“Old Salt by the Shore” — Seated Sailor Smoking a Pipe, c.1903 Oil on canvas, signed F. C. Cole This evocative coastal genre painting depicts a weathered sailor resting by the shoreline, contemplatively smoking his pipe with fishing nets and the sea beyond — a classic maritime subject often referred to as an “Old Salt.” The work is signed F.…
Antique German Oil Painting, Hamburg Landscape, Rudolf Becker-Heyer Signed Framed Rudolf Albert Becker-Heyer (German, 1862–1930)Suburban Landscape near HamburgOil on canvasEarly 20th century This finely executed oil painting depicts a tranquil suburban village landscape near Hamburg, characteristic of Rudolf Albert Becker-Heyer’s sensitive approach to rural and peripheral urban scenery. The composition presents timbered cottages nestled within lush greenery, intersected by winding…
