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Lester Gillette (1855-1940) oil on board harbor s…

Lester Gillette (1855-1940) oil on board harbor scene, 11 by 16 inches, signed lower left, "L. Gillette," framed. Condition: very good.

Lester Gillette (KS,MA,OH,1855-1940) oil painting antique

ARTIST: Lester A Gillette (Kansas, Massachusetts, Ohio, 1855 - 1940) NAME: Landscape - A Bit of New Mexico Color (titled on verso) YEAR: 1925 MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Normal wear along edges. Very minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 40 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 121927 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Lester Alphonso Gillette was born in Columbus, Ohio on October 5th, 1855. Little is known of his earliest years. He married Ida S. Carlson in Galesburg, Illinois in 1876, after which the couple moved to San Francisco, California. Gillette studied painting in his spare time for four years at the California School of Design then continued training under Thomas Hill and Virgil Williams in San Francisco. He also studied with Birge Harrison in Woodstock, New York, Mitchell Jacobs in New York City, George Elmer Browne in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and John F. Carlson in Colorado Springs. He also was a student at the Art Institute of Chicago and a pupil of William Merritt Chase. Gillette lived in Riley, Kansas before moving to Topeka, Kansas in 1900. He was a partner with C.C.Nicholson in a coal and lumber business in Topeka. He retired in 1920 to devote all his time to painting. He worked mainly in Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, and along the New England Coast.

Lester Gillette (KS,MA,OH,1855-1940) oil painting antique

ARTIST: Lester A Gillette (Kansas, Massachusetts, Ohio, 1855 - 1940) NAME: Landscape - A Bit of New Mexico Color (titled on verso) YEAR: 1925 MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Normal wear along edges. Very minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 40 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 121927 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Lester Alphonso Gillette was born in Columbus, Ohio on October 5th, 1855. Little is known of his earliest years. He married Ida S. Carlson in Galesburg, Illinois in 1876, after which the couple moved to San Francisco, California. Gillette studied painting in his spare time for four years at the California School of Design then continued training under Thomas Hill and Virgil Williams in San Francisco. He also studied with Birge Harrison in Woodstock, New York, Mitchell Jacobs in New York City, George Elmer Browne in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and John F. Carlson in Colorado Springs. He also was a student at the Art Institute of Chicago and a pupil of William Merritt Chase. Gillette lived in Riley, Kansas before moving to Topeka, Kansas in 1900. He was a partner with C.C.Nicholson in a coal and lumber business in Topeka. He retired in 1920 to devote all his time to painting. He worked mainly in Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, and along the New England Coast.

Lester Gillette (KS,MA,OH,1855-1940) oil painting antique

ARTIST: Lester A Gillette (Kansas, Massachusetts, Ohio, 1855 - 1940) NAME: Landscape - A Bit of New Mexico Color (titled on verso) YEAR: 1925 MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Normal wear along edges. Very minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 40 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 121927 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Lester Alphonso Gillette was born in Columbus, Ohio on October 5th, 1855. Little is known of his earliest years. He married Ida S. Carlson in Galesburg, Illinois in 1876, after which the couple moved to San Francisco, California. Gillette studied painting in his spare time for four years at the California School of Design then continued training under Thomas Hill and Virgil Williams in San Francisco. He also studied with Birge Harrison in Woodstock, New York, Mitchell Jacobs in New York City, George Elmer Browne in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and John F. Carlson in Colorado Springs. He also was a student at the Art Institute of Chicago and a pupil of William Merritt Chase. Gillette lived in Riley, Kansas before moving to Topeka, Kansas in 1900. He was a partner with C.C.Nicholson in a coal and lumber business in Topeka. He retired in 1920 to devote all his time to painting. He worked mainly in Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, and along the New England Coast.

Lester Gillette (KS,MA,OH,1855-1940) oil painting antique

ARTIST: Lester A Gillette (Kansas, Massachusetts, Ohio, 1855 - 1940) NAME: Landscape - A Bit of New Mexico Color (titled on verso) YEAR: 1925 MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Normal wear along edges. Very minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 40 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 121927 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Lester Alphonso Gillette was born in Columbus, Ohio on October 5th, 1855. Little is known of his earliest years. He married Ida S. Carlson in Galesburg, Illinois in 1876, after which the couple moved to San Francisco, California. Gillette studied painting in his spare time for four years at the California School of Design then continued training under Thomas Hill and Virgil Williams in San Francisco. He also studied with Birge Harrison in Woodstock, New York, Mitchell Jacobs in New York City, George Elmer Browne in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and John F. Carlson in Colorado Springs. He also was a student at the Art Institute of Chicago and a pupil of William Merritt Chase. Gillette lived in Riley, Kansas before moving to Topeka, Kansas in 1900. He was a partner with C.C.Nicholson in a coal and lumber business in Topeka. He retired in 1920 to devote all his time to painting. He worked mainly in Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, and along the New England Coast.

Lester Gillette (KS,MA,OH,1855-1940) oil painting antique

ARTIST: Lester A Gillette (Kansas, Massachusetts, Ohio, 1855 - 1940) NAME: Landscape - A Bit of New Mexico Color (titled on verso) YEAR: 1925 MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Normal wear along edges. Very minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 40 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 121927 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Lester Alphonso Gillette was born in Columbus, Ohio on October 5th, 1855. Little is known of his earliest years. He married Ida S. Carlson in Galesburg, Illinois in 1876, after which the couple moved to San Francisco, California. Gillette studied painting in his spare time for four years at the California School of Design then continued training under Thomas Hill and Virgil Williams in San Francisco. He also studied with Birge Harrison in Woodstock, New York, Mitchell Jacobs in New York City, George Elmer Browne in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and John F. Carlson in Colorado Springs. He also was a student at the Art Institute of Chicago and a pupil of William Merritt Chase. Gillette lived in Riley, Kansas before moving to Topeka, Kansas in 1900. He was a partner with C.C.Nicholson in a coal and lumber business in Topeka. He retired in 1920 to devote all his time to painting. He worked mainly in Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, and along the New England Coast.

Lester Gillette (KS,MA,OH,1855-1940) oil painting antique

ARTIST: Lester A Gillette (Kansas, Massachusetts, Ohio, 1855 - 1940) NAME: Landscape - A Bit of New Mexico Color (titled on verso) YEAR: 1925 MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Normal wear along edges. Very minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 40 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 121927 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Lester Alphonso Gillette was born in Columbus, Ohio on October 5th, 1855. Little is known of his earliest years. He married Ida S. Carlson in Galesburg, Illinois in 1876, after which the couple moved to San Francisco, California. Gillette studied painting in his spare time for four years at the California School of Design then continued training under Thomas Hill and Virgil Williams in San Francisco. He also studied with Birge Harrison in Woodstock, New York, Mitchell Jacobs in New York City, George Elmer Browne in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and John F. Carlson in Colorado Springs. He also was a student at the Art Institute of Chicago and a pupil of William Merritt Chase. Gillette lived in Riley, Kansas before moving to Topeka, Kansas in 1900. He was a partner with C.C.Nicholson in a coal and lumber business in Topeka. He retired in 1920 to devote all his time to painting. He worked mainly in Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, and along the New England Coast.

Lester Gillette (KS,MA,OH,1855-1940) oil painting antique

ARTIST: Lester A Gillette (Kansas, Massachusetts, Ohio, 1855 - 1940) NAME: Landscape - Sunset, Taos NM MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Minor paint losses mostly along edges. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 12 x 18 inches / 30 x 45 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 121928 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Lester Alphonso Gillette was born in Columbus, Ohio on October 5th, 1855. Little is known of his earliest years. He married Ida S. Carlson in Galesburg, Illinois in 1876, after which the couple moved to San Francisco, California. Gillette studied painting in his spare time for four years at the California School of Design then continued training under Thomas Hill and Virgil Williams in San Francisco. He also studied with Birge Harrison in Woodstock, New York, Mitchell Jacobs in New York City, George Elmer Browne in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and John F. Carlson in Colorado Springs. He also was a student at the Art Institute of Chicago and a pupil of William Merritt Chase. Gillette lived in Riley, Kansas before moving to Topeka, Kansas in 1900. He was a partner with C.C.Nicholson in a coal and lumber business in Topeka. He retired in 1920 to devote all his time to painting. He worked mainly in Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, and along the New England Coast.

Lester Gillette (KS,MA,OH,1855-1940) oil painting antique

ARTIST: Lester A Gillette (Kansas, Massachusetts, Ohio, 1855 - 1940) NAME: Landscape - A Bit of New Mexico Color (titled on verso) YEAR: 1925 MEDIUM: oil on board CONDITION: Normal wear along edges. Very minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 40 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 121927 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: Lester Alphonso Gillette was born in Columbus, Ohio on October 5th, 1855. Little is known of his earliest years. He married Ida S. Carlson in Galesburg, Illinois in 1876, after which the couple moved to San Francisco, California. Gillette studied painting in his spare time for four years at the California School of Design then continued training under Thomas Hill and Virgil Williams in San Francisco. He also studied with Birge Harrison in Woodstock, New York, Mitchell Jacobs in New York City, George Elmer Browne in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and John F. Carlson in Colorado Springs. He also was a student at the Art Institute of Chicago and a pupil of William Merritt Chase. Gillette lived in Riley, Kansas before moving to Topeka, Kansas in 1900. He was a partner with C.C.Nicholson in a coal and lumber business in Topeka. He retired in 1920 to devote all his time to painting. He worked mainly in Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, and along the New England Coast.

LESTER GILLETTE (1850 - 1940) OIL ON CANVAS

Lester A. Gillette (1855-1940) The New Hampshire HIlls Circa first quarter 20th century The oil on canvas view of unusual style and subject matter for the artist is signed lower right in red pigment. The view is most likely a scene in the foothills of the White Mountains. Canvas measures 30 x 34 with a framed size of 35 x 38.75 inches.

Lester A. Gillette, New England Country Road

Lester A. Gillette (American, 1855-1940), New England country road, oil on canvas, signed L/R, 16" x 19 1/2", framed 20" x 24". Provenance: Gloucester, Massachusetts collection.

LESTER A. GILLETTE (Kansas/Massachusetts/Ohio, 1855-1940), "The Pool", a rocky shoreline with a ship on the horizon., Oil on board, 20” x 24”. Framed 24.25” x 28”.

LESTER A. GILLETTE Kansas/Massachusetts/Ohio, 1855-1940 "The Pool", a rocky shoreline with a ship on the horizon. Signed lower right "L.A. Gillette". Titled and dated 1931 verso. Further inscribed on the reverse with ownership information and the artist's biography.

LESTER A. GILLETTE (1855-1940) OIL ON CANVAS

Lester A. Gillette (1855-1940) At the Close of Day The composition of fishermen tying up 'At the Close of Day' signed lower left, titled verso on the canvas. Frame measures 38 x 34.5 inches. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell.

LESTER A. GILLETTE, Kansas/Massachusetts/Ohio, 1855-1940, Harbor, July 1928., Oil on board, 16.25" x 20.25". Framed 24.75" x 28.5".

LESTER A. GILLETTE Kansas/Massachusetts/Ohio, 1855-1940 Harbor, July 1928. Signed lower left "L A Gillette". Dated in pencil verso. Oil on board, 16.25" x 20.25". Framed 24.75" x 28.5".

LESTER A. GILLETTE (1855-1940) OIL ON BOARD

Lester A. Gillette Sunset Circa 1925. Titled 'Sunset,' signed lower left, three small painted studies appear verso. Measures board measures 10 x 16, the frame is 13 x 19 inches. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell.

LESTER A. GILLETTE (1855-1940) OIL ON PANEL

Lester A. Gillette (1855-1940) The Palisades, New Mexico 1925 Titled verso 'The Palisades, New Mexico' and dated June 1925, displayed in a good hand carved custom frame of the period, signed lower left and again verso. Work measures 20 x 16, frame is 24.25 x 20.25 inches. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell.

LESTER A. GILLETTE (1855-1940) OIL ON PANEL

Lester A. Gillette (1855-1940) Early Autumn New Mexico. Circa 1920s. Titled verso and signed lower left front. Lester Alphonso Gillette studied painting all around the U.S. under a number of prominent teachers and accomplished artists including John F. Carlson and William Merritt Chase. He turned to painting full time in 1920 and worked in the artist colonies of Provincetwon and Woodstock and later painted in Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, and locales throughout New England. His works are held in a number of museum collections. Sight through the frame measures 14.5 x 19.5 with an overall framed measurement of 19.5 x 24.25 inches. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell.

L.A. GILLETTE FLORIDA PAINTING

GILLETTE, Lester A., (American, 1855-1940): ''Little River, Florida, 1923'', Oil/Board, 10'' x 16'', signed lower left, titled and dated verso, framed, 13'' x 19''.

LESTER A. GILLETTE (American, 1855-1940) GLOUCESTER HARBOR.

Oil on board. Housed in a giltwood frame with Guido label. Signed lower right "L A Gillette", inscribed on reverse "No. 655", titled on Comenos Fine Arts label affixed to verso SIZE: 14" x 16". Overall: 19" x 21" CONDITION: Very good 50278-2

LESTER A. GILLETTE (American, 1855-1940) GLOUCESTER HARBOR.

Oil on board. Housed in a giltwood frame with Guido label. Signed lower right "L A Gillette", inscribed on reverse "No. 655", titled on Comenos Fine Arts label affixed to verso SIZE: 14" x 16". Overall: 19" x 21" CONDITION: Very good condition. 49925-2

Lester A. Gillette oil

Lester A. Gillette (American 1855-1940)- Landscape- oil on canvas, signed L. A. Gillette lower left. 8 1/2 x 12''

LESTER A. GILLETTE (1855 - 1940) OIL ON PANEL

Signed lower left, the work itself measures 15 x 19 inches with an overall measurement of 18 x 22 inches.

Lester Gillette

Harbor scene, oil on masonite, 16" x 20", SLL "L.A. Gillette". Artist: American, 1855 - 1940. Estimate: $800-1,200

Gillette, Lester A. (Am.1855-1940). A country

Gillette, Lester A. (Am.1855-1940). A country landscape with a house. Oil on board. Gilt painted frame. Signed l.l., ''L.A. Gillette''. 18'' x 24'', frame: 23 1/2'' x 29 1/2''. One minor spot of paint loss near bottom left. Frame has some damage.

LESTER A. GILLETTE (American b.1855)

LESTER A. GILLETTE (American b.1855) Salida Road, Canyon City, Colorado, 1920, oil on board, signed lower right "L.A. Gillette" and titled and dated on verso. 9 inches x 12 inches.

Lester A. Gillette

Lester A. Gillette (American, b. 1855), "Among the Hills", c. 1920; oil/board, 18" x 24", signed; titled verso. Gillette worked in Topeka, Kansas. He painted landscapes and harbor scenes. He was a member of the North Shore Artist Association and the Gloucester Society of Artists.

LESTER A. GILLETTE (American b.1855) "Fall Landscape" oil on panel, signed lower right. 16"x20".

LESTER A. GILLETTE (American b.1855) "Fall Landscape" oil on panel, signed lower right. 16"x20".