Ora Coltman

Lady in a Green Gown Portrait, Early 20th Century Interior Scene

1935

Rolf Stoll (American, 1892-1978) Kae Dorn Cass, 1940 Oil on canvas Signed upper right 32 x 25 inches 38 x 31 inches, framed Exhibited: The 27th Annual May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1940 This work won first prize for oil painting- Portrait category Provenance: Collection of Kae Dorn Cass's niece Kae Dorn Cass Rolf Stoll Rolf Stoll, a painter of figure subjects, landscapes and floral still lifes, was an important member of the Cleveland art scene during the second quarter of the century. He was also an influential teacher, as well as one of Ohio’s foremost portrait painters. Rolf Stoll was born in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1892. As a boy, he attended a military academy, during which time he developed an interest in art. He received his early formal training at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. He emigrated to the United States in 1912, settling in New York City. A decade later, after studying at the school of the National Academy of Design and supporting himself by working as a commercial artist, Stoll decided to leave New York. Upon the recommendation of Warren Pryor, one of his teachers, he decided to move to Cleveland, Ohio. After arriving in Cleveland, Rolf Stoll continued to work as a commercial artist. However, in 1926, he joined the faculty of the Cleveland School of Art, where he taught drawing. Two years later Stoll was appointed head of the school’s portrait painting department. A talented portraitist, Stoll’s sitters included industrialists, community leaders and many prominent members of Cleveland and Ohio society, as well as over twenty faculty members from Case Western Reserve University. Stoll also gave portrait classes at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute from 1926 to 1953. In his male portraits especially, he was admired for his ability to convey the dignity of his sitter’s professional position without sacrificing individuality. As noted by one contemporary reviewer, Stoll was a “master of rich color, a searching student of human types, a forceful portrayer of all that the face reveals of the mind and the soul.” In addition to his activity as a portraitist, Rolf Stoll painted figure subjects and floral still lifes. He was also known for his views of the Ohio countryside...

Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Woman with FUCHSIA, 1935 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 31.75 x 27 inches 37 x 32.25 inches, framed Untitled Still Life ver...

Ora Coltman (American, 1858-1940) Portrait of De Forest Mellon, 1922 Oil on canvas Unsigned 30 x 25 inches 35.5 x 30.25 inches, framed Ora Coltman was born in 1858 in Shelby, Ohio, ...

Sandor Vago (Hungarian/American 1887-1946) The Chinese Girl, 1925 Oil on canvas Signed lower right 34 x 30 inches 38 x 34 inches, framed Exhibited: Clevela...

Portrait of a seated woman wearing a green dress Waldron West, British mid 20th century signed oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 30 x 25 inches provenance: private collection, England ...

Servais Joseph Detilleux Stembert-lez-Verviers 1874 – 1940 Brussels Belgian Painter 'Portrait of a Young Girl in Green Dress' Signature: signed lower right 'S. DeTillieux' Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: image size 99 x 78 cm; frame size 115 x 94 cm A captivating portrait from the Belle Époque, this charming depiction of a young girl embodies the elegance and refinement of bourgeois European society at the turn of the century. Seated gracefully upon a richly patterned Oriental carpet, the child gazes outward with a gentle expression, her emerald green velvet dress...

A portrait painting of a woman on green. This wonderful painting is large and in charge. At 23” tall, it is is painting on a stiff white paper. The subject of the piece is a woman in...

Artist/ School: French School, circa 1930's, signed very lower right corner and inscribed verso Title: 'Jeune Fille' Medium: oil on canvas laid over board, framed in a period gilt ...