Pennsylvania - Paintings

This colorful and vivid painting depicting Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem, with a forecourt crowded with priests and onlookers, is by Henry Soulen, one of the great masters of illustr...

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...

Highly sophisticated and striking in conception and execution, this study for an Art Deco bathroom mural depicts -- appropriately -- male and female nud...

Oil on board of a women with parasol sitting in a garden filled with the light of the day.

Depicting a Salome who is both ravishing and terrifying, with her auburn tresses rising up as if on fire, this remarkable work was painted by Dunbar Beck, famed for his WPA and New Y...

Field - Oil on canvas - Unframed.

Pastel Beach, vast beach scene with lounging people - Oil on Panel , signed lower right - Unframed

A large and bold depiction of the fate of Prometheus, suffering for his gift of fire to the world, was painted by Richard Schwarzkopf, renowned for his paintings and illustrations in what has been called the German Expressionist Art...

Painted by William Hentschel, one of Rookwood Pottery's most celebrated artisans in the Art Deco era, this very rare gouache depicts a half-nude female figure carrying a basket fille...

The present work is an interesting scene for a number of reasons, including importantly its time of execution in 1865. It was during a period of his retirement to Scarsborough following time spent in Italy, sketching the major lakes and landscapes in the northern part of the country. Likely executed in his studio using the preparatory sketches made of the area during these travels, the scene captures an idyllic view of Lake Nemi during sunset. It is rich in fall colors as light cascades through the haze of clouds and strikes the turning leaves of the trees, casting long shadows along the meadow grasses. The blue waters of Lake Nemi are cool and reflect the landscape bordering the shore. The focal point of the scene is a family of three that is taking the day to hike the local countryside, breaking along a rock to enjoy the lovely views. The work is signed and dated 1865 in the lower right corner and the original frame retains a label on it from John Hay & Son, an art dealer, framer and gilder in John Wilson Carmichael...

Best known for his handsome, beautifully-crafted furniture designs, much in demand today, Tommi Parzinger also painted over the span of his career. His rare, early works -- such as t...

Evidence of Western Europe's fascination with Native American culture, dress and way of life for over a century, this vivid drawing uses watercolor, gouache and crayon to capture a g...

This pale, almost ghostly painting by John Winters depicts a tall, lithe young man with a yellow swimsuit and towel on the beach along Lake Michigan in...

Painted with bravura, this image of shirtless black laborer in the passenger seat of a truck, accompanied by his coworker in a striped t-shirt, is marked by rich, saturated colors an...

Vivid and striking, this Classic Art Deco watercolor of an exotic female figure in harem pants and geometric-patterned blouse, balancing a bird of paradise on...

Painted by Wilmot Heitland, one of America's great watercolorists in the 1930s, this sun-drenched depiction of a native Dominican, nude and stepping toward a pool of water, captures ...

Joyful Youth, black and white monochromatic scene of Kids on cart pulled by donkey - Framed dimensions: 29 in x 25 in.

In an era when fine art and natural history museums commissioned artists to travel the world to draw, paint and sculpt the native cultures they saw, Paul Travis' travels to Africa we...

Daniel Belliard Enamel on copper small framed painting fisherman in boat on lake. Item features an enamel on copper painting, distressed wooden frame...

Painted by Antoinette Schulte, a widely-respected artist in New York, who exhibited and taught widely, this painting depicts male and female nudes sheltered by the boughs of a tree h...

Beautifully painted, probably in the 19th or early 20th centuries, this copy of the famed "Le Transport du Christ au Tombeau" painting by Titian (Tiziano) in the collection of the Louvre in Paris, was recently found in the attic of a Hudson Valley monastery. The Louvre original, considered an early painting by the master, dates to the same period as his famous "Pastoral Concert" and shows the strong influence of Gorgione. This scene depicts the collaborative efforts of Joseph of Arimathea, Saint John and Nicodemus as they moved Christ's body from the cross to his tomb, watched by the two grieving Marys -- his mother and Mary Magdalene. It is not known who painted this copy, though of course artists over the years have copied the great Master paintings...

Quick Dip, two women bathing by a pond - Oil on wood, signed lower right - Framed dimensions: 25.75 in x 21.75 in.

HENRY SCOTT R.S.A. British, 1911-2005 "Sea Battle, 'Shannon' engaging 'Chesapeake', 1st of June 1813" Oil on canvas signed lower left titled to the reverse on the stretcher bar ...

A fine example of Dupré's work from the 1840s from the period while he was still operating under the distinct influence of John Constable, the spacial orientation is roughly divided ...

Treated almost like a diptych, with two sheets of paper joined together to form one panoramic scene, this watercolor masterpiece -- probably by Frank Guy Applegate -- depicts a serie...

Hand painted early 19th century miniature under glass. Finely painted details on this lovely lady. In a brass oval frame, with floral embroidery surround. Painting measures 2.5 in x...

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Beautiful and extraordinary, this 1930s mural study by Dunbar Beck -- depicting a Pharaoh reading from a tablet while his legs are being wrapped by a servant, and a caveman cutting i...

A wonderful example of Art Deco painting by William Hentschel, this depiction of a pink ostrich near a purple flowering plant has the feeling of 1930s and 40s animation such as Disne...

LÉON RICHET
 French, 1847-1907

 Sunset Gold: Barbizon Oil on canvas signed Léon Richet lower right Item # 407SPJ10A A highly atmospheric example of Richet's work, it edges on T...

This captivating oil on canvas, titled Hydroid IV, showcases Marko Spalatin’s mastery in geometric abstraction. Bold and precise, the composition draws the viewer into a rhythmic pla...

Exceptional and rare Neysa McMein illustration on board of a woman in lingerie C.1920’s. Signed on bottom left corner. Some edges showing a little wear. Dimensions picture 27.5 inch...

This piercing and powerful portrait of a Tunisian man with an open-necked shirt provides a glimpse into the life of artist Porter Woodruff in North Africa. Woodruff was best known for his paintings and illustrations for Vogue magazine -- one of five American fashion illustrators who worked for the magazine -- as well as House & Garden. He was born in Tennessee, but spent much of his creative life in Paris and Tunisia, where he lived with Georges Sébastian, an important Hungarian-born, French orchestra conductor...

This unknown portrait features a beautiful, rather pensive woman with long brown hair gazing off in the distance as she sits in a chair. The straps of her blue dress have fallen prov...

This gouache, by Witold Gordon, is one of a series commissioned by Conde Nast which were published in Vanity Fair magazine in July 1934 under the banner “New York Shops You Never See...

This gouache by Witold Gordon, is one of a series commissioned by Conde Nast which were published in Vanity Fair magazine in July 1934 under the banner “New York Shops You Never See”...

This gouache, by Witold Gordon, is one of a series commissioned by Conde Nast which were published in Vanity Fair magazine in July 1934 under the banner “New York Shops You Never See...

Superbly painted in a brilliant palette of gold, deep pink, green and gray, this quintessential Art Deco illustration depicts a golden female figure with a fashionable hat...

A classically bold colorful painting by Israeli artist Isaac Maimon having one of his stylish Parisian ladies seated in a cafe in a black and yellow striped chair and wearing a big f...

An early 19th century painting, oil on linen, showing an English pastoral farm scene, artist unknown. The right foreground shows three farm workers clearing hay in a meadow. Other figures can be seen in the mid-ground along with a hay laden wagon harnessed to horses. A thatched roof cottage is painted in the distance. In the central background, two horses are grazing in front of split rail fence...

Brilliantly hued and striking in composition, this painting by famed Broadway designer Raoul Pene du Bois is one of his largest works we have ever seen. Perhaps a study for one of hi...

Impressionist Philadelphia Pa, a snowy winter day at the museum. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is covered in a blanket of soft snow as pedestrians walk the stunning grounds and admi...

Jean Marie Daneis (French 1944-) Raisins Blanc et Prunes, (White Grapes and Plums) Oil on canvas, Signed lower left The still life painting by Jean Marie Daneis depicts a bunch of...

A fine framed etching & aquatint on Japan paper. By Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) Entitled "Le Faune" (The Faun). Signed in pencil to the lower right. Numbered 42/200. P...

Farmyard Scene with Chickens, Medium: Oil on canvas, Signed: L.J. Cruise, 1911, Criuise (1861-1945), Berks County, Pennsylvania Dimensions: Frame: 35 inches high x 55 31/2 inches wide; sight: 29 inches high x 48 3/4 inches wide This oil painting by Bucks County artist Louis J. Cruise depicts a farmyard scene. A chicken emerges from a farm building, with eight other chickens and a cockerel below. All of the birds are either standing or pecking on the straw pile, as are three other small birds. To the back right of the painting is a wood fence, beyond which is a grass field and woods. The painting is framed in a wide gilt frame. Cruise was a prolific artist who painted a variety of subjects, including landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. He was a member of the Bucks County Academy of Fine Arts and the Philadelphia Sketch...

Painted before he was widely known and exhibited, this oil by Stuart Shils is vibrant with verdant green and brilliant yellow tones -- a Fine example of modern American Impressionism...

WILLIAM SHAYER, SR. British, 1788-1879 "The Start of the Day" Oil on canvas signed lower left "Wm Shayer Sr" Item # 012PGJ11S A bright and atmospheric painting by self-taught lu...

Painted toward the end of the Great Depression, this striking portrait of a handsome bedouin with a traditional headdress featuring a red and whit...

This extraordinary, almost surreal scene by one of America's leading muralists in the Art Deco period, Eugene Savage, depicts a floating female nude on the stage, with figures of Com...

Found in France, an oil on linen landscape painting, mounted in a wide, gold-leafed wood frame, signed and dated 1919. Painted by the French artist Marc Mongin, the scene is typic...

This gorgeous, idyllic depiction of nude figures enjoying the beauty and abundance of Arcadia, some picking apples and others making love, was painted by David Karfunkle in the 1930s...

This extraordinarily rare and important painting, for the cover of the December, 1952 issue of "American Manhood" magazine, depicts a fallen scuba diver, p...

Jean Nerfin Oil on Canvas Canadian, born 1922 Landscape in the Mid-Century Modern Paris School style. Painting in nice original condition! Signed and dated bottom right corner.

Impressionist New York City, a snowy winter evening on the Hudson. Tug boats navagate the choppy water as snow fills the air. A productive day with the famous Statue of Liberty and E...

This lovely, striking Art Deco painting -- executed in gouache (opaque watercolor) and applied with an airbrush, a new tool that became widely popular in the 1930s and 40s -- was mad...

Mystical and beautiful, this three-part watercolor painting depicts a central nude male figure holding a faceted crystal emanating shafts of light, surrounded by clusters of other nu...

Arthur Meltzer (American 1893-1989) "Antique Crucifix" Oil painting on masonite and housed in a custom Frederick Harer frame. Signed lower right "Arth...

FRANÇOIS LOUIS FRITZ DE NIEDERHÄUSERN Switzerland, 1828-1888 A Rustic Chalet in the Swiss Mountains Oil on canvas Signed lower right "F de Niederhausern" 18 1/4" H x 23 1/2" W [fr...

Boldly conceived and painted, this depiction of a female nude whose breasts are echoed by the hat on her head and the geometric figures to her left, was made by Alexander Wilhelm de ...

Painted by Eduard Buk Ulreich, who contributed a set of murals to Radio City Music Hall in Rockefeller Center in New York, as well as WPA murals across the nation, this beautiful dep...