Werner Wildner (Nashville, Tennessee, 1925-2004) oil on panel surrealist landscape depicting a nude woman with her face hidden against a rock. Signed “Wildner” lower right. Housed in a wooden frame with off white velvet and wood rabbet edge. Sight – 9 1/2″ H x 5 3/4″ W. Framed – 12 7/8″ H x 9 1/4″ […]
Lot 106: Werner Wildner Painting, Bird and Egg
Werner Wildner (Nashville, Tennessee, 1925-2004) tempera on panel painting of a long legged shorebird with long beak standing atop a crumpled paper hat with egg, red string, and bone. Signed with monogram W lower right. Housed in an oak frame with beige linen liner and metallic rabbet edge. 9 1/2″ x 7 1/2″ sight, 14″ […]
Lot 104: Andrew Jackson Portrait attrib. Leutze
Large oil on canvas historical portrait of President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), after the 1820 full-length portrait by John Vanderlyn. Attributed to historical genre painter Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (District Of Columbia/New York/Germany, 1816-1868). This life sized painting depicts Jackson on the battlefield (likely at New Orleans), attired in his military dress uniform, holding his sword in […]
Lot 101: Southern Folk Art Portrait of a Girl
Oil on canvas folk art portrait of a dark haired girl, believed to be Annie Eliza Tomkins Harrison of Sumner County, Tennessee (b. 1831-d. 1878). The subject is depicted wearing a green high waisted dress with pouf sleeves and gold locket around her neck, and is posed slightly turned to her left, with her left […]
Lot 102: 19th C. Portrait of a Woman, "Gillespie"
Oil on canvas, possibly East Tennessee, bust length portrait of a young woman wearing a lace bonnet and black dress, against a plain reddish brown background. Incised "H. Gillespie" on stretcher, verso. "Lyzon" written on old label verso, likely for Lyzon Gallery framing, Nashville. Black light reveals possible scrawling handwriting across bottom of canvas, indistinct. […]
Lot 99: J. W. Wallace O/C, Swans at Sunset
James Wiley Wallace (Tennessee, 1852-1921) oil on canvas landscape depicting a group of swans on a lake at sunset, with orange sky reflected in the water below. Signed "J.W. Wallace" and dated "1909" lower right. Housed in a molded giltwood frame. 22" x 16" sight, 20" x 26" framed. American, early 20th century. Biography: James […]
Lot 100: Adelia Armstrong Lutz O/C, Two Hounds
Adelia Armstrong Lutz (American/Tennessee, 1859-1931) large oil on canvas winter landscape, depicting two hounds standing in an open field, with a luminescent sky in the background, one hound seemingly hiding behind the other, after the original by Otto Ritter von Thoren (France/Austria, 1828-1889). Signed lower left "After O. Von Thoren by A. A. Lutz" and […]
Lot 97: Cornelius Hankins Still Life O/C, Persimmons
Cornelius Hankins (Mississippi/Tennessee, 1863-1946) oil on canvas still life painting depicting a branch of persimmons, hanging vertically. Signed lower left and dated '99. Housed in a later giltwood frame. 21 1/2" x 13 1/2" sight, 27" x 19" framed. Early 20th century. Note: Hankins studied with Robert Henri, leader of the Ashcan School, and with […]
Lot 98: Cornelius Hankins O/B, Haystack Landscape Painting
Cornelius Hankins (Mississippi/Tennessee, 1863-1946) oil on board landscape painting depicting a field of haystacks in the late afternoon, a mountain range in the background. Signed "Cornelius Hankins" lower left. Housed in a wooden frame. Sight – 6 3/8" H x 8 3/4" W. Framed – 8 1/4" H x 10 1/2" W. Early 20th century. […]
Lot 96: Gilbert Gaul O/C, TN Farmyard, Exhibited
Gilbert Gaul (New York/Tennessee/New Jersey, 1855-1919) oil on board landscape painting, depicting a woman standing in a Tennessee farmyard with chickens at her feet, a cottage in the background. Signed lower right. Exhibited under the title “Untitled (Tennessee Farmyard)” at the Tennessee State Museum, November 22, 1992 to February 28, 1993, “Gilbert Gaul: American Realist,” […]