"The Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club Tender" by Elisha Taylor Baker

A luminous Autumn oil on canvas board landscape, probably of the hills in the Hudson River Valley, by the noted American artist William Louis Sonntag (1822-1900). Signed in the lower right. Sonntag was born near Pittsburgh, PA and moved to Cincinnati, OH in the 1840’s to study art. He studied for a brief time with G. Frankenstein at the Cincinnati Academy of Fine Art and his idealized paintings of American wilderness and visionary paintings of imagined European ruins were commercially successful. He traveled twice to Europe in the 1850’s to improve his skills, eventually settling in New York City. He joined the National Academy of Design, where he exhibited his works for forty years. His mature works identify him with the Hudson River School of landscape painters. A romantic and naturalistic painter of his surroundings, Sonntag also created idealized paintings of Roman ruins, recalling his European trips of earlier years. Sonntag was an Associate (1860) and Academician (1861) at the National Academy of Design, and a member of the American Watercolor Society, Artists Fund Society, and the American Art Union...

Fall farm scene painting by John Linnell, oil on board signed and dated in the lower right. The painting measures 26.5" x 28.5" including the fram...

A monumental 59" x 82" with frame oil on canvas painting of a rocky mountain vista by John Terelak. Signed and dated lower left and inscribed verso. It ...

Oil on canvas, signed lower right. Measures 39.5" x 45" including the frame. 1878-1957 Robert Emmett Owen was a successful artist best known for his Impressionist views of rural la...

"In the Welsh hills" by F. Taylor, 1870. Great oil on canvas in original frame. Frame will be restored before shipping. Overall dimensions with frame- 38.25" x 61.75" Painting d...

Thomas Willis (American, 1850-1925) A yacht portrait of The Elmar out of Sheepshead Bay, circa 1910s. Oil on canvas with silk and threadwork. The owner listed as Gus Rau was kn...

Marine watercolor by Jay Arnold titled “Heading out to Sea”. Shown is the large windjammer “Sea Cloud” under full sail leaving port. Sea Cloud was owned by Marjorie Merriweather Post...

American nautical oil on canvas of single masted schooner yacht under full sail with American flags, and crews on deck while second vessel victory is approaching. Painting is mounte...