Pennsylvania - Wall Decorations

This quintessential Art Deco image, executed in a brilliant palette of Carmen, pale purple, rose and green, depicts a wide-eyed and exotic Spanish woman with bright red hair ornament and a rose clenched in her mouth. Surrounding her is a lush Art...

Eye catching powerful abstract in red, pink and black, signed lower right, Foster.

This 1929 vintage ink and inkwash drawing of a bare-chested boxer is turned away from the viewer, his gloved hands raised high as if the fight has just been won. The artist, William ...

JULIEN LE BLANT French, 1851-1936 "Le Départ des Conscrits" (1888) Oil on canvas Signed lower left "J. Le Blant" Item # 301OIV16Z A moving study of a very young man hugging and kissing his father goodbye as the French Navy has arrived at his home to collect him for conscription to military service. His mother grips a hankerchief in one hand as she watches her teenage son with a complex expression that bridges grief and perhaps anger. His younger brother likely does not grasp the totality of the situation, dragging behind his feet a toy boat. The bright colors and vibrant life of the rural farm is juxtaposed against a deep sorrow. The present example dates from 1888 and was mentioned in the Gazette anecdotique et Littéraire of the same year. It is included in the ongoing catalogue research project on the works of Julien Le Blant by Dominique Formaz and is documented at Leblant. com JULIEN LE BLANT Julien Le Blant studied under E. Girard and made his debut at Salon in 1874. His work was regularly recognized, ultimately receiving the gold medal at the 1889 Exposition Universelle. He was made Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1885. The body of his work largely focuses on military scenes, particularly of the French Revolution, but also scenes of the First World War later in life. He completed hundreds of illustrations for a great number of books, including Les Chouans (Honoré de Balzac), Chevalier des Touches (Barbey d'Aurevilly), and Premier Grenadier de France (Paul Dérouléde) to name a few. His work is held in major museum collections and institutions around the world. For serious collectors of militarism and of the Romantic painters of the period, this is a simply outstanding investment grade selection. Works by Julien Le Blant very rarely make their way to the the open market. Museums: Musée de Mulhouse, France - The Regiment's Return Musée de Nantes, France - Death of General d'Elbee Musée de Troyes, France - The Battle of Fére Champenoise Further Reading and Notes: E. Benezit Dictionary of Artists, vol. VIII, Gründ, p. 588-9 Popular Nineteenth Century Painting...

Beautifully painted with a scene from ancient Rome depicting two soldiers near a body of water, this large, impressive charger is marked "Made in Italy." The glazes are rich and lov...

Stunning and exotic, this pair of Art Deco masks, framed in deep shadow boxes, are beautifully sculpted and painted, each with gilded South Asian headdresses...

The Mahogany Coat Rack Shelf by Niagara Furniture is a great accessory that is both useful and decorative. Created from the finest mahogany solids and ...

Artists in both America and Europe were fascinated with mythological scenes and ancient tales in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, and increasingly gave their gods, goddesses and other figures a powerful physicality and sensuality. This drawing by the Belgian artist, Paul Daxhelet, is a stunning example. Here he depicts a nude male Pan figure...

A very interesting and unusual Lancaster 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. Overall frame Size approximately 42″ 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...

Painted with great verve and energy, this depiction of a circle of ice skaters circumnavigating a rink in Chicago -- perhaps the Lincoln Park Zoo rink -- was made in 1943 by John Win...

Highly rare and full of rich, dramatic color, this poster depicting three steelworkers, their bodies rosy from the glow of molten steel at their fingertips, was issued by the National Service...

Powerful original landscape by Canadian artist Guy Roy having marvelous impasto and color palette. Signed lower left. Canvas measures 30 x 36 Matted and framed with gilded molding a...

A tour de force example of Art Deco wall sculpture, this depiction of Samson slaying the lion was made by Valentin Shabaeff, a Russian-Canadian artist who settled in Montreal. Shabae...

Antique Persian Iznik Qajar style large ceramic pottery tile green couple embrace C1. Original crackle glazed finish, heavy ceramic pottery construction, very impressive detail, wond...

Large framed etching of a massive urn Francesco Piranesi in the style of his father, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, plate 549 #43, signed lower left on plate Cavalier Piranesi Delin, ed...

Set of Nine Framed American Typography Pages, From New Letters & Lettering by Paul Carlyle & Guy Oring, Originally published 1938 The pages are...

Husk. A biro, watercolor, gouache painting. Sight size: cm 5 in. x 19 in. Frame size: cm 11 in. x 25 in. Jeremy Hush - a long time punk and heavy metal scene illustrator l...

Madame Pauline Knipp Engraving of A Pigeon, From Les pigeons par Madame Knip, ne´e Pauline de Courcelles ; le texte par C.J. Themminck, Paris 1809-1811. A remarkable large engraving of a pigeon- A Columba Coronata (Colombi-Galline Goura). The print floats within a gilt frame and white matte and with UV Tru-view Clear UV Glass. We have 14 different examples from this volume. Ask for details. Dimensions: Framed: 28 3/4 inches 21 3/4 inches wide x 1 1/4 inches; Sight: 20 3/4 inches high x 13 1/4 inches Pauline Knip née Pauline Rifer de Courcelles (26 July 1781 – 18 April...

This masterful and extraordinary painting, filled with ghostly nudes in various poses in a dark interior, with Orpheus playing the lyre in the garden outside lit in an otherworldly golden light was clearly created by Pavel Tchelitchew, Eugene Berman or another Mid-Century master of Surrealism. Full of symbolism and allegory, the interior features sheep and nude figures who are in deep sleep or some kind of euphoric stupor. Some figures are painted in a silvery white, as if lit by the moon, and others are suffused in a golden lifelike...

A striking example of graphic design in the 1940s, which was moving from elegant Art Deco stylization to a looser, collage-like assemblage of overlapping images, this original painti...

"Flower Power" print pencil signed Montgomery circa 1960 unframed overall all size 17 1/2" x 12" image size 14" x 9"

Full of energy and humour, this depiction of three nude male figures on a beach, one strutting by -- and admired by -- the others, was created by Roland berger, a German artist with ...

A brilliantly-hued and vivid painting of tiger lilies from the 1930s, this impressionist painting was executed by Simon Maurice Wachtel, a Pennsylvania painter whose works are rare. ...

A Flower Market in Dordrecht (Netherlands, Dutch Holland) depicts a busy market day along the river in stunning detail with brightly colored flowers and busy towns people on the cobb...

Masterfully painted and full of light and color, this oil painting depicting a 1928 Packard automobile, the height of Art Deco style and elegance toward the end of the Depression, is...

Bold and striking, this remarkable polished aluminum rondel with matte-finish enamel painted decoration depicts two towering giraffes, flanked by Primitive symbols. The symbols incor...

George Brookshaw Print of Pears from Natural History Art, Botanical, Fruit, Brookshaw, Pomona Britannica, Plate LXXXV, Dated 1807 The publ...

This is a nice Antique Arts & Crafts Wall-Mounted Coat Hanger with a center mirror. There are 6 hooks for coats, etc. Made in the early 1900s, the piece is in very good condition. ...

Ernest Yarrow-Jones (British, b. 1872-d. 1951) "Yellow Bush" - Oil on Canvas , signed lower left. Depicting an abstract yellow bush in a green field.

Bold and intense, this portrait -- or perhaps self-portrait -- of a young man with pale skin, dark, flowing hair and a direct stare was painted by T. Cohen in the first decades of th...

Antique Persian Iznik Qajar style oval ceramic pottery tile Loving Embrace C2. Original crackle glazed finish, heavy ceramic pottery construction, very impressive detail, wonderful s...

Author of "How Cañedo Draws the Figure" and one of the acknowledged masters of the nude in the Art Deco and Mid-Century periods, Alexander Cañedo painted this remarkable scene of two female...

Highly atmospheric and winning, this American Scene painting of three young men waiting for the next train in downtown Indianapolis -- perhaps...

"Venice Canal" -Depicting one gondola, buildings on both sides and bridge in the distance. - Oil on canvas , signed lower right. - Unframed

Artist print by Los Angeles based artist, K'era Morgan. Untitled (Teal, Orange, Lilac) 11in x 14in fine art print K’era is a Los Angeles-based mixed media painter who’s had a long ...

Elegant and beautifully crafted, this etched panel, in purplish-blue glass, is a superb examples of Moderne design with a strong graphic appeal. The artist, Ivan Rigby, was a native ...

Original Watercolor & Ink Cartoon "Caution Goafer Holes and Falling Rocks Ahead" signed DB Donte, 1958 "in original condition and frame" "frame needs to be replaced" "will look ama...

Brilliant and memorable, this painting has two sides: a scene of nude burlesque dancers, ornamented in red feathers and red shoes on one side, and on the other, a highly abstract, Cubist composition in tones of taupe, wine, pale green and black. The artist was William L'Engle, and clearly he considered the Cubist composition more important, because it has a hand-painted border and is monogrammed. L'Engle was a towering figure in the Provincetown art colony, and was extremely well connected to America's artistic elite, starting with his trip to Europe as a young man with Waldo Pierce and George Biddle. Over time, William and his life Lucy became close to a wide range of important figures in painting, theater and the arts, including Charles Hawthorne, Eugene O'Neill, Gerrit Beneker, John Dos Passos, Edmund Wilson...

Maine landscape. Seagulls on the Rocks on Monhegan island - Oil on canvas, signed lower left.  

The large Chinese watercolor on European paper depicts a starboard view of a two-master sailing ship with one man sailing the vessel while two passengers can clearly be seen inside t...

Bruce Dorfman Arezzo mixed-media collage painting *Bruce Dorfman has had fifty-six solo exhibitions in New York, the United States and abroad. His most recent exhibitions include: ...

Fluidly and confidently painted, this vivid depiction of a group of figures surrounding a leafless tree may have been a study for a mural by Sylvia Bernstein...

"Untitled" 1999, Watercolor Figure by American Artist Martin Sumers. Wear is consistent with age and use. See photos for details. 12.25" W x 14.25" H Martin Sumers (1922–2012) was ...

Continental faience plaque in the form of a horse, circa 1840, Probably Rorstrand. The plaque is amusingly decorated with a galloping gray horse wi...

In this remarkable drawing, famed muralist Lassell Ripley depicts primitive man, warming himself by the fire with little to wear, looking into the distance toward the bright, white Art Deco spires of modern civilization. The contrast of early mankind with the advances of 1930s America is inspiring and beautiful, and Ripley clearly draw this to prepare for a mural project, probably unexecuted. Ripley is best known for his sportsman paintings, highly collectible today, but early in his career he became known for his murals, including several depicting the life of Paul Revere for the post office in Lexington...

Dom Dominic Mingolla Enamel on Copper Painting Girl with Dog in Field 12 x 9. Item features enamel on copper painting, artist signature to botto...

"Circus Tumblers" - Featuring a confetti of colors - Acrylic, oil, metal leaf and paint on canvas, signed lower right back and dated '89. - Framed dimensions: 16 in x 12 in.

Although she is famous for her genre scenes such as "Bleeker Street Fire Hydrant" and "New Year's Eve in Greenwich Village," Kyra Markham began her career...

A highly detailed interior genre scene depicting a man and lady seated at a table with another gentleman standing behind them. Signed lower right- Unframed

A fascinating blend of Cubism and romantic realism, this oil painting by Roland Alf, a Swedish artist, depicts a cubist female figure to one side -- clearly influenced by the work of Pablo Picasso -- and a male couple...

Arguably the finest enamel artist that America has ever seen, Karl Drerup immigrated here from Germany in 1937, his anti-Nazi activism and his wife's Jewish heritage forcing them to ...

Brilliantly conceived and executed, in vivid shades of pink, pale blue, slate green and black, this pair of Mid Century paintings bring life, humor and color to scenes of circus life...

Sophisticated and charming both, this enamel-on-copper panel shows a green and yellow parrot happily perched in a Mid Century wire birdcage, its sides curving and its top embellished...

Antique Persian Iznik Qajar Style ceramic pottery green oval title dancing Woman C3. Item features an original crackle glazed finish, heavy ceramic pottery construction, very impress...

Beautifully realized in sanguine, a ruddy chalk, this view of a North African cityscape dominated by a wide, tumultuous sky and a mosque with a large, low dome and high minaret, was drawn by Misha Reznikoff, a Ukranian-American artist. Reznikoff studied at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and later in Europe where he became close friends with Arshile Gorky, a friendship that lasted a lifetime. Later he taught at the Art Students League and The New School for Social Research, was active in the WPA and socialized with Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Ad Reinhardt, Milton Avery...

Made up of a rich variety of color-drenched ceramic tesserae, this unique mosaic panel depicts a bearded Egyptian head in profile, his headdress vivid in tones of periwinkle and purp...

Vintage Painted Copper Metal Relief Art By A Gilles 26”x20 ” Japanese Sakura. Circa Mid to Late 20th Century. Measurements: 26" H x 20" W x 1" D.

Spiders House, 1957 Oil Painting. Signed Scudder Florence. Heavily applied oil paint to stretched canvas. Abstract Painting.

Reminiscent of the work of Gerald Murphy in its use of strong colors and flat, highly-stylized forms, this depiction of a lifeguard in profile, a female ...

Full of joy and sunlight, this depiction of a nude male and female couple dancing on the edge of the sea with a ruined Greek temple below them, was painted by Louis Rigal, one of Ame...