Austin's Finds, Dealer of Historic Fine Art

Based in Grand Rapids, MI. Works of art by Historic and Listed Artists with a non-exclusive focus on American and European Paintings, Prints, Sculpture and Frames dating 1850-1960. www.austinsfinds.com

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Francoise Gilot (French, Born 1921)⁣ ⁣ " Venetian Boat Scene ", circa 1974⁣ ⁣ Gouache on Paper ⁣ ⁣ 2 1/4" x 15" ⁣ ⁣ Housed in a 1/2" Silver Leaf Frame⁣ ⁣ Outside Frame Size: 7 1/8" x 19 5/8"⁣ ⁣ *Available* [phone]⁣ [email protected]⁣ www.austinsfinds.com/the-gallery/gilot-venice ⁣ ⁣

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Juan Garces Espinosa (Spanish, 1936-2014)

Signed, (lower, left)

" Lady with a Hat " circa 1980’s

Oil on Masonite

21 3/4" x 18 1/8"

Housed in a 4.5" Toned Gold Metal Leaf Frame

Outside Size: 30 1/2 " x 26 7/8"

In overall excellent condition.

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Juan Garces Espinosa was born in Marín, Pontevedra in 1935. His early childhood was spent on Galicia. In 1939, his family settled in Madrid, where he acquired his baccalaureate. In 1952 he joined the Navy, traveling through Europe, Africa and the Americas. He sailed the Atlantic and Pacific, living in Equatorial Guinea, New Jersey and Philadelphia.

A self-taught artist, Espinosa began by collaborating as a cartoonist with various publications and magazines. In his childhood he paid for his cigars and whims by drawing caricatures at the Café Gijón in Madrid. During this time, he met numerous artists who later formed the Vallecas school. He formed a close friend with Ortega Muñoz, Barjola, Gutiérrez Montiel, Abuja and Carlos Pascual de Lara. They would critique his work. Among other acquaintances were names such as Camón Aznar, Campoy, Antonio de Santiago, García Nieto and Camilo José Cela, who in a conjoined effort sponsored his first exhibition in Palma de Mallorca.

Espinosa belonged to the Free Academy of Arts and Letters of San Antón and was a founding member of the Tago group (Palma de Mallorca).  In 1958, he held a demonstration at the Royal Order of Merit in Fine Arts. In 1967, he exhibited in New York, and later Venezuela, Mexico, Japan and the Dominican Republic. 

In 1970, he decided to devote himself entirely to his work as an artist until his death in Madrid in 2014.

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Will Howe Foote (American, 1874-1965)

Signed: Will Howe Foote, (lower, left)

" Hill Town, Jamaica ", circa 1925-1930

(titled on attached label from Lyme Art Association with listed price of $ 500.)

Oil on canvas

24 1/8” x 24"

Housed in a 3" ornamented gold metal leaf frame by Hussar Picture frame company, Chicago, Illinois

A painted over image on the verso appears to be a scene of Provincetown, houses, boats, harbor.

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As a teenager in the 1940s, Farrar received much local acclaim in the Washington D.C. art Scene. Words like “Child Prodigy”, “Brilliant” and “Gifted” were used to describe him in the local newspaper. He had a great bout of early success which included developing patrons among Washington DC’s art elite but this was short lived as he was afflicted with schizophrenia and alcoholism as an adult causing him to spend much of his life in mental institutions.

John Farrar (American, 1928-1972)

“ Pardner ”, 1943

Titled Above Signature (Lower, Left)

Oil on Canvas

26 ⅛” x 32 ⅛”

Housed in a 2 ½” period ornamented Newcomb-Macklin frame in toned gold leaf.

A recent discovery of a painting that appears to be Farrar’s family dog. This was done when he was just sixteen years old.

In 1942, Farrar won the Washington Times-Herald's outdoor art fair. This painting was executed the following year when he was 15 (1943). That same year he won the top prize at Atlanta University’s third annual “ Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture and Prints by Negro Artists ” with a piece titled “ Queenie ”. Approximately one hundred and fifty works of art were included in the show, representing the best works of more than seventy-five contemporary African American artists. This show included works by Romare Bearden, who was awarded Honorable Mention for his painting “ The Two Genrerations ”. Also included among the exhibitors - Charles H. Alston, Allen Rohen Crite, Aaron Douglas, Fredrick Flemister, Sargant Johnson, Horace Pippin, Jacob Lawrence, Marjorie Wheeler Brown, Hughie Lee Smith, Lois Mailou Jones, James A. Porter, Obleton Haris, Robert N. Gardner, Ernest Crichlow, Henry Bannarn and William Edmonson.

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Walter Granville-Smith (American, 1870-1938)⁣

" Summer Night , Montauk ", 1910⁣

16" x 22" ⁣

Oil on Canvas laid on Board by the artist⁣

Housed in a 3" period carved Newcomb-Macklin frame in gold metal leaf. Based on the customer number on the back of the frame, it appears that the artist ordered this frame somewhere around the same time the painting was completed.⁣

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Walter Granville-Smith was a painter and illustrator who is notable for producing the first colored Illustration in the United States. He is known for color Illustration, genre, landscape, figure and costal scene painting. ⁣

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