American Primitive Oil Painting Child Portrait 1840 Folk Art

Wonderful French oil painting depicting a mother and child Comes in the gilt frame and is a great size at 6.5 feet tall - 198 CM We bought this from a dealer at the Paris antiques ma...

Wonderful Georgian style oil painting showing a groupe of elegant ladies playing cards Very well painted, so detailed skilled brushwork Reminds me of the Pre Raphaelite style of oil ...

Superb Ammi Phillips American Folk Art Portrait painting, circa 1840 We are proud of our acquisition of this authentic masterpiece by Ammi Phillips (1788-1865). The finely rendered portrait depicts an attractive young girl in a delightful lifelike quality. The pretty face is a refreshing change from the stern expressions of most of the paintings showing mature female or male sitters. Phillips palette is dark with a strikingly dramatic use of light to her face. The painting, on its original stretchers, is in untouched condition. The frame is period. This painting is unsigned, as are most of his works, but bares the unmistakable characteristics of a Phillips painting. Portrait of a young girl holding a book and wearing a golden whistle. From the New England estate of the renowned Folk Art Collector and scholar, John Bauer...

Pair of baseball and basketball paintings found in a Midwestern American Legion hall. These were proudly displayed behind the legion hall bar. Grea...