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 […]
Lot 112: Adelia Armstrong Lutz O/B Hollyhocks
Adelia Armstrong Lutz (American/Tennessee, 1859-1931) large oil on board painting depicting a colorful bouquet of hollyhocks against a blue backdrop. Housed in a molded wood frame. Unsigned. Sight – 37" H x 30" W. Framed – 45" H x 38" W. Provenance: Property of a direct descendant of Adelia Armstrong Lutz. CONDITION: Board is bowed […]
Lot 113: Lloyd Branson O/B, Portrait of Artist’s Niece
Lloyd Branson (Tennessee, 1861-1925) oil on board of his niece Susan Williams Branson (1892-1901). Subject is attired in a white dress with gold locket. Susan was a child musical prodigy and played the violin. She died of diphtheria when she was 9 years old. Possibly signed and dated upper left margin. Portrait is likely posthumous, […]
Lot 111: Adelia Armstrong Lutz After Bouguereau
Adelia Armstrong Lutz (American/Tennessee, 1859-1931) large oil on canvas after the original by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825-1905) titled "The Little Knitter". Painting depicts a young dark haired European peasant girl sitting on a terrace with flowers and village visible to her left. Signed lower right of girl "After Wm Bouguereau/ A.L.". Housed in a heavily […]
Lot 109: Elise Maclet O/C, Paris Street Scene
Elise Maclet (French, 1881-1962), "Rue de L'Abrevoir," oil on canvas Paris street scene with 2 figures standing in the center of the street, surrounded by brightly colored buildings. Circa 1935. Signed and titled lower left corner. Housed in a giltwood molded frame with linen liner and gilt plaque with artist's name and life dates. Sight […]
Lot 110: English O/C Spring Landscape, A. De Breanski, Jr.
English oil on canvas mountain landscape by Alfred Fontville De Breanski, Jr. (United Kingdom, 1877-1957) titled en verso "The English Lakes: Spring in the Langdale Valley". Depicts a summer mountain valley scene with a lake forground with birds, trees and flowers, grazing sheep to the left mid-ground, and mountains to the background. Signed lower right […]
Lot 108: Leon L'Hermitte Pastel, "The Washer Women"
Leon Augustin Lhermitte, also spelled L'hermitte (French, 1844-1925), "Au Lavoir, Deux Figures," or "The Washer Women, France," graphite and pastel painting depicting two laundresses talking as they wash clothing, with village in background; one woman kneels beside a wash tub and holds a long white cloth in her hands, while the other stands with her […]
Lot 107: Leon L’Hermitte Oil Painting of Workers in Field
Leon Augustin Lhermitte, also spelled L’hermitte (French, 1844-1925), “Fenaison,” or “Haymaking,” oil on canvas painting depicting workers in a field; three women and one man work under a sunny sky, harvesting hay to build a haystack while more figures, haystacks and a hut are visible in the background, set against a treeline. Signed lower left, […]