A few examples of appraisal values for
IMPRESSIONISM

• IMPRESSIONISM AND
  IMPRESSIONISM AND POST-IMPRESSIONISMImpressionism and Post-Impressionism, twenty one volumesLot includes : 1-2. The Impressionists: a Retrospective & The Post-Impressionists: A Retrospective (2 volumes) Martha Kapos. NY: Beaux Arts Edit
• CLAUDE MONET (THIRTY VOLUMES)Claude
  CLAUDE MONET (THIRTY VOLUMES)Claude Monet (thirty volumes)Lot includes: 1-4. Monet: or The Triumph of Impressionism, A Catalogue Raisonne. Wildenstein, Danil. Koln: Taschen / Wilderstein Institute, 1996. 4 folio volumes in slipca
• RICHARD HAYLEY LEVER (AMERICAN,
  RICHARD HAYLEY LEVER (AMERICAN, 1876-1958) "MENEMSHA, MARTHA'S VINEYARD" Watercolor on paper. Signed 'Hayley Lever' (lower right) and dated '1931'. Richard Hayley Lever (American, 1876-1958) Born in Adelaide, Australia in 1876, Hayley Lever was known for his town-shore landscapes and still-life painting in a style that combined impressionism with vivid colors and strong lines of realism - post impressionism. In his use of color, he was deeply influenced by Vincent Van Gogh. He freely explored numerous styles based on impressionism but was never locked into any particular style. He showed early art talent and traveled to England in 1893. He studied art in London and then painted at an artists' colony in Cornwall on the seacoast of St. Ives where he began his seacoast paintings. He received much attention in Europe for these works. In 1908, he did a series of paintings called "Van Gogh's Hospital, Holland" expressing the profound influence he felt of that artist. Lever came to America in 1911, encouraged by American artist Ernest Lawson whom he knew in France, and was soon counted among the most widely exhibited artists in New York City.
• FRANK KNOX MORTON REHN (AMERICAN,
  FRANK KNOX MORTON REHN (AMERICAN, 1848-1914) "MOONLIGHT GRAND MUNAN" Oil on academy board. Signed (lower left). Frank Knox Morton Rehn (American, 1848-1914) Frank Rehn was a highly successful 19th-century marine painter born in Philadelphia. After finishing his training at the Pennsylvania Academy, he supported himself with portrait commission work and by selling terra cotta plates. He also painted many landscapes and still lifes and won exhibition awards for these subjects. Rehn determined to be exclusively American in his fine art painting, although French Impressionism heavily influenced his style. He is most known for his marine, portrait, and landscape paintings.
• THOMAS FOLK BOOKS, CATALOGS
  THOMAS FOLK BOOKS, CATALOGS AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISMLot of art books and exhibition catalogs by Thomas C. Folk. 4 copies The Pennsylvania Impressionists book, 1997, all signed by the author; 2 copies William L. Lathrop: Tonalism to Impressionism exhibition catalog, 1982; 6 copies Edward Redfield exhibition catalog, Rutgers University Art Gallery, 1981; Edward Redfield: First Master of the Twentieth Century Landscape, exhibition catalog, 1988; Walter Elmer Schofield: Bold Impressionist exhibition catalog, Brandywine River Museum, 1983; Graham Holmes: Bridging Trenton & New Hope exhibition catalog, Trenton City Museum, 1997; Robert Spencer: Impressionist of Working Class Life exhibition catalog, New Jersey State Museum, 1983; 3 copies Charles Rosen: The Pennsylvania Years exhibition catalog, 1983. PA impressionists books one with staining to the dust jacket and top edges of pages, slight creasing and minor tears to corners of dust jackets; catalogs with some creasing at corners, wear to spines. Provenance: From the Estate of Angela Gross Folk.
• 59+ Books On Art and Artists.
  59+ Books On Art and Artists. Andy Warhol, Ansel Adams, Bronzes American West, Modern Art, Herman Maril, Monet, Impressionism, Synagogue Art, Art Bronzes, --- US Packing and Shipping charge: In house shipping available. Will be calculated once destination known. However these are very heavy. WIll be expensive. Plus insurance at a rate of $1 per hundred.
• ARTHUR MCEVOY ATTR. "CHELSEA
  ARTHUR MCEVOY ATTR. "CHELSEA BRIDGE" WATERCOLOR Arthur Ambrose McEvoy (British, 1878-1927) Attributed "Chelsea Bridge", Watercolor on Paper, apparently unsigned, Leicester Galleries and M. Knoedler & Co., labels to verso, in gold frame. Image: 7" H x 10.75" W; frame: 15.5" H x 18.75" W. Provenance: From a 631 1st Avenue estate. Keywords: Landscape, Cityscape, Impressionism, Impressionist, New York Scene, Fine Art
• GERTRUDE FISKE CAPRI LANDSCAPE
  GERTRUDE FISKE CAPRI LANDSCAPE OIL ON CANVAS BOARD Gertrude Fiske (American, 1878-1961), Capri Landscape, Oil on Canvas Board, apparently unsigned, inscribed "Capri" in pencil to verso along with gallery label. Image: 10" H x 8.25" W; frame: 11.25" H x 9.25"W. Provenance: From a Manhattan Townhouse. Keywords: Impressionism, Paintings, Italian landscape scene, Amalfi coast
• GERTRUDE FISKE "TOWN ON THE EDGE OF
  GERTRUDE FISKE "TOWN ON THE EDGE OF A LAKE" OIL Gertrude Fiske (American, 1878-1961), "Town on the Edge of a Lake", Oil on Canvas, apparently unsigned, gallery label to verso. Canvas glued to board. Image: 8.25" H x 10.25" W; frame: 9.25" H x 11.25" W. Provenance: From a Manhattan townhouse. Keywords: Gertrude Fiske, Coastal, Landscape, Impressionism
• GERTRUDE FISKE "WOODS" OIL ON
  GERTRUDE FISKE "WOODS" OIL ON CANVAS Gertrude Fiske (American, 1878-1961), "Woods", Oil on Canvas, apparently unsigned, gallery label to verso. Canvas glued to board. Images: 10.25" H x 8" W; frame 11.25" H x 9.25 " W. Provenance: From a Manhattan townhouse. Keywords: Paintings, Landscape, Trees, Impressionism
• LEVI IMPRESSIONISTIC LANDSCAPE
  LEVI IMPRESSIONISTIC LANDSCAPE OIL ON BOARD Impressionism manner landscape with fountain oil on board, signed "Levi" to lower right, housed in a carved giltwood frame. Image: 8.75" H x 6.75" W; frame: 19.5" H x 17.5" W. Keywords: Paintings, Impressionist style, Landscape scene
• HAGEL IMPRESSIONISTIC LANDSCAPE OIL
  HAGEL IMPRESSIONISTIC LANDSCAPE OIL ON CANVAS Impressionism manner landscape with lady oil on canvas, signed "Hagel" to lower left, housed in a carved giltwood frame. Image: 8.75" H x 6.75" W; frame: 19.5" H x 17.5" W. Keywords: Paintings, Impressionist style, Landscape scene
• EMILIO GRAU SALA "WOMAN WITH
  EMILIO GRAU SALA "WOMAN WITH FISHBOWL" OIL CANVAS Emilio Grau Sala (Catalan, 1911-1975) "Woman With Fishbowl" Neo-Post-Impressionist Oil On Canvas, Signed Lower Left, In Carved Giltwood Frame. Image: 20.5" H x 25" W; frame: 30.5" H x 34.5" W. Keywords: Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Toulouse-Lautrec Manner, Matisse Manner, Nature Morte, Portrait, Painting
• AFTER JOAQUIN SOROLLA "BATHERS"
  AFTER JOAQUIN SOROLLA "BATHERS" ENAMEL ON METAL After Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida (Spanish, 1863-1923) "Bathers" Enamel on Metal Plaque, bearing "Sorolla" signature lower right. Image: 4" H x 5.5" W; frame: 12.5" H x 14.5" W. Provenance: From a 140 East 56th Street estate. Keywords: Impressionism, Nude figures, Artworks
• IMPRESSIONIST BOOK GROUP, 16
  IMPRESSIONIST BOOK GROUP, 16 Group of books on Impressionist painters and Impressionism, 16, and including: Brockway & Frankfurter, The Albert D. Lasker Collection: Renoir to Matisse, Simon & Schuster, 1957; Manet, Metropolitan Museum: New York, 1983; Ann Dumas et al., Edgar Degas: The Last Landscapes, Merrell: London, 2006; Bonjour Monsieur Manet, Centre Georges Pompidou: Paris, 1983; Gail Stavitsky et al, Cezanne and American Modernism, Baltimore Museum of Art: Baltimore, 2010; Albert Barnes et al, The Art of Renoir, the Barnes Foundation Press: Philadelphia, 1977; Albert Barnes et al. The Art of Cezanne, the Barnes Foundation Press: Philadelphia, 1939 (first edition); Jill Lloyd, Vincent Van Gogh and Expressionism, Van Gogh Museum: Amsterdam, 2006; John Leighton et al, 100 Masterpieces in the Van Gogh Museum, Van Gogh Museum: Amsterdam, 2002; Pick & Vance, Van Gogh in Saint-Remy and Auvers, Metropolitan Museum: New York, 1987; Vivien Greene, Divisionism - Neo Impressionism: Arcadia & Anarchy, Guggenheim Museum: New York, 2007; Wildenstein, One Hundred Years of Impressionism, Wildenstein: New York, 1970; 2007; Wildenstein, Renoir, Wildenstein: New York, 1970; Louis Aragon et al, Matisse, Philadephia Museum of Art: Philadelphia, 1948; Jean Selz, Matisse, Crown Publishers: New York, 1978; Jean Sutherland Boggs, Degas, Metropolitan Museum of Art,: New York, 1988. Largest: 14.25" H x 11.25" W.
• GROUP OF IMPRESSIONISM BOOKS, 12
  GROUP OF IMPRESSIONISM BOOKS, 12 Group of Books on Impressionist Topics, 12, and comprising: Schneider, Pierre "Matisse"; Drew, Joanna "The Drawings of Henri Matisse"; Schneider, Pierre (Et. al.) "Matisse in Morocco"; Moffatt, Charles "Monet's Years at Giverny: Beyond Impressionism"; Reff, Theodore "Cezanne: The Late Work"; Gordon, Robert (et al) "Monet"; Farr, Dennis "Impressionist & Post-Impressionist Masterpieces: The Courtauld Collection"; Bessonova, Marina (et al) "Impressionism and Post Impressionist from the Hermitage, Leningrad"; Kelder, Diane "The French Impressionists and their Century"; Vernedoe, Kirk, "Gustave Caillebotte"; Pissaro, Joachim "Monet and the Mediterranean"; Cachin, Francoise (et al) "Manet". 13" H x 10" W x 2" D.
• IMPRESSIONIST INTEREST BOOKS, 9
  IMPRESSIONIST INTEREST BOOKS, 9 Group of Books of Impressionist Interest, 9, and comprising: Denis Rouart, The Taste of our Time: Renoir, Skira, New York, 1954; Francis Jourdain, Renoir: Le Moulin de la Galette, Editions Braun & Cie., Paris, 1953; Carolyn Lanchner, Henri Rousseau, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1985; Joachim Pisssaro, Cezanne & Pissaro: Pioneering Modern Painting 1865-1885, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2005; Erle Loran, Cezanne's Composition, University of California Press, Berkeley & LA, 1946; Derain et Vlaminck 1900-1915 (exhibition Catalogue) Musee de Lodeve, Mazzzotta, Milan, 2001; William Gaunt, The Impressionists, Weathervane Books, New York 1970; Charles Moffatt, Impressionists in Winter: Effts de Niege, Phillip Wilson Publishers, London, 1999; Rene Huyghe, Impressionism, Realites / G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1971; Barbara Ehrlich White, Renoir: His Life, Art, and Letters, Abrams, New York, 1984. Largest: 14" H x 11.5" W.
• FRENCH SCHOOL FAIRGROUND SCENE
  FRENCH SCHOOL FAIRGROUND SCENE OIL ON CANVAS French School, Fairground Scene Oil on Canvas, illegibly signed lower right, housed in a carved gilt wood frame. Image: 13.5" H x 20.5" W; frame: 19" H x 26" W. Provenance: From a 146 West 57th Street collection. Keywords: Paintings, Landscape, Figures, Impressionism, Impressionist
• ARTHUR TURNBULL HILL (AMERICAN,
  ARTHUR TURNBULL HILL (AMERICAN, 1868-1929) "SUNSET EAST HAMPTON" Oil on canvas. Signed 'Arthur Turnbull Hill' (lower center left). Signed and titled on stretcher. Catalogue Note: American painters in the final decades of the 19th century moved steadily into the transition heralded by George Inness from the heroic, nationalistic landscape into a phase more personally visionary. Their painting focused less on the exact replication of nature than on scenery, as a spiritual manifestation and it tended toward impressions and depictions of personal experience. Landscape painting tends to reflect changes of social and industrial growth, and was in one way escapist but the combination laid the foundation for a new realism. By the end of the 19th century landscape painting had come full circle and was burgeoning with new perspectives. The great 19th century artist, George Inness, was profoundly responsible for influencing the painters who where to follow him upon his contact with the Barbizon school. Originally, the work of Cole and Durand and Old Masters prints were his true models and taking hikes in the wild where he chose pastoral scenes close to home. A change took hold after a trip that Inness took to Europe, particularly France, where he came under the influence of the Barbizon School. Theodore Rousseau, Charles Daubigny and Camille Corot became his new idols and he decided to abandon the meticulous naturalism of the Hudson River School in favor of his own subjective expression of nature. He no longer portrayed what he saw literally, but tried to project his own vision into his paintings. Inness was seeking to capture the mood of the landscape through a lyrical and painterly style, his own personal Impressionism, for which he became famous. Inness also filled his canvases with the poetic atmosphere in the manner of Turner, whose work had impressed him and he combined this luminist approach with a pastoral quality derived from the Barbizon painters of France. Artist Collections: Brooklyn Museum, New York National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. National Arts Club, New York Artist Memberships and Exhibitions: Artist Fund Society, New York Brooklyn Art Club, New York National Arts Club, New York Salmagundi Club, New York
• ASSORTED ART & STYLE COFFEE TABLE
  ASSORTED ART & STYLE COFFEE TABLE BOOKS Collection of art and style coffee table books; Titles include 'Weddings' by Martha Stewart, 'The Bath' by Diane Von Furstenberg, 'Baltimore' by Middleton Evans, 'Charlotte Moss Entertains', 'Impressionism' 'Chanel, her life' 'Parisiennes, a celebration of French women' and 'Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket'.
• BOOKS ON MODERN ARTISTS, GROUP OF 8
  BOOKS ON MODERN ARTISTS, GROUP OF 8 Books on modern artists and art, group of 8, titles include: "Henri Matisse: A Retrospective," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1992; Lionello Venturi "Georges Rouault," "Pablo Picasso: A Retrospective," The Museum of Modern Art, New York; "Cezanne: The Late Work," The Museum of Modern Art, New York; "Great French Paintings from the Barnes Foundation;" Daniel Wildenstein "Monet: or the Triumph of Impressionism;" and others on Vuillard and Pascin. Matisse: 12.25" H x 9.75" W. Condition as found.
• (5) ART BOOKS: FRENCH
  (5) ART BOOKS: FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM, MUSEE D'ORSAY(lot of 5) Art books, including: (1) "Pissarro: His Life and Work," Ralph E. Shikes and Paula Harper, Horizon Press, 1980, 362 pages, (1) "Degas and America: the Early Collectors," Ann Dumas and David A. Brenneman, Rizzoli International Publications Inc., 2001, 263 pages, personalized inscription at interior cover, (1) "The Musee D'Orsay," Alexandra Bonfante-Warren, Universe Publishing, 2000, 320 pages, (1) "Great Masters of French Impressionism," J. Carter Brown and Diane Kelder, Crown Publishers, Inc., 158 pages, lacking dust jacket, (1) "Cassatt: a Retrospective," Nancy Mowll Mathews, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, Inc., 1996, 357 pages, largest: approx 13.25"h, 10"w, 1.5"d; 20.5lbs total
• GEORGE RAPP "LOIRE VALLEY - FRANCE"
  GEORGE RAPP "LOIRE VALLEY - FRANCE" OIL ON CANVAS George Rapp (American, 1898-1942) "Loire Valley - France" Oil on Canvas, signed and numbered lower right. Image: 21" H x 27.75" W; frame: 27" H x 33.25" W. Keywords: Landscape scene, Paintings, Impressionism
• TARPON CARVINGStephen R. Smith
  TARPON CARVINGStephen R. Smith (b. 1942) Jamestown, NY base is 88 in. long, 38 in. wide This grand tarpon carving measures seventy-five inches from tip to tail. It is mounted on a beveled-edge wooden base which displays the maker’s plaque on the bottom left. After master carver Steve Smith completed this striking carving, the artist said it was the first one of the species he’d done, and likely the last. In 2019 the American Museum of Fly Fishing held an exhibition of the carver’s works titled “Commemorating the Catch: Fish Carvings by Stephen R. Smith.” “Close examination of Smith carvings helps explain what sets his work apart. He is recreating specific great fish, rich in distinctive individual detail…There are elements of both realism and impressionism in his work…the colors of these carvings are remarkably lifelike, but trompe l’oeil shadings suggest dimensionality and even interior structures glimpsed through translucent flesh. This blending of techniques is masterful yet so subtle that it creates a unique visual experience,” writes Jim Brown. David Nichols writes, “One can see the influence of his predecessors—particularly John Russell, John Tully, and Dhuie Russell Tully—in Steve’s work, which itself ranks alongside the best carvings of the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.” “There is reverence for nature at the heart of all Smith’s work,” according to Brown, and this grand approximately one- hundred and sixty pound trophy model represents the finest tarpon carving we’ve ever come across. Literature: Jim Brown, "Stephen R. Smith: Trophy Fish Carver," The American Fly Fisher, Vol. 45, No. 3, Summer 2019, pp. 14-16.
• HENRI-EDMOND CROSS (1856-1910)
  HENRI-EDMOND CROSS (1856-1910) FRENCHHenri-Edmond Cross, humeur pensive, watercolour, signed with atelier stamp in red ink lower left. Measuring, 16" x 10.25". Note: Henri-Edmond Cross was a French painter and printmaker. He is most acclaimed as a master of Neo-Impressionism, and he played an important role in shaping the second phase of that movement. He was a significant influence on Henri Matisse, and many other artists. His work was instrumental in the development of Fauvism.
• Approximately Fourteen volumes of
  Approximately Fourteen volumes of Books, pertaining to art, including Wyeth at Kuerners, Picasso, Impressionism, and John Singer Sargent.
• Collection of Ten Art-Related
  Collection of Ten Art-Related Books, including Picasso by Jean Leymarie, Degas by Jean Sutherland Boggs, The Museum of Modern Art, New York: The History and the Collection, with an introduction by Sam Hunter, Jacob Lawrence: American Painter, by Ellen Harkings Wheat, Michelangleo by Lutz Heusinger, Treasures of Tutankhamun, Impressionism by Michel Hoog, Anne Distel and Sylvie Gache, John Sloan\'s Prints by Peter Morse, Matisse, by John Jacobus, and Leroy Neiman: Art and Lifestyle, inscribed by Leroy Neiman.
• SHELF OF ART BOOKS INCLUDING 8
  SHELF OF ART BOOKS INCLUDING 8 VOL HADANE MACFALL'S HISTORY OF PAINTING D Shelf of art books including 8 vol Hadane MacFall's HIstory of Painting D.D. Nickerson and Company Byzantine edition #619/1000; Frederick Hartt's Italian Renaissance Art: The New Painting: Impressionism 1874-1886
• JOSEPH BENJAMIN O'SICKEY (AMERICAN,
  JOSEPH BENJAMIN O'SICKEY (AMERICAN, 1918-2013) TWO TIGE...Joseph Benjamin O'Sickey (American, 1918-2013) Two Tigers Collage with mixed media Signed lower left Joseph B. O'Sickey 20 in. h. x 23 1/2 in. w., image 27 in. h. x 30 1/4 in. w., matted and framed Joseph O'Sickey, born in Detroit in 1918, has been a painter and teacher throughout his career. As a child he attended Saturday classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art, which retains one of his paintings in its permanent collection, and the Cleveland Institute of Art, where he received a Bachelor's degree in 1940. He graduated from the Cleveland School of Art (now the Cleveland Institute of Art) in 1940 and taught at Ohio State University (1946-47), Akron Art Institute (1949-52), Western Reserve University School of Architecture (1956-64), and Kent State University (1964-89). Among the most honored painters active in the region, O'Sickey won the Cleveland Arts Prize in Visual Arts in 1974, and was called "a dean of painting in Northeast Ohio" by Steven Litt, art and architecture critic of the Plain Dealer. However, his work continued to develop through his 20s, strongly influenced by post-impressionism. O'Sickey was represented in New York by Jacques Seligmann Galleries during the 1960s and 1970s (which presented seven one-person shows of his work) and by Kennedy Galleries in the 1980s and 1990s. In Ohio, notable exhibitions include a Distinguished Alumnus one-person show at the Cleveland Institute of Art (1982); a one-person show at the Canton Museum of Art (1995); exhibition in 24 May Shows at the Cleveland Museum of Art between 1938 and 1977. O'Sickey's work is also in the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Canton Museum of Art, Ohio; Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; and Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia.
• JOSEPH BENJAMIN O'SICKEY (AMERICAN,
  JOSEPH BENJAMIN O'SICKEY (AMERICAN, 1918-2013) BLUE MOO...Joseph Benjamin O'Sickey (American, 1918-2013) Blue Moon, Evening Scene Oil on canvas signed lower right 32 in. h. x 25 in. w., image 34.5 in. h. x 27 in. w., as framed Joseph O'Sickey, born in Detroit in 1918, has been a painter and teacher throughout his career. As a child he attended Saturday classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art, which retains one of his paintings in its permanent collection, and the Cleveland Institute of Art, where he received a Bachelor's degree in 1940. He graduated from the Cleveland School of Art (now the Cleveland Institute of Art) in 1940 and taught at Ohio State University (1946-47), Akron Art Institute (1949-52), Western Reserve University School of Architecture (1956-64), and Kent State University (1964-89). Among the most honored painters active in the region, O'Sickey won the Cleveland Arts Prize in Visual Arts in 1974, and was called "a dean of painting in Northeast Ohio" by Steven Litt, art and architecture critic of the Plain Dealer. However, his work continued to develop through his 20s, strongly influenced by post-impressionism. O'Sickey was represented in New York by Jacques Seligmann Galleries during the 1960s and 1970s (which presented seven one-person shows of his work) and by Kennedy Galleries in the 1980s and 1990s. In Ohio, notable exhibitions include a Distinguished Alumnus one-person show at the Cleveland Institute of Art (1982); a one-person show at the Canton Museum of Art (1995); exhibition in 24 May Shows at the Cleveland Museum of Art between 1938 and 1977. O'Sickey's work is also in the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Canton Museum of Art, Ohio; Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; and Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia.
• M. VERN BREITMAYER (AMERICAN,
  M. VERN BREITMAYER (AMERICAN, 1889-1966) CALIFORNIA LAN...M. Vern Breitmayer (American, 1889-1966) California Landscape oil on canvas Signed and monogrammed verso 19 1/2 in. h. x 35 1/2. in. w., canvas 21 in. h. x 36 1/4 in. w., as framed Vern Breitmayer of Jackson, Michigan (1889 - 1966) Born April 24, 1889, Vern Breitmayer was one of five sons of William and Mary (Siegrist) Breitmayer. Always drawing, he found his initial attempts directed toward illustrations for the "Reflector," his Jackson High School yearbook. In the summer of 1907 he went to Detroit to study with John Wicker at the Detroit Art Academy. Wicker, trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, had been appointed an instructor there in 1903 after having spent seven years abroad. In the fall of 1907 Breitmayer enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. There his teachers included Charles Grafly, a noted sculptor; William Merritt Chase, considered one of the best instructors of American Impressionism; and Hugh Breckenridge, who undoubtedly had the greatest influence in the use of color in his artwork. In 1910 Breitmayer was awarded the Thouron Prize for Composition as well as a Fellowship at the Academy. Breitmayer also traveled to Paris, enrolling for a time in the classes of Canadian Percival Tudor-Hart, a noted color theorist who taught a musical system of color harmony. Returning home to Jackson, Michigan, the artist found employment at this father's furniture store while also pursuing a career as an artist. He began exhibiting his work locally, having a one-man show with the Jackson Art Association at the Public Library in 1915. He also exhibited in Chicago, Philadelphia, and at the Detroit Institute of Art. The artist spent many enjoyable summers in Charlevoix, Michigan, where he developed his talent for watercolors. In the 1940's he found employment with the Ford Motor Company as a Design Engineer. Upon retirement he moved to Santa Cruz, California, where he became a popular member of the Santa Cruz Art League. Breitmayer died of a heart attack on January 29, 1966.
• JOSEPH BENJAMIN O'SICKEY (AMERICAN,
  JOSEPH BENJAMIN O'SICKEY (AMERICAN, 1918-2013) STILL LI...Joseph Benjamin O'Sickey (American, 1918-2013) Still Life with Guitar Watercolor Signed lower right 10 1/2 in. h. x 13 in. w., image 16 in. h. x 20 in. w., mat Joseph O'Sickey, born in Detroit in 1918, has been a painter and teacher throughout his career. As a child he attended Saturday classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art, which retains one of his paintings in its permanent collection, and the Cleveland Institute of Art, where he received a Bachelor's degree in 1940. He graduated from the Cleveland School of Art (now the Cleveland Institute of Art) in 1940 and taught at Ohio State University (1946-47), Akron Art Institute (1949-52), Western Reserve University School of Architecture (1956-64), and Kent State University (1964-89). Among the most honored painters active in the region, O'Sickey won the Cleveland Arts Prize in Visual Arts in 1974, and was called "a dean of painting in Northeast Ohio" by Steven Litt, art and architecture critic of the Plain Dealer. However, his work continued to develop through his 20s, strongly influenced by post-impressionism. O'Sickey was represented in New York by Jacques Seligmann Galleries during the 1960s and 1970s (which presented seven one-person shows of his work) and by Kennedy Galleries in the 1980s and 1990s. In Ohio, notable exhibitions include a Distinguished Alumnus one-person show at the Cleveland Institute of Art (1982); a one-person show at the Canton Museum of Art (1995); exhibition in 24 May Shows at the Cleveland Museum of Art between 1938 and 1977. O'Sickey's work is also in the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Canton Museum of Art, Ohio; Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; and Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia.
• JOSEPH BENJAMIN O'SICKEY (AMERICAN,
  JOSEPH BENJAMIN O'SICKEY (AMERICAN, 1918-2013) GARDEN S...Joseph Benjamin O'Sickey (American, 1918-2013) Garden Still Life Watercolor 9 in. h. x 8 in. w., image 20 in. h. x 16 in. w., mat Joseph O'Sickey, born in Detroit in 1918, has been a painter and teacher throughout his career. As a child he attended Saturday classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art, which retains one of his paintings in its permanent collection, and the Cleveland Institute of Art, where he received a Bachelor's degree in 1940. He graduated from the Cleveland School of Art (now the Cleveland Institute of Art) in 1940 and taught at Ohio State University (1946-47), Akron Art Institute (1949-52), Western Reserve University School of Architecture (1956-64), and Kent State University (1964-89). Among the most honored painters active in the region, O'Sickey won the Cleveland Arts Prize in Visual Arts in 1974, and was called "a dean of painting in Northeast Ohio" by Steven Litt, art and architecture critic of the Plain Dealer. However, his work continued to develop through his 20s, strongly influenced by post-impressionism. O'Sickey was represented in New York by Jacques Seligmann Galleries during the 1960s and 1970s (which presented seven one-person shows of his work) and by Kennedy Galleries in the 1980s and 1990s. In Ohio, notable exhibitions include a Distinguished Alumnus one-person show at the Cleveland Institute of Art (1982); a one-person show at the Canton Museum of Art (1995); exhibition in 24 May Shows at the Cleveland Museum of Art between 1938 and 1977. O'Sickey's work is also in the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Canton Museum of Art, Ohio; Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; and Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia.
• JOSEPH BENJAMIN O'SICKEY (AMERICAN,
  JOSEPH BENJAMIN O'SICKEY (AMERICAN, 1918-2013) WOMAN IN...Joseph Benjamin O'Sickey (American, 1918-2013) Woman in a Garden oil on canvas signed lower right 24 in. h. x 32 in. w., image 24 1/2 in. h. x 32 1/2 in. w., as framed Joseph O'Sickey, born in Detroit in 1918, has been a painter and teacher throughout his career. As a child he attended Saturday classes at the Cleveland Museum of Art, which retains one of his paintings in its permanent collection, and the Cleveland Institute of Art, where he received a Bachelor's degree in 1940. He graduated from the Cleveland School of Art (now the Cleveland Institute of Art) in 1940 and taught at Ohio State University (1946-47), Akron Art Institute (1949-52), Western Reserve University School of Architecture (1956-64), and Kent State University (1964-89). Among the most honored painters active in the region, O'Sickey won the Cleveland Arts Prize in Visual Arts in 1974, and was called "a dean of painting in Northeast Ohio" by Steven Litt, art and architecture critic of the Plain Dealer. However, his work continued to develop through his 20s, strongly influenced by post-impressionism. O'Sickey was represented in New York by Jacques Seligmann Galleries during the 1960s and 1970s (which presented seven one-person shows of his work) and by Kennedy Galleries in the 1980s and 1990s. In Ohio, notable exhibitions include a Distinguished Alumnus one-person show at the Cleveland Institute of Art (1982); a one-person show at the Canton Museum of Art (1995); exhibition in 24 May Shows at the Cleveland Museum of Art between 1938 and 1977. O'Sickey's work is also in the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio; Canton Museum of Art, Ohio; Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; and Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia.
• HENRY MACGINNIS (AMERICAN,
  HENRY MACGINNIS (AMERICAN, 1875-1962) BULL RUN DAM, C. ...Henry MacGinnis (American, 1875-1962) Bull Run Dam, c. 1916 oil on canvas In very fine condition with rare Newcomb-Macklin frame Signed H. R. MacGinnis lower left 40 in. h. x 30 in. w., image 51 in. h. x 41 in. w., as framed Henry Ryan MacGinnis, 1875-1962, was born in Indiana and began his art studies under the eminent Hoosier artists T.C. Steele, J.O. Adams and William Forsyth. One of his earliest exhibitions was in 1896, when he showed his work with other notable Hoosier artists such as T.C. Steele, J. Ottis Adams, R.B. Gruelle, William Forsyth, Otto Stark and Clarence Ball. In 1900, MacGinnis left Indiana to study in Europe. For five years, he painted and studied in Paris and Munich, where he won Honorable Mention from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He was a member of the Audubon Artists, Hoosier Salon, Salmagundi Club, and Allied Artists. In 1908, soon after MacGinnis returned to the states, William Merritt Chase, chairman of the Exhibition Committee of the 19th Annual Exhibition of the Art Club in Philadelphia, selected the MacGinnis painting New Hampshire Hills for an important exhibit. The show included paintings from other artists such as Mary Cassatt, Ernest Lawson, Childe Hassam and William Merritt Chase. A broad look at MacGinnis' work suggests a concern with impressionism; however, for the most part, MacGinnis stayed within the realm of realism often softened by an impressionistic approach. As mentioned, MacGinnis began painting with the Hoosier artists in Indiana, primarily focusing on landscapes from that region. In 1924, MacGinnis moved to Trenton, New Jersey where he both taught and continued to paint. He focused on painting portraits and landscapes near the Delaware River and New Hope, Pennsylvania region. During this period, he also painted many landscapes and seascapes in Provincetown, Massachusetts, Cape Breton, New Jersey, and in Vermont and New Hampshire. - Richard Frey
• GROUP OF 5 BOOKS ON
  GROUP OF 5 BOOKS ON IMPRESSIONISMMixed paperbacks and hardcover. Issued: 20th c. Dimensions: 10.25"L x 10.25"W, largest Country of Origin: United States Condition: Age and use related wear