Helen R Searle Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1830 - d. 1884

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    • Helen Searle (American 1830-1884), Cloth Draped Table Top Still Life of Flowers and Fruit, Oil on canvas
      Dec. 06, 2016

      Helen Searle (American 1830-1884), Cloth Draped Table Top Still Life of Flowers and Fruit, Oil on canvas

      Est: $700 - $900

      Helen Searle (American 1830-1884) Cloth Draped Table Top Still Life of Flowers and Fruit Unsigned Oil on canvas 9-1/2 x 8-3/4 in (24.1 x 22.2 cm)

      Weschler's
    • Attr. to Helen Searle. Head of a Girl, oil
      Aug. 29, 2015

      Attr. to Helen Searle. Head of a Girl, oil

      Est: $300 - $500

      (American, 1830-1884). Oil on panel, unsigned, 7 x 5 1/2 in., framed.

      Alex Cooper
    • SEARLE, HELEN R.  - 1834 Burlington/Vermont - 1884 Jacksonville/Illinois Fruit Still Life with Pumpkin.
      Nov. 14, 2014

      SEARLE, HELEN R.  - 1834 Burlington/Vermont - 1884 Jacksonville/Illinois Fruit Still Life with Pumpkin.

      Est: €16,000 - €20,000

      SEARLE, HELEN R.  1834 Burlington/Vermont - 1884 Jacksonville/Illinois Fruit Still Life with Pumpkin. Oil on canvas. 43,5 x 36 cm. Monogrammed lower left on the edge of the table: HRS (alloyed). Framed. In Germany she is little-known nowadays, but in her home country, the USA, Helen R. Searle (married Pattison) who was born in Vermont in 1834 is considered "the still life painter of highest quality of her days" [translation] (Weiß/Paffrath (ed.): Preyer. Cologne 2009, p. 110). In 1865 she started painting her first flower, fruit and hunt still lifes and a few years later she was an art teacher at Mrs. Bryans Female Seminary in Batavia, New York. Only very few works from her short productive period have been preserved. This expressive fruit still life with a pumpkin and grapes can be seen as an example for her oeuvre. The painting is especially striking because of the vibrancy of colours which are intensified by the contrast to the light-coloured background. Searle's repertoire of fruit, the structure and the materiality of the painting heavily recall Johann Wilhelm Preyer's works (1803-1889). Actually the works of this Düsseldorf artist were already highly appreciated in America during his lifetime, because the New Yorker Art House Knoedler & Co. had presented many of his paintings by the means of lithographic reprints to an American audience interested in the fine arts. By this means also Searle must have become aware of the Düsseldorf painter. Being one of the few full-time still life painters of the 19th century after various teaching, exhibitions and larger orders in the USA she traveled to Düsseldorf in 1867. There she trained herself being Preyer's private student until 1871. According to contemporain reports Preyer found in Searle a student who almost reached his mastery (cf. Lexikon der Düsseldorfer Malerschule, Munich 1998, Vol. 3, p. 268). Her artistic development on the basis of Johann Preyer's lessons has been highly praised by the daiily press when presenting her paintings to the public as for instance in March 1870 at the art dealer Bismeyer & Kraus in Düsseldorf. Today most of her paintings are in private possesion or in large public collections such as in the Smithonian American Art Museums in Washington D.C.

      Van Ham Kunstauktionen
    • ATTRIBUTED TO HELEN SEARLE (American, 1830-1884) AUTUMNS BOUNTY.
      Aug. 21, 2012

      ATTRIBUTED TO HELEN SEARLE (American, 1830-1884) AUTUMNS BOUNTY.

      Est: $10,000 - $15,000

      Oil on canvas still life scene shows a large pewter charger holding a variety of fruit including grapes, pears, peaches, a watermelon with a piece cut out holding a knife and a round melon/gourd. Grape leaves flank the scene. Unsigned. Housed in an antique molded wood frame. SIZE: 17-3/4" x 21-3/4". CONDITION: Relined on new stretcher, restored with inpainting. 9-25131

      James D. Julia
    • Helen R. Searle (American, 1830-1884) Still Life of Grapes. Unsigned, dated "1869" l.l. Oil on panel, 6 1/2 x 10 3/4 in., framed. Condi
      Jul. 27, 2011

      Helen R. Searle (American, 1830-1884) Still Life of Grapes. Unsigned, dated "1869" l.l. Oil on panel, 6 1/2 x 10 3/4 in., framed. Condi

      Est: $400 - $600

      Helen R. Searle (American, 1830-1884) Still Life of Grapes. Unsigned, dated "1869" l.l. Oil on panel, 6 1/2 x 10 3/4 in., framed. Condition: Mild surface grime. Provenance: Through the estate of Helen Searle.

      Skinner
    • A European collector HELEN SEARLE (1830-1884) Nature~dq~s Bounty, 1872 signed "Helen Searle
      Dec. 03, 2002

      A European collector HELEN SEARLE (1830-1884) Nature~dq~s Bounty, 1872 signed "Helen Searle

      Est: $15,000 - $20,000

      1872" (lower right) oil on canvas 17 3/4 x 22 1/8 in. (45 x 56.2 cm) Although she is little known today, and her works are extremely rare, Helen R. Searle was not only one of the best-trained still-life painters among nineteenth century American artists, but was also involved in several important artists~dq~ communities. Born in Burlington, Vermont, in 1834,1 her architect father moved the family to Rochester, New York, in 1844. Searle developed into a painter of flower, fruit, and game still life, which she began to create in 1863, where she exhibited six still lifes at the Babies~dq~ Hospital Relief Bazaar in Rochester, and the following years began showing fruit and flower pictures at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. On the basis of these achievements, she was appointed the teacher of painting and drawing at Mrs. Bryan~dq~s Female Seminary at Batavia, New York. Continuing her own creative efforts, Searle was determined to place herself at the front of her profession, and recognized the need for European training.2 From 1867-1871, she became a private student under Johann Wilhelm Preyer, the most celebrated still-life painter in the noted artists~dq~ community of Düsseldorf, Germany. There she absorbed Preyer~dq~s firmness of draftsmanship and clarity of form, ultimately derived from Dutch seventeenth and eighteenth century models. Searle had already begun to exhibit her paintings in New York at the National Academy of Design in 1866, and continued to send still-lifes for exhibition through 1868. In addition, her very Preyer-like still life paintings were reproduced as chromolithographs by Ehrgott and Forbinger, Printers & Publishers in Cincinnati. Searle returned to the United States in 1871, and set up an atelier in Washington, D.C. Five years later, she married the landscape and figure painter and art writer, James William Pattison. After their marriage, the two artists lived for some time in the artists~dq~ community in Ecouen, outside of Paris, their home becoming a rendezvous for artists and writers. In 1879, she exhibited a fruit still life at the Paris Salon under her maiden name, listing herself as a student of Preyer. Illness brought the couple back to the United States in 1881, first to New York and Chicago, and then to Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1884, where James Pattison became the Director of the School of Fine Arts at the Jacksonville Female Academy. Jacksonville had developed into a thriving center for artistic activity at the time, with a dynamic Art Association. Helen Searle Pattison continued to exhibit her work occasionally at the National Academy of Design through 1883. She died in Jacksonville on November 21, 1884.3 Among Searle~dq~s finished paintings, almost all of them are in the manner of her teacher, Johann Preyer. Formally arranged tabletop fruit still lifes, often with champagne glasses and glass römers, they are all rendered in clear light. While the individual fruit here - the peaches, grapes, and plums, are very much in Searle~dq~s - and Preyer~dq~s - manner, the casual arrangement of the objects, the suggestion of the outdoor setting, and especially the introduction of the two birds, are extremely unusual, affirming our incomplete knowledge of Searle~dq~s remarkable ability in still-life painting. We are grateful to Dr. William Gerdts for cataloguing this work. Notes 1 Most references to Searle give her birth date as 1830, but in the Rochester, New York, censuses for 1850 and 1855, she was listed as aged 16 and 21, respectively. 2 W.H. McIntosh, History of Monroe County, New York. Philadelphia, Everts, Ensign and Everts, 1877. 2 The most comprehensive treatment of Searle is that by Carston Roth in the Lexikon der Düsseldorfer Malerschule 1819-1918, 3 volumes. Munich, Bruckmann, 1998, volume 3, p. 268.

      Phillips
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