Meet The Artists

JAFNEL, SAMUEL A. — MIAMI BEACH

    Samuel Jafnel, Miami Beach. Oil on canvas, 16 by 20 inches, signed lower left Jafnel.   Samuel Jafnel, Miami Beach. Oil on canvas, 24 by 30 inches, signed…

HARTMAN, MARTHA E. — SARASOTA

Martha Hartman, Sarasota. Lady with a Shell, oil on board 12 1/2 by 18 inches. Signed lower left, Martha Hartman. Printed on back, Lady with a Shell. Martha Hartman is…

JEFFREY, Frank MOORE— PALM BEACH

Frank Moore Jeffrey, Palm Beach. On the Palm Beach Ferry-Boat, oil on board, 8 by 9 inches. Inscribed lower right, On the Ferryboat Palm Beach. An amateur artist from New…

WHITSIT, JESSE E. — MIAMI

  Jesse Whitsit, Miami. Oil on board, 10 by 14 inches, signed lower left Jesse Whitsit 1953. Jesse Whitsit had a remarkable career as an educator and artist, a career…

CORBETT, WILLIAM — FORT LAUDERDALE

William Corbett moved to Fort Lauderdale from Louisville, Kentucky in 1950.  When he died at the Coral Gables Veteran’s Hospital in 1960, the Miami Herald referred to him as the…

ROBE, JAMES — TAMPA

James T. Robe, Tampa. Thunderstorm at Tampa County Fair, 1964, acrylic on board, 21 1/2 by 47 inches. It seems a bit strange that an artist like James Robe would…

HARMES, ELMER — SARASOTA

Elmer Harmes, Sarasota, Ringling School of Art.  On back stretcher, Sally Marlow, Circus Equestrienne, signed lower right, E Harmes, 43. Oil on canvas, 22 by 27 inches. Sally Marlow was…

McNeer, BELLE WEEDEN — TAMPA

  Belle Weeden McNeer was the first artist working in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Florida, advertising in the Florida Gazetteer and Business Directory of 1895 as an artist. Belle Weeden was…

HENTHORNE, FAYE M. — Clearwater

Faye Henthorne. Clearwater Beach, 1944. Oil on artists board, 18 by 24 inches. Signed lower right Faye Henthorne, 44. Here is a particularly poignant portrait of two young people, likely…

SCHICK, PAUL R. — Palm Beach

  Schick, Paul R. Palms Along the Sea. Oil on canvas, 24 by 30 inches. Society of the Four Arts exhibition label on back, March-April 1940. Paul R. Schick made…