Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 5

Paulette Victorine J. Van Roekens
"Shades of the Big Top"

About the Item

Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed lower left. Paulette Van Roekens (1896 - 1988) Initially trained as a sculptor, Paulette Van Roekens decided to focus on painting after two of her canvases were accepted for exhibit at the Pennsylvania Academy. Born in France, she began her studies at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now Moore College) with Samuel Murray and Henry Snell. She then enrolled at the Graphic Sketch Club and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts where she studied with Charles Graftly and Joseph Pearson. She taught at Moore College from 1923 to 1961. Van Roekens met her husband, artist Arthur Meltzer, while both were teachers at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. The couple married in 1927, and together, renovated an old farm house in Trevose, Pennsylvania. Eventually this property was condemned for expansion of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and they moved to nearby Huntingdon Valley, a town midway between New Hope and Philadelphia. There they painted together and frequently invited Moore College students to join them. Van Roekens’ paintings are full of color and motion. Her compositions are universally appealing subjects, such as circuses, picnics, country fairs, beaches, themes from ballets and the theater, and crowded city views. Van Roekens enjoyed filling her paintings with figures and life, creating a body of work that is not only pleasing from an artistic viewpoint, but is also generally uplifting to look at. Many of her scenes are painted at nearby fairgrounds where an annual carnival is held called June Fête. Other favorite painting haunts for Van Roekens were the parks and bustling streets of Philadelphia and the beaches of New Jersey. She was also highly regarded for her still life painting. She was a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Fellowship, the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, Moore College of Art Alumnae, the Old York Road Art Guild (founder) and the Woodmere Art Museum (Exhibition Committee). Van Roekens exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the National Academy of Design, the Philadelphia Plastic Club (1920 Gold Medal), the Art Institute of Chicago, the Carnegie Institute, the Philadelphia Sketch Club (1923 Gold Medal), the Corcoran Gallery Biennials, the Woodmere Art Gallery (1946 prize), the Philadelphia Art Club, the Boston Art Club, the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors (prize), the Philadelphia Art Alliance, and Moore College (1961 retrospective). Sources: "New Hope for American Art" by James M. Alterman - Paulette Van Roekens, Philadelphia: Woodmere Art Gallery, 1966 (brochure) - Intelligencer, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, March 28, 1962
More From This SellerView All
  • "Snow Covered Village"
    By Walter Emerson Baum
    Located in Lambertville, NJ
    Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed lower left. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame. Walter Emerson Baum (1884 - 1956) Born in Sellersville, Pe...
    Category

    1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • "Hillside Farm, Autumn"
    By Kenneth R. Nunamaker
    Located in Lambertville, NJ
    Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed lower right. Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame. Kenneth Nunamaker (1890 - 1957) Kenneth R. Nunamaker was ...
    Category

    20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • "The Auction"
    By Robert Spencer
    Located in Lambertville, NJ
    Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Robert Spencer (1879 - 1931) One of the rarest and most important artists among the New Hope School, Robert Spencer was bor...
    Category

    1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • "Buttonwood Inn"
    By Joseph Barrett
    Located in Lambertville, NJ
    Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Joseph Barrett (b. 1936) Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in 1936 and studied at the Massachusetts Colle...
    Category

    20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Canvas

  • "Little House, Lambertville, NJ"
    By Joseph Barrett
    Located in Lambertville, NJ
    Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork. Signed lower right Joseph Barrett (b. 1936) Joseph Barrett was born in Midland, North Carolina, in 1936 and studied at the M...
    Category

    20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • "Melting Snow"
    By Charles Morris Young
    Located in Lambertville, NJ
    Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Charles Morris Young (1869 – 1964). Born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Charles Morris Young lived most of his life in Radnor. He was recognized as a pioneer in creating American Impressionist landscapes, especially snow scenes. Young is also known for his golfing, equestrian, and hunting scenes. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Thomas Eakins, Robert Vonnoh, and Thomas Anschutz. In 1897, Young set off to Paris with his wife, for continued art studies at the Academie Colarossi. Living for a time in Giverny, he became acquainted with Claude Monet, recalling how in moments of frustration Monet would throw paintings...
    Category

    1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

You May Also Like
  • At the Clothesline
    By Irving Ramsey Wiles
    Located in New York, NY
    Signed lower right: Irving R. Wiles
    Category

    Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Salmon Fishing
    By John Whorf
    Located in Milford, NH
    A fine impressionist sporting painting with salmon fisherman in a canoe by American artist John Whorf (1903-1959). Whorf was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts and by the age of sixteen...
    Category

    Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Oil, Canvas

  • Roadside Eucalyptus Trees, Mid Century Vertical Landscape by Jon Blanchette
    By Jon Blanchette
    Located in Soquel, CA
    Roadside Eucalyptus Trees, Mid Century Vertical Landscape by Jon Blanchette Gorgeous mid-century plein air landscape painting of a tall Eucalyptus tree along a California road side...
    Category

    1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Masonite, Oil

  • Mid Century Autumn Landscape, Showers Beneath San Gabriel Hills by Aletha Martin
    By Aletha Martin
    Located in Soquel, CA
    Mid Century Autumn Landscape, Showers Beneath San Gabriel Hills by Aletha Martin Vibrant autumn landscape of a crystal clear stream under the San Gabriel Mountains by California art...
    Category

    1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • A Winter Scene - Snowy 1930's Landscape
    By Frederick R. Wagner
    Located in Soquel, CA
    Serene winter landscape of a snow covered hills with a frozen creek and far off house in the distance by Frederick Wagner (American, 1864-1940), c.1930's. Signed "F. W." lower right....
    Category

    1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

  • Early 20th Century Mission San Juan Capistrano - Figurative Landscape
    By Warren E. Rollins
    Located in Soquel, CA
    Stunning figurative landscape of the Mission San Juan Capistrano by Warren Eliphalet Rollins (American, 1861-1962). Presented in a giltwood frame. "Capistrano" lower right, unsigned. This is a study for a larger painting of the same scene. Image size, 14.5"H x 21"W. For many years Warren Eliphalet Rollins was known as the "Dean of the Santa Fe art colony." He was the first artist to have a formal exhibition there; it was held in 1906 in the old Palace of the Governors. He was a close friend of Carlos Vierra, Gerald Cassidy, Kenneth Chapman, Sheldon Parsons and most of the other famous artists who assembled in the New Mexican capital during the first half of this century. Born in Carson City, Nevada, Rollins was raised in California and attended the San Francisco School of Design where he studied under Virgil Williams. At the completion of his studies, he was awarded the Avery Gold Medal and made Assistant Director of the school. Following his marriage in 1887, he and his wife settled in San Diego, and it was during this period that Rollins became interested in the Indian as subject matter. In search of material, Rollins, his wife, and their two daughters, Ramona and Ruth, traveled through every Western state from the Mexican to the Canadian borders. While in Montana, Rollins painted a portrait of Calamity Jane...
    Category

    1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

    Materials

    Canvas, Oil

Recently Viewed

View All