(Honduran, b. 1920) Kudu
Bronze sculpture, signed: “M. Zamora A.” and inscribed: “Mex 69 V-XV”.
Height: 23”
Length: 16.5”
Zamora Alcantara was born in Honduras but spent most of his life in Mexico. He studied at the Tegucigalpa School of Arts and Crafts (now the National School of Fine Arts) under the tutelage of Alfredo Ruiz Barrera. In 1944 he emigrated to Mexico where he was in the San Carlos Academy until 1948. He also studied ...
Height: 78”
Width: 24”
Still Life with Fruit
Oil on canvas, signed and dated: "1912"
Provenance: Sothebys, London
Painting: 18" x 26"
Frame: 23.5" x 31.5"
There were several Edwin Steeles painting in the 19th century. One whose dates were 1803-1871 would appear to have been primarily a landscape artist. Another whose dates are listed as 1837-1898 seems to be confused with and often listed as this artist since examples of his work are ...
WATERFRONT
Oil on masonite, signed and titled on the reverse
Frame: 23" x 33"
Lewis was a prominent member of the "The Washington Color School" (early 60's), so named after the New York School, in turn derived from L'Ecole de Paris. The Washington School dealt with the importance and the identifiable nature of color with such artists as Kenneth Noland and Mark Rothko leading the way. Lewis' qualifications and accomplis...
Provenance: The Harry Z. Isaacs Collection from Historic Long Branch Estate, Virginia and James Kennedy Antiques., Ltd., Durham NC.
Length Open: 36"
Height with Stand: 15.5"
Long Branch was built on property surveyed by a young George Washington for Lord Fairfax. In 1788, Robert Carter Burwell inherited the land and began...
American School, early 19th Century
Oil on canvas with a pencil inscription lower left: “Jacob Lam...t, born: April 4th, 1798”.
Painting size: 18.25” x 13.75”
Frame size: 22.25” x 17.75”
Judging by the gentleman’s frock coat, collar and hair style, this was probably painted circa 1820.
This item has been sold. It remains on our website for internet research purposes.
Wildflowers
Oil on canvas, signed and dated: “1860 (?)”.
Painting size: 12” x 16”
Frame size: 17” x 21”
Stuart painted mostly still-lifes of flowers and fruit, but created the occassional genre painting as well, including “The Gondola-night”, “Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Lilliput” and “The Thames off Limehouse.” He lived in Stepney, London and exhibited at Suffolk Street,...
Sailboats
Oil on board, signed.
Painting: 20" x 24"
Frame: 27" x 31"
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Diameter: 4.5”
The Soldier’s Dream of Home
Oil on canvas, laid down.
Painting size: 24.5” x 29.25”
Frame size: 35.5” x 40”
Hailing from a prominent English family of painters and engravers, Goodall rose to fame early in life. At the age of fourteen he won the silver medal at the Society of Arts. However, it would be his travels to Egypt, beginning at the age of 36, that would make and define his career.
Enamore...
Man in a Brown Cap: Portrait of a Black Man
Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right.
Painting Size: 23.75” x 18.75”
Frame Size: 28.5” x 23.5”
Harrington Mann was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1864 and died in 1837 in New York City. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art and at the Slade under Legros, as well as at the Académie Julien in Paris. He was on the periphery of the Glasgow School movement, but distanc...
Bird with Two Chicks
Height: 3.5”
Diameter: 3.75”
Born in Braine-sur-Vesle at mid-century, Le Blanc regularly exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français where he received an honorable mention in 1887. In this small but animated sculpture, a mother bird hovers over her two chicks, one seemingly chirping to get her attention. The sculpture is signed and mounted on a marble base.
Le Blanc is listed in the Dictionnaire...
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"The Blue Ridge Mountains from Skyline Drive, VA"
Oil on masonite, signed lower right and titled on the reverse.
Painting: 16" x 20"
Frame: 23.5" x 27.5
" Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector
Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washington, DC. He studied at the Corcoran School of Art with Messer and Brooke , and also with Max Weyl . He continued his studies in drawing at the Linth...
Lady in Renaissance Dress
Oil on Panel, retaining exhibition label on reverse
Painting Size: 12.5" x 9.5"
Frame Size: 18.5" x 15.5"
This portrait is very much in the Pre-Raphaelite manner and shows the influence of such artists as Burne-Jones and Rossetti; the young woman having a somewhat mournful visage, strong chin and Roman nose, her red hair drawn back in a chignon and garlanded with pearls while she is garbed in a Renaissan...
Hayfield in Summer
Oil on canvas, signed and dated: ‘1905’.
Stilson was an Ohio artist and member of the National Association of Women Artists and the Cleveland Woman’s Art Club. She is listed in Falk, Who Was Who in American Art.
Painting size: 15”x19”
Frame: 23.5”x27.5”
This item has been sold. It remains on our website for internet research purposes.
The Return Home
Oil-on-panel, signed lower left
Painting Size: 15.5” x 18”
Frame Size: 26.5 ” x 30”
Moormans was a popular and well known artist of the 19th century specializing in portraits and interior genre scenes in the style of the 17th century Dutch artists such as Metsu and Vermeer. He was a student at l’Academie d’Anvers and a professor at l’Academie d’Amsterdam. He participated in numerous exhibition...
Studio Antiques has found the original engraved copper printing plate of the “Capitol at Washington” done by Max Franke in 1892. We are offering a limited edition re-strike engraving of this print, handpulled from the original plate by master printmaker Roger Bailey. It will be limited to a numbered edition of only 350 and will not be republished. Each print comes with a “Certificate of Authenticity”
Lost for over a century, the...
Sonata, Rose and Blue, 1988
Tempera on paper, signed lower right and titled on paper label on reverse.
Provenance: Graham Modern, New York
Painting Size: 19.5” x 12.5”
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