525. Birge Harrison (American, 1854-1929), "The Artist's Farm, Woodstock", c.1906; oil/canvas, 23" x 30", signed, fine carved frame. Harrison worked in Paris in the 1870s, alongside Sargent and Thayer, and then became an important figure in the Woodstock Colony of artists after 1905. He was known for his tonalist landscapes and street scenes. Harrison's work reveals his appreciation for the French Barbizon painters. 3000-5000

526. Edmund Henry Wuerpel (American, 1866-1958), "Whirling Waters", c.1906; oil/canvas, 20" x 16", signed with monogram, and then tilted, signed, and dated on verso. Important tonalist painter. Wuerpel studied with Gerome and Whistler in Paris. He was the Dean of the St. Louis School of Fine Art, and was well known for his atmospheric landscapes. He exhibited extensively, and won awards at the St. Louis Expo (1904) and the Pan-Pacific Expo (1915). This is an early and desirable example of his work. 1000-2000

527. Carl Wuermer (American, b.1900), "New England Landscape", c.1940; oil/canvas, 24" x 31", signed. Wuermer studied with W.J. Reynolds at the Art Institute of Chicago in from 1920-24. He was a well known landscape painter, and won numerous prizes for his work, beginning in 1926, at the national Academy of Design. His panoramic scenes are very detailed, but the very realistic overall image was developed by the artist using a very fine, almost pointalist technique. He was a member of the Illinois Academy of Fine Arts, Salons of America, and the Allied Art Association. 3500-4500

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