GEORGE MATHEWS HARDING - $1,650.00
Newfoundland Sealer
Tempera | 14x12
Signed by artist
This painting was exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. This is a historical piece depicting Newfoundland Seal hunters. The work has been titled and dated on a label on the reverse.
This painting was included in a 1950s exhibition of George Harding's work held at the PAFA.
This painting had been acquired from the Harding estate.
George Mathews Harding was the younger brother of Charlotte Harding,
and it was because of her influence that he became interested in illustration.
With her assistance he was admitted to Howard Pyles illustration classes in Wilmington, Delaware.
He later spent several months studying and sketching the life of Newfoundland fishing families.
With this background he returned home to find a market for his work with The Saturday Evening Post and other major magazines.
He was one of eight official artists sent overseas with the A.E.F. during World War I,
with roving assignments to document the war in drawings and paintings.
In his drawings he was concerned more with the effect of war on the men themselves than with portraying panoramic scenes of battlefields or ruins.
These are now part of the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
A world traveler, Harding was sent with writer Norman Duncan on a trip through the Middle East, Southwest Asia, Australia, and China to do a series of illustrated stories about their travels.
He subsequently taught illustration at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where one of his students was Edward Shenton (1895-1977).
Harding exhibited widely and painted many murals and is a listed artist in: Fieldings, Mallett, Who Was Who in American Art, AskArt & Davenports.
Associations
- National Academy of Design
- Salmagundi Club
- Society of Illustrators
- WPA / Federal Arts Project
Exhibitions
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Carnegie Institute
- Corcoran Gallery Biennial
- National Academy of Design - New York City
- Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
- Pennsylvania Academy
- Society of Illustrators
Teachers
- Howard Pyle
Schools
- Brandywine School of Art
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts PAFA
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DON NELSON - $1,346.00
Jaguar hunting in the snow.
Gouache & Watercolor | 10x8 | 1960's
Commissioned by Gerlach Barklow Calendar Co.
Signed by artist
Classic Americana from the archives of the Gerlach Barklow Calendar Company based in Joliet, Illinois.
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MARY ANDERSON - $1,265.00
An encounter between a young girl and a white goose.
Gouache | 20x15 | Circa 1950s
Signed by artist
Mary Anderson is a listed American Illustrator/Artist and her work has appeared at many major auction houses. This charming illustration was likely created for a children's book.
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J.E. SEWARD - $1,250.00
Mary holding baby Jesus while the three wise men look on.
Gouache | 14x11 | 1950-1969
Commissioned by Shaw-Barton Calendar company
Signed by artist
This piece was acquired from the Shaw-Barton calendar company archives.
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Early 19th century scene with woman assisting man at his bedside. - $1,107.00
Artist unknown
Crayon, Pen & Ink | 13x11 | 1900-1949
This piece is a literary illustration.
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MARGUERITE KIRMSE - $1,100.00
Three Terriers with attention drawn. Piece is entitled “Three of a Kind”.
Etching | 9.5x12 | 1930's
Signed by artist
Marguerite Kirmse was born in Bournemough, England. Her career was launched in New York City and Bridgewater, Connecticut where she had her house and studio. Kirmse specialized in drawings, paintings, etchings, and sculptures of dogs, in particular Scottish Terriers which she loved and raised on her estate. Kirmse illustrated many books including the highly collectable limited edition books by Derrydale Press.
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PHILO BARNHART - $920.00
Mary Poppins and Bert.
Pencil | 10.5x12.5
Signed by artist
The Walt Disney Company's design drawing of Mary Poppins and Bert. Disney artist Philo Barnhart created this drawing of the lead characters played by Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews in Walt Disney's classic 1964 feature film.
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RICHA - $875.00
A stoic pirate rests while visited by a lovely maiden.
Watercolor | 15x11 | circa 1900-1940's
Signed by artist
Illustration from a film exhibitor book.
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NIGEL MOULD - $731.00
'Sooty' and his dog use a magic wand and some 'oofl dust' to cast spells.
5x9
Sooty is a British puppet and TV character popular in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and other countries. The children's television show which bears the same name and has featured the character since the 1950s was, according to the Guinness Book of Records, the longest-running children's program in the United Kingdom.
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BARRON STOREY - $650.00
British World War I Nurse - Edith Louisa Cavell
Paint | 12x10
Barron Storey original art from a book on Edith Cavell. - Edith Louisa Cavell (December 4, 1865 – October 12, 1915) was a British World War One nurse and humanitarian. She is celebrated for helping hundreds of allied soldiers escape from German-occupied Belgium. Her subsequent execution received significant sympathetic press coverage worldwide. The illustration was created by nationally-recognized illustrator Barron Storey whose work has appeared in major publications since 1960. Born in Dallas, Mr. Storey was educated at Art Center School in Los Angeles and the School of Visual Arts in New York City. His works have been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery, The National Air and Space Museum, The United States Information Agency Exhibit in Moscow, and most frequently at the New York Society of Illustrators annual shows, where he received the Society’s Gold Medal Award in 1976. Mr. Storey's clients have included National Geographic Magazine, Life Magazine, Time, NASA, and many leading corporate advertisers and publishing companies. Mr. Storey is a painter, printmaker, teacher, and musician as well.
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HAL STONE - $650.00
A tailor in his shop fitting a man with a suit.
Pen, Ink & Watercolor | 27.5x17.25 | 1900-1949
Signed by artist
Hal Stone was one of the original illustrators for many of the pre-1940 comic book action heroes. He illustrated many of the early Agatha Christie suspense novels.
Inkwell acquired this piece from Stone's neighbor who reported Stone showed off pictures of himself with Agatha Christie and Joe Schuster (creator of Superman), including some of Schuster's original Superman artwork. Chester Gould (the creator of Dick Tracy), and Leonard Starr (creator of Mary Perkins and Little Orphan Annie), were students and friends of Stones.
Hal Stone was one of those talented but unsung illustrators who was actually compared to Norman Rockwell by Rockwell himself in a framed letter Stone kept on his wall. He stopped working in the early 1970's except for some religious themed art that he illustrated in the late 1980's and early 1990’s, just before he passed away at the age of 92.
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Profile of a young woman with fashionable hair and pearls at the La Boheme Cafe - Hollywood 1927 - $648.00
Artist Unknown
Graphite | 11x8
Signed by artist
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HARRY DOUGLAS - $570.00
- IVAN AND HIS TRAINED BEARS - Two drooling bears sitting and talking near their trainers belongings.
Watercolor | 21x15 | 1940's
Signed by artist
This piece was likely published in one of the period magazines of the day. The tagline reads: "YOU WERE RIGHT,THAT'S JUST WHAT THE ACT NEEDED, SOME SORT OF CLIMAX!"
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L. HOECKER - $562.00
Old sailor gazing out to sea.
Pen and Ink | 14x11 | 1876 or 1976
Signed by artist
This piece is entitled “The Old Mariner”.
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S H.M. Proffitt - $425.00
Santa Claus smiling, waving and carrying his sack full of gifts.
Gouache | 21.25x15.75
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DAVID K. STONE - $400.00
Revolutionary War sailor hurling a grappling hook in battle.
Acrylic | 15x12
Signed by artist
David Karl Stone (1922-2001) a nationally known illustrator, was born in Reedsport, Oregon and was past president of the Society of Illustrators and a member of the board of the Graphic Artists Guild. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oregon and pursued graduate study there and at the Art Center College in Los Angeles and the Universidad de Michoacan in Mexico. His paintings are in many permanent collections in the U.S., including the Smithsonian, and he has won numerous awards. Over the course of his career his own artwork included illustration, graphic art, murals and other genres in the narrative tradition.He illustrated more than 80 books, advertising, and magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post, Woman's Day, McCall's, Esquire, Newsweek, and Lithopinion. He also designed commemorative stamps for the U.S. Postal Service. His paintings are in the permanent collections of the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Department of the Interior, Princeton University, the Smithsonian Institution, Society of Illustrators, as well as in private collections. He is probably best known for his series of over 120 paintings, Piorneers of Flight. A native westerner, he spent most of his career in the New York City area before spending his later years in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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J.E. BRIERLY - $375.00
Young black girl in her Sunday best strutting by an incredulous barefooted boy. "Maiden Modesty."
Pen, Ink & Graphite | 6.75x4.5 | 1913
Signed by artist
Brierly is a well known early 20th Century illustrator from Chicago who worked for the Boston Post.
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QUENSEL - $360.00
A bundled up man looks at a thermometer at zero degrees.
Pen and Ink | 9.5x11.5 | 1910's
Quensel was well known for his watercolor paintings around the turn of the century.
This drawing was used for a publication in the 1910’s and would have been used as a
master copy for reproduction.
This piece is entitled “Cold Weather”.
There is a block of text to the right to show where the copy would go.
The image is typical of Victorian print artwork and political cartoons.
There are pencil markings under the ink.
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LYMAN ANDERSON - $350.00
Man lying on rooftop spying the illicit activity across street.
Ink on Illustration Board | 10x7 | Circa 1920's-1930's
Commissioned by 'Underworld' magazine
Early 1930's interior pulp illustration for the serial 'The Main Guy' featured in Underworld magazine.
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