William R. Davis 1

Chocorua at Twilight

2018

A fine woodland scene oil painting with two birds by American artist Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921). Thayer was born in Boston to a prominent family and attended the Chauncey Hall School, founded by his grandfather. His art teacher there was Henry Morse from whom he learned to do animal portraits. He studied at the Brooklyn Academy of Design with Lemuel Wilmarth, and after marrying Kate Bloede, he went to Paris for a year, as a student of Jean Leon Gerome. In 1879, he opened a studio in Brooklyn in the same building as the studios of Thomas Dewing...

A fine New England landscape with sheep grazing near Boston’s North Shore coast by American artist George Henry Smillie (1840-1921). Smillie was born in New York, son of engraver Jam...

A fine figural oil painting of a cat in the window with a waterfront view, possibly of Gloucester, by American artist Mabel Greer (1880-1972). Greer was born in Wellfleet, Massachus...

A fine modernist abstract oil painting by contemporary New Hampshire artist Christopher Myott (1982-). In 2005, Chris Myott received a BS in studi...

A fine impressionist coastal scene of the Provincetown docks or piers by Estonian American artist Andrew George Winter (1893-1958). Winter was born in Sindi, Estonia and spent much o...

A fun impressionist coastal beach painting with sailboats and sunbathers along Long Island's water’s edge by American artist Robert Hogg Nisbe...

"Moonlight Serenade" is a 30 x 40 inches, oil on panel, nocturnal landscape with cows roaming in the moonlight. The painting is signed "Karl J Kuerner" in the lower right The American painter Karl J Kuerner was greatly guided and influenced by his mentors and friends, Carolyn Wyeth and her brother Andrew Wyeth. Provenance: Newman's Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Private collection, West Chester, Pennsylvania; Gratz Gallery, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Karl J. Kuerner, III was born in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania on January 12, 1957 - to Karl and Margaret Kuerner - third generation farmers. His artistic talent was recognized and nurtured at a very young age by Carolyn Wyeth - sister of Andrew Wyeth and a renowned artist in her own right. Kuerner grew up surrounded by artists and the task of painting. From the age of seven he watched Andrew Wyeth paint...

Arthur Fitzwilliam Tait was born at Livesey Hall, near Liverpool, England, and began his career as a clerk at the gallery of Agnew & Zanetti’s Repository of Arts in Manchester. While...

Painted en plein air in rural america, a horse stands alone on a dirt culdisac. A tall pinwheel tower stands central to the composition. A trailer and car parked beneath the horizon....

Karl Hartman gives primacy to the sparsity of form in his Mid-Western prairie landscapes. Simple and earnest, saturated primary hues and decisive lines ad...

Both spare and dynamic, Karl Hartman’s hyper-saturated countrysides and surreal depictions of Americana perfectly match the vividness of our late-summer h...

Both spare and dynamic, Karl Hartman’s hyper-saturated countrysides and surreal depictions of Americana perfectly match the vividness of our late-summer h...