Last Sunday I visited the annual Winter Antiques Show on its final day. There were so many things to see but I was especially drawn to several of the oil on canvas works that were on display. Below are photos of the paintings I thought were particularly beautiful. I wish I could have taken one of them home! Sadly, I have fine art taste on a flea market budget! Enjoy the photos!

This beautiful girl caught my eye. She was a Burmese dancer who was “bored to tears” and decided to sit for English painter Sir Gerald Kelly after much persuasion. The work is titled “Portrait of Sao Ohn Nyunt”  and is from the Martyn Gregory gallery in London. Circa 1931. Est $152,000

“Phoebe Maynor” is the title of this painting by American artist Barnard Lintott. I wished I could have learned more about the woman in the painting who I found so intriguing. From Taylor B. Williams antiques in Harbert, Michigan. Circa 1910. Est $48,000

“Turkish Water Seller” by American painter Francis Davis Millet. Another intriguing subject and I loved all of the painting’s rich, dark colors. Millet was one of the few American painters who mastered Orientalism. An interesting fact about Millet is that he died in the Titanic. Available at the John Alexander LTD gallery in Philadelphia. Circa 1874 Est $495,00.

“The Balloon Vendor” by Edward Potthast.. This American impressionist painter was based in New York and was best known for his paintings of idyllic, sunny beach scenes. Potthast’s works are extremely valuable investment pieces. This one can be yours for a cool $3,500,000 via the Gerald Peters Gallery in New York. Circa 1910.

This work is also from the Gerald Peters Gallery. It’s titled “Harlem Flats” by Canadian-born American impressionist painter Ernest Lawson who was best known for painting landscapes, particularly scenes of upper Manhattan neighborhoods such as Harlem and Inwood. I loved this painting because its a historical representation of Harlem…the neighborhood where I now live. You may have to click the photo to see details but it depicts a colorful scene of laundry hanging from the old tenement buildings. Est $450,000. Circa 1907.

Foster Gwin antiques was one of the last booths I stopped by. Interesting tidbit…the actor Matt Dillon was there talking with one of the owners while I was there! Anyway- I was wowed by this giant, contemporary abstract oil on canvas painting and its juxtaposition with the beautiful 17th century European furniture pieces also on display. The work is by American born painter Edward Dugmore and was completed in 1956. I don’t recall what the estimate was but given the notoriety of the artist combined with the grand scale of the piece, I can only imagine what it must cost. As soon as I saw the piece I had this déjá vu feeling that I’d seen it before…and I swore it was in an old issue of Elle Décor.

So being the magazine hoarder that I am I went digging through old issues and lo and behold I found it! A clip from the July ’07 issue shows the painting hanging in the Malibu beach house of a Hollywood power couple decorated by Madeline Stuart. I love it when I’m right!