Landscapes by American painter Dwight William Tryon (1849-1925). Various collections. Mostly with trees, one with just water.
Family portraits by American painter Eastman Johnson. Living from 1824 to 1906 he studied art in Düsseldorf, The Hague and Paris. One of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Domestic scenes all with flowers from a Britain that’s just a little way back. Jessica Hayllar, artist (1858-1940).Taught by her father who was an artist himself, she often painted domestic scenes and family gatherings.
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Plates depicting the American West from one of the many books and pamphlets that were written as a way to get people to move there. These from H. V. Hayden’s “The Great West: its attractions and resources”. Published in 1880 by Charles R. Brodix in Illinois.
Art Nouveau with a Spanish twist. Chromolithographic plates from Gines Codina y Sert and Sebastian Trullol y Plana’s “Composiciones Decorativas” which was published in Spain around 1897.
Railway art. German. Hans Baluschek, painter. Living from 1870 to 1935, he also did graphic design and wrote. Painted people, too, but I like these best.
Designs from a folio format book of hand-painted folk ornament samples made in Straznice, Moravia in the mid 1920s. Czech. Anna Dudíková (born Kozinová, artist. Signed, inscribed and dated by the maker. Taken from a current Skinner Auctions catalog.
Outside to breathe fresh air. Landscapes with trees, rivers, and mountains. French. Nicolas Victor Fonville, artist (1805-1856).
Contemporary boule vases colorfully decorated. Cloisonné glazes on faience. Faienceries et Emaux de Longwy, manufacturer. Located in Alsace-Lorraine, France and around since 1798.
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