Raphael Gleitsmann Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Raphael Gleitsmann Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 23, 2024
Raphael Gleitsmann (1910-1995) watercolor
Est: $800 - $1,200
Train watercolor on paper, signed Raphael Gleitsmann lower right. 10 5/8 x 15 1/4"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Oct. 07, 2023
Raphael Gleitsmann, Ohio (1910 - 1995), The Village, 1947, oil on masonite, 35"H x 48"W, 43"H x 56"W (frame)
Est: $1,500 - $3,000
Raphael Gleitsmann Ohio, (1910 - 1995) The Village, 1947 oil on masonite Signed and dated 1947, and inscribed Germany 1945 lower left. Biography from the Archives of askART: Raphael Gleitsmann, born in 1910, spent most of his life in Akron, Ohio. He was a self-taught artist whose only "formal" training came from Miss Calvin at Central High School and Paul Travis at the Cleveland School of Art. Although he favored oil painting, he also worked in watercolor, photography and other media. The artist's earlier works were idealized presentations of life in Middle America during the Great Depression in the realistic style. Gleitsmann served as a combat engineer in World War II from 1943-1945. While in Europe he created quaint sketches that also recorded the devastation caused by the war. He was wounded at the Rhine River, received the Purple Heart and returned to Akron. Everything he saw and experienced at war abroad affected his art. Although he initially returned to painting in his signature realistic manner, he quickly began to grow into a more abstracted, expressionistic style, based on imagination and memory, which focused on post-Apocalyptic imagery such as ruins and cemeteries. "The war experience put something into the work that it had never had before-a greater awareness of such things as the attrition of time . . . what happened to us," said Gleitsmann in a 1982 interview. "It's something deep in the experience that does shift focus around, and you are different and often better." Gleitsmann received national recognition for these works when he received first prize in a 1948 Carnegie Institute exhibition of international contemporary painting beating out Andrew Wyeth. These war-inspired paintings, may also have led him to end his career as an artist around 1954, Gleitsmann may have wished to put the horrors of war behind him "it's something like having a belief-believing that what you're doing is of importance . . . when you lose the belief, it seems there's no return . . . mostly I just found I really had nothing to say anymore," said Gleitsmann. After Gleitsmann retired from painting, he first tried framing and then focused on restoration work on oil paintings and works of paper. The artist passed away in 1995. Source: Akron Art Museum
Ripley Auctions
Jun. 22, 2023
RAPHAEL GLEITSMANN, American 1910-1995, "Memory of a City", 1947, oil on masonite, 15 1/2 x 27 in. (39.4 x 68.6 cm.), Frame: 24 x 35 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. (61 x 90.2 x 6.4 cm.)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
RAPHAEL GLEITSMANN American, 1910-1995 "Memory of a City", 1947 oil on masonite signed and dated lower left "Raphael Gleitsmann 1947/Germany 1945"
Shannon's
Dec. 03, 2022
Raphael Gleitsmann Oil, Landscape with Ruins
Est: $800 - $1,200
Raphael GleitsmannÂ (American, 1910-1995) Landscape with Ruins, 1948,Â oil onÂ illustration board, signed and dated lower left,Â framed. Dimensions: 18 x 24 in 23.5 x 29.75 in. as framed Condition: Good with some surface scuffs, small bump upper right, craquelure in white pigment.
Neue Auctions
Oct. 22, 2022
Raphael Gleitsmann casein
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Raphael Gleitsmann (American 1910-1995) ''Ruins''- casein on masonite, 1950, signed Raphael Gleitsmann/ 1950 lower right, framed.
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Oct. 22, 2022
Raphael Gleitsmann pen and ink
Est: $300 - $600
Raphael Gleitsmann (American 1910-1995) Ruins, France- pen and ink on paper, 1944, signed Raphael Gleitsmann. France 1944 lower right, very good condition, framed. 7 1/2 x 10 1/2''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Mar. 19, 2022
Raphael Gleitsmann oil
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Raphael Gleitsmann (American 1910-1995) ''The Tower'' oil and casein on masonite, 1951, signed Raphael Gleitsmann/ 1951 lower left, framed. 34 x 26''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Mar. 05, 2022
Raphael Gleitsmann (1910-1995) Oil On Board
Est: -
Titled: " View From The Marsh". Signed In The Lower Left Hand Corner. Varnished Applied Early 1946. Frame Has Some Staining And Scratches, Measures Approximately 25.5in X 31.5in. Board Scratched, Art Measures Approximately 17.5in X 23.5in. Tm6644 Zh
EJ'S Auction & Appraisal
Nov. 05, 2021
RAPHAEL GLEITSMANN (Ohio, 1910-1995), Church on a riverbank., Watercolor on paper, 13.5" x 20.5". Framed 21" x 28".
Est: $250 - $350
RAPHAEL GLEITSMANN Ohio, 1910-1995 Church on a riverbank. Signed and dated lower left "Raphael Gleitsmann 1948".
Eldred's
Sep. 10, 2021
RAPHAEL GLEITSMANN (AMERICAN 1910-1995) OIL ON BOARD, 1948, H 18", W 24", LANDSCAPE WITH RUINS
Est: $800 - $1,200
Signed and dated lower left "Raphael Gleitsmann 1948". Provenance: Property of a North Canton, OH estate.
DuMouchelles
Mar. 21, 2021
RAPHAEL GLEITSMAN (American, 1910-1995)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
drifters down by the river oil on board h. 14 w. 24 in. Showing seven drifter figures by a fire with cargo train in the background; signed lower left, partial gallery label on verso "Paintings... / 11 E. 57th..."; framed
Butterscotch Auction Gallery LLC
Mar. 20, 2021
Raphael Gleitsmann oil
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Raphael Gleitsmann (American 1910-1995)- ''Hill Town, Yellow Light''- oil on panel, signed Raphael Gleitsmann lower right, framed, very good condition. 24 x 30''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Oct. 24, 2020
Raphael Gleitsmann oil
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Raphael Gleitsmann (American 1910-1995)- ''Embattered Landscape''- oil on masonite, 1950, signed Raphael Gleitsmann lower left, framed, very good condition. 16 x 24''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Sep. 26, 2020
Raphael Gleitsmann Oil, Hill Town, Yellow Light
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Raphael Gleitsmann (American, Cleveland School,1910-1995) Hill Town, Yellow Light, oil and graphite on masonite, signed lower right, framed. Dimensions: 23 x 29 in. panel size 30 x 35.5 in. as framed Condition: Very good with no damage or repair
Neue Auctions
Oct. 19, 2019
Raphael Gleitsmann watercolor
Est: $400 -
Raphael Gleitsmann (American 1910-1995)- Ruins- watercolor on illustration board, 1950, signed Raphael Gleitsmann/ 1950 lower right, framed, paper slightly age toned. 18 x 30'' Provenance: Mac Beth Galleries, New York NY
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Aug. 08, 2019
RAPHAEL GLEITSMANN (AMERICAN, 1910-1995), "WAR TORN EUROPE", 1948, GRAPHITE ON PAPER, 17"X 26", SIGNED LOWER RIGHT: RALPH GLEITSMAN...
Est: -
RAPHAEL GLEITSMANN (AMERICAN, 1910-1995), "WAR TORN EUROPE", 1948, GRAPHITE ON PAPER, 17"X 26", SIGNED LOWER RIGHT: RALPH GLEITSMAN 1948.
Apple Tree Auction Center
Aug. 08, 2019
RAPHAEL GLEITSMANN (AMERICAN, 1910-1995), "HOUSES" 1945, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, 18" X 23", SIGNED LOWER RIGHT: RAPHAEL GLEITSMAN 1946.
Est: -
RAPHAEL GLEITSMANN (AMERICAN, 1910-1995), "HOUSES" 1945, WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, 18" X 23", SIGNED LOWER RIGHT: RAPHAEL GLEITSMAN 1946.
Apple Tree Auction Center
May. 23, 2019
Raphael Gleitsmann, (American, 1910-1995), Riverboat at Night (Study), c. 1939
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Raphael Gleitsmann (American, 1910-1995) Riverboat at Night (Study), c. 1939 oil on board signed Raphael Gleitsmann (lower left) 9 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches.
Hindman
Apr. 06, 2019
Raphael Gleitsman Ohio (1910-1995) Original Watercolor
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Raphael Gleitsman Ohio (1910-1995) Original Watercolor: Great original piece of artwork from Cleveland native, Raphael Gleitsman. Matted and framed and measuring 42.5 x 25.5. Signed lower right. No condition issues. Very dark subject matter and very well done.
Dana J. Tharp Auctions
Nov. 17, 2018
Raphael Gleitsmann American (b. Dayton, OH, 1910-1995) "The City - No. II"
Est: $800 - $1,200
Oil on panel.
Cottone Auctions
May. 19, 2018
Raphael Gleitsman Ohio (1910-1995) Original Watercolor
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Raphael Gleitsman Ohio (1910-1995) Original Watercolor: Great original piece of artwork from Cleveland native, Raphael Gleitsman. Matted and framed and measuring 42.5 x 25.5. Signed lower right. No condition issues. Very dark subject matter and very well done.
Dana J. Tharp Auctions
Dec. 09, 2017
Raphael Gleitsmann graphite
Est: $200 - $400
Raphael Gleitsmann (American 1910-1995)- ''Infantry Passing A House, France 1944''- graphite on paper, 1944, signed and titled in pencil. 7 1/2 x 11''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Oct. 29, 2017
RAPHAEL GLEITSMANN (AMERICAN 1910-1995). CATHEDRAL.
Est: $200 - $400
Pen and ink with wash on paper, 11 1/2 x 18 inches, sight. Signed "Raphael Gleitsmann" and dated 1950, l.l. Provenance: Purchased from Julius F. Faysash, Akron, Ohio.
Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians
Oct. 21, 2017
Raphael Gleitsmann watercolor
Est: $300 - $500
Raphael Gleitsmann (American 1910-1995)- Landscape with Steeple- watercolor on paper, 1948, signed Raphael Gleitsmann 1948 lower right. 15 1/2 x 19 1/2''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Mar. 25, 2017
Raphael Gleitsman oil
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Raphael Gleitsman (American 1910-1995)- ''A Place I Passed''- oil on board, 1946, signed Raphael Gleitsman 1946 lower left, very good condition. 18 1/4 x 32''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Oct. 22, 2016
Raphael Gleitsman oil
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Raphael Gleitsman (American 1910-1995)- ''Medieval Shadows''- oil on board, 1947, signed Raphael Gleitsman / 1947 lower left. 24 x 40'' Awarded: 1st prize, Carnegie Institute 1948.
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Sep. 10, 2016
Raphael Gleitsmann, (American, 1910-1995), Church, 1950, chalk on paper, 15.5" x 23.5"
Est: $600 - $800
Raphael Gleitsmann (American, 1910-1995) Church, 1950 chalk on paper signed and dated lower right 15.5" x 23.5"
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Sep. 10, 2016
Raphael Gleitsmann, (American, 1910-1995), Cityscape, oil on board, 15.5" x 19.5"
Est: $600 - $800
Raphael Gleitsmann (American, 1910-1995) Cityscape oil on board signed lower right 15.5" x 19.5"
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Sep. 10, 2016
Raphael Gleitsmann, (American, 1910-1995), Cityscape, oil on canvas, 13.5" x 17.5"
Est: $600 - $800
Raphael Gleitsmann (American, 1910-1995) Cityscape oil on canvas signed lower right 13.5" x 17.5"
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Sep. 10, 2016
Raphael Gleitsmann, (American, 1910-1995), Facade II, 1950, chalk on paper, 23.5" x 35.5"
Est: $800 - $1,200
Raphael Gleitsmann (American, 1910-1995) Facade II, 1950 chalk on paper signed and dated lower left 23.5" x 35.5" Provenance: Macbeth Galleries, New York, New York (label on verso)
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Sep. 10, 2016
Raphael Gleitsmann, (American, 1910-1995), An Entrance, 1949, oil on panel, 28" x 32"
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Raphael Gleitsmann (American, 1910-1995) An Entrance, 1949 oil on panel signed and dated lower right 28" x 32" Provenance: Macbeth Galleries, New York, New York (label on verso)
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Nov. 01, 2015
Raphael Gleitsmann Ohio 1910-1995 Watercolor & Gouache
Est: $400 - $700
Untitled watercolor and gouache on paper of a home along the railroad tracks in Bedford, Ohio. The image is 16x20, framed larger. Suggested bid $500
Fusco Auctions
Jul. 24, 2015
RAPHAEL GLEITSMANN (AMERICAN 1910-1995) INK DRAWING "GERMANY, 1945" SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, IMAGE SIZE 7 1/2" X 11"
Est: -
RAPHAEL GLEITSMANN (AMERICAN 1910-1995) INK DRAWING "GERMANY, 1945" SIGNED LOWER RIGHT, IMAGE SIZE 7 1/2" X 11"
Apple Tree Auction Center
Feb. 10, 2015
Raphael Gleitsmann American, 1910-1995 A Place I Passed, 1946
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Raphael Gleitsmann American, 1910-1995 A Place I Passed, 1946 Signed Raphael Gleitsman, dated 1945 and inscribed Luxembourg 1945 (ll); inscribed 18 1/8 x 32 1/8/Painting Finished - Aug. 30, 1946/" Varnished - Feb. 1947 on an old label affixed to the reverse Oil on board 18 1/8 x 32 3/8 inches Provenance: With Spanierman Gallery, New York C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Oct. 25, 2014
Raphael Gleitsmann oil
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Raphael Gleitsmann (American 1910-1995)- ''Patchwork of Life''- oil on masonite, 1946, signed Raphael Gleitsmann / 1946 lower right. 24 x 30''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Oct. 25, 2014
Raphael Gleitsmann oil
Est: $6,000 - $9,000
Raphael Gleitsmann (American 1910-1995)- ''Architectural Contrasts''- oil on panel, 1946, signed Raphael Gleitsmann 1946 lower left, very good condition. 32 x 27 1/2''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Apr. 09, 2014
Raphael Gleitsmann (American, 1910-1995) Houses at Dusk. Signed "Raphael Gleitsmann" l.r., with a stamp from Greentown Gallery, Greento
Est: $700 - $900
Raphael Gleitsmann (American, 1910-1995) Houses at Dusk. Signed "Raphael Gleitsmann" l.r., with a stamp from Greentown Gallery, Greentown, Ohio, on the reverse. Oil and graphite on Masonite, 24 x 30 in., framed.
Skinner
Mar. 29, 2014
Raphael Gleitsmann (American, 1910-1995)
Est: $300 - $500
"Bank of Willows". Watercolor, signed and dated 1942 in the lower right corner, matted and framed under glass overall 22-1/4 x 28-1/4 in. Titled verso of the framing, label in the artist's hand. View on AspireAuctions.com"
Aspire Auctions Fine Art & Antiques
Mar. 22, 2014
Raphael Gleitsman oil
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Raphael Gleitsman (American 1910-1995)- Landscape with Haystack- oil on board, 1939-50, signed 'Raphael Gleitsman / 1939-50' lower left. 18 x 24''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Oct. 19, 2013
Raphael Gleitsmann oil
Est: $700 - $1,000
Raphael Gleitsmann (American 1910-1995)- ''Substance of a Town''- oil on masonite, 1949, signed Raphael Gleitsmann 1949 lower right. 28 x 40''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Oct. 19, 2013
Raphael Gleitsmann watercolor
Est: $300 - $500
Raphael Gleitsmann (American 1910-1995)- ''The Color of War is Red''- watercolor on paper, 1948, signed Raphael Gleitsmann 1948 lower left, good condition. 18 x 30'' Exhibited: The 82nd Annual Exhibition of the American Water Color Society, National Academy of Design, NY
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Oct. 19, 2013
Raphael Gleitsmann oil
Est: $600 - $900
Raphael Gleitsmann (American 1910-1995)- ''France 1944''- oil on panel, 1946, signed Raphael Gleitsmann 1946/ France 1944- lower right, very good condition. 18 x 24''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Oct. 19, 2013
Raphael Gleitsmann watercolor
Est: $200 - $400
Raphael Gleitsmann (American 1910-1995)- ''Bank of Willows''- watercolor on paper, 1942, singed Raphael Gleitsmann 1942 lower right, good condition. 11 x 15 1/2''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Sep. 12, 2013
Gleitsmann, Raphael, 1910-1995, Ohio, "Coal Tippler" Watercolor on Paper.
Est: $300 - $500
Gleitsmann, Raphael, 1910-1995, Ohio, "Coal Tippler" Watercolor on Paper. Signed lower right. Signed, titled and dated (1948) on reverse. h:20 w:32.50 in.
Alderfer Auction
Mar. 23, 2013
Raphael Gleitsmann oil
Est: $500 - $800
Raphael Gleitsmann (American 1910-1995)- Church in Landscape- oil on panel, signed Raphael Gleitsmann 1948 lower left. 16 x 20''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jan. 24, 2013
Raphael Gleitsmann, (American/Ohio; 1910 - 1995), Substance of a Town, Oil on board., 27 1/2" x 39 1/2"
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Raphael Gleitsmann (American/Ohio; 1910 - 1995) Substance of a Town Oil on board. Signed LR. Raphael Gleitsmann, born in 1910, spent most of his life in Akron, Ohio. He was a self-taught artist whose only "formal" training came from Miss Calvin at Central High School and Paul Travis at the Cleveland School of Art. Although he favored oil painting, he also worked in watercolor, photography and other media. The artist's earlier works were idealized presentations of life in Middle America during the Great Depression in the realistic style. Gleitsmann served as a combat engineer in World War II from 1943-1945. While in Europe he created quaint sketches that also recorded the devastation caused by the war. He was wounded at the Rhine River, received the Purple Heart and returned to Akron. Everything he saw and experienced at war abroad affected his art. Although he initially returned to painting in his signature realistic manner, he quickly began to grow into a more abstracted, expressionistic style, based on imagination and memory, which focused on post-Apocalyptic imagery such as ruins and cemeteries. "The war experience put something into the work that it had never had before-a greater awareness of such things as the attrition of time . . . what happened to us," said Gleitsmann in a 1982 interview. "It's something deep in the experience that does shift focus around, and you are different and often better." Gleitsmann received national recognition for these works when he received first prize in a 1948 Carnegie Institute exhibition of international contemporary painting beating out Andrew Wyeth. These war-inspired paintings, may also have led him to end his career as an artist around 1954, Gleitsmann may have wished to put the horrors of war behind him "it's something like having a belief-believing that what you're doing is of importance . . . when you lose the belief, it seems there's no return . . . mostly I just found I really had nothing to say anymore," said Gleitsmann. After Gleitsmann retired from painting, he first tried framing and then focused on restoration work on oil paintings and works of paper. The artist passed away in 1995. Source: Akron Art Museum 27 1/2" x 39 1/2"
Ripley Auctions
Dec. 13, 2012
Raphael Gleitsmann (American, 1910-1995)
Est: $1,500 - $3,000
"Shadows". Oil on masonite, signed at the lower left and dated 1948, framed in a wide gray painted frame overall 27" x 33". Labels verso identifying the artist and the painting, and a label from Macbeth Gallery in New York, who represented the artist's work at the time. View on AspireAuctions.com"
Aspire Auctions Fine Art & Antiques
May. 24, 2012
Raphael Gleitsmann (American, 1910-1995)
Est: $300 - $500
"Cemetary in Alsace-Lorraine - 1944". Pencil on paper, signed and dated 1946 at the lower right, titled at the lower left, matted and framed under glass overall 18-1/2" x 22-1/2".<br><br>Proceeds to benefit the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center. View on AspireAuctions.com"
Aspire Auctions Fine Art & Antiques