Shannon's fall online fine art auction November 19 features paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures

MILFORD, Conn. - Nov. 12, 2020 - PRLog -- Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers will host their last auction of the year on Thursday, November 19^th at 2pm Eastern time. The 242-lot online sale includes American and European art from the 19^th and early 20^th centuries, modern and contemporary art, fine prints, sculpture and drawings. Bidding is available by absentee and online through Invaluable.com.

The expected top lot of the sale is a rare drawing by Dutch artist Rudolf Bonnet, of two women carrying water jugs on their heads. Waterdraagsters was painted while the artist was living and working in Bali. Bonnet devoted his life to artistic and philanthropic efforts to promote Balinese art. His genre scenes of Balinese people capture the spirit of life in Bali and are widely collected by enthusiasts of Indonesian art.

Another rare gem is an Eliseo Meifren painting of his garden in Majorca. The painting was originally shipped to the United States for the Pan-Pacific International Exhibition in 1915, where the artist was awarded a Medal of Honor. It was sold at The Anderson Galleries in New York City before the Spanish Commissioner returned home in 1919 and has since descended into a private collection. This fresh-to-the-market painting beautifully depicts the artist's colorful garden in a Spanish Impressionist style.

American paintings will be led by a large Antonio Jacobsen marine rendering of the U.S.M. Pennsylvania. Measuring 32 inches by 60 inches, the painting is an impressive composition. Other highlights in American art include paintings by New Englander Eric Sloane; Hudson River School paintings by Arthur Parton and Samuel L. Gerry; 19^th century genre paintings by Hamilton Hamilton and Francis Coates Jones; Western art by Frank McCarthy and Carl Pugliese; and American Impressionism by Richard Hayley Lever, Emile Gruppe, Clarence Kerr Chatterton, Charles Warren Eaton and others.

Previews are going on now by appointment weekdays from 11am to 5pm through November 18th. Please visit shannons.com to schedule an in-person preview appointment or contact the gallery for a digital preview.

Consignments for auctions at Shannon's are accepted year-round. To consign a single piece of artwork, an estate or a collection, call (203) 877-1711; or, send an e-mail to info@shannons.com.

To learn more about Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers and the Thursday, November 19th auction, please visit www.shannons.com and follow them on social media. Updates are posted frequently.