Fred Messersmith, View of the Halifax, casein on artist board, 27.5 by 35.5 inches. Signed lower right. Fred Messersmith was chairman of the art department at West Virginia…
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RUBADOUX, CRAIG–SARASOTA, BRADENTON
Craig Rubadoux, Bandonista Lunes Buenos Aires, watercolor, pencil on paper, 14 by 17 inches. Titled on upper right. Craig Rubadoux…
PARTON, NIKE–SARASOTA, BRADENTON
Nike Parton, Salute, oil on board, 14 by 20inches. Signed lower right and titled verso. Nike Parton served in World War II in the Women’s Army Corp (WAC). In 1950…
OSBORNE, NORMAN–NEW SYMRNA BEACH
Norman Osborne, New Smyrna Street scene, oil Masonite, 17 by 13 3/4 inches. One of the first artists in New Smyrna Beach, Norman Osborne was partners with illustrator George Varian…
MC INTOSH, P.R.–GAINESVILLE
P.R. McIntosh, oil on board, 17 by 23 inches. Signed lower right. P. R. (Pleasant Ray) McIntosh grew up on a farm in southern Indiana, where at the age of…
YOUNGERMAN, REYNA ULLMAN–MIAMI, MIAMI BEACH
Reyna Ullman Youngerman, Lady in Red, oil on canvas, 31.5 by 23.5 inches. Signed lower right. Reyna Youngerman, a Yale educated artist from Connecticut, twice the recipient of Tiffany Foundation…
WILLIAMS, ORETA BASHAM–SARASOTA, BRADENTON
Oreta Williams, Storm Coming, oil on canvas, 24 by 31 inches. Signed and titled verso. A native of Alderson, West Virginia, Oreta Basham, and Harold Williams graduated from Alderson High…
TINGLER, CHESTER J.–MIAMI, CORAL GABLES, MARATHON
Chester J. Tingler, Evening Music, oil on wood, 24 1/2 by 30 3/4 inches. An important Miami artist-muralist, Chester Tingler was born in Sweden and grew up in Buffalo, New…
MERRILL, NEWTON–FERN PARK, WINTER PARK
Newton Merrill, A Florida Shore, oil on canvas, 27 by 33 inches. Signed lower left. Newton Merrill had talents both as an artist and an actor. In 1908, at the…
BAGLEY, RALPH LEON–ORLANDO, WINTER PARK
Ralph Leon Bagley, oil on canvas, 20 by 24 inches. Signed lower right Ralph L. Bagley. Ralph Bagley’s career in Central Florida spanned almost 60 years. When he was a…
AHL, HENRY CURTIS–FLORIDA
Henry Curtis Ahl, Sand Dune, oil on canvas, 18 1/4 by 22 1/4 inches. Signed lower right, Ahl, Jr. Henry Curtis Ahl, Sarasota Shore, oil on canvas, 8 by 10…
STOWE, EDMUND BRUCE–SANFORD
Edmund Bruce Stowe, oil on Masonite, 18 by 36 inches. Signed lower right, E. B. Stowe, 64. Edmund B. Stowe was known as the “Sanford Artist,” famous for his rendering…