Charm and originality, naïve and modern, all good, but inadequate words to describe Perdriat’s work. Maybe because she had no formal training Perdriat’s paintings are very personal. Like many successful artists she had a style that could be identified as her own, thus her paintings are very recognizable.
For sale is a wonderful Boston School or New England School 19th Century 1894 signed Watercolor painting of a coastal fishing harbor certainly somewhere along the New England coast. We believe it could be Gloucester, Provincetown, Monhegan or possibly Boston Harbor. But we are uncertain. We are sure that the buildings depicted in the painting may be identifiable as to what fishing port this painting depicts. It features a coastal fishing harbor scene with tall masted fishing boats anchored dockside at the large fishing houses on the harbor. In the distance you can see some fishing boats approaching the harbor while some sailboats or full masted schooners sail along the bay. Beyond them you can see the houses of a small coastal village. In the foreground you can see a dockworker securing a fishing boat to the dock as the fisherman gazes off the stern of his boat with his reflection scattered down on the water below him. This painting is a watercolor with pencil and white body colour on the masts of the sailboats. We don’t know who painted this picture. But we do know they were certainly a well schooled and talented artist of the era. The signature reads «I. S. 1894″ We are sure some art experts of the New England coastal area can identify which artist painted this picture. Condition: Good. Laid down to stock Board. Age appropriate toning to paper. Original frame under glass. Label: Haley & Steele Art Dealers, Boston Massachusetts Measurements Framed – 10 3/4″ x 14″Watercolor – 5 3/4″ x 9 1/4″Sight – 5 1/2″ x 9»
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Portrait of a young woman signed by Eugene de Blaas dated 1894. It is oil on panel, 12-5/8″ x 10-1/2″ sight, 17″ x 14-3/4″ framed. The 1890s were the high period for de Blaas, and admittedly there were artists that faked his work, even including faking his signature. I have asked several experts regarding authenticity and there is no real agreement. To me it seems unusual that someone would forge an artist’s signature in his lifetime, and de Blaas lived until 1932. The style of signing along the side of the painting rather than along the bottom is not unusual in paintings by de Blaas in which there is general agreement on the authenticity. I don’t know whether this work is by Eugene de Blaas, but I think it probably is.
Listed Swedish artist Jean Rosengren (1894–1965), known for his atmospheric Nordic landscapes. This tranquil scene captures a quiet forest by a lakeshore at dusk, with soft tonal blending and delicate detail characteristic of Rosengren’s work.