora Street is locally known as the Isham-Beebe ...

Cathy Diamond (American, 20th Century) Forest Park Path, 2023 Watercolor and acrylic on paper Signed lower right 11 x 14 inches 19 x 16 inches, framed Cathy Diamond currently lives ...

Constant Troyon (French, 1810-1865) Le Berger et la Mer (The Shepherd and the Sea), c. 1840 Oil on canvas 32.75 x 50.75 inches 40 x 57 inches, framed This work depicts a shepherd an...

18th Century French School Portrait of an Actress Oil on canvas 30 x 23 inches 36 x 30 inches, framed

William Eastman (American, 1881-1950) Finsevand Norwegian Glaciers, 1922 Oil on canvas 21 x 18 inches Exhibited: 1923 Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Born in Cleveland in 1881, Wil...

Frank Luis Jirouch (American, 1878-1970) Return to the Stables, Gates Mills, Ohio, c. 1925-30 Oil on canvas board Signed lower right 14 in. h. x 16 in. w....

Louis Bosa (American, 1905, 1981) What a Lovely Dream, c. 1965 Oil on board Signed lower left 11.5 x 17 inches 17 x 22.5 inches, framed Born in Codroipo, a small village only a few ...

Henry George Keller (American, 1869-1949) The Bug Gouache on illustration board Signed lower left 30 x 21 inches 39 x 31 inches, framed Keller, a leading painter in Cleveland, was b...

Barry McCuan (American, b. 1945) Tournesol Portrait Oil on canvas mounted on panel Signed lower right, signed, and titled verso 10.25 x 8.25 inches 13 x 11 inches, as framed Barry ...

Armand Manago Guerin (French, 1913-1983) Notre Dame, Paris Oil on masonite Signed lower right 23.5 x 28.75 inches 34 x 38.75 inches, framed The painter known as Armand Manago Guérin...

Marvin Jones (American, 1940-2005) Montalvo #15 Oil on panel board Signed verso 29.25 x 20.25 inches Marvin Jones was a painter, sculptor, printmaker, bo...

Gretchen Oldfather Troibner (American, b. 1953) Strange Woods Casein on paper Signed with monogram lower right 16.5 x 12.75 inches 27.5 x 22.5 inches Gretchen Troibner is an America...

Louis Bosa (American, 1905, 1981) Rockport , 1971 Oil on Masonite Signed lower right, signed, dated and titled verso 10 x 16 inches 17 x 23 inches, framed Born in Codroipo, a small ...

George Gustav Adomeit (American, 1879-1964) Barn Scene Oil on canvas mounted to masonite Signed lower right 16 x 20 inches 21.5 x 25.5 inches, framed A major painter of American sce...

Ora Coltman (American, 1858-1940) Portrait of De Forest Mellon, 1922 Oil on canvas 30 x 25 inches 35.5 x 30.25 inches, framed Ora Coltman was born in 1858 in Shelby, Ohio, but spent...

Raymond Nott (American, 1888-1948) Fog at Sunset Pastel on paper Signed lower left 18.5 x 23.5 inches 25 x 30 inches, framed Raymond Nott was an American pastelist and painter, very...

Kate A. Williams (American, 1877-1939) Salt Marshes, Cape Cod Oil on board Signed lower left 16 x 20 inches 21 x 25.25 inches, framed KATE ANTOINETTE WILLIAMS (December 15, 1877 – A...

Clara Deike (American, 1881-1965) Canterbury Bells, c. 1932 Oil on canvas 26 x 24 inches 31.25 x 29.5 inches, framed Exhibited: The Women's Art Club of Cleveland, 1932 A graduate of...

Harvey Gregory Prusheck (Slovenian/American, 1887-1940) Adobe House, New Mexico Oil on board Signed lower right 9.25 x 11.5 inches 16 x 18 inches, framed Harvey Gregory Prusheck was...

James Johnson (American, 1925-1963) M-62, c. 1950s Oil on canvas 46 x 46 inches In the late 1950s, Johnson moved with his wife Marjorie and their new born son from Berkeley Californ...