Missouri - Animal Paintings

Siamese Cat by Louis Carl Hvasta (1913-1993) Unframed: 14" x 21" Framed: 23.5" x 30.5" Signed and Dated lower middle right Frame was hand made by the artis...

Modern Wilderness, 2011 Acrylic on canvas 48 x 36 inches (121.9 x 91.4 cm)

His Private Island Acrylic on canvas 60 x 54 inches (152.4 x 137.2 cm)

Site Size: 20 x 15 inches Framed Size: 28.5 x 24 inches Donald Spaulding's artistic talents were recognized early. Encouraged by his high school teachers to pursue formal art traini...

William Henry Howe (1846-1929) "Made in the Shade" 1887 Oil on Canvas Signed and Dated Site Size: approx. 14.5 x 21.5 inches Frames Size: approx. 17.5 x 24.5 inches Provenance: Private Collection, St. Louis, Missouri thence by descent William Henry Howe was born in Ravenna, Ohio in 1846. Of him it was written: "In the late nineteenth century no American artist was more thoroughly identified with the painting of cows than William Henry Howe." (Richter 128). In a style that combined Tonalism and Realism, he was a painter of light-filled pastoral landscapes that sometimes had sheep as well as cattle tended by their shepherds and herders. He began a career as a businessman in St. Louis, and in his mid-thirties, changed course and went to Dusseldorf Germany to study art at the Royal Academy. In 1881, he went to Paris and studied with animal painters Felix Vuillefroy and Otto de Thoren. He also exhibited his work at the Paris Salons and the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889. Travels in Holland in the 1880s with other artists inspired his interest in pastoral subjects, and during that time he began his cattle paintings...

William Quinn (American b. 1929) "The Boneheaded Cat Spies the Red Mouse Hole" Oil on Canvas approx 45 x 55 inches An artist who synthesized the element...

Laszlo Neogrady (1896-1962) "Tending the Flock" c. 1930 Oil on Canvas approx 24 x 30 approx 30 x 36 framed Laszlo Neogrady was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1896. He was the son of...

Robert Robin Fenson (Active 1889-1914, British) "Sundown" Oil on Canvas 16 x 23.5 (site) 19 x 27 (framed)

George W. Drew (1875-1968) "Springtime at the Farm" Oil on Canvas 24 x 36 inches (site) 31.5 x 43.25 (framed) George W. Drew was born 21 December 1875 in Massachusetts. He was a member of the Independent Artists Association. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design and they have him recorded as living at 745 Columbus Ave., N.Y. in the year 1898. He also exhibited at the Allied Artists of America, which was established in 1914, Salons of America, N.Y. State Fair, Newark State Fair, Newark Museum and New York Museum of Science & Industry. Although there is little known about the personal life of George W. Drew, his paintings appear on the art market quite often. It is obvious that his work has always been well received because of the numerous exhibitions he has participated in. He is known for his rustic luminous depictions of the Nineteenth Century American Landscape. Like many of the Hudson River Painters...

James Fairman "Sunset" c. 1880 Oil on Canvas Signed Lower Left Site: 32.5 x 29.5 inches Framed: 46 x 42 inches James Fairman worked as a landscape painter, critic, lecturer, musicia...

Paul E. Harney, Jr. "Feeding Time" 1909 Oil on Wood Panel Signed and Dated Panel Size: approx 8 x 12 inches Framed Size: approx. 16 x 19 inches Paul Harney (1850-1915) Born in New ...