Ted Dyer

Ted Dyer - Framed 20th Century Oil, Rock-pooling in Summer

20th Century

A captivating Dutch genre painting in the manner of Pieter de Hooch (1629-1684). A couple can be seen taking tea together in a roomy interior with afternoon light flooding in from a ...

A truly unique piece, this large, early 20th Century fresco style oil has exquisite naive charm. The scene shows the Annunciation with Angel Gabriel, bringing a martyrs palm to Mary ...

A large, stylized study of two medieval knights in battle, possibly a retelling of the Battle of Agincourt. The English knight is about to unrepent...

A wonderful mid-century oil by the British artist Harold Riding RCA, depicting moored fishing boats at Scarborough Docks. Signed by the artist to the lower left. On canvas on stretch...

William-Adolphe Bouguereau 1825-1905 French Jeune mère contemplant deux enfants qui s'embrassent (Young Mother Contemplating Two Embracing Children) Signed “W-Bouguereau” (bottom ...

Jean-Pierre Cassigneul b.1935 French Ciel incertain (Uncertain Sky) Signed “Cassigneul” (lower left) Oil on canvas This exquisite painting by Jean-Pierre Cassigneul, titled Ciel ...

This intimate portrait was composed by the Bulgarian-born French Expressionist painter Jules Pascin. Known as the "Prince of Montparnasse," Pascin made a name for himself throughout ...

Two young children play an ill-advised game of gum stretching on the family couch in this charming composition by famed American illustrator, Leslie Thrasher. Painted towards the start of the Great Depression, Thrasher provided light-hearted images of the lives of everyday people to distract Americans from their troubles. These images appeared on the covers of Liberty Magazine, for whom he produced one cover illustration a week for six consecutive years. Born in 1889 in Piedmont, West Virginia, Thrasher studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts as a teenager and received a scholarship to study art abroad in Paris. Upon his return, he began studying under Howard Pyle, known as the “father of American illustration.” Thrasher sold his first cover illustration to the Saturday Evening Post in 1912, four years before Norman Rockwell’s first Post cover, and he would go on to produce over 360 magazine covers throughout his career. He painted humorous, relatable scenes of life in America with colorful characters set against white backgrounds. He was also a successful commercial artist, painting advertisements for Cream of Wheat, Chesterfield Cigarettes...