AMERICAN GALLERY

Greatest American Painters

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  1. Thomas Pikul said

    June 18, 2009 at 9:32 am

    I would like to have the artists in my inventory show up
    on your site. Is there a charge?
    Please reply.Tom Pikul, Bantam,Ct. 860 567-3337

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    • Suzay Lamb said

      June 19, 2009 at 3:25 am

      I’m just a passionate blogger and this is a non-profit-making blog.
      All I can do is to add Bantam Fine Arts to my blogroll links. That’s absolutely free of charge.

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      • kevin m. kelly said

        July 21, 2011 at 3:50 pm

        Dear Ms. Lamb, I have an original Victor Tchetchet pastel that was given to me by the artists son. I was curious if you or anyone else could establish a value for the pastel. It is a beach scene of a woman with a beach ball sitting on a mans shoulders. Thank you for your response. Kevin Kelly

      • Suzay Lamb said

        July 21, 2011 at 4:24 pm

        I’m not an art dealer. You better turn to some art gallery for an accurate assessment.

    • diana said

      November 8, 2010 at 7:58 am

      i would like to have more infermation about clarence underwood please .Ihave one of his paintings it is in black and white. please get back with me.

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      • Suzay Lamb said

        November 8, 2010 at 9:02 am

        Clarence Underwood was born in New York. He studied at the Art Students League and the Julian Art Academy in Paris. He returned around 1901 to work illustrating postcards, books and magazines as Century, Studio, McClure’s Harper’s and The Saturday Evening Post. He’s known for romantically influenced paintings and for elegant women wearing colorful hats.

  2. johnnyhayles said

    July 10, 2009 at 5:10 am

    this is great!

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  3. Peter Reeds said

    July 19, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    Suzay,
    I am a British painter so I shall not leave my website but I Stumbled on your site and really enjoyed seeing such a vast array of American art. More than I ever saw when I was an art student in the sixties. Well done. I have bookmarked your site.
    Good luck
    Peter Reeds

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    • Suzay Lamb said

      July 19, 2009 at 2:05 pm

      Thank you for your kind words. I took a look at your website. It deserves time and attention. I particularly appreciated the weeds & rocks contrast in “Margate Harbour”. I can only wish you to keep on catching the soul of everything you’re looking at.
      Happy trails to you (and your stunning 1988 Harley too!)

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  4. Kmuzu said

    July 19, 2009 at 12:38 pm

    Outstanding and inspiring … thank you very much

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  5. Christopher said

    August 19, 2009 at 12:49 am

    Excellent WP blog/site. Great job.

    A few quick questions, which I hope you can answer:

    1. Why? Special project? Art student? Artist?

    2. How? I see you put the photos/art up on Picasa. Are you paying for that service, or does Picasa have that much storage for free?

    3. How do you determine your inventory, list of artists? And how inclusive do you plan on making it?

    I ask these questions because of my own site projects.

    Thanks.

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  6. Riley said

    September 17, 2009 at 6:58 am

    Dear Suzay,

    Is there a way to order prints of some of these beautiful works? I am particularly interested in one by Bufford.

    -Riley

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  7. Claude said

    September 22, 2009 at 2:33 am

    I was anxious to thank you for your remarkable site. He allows me to discover, through the multiple talented artists, the history(story) of your country. These artists deserve to be recognized in Europe in the same way as Rembrant, Lautrec, Monet, Vangogh etc.
    BR from Luxembourg
    Claude

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  8. Prebble said

    October 18, 2009 at 8:11 am

    I am interested in learning whether there is a copyright on Revere F Wistehuff’s Cheerleader Yelling Into Megaphone.
    I am starting a PR firm and want to use the image as my logo.

    Any information you have on his estate or copyright owners would be most helpful.

    Thank you very much!

    Prebble Ramswell

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  9. judy said

    November 25, 2009 at 8:55 pm

    i have seven original posters or what used to be calendars by winhold reiss for the great northern
    railroad…the empire builder..some are in better shape than others but mainly the artwork part of the poster is rather in good condition on all seven.

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    • Eric Heller said

      August 15, 2010 at 10:58 am

      How was this resolved? I would love to have a poster, and use the same image in a book I am writing about sound.

      Reply

  10. Cathie Bleck said

    January 12, 2010 at 10:59 pm

    Interesting blog and thanks for celebrating American Artists!

    Reply

  11. Dayvid said

    February 5, 2010 at 2:03 pm

    What a wonderful site! Your passion for American art is evident. Can’t wait to see who will be posted next!

    Dayvid

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  12. Andrew Thomas said

    February 13, 2010 at 8:32 am

    This site is a great resource. We have started a site that positions fine art views on digital maps; you may find interesting:
    geocodedArt.com

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  13. Nigel Van Wieck said

    February 14, 2010 at 2:54 pm

    I am a painter living and working in New York. My interest is American figurative painting so finding blog was a treat.

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    • James Bouwan said

      February 22, 2010 at 3:15 am

      Hi Nigel,
      Why don’t we share some information about painting world. I’m not a painter, but some painter believe me to help them to emerge their works to the world.

      Reply

  14. James Bouwan said

    February 22, 2010 at 3:12 am

    I have many beautiful paintings from Bali, Indonesia. How can I show them to the web-people?

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  15. Peter Reeds said

    February 22, 2010 at 3:05 pm

    I am an artist working in England and I thought you might like to see some of my paintings.

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  16. Steve Coon said

    February 27, 2010 at 9:28 pm

    Hi again Suzy,
    I happened upon another Thomas Edgar Stephens painting on EBAY. I am not sure if it is in good enough condition to cut and paste but take a look. It is of Gen. Douglas MacArthur on the cover of Life magazine in 1950.

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  17. Amy Goins said

    March 8, 2010 at 9:18 pm

    I am looking for a particular Vargas print called “Lola” A friend of mine remembers it fondly from his fathers shop and I would love to find a copy of it for him Can anyone tell me where I can find one?

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  18. Dylan Stephens said

    March 9, 2010 at 4:01 pm

    Thank you for including my grandfather Thomas E. Stephens. Some paintings I did not know he painted. It is nice to think he is one of the “Greatest American Painters.”

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  19. Janet Goldstein said

    April 14, 2010 at 9:48 am

    Dear Suzay,
    Do you have any idea how I could get permission to use the image “Young Girl and Boy Fishing” by Revere F. Wistehuff?

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  20. Nanang said

    April 29, 2010 at 2:14 am

    Nice blog… :)

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  21. Dave MacDowell said

    June 1, 2010 at 1:22 pm

    Hope to someday reach the greatness of these artists. LOVE this site!

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  22. Bill Bridges said

    June 2, 2010 at 12:26 pm

    I’m interested in getting a print of “Irrigation” by Alexander Hogue. Do you know where I can find one?

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  23. JT Harding said

    June 3, 2010 at 5:47 am

    Hi Suzay,
    I just subscribed to your RSS feed. As an American Artist myself, I would love the exposure on your blog and Artist Links. Keep up the great work and have a good day!
    JT

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  24. kate fisher said

    June 30, 2010 at 6:49 am

    I wonder if you could give me a rough valuation for a Douglas Hoffman Artists Pull lithograph I have. Dancers in Rehearsals.
    It is number 44 out of 50 on a velum paper. With his signature and small drawing of dancer beside the signature.

    thankyou
    Kate Fisher

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  25. Peter Seivewright said

    July 7, 2010 at 7:42 pm

    Thank you so much for such a wonderful gallery :) Peter

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  26. Pharamond said

    July 7, 2010 at 10:58 pm

    Congratulations for your blog, haughtiness and interesting.

    Reply

  27. Thimgan said

    July 10, 2010 at 7:41 pm

    Great site with some unusual and striking pieces! Thank you.

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  28. BethAnn said

    July 30, 2010 at 8:09 am

    Hi,
    Enjoyed your site.You have not discovered Indiana’s rich art history, no mention of T.C. Steele and many others that gave the country a beautiful view of the paintings of southern Indiana. Can you include him and others of the colony in your listing. I notice you do have Otis Adams. He was a part of the colony of artists.
    I would enjoy being a part of this great site. How do you apply?

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  29. Annamay Olsen said

    August 10, 2010 at 8:34 am

    I knew a Ray Prhaska, Jr. when I was a night art student at Cooper Union, Manhattan, NYC in the late 1940′s. His father was a highly recognized artist by the same name. The father would be long gone, but if there should be any connection with the artist represented here, I would like to contact him.

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  30. Jenifer said

    September 19, 2010 at 1:29 pm

    I really appreciate all the work you’ve done with these images! I was wanting to use some of the images on my website (just as illustrations; not selling anything) and I noticed you said you’re just a passionate blogger, but can I use these pictures? Do I need permission or is there some copyrights to these images? Please let me know and keep up the good work!

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  31. Jon Gernon said

    September 21, 2010 at 10:38 pm

    Great site! Keep up the good work!
    Jon Gernon

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  32. XtremXpert said

    September 29, 2010 at 9:30 am

    Last week I found a website for sale on a forum and I saw the domain was 5 years old so I checked the history of it and I realized it was an artist’s website. I bought it and I recreated fast a website for her as I like her paintings. Her name is Sylvia Angeli, if you want please add the link and some paintings to your blog.

    btw, the last post with Terry Rodgers painting is great, I would love to have one of those in my house(when I’ll have one, lol)

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  33. Ken said

    October 23, 2010 at 5:47 pm

    Trying to contact Greg Harris.

    203-226-6934

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  34. HK Hanson said

    November 9, 2010 at 1:12 am

    Is there a listing of the kind of grouped paintings?
    I found these:
    Western paintings: http://americangallery.wordpress.com/tag/western/
    Wild Life: http://americangallery.wordpress.com/tag/wildlife/

    But what others exist?
    Is there something for National Parks, like Yosemity, Grand Canyon, etc?

    I found nothing for Great Plains, Rural, Farming, Farms, Farm, Rocky Mountains, or for names of northern great plains states

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  35. Cam Cofer said

    January 3, 2011 at 8:47 pm

    My father was John W Scott. Noticed the westerns on this site. I have the photos my father took of some of my horses, and some of people who boarded their horses with my husband and myself. The Appaloosa blue roan was a filly named Wendy. The bay is my barrel racer named May West. There is a painting, and prints of it by Mill Pond Press, titled ” The Waterfall”. The horse and rider are actually myself on a Pony of the Americas named Arrowhead’s Little Princess. I have the photo taken of her eating grass to mimic the action of a horse drinking. If anyone has questions about his paintings I may have the answers.

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  36. Daniel Rindge said

    January 7, 2011 at 4:49 am

    George V. Augusta
    Great American portait painter & Impressionist

    Great American portrait Artist
    and American Impressionist painter
    George. V. Augusta.
    His most notable portrait is of
    First Lady Rosalynn Carter.
    He has also painted former
    Supreme Court Chief Justice
    Warren Burger and Justice
    Lewis Powell.Also Eliot Richardson
    and Cyrus Vance along with
    many other leaders of education,
    medicine and philanthropy.
    George Augusta was born in 1922 in
    Boston MA, the son of George Augusta
    a Boston police officer.
    He studied at The Boston Latin School.
    During the Second World War Mr. Augusta
    served as a cryptologist with the
    U.S. Army 849th Signal Intelligence Service(predecessor to the National Security
    Agency) breaking German Enigma codes.
    He was stationed in England,
    North Africa and Italy.
    While in Italy he was able to view
    the many art masterpieces in
    Florence etc. After the war
    he was a student of the Boston School painter Ernest L. Major. The Boston School has its roots in classical painting and French impressionism.
    Mr. Augusta is a member of the Guild of Boston Artists and The Copley Society. He is represented by Vose Galleries in Boston.
    Mr. Augusta has portraits in major
    corporations,hospitals, colleges, universities and government
    institutions across the United
    States.
    You can see his artwork at:
    georgeaugusta.com

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  37. twortd said

    January 9, 2011 at 8:25 am

    Thanks so much for making this available — just started home schooling and this will be invaluable. Incredible range. A real service.

    Lisa

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  38. norberto said

    January 14, 2011 at 2:16 am

    Hi. I am a Cuban artist currently residing in US, I would love to have the opportunity of being posted on your blog. Let me know if it’s possible. Thanks in advance and please take a look at my website http://www.norbertoclemente.com

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  39. Chad Novacek said

    January 24, 2011 at 3:43 pm

    Excellent website/blog!

    I was able to identify some of my favorite works because of you. Thank you.

    I did think of a suggestion. You may add John FALTER if you think it’s appropriate. His stuff was pretty good.

    Thanks!

    Chad

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  40. Peter Harrington said

    February 7, 2011 at 6:11 pm

    I have in my possession a painting by Robert Wesley Amick captioned “The Canyon” given to me by a friend. I have searched the web to try and verify any authenticity and have come across one which is almost identical captioned ” Phantom Canyon ” by the same artist. Can anyone give me any information about this. I reside in Australia and if nothing is forthcoming it will appear in my soon coming yard sale. Thank you.

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  41. eric lawson said

    February 8, 2011 at 11:51 am

    Hi Suzay,

    I noticed a lot of amazing American Artists here. I thought you might be interested in Kip Omolade. http://www.kipomolade.com/
    What do you think?

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  42. Bob Kochis said

    February 10, 2011 at 7:22 am

    Hi,
    I recommend Fidelia Bridges and Laura Wasson Maxwell be considered for inclusion in your interesting and ecclectic list. Not only for their artistic talent but also for the interesting lives they led at the turn of the 20th century. Thanks for this unique data base. Bob

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  43. monnie said

    February 10, 2011 at 5:49 pm

    Is there any information about this artist, Dolores Chiappone? I recently purchased one of her paintings, Angel with Pink Wings, but it is unsigned. I would like to know if it is her work. Also, it would be nice to know something about the artist.

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  44. Henryk Fantazos said

    February 21, 2011 at 3:00 am

    Dear Suzay,
    Would you consider including my art in your wonderful collection?

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  45. Johnson Hagood said

    March 5, 2011 at 2:35 pm

    Absolutely fabulous, amazing, site. You would be a great museum curator.

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  46. Mike Cockrill said

    March 16, 2011 at 6:47 pm

    Thank you Suzay Lamb for posting some many of my paintings and including me in your list of American artists. I’ve noticed your site in the past and have enjoyed looking up artists I was not aware of. Proud to make your thoughtful list.

    Mike Cockrill

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  47. marcy said

    March 24, 2011 at 10:21 am

    I am wondering if I can use your picture of Kuan Yin on my website?

    Thanks and have a beautiful day, Marcy

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  48. Gaetano Cantone said

    March 31, 2011 at 11:21 am

    Il suo blog è bellissimo. Aprezzo molto il suo impegno nel documentare tanta creatività che altrimenti non avrebbe la risonanza che merita.

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  49. Bill Stieg said

    May 18, 2011 at 1:47 pm

    Crawfordsville, IN is the home town of Theodora Larsh, artist. We are interested to locate one of her minatures for our records of her works. Would like to get any other informaion concerning her.

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  50. mahmoudmirzaei said

    June 15, 2011 at 1:00 am

    hi
    i am painter
    i have 100 image of paint
    i like shoe my act n other contry free
    plise help me how ?
    my web sait name is:
    mahmoudmirzaei.ir

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  51. gebalshuweit said

    June 27, 2011 at 1:16 pm

    I am the ggggg great grandson of Capt. Thomas Park of Park Settlement outside of Owego, NY. I would like to post a picture of the oil painting of Capt Thomas Park painted by Thomas LeClear that you display on your American Gallery web page on my family tree on Ancestry.com. If this is allowable, would you e mail me a picture of this painting that is more clear than the enlarged version on the American Galley site?
    Thanks for the many wonderful paintings that you have displayed. Best regards, George Balshuweit

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    • Suzay Lamb said

      June 27, 2011 at 1:41 pm

      I sent you what you asked. I had to reduce the resolution of the image, still the quality is not good. Unfortunately I do not have a better copy of the painting.

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  52. gebalshuweit said

    June 27, 2011 at 2:05 pm

    Thank you very much for your quick response and the improved photo!! I was amazed to find a pict when I googled Capt Thomas Park and selected image. I will add it to the family tree on ancestry.com and I’m sure that it and the photo will be greatly appreciated by Capt Parks many descendents. George Balshuweit

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  53. Joanne said

    June 29, 2011 at 11:30 am

    Hello Suzay,
    You have a beautiful collection of art on your website! I can spend hours enjoyingyour website.
    I noticed you did not have an artist’s website page for Howard Terpning, and we have the closest thing you will find as our gallery has a long business relationship with the artist and his family and have artist proofs from the family collection available exclusively through our gallery. The link if you would like to us it is http://www.bnr-art.com/terpning.
    Also, have you considered including Pino (1939-2010) in your website? Pino, born Guiseppe D’angelico in Bari, Italy on November 8, 1939, became one of the foremost book cover illustrators (over 1600) in the United States before establishing a reputation as a fine-art figure and landscape painter. His original oil paintings are prized by collectors. We have some of his rare orignial paintings and also have information about him at. http://www.bnr-art.com/pino .
    If you would like to include our gallery as a resource, that would be great. The main address is http://www.bnr-art.com and it is B & R Gallery. We have been in business for over 30 years and have been fortunate to host art shows for great artists like the late Arnold Friberg, Howard Terpning, Morgan Weistling, and more.
    Best Regards,
    Joanne B & R Gallery

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  54. Kate Ogden, Stockton College, NJ said

    July 24, 2011 at 11:36 am

    May I use your jpeg of Andrew Melrose’s “View from New Jersey Looking Towards Downtown New York” on my website, “Art & Architecture of New Jersey”? I’ll use whatever credit line you prefer and also link to your website.

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  55. Gregory Brown said

    July 31, 2011 at 9:49 pm

    I saw where you recently posted a number of paintings by Armenian-American artist Ludwig Mactarian. I’m working on a project about the mural he painted for a post office in Arkansas. However, there doesn’t seem to be any kind of drawing, painting or photograph of him. Have you discovered one in your searches? (P.S. I love what you’ve posted on this site.)

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  56. Manuel Álvarez said

    August 6, 2011 at 10:18 am

    Great blog.

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  57. Leah Palen said

    August 6, 2011 at 1:19 pm

    Hello,
    I’m trying to find out who owns the rights to J. Howard Miller’s work. Do you know if he had any relatives?
    I can’t find out much about him on the web.
    thanks.

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  58. Joanne said

    August 13, 2011 at 8:38 pm

    Hi Suzay,
    Another great American artist I would recommend when you get a chance is G. Harvey. Is he on your list of artists to add?
    Joanne B & R Gallery
    http://www.bnr-art.com

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  59. Carolyn Baker said

    August 15, 2011 at 11:19 am

    I have a very old lithograph called “The Broken Doll” by Charles M. Relyea. I know that it was lithographed by Hoover in 1936, but that is all the information that I have been able to find. Would you have information about this litho? Thank you in advance for any help that may be forthcoming.

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  60. jerry seessel said

    August 26, 2011 at 6:02 pm

    looking for theora hamblett painting need price.

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  61. Greg said

    September 29, 2011 at 10:55 am

    This site is wonderful…my only suggestion is to add a search function!

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  62. Glenn Levy said

    September 29, 2011 at 3:19 pm

    Hi Suzay:

    I work for Leslie Levy Fine Art. We’ve represented both Steve Hanks and Doug West. Would you please include us in your interesting places section?

    The URL to use is:

    leslielevyfineart.com

    Thanks!
    Glenn L.

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  63. Glenn Levy said

    September 29, 2011 at 3:40 pm

    Thank you for your fast reply, inclusion and very impressive blog!

    -Glenn L.

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  64. W. Thomas Mulcahy said

    October 4, 2011 at 6:37 pm

    Hello Suzay,
    My Mothers maiden name is Lamb, originally from Nova Scotia. This is a delightful site. I have a profile oil portrait by William Worcester Churchill named Lady and the Fan dated 1902. It has been in my family since the 1930′s. Would you like to display it? I have never seen it anywhere until today on a reproduction site called 1st-art-gallery.com which threw me a bit. The painting was exhibited extensively at one time. Thank you for your efforts. Tom Mulcahy

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  65. John Cox said

    October 14, 2011 at 3:00 pm

    I would like to be listed on your site. What are your requirements for this?
    Thank you

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  66. Fred Stanley said

    October 24, 2011 at 12:19 am

    I have a print of a painting signed Adam Styka that is almost exactly the same painting as “At the Waterhole” by Ernest Tonk on your website. It seems likely one must have copied the other.

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  67. Marsha said

    October 27, 2011 at 4:36 pm

    Hello – We have a Claude Buck original painting and I was wondering if you would like to post it on your website? I can not find another one like it anywhere on the web. It’s a painting of Salome holding the head of John the Baptist on a platter. It was painted on a heavy board (or door – we are not quite sure what it is painted on) and the dimensions are 22 wide x 30 height. If you happen to know anything about it we would love to know.

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  68. HRG said

    November 5, 2011 at 4:48 pm

    Hi – Would you consider adding a link to our gallery (http://www.hiddenridgegallery.com – Hidden Ridge Gallery)? We’re an Authorized Greenwich Workshop dealer and deal with artists such as Howard Terpning, Bev Doolittle, Cassandra Barney and the rest of their family of artists. We specialize in rare James Christensen etchings and paintings (http://www.hiddenridgegallery.com/store/original.html & http://www.hiddenridgegallery.com/art-of-james-christensen.html).

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  69. karen kruck said

    November 15, 2011 at 3:33 pm

    I am trying to find the suject”s name in an oil paiting I purchased at auction by Wilbur Fiske Noyes done in 1939. It is of a business man in his late fifties/ early sixties. Do you know how I would find this information?

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  70. Crister Thornstrom said

    November 19, 2011 at 8:20 am

    Hello! I live in Sweden and has an oil painting of Harol N Anderson is from the 1930s, if I want to sell it what do I do, can you give me some information how I do. Board size is 65cmx95cm subject is an elderly couple who sits and eats dinner at finbordet, man feeding a dog on the sly for his wife.

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  71. Industrial Squid said

    December 10, 2011 at 12:15 pm

    Hey Suzay,
    Great blog you have here.
    Wanted to invite you to check out our January ‘About Face’ exhibit featuring contemporary portraiture by over 25 emerging and extinguished young artists. Please see full roster here: http://www.wwagallery.com/upcoming.html

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  72. Barbara O'Brien said

    December 11, 2011 at 10:28 am

    Hi Suzay, What a wonderful site. Thank you for all the time and effort. I think you should include Noel Rockmore as well. Hope you have a wonderful holiday.

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  73. Cuong Nguyen said

    December 27, 2011 at 9:02 pm

    Hi Suzay -
    Just want to drop a few lines to say thank you for featuring my work on your blog – I’m very honored.
    Best wishes and Happy New Year to you and your loved ones!
    - Cuong Nguyen

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  74. Jacques Protat said

    December 31, 2011 at 8:15 am

    Hi Suzay,
    Congratulations again: your regular updates are a great means to learn about new names in figurative American painting.
    My gallery American Art is in France now, but still exclusively focused on American figurative painting “that defines America” : see http://www.americanart.fr.
    I would appreciate it of course if you could feature it in your sidebar!
    Oh, one technicality that is easily solved: you forgot to change the text to the “About” section at the top of this page, which means that:
    - we don’t get to learn anything about you, when I know many of us would like to learn a bit about you,
    - the summary of this page (in FaceBook links for instance) reads “This is an example of a WordPress page…” Not very tempting!
    Very best wishes for 2012!
    Jacques Protat

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  75. Dave Woods said

    January 11, 2012 at 7:49 am

    Re the work of Jenny Morgan, I’m deeply impressed by what seems to be oil, but may just be photoshopped work. Though clearly the ideas expressed within the paintings are common human themes, I do feel that her work allows the viewer an insight into the psyche of the subject, or possibly of the sitter, which is absent from most modern art portraiture. This artist deserves wider recognition.
    Thank you for putting her work on show on the American Artists website.

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  76. Quinton Christophe said

    February 5, 2012 at 9:10 am

    I have been trying to find posters by ernie barnes. The linited prints are out of my price range. Do you know where Thay may be found? Or atlease higher definition photos ?

    Quinton

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  77. John Rudin said

    February 11, 2012 at 2:52 pm

    I was doing some research on my grandfather, Benjamin Blessum, and found this website. I thin it is wonderful to find so much information on so many talented artists.
    I have several of my grandfather’s works. Would you like pictures to include in your collection?

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  78. Turtle Heart said

    February 20, 2012 at 1:38 pm

    Dear Ms Lamb

    Best regards. Your project continues to be ever so interesting. It is a great project and I am not sure there is really anyplace else where one can see such a great wealth of American artists in such detail and volume. Though there are many art museums and so forth, most are very sparing in what they make available online.

    I am an Ojibwe American Indian artist myself, I work in a variety of mediums including stone, but painting has always been and remains my central passion. While you have included many paintings about American Indians, or featuring them I should say, it does not seem you have ever actually included any American Indian artists in your collection. I do not take an exception to this however, as you are of course free to follow your interests in a way that satisfies you. I find the majority of paintings featuring American Indians are rather condescending to the Indians themselves…but artists throughout history have exploited their subjects for their artistic interests without giving any due or credit to who those people might be. I have older relatives on the reservations that posed for fifty cents, for example, for some famous painters and no one ever asked their names or wanted to know anything about them. Perhaps it is unimportant. In the end every work of art stands or not on its merits regardless of who the subject may have been. It is a working part of the shadow of art which lingers along with the lights revealed in the work itself.

    In any event, your project is very nice and I always enjoy visiting here and always discover new things. Thanks very much for your work. I have a gallery up featuring my work, featured in the link attached to my login.

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    • Suzay Lamb said

      February 20, 2012 at 2:44 pm

      Some Native American painters are included here: Acee Blue Eagle, Robert Redbird, Beatien Yazz, Jim Abeita…but, you’re right, they are too few. I will try to fill the gap.
      Thanks.

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  79. William Posey said

    February 20, 2012 at 3:02 pm

    I see. Interesting. I should have known you had them covered. Actually I am not familiar with those you listed, so thanks for that I will check them out.

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  80. James Rockwell said

    February 29, 2012 at 7:26 am

    Suzi; in a word “WOW”! Your site is a real ‘keeper’. Happy I stumbled upon it. Hoping you might help. My supervisor brought in a copy of Edward Clay Wright’s ‘The Sentinels’, for Black History Month. Love the work and the heroic military style of the three figures of ‘Buffalo Soldiers’. The central figure is standing at attention facing forward and dressed in the uniform of a First Seargeant (I believe). His left hand is resting on a calvary saber. His right hand is holding a artillery sword in a position of ‘Present Arms’ but I’m really curious as to why both a saber and a sword. I’ve scoured the web, but can only find links to buy the works of Mr. Wright, and nothing about contacting him (alive?) and nothing about his thoughts. Can you please help, and I thank you for your possible help, and more so for your passion!

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  81. Ton Fafianie said

    March 9, 2012 at 6:38 am

    Dear Suzay,

    You don’t know me, but I’m a historian from the Netherlands, interested in American history and art.
    I like your Gallery website. I noticed you have several paintings listed made by Samuel Stillman Osgood (1808-85), who is a very underrated artist.
    Now I wonder: where did you get the information from about one of his paintings, titled ‘Venus Stealing Cupid’s Last Arrow’? I know it was auctioned by Christie’s East back in 1992, but they didn’t identify Sam as the painter. You obviously did, and I take my hat off.

    Just curious, but I’d be much obliged if you could give me an answer.

    Thank you,

    Ton Fafianie.

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  82. Clark Pearce said

    March 9, 2012 at 8:16 am

    Hi Suzay,

    Do you know who owns the portrait of Francis Parkman by Chester Harding? I am doing research on him, and would like to know.

    Many thanks,

    Clark

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  83. dinasset said

    March 12, 2012 at 3:08 am

    Hi Suzay,
    i look always with pleasure to your posted images, i have one question.
    would it be possible to have pictures with better resolution? nowadays computers have large displays, and with a strong enlargement quality is often poor.
    thanks
    diego

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  84. dinasset said

    March 15, 2012 at 11:22 am

    Suzay, i didn’t want to bother you, it was a simple question, if you can’t do more, fine, but do not be irritated for my comment, i guess everybody who likes pictures likes to see them with a quality as good as possible, that’s it

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  85. Jim Puzinas said

    March 20, 2012 at 8:21 am

    Suzay,
    I noticed that you have featured images from our gallery website http://www.blueheronfa.com (eg Samuel Grigggs, Whitehead Cohasset). It is customary to state the source when using images in this manner. Could you include such for our gallery with a link? Thanks in advance.
    Your blog is very comprehensive and educational. Congratulations for such an undertaking.
    Jim

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  86. William Crescenzo said

    March 29, 2012 at 12:50 pm

    Hello Suzay, first I would like to congratulate you on your site, quite and undertaking and very informative.

    I have an ONLINE GALLERY and was hoping you could add my link to AMERICAN GALLERY.

    http://www.williamcrescenzoartandantiques.com

    With gratitude, William Crescenzo

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  87. vincenzo mazzei said

    March 30, 2012 at 10:51 am

    Per Suzay Lamb

    Io è da soli due mesi che sono collegato ad Internet, e per me è stata una piacevole casualità aver scoperto il tuo sito “American Gallery”. Ho iniziato a guardare con curiosità ed interesse l’archivio dei pittori americani che dal 2008 compaiono sul tuo Blog. Si tratta di una presentazione molto varia e vivace, che si guarda con piacere, e che offre un’ampia panoramica su tutta la Pittura americana, dagli artisti più conosciuti a quelli meno conosciuti o addirittura sconosciuti; da quelli dell’800 a quelli più giovani dei nostri tempi, mostrando una grande varietà di stili e correnti artistiche. Brava Suzay.
    Ogni tanto ascolto anche le canzoni della tua Play-list musicale. Complimenti.

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  88. James Thompson said

    March 31, 2012 at 10:20 am

    Hello -

    Commonwealth Books is preparing a book on the Golden Age of American Illustration. Many of the images we want to reproduce in the book are hard to locate. You present one of Harold Brett’s WWI illustrations (American Troops Advancing). We are interested to include this picture in our book. I assume the picture itself is no longer under copyright protection, but you image of it may be. Do you know who owns this picture? Or – what is your policy for image reproduction?

    Thanks you for your information. You have done a heroic job in assembling this terrific art respository.

    James Thompson
    Publisher
    Commonwealth Books

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  89. James Thompson said

    March 31, 2012 at 12:54 pm

    thanks for you kind response – I’ll check with them. What is your policy on referencing the American Gallery as a n online image source for images whose location we can’t find?

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  90. Hector Manuel NavaGarcía said

    April 3, 2012 at 8:03 pm

    HOLA SALUDOS DESDE CHIHUAHUA MEXICO, Ando Investigando LA VIDA DEL PINTOR JOSE ACEVES? UD TIENE DATOS DE SU VIDA? PUES AQUI EN SU LUGAR DE NACIMIENTO ES POCO Y QUISIERA TOMAR Conocido LA INICIATIVA PARA RECONOCERLO Y HACER UN HOMENAJE EN SU HONOR Y QUE LA GENTE DE AQUI LO CONOZCA, AQUI EN ESTA CIUDAD MAS NADA HE VISTO UN MURAL DE EL POR SI UD Cierto FABULOSO TIENE DATOS Y LOS QUIERE COMPARTIR, MUCHO LE agradeceria mi nombre es Héctor Manuel Nava García, vivo en la Ciudad de Chihuahua, México mi correo es nagardifest@gmail.com
    Atentamente
    Héctor M. García Nava

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  91. vincenzo mazzei said

    April 4, 2012 at 12:20 pm

    Oggi è il mio compleanno (precisamente alle ore 23.00 del 4 aprile), ma essendo il tempo non molto bello (il cielo è nuvoloso), e non avendo voglia di uscire, ho preferito rilassarmi restandomene in casa a visionare il tuo bell’archivio dedicato dell’Arte Americana. Non puoi immaginare quanto mi piaccia!

    Una delle cose che più apprezzo del tuo Blog è la facile accessibilità e il completo disinteresse economico, essendo il Blog aperto e offerto a tutti, senza troppi complicati passaggi burocratici.

    Sapere che da tutto il mondo tantissime persone si collegano al tuo sito, o perché semplicemente incuriositi o perché voglio conoscere meglio l’Arte Americana, dovrebbe essere per te motivo di grande soddisfazione, che ti ripaga dell’enorme lavoro di promozione culturale che stai svolgendo.

    Ho letto anche la brutta vicenda della censura operata da Google contro il tuo Blog, ma come hai ben detto tu in un commento, il fatto di aver trasferito il tutto su un altro motore di ricerca si è rivelata cosa assai positiva, perché hai potuto migliorare ancora di più la tua American Gallery, offrendo immagini più ingrandite e più godibili. In Italia c’è un proverbio che dice: “Non tutto il male viene per nuocere”. Ed è vero!

    Infine, riterrei cosa molto utile se tu riproponessi i tuoi vecchi posts (2007-2008) con immagini un po’ più ingrandite. Ovviamente, essendo tu neo-mamma, il tempo libero che puoi avere a disposizione non sarà molto, però quando potrai, penso che sia una cosa da fare.

    Ringraziandoti della piacevole compagnia, culturalmente valida, che mi sta facendo il tuo Blog, ti saluto e ti auguro una Buona Pasqua. Vincenzo M.

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    • vincenzo mazzei said

      April 4, 2012 at 1:52 pm

      Suzay, lo scritto al paragrafo 3° è da correggere cosi: “…, o perchè semplicemente incuriositi o perchè vogliono …”.
      Ho scritto troppo in fretta e invece di scrivere per intero ‘vogliono’ l’ho scritto incompleto, e quindi la traduzione corretta dovrebbe essere all’incirca questa: “Know that from the way many people link to your site, or simply curious or because they want to learn more abaut American art, it should be for you a cause for great satisfaction thet repays you the enormous cultural promotion work you’re doing”.
      Forse non c’era bisogno di questa correzione, perchè tu conosci molto bene l’italiano, però la traduzione in inglese risultava un pò pasticciata. Ciao

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    • Suzay Lamb said

      April 4, 2012 at 2:50 pm

      Naturalmente sono molto contenta del fatto che questo blog venga visitato da tante persone da tutto il mondo (in media diecimila contatti al giorno), ma lo farei anche se fosse totalmente trascurato.
      Trasferendomi su questa piattaforma ho sempre avuto in mente di riproporre i posts del primo biennio, con l’aggiunta di più dipinti per ogni artista e riproduzioni ingrandite. Considerato il tempo che posso dedicare al blog si tratterebbe di uno sforzo non indifferente. Prima o poi lo farò.
      Grazie. Tanti auguri (anche se forse un po’ in ritardo) per il compleanno. E auguri di una serena Pasqua.

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  92. vincenzo mazzei said

    April 14, 2012 at 10:12 am

    L’altro ieri mi è capitato di trovare e leggere “Lettera a chi verrà”, quel dialogo intimo con la creatura che era in te, e ne sono rimasto sbalordito. L’ho letta e riletta più volte, ed essa rimane incredibilmente sempre nuova. Si tratta di un capolavoro di rara bellezza, un dipinto con colori freschi, pieno di vita e sentimento, dove la gioia zampilla insieme alla trepidante attesa del grande giorno. Suzay, penso che tu abbia fatto una vera opera d’arte.
    Secondo me possiedi un talento innato per la narrativa e la poesia. Non ho la pretesa di volerti dare consigli, perché solo tu puoi sapere quello che potresti fare e quello che farai, però sarebbe un peccato se tu smettessi di scrivere. Oltre a mantenere in essere American Gallery che è una delle tue creazioni più indovinate, dovresti (quando ti sarà possibile) riprendere a scrivere (anche se non necessariamente sui Blog) e magari fare anche un pensierino a pubblicare dei libri. Ciao

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    • Suzay Lamb said

      April 14, 2012 at 12:06 pm

      Al momento la mia principale e quasi totalizzante occupazione, nonché fonte di gioia inesauribile, è occuparmi della mia bambina. Per il resto, quello che sarà lo vedremo.

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  93. Art Field said

    April 26, 2012 at 8:52 am

    What a great site. Very well done. Just as an aside, you have some Paxson work on Frank Tenney Johnsons page. Keep up the good work, Best regards, Art.

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  94. Vincenzo said

    April 30, 2012 at 6:54 pm

    Suzay, abbi pazienza per la confusione che sto facendo con il nome, e per il tempo che ti sto facendo perdere. Mi sembrava una buona idea utilizzare un altro nome al posto del mio, ma ciò mi sta creando un po’ di disagio psicologico, perché non ci sono abituato ad associare la mia persona ad un altro nome. Penso che sia meglio tenermi Vincenzo (omettendo solo il cognome), altrimenti non riesco a prendere sonno. Scusami per la mia indecisione, ma ti prometto che non cambierò più. Grazie.

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  95. Joanne said

    May 2, 2012 at 9:32 pm

    Hi Suzay,
    G. Harvey is a great American impressionist who has had a one man show at the Smithsonian. He paints turn of the century street scenes and Western paintings.
    Here is a link to his exhibit on our website http://www.jwatsonfineart.com/harvey,
    Could you also add our gallery J Watson Fine Art to your resources? The URL is http://www.jwatsonfineart.com.
    Please stop by for a visit if you have time.
    Thanks!
    Joanne

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  96. fraco054 said

    May 3, 2012 at 3:42 am

    Desde hace tiempo mi primera visita matinal. Gracias por el sitio.

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  97. Vincenzo said

    May 6, 2012 at 10:25 am

    I liked your response to the comment of a post of the month of June 2011, concerning the request for more biographical information on artists. I agree with you on that, more than words and explanations, count the emotions that art can provoke all those who admire it.
    In my opinion, are more than enough of the personal data given (names of artists and their dates of birth), which already give a precise idea of the historical period in which they lived and worked. If anyone is particularly interested in learning more biographical knowledge, he can always make personalized search. But American Gallery is beautiful as it currently exists, because, in my opinion, is very lively and unpredictable, and above all let those who see the wide freedom of movement and judgment.

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  98. Sylvia Ali said

    May 6, 2012 at 5:07 pm

    Yes, I agree. It is always a surprise when I open an artist’s file . Some pieces move me greatly, some not so greatly but there is always a surprise.I find it inspiring to see and react to these posts. Thank you, Suzi.

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