Berkshires - Paintings

John Edward Costigan American, 1888-1972 Bathing Group Oil on canvas board 12 by 16 in, w/ frame 19 by 23 in Signed ‘J.E. Costigan N.A.’ lower left John Costigan was born of Irish-...

Merio Ameglio Italian, 1897-1970 Place de la Concorde Oil on Canvas 18 by 22 in, w/ frame 25 ¾ by 29 ¾ in Signed lower right Merio noted impressionist painter primarily known for h...

Jules Rene Herve French, 1887-1981 Snow Day Oil on Canvas 8 ¾ by 10 ¾ in, w/ frame 14 ½ by 16 ½ in Signed lower left J.R. Herve, an impressionist of our time, is the very type of a...

Auguste Pegurier French, 1856-1936 St. Tropez Bord de Mer Oil on canvas 9 ¼ by 12 in, w/ frame 16 ¼ by 19 in Signed lower right

Louis Kronberg American, 1872-1965 Dancer in Green Pastel on board 14 by 21 in, w/ frame 20 ½ by 27 ½ in Signed lower right Louis Kronberg, a popular portraitist of the early 20th ...

Vincenzo Fioravanti Italian, 20th Century Paris Opera House Oil on board 18 by 24 in, w/ frame 25 ¼ by 31 ¼ in signed lower right

Dietz Edzard German, 1893-1963 Les Enfants Du Paradis Oil on board 23 ¾ by 33 ¼, w/ frame 32 ½ by 42 ¼ in Signed lower right Dietz Edzard was born in Bremen in 1893 Germany. He tra...

Otto Eichinger Austrian, 1922 – 2004 Still Life with Cherries Oil on panel 10 ¼ by 12 ¾ in, w/ frame 17 ¼ by 19 ¾ in Signed lower right Otto Eichinger was born in 1922 in Vienna, A...

Charles Blondin French, 1913-1991 Marche des Fleurs Devant La Madeline Oil on canvas Signed lower right 11 by 14 in. W/frame 16 by 19 in. A "School of Paris" artist during the mid...

Charles Levier French, 1920-2004 Still Life with Flowers Oil on board 16 by 20 in, w/ frame 20 ½ by 24 ½ in Signed lower left Charles Levier was born in 1920 from a French father a...

Louisa Lizbeth Chase American, 1951-2016 Sunrise Oil on canvas 30 by 60 in, w/ frame 31 ¼ by 61 ¼ in Signed and titled verso Louisa Lizbeth Chase was born in 1951 to Benjamin and W...

Gaston Sebire French, 1920-2001 Landscape with Figures Oil on canvas 31 by 41 ½ in, w/ frame 38 by 48 ½ in Signed lower right Gaston Sebire was born August 18, 1920, in Saint-Samso...

Kathline Carr’s “Climbing the Fracture Zone” is a 40 x 30 inch abstract oil painting on canvas, painted with multiple layers of icy blues, whites and grays, overlaid with glazing med...

Henri-Joseph Harpignies French, 1819-1916 Barbizon Landscape Oil on canvas 16 by 24 in, w/ frame 20 ¾ by 28 ¾ in Signed lower right Henri Joseph Harpignies was a landscape artist b...

Maurice Sterne American, 1878-1957 On the Ganges Oil on canvas 28 by 31 ¼ in, w/ frame 35 by 38 ¼ in Signed lower right Maurice Sterne studied with Thomas Eakins at the National Ac...

Emanuele Cappello Italian, born 1936 Still Life with Bouquet of Flowers Oil on canvas 19 ½ by 27 ½ in, w/ frame 28 ¼ by 36 ¼ in Signed lower right

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Lucien Adrion French, 1889-1953 Figures in a Landscape Oil on canvas 22 by 33 in, w/ frame 29 ½ by 39 ¾ in Signed lower left Lucien Adrion was born in Strasbourg, France in 1889 an...

Gen Paul French, 1895-1975 Harmonica Player Oil on board 13 by 21 ⅝ in, w/ frame 22 ¼ by 31 ½ in Signed upper left Eugene Paul, known as Gen Paul, was born in 1895 and raised in th...

Cesar Buenaventura y Espinosa Filipino, 1922-1983 Crowded Houses Oil on canvas 23 ¾ by 35 ¾ in, w/ frame 30 ¼ by 41 ¾ in Signed lower right and dated 1966 No one knows the exact sc...

Eric Forlee American, b. 1949 Cheetah Oil on canvas 24 by 36 in, w/ frame 34 by 46 in Signed and dated ‘Eric Forlee 90’ A painter of large wild African animals from portraits to pa...

Gabriel Spat American, 1890-1967 The Spinning Wheel Oil on panel 6 ⅝ by 11 ½ in, w/ frame 9 ¾ by 14 ½ in Signed lower left Gabriel Spat spent most of his career in France painting ...

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...

Jules Marie Auguste Leroux French, 1871-1954 Danseuse Oil on canvas 19 ¾ by 24 ⅛ in, w/ frame 27 ¾ by 32 ⅛ in Signed lower left Leroux rec...

Gustave Madelain French, 1867-1944 Notre Dame, Paris Oil on board 14 ½ by 20 ¾ in, w/ frame 21 ½ by 27 ¾ in Signed lower right Gustave Madelain exhibited in Paris at the Salon des ...

Michael Catelein French, born 1907 Parisian Street Scene with Eglise St. Etienne du Mont Oil on canvas 9 ½ by 13 in, w/ frame 13 ¾ by 17 ½ in Signed lower right French artist born ...

Suzanne Demarest French, 1900-1985 Afternoon on the Beach Oil on canvas 20 by 24 in, w/ frame 27 ½ by 31 ½ in Signed lower right Suzanne was born in 1900 and raised in the mountains, where her appreciation for nature all began. During her childhood, she also developed a great love for music, particularly the violin and she once remarked, "Painting is my violin." She studied in Nice and Cannes and much of her work depicts the delicate but wonderful light and sunshine of the South of France. She also studied at the Royal Academy in England. She was active in Paris sketching...

Francois Gerome French, 1895 Parisian Lady with Flowers Oil on canvas 20 by 23 in, w/ frame 25 ½ by 28 ½ in Signed lower right Francois Gerome was born in Budapest in 1895. He atte...

Michel Dureuil French, born 1929 Côte d’Azur Oil on Canvas 15 by 18 ¼ in, w/ frame 22 ¾ by 25 ¾ in Signed lower right Michel Dureuil was born in Paris...

Jacques Bouyssou French, 1926-1997 Le Cafe Noir Oil on canvas 28 ¾ by 36 ¼ in, w/ frame 39 ½ by 47 ¼ in Signed lower left Born near Honfleur in 1926, Jacques Bouyssou became enchan...

Alphonse Léon Quizet French, 1885-1955 Walk by the River Oil on board 23 ¾ by 28 ¾ in, w/ frame 32 ½ by 38 in Signed lower right Alphonse Quizet was ...

William Wells Goodrich American, 1846-1906 Stream in the Woods Oil on canvas 11 by 16 in, w/ frame 17 ½ by 22 ¾ in Signed lower left

Jacques Bouyssou French, 1926-1997 Azay-Le-Rideau Oil on canvas 21 ⅜ by 25 ¾ in, w/ frame 29 ⅛ by 33 ¼ in Signed lower left Born near Honfleur in 1926, Jacques Bouyssou became ench...

Mabel Spencer Peterson American, 1886-1953 Tree In Winter Oil on canvas 16 by 20 ¼ in, w/ frame 24 by 28 in Signed lower right Born in Dunlap, Elkhart County, Indiana as the eldest...

Louis-Emile Adan French, 1839-1937 A Lady in a Garden Oil on board 9 ⅝ by 13 in, w/ frame 14 ⅞ by 18 ⅛ in Signed lower left French painter Louis-Emile Adan was born in Paris. Little is known of his earliest introduction to the visual arts, but he was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts, where he initially studied with François-Edouard Picot (1786 – 1866), a successful painter who had himself been part of Jacques-Louis David’s studio, and who was one of the most popular professors at the École. Adan’s work during the 1860s embraced the mainstream tradition of neo-classicism espoused by J.A.D. Ingres (1780-1867). Simultaneously, Adan seems to have taken an interest in painting elegant young women. These images had considerable popular appeal, especially when they featured fashionable clothing in the latest styles. The decade of the 1880s was very busy, both with annual painting submissions to the Salon and with an expanding role as a book illustrator. Toward the end of the decade, Adan’s painting changed significantly. His earlier curiosity about Realist themes took on a new urgency as the artist explored the rigors of rural life. By the middle of the 1880s, Adan was actively engaged in the naturalist movement. Adan’s submissions for the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris showcased his naturalist aesthetic. His reputation as a distinguished painter was further recognized in 1892 when he became a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, and again in 1900 when he was asked to sit on the jury of both the Salon and the Salon des Artistes Français. Museums: Macon, Agen, Pau, Alençon, Lyon, Mulhouse, Rouen, Nice, Péronne, Nantes, Pfister Art...

Andre Gisson American, 1921-2003 Mother & Child in a Landscape Oil on canvas 24 by 36 in. W/frame 32 by 44 in. Signed lower left Framed in an important Carrig Rohane frame...

Charles Levier French, 1920-2004 Basket of Fruit Oil on Canvas 24 ¼ by 30 ¼ in, w/ frame 33 ½ by 39 ½ in Signed upper right Charles Levier was born in 1920 from a French father and...

John Edward Costigan, N.A. American, 1888-1972 Bathing Group Oil on canvas board Signed ‘J.E. Costigan N.A.’ lower left 12 by 16 in. W/frame 20 by 24 i...

Auguste Bouchet French, 1831-1889 Cervione, Valle di Campoloro Oil on canvas 35 by 46 in, w/ frame 38 by 49 ¼ in Signed lower left

Einar William Bogh Danish, 1877-1938 Farm in Autumn Oil on canvas 16 by 18 in, w/ frame 22 ⅝ by 24 ¾ in Signed lower right Painter in Esbonderup and Copenhagen, studied at the Kris...

John Edward Costigan, N.A. American, 1888-1972 Woman and Child Oil on canvas Signed ‘J.E. Costigan N.A.’ lower left 24 by 30 in. W/frame 32 by 38 in. John Costigan was born of Irish-American parents in Providence, Rhode Island, February 29, 1888. He was a cousin of the noted American showman, George M. Cohan, whose parents brought the young Costigan to New York City and was instrumental in starting him on a career in the visual arts. They were less successful in encouraging him to pursue formal studies at the Art Students League (where, however, he later taught) than in exposing him to the commercial art world through the job they had gotten him with the New York lithographing firm that made their theatrical posters. At the H. C. Miner Lithographing Company, Costigan worked his way up from his entry job as a pressroom helper, through various apprenticeships, to the position of sketch artist. In the latter capacity he was an uncredited designer of posters for the Ziegfeld Follies and for numerous silent films. Meanwhile, he had supplemented his very meager formal studies in the fine arts with a self-teaching discipline that led to his first professional recognition in 1920 with the receipt of prizes for an oil painting and watercolor in separate New York exhibitions. A year earlier, Costigan had wed professional model Ida Blessin, with whom he established residence and began raising a family in the sleepy little rural New York hamlet of Orangeburg, the setting for the many idyllic farm landscapes and wood interiors with which he was to become identified in a career that would span half a century. John Costigan’s first national recognition came in 1922 with his winning of the coveted Peterson Purchase prize of the Art Institute of Chicago for an oil on canvas, “Sheep at the Brook.” It marked the start of an unbroken winning streak that would gain him at least one important prize per year for the remainder of the decade. The nation’s art journalists and critics began to take notice, making him the recurring subject of newspaper features and magazine articles. The eminent author and critic Edgar Holger Cahill was just a fledgling reporter when he wrote his first feature, “John Costigan Carries the Flame,” for Shadowland Magazine in 1922. Costigan had his first one-man show of paintings at the Rehn Gallery on New York’s 5th Avenue in November, 1924, to be followed less than three years later by another at the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition, Costigan’s work has been—and continues to be included, side-by-side with that of some of America’s most high-profile artists, in museum and gallery exhibitions throughout the country. His renown had peaked in the early 1930s, by which time his work had been honored with nearly every major award then being bestowed in the fine arts and had been acquired for the permanent collections of several prestigious American museums, including New York’s Metropolitan (which only recently, in 1997, deaccessioned his “Wood Interior,” acquired in 1934). Although Costigan’s celebrity had ebbed by the late 1930s, the Smithsonian Institution saw fit in 1937 to host an exhibition exclusively of his etchings. And, in 1941, the Corcoran Gallery (also Washington, D.C.) similarly honored him for his watercolors. (Another Washington institution, the Library of Congress, today includes 22 Costigan etchings and lithographs in its permanent print collection.) During World War II, Costigan returned briefly to illustrating, mainly for Bluebook, a men’s pulp adventure magazine. A gradual revival of interest in his more serious work began at the end of the war, culminating in 1968 with the mounting of a 50-year Costigan retrospective at the Paine Art Center and Arboretum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Oils, watercolors and prints were borrowed from museums and private collections throughout the country, and the exhibition was subsequently toured nationally by the Smithsonian Institution. John Costigan died of pneumonia in Nyack, NY, August 5, 1972, just months after receiving his final prestigious award —the Benjamin West Clinedinst Medal of the Artist’s Fellowship, Inc., presented in general recognition of his “...achievement of exceptional artistic merit...” in the various media he had mastered in the course of his career. This painting depicts one of the artist's favorite themes --the farm family bathing...

George-Henri Tribout French, 1884-1962 Fauvist Landscape Oil on board 31 ½ by 41 ¾, w/ frame 34 ½ by 44 ½ in Signed lower right George Henri Tribout was born in Paris in 1884. He s...

Juan Giralt-Lerin Spanish, born 1907 Carriage Scene Oil on canvas 12 by 16 in, w/ frame 19 by 23 in Signed lower right

Walt Francis Kuhn American, 1877-1949 At the Flower Market Oil on Canvas 15 by 18 in, w/ frame 22 ½ by 25 ½ in Signed lower right A painter and major organizer of the Armory Show, ...

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

Lillian Burk Meeser American, 1864-1942 Still Life with Zinnias Oil on canvas 32 ¼ by 36 ¼ in, w/ frame 36 ¼ by 40 ¼ in Signed lower right Born at Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, on Jul...

Charles Cousin French, 1904-1972 A Venice Canal Oil on canvas 20 by 26 in. W/frame 28 by 34 in. Signed lower right Charles made his debut at the Sal...

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...

Michael Gloeckner American, 1915-1989 Cartagena, Columbia Oil on canvas 18 ½ by 24 ½ in, w/ frame 23 by 29 in Signed and dated 64 A painter of colorful abstractions, Michiel Gloeck...

Rudolf Hirth du Frenes German, 1846-1916 A Dog’s Trick Oil on panel 19 ⅜ by 14 ½ in, w/ frame 23 ⅜ by 18 ½ in Studied at the L’Ecole Des Beaux Art de Nuremberg under Kreling; he al...

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Élisée Maclet French, 1881-1962 Church in the Square Oil on board 18 ¼ by 24 in, w/ frame 26 ¼ by 32 in Signed lower left Born in Lihons-en-Santerre April 12, 1881, Elisée Maclet b...

Georges D'espagnat French, 1870 - 1950 Le Piège à Oiseaux Signed gdE (lower right) Oil on canvas 66 3/4 by 48 1/2 in. W/frame 70 ¾ by 52 ½ in. Born at Melun on 14th August 1870, G...

Michel Henry French, 1928- Still Life with Dahlias Oil on canvas 28 ¾ by 39 ½ in, w/ frame 38 ½ by 49 in Signed lower right Michel-Henry is acknowledged as an important painter in ...

Achille-Emile Othon Friesz French, 1879-1949 Vieux Bassin de Honfleur Oil on canvas 23 ½ by 28 ¾ in, w/ frame 31 ⅜ by 36 ½ in Signed lower right Achille-Emile Othon Friesz, who lat...

Carl Carlsen Danish, 1855-1917 Figures in the Forest Oil on canvas Signed and dated ‘Carl Carlsen 1900’ lower right 24 ½ by 30 ½ in. w/frame 31 by 36 i...

George Botti Italian, 1923-2003 Ballon Man Oil on canvas 36 by 36 in. W/frame 42 by 42 in. Signed lower right Barrel George Botti was born on  24 Mar...

Francois Gerome French, 1895 Parisian Lady with Tea Oil on canvas 9 by 12 in, w/ frame 15 by 18 in Signed lower right Francois Gerome was born in Budapest in 1895. He attended the ...

Bernard Lamotte French, 1903-1983 Parisian Cafe Oil on canvas 36 ¼ by 48 ¼ in, w/ frame 41 by 53 in Signed lower right Born in Paris, on the Boulevard de Vaugirard in 1903. Bernard...

Italian School Italian, 18th Century Venetian Ruins Oil on canvas 20 by 26 in, w/ frame 24 by 30 in