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Chauncey Foster Ryder oil painting on canvas impressionist landscape Item # 8444 Click HERE to inquire about this item Chauncey Foster Ryder oil painting on canvas impressionist landscape c1900. signed Bruestle lower right. Just in from a Lyme CT estate. Measusres 12 x 16 inches. The orignal walnut frame with gold leaf insert measures 16 x 20 inches. The gold leaf insert has some chips and flakes on one side.The painting could use a minor cleaning, it is in excellent original untouched estate condition. A painter noted for his landscapes that reflected both Impressionism and Tonalism, Chauncey Ryder was also one of the more successful painters associated with exhibitions at the Macbeth Gallery in New York City. His paintings became popular with collectors "who were drawn to paintings that inspired a reflective state of mind and who admired Ryder's ability to achieve 'the right proportion between the real and the unreal, between detail and vagueness.' " (Lowrey) He grew up in New Haven, Connecticut, and in his 20s, moved to Chicago where he was a student at the Art Institute of Chicago and at the art school, Smith's Art Academy. He later was a teacher there. In 1901, Chauncey Ryder enrolled in the Academie Julian in Paris where he studied with Raphael Collin and Jean Paul Laurens. He exhibited genre scenes in the Paris Salon, 1903-1906, and also painted at the port town of Etaples, France with other American artists including Max Bohm and Roy Brown.In 1907, he returned to America, settling in New York City, and three-years later became one of the Macbeth Gallery artists. He also purchased a house in Wilton, New Hampshire and began a routine of spending seven months of each year there, April to November, and the remaining months in New York.In 1910 and 1911, he painted and exhibited at Old Lyme, Connecticut, and did a panel, Winter Landscape, for the home of Florence Griswold, a key person in that community. In 1920, he was named Academician by the National Academy of New York. He exhibited for over 30 years with the American Watercolor Society.Sources include: Carol Lowrey, 'Chauncey Foster Ryder', The Poetic Vision: American Tonalism, p. 164 (Spanierman Galleries, LLC) Ronald Pisano, American Art & Antiques, 10/1978, "Chauncey Foster Ryder Peace and Plenty." Bio obtained from AskArt.com. See Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art for more information on the artist. This item is in our online price guide and is not available for sale

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Mediterranean coastal scene by Harry Van der Weyden c1925 Item # 8490 Click HERE to inquire about this item Mediterranean coastal scene by Harry Van der Weyden c1925. Probably painted in or near Ventimiglia, Italy, almost on the French border. Oil on canvas laid down on board, 22" x 13.75". Harry Van der Weyden was born in Boston in 1868. He studied at the Slade School in London, and at Academie Julian in Paris under Laurens, Constant, and LeFebvre. He became an important member of the art colony at Montreuil sur Mer, where he settled and started a family. He exhibited regularly at both Paris Salons, the Art Inst. of Chicago, and PAFA. He won a bronze medal at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1900. He died in London in 1952. This item is in our online price guide and is not available for sale

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The Calmady Children painted after Sir Thomas Lawrence Item # 8492 Click HERE to inquire about this item Excellent nineteenth century oil on board copy of the famous painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence of Laura and Emily, the daughters of Charles B. Calmady of Landon Court, and the sisters of Vincent Calmady, Master of the Tetcott Hounds. The Calmady Children, painted in 1823, is one of his best loved works and hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Frame measures 22 x 22 inches and the painting 12 inches round. This item is in our online price guide and is not available for sale

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Mattie Berhang bronze Horseman of the Apocalypse Item # 8493 Click HERE to inquire about this item Mattie Berhang (American, 20th century) bronze Pestilence, a study for Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Measures 21.5" high by 17" x 13 overall; base measures 9" x 6". Signed. Cast by Roman Bronze Works. Originally sold by Frank Rehn Gallery, 655 Madison Avenue, New York, in the 1973 exhibition Berhang. This item is in our online price guide and is not available for sale

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C B Hellem Hudson River landscape oil painting on canvas Item # 8494 Click HERE to inquire about this item C B Hellem landscape oil painting on canvas Distant View of Upper Hudson sold by W M McClave late 19th century. Relined, original frame. The painting measures 14 x 24 inches and the frame measures 22 x 32 inches. This item is in our online price guide and is not available for sale

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