Current Exhibition
Through March:
Tropical Delights
Paintings of the tropics by renowned American artists
Orville Bulman (1904-1978), Cape Ann artists Anthony Thieme (1888-1954), Emile Gruppé (1896-1978), Mabel Woodward (1877-1945), Stanley Woodward (1890-1970); also Lucile Blanch (American 1895-1981), Frank H. Shapleigh (1842-1906; Louis C. Vogt (1864-1939); Emmett Fritz (1917-1995); David Davidovich Burluik (Russian-American, 1882-1967), A. E. (Bean) Backus (1904-1990); and others. Please view our exhibition below.
Hours Monday-Friday 11-5 or by appointment. We are located at 205 Worth Avenue, Suite 202 (second floor) in Palm Beach. All works are for sale. For further information, please call 561-655-1425 or e-mail eddeb1@aol.com
Orville Bulman (American, 1904-1978), La Bon Mer, signed, 22 x 24 inches, oil on canvas.
Emmett Fritz, American (1917-1995), Aviles Street with Anthony Thieme's Studio, St. Augustine, signed, oil on masonite, 20 x 24.
Louis C. Vogt, American (1864-1939), Children Playing on Anastasia Island, St. Augustine, Florida, signed,oil on masonite, 26 x 28 inches
Emile A. Gruppé, American (1896-1978), Naples Pier, signed, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches
Emile A. Gruppé, American (1896-1978), The Bait Box, signed, oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches
Emile A. Gruppé, American (1896-1978), The Wall, signed, oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches
Emile A. Gruppé American (1896-1978), A Windy Day, signed, oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches
Emile A. Gruppé, American (1896-1978), Fishing in the Dry Tortugas, signed, oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches
Emile A. Gruppé, American (1896-1978), Fishing by a Yacht, signed, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches
Emile A. Gruppé, American (1896-1978), Naples Pier, signed, oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches, one of a pair.
Aleen Aked (Canadian/American, 1907-2003),
Ringling Museum, Sarasota, signed, oil on board, 24 x 18 inches
Emmett Fritz (American,1917-1995), Spanish Street, St. Augustine, signed, oil on masonite,16 x 20 inches.
Mabel Woodward (American, 1877-1945), Florida Beach Scene, signed, oil on canvas, 15 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches
Stanley Woodward (American, 1890-1970), Nude in a Florida Jungle (Bette Davis), watercolor, signed,
14 x 10 inches (sight)
In his lifetime, Stanley Woodward labeled this painting "NFS" (Not For Sale).
For years, Stanley Woodward and Bette Davis enjoyed a friendship and at one point, it was intimate. Bette Davis visited him in the 1930s in Sarasota while he was teaching painting at the Ringling School of Art. Letters reveal Miss Davis was jealous of his other models and one letter stated, "I know you are married and even in spite of that I must write down my feelings for you. Please tear up this confession of my soul as I should not want anyone to read it." There is also in existence a photograph of a partially-dressed Miss Davis from behind, inscribed, "Hope this will bring you to California." Source: Sue Byron, Sarasota Herald Tribune, 11/1/2007
Bette Davis, from the Stanley Woodward
Papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
SOLD
Lucile Blanch (American 1895-1981), Woman in front of Ringling Brothers circus posters, oil on board, 24 x 18 inches.
Emile A. Gruppé, American (1896-1978), Woman Gardening, signed, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches.
A Sampling of Other Paintings from Our Inventory
David Davidovich Burliuk (Russian-American, 1882-1967), Florida, signed and inscribed FLA. lower right. Also signed, inscribed FLA. and dated 1944 on the stretcher. Sold at Christie's on September 26, 1986 as "Tropical Garden in Florida" to a private collector. First time on the market since 1986. Note the orange trees on the left.
Harry Leith-Ross (American, 1886 - 1973), On the Beach, signed, oil on board, 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches.
Luigi Lucioni (American, 1900 - 1988), Fruit in Velvet, signed, oil on canvas, 13 1/2 X 17 1/2 inches. Exhibited: The Milch Galleries.
Mabel May Woodward (1877-1945), Beach Scene, signed, oil on board, 8 x 10 inches.
Mabel May Woodward (1877-1943), A Brittany Market, signed, oil on canvasboard, 11 x 13 1/2 inches.
SOLD
