George Raab French landscape watercolor on paper. Frame measures 16" x 13"; image 10" x 6.5". Raab was a painter and printmaker, born in Wisconsin in 1866 and died in 1943. He studied at the Wisconsin Art Institute in Milwaukee, the Weimar Art Academy in Weimar, Germany, and at the Colarossi Art School in Paris, France. He taught at the Milwaukee Art Students League, and was a member of the Milwaukee Art Commission and the Milwaukee Art Association (now the Milwaukee Art Museum). In 1917, he received the Milwaukee Art Institute Painter's Award Medal. He became Educational Director of the Springfield Art Institute, the director of the Decatur Art Institute, and Director and Lecturer of Fine Arts at Milliken University.
Pair of antique Chinese export paintings of insects: butterflies, beetles and dragonflies. Circa 1840. Painted on pith paper, a delicate and porous paper composed of the inner pith of the rice paper tree. Original condition. Minor tear in one. These paintings were the rage in China in the 1840's because their small size allowed tourists to pack them in their luggage. Frame dimensions: 12.5" x 16".
Abstract gouache painting attributed to Alan Waldie (English, 1940-2016). This painting was purchased from a double exhibit for Mr. Waldie and Michael Getgood at West Stoke House, Chichester, West Sussex. Excellent condition, professionally framed. The frame measures 12 x 15 inches and the painting measures 5.5 x 7.5 inches. From a Lyme, CT, estate.
Abstract gouache painting attributed to Alan Waldie (English, 1940-2016). This painting was purchased from a double exhibit for Mr. Waldie and Michael Getgood at West Stoke House, Chichester, West Sussex. Excellent condition, professionally framed. The frame measures 12 x 5 inches and the painting measures 5.5 x 7.5 inches. From a Lyme, CT, estate.
F. Norton Robinson still life gouache on paper dated 1898. The view is of yellow roses in a glass bowl. The image is framed under glass. F. Norton Robinson (born 1860) was active/lived in Connecticut. He is known for portrait, landscape, and still life. The original frame measures 22.5 x 14.5 inches and the painting is 14 x 10 inches.