We strive to find interesting art at the right price,  and can offer the public and dealers the following items.  To see larger photographs of any particular painting, click on the thumbnail.  For other photos and info, click on the associated links if they exist.  Should you require more information, feel free to contact us at our email address below.  

Note that artwork is only available for purchase and shipping from our East Coast Office/Headquarters, from approximately late April to late October.  When in our West Coast Office we do not have access to all of the artwork.  Currently, the artwork is split between coasts, with those being in our West Coast Office, as noted.  Shipping of artwork from the West Coast office can
occur typically from late October to mid-April.

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Artist Name:  George Loftus Noyes   NEW!

Dates:   1864 - 1954

Signature/Date:   G. Noyes (just to the lower left of the center of the painting)

Nationality:   American - born in Canada to American parents

Canvas Size:  25"x30"

Frame:  Very nice heavy carved wooden frame of multi colors.  An older frame that could be original or perhaps reframed by Noyes himself.  Frame is about 3" wide.  Condition is really nice and doesn't need replacing - which is unusual.  This particular piece has been well cared for over the past 60+ years.

Media:  Oil on Canvas;  Nice tight canvas - again, this was probably a very much loved piece and someone knew that this was one of Noyes' Finest Still Lifes.

Condition:  Very good condition - no issues; not cleaned and not really necessary.

Comments/Other:  This is a fine example and perhaps one of the best still lifes by Noyes.  His technique, colors and composition is incredible.  The brush strokes are amazing and is a fine example of Impressionism - the brush strokes and color upon close examination seem random and meaningless, but step a few feet back and this bright well done painting takes shape into a finely detailed image! Noyes had studied at the Massachusetts Normal School with George Bartlett in the early 1880s, heading for France and studying at the Academie Colarossi in Paris between 1890-93. There he worked under Ernest Courtois, LeBlanc, the great landscape painter Paul Louis Delance and under the guidance of the master, Jean Andre Rixens.  Rixens  influenced him to a huge degree, providing  mastery and the vision to record with clear luminosity, so evident in his still life painting.  Under their great guidance and tutoring, Noyes would become e a competent and notable Impressionist. Later a member of the Boston Art Club, the Boston Society of Watercolour Painters, the Guild of Boston Artists, the North Shore Art Association and a charter member of the National Society of American Artists, he exhibited throughout New England and won awards at both the Buenos Aires and Pan-Pacific International Expositions in 1910 and 1915 respectively.  During his life he exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Art Institute of Chicago,  the Corcoran Galleries, solo exhibitions at the Hatfield Galleries in Boston in 1906. Further successful exhibitions at the Copley Society, no less than 6 times and also at the influential Vose Galleries also in Boston.  Noyes showed at the St. Botolphe Club in Boston in 1915 and the Guild of Boston Artists, at least 4 times. At the turn of the century, Noyes began teaching a summer class at Annisquam, Massachusetts and became mentor to one of the great American artist Newell Convers Wyeth. (1882-1945) who was to become one of America's best loved painters. Noyes had permanent studios for most of his life in Boston.   East Gloucester (from 1893 to 1931), but in Winter Park in Florida (between 1931 and 35) returning to Pittsford-Branden, in Vermont from about 1935. Noyes worked and painted at the Fenway Studios on Ipswich Street starting in 1906 where unfortunatley  in 1939, a fire was to destroy hundreds of his works of art.  Noyes also travelled extensively, painting throughout Europe. He had visited both France and Italy numerous times, as well as North Africa and Mexico, where he searched for the perfect light that Impressionists always seek..

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$14,750

Artist Name:  P. Datton (?)   NEW!

Dates:   Unknown

Signature/Date:   P. Datton (?)

Nationality:   Most likely French; said to be a follower of Lucien Pissarro

Canvas Size:  14-3/4"x10-3/8" approx

Frame:  New heavy wooden frame, green with red and gold.  (19"x15") Frame is a nice heavy quality frame.

Media:  Oil on Heavy Cardboard or Artist Board; foam core currently on the back for protection.

Condition:  Professionally cleaned.

Comments/Other:   A super French Country Farm scene including a small pond/river with boats on the shore on the side of the field!  A nice looking piece with lots of color.  Actually don't believe there is any pure white in the piece!  Frame is a good match for existing colors in the painting.  Lots of pinks and salmons and related colors.

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$750

Artist Name:  Unkown     NEW!

Dates:   Unknown

Signature/Date:   None

Nationality:   Unknown - possibly French

Canvas Size:  10-7/8"x8" (approx)

Frame:  New heavy wooden frame, green with red and gold.    (16"x13" approx) Frame is a nice heavy quality frame.

Media:  Oil on Heavy Cardboard or Artist Board; foam core currently on the back for protection.

Condition:  No missing paint seen; some small wrinkles near the corners due to some bending over the years.

Comments/Other:   Nice bright piece. Nice subject of a woman with a bundle of wood on her back going home on a country path in the mountains to begin  preparing for the evenings dinner.  Frame is a very good match for existing colors in the painting.

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$350   SOLD!

Artist Name:  Fernand Patte  NEW!

Dates:   1857 - 1946

Signature/Date:    F. Patte

Nationality:   French

Canvas Size:  Approximately just over 13x21"

Frame:  A quite old frame in good condition.  Frame is just over 3" wide.

Media:  Oil on Canvas laid down on antique beveled wood panel.

Condition:  Professionally cleaned.  We understand there was an issue in the sky but that was corrected and our conservator only performs work that can be reversed, and add pigments if necessary in the varnish layer.  We cannot see anything  that does not look like the original painting.  This was nothing major and this piece is a super piece!

Comments/Other:   This is the epitomne of a Barbizon Painting and by a French Artist too!  Like most of our our works of art for sale, this is also by a listed artist.  This is very similar in style to those painting of the same age that I viewed in the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, CA back in April 2011.

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$2,600

Artist Name:    Peter Johan Schou  NEW!

Dates:   1863 - 1934

Signature/Date:    P. Schou 1927

Nationality:   Danish

Canvas Size:  Approx 19"x26"

Frame:  Approx 23"x30"  We understand that this is a frame made by a well known famous framemaker.  Frame is in good condition and could have a high value in addition to the painting!

Media:  Oil on Canvas

Condition:  No Issues Known.  A cleaning would brighten it, but not necessary.

Comments/Other:   If you search on line for "Peter Johan Schou" you will find many hits for prints and reproductions of this artists' paintings of flowers.  As can be seen in this painting, he is a master of detail.  Though this woodland seen is probably from his native country, we also think that it looks like parts of the United States!   This could be a real sleeper, due to the fine painting AND what is said to be an important frame!  Frames can go for many thousands of dollars depending on the maker.  The stamp on the frame is from the well know art dealer - Georg Kleis.   Obviously, an  important piece because of the dealer that originally sold it, as well as the frame.

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$2,750

Artist Name:  Leonardo Nierman  NEW!

Dates:  1936 -

Signature/Date: "Nierman", lower left

Nationality:  Mexican

Canvas Size:  Approximately 31"x24"

Frame:  Small frame surrounds the piece with numerous chips.  We would recommend a new frame, possibly a floater type frame.  For approximately $300, Methuen Fine Art can re-frame this using a frame from Larson-Juhl.

Media:  Oil on Masonite

Condition:  No known issues

Title:   "Solar Flare"

Comments/Other:    Nierman's work is reminiscent at times of nebulae, galaxies, wisps and clouds of gas in space and similar themes.  Usually, quite colorful and lively. Born in Mexico City on November 1, 1932.  Originally thought that music was his true calling and dedicated himself to studying the violin.  After listening to a recording of himself playing in concert, he decided to turn to art instead.  Nierman states, “Music and painting are very much alike – both have tonalities, rhythms, high-intensity areas, and resting areas." Nierman first viewed art only as a hobby and continued to study business in school. shorlty after graduating dedicated himself to painting.   In 1972, he had a major exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City and from that time on has had exhibition venues throughout the world including the United States, Italy, Israel, Australia, Spain and Japan. We have seen some galleries offering similar works in the same size up to as high as $25,000 - $40,000.  The norm is more about $8,000 to $12,000 or so.

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$4,750

Artist Name:  Paul Jenkins  NEW!

Dates:  1923 -

Signature/Date:  Paul Jenkins (signature appears on the stretcher also)

Nationality:  American

Canvas Size:  Approximately 36"x39"

Frame:  Small frame surrounds the piece - in a floating style

Media:  Acryllic on Canvas.

Condition:  No Known Issues.  Typical dust/dirt from hanging since 1981

Title:   Phenomena Visor Star

Comments/Other:  To view Paul Jenkins work in a museum to something to behold.  The color against a white surface stands out and is amazing.  We learned of Paul Jenkins work from one of his many museum exhibitions through the US and Internationally.  We experienced his work at the Crocker Museum in Sacramento, California back in about the March timeframe.  If there is an exhibition near you, by all means go! To quote the Press Release from the Crocker - "Paul Jenkins' Post Expressionist paintings emphasizing light and color will be on view at the Crocker Art Museum in "Paul Jenkins: The Color of Light" from December 11, 2010 through February 20, 2011. His signature style emerged during the 1950s and took its place alongside the achievements of the Abstract Expressionists and painters of the Color Field movement, yet Jenkins' paintings do not fit either of these movements neatly. Instead Jenkins pursued an independent celebration of color and optical experience. This exhibition features 50 examples of the artist's achievements in watercolor, as well as additional works on canvas. The distinctive look of a Jenkins painting rests in his unorthodox approach to applying pigment. Over six decades, he has honed his manipulation of paint by pouring, pushing, and working wet-on-wet. His technique results in translucent, mystical veils of color that capture light. The spirituality expressed in the artist's work embodies Jenkins' continuing interest in Eastern religions and philosophy, the writings of Carl Jung, and his own desire to explore the inner recesses of his unconscious mind in a colorful, visual way. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, and raised near Youngstown, Ohio, Jenkins first studied art at the Kansas City Art Institute. He arrived in New York City in 1948 and studied at the Art Students League under the well-known painter Yasuo Kuniyoshi. New York at this moment was a hotbed of artistic activity: Abstract Expressionism was at its height, and Clement Greenberg's art criticism ruled the day. Jenkins met Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman, and Mark Rothko, all of whom greatly influenced the emergence of Jenkins' own style. Greenberg admired his paintings. In 1953, Jenkins met the French art critic Michel Tapié who also championed the new improvisatory manner of abstraction then evolving. From this experience, Jenkins derived an appreciation for gestural painting and a passion for Mediterranean light and color." More information on Paul Jenkins: "During the 1950's, Jenkins achieved international fame for his enigmatic painterly abstractions. He became interested in using fluid veils of color to evoke mysterious, shifting spaces and non-representational gestures. This led him to title his paintings, "Phenomena's" often accompanied by an additional identifying phrase. Jenkins states, "I try to find the identity word that will secure an attitude towards the painting rather than provoke a visual object that the eye will seek out." We have seen some of his canvas works selling at $125,000.

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$39,000

Artist Name:   Eugene Taniere   NEW!

Dates:   1862 - 1895

Signature/Date:    E. Taniere, 1892

Nationality:   American (born to French parents in the US)

Canvas Size: 18"x32"; fame is about 4" wide.

Frame:  Frame is a somewhat newer frame with a number of nicks and dings.  Can certiainly be hung as is.  Should you desire a new frame, for approximately $500-600, Methuen Fine Art can re-frame this using a frame from Larson-Juhl.

Media:  Oil on  Canvas

Condition:  Professionally cleaned;  few specs of inpainting.  (just about 2 and VERY small - in the background)

Comments/Other:   This was an artist killed in his prime and before his name was commonly known in the art world.  You can see the talent in this still life.  As others have said, finding his work is rare. "Painter and teacher.  Born in San Francisco in 1862 to French parents.  In about 1866, moved to Dijon, France with his parents.  They could not return to the U.S. until after the Franco Prussian War.   He returned to San Francisco in 1877 where he studied art at the School of Design.  Returned to France in 1885 to study at the Academie Julian.   After 6 more years in France, he returned to SF where he opened a studio.  Became active in the local art scene and was becoming a known artist.  In 1895, three  years after this painting was completed, he was killed in a bicycle accident.  "His RARE works includes still lifes and landscapes".

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$3,700

Artist Name:  Kurt Vogler(?)  NEW!

Dates:   1890's - ?

Signature/Date:    Kurt Vogler or ?

Nationality:   German

Canvas Size:  30"x22"

Frame:  A newer frame,  canvas with frame measures approximately 35"x27"

Media:  Oil on  Canvas

Condition:  No known Issues - could use a light cleaning

Comments/Other:   The piece of paper that was attached to this piece indicates that the artist is K. Vogler and has his biography.  The signature on the painting is very distinctive, but may not actually be K. Vogler.  Whoever did this piece, it is a wonderful European scene with a city in the distance, an overcast sky, pink highlights on the water, bright greens scattered throughout.   On the back of the painting, it seems to have been numbered as many artists do (for their records) and the translation is:  "Early spring in Teufelsmoor, Close to Worpswede"

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$1,575

Artist Name:  Undetermined  NEW!

Dates:   ?

Signature/Date:    The piece is signed in red block, but do not know the artist

Nationality:   Asian - Possibly Japanese

Canvas Size:  23"x17"

Frame:  Art with frame measures approximately 27"x21"

Media:  Oil or Acryllic (?) on linen applied to masonite

Condition:  No known Issues - could use a light cleaning (colors will pop when cleaned)

Title:  We understand that the black script is the title of the piece; the red block is the artist signature.

Comments/Other:   A really unique piece that is reminscent of John Little, Paul Jenkins and other contemporary artists working in bright colors with abstract free flowing  designs.  This could be a real sleeper worth FAR more than the current asking price.  We cannot read the title or the artist, because of the language barrier.  Currently, Asian works of art, antiques and much more, are selling at much higher than expected prices....

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$3,750 (Asian pieces of Art are HOT!)

Artist Name:  Unknown - faint initials lr - W.D.?

Dates:   Unknown

Signature/Date:    On the back, one can see the date 1915

Nationality:   Unknown - most likely British

Canvas Size:  9"x12"

Frame:  A newer frame, approx 3" wide

Media:  Oil on  old artist board

Condition:  Professionally Cleaned; No known Issues

Comments/Other:   Has been professinally cleaned.   There is a possible title inscribed on the back also, but because this is not currently in our possession, we cannot provide more information.  There is also a stamp of the provider of the artist board along with an address - Nottingham.

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$475

Artist Name:  M. Shaw

Dates:   Unknown

Signature/Date:    M. Shaw

Nationality:   Unknown

Canvas Size:  24"x36"

Frame:  29.5"x40.5"  New Larson Juhl Frame; great match to the piece; $560 frame

Media:  Oil on Canvas

Condition:  Professionally Cleaned; No known Issues

Comments/Other:   We don't know who this M. Shaw is, but the composition, the color and the techique is great!  Reminiscent of some Cezanne Fruit Still Lifes.  There are cases where there are no signatures or the artist may not be a listed artist, but the work is beautiful.  This is such a case.  Perhaps M. Shaw is a listed artist, but so far, we haven't found any works of art with this signature and style.  Like many of the pieces we have in stock, there is far more value here than we are asking.  The markup in a retail gallery would be far more - this is a large, newly framed, cleaned and wonderfully vibrant piece.  Just an incredible piece with color!!!....

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$3,175

Artist Name:   Wilfrid Mills

Dates:  1912-1988

Signature/Date:    Signed front and back, with title also on the back.

Nationality:   American

Canvas Size:  9"x12"

Frame:  15"x18" including the liner; another super match of the frame to the piece of art! Cost of the Larson Juhl frame and liner was approxomately $200

Media:  Oil on Artist Board

Condition:   No issues

Comments/Other:   Unusual piece showing a one room school house in Gold Country  California.  The flowers, river bed, trees, bright sunshine and mountains in the back talk specifically about the beauty of this part of the country!  Another great Larson Juhl frame and liner!  Listed California Artist.  Mills has an auction record of $4888 as of 2009.  His work sells for far more in  upscale galleries.

Title:  Gold Country School

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$1,149  (West Coast Office)

Artist Name:  J.Earl Schrack (Joseph Earl Schrack)

Dates:  1890 - 1973

Signature/Date:  J. Earl Schrack '48

Nationality:   American

Canvas Size:  16.5"x21"

Frame:  24"x29" Frame/Liner.  Believed to be the original frame/liner!

Media:  Oil on Canvas laid onto Board (could be removed if desired)

Condition:   No Known Issues - Professinally cleaned.  Just some slight grime which caused the piece to be darker than it should have been.  Incredible pallette colors!

Comments/Other:   We have seen a few of this artists work and this is a wonderful example.  The others have been landscapes and didn't feel they had merit when compared to this piece.  This is thought to  be a Native American, perhaps in AZ/NM/CA.   J. Earl Schrack was the President of the Academy of Creative Arts, Roerich Museum, New York. in the 1930s. Bio:   Earl was a painter, who after attending several art schools as a young man, traveled and studied in Europe, and taught art classes for many years.  He changed the spelling of his surname from Schrock, which had become traditional in America, to Schrack, which he felt to be more up-to-date.  He followed the esoteric Christian tradition as an active member of the Rosicrucian Fellowship. He also taught art at the Nicholas Roerich Museum in New York.  For a number of years, Earl published an esoteric journal called Toward the Highest.   After the death of his young wife, Fanny Elizabeth Stahly, in 1931, he married Elizabeth Bloomberg.  In the later part of his life they lived in San Diego, CA, where he continued to paint and was a popular art teacher.

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$1,275 (West Coast Office)

Artist Name:  J.S. Halem (J. Scott Halem)

Dates:  Unknown

Signature/Date:   Halem, lower left corner

Nationality:   American

Canvas Size:  14"x18"

Frame:   20"x24" - original frame

Media:  Oil on Board

Condition:  Professsionally cleaned

Comments/Other:   Gallery Tag is on frame.  On the back is the following information: J-S. Halem; A Tree Sept. in Smithtown, L.I.  (this is a piece that was painted on Long Island and also sold in a gallery there)

Title:  The Tree

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$975

                  

Artist Name:  Guido Odierna

Dates:  1913 - 1991

Signature/Date:   "Guido Odierna" lower right as well as on the back of the canvas

Nationality:  Italian

Canvas Size:   27" x 19.25

Frame:  New Larson Juhl frame ($500)

Media:  Oil on Canvas

Condition:  No issues; frame was modified in the back to show less of the actual painting to hide some glue that someone had used to secure the canvas to the liner previously.  None of this currently shows.

Comments/Other:  Known for his seascapes of Italy, especially Capri, his works has sold at both Christies of Rome as well as Kensington.  This particular piece we believe to be one of his finest in the luminescent waves and beautiful sky before or after a storm.   From other examples of his work, they tend to be dark without much color.  This is why we feel this is a very special piece!  (The frame is a great match to the painting because it picks up the orange, mauves and some purple, not to mention the earth tones of the rocks)

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$2,250

Artist Name:  Jerry Venditti

Dates:  1942 -

Signature/Date:   J. Venditti '86

Nationality:  American

Canvas Size:  Approximately 32.5" X 29.5" (a larger example of his work)

Frame:  38.5" x 36"

Media:  "My paintings are all acrylic on canvas, finished with Soluvar varnish."

Condition:  No Known Issues

Title:   Southwest Elegance

Comments/Other:  "For me painting is a spiritual activity  in that it is my way of sharing the beauty in the essence of all things." "A Master of the painstaking and demanding technique of trompe l’oeil, a French term meaning “to fool the eye,” Venditti’s intense attention to detail is immediately evident in his work.  The illusion of a third dimension is so powerful that the viewer is tempted to reach out and touch the objects in the painting." "Master of the trompe l'oeil technique of painting, Jerry Venditti's desire isn't "to fool the eye," with his fine oil paintings, rather it is to enhance, highlight and expound the profundity of what is. Whether an arrangement of Native American pottery, a bowl of fruit or a time dimensionalized image, steeped in antiquity and accurate historic relevance, there is nothing still about a Venditti still life."  - above from Jerry Vendittis website Venditti’s work is collected internationally in private collections, major corporations and museums.  Venditti and his art have been featured in numerous magazines including Art & Antiques, Southwest Art, US Art, Art in America and  Art Talk. Vendittis artwork can range from a few thousand all the way up to $65,000. (http://www.jerryvenditti.com/nativeamerican.htm).   A very similar piece to this one was sold for $15,000 - drirectly from the arist!  You can see the photo and price in the links below. The fine detail and photographic feel of his work is amazing.  His skill  can be seen in this wonderful Southwestern still life!

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$7,500   (West Coast Office)

Artist Name:  Ray Swanson

Dates:  1937-2004

Signature/Date:   Ray Swanson - also signed on the back cardboard - see links below (1969)

Nationality:  American

Canvas Size:  Approximately 30 1/4" x 22"

Frame:  Believed to be the Original frame - liner may be replaced; 38 1/4" x 30" framed

Media:  Watercolor (dry brush) on Board

Condition:  No Known Issues

Title: "In the Courtyard San Juan Bautista"

Comments/Other: A member of the Cowboy Artists of America and the American Watercolor Society, Ray Swanson was known for his Southwest Native American subjects, which included the Navajo, Hopi, Zuni and Apache Indians.  Raised in South Dakota, Swanson settled in Carefree, Arizona where he  first visited a Navajo Reservation in Arizona sometime in the early 1960s. From that time on, he incorporated Indian figures and genre into his subject matter. Nice piece in keeping with Swansons SW Indian Genre.  Large and looks more like a photo than a painting, again, very typical of his work!  His paintings have been auctioned off at figures as high as $97,000 (2008).

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$3,900    (West Coast Office)

Artist Name:  Ralph Love

Dates:  1907-1992

Signature/Date:   Love

Nationality:  American

Canvas Size:  Approximately 20" x 24" (a nice large piece!)

Frame: Original Frame - original liner replaced because of staining and age; original liner can accompany piece if desired; the liner has beeen replaced with a navy blue with grey/earth frame (Larson Juhl $200) which accents the piece wonderfully.  Since this is not a liner but a frame, it won't require replacing as most liners require with time.   28" x 33" framed

Media:  Oil on Board

Condition:  No Known Issues

Title:  "Symphony in Red" -  Painted Canyon, Near Mecca

Comments/Other:   Painted in the vicinity of Mecca, CA and stated on back.  This piece is marked #865.   Information on the back is available in the links below. Comment from the artists daughter: "#865 is in the Borrego Desert area, I think...  This painting was done in 1965.  He would sketch on location and take slides, then go back to his studio to do more paintings...I think it's a magnificent study of the way he painted rocks...." ===>  Mecca is at the Northern tip of the Salton Sea.  The Borrego Desert is west of the sea.  Not exceedingly far apart. Ralph Love is one of the well know artists painting in areas of California and the Southwest.  His paintings hang  in several other museums throughout the west, including the Northern Arizona Museum in Flagstaff, Arizona, the Phillips 66 Museum, the Leanin' Tree Museum in Boulder, as well as in Colorado, Oklahoma and California..  Ralph Love was perhaps most best known for painting the Grand Canyon. Arizona Life has featured his work on covers as well as the inside spread, showing several of his original oils depicting the Grand Canyon. Senator Barry Goldwater owned several of of the Grand Canyons pieces, and these are now in the Goldwater Museum.  This is a rather large piece showing Love's capturing of color and texture which one can see in similar rock and canyon scenes, as well as Grand Canyon pieces, ranch scenes and many other of his works.  It is with pleasure that we offer this fine western oil by one of the West Coast's Fine Artists! Auction highs for this artist are up to $10,000 (2005) with prices in art galleries being even higher.

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$4,500  (West Coast Office)

Artist Name:  Edward Loyal Field

Dates:  1856-1919

Signature/Date:   "Edward L. Field" lower right

Nationality:  American

Canvas Size:  Approximately 9 3/4" x 8"

Frame:  Looks like a newer frame; w/frame - about 18" x 16"

Media:  Oil on Canvas with Overglaze

Condition:  No Known Issues

Comments/Other:  Information on the back indicates that this is a fairly new piece to the market, coming out of Field's cottage in NY.  Lengthy info about the artist and more  is also to be found on the attached paper.  Since this is a piece that hung in his cottage, he must have appreciated it and thought it a fine example of his work.  This is a darker piece and needs light to see the colors - the fhash shows off the colors you can see in  the photos....

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$1,150

Artist Name:  Martin Ocana

Dates:  Twentieth Century

Signature/Date:   Martin Ocana; Best guess to age - 1950s/1960s/

Nationality:  Spanish

Canvas Size:  15 1/2" x 12"

Frame:  The frame is very different and appears to be hand carved for the piece;  24" x 21 1/2" framed size

Media:  Oil on Canvas

Condition:  A few very small chips of paint missing.  Liner could use replacing and the edging between the frame and liner could be cleaned perhaps with a solvent.  On the back seems to be a price tag of 1200.  Back of canvas is sealed with paper and looks to be original.

Comments/Other:   Listed Spanish Surrealist Oil Painting Martin Ocana His work is said to be very much in the modernist surreal urban style that was popular around the world during the late 1960s and the 1970s, as it still is today. Martin Ocana is a well-known Spanish painter, working in Malaga and Torremolinos during the mid 20th century. His work is often of city scenes with figures and always has an element of mystery and movement. His paintings are sold at auctions and galleries and he is listed in art references, including ArtPrice and Davenport's Art Reference and Price Guide. This painting is quite interesting both in composition and technique.   We have seen other pieces of his work and feel this stands head and shoulders above all the others.

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$925

Artist Name:  L. Allen Brown  (owner of Methuen Fine Art)

Signature/Date:   Currently Unsigned - Artist will sign if desired

Nationality:   American

Canvas Size:  Approx 15"x20"

Frame:  Unframed - to be shipped within a cardboard roll

Media:   Original Photograph Custom Modified and Printed on a Watercolor-like Paper

Condition:  New - no issues

Comments/Other:  Original Photograph by a Massachusetts Artist featuring a Massachusetts Landmark.  This home is located in Newburyport, MA, on the way to Plum Island.  It is a well known home in the area and for anyone who has seen it.  The photo was taken in August of 2005.  The artist has applied a proprietary process, making the photo look more like an illustration or watercolor.  The image measures approx 20x15 inches and is surrounded by a black border, and about 2 inches of quality watercolor-like paper then surrounds this border.  The owners can choose their matte(s) and frames at their preferred framers.   The artist will sign the piece if desired.   The photographer/artist has over 40 years of experience with photography and art.  His work has been exhibited at NECCO and most recently, the Rockport Art Associaton.  This image and others were juried by the Rockport Art Association and a Photographic Membership to the Association was extented. The artist has appeared in magazines, newspapers as well as TV.  The style in this image is unique.  Mr. Brown's work has been juried and has hung in galleries within New England.  His work hangs in homes throughout the United States as well as in other countries, including Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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$225 including Postage!

Artist Name:   John V. Moraitis

Dates:  1931 - 1994

Signature/Date:   Holographic label/stamp from the estate and document from the estate authenticates piece

Nationality:   Greek American  (Birth place: Verona, PA)

Canvas Size:    18x24" approx

Frame:    None - Unframed; Will look great if double matted with a nice frame

Media:    Various Mixed Media on Paper - Extremely Unique!

Condition:   No Known Issues

Comments/Other:  Original signed Collage by listed artist John V. Moraitis.  Drawing/Collage  measures 18x24 on paper.  Moraitis' collages consist of many different mediums and objects.  Anything from pen, marker ink, water paint,  drawings, image cut outs, actual photo's of some of his larger paintings, (some are even listed and sold here in my auctions.  If your a repeat customer look hard you may see your painting).  Photos by Moraitis from around the world including many from Greece.  Also used are stamps, post cards, paint usually acrylic, tickets, and many others.  This is Original and Authentic it is signed by the artist.   It also comes with a holographic stamp/label indicating originality - and a document stating that it came from Moraitis' estate.  John V. Moraitis was an amazing artist, actively heading shows through out  the 1950's-70's and continued his Greek American heritage artwork until his death in 1994.  Awarded First Prize by the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) at the 1966 Long Island Arts Festival.  Among his many shows his work has appeared in some of the following:  1954 Ohio State Fair/Zimmerman Gallery in Columbus/1955 Columbus Fine Arts Museum/1956 Walter Reed Army Hospital/1959 Sisti Gallery In Buffalo, NY/1964 Stonybrook Museum in Long Island/1965 Parrish Museum in Long Island.  His collections and works have been owned by as well as commissioned by some of the following: Robert Kennedy estate; Andreas Papandreou, former Prime Minister of Greece; Margaret Papandreou; Christopher's in Pittsburgh, PA These were choosen out of a large body of work.  They are similar in some respects, and the themes center around a male and female Greek figure.  Would be great as a pair as they would balance each other extremely well.

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$250 each; Both for $450

Artist Name:  A. Rosenthal

Dates:  1863-1939

Signature/Date:   A. Rosenthal

Nationality:  American

Canvas Size:  Approximately 11" by 10"; w/frame - about 20x18"

Frame:  Believed to be the Original frame - Frame measures 4"

Media:  Oil on Masonite/Board -  Back indicates Albert Rosenthal

Condition:  No Known Issues  - Could be cleaned but not necessary.

Comments/Other:  Very well listed American artist "Albert Rosenthal (1863-1939)". He had a strong afiliation with Philadelphia. His oils are listed in Davenport's, Askart.com, Artprice, Who's, etc.  (Signed A. Rosenthal; on the back, indicates the artist Albert Rosenthal, whether written by the artist or someone else)

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$1,275

Artist Name:  Norman O'Brien

Dates:  1920-1982

Signature/Date:   Signature in pencil on the front as well as on the back.  The back has the following:  "#32, Yesterday, Watercolor, by Norman O'Brien"

Nationality:  American

Canvas Size:  Approx 12" x 18"

Frame:   Triple Matted; with frame, 20"x25"

Media:  Watercolor on WC Paper

Condition:  No Known Issues - Wonderful detail.  A super piece.  Title is on the back, as well as the artists name.

Title:  Yesterday

Comments/Other:  Norman O'Brien (1920-1982) was a member of the Rockport Art Association and is listed in Askart.com. This is an excellent watercolor of weathered old buildings.

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$575   (West Coast Office)

Artist Name:  Harold Stanwood Maddocks

Dates:  1890 - 1963

Signature/Date:   On Verso - "By Harold Maddocks, Rockport, MA, 1950's"; (Mrs. George Next Saturday); Label from "Hatfields Color Shop - Boston/Cambridge/Rockport/E. Gloucester"

Nationality:   American - Lived in MA

Canvas Size:  Approx 12x16" inches; with frame, 16"x20""

Frame:  Believed to be the Original frame - A Really Nice Frame!

Media:  Oil on Artist Board/labelled (see above)

Condition:  No Known Issues - A bright piece, but cleaning would make it even better!  If pictures of the back are desired, please let us know!

Comments/Other:  Born about 1890 in Gloucester, Massachusetts, he developed a life-long love of the sea. He graduated from Massachusetts Normal Art School and then studied with Albro T Hubbard. He painted on Cape Ann, Massachusetts where he became known for his quiet and effective help to artists and for his management of the finances of the Rockport Art Association. His seascapes give a sense of value of light and air in sea and sky.

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SOLD!

Artist Name: No Signature

Dates:  Unknown but seems to have quite a bit of age

Signature/Date:  NA

Nationality:  Most Likely American

Canvas Size:  Approx 9x12 inches; with frame, 10-1/2"x13-1/2"

Frame:  Believed to be the Original frame - The frame is really nice

Media:  Oil on Board/labelled

Condition:  Professionally cleaned.

Comments/Other:  Just a very nice original piece of antique art believed to be late 19th Century.  Purchased from a Rhode Island Estate.  They described it as a Barbizon painting.  Has quite a bit of age.  Photographed under brighter lights.  In person, it is slightly darker which gives it a great antique look!

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$725 (New Lower Price!)

Artist Name: Eric Sloane

Dates:  1905-1985

Signature/Date:  Sloane

Nationality:  American

Canvas Size:  17.5" X 23.5"

Frame:  Excellent condition  23.25" X 29.5"

Media:  Oil on Masonite

Condition: No Known Issues

Title:  Wind

Comments/Other:  Eric Sloane was one of the 20th Century's Quality Artists. He is known for his clouds, covered bridges and scenes of New England.  This particular piece is from Long Island. The painting is signed lower right. It is titled lower left "Wind".  On the reverse, it is signed again "Eric Sloane" and the geographic location is "Roslyn, Long Island" along with the original price of $500.   He studied meteorlogy at MIT and wrote over 40 books, including "Clouds, Air and Wind".   This painting would have been perfect for the front cover of this book, as the clouds make up about 70% of the painting.  It is a very important piece showing his Clouds, Air and Wind.  You can see the affect it had on him and how he captures all three elements including the seagulls flying in the threatening skys over the Atlantic Ocean above Long Island.   To learn more about this artist's auction records and why he attempted to destroy his previous works later in his life, click on the link below: <<   Susan Theran's Fine Art Identification and Price Guide  >>   <<   Eric Sloane Biography  >> The author who wrote a book on Sloane, called  "Aware: A Retrospective of the Life and Work of Eric Sloane", has seen photos of this piece and had the following to say:   "The symbol that appears above Sloane's signature is of an old Taos native representation of clouds.... "Wind" is an early piece because of the symbol Sloane used over his signature.  It is also executed in a style and manner consistent with Sloane's late 1940's/very early 1950s work." No need to discuss all the awards and praise this artist has received.  Just use an internet search engine to read his life history and check out auction prices.  For such a work as this, the future proud owner is stealing this!

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Auction Records for this artist range up to approximately $40,000 See links above for more info

$27,100