Catalog: Fine Art (142)

Magpie on a Branch

Oil on Porcelain, signed lower right

Frame: 13 ½” x 11 ½”

Floyd, a notable porcelain artist in Alexandria, learned to paint on porcelain in the early 1970’s and taught her craft in workshops for the Fairfax County Adult Education program.

She was a Pennsylvania native who attended a business college before moving to Washington in 1941 to work as a secretary in the Pentagon...

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”

Setter with Woodcock

Watercolor on Paper, signed

Sight size:17.75" x 12.75
Unframed, Mat size: 23" x 18"

Biography:
Boris Riab (Born November 1, 1898 Boris Riabouchinsky, in Moscow, Russia. Riab died in 1975 in Saint Vincent du LorouÃr.)
Due to his families finances, Riab studied at many different art schools in Moscow.
In 1917, Riab's family fled Russia after the Bolshevik Party gained power...

"November Afternoon, Soldiers Home, D.C."

Oil on board, signed lower right and titled and dated "1957"on the reverse

Painting: 18" x 14"
Frame: 25.5" x 21.5"

Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector

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Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washing...

A Bamboo Grove

Watercolor on paper, signed.

Sheet Size: 20.5” x 13.5”
Sight Size: 19” x 13”
Frame Size: 25.75” x 19.5”

Banka Maruyama was a Japanese watercolor artist whose work spanned the Meiji, Taishō and Shōwa periods. Today, his work can be found in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo.

Clearing Fog

Signed and dated: 1915

Ptg: 20"x 28"
New Frame: 28"x 34"

Born in Natick, Massachusetts, Charles Francis Browne was primarily active in Illinois as a landscape painter and teacher, and was one of the original members of the Eagle's Nest Art Colony in Oregon, Illinois...

Charles Ross Kinghan (American, 1895-1984)

Watercolor on paper, signed.

A painter and illustrator, Kinghan trained at the American Academy of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. In addition to his studio work, Kinghan began a career as an art teacher. In 1937, he first offered private instruction. While that continued throughout his life, he also worked for a time at the American Art Academy which was followed by a position at the Huguenot School of Art...

Washington Row Houses (Dupont Circle)

Oil on canvas, located on the reverse.

Painting size: 20” x 16”
Frame size: 25” x 31”

** Please Note - This painting came directly from the Estate of Mr. O’Brien...

Carib Indians Around a Jungle Campfire, with a Piton in the Background

Oil on canvas, signed indistinctly on the stretcher. Mid 19th century carved wood, compo and gilt frame

Painting Size: 9.25” x 12”
Frame Size: 13.5” x 16.5”

Art Noveau Bronze of a Young Beauty

Signed, 14.25" high, 11" wide, 7"deep

Maurice Bouval was a French sculptor of the Art Nouveau period who was born in Toulouse, France in 1863. From 1880 to the first World War, he created a large number of bronze statues or objects including chandeliers, candelabras or table lamps...

Blossoms and Bugs
Still Life with Flowers on a Marble Ledge

Oil-on-canvas, signed on reverse

Painting: 20 ¼” x 17 ¾”
Frame: 26 ¾” x 23” SAFA/11078

"Cloud Shadows, Bluemont, VA"

Oil on board, signed lower right and titled on the reverse

Painting: 10.25" x 16"
Frame: 14.5" x 20"

Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector

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Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washington, DC...

Man in a Cottonfield

Oil on board, signed lower left.

$16,500. Painting Size: 8.25” x 4.25”
Frame Size: 12.5” x 8.5”

A lifelong artist, Walker exhibited his first painting at the age of twelve and continued to paint until his death 71 years later.

In the 1860’s Walker traveled to Dusseldorf for artistic training and remained for several years...

Two Antique English miniature watercolors with printed borders.

Frame size: 7.5" x 8.5"

Print size: 5.25” x 7.5”
Frame size (max): 10.5” x 12.5”

Beauty and the Beast

Oil on canvas, signed with monogram and titled on the reverse

Exhibited: The Royal Academy, 1899

Miss Suitcliff was a Hampstead painter of genre and portraits who exhibited at the royal academy from 1881-1899 and elsewhere.

Source:

Christopher Wood, The Dictionary of Victorian Painters

Painting Size: 16" x 20" Frame Size: 24" x 28"

by Edward F.D. Pritchard (British 1809-1905)

Ink on paper, signed. Paper Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (Unframed)

Pritchard was a marine, landscape and architectural painter living in Bristol and London, who exhibited at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, the Society of British Artists, Suffolk Street and elsewhere...

"A Maryland Farm, Autumn"

Oil on masonite, signed lower left and titled on the reverse

Painting: 14" x 18"
Frame: 19.75" x 23.75

" Provenance: The Estate of a Toms River Collector

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Benson Bond Moore, painter, etcher and teacher was born in Washington, DC...