Gallery Selections

Fine nineteenth and twentieth-century works by renowned American artists, including important Florida and other tropical paintings for sale:

A. E. Backus (American, 1906-1990), Reynolds Beal (American, 1866-1951), Harriet Bowdoin (American, 1880-1947), Alfred T. Bricher (American, 1837-1908), Orville Bulman (American, 1904-1978), Frederick Frieseke (American, 1874-1939), Emile Gruppe (American, 1896-1978), William Hart (American,1823-1894), John F. Kensett (American, 1816-1872) Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954), Grandma Moses (American, 1860-1961); Jane Peterson (American, 1876-1965), Martin Rettig (American, 1869-1856), Marian Williams Steele (American, 1912-2001), Abbott Thayer (American, 1849-1921), Anthony Thieme (American, 1888-1954), David Walkley (American, 1849-1934), William John Whittemore (American, 1860-1955), Worthington Whittredge (American, 1820-1910), Laura Woodward (American, 1834-1926), Mabel May Woodward (American, 1877-1945), George Wright (American, 1850-1916) and others.

Below is merely a sampling of our inventory. There are many other paintings at the gallery.

Hours: By chance or appointment. We are located at 205 Worth Avenue, Suite 202 (second floor with elevator access) in Palm Beach. All works are for sale. For further information, please call (561) 655-1425 or e-mail [email protected]

SOLD
SOLD

E. "Beanie" Backus (American, 1906-1990), Pink Clouds Over the Indian River, Florida, circa 1950s, signed, oil on canvas, 25 X 30 inches.

More paintings by A. E. Backus

A painting of a tree with red flowers
A. E. "Beanie" Backus (American, 1906-1990), Royal Poinciana on the Indian River, Florida, circa 1960, signed, oil on canvasboard,16 x 20 inches.
A painting of trees and clouds in the sky

William Hart (American,1823-1894), The Joy of Autumn, 1868, signed, oil on canvas, 20 x 16 inches.

A painting of a woman walking down the road

William John Whittemore (American, 1860-1955), An Afternoon Stroll, signed, oil on canvas, 20 x 36 inches.

A painting of elephants and lions in the jungle.
SOLD
Orville Bulman (American, 1904-1978), La Trek
Signed, oil on canvas, 30 x 36 inches, also signed, titled, and dated 1971 on the reverse, original frame.
Provenance: Private collection Recorded: Bulman Family Photos
A painting of people in front of a house
SOLD

Orville Bulman (American, 1904-1978), Échappé (Escaped),
1959, signed, oil on canvas, 20 x 18 inches.
Provenance: Private collection

More paintings by Orville Bulman

A woman sitting in a chair reading a book.

Frederick Frieseke (American, 1874-1939), Femme lisant à coté d'une lampe (Woman Reading by a Lamp), signed and dated 190?, oil on French canvas, 32 x 26 inches. Exhibited, according to Frieseke's notebook, p. 17, at the 1905 Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux–Arts. Also exhibited the same year at the Art Institute of Chicago. Included in the Frederick Frieseke Catalogue Raisonne.

A painting of two people standing in the grass near a fence.
David Walkley (American, 1849-1934), Under the Arbor, 
signed, oil on canvas, 27 x 18 inches.
A painting of people in the water at the beach
Marian Williams Steele (American, 1912-2001), Beach Scene at Rockport, Massachusetts, signed, oil on canvas, 30 x 36 inches. Winner of the Lindley I. Dean Memorial Award at the Rockport Art Association, Rockport, Massachusetts, 1977. The woman holding the child is the artist's daughter.
A painting of people in front of a building with flags.
Harriet Bowdoin (American, 1880-1947), St. Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy,
signed, oil on canvas, 10 x 14 inches.
A painting of people on the beach with an umbrella

Mabel May Woodward (American, 1877-1945)
Ogunquit Beach Scene, signed, oil on board,
 10 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches,
Old fragment of Provincetown exhibition label with
partial title of Ogunquit ... affixed to back.

A painting of people on the bridge over water

Jane Peterson (American, 1876-1965),
Bridge over Canal, Venice, signed, oil on canvas,
28 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches.

A painting of a woman sitting on a chair
A painting of two women sitting on a chair

Reginald Marsh (American, 1898 –1954)
Women on a Carousel,
Double-sided, temperas on board,
Signed and dated 1953,10 ¼ x 9 ¾ inches

A painting of trees in the woods with sunlight coming through them.
Worthington Whittredge (American, 1820-1910), Brook in the Woods, signed, oil on canvas, 14 x 12 inches.
Provenance: Montross Gallery, New York
American Art Association, collection of N. E. Montross, 1919
Edgar J. Lownes, philanthropist (1870-1924)
A painting of mountains and water with people in the distance.

Alfred Thompson Bricher (American, 1837-1908),  Echo Lake, Franconia Notch, White Mountains, New Hampshire, signed and dated 1868, oil on canvas,18 x 30 inches. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries

A painting of a farm with cows and people

(Anna Mary Robertson) Grandma Moses
(American, 1860-1961) The Mountains, 1959, signed, oil on masonite, 16 x 24 inches.
Provenance: Galerie St. Etienne, New York (the artist's dealer).
Included in the catalog raisonné by Otto Kalir

A painting of people in an old fashioned living room.
SOLD

George Wright (American, 1850-1916), I Won't!, 1887,
signed, 24 1/2 by 30 1/4 inches.
Exhibited: National Academy of Design, 1888;
Memphis, Tennessee, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Celebrate America 19th Century Paintings from the Manoogian Collection, February-April 1999, no. 49, pp. 116-117, illustrated in color.

A painting of people walking down the street
SOLD

Anthony Thieme (American, 1888-1954), Riberia Street in Lincolnville, St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1940, signed, oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches.  Inscribed on the reverse "Negro Town, St. Augustine, Florida."
Exhibited: Images of Old Florida (1890-1950),
December 21, 1990-February 3, 1991,
Boca Raton Museum of Art.
Lincolnville is a prominent historical black neighborhood.
Bethel Church is on the left.

A painting of a rural landscape with mountains in the background.
Laura Woodward (American, 1834-1926)
Looking Up Keene Valley, Adirondacks, New York, 
signed and dated 1874,​ oil on canvas, 14 x 24 inches.
Exhibited: Possibly Brooklyn Art Association, 1874,
"Women Reframe American Landscape: Susie Barstow and Her Circle,"
Thomas Cole National Historic Site, May 6-Octoer 29, 2023, New Britain Museum of American Art, November 16-March 31, 2023,
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, May 4-August 25, 2024​​
A painting of the ocean and sunset

Laura Woodward (American, 1834-1926)
Afterglow, Anastasia Island, Florida, ca. 1891, watercolor, signed, also inscribed on the reverse with the location, 11 x 20 3/4 inches.

A painting of trees and water in the jungle

Laura Woodward (American, 1834-1926)
Ocklawaha River, Florida, ca. 1889, watercolor, signed, also inscribed on the reverse with the location, 9 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches.

A dog laying in the blanket on top of a bed.
A dog is laying in the bed with his head on a pillow.

Abbott H. Thayer (American, 1849-1921), a pair of paintings: Playing Sick, and Who Said Rats?
Both signed, one dated 1870, oil on canvas, 16 x 12 inches.
Illustrated: Henry Richards, "About Dogs," The Aldine, September 1872, 174-175.
Exhibited: Abbott H. Thayer, Carnegie Institute, 1919, owned by Alice L. Sand;
 A memorial exhibition of the work of Abbott Handerson Thayer, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1922.

A painting of pink and white flowers in a green vase.

Martin Rettig (American, 1869-1956), Peonies,
signed, oil on canvas, 24 x 20 inches.

A painting of trees and hills in the distance

John F. Kensett (American, 1816-1872)
Northeastern Landscape
Unsigned, oil on canvas, 10 x 18 inches
Provenance: Kensett Estate Sale, 1873, pictured in the sale
Will be included in the John F. Kensett
Catalog Raisonné, begun by John Driscoll

Contemporary Paintings

A close up of the petals of a white flower.

Deborah Bigeleisen (American, contemporary), Rhythm 5 [Lisianthus], 2008, signed, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches.

A painting of a red rose with petals
SOLD
Deborah Bigeleisen (American, contemporary), Venus, 2009, signed,
oil on canvas, 49 x 44 inches.

Edward and Deborah Pollack Fine Art

205 Worth Avenue, Suite 202 (second floor)
Palm Beach, Florida 33480

(561) 655-1425
[email protected]