Claude Cahill Cooper (British, b. 1941) oil on wood panel Impressionist style beach scene painting with numerous figures in early-20th century dress. A striped tent stands at upper right and couples, children, dogs, and a horse or donkey populate the scene. After William Samuel Horton’s (1865-1936) The Beach at Whitby, 1913. Signed lower left. Housed […]

Oil on canvas bust-length portrait of a red-haired woman who tilts her head backward as she gazes confidently at the viewer, early 20th c. She wears an ornate red dress or clothing and poses before a mottled brown background. Signed “JJ Henner,” upper left, however Isabelle de Lannoy, author of the Jean-Jacques Henner catalog raisonne, […]

British or American School, circa 1861, portrait of a dark haired lady in a Renaissance Revival style off the shoulders blouse, velvet vest, and headband, depicted with her head slightly turned and fingers joined, wearing pearl and gold bracelets and a ruby ring, before an indistinct background with red drape to side. Later silvered molded […]

A large Continental, possibly German or Swiss, oil on canvas painting, illegibly signed, depicting an Alpine landscape with river or lake in the foreground, cows watering in the mid-ground, a small structure on a hill to the left, and a partially snow-covered mountain range in the background. Housed in an antique fluted cove molded and […]

Sterling Strauser (American, 1907-1995) oil on Masonite still life painting depicting orange poppies in a clear cylindrical vase set against an indistinct, swirled yellow/white background, all rendered in a thick impasto with sgraffito outlines and detailing. Signed “Strauser” and dated “8_” lower right. Unframed. 24″ H x 11 1/2″ W. PROVENANCE: The collection of Myron […]

Two small oil on board paintings by Sterling Boyd Strauser (American/Pennsylvania, 1907-1995). 1st item: Painting depicting a four hot air balloons rising into a blue-green sky, with figures watching from the ground beside a car, and mountains in the distance. Rendered with incised lines and a few thick brushstrokes of impasto. Signed and dated lower […]

Harold Knight (England, 1874-1961) oil on canvas board portrait of a ballet dancer in a white tutu with pink leggings. She rests on a square stool while an artist who stands behind an easle in the background, possibly Dame Laura Knight, paints her. Singed “Harold Knight,” lower left. Housed in a giltwood frame. Sight: 23″ […]