Pennsylvania - Paintings and Screens

Japanese Two Panel Screen: Women in Western Dress, Nihonga style painting of two young women in Western style summer clothing, sitting at water's edge and cooling off by putting their feet in the water. Showa period painting...

This colorful floral still life is a charming example of Chinese reverse glass painting. Popularized during the Qing dynasty, reverse glass painting requires an artist to essentially...

Magnificent Chinese scroll ancestor painting showing patriarch and matriarch of a high ranking status civil official. This unusual scroll depicts the dignitary couple seated below a ...

Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Toyokuni I (1769~1852), original and unframed. ABOUT THE ARTIST Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese: ????; 1769 in Edo – 24...

An impressionist painting of a trees in snow on a wooden board in period carved gilded frame. It is signed on the bottom right hand corner S Kitayama and dated 1912. Further inscription in Kanji on the back of the frame. Frame measures 17 x 20 1/2 inches Painting measures 9 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches Frame is original to the painting and of the period. The painter is most likely Seitaro Kitayama (Japanese, 1888-1945), an important figure in late Meiji period credited with being the father of Japanese animation before Walt Disney started his company. The painting style is impressionism which was keenly followed by a new generation of Japanese artists who either traveled to Europe for training or received Western publications on artists and gallery shows at home. Kitayama, Seitaro was born on March 3, 1888 in Wakayama, and died on February 13, 1945. In 1911, Kitayama became an apprentice to Tojiro Oshita and, while studying painting, also helped out with editing the art magazine Mizue. He soon moved to Tokyo and established the Western Art Guild of Japan and published Contemporary Western Art. He later joined the Fusain Art Group as a manager where he would support young western-style artists such as Ryusei Kishida and Sohachi Kimura by providing art supplies, in addition to holding exhibitions and publishing catalogues. On the other hand, he entered the Nikkatsu Mukojima Studio in 1916, proposed the inclusion of illustrations in intertitles, and made this his work. It was there that one of the first Japanese animations...

A beautiful, hand-painted oil on canvas depicting river scene in Spring. The background is a gorgeous blush color, with the mountain rocks in rust oran...

1979 Cui Tang Chiense / Korean painting on silk showing brightly colored male and female pheasants in front of a bush of pink and white peonies. 1 ?? huà tí Title of the Art 2 ?? (Korean) N/A 1. gold thread 2. marital relationship 3 ?????? ? yi jiu qi jiu nián dù zuò Work in the year of 1979 4&5 ?? cuì táng Cui Tang (?: green; ?:chamber) (artist’s pseudonym/esteemed name) This art was made in 1979...

The pair of original paintings inspired by the 19th century Chinese export trade chinoiserie paintings of tree, flower & bird motif on wallp...

Antique Verre Eglomise Chinese Export reverse glass painting. Beautiful Chinese reverse glass painting of two women in a Chinese garden with a scroll. This painting is particularly vibrant and exquisite in color and detail. The wood frame painting...

1971 Huaqing Kim (Liu Quan) watercolor painting showing a winter mountain landscape of the Dongkya Range of the Himalayas between China's Yadong County in Tibe. Features a pair of figures crossing a stone bridge, walking their dog, in a snowstorm with a cottage in the distance. 1 ?? huà tí title of the art 2 ?? ben jia original family’s house/eldest brother’s home (patriarchal system) 3 ?? liu quán Liu Quan ?: willow ?: fountain/spring (pseudonym/esteemed name for artist Huaqing Kim) 4 ?????? jin huá qìng huà bó zuò Artist Huaqing Kim’s work 5 ?????? huà zhan zhao dài zuò jia hosting author(s) of the art exhibition 6 ???? shen chá wei yuán member of the review (committee) 7 ??? pu shì huàn Shihuan Park 8 ?? tuo sòng consign 9 1971?9??? ? yi jiu qi jiu nián iu yuè dù zuò pin Work...

Vintage traditional style watercolor and ink landscape painting on silk (applied to paper backing) - hand painted - silk damask textile border - signed with a red seal lower right (u...

Seasonal autumn Chinese hanging scroll painting depicting colorful Camellias with a calligraphy signature and date. Crafted on hand-made mulberry paper wi...