North American Paintings

Signed S. Michel, great midcentury feel. Very well executed oil on canvas.

Remarkable Impressionist painting by Mariquita Gill Circa 1900’s oil on canvas. Beautiful painting of the American South West. Painting is signed on the bottom right-hand corner. Di...

Original Pastoral Oil Painting by J. Koutachy in Gold Colored Frame

Massive abstract folk art painting signed by the artist and dated 1974 A colorful statement piece in greens and reds with yellow center eye detail Presumably originated in the Santa...

Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Cleve Gray (American, 1918-2004) Marking(s); notes: signed Materials: acrylic on canvas Dimensions (H, W, D): 50"h, 65"w; 51"h, 66.5"w frame Addition...

Original special "Sit on" style film poster for the landmark documentary about the Woodstock Festival, which took place in August 1969 in the town of Bethel, New York State, where ha...

This stunning still life oil painting is a great way to add a bit of brightness to the walls of your kitchen or dining space. Fruit and vegetables have been a primary focus of some o...

Artist: Beth O'Donnell Mixed media on canvas Dimensions: Height 30'' x Width 30'' Artist’s statement Moving beyond representation, I’ve created these abstract works in a not only ...

This stunning still life oil painting is a great way to add a bit of brightness to the walls of your kitchen or dining space. Fruit and vegetables have been a primary focus of some o...

Abstract oil/ powdered pigment on paper painting "Green Splash" by Thomas Koether (b. 1940). Painting has beautiful hues of green, blue, yellow, red and white. Painting is dated '88

Vintage mid century gouache on paper gray and white abstract painting. Signed margie Espinoza on verso, I have a number of similar pieces listed which are student works. Unframed, it...

Vintage Watercolor of Nantucket Railroad, by Doris and Richard Beer, circa 1940, a watercolor on paper view of the Nantucket narrow gauge "Dummy...

Early 19th century oil portrait of a handsome young man An original painting of a young man wearing his best suit of clothes. Original oil on ...

A 19th century equestrian sporting painting titled 'Al Farrow’, by noted equestrian artist Eugene (Gean) Smith. Oil on canvas laid down on wood panel, signed & dated '91 bottom right & titled bottom centre, set within what appears to be its original stained wood frame. Sight dimensions, 17" x 24", framed dimensions, 21" high x 28" wide x 1.5" deep. The...

Artist: Beth O'Donnell Mixed media on canvas Dimensions: Height 30'' x Width 30'' Artist’s statement Moving beyond representation, I’ve created these abstract works in a not only ...

A 1980s abstract acrylic on paper mountainous landscape painting titled, "Bush Country III," by American artist Harry Hilson (1935-2004). Gestural lines come together to create a mud...

Deboah Hiatt, born in 1953 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, died in 2013 in Scottsdale, Arizona, was a renown painter of Southwest and Pueblo Indian imagery. She frequently visited Puebl...

Antique Portrait of George Washington, by William Matthew Prior (American: 1806 - 1873), circa 1840s, an oil on board quarter-length portrait of George Washington, after the famous, ...

An exceptional vintage Boho original oil painting on canvas. A chic equestrian composition in deep rich colors. Signed by the artist and beautifully framed. Acquired from a Palm Beac...

Fantastic vintage original oil portrait of a young woman. Beautiful clear colors with a stylish looking girl. Signed and dated. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate. less

A 1990s abstract acrylic and collage on paper beach landscape painting by American artist Harry Hilson (1935-2004). Gestural lines come together to create a blue and pink abstract sh...

John Lear was a contemporary of Paul Cadmus and like him, highly focused on depicting the male figure in various settings and positions. However, Lear never gained fame beyond his circle of admirers in the Philadelphia area. Unlike Cadmus, Lear depicted nude or half-nude figures set in fantastic or exotic environments such as the circus, carnival, deserted beach, or Dali-esque setting. This richly-detailed watercolor, depicting a tall, lean male figure straddling a pole holding a Medieval banner...

A mid-century modern portrait painting of a woman on blue silk. This portrait is professionally framed in a rectangular wood frame with gilt gold detail. The painting is of a woman i...

Incredible vintage oil portrait of a fabulous 70s stylish woman. Signed by the artist on the bottom right. Brilliant colors and beautiful detail. Acquired from a Miami estate.

Vintage 1970s era Greg Copeland framed, cut-paper assemblage. Copeland is a 20th Century and contemporary artist known for his geometric pattern artworks. This piece features a quatr...

Described by the LA Times as "quiet moments of drama," the work of Claire Klarewicz-Okser leaves the viewer transfixed with narrative wanderlust. Ghostly scenes of intimate moments a...

A 1980s abstract acrylic on paper beach landscape painting by American artist Harry Hilson (1935-2004). Gestural lines come together to create a vibrant pink shore with green shrubbe...

Embark on a journey through the intricate labyrinth of shapes and colors in this vintage boho geometric abstract original oil on canvas. Each meticulously crafted angle and line inte...

Vintage underwater still life of a conch shell in an ocean setting signed S. Martin, presented under glass in a painted wood frame.

An acrylic on canvas by the American artist James L. Bruch (1942-2023). This abstract work has a dimensional orange background intersected with monochromatic animal shapes. Two colorful and conversational abstract characters are depicted to the lower portion of the composition. The painting is displayed in a black wooden frame and is estate stamped verso. Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, James Bruch...

Sue Foell hails from Erie, Pennsylvania where she had the great fortune of living out her childhood close to Lake Erie. Hiking, fishing, swimming, picnicking, sledding, and ice skati...

A fantastic vintage original oil painting on canvas framed in a magnificent gilt frame. A chic American West composition “Colorado Mount of the Holy Cross". Signed and dated. 1912. ...

A fantastic vintage Boho original oil painting on canvas. A chic floral composition with bright clear colors. Signed by the artist. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.

Oil Painting "Italian Street Scene" by Elizabeth R. Withington The Artist: Elizabeth Rupp Withington was a Rockport, Massachusetts illustrator and artist in watercolors, gouache, and oils. She was born on 6 September 1883 in Roxbury, Massachusetts to John Rupp...

A pair of Old West themed Fauvist / Expressionist Style paintings on canvas with exceptional rustic wood frames. Large-scale paintings measure each 41 inches wide 51 inches tall. Wes...

Vintage mid century gouache on paper black, gray and white geometric abstract painting. Unsigned, I have a number of similar pieces listed which are student works. Unframed, it has b...

An abstract acrylic on canvas painting of a cat by the American artist James L. Bruch (1942-2023). Green, red, tan, and purple color add texture and dimension to this depiction of a whimsical cat and accompanying objects against a greenish white ground. The painting is presented in a black frame and is estate stamped verso. Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, James Bruch...

Vintage mid century gouache on paper black, tan, gray and white geometric abstract painting. Unsigned, I have a number of similar pieces listed which are student works. Unframed, it ...

Vintage mid century gouache on paper black, gray and white geometric abstract painting. Unsigned, I have a number of similar pieces listed which are student works. Unframed, it has b...

Vintage mid century gouache on paper black, gray and white geometric abstract painting. Signed Jesse Arias on verso, I have a number of similar pieces listed which are student works....

Original Arch Shaw Oil Painting of a Classic Antique Automobile

Gorgeous original abstract oil painting signed Ricci. A beautiful mixed media in a brilliant color combination. Signed on the back.

Joe Brainard (1942–1994) Untitled (Nude Male in Shower) unique mixed media, from his matchbook cover series - mid 1970s. Male nude in shower, tub with blue shower curtain...

This is a handsome mid century vintage oil on canvas impressionist painting of a day at the races. This painting comes in its original dark walnut frame with a burlap linen mat. This...

Striking Contemporary Collaboration of two artists. An original oil painting signed Peterson of a Coastal village. Then painted over by Contemporary Artist Michael Lavalee. The end r...

Geometric abstract by California artist Gerald Rowles (1929 - 2019), titled "Before the Time of Now". Acrylic on masonite. Without frame, art is 20" x 29"

A mixed media ( ink, watercolors and charcoal) piece of art by Michael K Paxton from a series titled “worker”

Antique Joseph Henry Hatfield Stream in a Landscape Oil Painting

Colorful Mid-Century Architectural or Industrial manufacturing scene watercolor of a plant , illustrating the building , smokestack, hoppers , railroad tracks and man pushing wheelba...

An ink, watercolor, charcoal piece of art by Michael K Paxton from his “worker” series

A very interesting and unusual Cornwall Iron Banks Original Oil Painting by artist J. Earle Pfoutz. The painting is produced on canvas and comes complete with what appears to be an original artist decorated/painted frame with later touch ups. The Cornwall Iron Banks Original Oil Painting is signed on the front by the artist and appears to be dated 1948 on the rear. Known for his unusual subjects Pfoutz outdid himself with this effort, capturing the workings of one of the largest iron ore mines in the eastern United States, located in Cornwall PA. This mine and others in the area that came before it, played a crucial role in the development of the United States of America from the Revolutionary War, through the industrial revolution up until the 1970’s when the mine was flooded during Hurricane Agnes and closed operations. Overall frame Size approximately 26″ wide x 2″ deep x 30″ high J. Earle Pfoutz had a long and distinguished career as a self trained artist. More can be learned about him from reading this article produced by Gary Hawbaker at askART Earle Pfoutz Born: 1891 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania Died: 1957 Known for: Landscape, figure, still life painting An image of J Earle Pfoutz Biography from the Archives of askART J. Earle Pfoutz (John Earle Pfoutz) – (Oct 23, 1891-Nov 9, 1957) “A seventh generation descendant of a Swiss family which arrived in America early in the 17th Century, J. Earle Pfoutz was born in Lancaster, PA, son of John Bachman and Susan Allison Pfoutz. He painted houses for a living and pictures for a life. A self-taught artist, described as a primitive, he was distinctive for his vivid imagination and bold color application. He painted hundreds of Lancaster County scenes. Pfoutz traveled through the hills near his home and along the Susquehanna River in search of scenes. He began painting with a brush when he was fourteen, but added a palette knife after suffering an eye injury. He completed eighth grade in the Lancaster Public Schools and there his formal education ended. However, the Department of Public Instruction of the State of Pennsylvania thought so highly of his work as an artist that officials certified him as an art instructor and he taught for a year in the York (PA) public schools. He also was an art instructor under the program for disabled veterans, sponsored by the Veterans Administration, when he gave private instruction to veterans in their homes. In 1947, J. Earle Pfoutz finally earned national recognition as an artist. His painting, Opalescent October, was chosen by the Museum of Art of Dayton Ohio, to travel all over the country for a year with its Group Exhibition. Described as a “very colorful, calm scene, iridescent in color, sweeping in design,” the painting started on its journey around the country early in 1948. In an interview with the Sunday News (Lancaster, PA – Nov 2, 1947), Pfoutz stated that he didn’t know whether he was a “primitive” or an “impressionist.” No master taught him, no school channeled his style. “Sometimes I didn’t eat, but I always managed to paint,” he recalled. Many of his hundreds of canvases -most of them not sold, but given away to friends – found their way to other parts of the country. “I never remember the day when I did not love color,” Pfoutz said. “I was about 12 years old when I saw my first palette – a string of different colored paint paddles that graced the stores of that day. As a boy I had two great desires. One was to be able to eat all the strawberry jam I could, and the other to possess a string of those beautiful paint paddles. Well, I’ve got my fill of jelly, but I’ve never yet got my fill of beautiful colors.” In 1950, Pfoutz’s one man show of paintings made front page headlines in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal: “Most of the twenty oil paintings on exhibition are landscapes, although there are several interesting figure studies. Colors again, as in all Pfoutziana are rich and full-bodied, but for the most part not as startlingly as in some of the earlier work. Most of the paintings were done during the past year, and also reveal the painter’s characteristic heavy impasto technique, in which the rich swirls of paint carry their own message. Among the figures, The Banjo Picker, and The Magician, are the most provocative. Both are character studies; the first being of a tramp musician whose drab clothing is set-off by a luminous aqua blue background. Modern in feeling and treatment is The Magician, a clown-faced wizard whose spinning ball in the air suggests the fourth dimension – space. The use of the primary colors in this picture serves to emphasize the theme effectively. A large colorful landscape, Opalescent October, depicting rolling hills against a late afternoon sky is new to Lancastrians, as it has just returned from Dayton, Ohio, where it hung in the Dayton Art Institute. Another landscape with soft dreamy colors is Fantasie D’Autumne, and one of the loveliest pictures in the show. Pennsylvania Dutch Country is another with eye appeal, and was one of the works which was hung in the Old Customs House in Philadelphia during Pennsylvania Week, and before that in a collection of Pfoutz work in the same place. In deep contrast to the sunny skies and brilliant foliage of many of the pictures, is the somewhat morbid Worry, in which the center of interest is a tremendous rat. This, the painter explains, was symbolic of 1948 in China, which was ‘The Year of The Rat’ in the Chinese calendar. Background material for the picture was furnished to Pfoutz by author Pearl Buck. Other pictures include Autumn Prelude, Miners Village, painted at Cornwall, PA; Humid Day, Saint Peters Kierch, at Middletown, PA; Lady Pfoutz, inspired by the painter’s wife; Sun Flowers, Sentimental Journey, Gyne, Luzon Woman, Old Bridge, The Cow Path. Lemures, based on Roman mythology, and Ethiopian, painted from an ebony wood carving...

A mysterious American Modern Surrealist figural seascape oil painting on canvas in the original period gray washed painted wood frame - signed Taugner ( Robert Taugner ) titled " Ma...

A mixed media (ink, watercolors,charcoal) piece of art by Michael K Paxton’s “worker series”.

Unsigned oil on canvas California plein-air Impressionist landscape study of a California cypress tree on the fence line of a field. The palette is ...

Orville Bulman Painting on canvas. Typical Haitian Scene Original Frame Signed in lower right hand corner Purchased directly from the artist in Palm Beach Framed 24 1/2" x 26 1/2"

A very interesting and unusual Lancaster Covered Bridge Original Oil Painting by artist J. Earle Pfoutz. The painting is produced on artist board and comes complete with what appears to be an original artist decorated/painted frame. The painting is signed on the front by the artist and is dated 1936 on the rear. Overall frame Size approximately 28″ wide x 2″ deep x 22″ high J. Earle Pfoutz had a long and distinguished career as a self trained artist. More can be learned about him from reading this article produced by Gary Hawbaker at askART Earle Pfoutz Born: 1891 – Lancaster, Pennsylvania Died: 1957 Known for: Landscape, figure, still life painting An image of J Earle Pfoutz Biography from the Archives of askART J. Earle Pfoutz (John Earle Pfoutz) – (Oct 23, 1891-Nov 9, 1957) “A seventh generation descendant of a Swiss family which arrived in America early in the 17th Century, J. Earle Pfoutz was born in Lancaster, PA, son of John Bachman and Susan Allison Pfoutz. He painted houses for a living and pictures for a life. A self-taught artist, described as a primitive, he was distinctive for his vivid imagination and bold color application. He painted hundreds of Lancaster County scenes. Pfoutz traveled through the hills near his home and along the Susquehanna River in search of scenes. He began painting with a brush when he was fourteen, but added a palette knife after suffering an eye injury. He completed eighth grade in the Lancaster Public Schools and there his formal education ended. However, the Department of Public Instruction of the State of Pennsylvania thought so highly of his work as an artist that officials certified him as an art instructor and he taught for a year in the York (PA) public schools. He also was an art instructor under the program for disabled veterans, sponsored by the Veterans Administration, when he gave private instruction to veterans in their homes. In 1947, J. Earle Pfoutz finally earned national recognition as an artist. His painting, Opalescent October, was chosen by the Museum of Art of Dayton Ohio, to travel all over the country for a year with its Group Exhibition. Described as a “very colorful, calm scene, iridescent in color, sweeping in design,” the painting started on its journey around the country early in 1948. In an interview with the Sunday News (Lancaster, PA – Nov 2, 1947), Pfoutz stated that he didn’t know whether he was a “primitive” or an “impressionist.” No master taught him, no school channeled his style. “Sometimes I didn’t eat, but I always managed to paint,” he recalled. Many of his hundreds of canvases -most of them not sold, but given away to friends – found their way to other parts of the country. “I never remember the day when I did not love color,” Pfoutz said. “I was about 12 years old when I saw my first palette – a string of different colored paint paddles that graced the stores of that day. As a boy I had two great desires. One was to be able to eat all the strawberry jam I could, and the other to possess a string of those beautiful paint paddles. Well, I’ve got my fill of jelly, but I’ve never yet got my fill of beautiful colors.” In 1950, Pfoutz’s one man show of paintings made front page headlines in the Lancaster Intelligencer Journal: “Most of the twenty oil paintings on exhibition are landscapes, although there are several interesting figure studies. Colors again, as in all Pfoutziana are rich and full-bodied, but for the most part not as startlingly as in some of the earlier work. Most of the paintings were done during the past year, and also reveal the painter’s characteristic heavy impasto technique, in which the rich swirls of paint carry their own message. Among the figures, The Banjo Picker, and The Magician, are the most provocative. Both are character studies; the first being of a tramp musician whose drab clothing is set-off by a luminous aqua blue background. Modern in feeling and treatment is The Magician, a clown-faced wizard whose spinning ball in the air suggests the fourth dimension – space. The use of the primary colors in this picture serves to emphasize the theme effectively. A large colorful landscape, Opalescent October, depicting rolling hills against a late afternoon sky is new to Lancastrians, as it has just returned from Dayton, Ohio, where it hung in the Dayton Art Institute. Another landscape with soft dreamy colors is Fantasie D’Autumne, and one of the loveliest pictures in the show. Pennsylvania Dutch Country is another with eye appeal, and was one of the works which was hung in the Old Customs House in Philadelphia during Pennsylvania Week, and before that in a collection of Pfoutz work in the same place. In deep contrast to the sunny skies and brilliant foliage of many of the pictures, is the somewhat morbid Worry, in which the center of interest is a tremendous rat. This, the painter explains, was symbolic of 1948 in China, which was ‘The Year of The Rat’ in the Chinese calendar. Background material for the picture was furnished to Pfoutz by author Pearl Buck. Other pictures include Autumn Prelude, Miners Village, painted at Cornwall, PA; Humid Day, Saint Peters Kierch, at Middletown, PA; Lady Pfoutz, inspired by the painter’s wife; Sun Flowers, Sentimental Journey, Gyne, Luzon Woman, Old Bridge, The Cow Path. Lemures, based on Roman mythology, and Ethiopian, painted from an ebony wood carving...

Mid Century Abstract Landscape Acrylic Painting on Canvas This painting measures: 86.75 wide x 1.25 deep x 27 inches high We take our photos in a controlled lighting studio to show...

Realism Oil Painting Mid-Century Street Scene of Intersection Large and very realistic oil painting from Chris Nissen. Chris Nissen is a nationally known...