PAINTINGS:

Our interest in painting is primarilty in American Folk Art with self taught artists and those that clearly had some training - either academic or an apprenticeship - those that may have been an itinerant painter and those that strove to go beyond craft and create works of art.

Maine Island

Oil on board
Circa: 1870
Size: 18" x 24" (sight) | 24" x 30" (frame)

Though painted in the latter half of the 19thC, the painting foreshadows the work of Milton Avery and John Marin. The nearly vertically composed tight waves vibrate with energy and direct us to a single hilly island with a steamer by a private beach. Rocky outcrops, a sail boat, and a cluster of white birch trees add to the composition.

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Maine: Waves & Rocks

Oil on canvas
Circa: 1840-1860
Size: 18" x 36"

A first rate stylistic Maine seascape (possibly Mt. Desert Island) with dynamic rolling and crashing waves below a passing storm. The picture's plane is broken down into shapes - note the cloud formations, rocks and waves - the artist had a strong sense and geometry and used it as an armature to build the composition and breakdown detail. The spiderweb-like waves are phenomenal.

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Still Life for After Dinner

Henry Church (American, Ohio, 1836-1908)
Oil on canvas
Circa: 1890
Size: 12" x 16"

Still life of fruit, a carafe and glass of port and a tumbler of cigars. Composed with the Church characteristic inside/outside view and painted with his faux graining and Greek key motif.

Henry Church is best known for his iconic folk art painting, "The Monkey Picture" at Colonial Williamsburg's Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum.

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Still Life with Lemon

Charles Baskerville (American, 1896-1994)
Oil on board
Circa: 1940-1950
Size: 5" x 7"

A well focused still life with a carafe, a glass and a lemon - maybe lemonade or maybe something stronger. Paint application is well textured with a nice impasto. You can almost smell the zest of the lemon.

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Old Covered Bridge Between Randolph & Gardiner

George E. Morgan (1870-1969)
Oil on paper
Dated: July 1962
Size: 10" x 14

Signed and dated on verso: George E. Morgan, July 1962.

Select Exhibitions: Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME, "George E. Morgan: Self Taught Painter of Maine" July 16 - October 11, 1998; The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, IL, "George E. Morgan: Maine Streets" February 5 - April 10, 1999.

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Portrait Of A Champion

American Bulldog or an American Staffordshire Terrier
Circa: 1820-30
Size: 9 5/8" W x 12" H

A wonderful portrait of an Amercan bulldog or an American Staffordshire Terrier. Has both a folky and academic feel to it. Strong chiaroscuro.

Oil on chamfered panel.

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METCALF HOUSE: HALLOWELL

George E. Morgan (1870-1969)
Oil on canvas board
Circa: 1962/1963
Size: 9" x 12"

Signed and inscribed on verso: The old Metcalf house in Hallowell Built during Washingtons first administration - for Mrs. Wadwill Hallowell. George E. Morgan age 92.

Select Exhibitions: Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME, "George E. Morgan: Self Taught Painter of Maine" July 16 - October 11, 1998; The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, IL, "George E. Morgan: Maine Streets" February 5 - April 10, 1999.

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HUDSON RIVER SCENE

Ralph Redpath
Oil on tin
Circa: 1868
Size: 12"H x 18"W (sight

Redpath was a Mohawk Valley artist who worked in a manner similar in style to Thomas Chambers.

A work identified as Redpath is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, a Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbish 1955.11.3.

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BRIDGE DIVIDING KENNEBEC RIVER

George E. Morgan (1870-1969)
Oil on canvas board
Dated: July 1963
Size: 16" x 12"

Signed and dated on verso: George E. Morgan, July 1963.

Select Exhibitions: Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME, "George E. Morgan: Self Taught Painter of Maine" July 16 - October 11, 1998; The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, IL, "George E. Morgan: Maine Streets" February 5 - April 10, 1999.

Literature: "George E. Morgan: Self Taught Maine Artist," FOLK ART MAGAZINE, Summer 1998, p.30 by Chippy Irvine.

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HUDSON HOUND

Oil on artist board
Circa: 1880
Size: 11 1/2"H x 18"W (sight)

Wonderful scene of dog overlooking the Hudson River - longingly waiting for her master - boats in the distance.

Partial remains of an F. W. Devoe & Co., NYC. label on the back.

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ARCTIC SCENE

Ralph Redpath
Oil on panel
Dated: 1866
Size: 16"H x 23 3/4"W (sight)

Superb folk art whaling scene with upturned boat and men spilling out - ominous iceberg towering in the back. Signed/dated lower right and signed/dated and titled in graphite on back.

A work identified by Redpath, Mounting of the Guard, is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, a Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbish 1955.11.3.

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MOULTON MILL

George E. Morgan (1870-1969)
Oil on canvas board
Dated: January 1963
Size: 20" x 16"

Signed, titled and dated on verso: George E. Morgan, Moulton Mill, Moulton ME, January 1963.

Select Exhibitions: Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME, "George E. Morgan: Self Taught Painter of Maine" July 16 - October 11, 1998; The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, IL, "George E. Morgan: Maine Streets" February 5 - April 10, 1999.

Literature: "George E. Morgan: Self Taught Maine Artist," FOLK ART MAGAZINE, Summer 1998, p.30 by Chippy Irvine.

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THREE MASTED BARK, MAINE

Oil on Academy Board (Wadsworth, Howland & Co. Boston, MA)
Circa: 1890-1900
Size: 18" x 24"

Ship portraits tend towards academic or schooled works - here is a striking well balanced folk art example done with a tight palette.

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