Franco Colella

'Landscape outside Bari', Apulian oil, Italian Impressionist, Machiaioli

Circa 1950

Signed lower right, 'Papkov' for Victor Papkov (American, 20th century) and dated 1988; certification of authenticity stamped verso. A dramatic Impressionist oil seascape showing late sunset off the San Francisco coast...

A late 19th century, American School seascape showing a lyrical view of sunlit waves flowing in towards a rocky beach. The unknown artist shows excepti...

Signed lower left, 'Milton W. Holm' (American, 1903-1999) and painted circa 1960. This notable American Impressionist was a long-time member of the Rochester Art Club and served as president of the Genesee Group of Painters. The Genesseeans sought to capture the Spirit of Place in their rendering of regional landscapes, and were dedicated to resisting the incursions of European modernism. Holm later became involved with the Rationalists, who he helped to organize in 1939, also in Rochester, and whose artistic goal was "orderly creation and craftsmanship plus individuality." He remained a central figure in the Rochester art colony and served as president of the Rochester Art Club between 1957 and 1959. Holm exhibited nationally with success including at the National Academy of Design...

Impressionist-style California landscape with eucalyptus trees growing beside a river and a view beyond towards distant hills. Signed lower left "M. Gilbert" (American, 1867-1945) for Mae Hill Gilbert and painted circa 1940. Born in Illinois, Mae Gilbert was living in Monterey by the 1930s and exhibiting at the Carmel Art Association. Her son, Arthur Hill...

Signed lower left, 'Henri Buron' for Henri Lucien Joseph Buron (French, 1880-1969) and dated lower right 1927; additionally signed verso and dated. The painting is displayed in a cu...

Signed lower left and lower right "Mary Juergens" (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1960. An Impressionist-style oil seascape showing a dramatic view of azure and jade wate...

Signed lower right: G.W. Sotter; on verso: MINER HILLARD / MILLING Co.

Gorgeous period painting of the Cape Cod Lighthouse with dunes and beach in the foreground by L. Clogston (American, 20th century). Oil on artist's board. Signed indistinctly "L. Clo...

This is a very early painting by William Zorach done mostly likely when he was a student at the National Academy of Design in 1910 in New York. It is done in an impressionist style w...

Dynamic oil painting of waves crashing against red cliffs by Henry Cusimano (American, 1937-2014). Signed by the artist indistinctly in the lower right ...

Bold oil painting of a sunset over mesas in the American Southwest by Jesse Don Rasberry (American, b. 1940). Signed by the artist in the lower right corner. Presented in a deep red ...

Ivan Sorokin. Honoured Artist of the RSFSR, People’s Artist of the USSR, Member of the USSR Academy of Arts, Winner of the I. E. Repin State prize.