Rudolph Ingerle (American, 1879-1950) oil on canvas landscape painting titled "The Fascinating Ozarks" depicting a hillside with trees in the foreground, a still creek with a tree lined embankment and field with houses in the middle ground, and a range of pink and purple mountains in the early morning, background. Signed "R. F. Ingerle 15" […]
Lot 123: Clementine Hunter Folk Art Painting, Going to Church
Clementine Reuben Hunter (Louisiana, 1886-1988) oil on canvasboard folk art painting titled "Going to Church" depicting African American figures with flowers coming to and from a church, top right, a funeral scene along the lower register, the grave rendered in a heavy impasto technique. Initialed "CH" center right. Housed in a carved giltwood frame with […]
Lot 121: Edgar Hewitt Nye O/C, Impressionist Village Landscape
Edgar Hewitt Nye (District Of Columbia/Virginia, 1879 – 1943) oil on canvas Impressionistic landscape village scene with haystacks to the right, stand of trees to the left, executed with short, thick, impasto brushstrokes. Signed "E. Nye" lower right. Housed in a gilt early 20th century frame. Sight – 17 3/8" H x 21 1/8" W. […]
Lot 119: 2 Thomas Campbell O/B East TN Landscapes
Two (2) Thomas Campbell (Tennessee, 1834-1914) oil on board East TN landscapes. 1st item: Oil on board landscape painting depicting a stream with tree foreground, fenceline mid-ground and homestead with mountainous backdrop. Signed "T. Campbell" lower right. Housed in a contemporary gilt wood frame. Sight – 6 3/4" H x 9 3/4" W. Framed – […]
Lot 120: Harvey Joiner Oil on Board Landscape
Harvey Joiner (Kentucky/Indiana, 1852-1932) oil on artist's board landscape painting of sunlight breaking through a grove of trees onto a flat expanse of grass with low mountain or hills in horizon in background. Signed in green, lower left. Gilt metal placard with artist's name affixed lower center of Arts and Crafts period giltwood frame. Board […]
Lot 117: William Edmondson Sculpture, Miss Amy
William Edmondson (American/Tennessee, 1874-1951), “Miss Amy,” companion sculpture to “Miss Lucy,” sold in our January 2019 auction (lot #110). Carved limestone sculpture depicting a standing woman wearing a dress with square neckline; her bountiful hair is tied back, creating negative space between her back and her hair, and she holds a book in her left […]
Lot 118: William Edmondson Limestone Rabbit
William Edmondson (American/Tennessee, 1874-1951) carved limestone sculpture of a rabbit with raised paws, sitting on its hind legs, atop a rectangular integral base. 16 5/8″ H x 5″ W x 7 1/2″ D. Rabbits were popular subject matter for Edmondson. A very similar rabbit is visible in the background of a photograph of Edmondson’s yard […]
Lot 115: Catherine Wiley O/C Forest Landscape
Anna Catherine Wiley (TN, 1879-1958) oil on canvas on board impressionist landscape, depicting a sun-dappled path leading through a forest. Signed lower right “Catherine Wiley”. Housed in the original carved and painted frame. Additionally signed en verso on artist’s board label. Otto Hylen Company/Nashville, TN label also en verso. Sight – 13 3/4″ H x […]
Lot 116: Carroll Cloar Painting, Black Angus
Carroll Cloar (Tennessee, 1913-1993) acrylic on board painting titled “Black Angus”, depicting six black cows in an orange/brown grassy field with barn and barren trees in the background, all under a bright blue sky. Signed, dated and titled en verso “Black Angus/Carroll Cloar/May 1967/Acrylic”. Housed in an ebonized and parcel gilt wood frame. Sight – […]
Lot 114: Catherine Wiley O/C, The Pea Shellers
Anna Catherine Wiley (Knoxville, TN, 1879-1958), “The Pea Shellers,” impressionist oil on canvas painting depicting three women seated on the porch of an East Tennessee home, Wolf Creek, shelling peas. The women are seated in ladderback chairs, filling woven baskets with green peas while pods accumulate on the floor; sunlight filters through foliage in the […]