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Signed Huang Gang Chinese Modernist Painting, 2003
Located in Hamburg, PA
Huang Gang (Chinese b. 1961) a monumental painting done in Chinese lacquer and mineral pigment on board, signed "Huang Gang, 2003". In good condition with a...
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Early 2000s Chinese Modern Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Wood, Giltwood, Paint

"Chinese Noblewoman w/ Lotus Flowers & Orchids", Art Deco Painting, Pink & Blue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly painted in deep pink, sky blue and ivory tones, this 1936-vintage oil painting depicts a Chinese noblewoman in an embroidered gown and elaborate headpiece, flanked by sym...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Paint

"Portrait of Swedish Student", Art Deco Painting in Blue and Gray by Söderberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted in a quiet palette of blue, gray and warm skin tones, this portrait of a college student with blonde hair and fair complexion was made by Ernst Söderberg in 1920....
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1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Paint

"Nude Pan with Pipes", Large, Vivid Painting w/ Male Nude by Broadway Designer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Like his contemporary, Raoul Pene du Bois, Waldo Angelo served as an important designer for Broadway productions over decades, but in his private time, he produced a number of beauti...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Paint

"Sailor in Repose, " Mid Century Watercolor w/ Male Nude by Emlen Etting
By Emlen Etting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Provocative and unapologetic, this watercolor depiction of a fully nude sailor sprawled across his bed, his uniform and cap neatly laid on a chair to one s...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Paint

"Children of the Crucible", Striking Art Deco Mural by Beck, T. Roosevelt quote
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This important and very rare mural study, executed in oil on canvas, was painted by Dunbar Beck in the 1930s, evidently for a project that was never completed. The painting depicts i...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Paint

Traffic Jam in New York City Impressionist Winter Car Scene Oil Painting
By Christopher Willett
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Impressionist New York City traffic jam on a winter day. Cars fill the street and snow fills the air. The city that never sleeps gleaming with patriotic pride. From early childhood to the present, Willett, a natural talent carried on the tradition in the arts. Currently as a painter in the New Hope, Bucks County Impressionist style- he works full time in the mediums of oil on board or canvas, and watercolor. His recent work has been compared to Edward Redfield both in subject and style. Earlier works by Willett are reminiscent of the photographic representational influence of Andrew Wyeth- his revered friend and mentor. Upon reviewing Chris's portfolio that spans 3 decades, one can see the gradual evolution and development of Chris' own unique method and artistic language- he portrays the landscape and daily lives of the people that live and have lived in this locale- spanning the region from Bucks County, New Hope, Lambertville, New Jersey, French Town, Point Pleasant, and such- still the most popular subject matter of local contemporary impressionists today. Painting measures: 14 x 24 inches. Frame measures: 17 x 27 inches. Oil on board signed lower right corner and verso. Christopher Willett...
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Late 20th Century American Classical Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

"Mail by Stagecoach, Lynn to Lowell", WPA Mural Study by Aiden Ripley
By Aiden Lassell Ripley
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An evocative and atmospheric example of WPA mural painting, this large study in watercolor and crayon depicts a stagecoach being loaded with mail and passengers for the journey from ...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Paint

Edelmira Marquez Oil on board of young girl dated and signed
By Marquez
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Edelmira Marquez Oil on Board of a Young Girl. Mexican Artist, signed and dated top left corner. Surface is built up with textures in the hat and fruit. Looks like original frame....
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1960s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Paint

Mid-century acrylic on board country landscape signed van Schlock
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid-century vintage acrylic on board country landscape. This painting is presented in a wide rustic pine frame with a decorative gold border on the inside edge. This painti...
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1970s American American Classical Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

"Black and Red Nude", Large Male Nude Painting by Christopher Clark, 1954
By Christopher Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and striking, this large 1950s painting of a nude male youth, executed in black gouache or charcoal on a rich, deep red ground, was made by Christopher Clark. The artist is bes...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Paint

"French Bulldog" Artist Proof by Herbert Thomas Dicksee, R.E. (1862-1942), Engla
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Original Hand-Colored Sketch titled "French Bulldog" by Renowned Herbert Thomas Dicksee, R.E. (1862-1942). England, circa 1930. Signed Artist Proof.
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1930s English Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Paper

'MAN' Abstract Framed Acrylic Painting, USA
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Vintage framed acrylic painting a hand clutching a book titled “MAN”. Original and one-of-a-kind. American, late 20th century.
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Late 20th Century American Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Hans Kline 'Canadian' "Circus Tumblers" Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"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.
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Mid-20th Century Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Red Tape", Early and Important Surrealist Painting by John Lear w/ Male Nudes
By John B. Lear
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the finest, and certainly the earliest painting by John Lear that we have seen or offered, this image depicts three male nude figures connected by a trailing line of red ribbo...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Paint

Claude Firmin-Goy (French, b. 1864 - d. 1944) "Rolling Hills" painting.
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Rolling Hills" Depicting a landscape in rolling hills. - signed lower right and dated 1910 - Unframed.
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1910s Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"On the Beach", Art Deco Painting of Reclining Young Man in Swimsuit
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Charming and full of light, this gouache painting of a young man in a black swimsuit lounging on a wide beach was painted by Louise Alix in the 1950s. The man's rosy complexion, the...
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1950s French Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Paint

China Trade Nautical Seascape of Ship “County of Caithness” (1897) by Lai Fong
Located in Shippensburg, PA
LAI FONG OF CALCUTTA Hong Kong/India, active 1875-1910 "County of Caithness" (1897) Oil on canvas signed lower right "Lai Fong / Calcutta / 1897" Item # 403ZMN11W A very fine oi...
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19th Century Indian Antique Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Chinese Export Watercolor Exotic Bird Paintings on Paper
Located in Downingtown, PA
China Trade watercolor paintings of exotic birds on branches are in watercolor and gouache on Chinese paper. One picture depicts a pigeon perched on a tree branch with a landscape background. Chinese calligraphy can be seen in the top right corner. The second picture depicts two courting birds in shades of brown, both perched on a branch, also in a landscape background. Both paintings framed with a green silk mat and contemporary gilt and dark wood frame. Reference: Chinese Export...
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Early 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Paper

"Commerce and Industry", Beaux Arts/Art Deco Allegorical Mural w/ Male Nudes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fabulous example of allegorical mural painting, this large piece by Edward Holslag features a central winged figure holding a reflective orb, flanked by two nude or semi-nude male ...
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1920s American Beaux Arts Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Standing Model", Male Nude Painting in Blue by Åkerblom, Oil on Canvas, Sweden
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Boldly painted in an expressionist palette that calls to mind the work of Edvard Munch and other Nordic painters who were in the artistic vanguard of the 20th century, this depiction...
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1940s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Paint

China Trade Nautical Painting of Sailing Ship by Lai Fong of Calcutta ca. 1900
Located in Shippensburg, PA
LAI FONG OF CALCUTTA Hong Kong/India, active 1875-1910 Four-Masted Sailing Ship "County of Peebles" in Rough Seas (1900) Oil on canvas signed lower right "Lai Fong / Calcutta / 19...
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20th Century Indian Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Rare German Romantic Painting of “Siblings After Church” by Karl Boser ca. 1860
Located in Shippensburg, PA
KARL FRIEDRICH BOSER German, 1809-1881 After Church Oil on canvas signed to column mid-right "F. Boser" circa 1860 Item # 312ZSB08X Vibrant and crisp, this extraordinary painti...
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19th Century German Romantic Antique Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Mid century abstract oil on canvas framed painting signed Cabot
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid century vintage abstract oil on canvas. This abstract oil on canvas has a heavy pallet knife impasto with deep tones of burgundy, Amber and gold On a cream background. ...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Mid century modern abstract oil on canvas signed Cabot
Located in Allentown, PA
This is a mid century vintage modern abstract oil on canvas. This abstract oil on canvas has a heavy pallet knife impasto with deep tones of burgundy, Amber and gold On a cream backg...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Large 19th Century European School Oil Painting on Board
Located in Newmanstown, PA
Large 19th Century European School in the distance. Men are also riding on horses in this beautiful piece. 41" x 53"
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19th Century European Antique Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas

God's Gift Watercolor Painting signed by E. Lochlilar 1915
Located in Newmanstown, PA
God's Gift Watercolor 1915. Beautiful and Emotional Masterpiece signed by E. Lochlilar
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1910s Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Large Autumn Field Oil on Canvas Painting by Richardson
Located in Newmanstown, PA
Autumn Field Oil on Canvas Painting by Richardson. Beautiful and vibrant fall colors used in this. 42" x 54"
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1970s Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Leda and the Swan, " Important Painting by Rene Buthaud
By René Buthaud
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Like many of his contemporaries in the 1920s and 1930s, in both America and France, Buthaud was fascinated with figures from classic mythology. Leda and the Swan was a motif he retu...
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1940s French Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Paper

Large River Landscape Painting by Alfred Augustus Glendening (1884)
By Alfred Augustus Glendening Sr. 1
Located in Shippensburg, PA
ALFRED AUGUSTUS GLENDENING British, active 1861-1903 A Figure Overlooking a River Landscape Before a Pasture of Grazing Sheep (1884) Oil on canvas signed lower left "A. A. GLENDEN...
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19th Century English Antique Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

"Jack Sprat Had a Cat, " Famed 1911 Nursery Rhyme Illustration
By Carle Michel Boog
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted with high good humor and a measure of slyness, this famed illustration of Jack Sprat and his cat with basket in hand, was painted in watercolor and gouache by Swedish-America...
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Early 20th Century American Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Mariquita Gill Impressionist South Western Painting “Organ Mountains” C.1900’s
By Mariquita Gill
Located in Bernville, PA
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...
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Early 20th Century American Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Timur 'Imu, " Exotic Asian Fantasy, Art Deco Painting with Male Nudes
By H. J. "Dooley" Dionysius 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mysterious, jewel-toned and sensuous at the same time, this gorgeous gouache painting by Dooley Dionysius depicts a circle of nude men on a sculpted platform, linked together arm in ...
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1930s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Lovely 19th Century Painting by Italian Artist Alessandro Sani (1856-1927)
Located in Media, PA
Lovely 19th Century Painting by Italian Artist Alessandro Sani (1856-1927). Lovely Painting by Alessandro Sani from 19th Century. Similar one sold in...
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19th Century Antique Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Late 19th Century French Copy of Rosa Bonheur’s “Horse Fair” Painting
Located in Shippensburg, PA
LATE 19TH CENTURY COPY OF ROSA BONHEUR'S "THE HORSE FAIR" Oil on canvas, signed lower right somewhat illegibly "A. Lionard (?) D' Rosa Bonheur" Item # 306TJZ21P A very nice late 91t...
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19th Century French Romantic Antique Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Rare Pair of Battling Cavalry Paintings in Circle of Karel Breydel, ca. 1740
Located in Shippensburg, PA
CIRCLE OF KAREL BREYDEL (ANTWERP, 1678-1744) Flemish School, circa second quarter of the 18th century Cavalry Battling Along the River Banks Oil on panel right panel signed illegi...
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18th Century Belgian Antique Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

"Herod and Salome", Sensuous Art Nouveau/Art Deco Painting in Blue and Green
By Ewald Dahlskog
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stylized, yes, but sensuous and powerful, this transitional Art Nouveau-Art Deco painting depicts King Herod whispering into the ear of Salome, calling upon her to deliver the head o...
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1910s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Paint

Mid century vintage handsome impressionist oil on canvas a day at the races.
Located in Allentown, PA
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...
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Paint

Vintage Painted Copper Metal Relief Art By A Gilles 26”x 20” Japanese Sakura
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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.
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Mid-20th Century Anglo-Japanese Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Copper

Lancaster Covered Bridge Original Oil Painting
Located in Annville, PA
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...
Category

Early 20th Century North American Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Cornwall Iron Banks Original Oil Painting
Located in Annville, PA
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...
Category

Early 20th Century North American Pennsylvania - Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Lancaster Bridge Original Oil Painting
Located in Annville, PA
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...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Paint

Exceptional Charles Euphraise Kuwasseg Large Oil On Canvas Painting
Located in Media, PA
This exceptional painting by Charles Euphraise Kuwasseg is a true masterpiece. The artist's use of oil on canvas creates a unique texture and depth that enhances the beauty of the pi...
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1870s Antique Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Canvas

"Late Afternoon on the Beach", Mid Century Painting w/ Blond Nude Male Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This atmospheric and magical view of a single nude male figure on a California beach is imbued with lovely, unexpected colors and textures which rise up to a sky that is a pale shade of green. The blond young man has been sunbathing on a towel stretched along the sand, and seems to be placidly examining the viewer -- the painter -- from afar. The artist is Duane Wakeham...
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1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Paint

Exceptional Pair of Antique Venetian Oil on Canvas Painting Mid 19th Century
Located in Media, PA
This is a very lovely pair of Italian Venetian oil on canvas paintings with fantastic scenery with beautiful workmanship. The colors are very vivid and painted very well. The details...
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Mid-19th Century Italian Antique Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Canvas

Original Merton Simpson Multi-Media
By Merton Simpson
Located in Newmanstown, PA
Merton Simpson Multi-Media 27" x 24". Merton Daniel Simpson (September 20, 1928, March 9, 2013) was an American abstract expressionist painter and African and tribal art collector an...
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1980s American Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Wood

Original Merton Simpson Oil on Board
By Merton Simpson
Located in Newmanstown, PA
Merton Simpson Oil on Board 30" x 24" Merton Daniel Simpson (September 20, 1928, March 9, 2013) was an American abstract expressionist painter and African and tribal art collector an...
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1980s Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Wood

Original Merton Simpson Oil on Board
By Merton Simpson
Located in Newmanstown, PA
Merton Simpson Oil on Board. He has used a bit different style and colors to create this magnificent piece of art. Merton Daniel Simpson (September 20, 1928, March 9, 2013) was an Am...
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1980s Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Wood

Helene Stephenson Mixed media "Sonora" Framed Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Helene Stephenson Mixed Media Painting. "Sonora" Piece dates to the early 1990's. Philadelphia Artist, beautifully framed and ready to hang!
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1980s American Modern Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Paint

Industrial Landscape Painting, signed Duff, 1942
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Very Nice, Old, Painting of Industrial Landscape Scene signed Duff, 1942 couple small repairs as seen on canvas back small "puncture" along the left side of the painting small "crea...
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1940s American Industrial Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Paint

Magnus Weidemann 'GERMAN', " Blush Fields" Painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Magnus Weidemann (GERMAN , 1880-1967) blush fields - Oil on canvas, Signed on lower right and dated 1931 - rolling fields of changing colors and white...
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1930s Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Canvas

French Antique Franco-Prussian War Painting of Cuirassiers by Paul Perboyre
Located in Shippensburg, PA
PAUL EMILE LÉON PERBOYRE French, 1851-1929 Cuirassiers Sharing Wine with Rural Countryman Oil on canvas signed lower left "Perboyre" Item # 309ULM18A A rich historical painting that captures the heart and reality of the Franco-Prussian conflict, the scene depicts a troop of Cuirassiers stopping for the afternoon in a non-descript field in the French countryside. Presumably the owner of the field, an older man has come out in the heat of the afternoon to greet the soldiers with a basket of wine bottles, offering a glass to the officers while chatting casually with them. Perhaps he is a local guide offering a sense of what the soldiers might expect in the rural countryside, but more likely it is simply a moment of reprieve in the idyllic countryside and a distinct juxtaposition to the intensity and drama of Perboyre's battle scenes. The Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871) was the last use of "cuirassiers" in the French army with uniforms characterized by the distinct helmets known as a "casque à crinière" featuring a plume of horsehair. The cuirassiers wore a breastplate (cuirass) and the red trousers were a standard part of the French military uniform...
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19th Century French Romantic Antique Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

Large Blue Abstract Venetian Plaster Painting, Carol L.Post, 2019
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large blue abstract Venetian plaster painting, Carol L.Post, 2019. In this soft blue textured painting by artist Carol Post subtle strokes of plaster blend with the background and gracefully dance...
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2010s North American Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Canvas

"Herdsman, Asterion & Chara, " Rare Art Deco Mural Study, Bushnell Auditorium
By Barry Faulkner
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted by the renowned muralist, Barry Faulkner, in 1929 for the ceiling of the Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall in Hartford, Connecticut, this remarkable Art Deco study depicts Canes Venatici, or the Herdsman holding two hounds, Asterion and Chara, by the leash as they chase Ursa Major around the Pole. The overall theme of the ceiling mural is "Drama" and it is reputed to be the largest and most ambitious in America, featuring the allegorical figure of Drama surrounded by the constellations and the Zodiac, as well as modern symbols of America including Al Jolson...
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1920s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Gouache

Adolf Zogbaum (German 1883 - 1961) View of Moselle River, oil on canvas painting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Adolf Zogbaum (German 1883 - 1961) View of Moselle River, oil on canvas painting. Signed lower right and dated 1935. (unframed)
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20th Century European Modern Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

"Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, " Superb Art Deco Ink & Watercolor
By Maurice Greenberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Superbly executed in watercolor and ink, this charming and lovely depiction of Mother Goose nursery rhyme characters -- including Humpty Dumpty, The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, The Three Little Pigs and Old King Cole -- was created by Maurice Greenberg...
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1930s American Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Paper

"Two Women Lounging", Richly-Imagined Portrait of Figures in Satin & Silk, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Voluptuous in its approach to scene and palette, this sumptuous portrait of two women, lounging side by side amongst pillows and fabrics in satin and silk, was painted by Rudolph Sch...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Paint

Portrait of a Woman on board, signed, dated 1935
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Very nice Portrait of a Lady on mohagony board signed, dated 1935 new frameless Swiss Corner clip hanging system - ready to hang A nice resemblence to Emilia Earhart.
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1930s American Bohemian Vintage Pennsylvania - Paintings

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Wood, Paint

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