Mid 20thC. Ruth Forbes Urban Town Street Scene Landscape WC Painting
Ruth Forbes (American, XX Century) painting of an urban town street scene. it depicts a very close buildings with people talking in the street and a bicycle is resting on a pole. It’s very well done, a neat urban scene, I believe this was done when she traveled to Australia. The painting is housed in a simple black painted molding frame, the painting is floated on a white paper mat background, the frame has a protective glass front. The frame does not a hanging wire. Measures; painting 11″ x 16 3/4″, framed 13 1/2″ x 19 3/4″ .
Fernand Guignier (1902-1972) Paris France Architecture Street Scene WC Painting
Fernand Guignier (France, 1902-1972) was a student of the sculptors Emil Derre and Jean-Antoine Injalbert at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Most known for Street scene watercolor painting, child figure sculpture, ceramics. This painting is a French street scene, it is watercolor on paper and depicts a street/ alley way with figures walking by centuries old buildings, a child stops to watch a street artist at his craft, with architecture of church in background. The painting is signed and dated lower right “Guignier 1953”. It is housed in a finished corner gilt wood frame with linen wrapped mat over off-white mat with protective glass front. Measures; sight size 16 1/2″ x 12 1/4″, framed 23 1/2″ x 18 1/2″ .
1946 William H. Hollis New England Wood Shed Homestead Landscape O/C Painting
William H. Hollis (New England, XX Century) oil on canvas painting of a wood shed with homestead attached in the background, in the forest there is a figure wearing yellow splitting wood on the right. This is a winter scene with snow on the ground aa you can see trees void of their leaves. The painting is signed lower right “William H. Hollis” and is unframed. It has a neat feel to it with the black outlined design throughout. I am sure once framed this painting will really pop. The back of stretcher it is titled “Honey Wild Cherry”, the canvas is signed “Painted by William H. Hollis, March 1946”. Measures; painting 10 1/8″ x 12 1/16″ .