Vintage oil painting of Sailboats on the "Charles River Basin from Cambridge Side", signed lower right corner W. J. Macdonald, 1936. Tag with title on the back. It looks like a view from Memorial Drive across the M.I.T. campus and looking to the Boston Back Bay. Many sailboats from spring to fall.
Sight: 20" by 16" in vintage gold frame. Painting in good condition with no tears or holes. So ...click for details
A watercolor landscape painting by the listed artist Louis Harlow (1850-19130. It is a country home shaded by tall trees and surrounded by water. Nice details, see the tiny sails in a detail pic. Signed Louis K Harlow. Meticulous detail in a small area so typical of this artist who excelled in watercolors.
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A fine Chinese landscape fan painting with genre figures. Calligraphy, signature and 2 seals of the artist Dai Zhen and dated 1885, with a dedication to a friend with given name of Xuan Qing (no surname written). Painting has been matted and framed in a simple gold frame. Fine detail and composition, and the figures are well done. See close-ups which are magnified over the original.
A vibrant still life of 2 fresh red roses attributed to Peter Petronzio, a self taught American water color artist. From the 1940s. It is in a nice old frame and recently matted.
Picture area 14 1/4 by 8" approximately. Frame about 20 by 14 1/2". Picture in very good condition with no stains or tears. 2 small dings on the period frame.
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An autumn scene beautifully framed by birch trees with a 3 mast ship in the back. A typical New England scene by the 19th century New Bedford artist Louis K. Harlow (1850-1913). His paintings tend to be small. This one is unusually large. Water color and in a vintage wood frame.
28.5 by 18.5" image size with 2.5" width frame margin. Good condition with no stains.
An abstract female seated female nude figure by Theresa Bernstein, unsigned. This oil on board painting, together with the signed charcoal nude by Bernstein also listed here (item #285009), came from the same estate. Theresa Bernstein (1890-2002) was a listed artist who worked in Philadelphia, New York and the North Shore of Massachusetts. She was known for her bold brush strokes.
A cheerful impressionist painting on artist board of a cheerful garden entrance way with climbing roses on the arbor way. Nice color with light impasta. Signed Julia Wood (1890-1958, landscape & seascape artist from Massachusetts).
Image about 13.5 by 16.5". In a simple gold frame. Be sure to see my other painting by the same artist. (Note: Framed picture taken with flash indoors, detail taken wit ...click for details
A lovely 1892 China trade oil painting portrait of the 3 masted clipper ship Woolton under full sail. It is by the Calcutta (India) Chinese port artist Lai Fong. Excellent details, including riggings and sail. You can even see the reefing lines on the sails. She is flying the red Britannia ensign and a house ensign topmost.
Launched 1885 May at the shipyard of Oswald, Mordaunt &
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This is a fine 19th century Chinese export painting on silk of a seated noble lady with her attendant carrying a teapot. Her head gear has many jade and ruby beads, and her sleeves are adorned with dragons. She was of the reigning Manchu tribe, and married to a senior official. Image area is 7 1/2 by 10 1/2 inches. Picture is in pretty good condition except for a narrow tear 1/3 of the way from the left margin on top (see picture).
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A cheerful impressionist painting on board of a cheerful garden with a rabbit chewing the flowers. Nice color with light impasta. Signed Julia Wood (1890-1958, landscape & seascape artist from Massachusetts).
Image about 13.5 by 16.5". In a simple gold frame. (Be sure to see other painting by Wood). (Note: Framed picture taken with flash indoors, detail taken without flash in open shade on sunny day for b ...click for details
